There is NO scheduled maintenance for today! It looks like there has been a delay, maybe next week.
Patch doesn't require maintenance anymore, they've done patches before without maintenance (but they maintain the same time slot). The patch is coming, barring some major catastrophe. Please stop saying otherwise.
"Unlike previous Eras, Era 5 will be ending shortly before the start of Season 6 onThursday, April 28 at 5 p.m. PT"
So if the patch does indeed drop today as expected then the era 5 leaderboards will be ruined. I don't agree that they were ruined by the inclusion of seasonal players because seasons don't give any advantages (in theory) but you could say because there are more players you have a much easier time of finding groups.
In any case, if patch 2.4.1 deploys today with it's boosted sets and lower monster dmg on high grifts it will mean that anyone can best the highest 2.4.0 era 5 clear by a few tiers without even trying.
Perhaps they don't care or perhaps they made a mistake or perhaps they don't intend to deploy the patch until era 5 ends.
Guys.... the patch is going live this week, BEFORE the era 5 end. Yes, the patch will completely mess with all era 5 rankings so far. This has been discussed for weeks on the official forums, and Blizzard has said absolutely nothing about it. They seem to not care about NS. If you have Twitter, just inquire Nevalistis about that - many people, including me, have asked her several times on Reddit and the official forums, but she doesn't seem to care and the majority of people doesn't seem to care because everyone is like "I play season, so why should I care about NS". It would be really good to know if this becomes the norm now - screwing with everyone who focuses on non-season.
But the ship has sailed, so stop making up theories about the patch being delayed or the era ending sooner than announced or whatever. Yes, the patch will completely mess up era 5 rankings.
I think some of you should read up on what the different words mean you are using here.
era is not the same as patch and not the same as season.
SOME of them ROUGHLY span SIMILAR timeframes. The only time some of these things coincide is when a new MAJOR patch (second number, as in 2.3) hits the live-servers, ushering in a new era.
Also patches no longer require maintenance. Maintenance just SOMETIMES coincides with new patches as they need extra time or work on the serverside.
Furthermore there is no need to debate it happening, when it has already happened and official twitter posts are being linked here. I was coming to this thread with hopes on some updated information and speculation time, but there is nothing left to speculate about. While Blizzard veils themselves in secrets and uncertainty (as with every professional public announcement), it is a clear cut case by now.
If the patch goes live before era 5 ends then I'm gonna put on my upgraded helltooth set and make fools of all those LoN docs.
^ what he said
always there were a couple of days you could play new patch right before new season started!
so @homerjnick is right
Will the set changes be retroactive or do we have to farm the new version of sets?
There is NO scheduled maintenance for today! It looks like there has been a delay, maybe next week.
Patch doesn't require maintenance anymore, they've done patches before without maintenance (but they maintain the same time slot). The patch is coming, barring some major catastrophe. Please stop saying otherwise.
https://twitter.com/CM_Nevalistis/status/724675649340727296
Patch is already live on some consoles (Asia, as has been said before).
The confusion for many of us comes from the scheduled end of era 5 as seen here: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/20743134409
"Unlike previous Eras, Era 5 will be ending shortly before the start of Season 6 onThursday, April 28 at 5 p.m. PT"
So if the patch does indeed drop today as expected then the era 5 leaderboards will be ruined. I don't agree that they were ruined by the inclusion of seasonal players because seasons don't give any advantages (in theory) but you could say because there are more players you have a much easier time of finding groups.
In any case, if patch 2.4.1 deploys today with it's boosted sets and lower monster dmg on high grifts it will mean that anyone can best the highest 2.4.0 era 5 clear by a few tiers without even trying.
Perhaps they don't care or perhaps they made a mistake or perhaps they don't intend to deploy the patch until era 5 ends.
what if they put an end to the era and already start the new era for NS as the patch is deployed?
Guys.... the patch is going live this week, BEFORE the era 5 end. Yes, the patch will completely mess with all era 5 rankings so far. This has been discussed for weeks on the official forums, and Blizzard has said absolutely nothing about it. They seem to not care about NS. If you have Twitter, just inquire Nevalistis about that - many people, including me, have asked her several times on Reddit and the official forums, but she doesn't seem to care and the majority of people doesn't seem to care because everyone is like "I play season, so why should I care about NS". It would be really good to know if this becomes the norm now - screwing with everyone who focuses on non-season.
But the ship has sailed, so stop making up theories about the patch being delayed or the era ending sooner than announced or whatever. Yes, the patch will completely mess up era 5 rankings.
I think some of you should read up on what the different words mean you are using here.
era is not the same as patch and not the same as season.
SOME of them ROUGHLY span SIMILAR timeframes. The only time some of these things coincide is when a new MAJOR patch (second number, as in 2.3) hits the live-servers, ushering in a new era.
Also patches no longer require maintenance. Maintenance just SOMETIMES coincides with new patches as they need extra time or work on the serverside.
Furthermore there is no need to debate it happening, when it has already happened and official twitter posts are being linked here. I was coming to this thread with hopes on some updated information and speculation time, but there is nothing left to speculate about. While Blizzard veils themselves in secrets and uncertainty (as with every professional public announcement), it is a clear cut case by now.
Thanks all and yep did mistake the PTR closing with the go live patch.
I stand corrected.
I was almost 100% certain that blizzard would not compromise the era leaderboards.
Guess not. LOL.
Still not up.
come on blizz console has it now our turn
scholli1988 you have a source for that time frame?
WOOOOO ENJOY IT, MATES!
Looks like it's live from the general forum.
Rip era leaderboards