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Trials Rifts Hotfix and Future of Crafting Materials

Some recent hotfixes have been deployed, increasing the amount of Blood Shards gotten from Greater Rifts and tweaking the keystone given by Trial Rifts. Another big thing to notice is that in the future the amount of crafting materials that will drop from monsters and Rift Guardians will be greatly increased. A change that should balance out the fact that players have been getting a lot less Veiled Crystals from Kadala.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

[UPCOMING HOTFIXES]
Items

• The number of Rare crafting materials that will drop from monsters (including Rift Guardians) will be greatly increased

[LIVE HOTFIXES]
Greater Rifts

• Players will now receive more Blood Shards when completing Greater Rifts (9/26)
  
  • For example, at Tier 15, you will receive 58 Blood Shards (up from 45) and at Tier 25, you will receive 115 Blood Shards (up from 83)

• The Greater Rift keystone reward from completing the Realm of Trials in multiplayer games has been increased (9/26)
  
  • 2 Player groups will receive a key equal to their last wave completed minus four
    
    • Ex. If you completed wave 20, your group will receive a level 16 keystone
  • 3 Player groups will receive a key equal to their last wave completed minus five
    
    • Ex. If you completed wave 20, your group will receive a level 15 keystone
  • 4 Player groups will receive a key equal to their last wave completed minus six
    
    • Ex. If you completed wave 20, your group will receive a level 14 keystone

BNet Linking Issues

Some players are having issues linking their BNet account to their PSN/Xbox Live accounts, and Blizzard is not only aware of the situation, but working to solve those as soon as possible. Keep checking back for any updates on this.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Greetings everyone,

We’re aware that some players are receiving an error when attempting to link their PlayStation Network or Xbox Live accounts with Battle.net. We’re currently investigating these reports and will be sure to update this post as soon as more information becomes available. To those who are affected by this issue, we apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience in the meantime.

For more information on how to link your console accounts with Battle.net, visit: https://us.battle.net/account/management/links.html

The Waypoint's Highlights

Last week's The Waypoint had some interesting topics highlighted, like a useful spreadsheet for Wizards and Witch Doctors, and a topic about which class is the best to help leveling up a friend. See below!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

A Useful Spreadsheet for Wizards and Witch Doctors
When community members create tools to help fellow players, everyone wins! For over nine months, dolynick#1290 has continued to update his Wizard and Witch Doctor calculators aimed to players in determining their hero's eDPS, breakpoints, sheet stats, and more. Adding many improvements along the way and making sure each tool is compatible with the most recent patch, these calculators (available in an easy-to-use spreadsheet format) are an outstanding resource to both Wizards and Witch Doctors alike.  Have you seen any helpful tools lately for upping your game?
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Which Class Is Best For Helping a Friend Level Up?
GummyD#1985 is looking to help his fiancée level up her first character in Diablo III. He's recently asked forum members which class is best for helping a first-timer to the game, receiving several responses and some healthy debate in turn. But what about you? What class do you think is best for helping a first-timer level up...and why?  
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What’s Your Lowest Remaining Time in a Greater Rift?
In a situation that’s bound be familiar to the more competitive players in our community, /u/Johnnybgood101 Reddit Diablo showed off his ultra-low remaining time in a Greater Rift. While it's impossible to trump his time (the clock sits at zero minutes and zero seconds), we're curious to know how close you've come to getting beaten by the clock!

Firebird Music Parody

Since music parodies are a trend these days, we should feature Jaetch's latest one as well - about the Wizard's Firebird set. Lyrics by Jaetch, sang by Scooper! Check it out!