#1 - March 15, 2016, 11 p.m.
Last updated March 15 @ 4:00 p.m. PT.
Below you'll find the preliminary PTR patch notes for patch 2.4.1. Please note that this isn't the final version of the patch notes and that some changes may not be documented or described in full detail.
PTR PATCH 2.4.1 - v2.4.1.36239
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Table of Contents:
GENERAL
- Several changes have been made to improve server performance
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented Massacre bonus experience from being calculated correctly
PTR-ONLY CHANGES
- The following cosmetic items will no longer drop:
- Dark Bat
- Lord Culsu's Wings
- Osseous Grasp
- Wings of Kokabiel
CLASSES
- Barbarian
- Active Skills
- Hammer of the Ancients
- Skill Rune - Birthright
- Now heals for 3% of your maximum Life on Critical Hits
- No longer has a chance to drop a Health Globe
- Skill Rune - Birthright
- Hammer of the Ancients
- Ignore Pain
- Skill Rune - Mob Rule
- Damage reduction granted to allies has been reduced from 50% to 25%
- Skill Rune - Mob Rule
- Active Skills
- Tough as Nails
- Thorns damage bonus increased from 50% to 100%
- Crusader
- Active Skills
- Akarat's Champion
- The damage bonus granted is now multiplicative with other sources of bonus damage
- Laws of Hope
- Skill Rune - Hopeful Cry
- Now reduces Physical damage taken by 25%
- No longer has a chance to drop a Health Globe
- Skill Rune - Hopeful Cry
- Akarat's Champion
- Active Skills
- Demon Hunter
- Active Skills
- Companion
- Skill Rune - Boar Companion
- The Life per second and resistance bonuses are also granted to your allies
- Skill Rune - Wolf Companion
- The damage bonus granted is now multiplicative with other sources of bonus damage
- Skill Rune - Boar Companion
- Companion
- Active Skills
- Passive Skills
- Steady Aim
- The damage bonus granted is now multiplicative with other sources of bonus damage
- Steady Aim
- Witch Doctor
- Active Skills
- Grasp of the Dead
- Skill Rune - Death is Life
- Chance to summon a Zombie Dog increased to 70%
- No longer has a chance to drop a Health Globe
- Skill Rune - Death is Life
- Grasp of the Dead
- Active Skills
- Wizard
- The Firebird's Finery (2) Set Bonus will now activate before Unstable Anomaly
- Active Skills
- Archon
- Damage bonus increased from 20% to
300%30% - Armor and resistance bonuses increased from 20% to 150%
- Damage bonus for each enemy killed is now multiplicative
- Skill Rune - Improved Archon
- Damage bonus increased from 22% to 50%
- Note: This bonus is now multiplicative
- Damage bonus increased from 22% to 50%
- Skill Rune - Teleport
- Cooldown reduced from 3 to 2 seconds
- Damage bonus increased from 20% to
- Archon
ITEMS
- Legendary potions can now be salvaged and will yield a Forgotten Soul
- Legendary Gems
- Bane of the Powerful
- Rank 25 now also reduces damage taken from Elites by 15%
- The damage bonus granted is now multiplicative with other sources of bonus damage
- Bane of the Powerful
- Enforcer
- Pet damage reduction increased from 25% to 90%
- The damage bonus granted to pets is now multiplicative with other sources of bonus damage
- Poisoned enemies now also deal 10% reduced damage
- Has been redesigned
- Now applies swiftness with every attack
- Now also grants 0.50% chance to dodge per stack
- Dodge chance increases by 0.01% per rank
- Smite damage increased from 2000% to 3000% weapon damage
- Additional damage per rank increased from 40% to 60% weapon damage
- Duration between bonus Smite casts at rank 25 reduced from 5 to 3 seconds
- Smite now also heals you for 3% of your maximum Life each time it hits an enemy
- Chance to clear staggered damage increased from 10% to 20% per kill
- Bleed increased from 1200% to 2500% weapon damage
- Additional damage per rank increased from 30% to 50% weapon damage
- The damage bonus granted is now multiplicative with other sources of primary skill bonus damage
- Heal amount increased from 2% to 4% of maximum Life
- Has been redesigned
- Now only gains stacks when you spend resource on a channeled skill
- Now stacks up to 10 times
- Stacks now expire after 1.5 seconds
- Grants 2.0% damage per stack
- Damage increases by 0.04% per rank
- Grants 2% Armor per stack at rank 25
- Note: There is currently an issue causing this gem to only grant 1% Armor per stack
- Lightning damage increased from 600% to 1250% weapon damage
- Additional damage per rank increased from 10% to 25% weapon damage
- Damage bonus per rank increased from 0.05% to 0.08% for every 10 yards between you and the enemy
- The damage bonus granted is now multiplicative with other sources of primary skill bonus damage
- Will now also be activated by your kills if equipped on your follower
- Now benefit from all sources of bonus damage
- Can now only drop a Health Globe once every 8 seconds
- Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.
- Frostburn
- Now has Cold skills deal +15-20% increased damage and have a 50% chance to Freeze enemies as a Legendary Power
- Magefist
- Now has Fire skills deal +15-20% increased damage as a Legendary Power
- Class-Specific Items
- Barbarian
- Immortal King's Call
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 250% to 400%
- (6) Set Bonus
- The Legacy of Raekor
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus per stack increased from 300% to 750%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Might of the Earth
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 800% to 1200%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Skull Grasp
- Has been redesigned
- Your Whirlwind deals 250-300% additional damage
- Note: This bonus is multiplicative with other sources of Whirlwind damage
- Your Whirlwind deals 250-300% additional damage
- Has been redesigned
- Wrath of the Wastes
- (4) Set Bonus
- Damage reduction gained during Whirlwind increased from 40% to 50%
- Your applied Rends deal triple damage
- (4) Set Bonus
- Immortal King's Call
- Barbarian
- Flail of the Ascended
- New Legendary Two-Handed Flail
- Your Shield Glare deals damage equal to up to your last 5 Shield Bash casts
- New Legendary Two-Handed Flail
- Johanna's Argument
- Now also increases the damage of Blessed Hammer by 100%
- Thorns of the Invoker
- (2) Set Bonus
- Damage per stack increased from 25% to 35%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Bonus Thorns damage dealt increased from 600% to 800%
- (2) Set Bonus
- (4) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 600% to 750%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Duration increased from 5 to 8 seconds
- Embodiment of the Marauder
- (4) Set Bonus
- Sentry damage bonus increased from 300% to 400%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus for each active Sentry increased from 600% to 800%
- (4) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 80-100% to 160-200% per stack
- No longer drops
- Replaced with:
- Augustine's Panacea
- New Legendary Quiver
- Ball Lightning travels at 30% speed
- Frost Arrow damage and chill duration increased by 200-250%
- Immolation Arrow damage over time increased by 200-250%
- Lightning Bolts damage and Stun duration increased by 200-250%
- Nether Tentacles damage and healing increased by 200-250%
- New Legendary Quiver
- Augustine's Panacea
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 400% to 500%
- (2) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 600% to 1200%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus per point of Discipline increased from 20% to 40%
- Rapid Fire damage bonus increased from 30-40% to 60-75% per stack
- Channeling time required to gain a stack decreased from 1 second to 0.5 seconds
- Now gains the first stack immediately
- The Flow of Eternity
- Now also increases your Seven-Sided Strike damage by 100%
- Monkey King's Garb
- (4) Set Bonus
- Decoy damage increased from 500% to 1000% weapon damage per stack
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 1500% to 3000%
- (4) Set Bonus
- (6) Set Bonus
- Dashing Strike now also increases your Spirit Generators by 300% for 6 seconds
- (2) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus after reaching maximum Spirit increased from 100% to 150%
- (4) Set Bonus
- Your Seven-Sided Strike deals double its total damage with each hit
- (6) Set Bonus
- Now also increases your Exploding Palm damage by 250%
- Bakuli Jungle Wraps
- New Legendary Belt
- Firebats deals 150-200% increased damage to enemies affected by Locust Swarm or Piranhas
- New Legendary Belt
- Helltooth Harness
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 900% to 1400%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Raiment of the Jade Harvester
- (2) Set Bonus
- Instant Haunt damage dealt increased from 60 to 120 seconds worth
- (6) Set Bonus
- Instant damage dealt when consuming DoTs increased from 150 to 300 seconds worth
- (2) Set Bonus
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 1200% to 1500%
- (4) Set Bonus
- Damage reduction per Fetish increased from 2% to 3%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 800% to 1500%
- Delsere's Magnum Opus
- (4) Set Bonus
- Has been redesigned
- You take 50% reduced damage while you have a Slow Time active
- Your allies gain half this benefit
- Has been redesigned
- (4) Set Bonus
- New Legendary Ring
- You take 45-60% less damage for
23 seconds after your Storm Armor electrocutes an enemy more than 30 yards away
- You take 45-60% less damage for
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus for each enemy burning increased from 25% to 40%
- Damage bonus when an Elite is burning increased from 600% to 2000%
- Meteor damage bonus increased from 100% to 200%
- Damage when hitting 3 or fewer enemies increased from 150-200% to 275-350%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 500% to 750% per stack
- Can now only benefit from a maximum of
58 Energy Twisters
- (4) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 1% to 1.5% per stack
- Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.
- Monk
- Crystal Fist
- Legendary power added
- Dashing Strike reduces your damage taken by 40-50% for 6 seconds
- Level requirement has been reduced
- Legendary power added
- Crystal Fist
- Flesh Rake
- Legendary power added
- Dashing Strike increases the damage of Dashing Strike by 75-100% for 1 second, stacking up to 5 times
- Level requirement has been reduced
- Legendary power added
- Swamp Land Waders
- Legendary power added
- Sacrifice deals 350-400% additional damage to targets affected by Locust Swarm or Grasp of the Dead
- Legendary power added
- Fixed an issue that caused the Firebird's Finery (6) Set Bonus to grant its Elite bonus damage when a Rare monsters minions were ignited
ADVENTURE MODE
- Bounties
- In the event that both Act III and Act IV bounties are complete, the bonus act will now always be turned in first
- A Plague of Burrowers
- Significantly reduced Burrowers' health
- Greater Rifts
- The amount of incoming damage in Greater Rift 70 and above has been reduced
- The amount of Experience granted in Greater Rift 70 and above has been reduced
- The cost required to empower, and gold awarded by a Greater Rift above rank 70 has been reduced, but the ratio of gold earned to empower cost remains the same
- Barbarian
- Immortal King's Call
- Objective 2 now requires you to kill 150 enemies while Wrath of the Berserker is active
- The Legacy of Raekor
- Enemies hit by a Furious Charge that didn't hit 15 enemies are no longer prevented from counting toward the objective on future casts
- Might of the Earth
- Elites now appear in fixed locations
- Wrath of the Wastes
- Enemies hit by a Rend that didn't hit 10 enemies are no longer prevented from counting toward the objective on future casts
- Immortal King's Call
- Armor of Akkhan
- The total number of monsters has been increased
- Enemies hit by a Condemn that didn't hit 10 enemies are no longer prevented from counting toward the objective on future casts
- Embodiment of the Marauder
- Objective 1 now requires you to kill 140 enemies with 3 or more Sentries active
- The total number of monsters has been increased
- Rockworms now appear in fixed locations
- Rockworms will now take longer to spring from the ground after appearing
- You no longer break the consecutive hit chain if you hit a target that has already been added to the chain
- Enemies hit by a Multishot that didn't hit 20 enemies are no longer prevented from counting toward the objective on future casts
- Raiment of the Jade Harvester
- Deceivers will no longer use their Invisibility
- Enemies hit by a Soul Harvest that didn't harvest 15 souls are no longer prevented from counting toward the objective on future casts
- Delsere's Magnum Opus
- Enemies hit by a Slow Time that didn't initially hit 30 enemies are no longer prevented from counting toward the objective on future casts
- Firebird's Finery
- Objective 2 now requires you to Ignite or kill 20 enemies
- Fixed an issue that could, under certain conditions, prevent players from being able to finish a Set Dungeon
CRAFTING
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented the quantity of items to be crafted from being properly updated when a new value was entered
- Fixed an issue that prevented the list of affixes available when an item was being enchanted from being updated dynamically
MONSTERS
- Pet attacks will now also break Primordial Scavengers' armor in the same way player attacks do
- The amount of gold dropped by Gilded Barons has been reduced
- The Merciless Witch
- Removed her shields in both the Realm of Discord and Realm of Fright
- Significantly increased her health in the Realm of Discord
USER INTERFACE
- Holding shift while comparing an item will now also remove the benefit of Caldesann's Despair from the comparison
- When viewing a player's profile in game, it will now indicate whether or not you are looking at the current profile
- The Inventory button no longer flashes for level 70 characters when a new item is picked up
- Your highest damage numbers will now also be displayed in orange when shortened combat numbers are disabled
- A shadow has been added to stack and charge counts on the hotbar, and buff icons
- Several new Stash Tab icons have been added
- Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented profiles from being properly updated when inspecting a player in-game after they have enchanted an item or socketed a gem