Nightmare Escalation Tier 4 Deaths

I have to make this post after seeing so many deaths in Nightmare Escalation Tier 4 Hardcore.

There’s a dungeon affix called Volcanic — while in combat, gouts of flame periodically erupt near players. If you stand still, the flames will kill you.

Most deaths happen because players stop moving — opening a chest, waiting for a sliding door, or standing still to click on the portal to the next tier. The timer is just long enough for a flame to erupt under you and end your character.

You can choose not to open a Nightmare Escalation Sigil with the Volcanic affix, but there’s no guarantee the next one won’t have it again. The real problem is that once the dungeon is cleared, Volcanic (and Drifting Shade) effects don’t stop. They should. Once the dungeon is finished, these affixes should be disabled so we can loot or safely take the portal to the next level.

Be careful out there — Volcanic is no joke in Hardcore.

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I feel like you probably could use more fire resist. Were you capped?

This season felt so much more reasonable than last one.

I leveled up using the purple infusion, and the arcana that gives you a barrier and the unstopable, with tibaults will (unique pants), and cruised to T4 without skipping a beat.

I confess that I avoided the Mephisto’s dog because last season it murdered me too many times, lol.

But I already have all the mythics I wanted, cleared pit 90 or 95, I don’t really feel like going higher tho.