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Season Now Live!

The First Reaper of Souls Season is live on all regions!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Diablo III Season 1 is now live in all gameplay regions! To create a Seasonal hero, select your class, gender, and name as usual, then select the "Seasonal Hero" checkbox on the lower left of the screen. 
 

What Are Seasons?

Seasons are an optional, recurring game mode that offers PC players the opportunity to periodically start fresh, leveling new Normal or Hardcore heroes from level 1 without any currency, resources, items, or previously earned Paragon experience. Similar to the separation between Normal and Hardcore game modes, Seasonal heroes will also have their own shared stash and Artisan progression. Any currency, materials, recipes, items, Paragon experience, and Artisan progression earned during a Season will be rolled over to a player's non-Seasonal profile once the Season concludes. Seasons offer unique rewards and new challenges for players, including new Legendaries, an exclusive Transmogrification set only available to those who compete in each Season, and new achievements called Conquests. Progress within a given Season will also be tracked in our new Leaderboard system. To learn more about Seasons, click here.

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Good luck, nephalem! May the loot gods treat you kindly and your deeds of valor always be remembered.

Achievement Bug Update

We've had an update on the Achievement Display bug that has been plaguing some players these past couple days. Check below!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Update: 
If you are still affected by the Achievements UI bug, please try switching to the Europe servers from the login screen, hit Play to launch the game, log out, then try switching back to the Americas servers. This should solve the issue. If it doesn’t, please let us know in this thread.

In the meantime, we believe we have identified the problem and are working with our ISP to resolve it as soon as possible. Once again, your achievements and progress are not lost.
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Update: 
We're continuing to investigate and troubleshoot more permanent solutions to this issue and will work to keep you all as updated as possible in this thread.We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this particular bug has caused and thank you all for your ongoing reports!

Updated Hotfix List

The Hotfix post was just updated with some recently applied fixes. Check the posts below to see what was hotfixed in the last day!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

[UPCOMING HOTFIXES]

• Fixing an issue where the Firebird's Finery damage over time effect is snapshotting critical damage upon application
• Fixing an issue where Sentry (Spitfire Turret) is proccing Knockback effects from items

[LIVE HOTFIXES]

General:

• Resolved an issue where occasionally a normal Rift could not be completed due to insufficient monsters spawning (8/28)
• Treasure Goblins no longer have a 100% chance to spawn in Halls of Agony level 2 (8/28)
• Fixed an issue where Game Difficulty XP bonus was applying to monsters in the Realm of Trials (8/27)

Items:

• Fixed an issue where the item Spines of Seething Hatred was rolling with one less affix than intended (should now properly spawn with 5 Primary and 2 Secondary) (8/27)
• Fixed an issue where the item Broken Promises was rolling with one less affix than intended (should now properly spawn with 4 Primary and 2 Secondary) (8/27)
• Fixed an issue where the item Meticulous Bolts was rolling with one less affix than intended (should now roll with 5 Primary and 2 Secondary) (8/27)

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General:

• Greater Rifts Guardians will no longer instantly spawn after 15 minutes. In order to spawn a Greater Rift Guardian, players must fill the progress bar completely. (8/29)

Items:

• Fixed an issue where the Firebird's Finery damage over time effect is snapshotting critical damage upon application (8/28)

Demon Hunter:

• Fixed an issue where Sentry (Spitfire Turret) is proccing Knockback effects from items (8/28)

Wizard:

• Fixed an issue where the Firebird's Finery damage over time effect is snapshotting critical damage upon application (8/28)

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Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts:

• Boon of the Hoarder, Goldskin, Gladiator Gauntlets, and Threatening Shout (Grim Harvest) should no longer drop gold in Greater Rifts (8/29)

UEE Basics Guide

Official forum user TheGoat made a long and in-depth guide to the UEE of Reaper of Souls, with an overview on the exclusive systems of that version. It has even been blue tagged by CM Tyvalir! A great source of information if you just started playing Diablo. Check a small preview below as well!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

What a great guide! I'm sure console players will appreciate it.

Thanks, Goat 'n' Hog!

Legendary Gem Tool

Redditor khaozxd made an amazing tool to easily check the upgrade chance of a Legendary Gem, based on the level of said gem and the Greater Rift difficulty level. Click the preview screenshot below to see it!