Update: Adding images for banner and "Demon Wings"
Update: Blizzard has posted a transcript of the AMAA on reddit. However you can find our version (with a quick bullet point section here)
Patch 1.0.3 Soon
Though it's already confirmed that patch 1.0.3 is this month, it looks like we might see it as early as next week. As always below you can see all the unofficial changes for patch 1.0.3. Also keep in mind there will be a lot of other changes that will be covered in the official patch notes! Look back on the 1.0.3 preview for more information
Inventory Item - "Demon Wings"
A new icon has appeared in the files: Item_DemonWings_Black
New Banner Items
With the MoP Collectors Edition feat of strength seen below, you will be unlocking these new items for your banner
New Buff Icons
Three new buff icons were added: Magic Find, XP Boost, and PVP Balance!
Strings
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Blacksmith
- Had both crafting and training costs reduced.
- Frenzied shrine no longer gives crit (tooltip change)
Some strings have been added dealing with party members
- Remove from party
- Remove from game
- You have been removed form the game.
- You have been removed from the party.
- {s1} has been removed from the party.
- {s1} has been removed from the game.
- Vote Kick requires 3 players and is only available in public games. Abuse of Vote Kick also disables this option for a period of time.
- Siegebreaker - (Pulsing damage) Combat against the Siegebreaker Assault Beast has grown more difficult. You are taking damage over time.
- Zoltune Kulle - (Teleport to Player) and (Collapse Ceiling)
- Belial - (Belial Lightning Strike Enrage)
The following achievements have been removed (removed from client itself)
- Five Fingers of Death - Make 10 enemies Bleed from one Exploding Palm
- Bystander - Kill 10 enemies in 3 seconds without attacking or casting any spells.
- Smash and Grab - Loot 5 chests in the Crumbling Vault.
- Minions of the Dark Templar - Kill 15 skeletons while fighting Jondar.
- King of the Hill - Complete the Last Stand of the Ancients event without leaving the top of the hill.
- Elementarachnophobia - Get attacked by all 4 types of elemental spiderlings within 5 seconds.
- Zeal for Heals - Heal a nearby player by picking up a health globe in a cooperative game.
- [FoS] Panda-Monium - Register a copy of the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Collector's Edition.
- Unlocks three different banner options.
- Cursed Captives - Now only works in single player has been added to its information
- Some skills require specific weapon types.
- OSShortcutsTooltip - Disable the operating system keyboard shortcuts. This option is always enabled in Fullscreen mode. For all other modes this option requires that "Enable access for assistive devices" is checked in the Universal Access preference pane in the System Preferences.
- OSCommandControlTitle - Use Command key as Control key
- OSCommandControlTooltip - Use Command key and Control key interchangeably.
- OSCommandLeftRightTitle - Command left click as right click
- OSCommandLeftRightTooltip - Hold down Command key and left click to simulate a right click.
- RegionSelectionWarning - You will need to log out and log back in for your new region selection to take effect.
- SpecialGiftWingsBuff_name - Collectors Edition Buff
- SpecialGiftWingsBuff_desc - QUAD DAMAGE
- SpecialGiftWingsBuff_var_stats - (Is Blank)
- JoinErrorFull - You may only be in {s1} chat channels at one time.
- LeaveErrorNoChannels - You are not in any chat channels.
- LeaveUsage - Type /leave, /leave , or /leave to leave a chat channel.
- ListErrorNoChannels- There are no chat channels to join.
Class Changes
Please keep in mind, as said in the 1.0.3 preview, patch 1.0.3 will not be focused on class balancing.
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Barbarian
- Relentless While below 20% Life, all skills cost 75% less Fury (instead of no Fury) and all damage taken is reduced by 50%.
- Weapon Throw
- Throwing Hammer : Now stuns the target for 1.5 seconds (down from 2 seconds).
- Overpower
- Crushing Advance : Now also redirects ranged damage.
- Grenades
- Stun Grenades : Now stuns the targets for for 1.5 seconds (down from 2 seconds)..
- Cluster Arrow
- Dazzling Arrow : Now also changes the damage to Physical.
- Seven-Sided Strike
- Sustained Attack : Now worded to reduce the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strike to 23 seconds instead of reducing the cooldown by 7 seconds.
- Summon Zombie Dogs
- Leeching Beasts : Had tooltip reworded: Your Zombie Dogs heal 50% of the damage they deal as Life divided evenly between themselves and you.
- Paralysis Now stuns the targets for for 1.5 seconds (down from 2 seconds)
- Meteor
- Star Pact : Now also changes the damage type to Arcane
Follower Changes
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Enchantress
- Mass Control The Enchantress lobs a bulb of magical energy at the player that will hex all enemies within
158 yards into chickens for 5 seconds. Hexed enemies are unable to perform offensive actions. / Cooldown: 60 seconds
I did not need to farm gear until Inferno. I did redo Act 2, Act 3 and Act 4 in Hell, but only once, that's not really farming now is it? You need to look at your skills and your playstyle. THey matter alot more than your gear at low level (if not using the AH).
Go in options, Gameplay, turn on Elective mode. Put 2-3 defensive cooldowns on your bars if you need to.
I've been a part of beta since October of last year. So I know how much they have done. My only problem with it is the fact they are negatively impacting the game. It doesn't need to be harder, just balanced. If people are having problems with Inferno, inferno is broken not the characters, and making them weaker and less effective is definitely not fixing anything.
Diablo is not a subscription game. They really have no obligation to make any changes other than bug fixes after release. The balancing and overall improvements are because they want the game to be better for everyone.
If you can't get through Nightmare without the AH or farming, you might want to evaluate your play-style.
Achievements
The following achievements -may- have been removed (removed from client)
Five Fingers of Death - Make 10 enemies Bleed from one Exploding Palm
Bystander - Kill 10 enemies in 3 seconds without attacking or casting any spells.
Smash and Grab - Loot 5 chests in the Crumbling Vault.
Minions of the Dark Templar - Kill 15 skeletons while fighting Jondar.
King of the Hill - Complete the Last Stand of the Ancients event without leaving the top of the hill.
Elementarachnophobia - Get attacked by all 4 types of elemental spiderlings within 5 seconds.
Zeal for Heals - Heal a nearby player by picking up a health globe in a cooperative game.
None of those achievements are in the game right now. Unless they are all feats of str and I can not find them. Could they maybe add them or where they achievements that didn't make the cut and they are just getting rid of them in the client?
Are you really complaining about the game being harder now? the game is supposed to have some kind of challenge, and im not talking about hardcore mode. if people are having problems with inferno, then those people should re-evaluate their playstyle and strats because inferno is not broken and doesnt need to be easier.
CE wings are white/blue though... I bet these are the black/purple ones and I'm really curious to know where they will come from.
from the looks of it they are just getting rid of them in the client, as I did some digging and they were not FoS (they were marked as normal achs) so they could just be cleaning out achs. But figured it would be neat to see what they had planned.,
Me too. I want them
Me too, I'm just afraid of what hoops I'm gonna have to jump through.
kill an elite pack as a monk or barb without dieing once in Act 4 inferno.
PvP reward, maybe?
Umm this is Blizzard. You know it will be 10 bucks in the blizz store. People are getting all these Blizzard bucks they need a way to spend them
God I hope it's that simple.
I was thinking it could be a bonus if you order MoP collector's but... I dunno that'd be too much in my opinion.
As for it being PvP related I doubt it, they made most of those rewards seem like sigils though they did say they'd be cosmetic. Wings are cosmetic?
It wouldn't be listed as an item though then would it? They really have me wondering.
seeing as its no listed under the rewards for that FoS, im gonna say its not. (plus it has nothing to do with MoP)
But im trying to find another call to the item in the files atm
SC2 has both D3 and Wow stuff
Wow has both sc2 and D3 stuff
why wouldnt d3 get something for wow and sc2 exp?