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PTR New Wings Removal

Nevalistis and Wyatt Cheng made posts about some of the new cosmetic items found in the PTR, explaining that as all PTR content if they are not happy with its implementation it might not go live. Wyatt explicitly said they are not happy with the new Wings and they will be removed in the near future.

Originally Posted by Blizzard

It's great to see all this excitement over these new items. We're very interested in hearing your feedback!

Just want to poke my head in here and add in as a reminder that, as always, PTR is subject to change. We're testing out a few things, including types of cosmetics and how they can be acquired. Some of these items may go live, and some of them might not, and we may change how or where you find some of them. We appreciate those of you who are taking the time to track these things down and give them a try! (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

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Hi all,

Just a reminder that everything in PTR, as always, is subject to change.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/20742695169?page=4#68

I will elaborate on Nevalistis' post by explicitly stating that we are not currently happy with how these wings are obtained. In particular we feel that they step too much on existing wings such as collector's edition and Set Dungeons. While we would like to see more wings in the game than what is currently available, expect to see the ones currently on the PTR to be removed soon. (Reddit)

Akkhan Changes

Players were disappointed that there are no planned Akkhan buffs or changes in the upcoming Patch 2.4.1. They are gathering suggestions and requesting changes on this end. Nevalistis explained their particular focus for this Patch and PTR, and gave some insight on possible Akkhan changes. Read below.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Patch 2.4.1 is making a ton of balance changes to sets and legendary items. However, looking at the recent PTR notes one set seems to have been overlooked, Armor of Akkhan. I believe, and most of the Crusader community would also agree, the set needs to be changed/tuned to bring it more in-line with other class sets.

Armor of Akkhan
(2) Set: Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active.
(4) Set: Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50%.
(6) Set: While Akarat's Champion is active, you deal 450% increased damage.

Let's provide feedback and discuss any suggestions to help improve the set.

There's a lot of fantastic discussion and ideas in here, and I want folks to know that it's being passed on! Aside from being a fan of Akkhan's myself, there's always room for improvement.

That being said, we may not make changes to Akkhan's in the immediate future. There are a lot of other changes we're focused on making in 2.4.1 (especially to Legendary Gems, Set Dungeons, and Game Performance), and we really want to take a long look at Akkhan's before we make any final decisions. That doesn't mean the discussion should stop, but I do want folks to have some context for expectations with this feedback.

Is there any hope for getting other changes added to the PTR patch? Is this the best forum to suggest changes that might appear in the next PTR?

I feel like suggesting changes in the Items or General forum might as well be shouting in the wind. :/

We're always reading the forums (as well as other fan sites, like Reddit or Diablofans, for example) for suggestions and feedback, regardless of where we're at in development. Just bear in mind that during a PTR, we usually have a particular focus!

Many of the changes we have coming in 2.4.1 came from feedback not only from the previous PTR, but that we collected throughout and after the release of patch 2.4.0. While we don't always reply to such feedback, it is being read and passed along on a regular basis.