Goblin. Goblin. Goblin!
Tyvalir: Bandit Shrines are very real! Their spawn rate was bugged on the PTR, which caused them to appear way more often than intended. Since they are an unlisted feature in Patch 2.3.0, the fix to them was also not mentioned anywhere in the patch notes.
Their current appearance rate makes them more of a sudden and unexpected delight, which was always the intent behind them. Hope that helps! 🙂
Another delight would be to have their actual appearance altered so us speed demons that spam click everything in sight don’t accidentally trigger one without warning the group.
Tyvalir: That makes sense – I’ve had my share of accidental clicks on these shrines before realizing what they are (since they’re visually identical to others). Will pass this on!
The second point is debatable. Yes, definitely Bandit Shrines are super valuable and it’s better to clear the area a bit and get a firing plan ready before you pop out a dozen goblins. That said, I can see arguments on both sides of the proposal:
What do you guys think? And more to the initial point, have you seen Bandit Shrine(s) in adequate numbers? Do you think they should be more or less common? Let’s survey… Are Bandit Shrines Too Rare?
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Voted not common enough. While I agree they were far too common pre-hotfix (I got three doing one set of bounties, was starting to get fed up by the third one and was already starting to not care about individual goblins found in the wild) I haven't seen one post-hotfix.
I've managed to see 1 since the hotfix, which is a little crazy, they were way too common beforehand though.
Got 3 bandit shrines second day and since the hotfix i’ve seen only one and that took me over a week of playing everyday for alot of hours.
Maybe a slight increase in their appearance would be good but rarity is fine too.
I’m more interested in discussing the appearance of the shrine. I’m for having a different appearance, or better yet, make it an event similar to cursed shrines. Just an idea, but what if all the goblins were out and about surrounding the shrine. Think of it like a big goblin party.
When they notice you, they panic and all run away jumping into the shrine. “Shoo! No goblins here!”, they cry. “Just an unimposing shrine!”
We of course know better and gather our allies to take a withdrawal from the bank of greed.
this season so far i think i've encountered three of these shrines, always in some wide open map, mashing away at things and suddenly thinking, oh crap! worst thing about the whole ordeal is it happened during solo play, making all efforts to kill all goblins futile.i do believe they should remain rare because:we can basically almost go to gheed's domain and the not-cow level anytime we want.the bandit shrine shouldn't be as rare as the star of azkaranth but, you know, just not common.
Saw my first at around P500 into the season. And then a 2nd not long after. So, they seem quite rare, but I'm okay with that. Makes them exciting and fun, and it's not like they're critical for anything, like the drop rates of certain items. At first glance I feel like they should have a different appearance, because both times I found them I blindly clicked on them not realising they were bandit shrines. But, as it turns out, this actually made them all the more exciting.
None with near 500 para in Hardcore, a bit over 200 in softcore.
I never felt so out of control as when one of the TGs that spawned was a Gelantinous Sire. Once he "popped," mental TG fatigue set in. I couldn't even focus at that point, and far too many escaped.
Don't really care about them, only care about blood thief. If none pops out, I keep going. If I were to vote, it would be to leave them as they are.
As hammercrusader these shrines are horrible! Still found 2 of them, lots have escaped…
I saw one once, I can’t care less. But, as vxma stated, Blood Thiefs on the other hand… and the Gilded Baron! I like Gilded Barons. 🙂
I have seen only one bandit shrine. I clicked it like many others have without even thinking and then had to scramble to try to kill the gobs. Unfortunately when I clicked it I was a hair shy of hitting level 70. The goblin massacre that ensued pushed me up that last tiny bit, but all the legs that dropped were level 69. It felt pretty lame, and I haven't seen another one in my game since (though I did join a clanmate's call for goblin murdering assistance on TX and that was pretty amazing).
I've seen two before reaching P100. But I'm lucky this season – I've found a RoRG before reaching level 70.
Not a single one.
Not seen a single one in season 4 .
Three so far at P300. Which seems to be quite good going all things considered. I don't think they need any visual changes. I clicked the first one without looking and swore a fair amount as goblins ran off all over the place but that's just made me check now before clicking shrines. They're a bit like Ramalandi's gifts – nice to have but something that RNG can screw with royally.
I think I've seen four so far, and I dinged p400 last night. I'm okay with the rarity, but I'd really like them to give us a visual cue. Maybe a little rotating jester's cap or something fun like that.
Blizzard: “Hey let’s make this neat shrine for people to discover.”
Fans: “OH WOW! this thing is fun! We really like it and it’s fun and stuff! We love finding these things!”
Blizzard: “Crap. They’ve having fun. Let’s make it less fun. There we go. Do you guys enjoy the ‘less fun’ thing now? Tell us how much less fun it is and we will listen to your feedback about it!”
Fans: “uhh. It’s less fun and we aren’t enjoying it as much”
Blizzard: ” /rubs nipples in orgasmic delight”
It needed hot fixing, it was pretty high before but now it's too low. They hot fixed it too far IMO. It should be rare but not this rare. And it should be a different color.
Seems same rarity as ramlandi gift. Then for what it is worth is it too rare.
I have 2 in 100+ hours on my seasonal character. One in Northern Highlands and one Halls of Agony (both whilst doing Bounties). The HoA one gave me 1 Ramaladni’s Gift, 1 puzzle ring and 1 entrance to the vault so I was pretty happy 🙂
I’d like it if they were a bit more common, but not too much more
Uh are they the same when those blue that spawns in 5 or 6 comes ? then no i havent seen one of those yet i think..
Flux, are you ok? "Flux was last seen: Sep 12, 2015" https://www.diabloii.net/forums/members/flux.476/
^this
Did he still chasing this elusive Bandit Shrine? Blizzard, please, raise spawn chance and bring back Flux!
“Are New Articles Too Rare?”
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Last I heard from him he was having some internet issues (as in, it wasn't working at all).I'm sure everyone's favorite glib Diablo commentator will return shortly…
Thanks for information, mjinspace!
I heard, something called "mobile internet" is a thing now. And you can used it without wires. Sound wired, i know.
Plvl 1018 in season 4, done the 100 cube thing… and I have yet to see this shrine on live. No big issue with it thoe, had it a billion times or more while playing the PTR for patch 2.3 (
Bandit Shrines? I'm still trying to get the Vault for cryin' out loud..