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Changes to Meteor

It appears some changes are planned for the Wizard's Meteor skill in the future. Nevalistis shared some information on what are the current plans for this skill. Don Vu also mentioned another planned update on twittter (quoted at the end of the post).

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

While we don't have plans to innately reduce the Arcane Power of Meteor in the next build, we do have some significant Meteor changes coming in the next PTR patch that should make the Arcane Power you're spending feel much more valuable.

In addition to damage increases for the baseline Meteor skill, we're making some changes to a few of the elemental runes that weren't fully embodying their fantasy. The goal is to make each flavor of Meteor different and more indicative of its element while keeping each competitive in its own way. These changes should also make the Tal Rasha’s Set bonus more appealing. 

Comet has been slightly modified, dealing a great deal of Cold damage on impact and freezing Chilled enemies for 1 second. You'll still enjoy its icy mist after effect that deals additional weapon damage as cold over time and chills enemies. 

Star Pact has also been redesigned, and is now a little reminiscent of the Barbarian's Ancient Spear (Boulder Toss) rune. You'll be able to expend all remaining Arcane Power for a massive amount of Arcane damage, with each point of additional Arcane Power spent granting a 20% damage increase. (I'm personally looking forward to exploding things with this!)

Lastly, Lightning Bind has been replaced with a new rune, Thunder Crash. This new rune removes the delay on Meteor, to better embody the quick nature of Lightning based spells and abilities. 

We're also updating The Grand Vizier with a new Legendary power oriented around Meteor, which will now reduce the Arcane Power cost of Meteor by 45-60%. This aligns with our goals of making 2-handed weapons feel more powerful and desirable, and we'd like to hear your thoughts once you get a chance to give these new options a go!
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Here's what Don said regarding:

07/28/2014 03:07 PMPosted by Jaetch

If Star Pact can have some synergy with Tal Rasha's 4-piece, that would be awesome.

"When you proc it it'll give you extra damage based on how much Arcane Power you have. Won't spend any."

Source: http://twitter.com/donvu4u/status/493884383757991937

Quoting for blue, just so this gets some additional visibility. 

Trading Forums Closing

With the closure of the Auction House and the advent of Bind on Account Legendaries and Set items, trading is no longer a very prominent feature of the current Diablo iteration. And the reminder of closure of the official Trading forums (Normal and Hardcore) posted recently shows that is a change that has come to stay.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Greetings Adventurers,

Please be aware that the Trading [Normal] forums will be closed on Monday, August 11. As ever, we encourage you to check our additional forums for the most appropriate channel to share new posts in.

For class specific posts, please refer to the class forums:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/#forum3354995

Information regarding specific items can be found here:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/3354990/

Ultimate Evil Edition Hands-On

Youtuber ZiggyD posted a video about his hands-on with the Ultimate Evil Edition of Reaper of Souls. Most of the features mentioned were already mentioned in the past, but it is nice to see it all in one easy-to-view video and with a player's feelings towards the changes. He also shows some in-game footage of him playing and screenshots of some of those features, like the Nemesis system (@10~ minute mark), as well as some fun facts. Check it out below.

Today I Learned Series

Some time ago, Jaetch started a series of small videos sharing quick tips on things that even the more seasoned player might not know.

They go from useful gameplay info, like how The Furnace works on Enchantress, how the Fields of Misery Scarecrow always spawns an elite or how to quickly find out a Desolate Sands Rift exit, to fun facts like how the Blood Springs in Blood Marsh deal Poison damage and how you can proc the Tal-Rasha's meteors with "auto-attacks". Check them out!