Why did you nerf Hellborne?

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I am in a horde currently, got Hellborne in 2nd round, 1 pair of hellborne spawned that whole second round, 0 hellbourne since in same horde and currently on round 6

Why did you nerf this? This may be purely anecdotal but this feels markedly different from yesterday and the days prior

Hellborne boons and no hellborne spawning

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That happens from time to time. I donā€™t think it was a nerf just bad RNG on what actually spawns for the round.

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Iā€™m chucking it up to RNG for the moment. It feels like something changed but probably not. I just canā€™t say for sure.

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i hope so. in 9 rounds there was 3 total spawns. seems suspect to me, but iā€™ll keep trying

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I posted about this yesterday, and people keep saying itā€™s just RNG. But Iā€™ve played enough Infernal Hordes to notice a change. Before yesterday, my lowest score in Tier 7 was 700. I had enough materials to masterwork everything to 12/12 and even rerolled a few items. Since yesterday, though, my highest score was 1400 in Tier 8, and that happened just once. The rest of the time, Iā€™m getting only 400-500 in Tier 7. I rarely see Hellborne as an option, and when I do, itā€™s after wave 7. The one time I hit 1400, it was because I somehow kept getting Hellborne, which used to be pretty common before yesterday.

I donā€™t play sorc, so itā€™s not related to the hotfix.

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there was no nerf to hellborne. when i am lucky enough to get the right set of boons they spawn lije crazy and give tons of aether. my highest aether so far was 1100 in t7

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They did a lot of stealth nerfs.

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I think it is definitely a nerf because people were getting way too many mats.

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Itā€™s the placebo effect RNG Bias. People do 1 or 2 runs and find that it isnā€™t what theyā€™re used to, and just assume it was Blizzard putting in random changes. Iā€™ve no doubt it ā€˜feelsā€™ different, and their minds jump to conclusions, but until presented with actual evidence, Iā€™m gonna say nothing happened.

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I really wanna start calling it the ā€œRNG Biasā€ cause it seems like whenever someone gets bad RNG they complain thinking it was the devs that did something.

Remember folks, this is a rogue-like horde mode. Youā€™re gonna get random results.

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I like that, weā€™ll go with the ā€˜RNG Biasā€™ from now on.

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Iā€™m so important I bet they are monitoring me personally everytime I login!!

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My last 3 T8 runs had hellborne pop up by the 3rd rd. Had the invigorating buff for all boss fights too. All RNG.

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it may be. my issue wasnā€™t with the option not showing. it was with the option showing early and then them not spawning as much as usual. Until today, hadnā€™t seen that at all.

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If it were a nerf it would be every run. But last night I had a run where I had next to none and then the next I had 2 hits on the additional hellborne so 4 spawned Everytime and at one point I had 16 beating on my at the same time. Itā€™s just RNG.

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Actually an update. Looks like it was a bug. My first round choice in this run was the hellfire. I picked that hoping to later get the hellfire spawns hellborne and when hellborne popped in second round thought I was well on my way

From the patch notes :

  • Fixed an issue where Hellborne did not spawn as frequently as intended when the Hellfire Infernal Offering was active.*
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So it was a bug and not a nerf.

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Felt nerf like. Glad bug like

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If it was consistent, I wouldā€™ve chalked it up to a nerf, but considering the inconsistency of it, seemed more like a bug anyway.

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I am also glad that they increase the other rewards.