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PTR Patch 2.4.2 Build 38066 Live

A new patch for the 2.4.2 PTR has been released earlier today. It contains some of the changes that we recently datamined, along with a few more interesting changes to how general crowd control mechanics work. Check out the condensed patch notes below.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Official Post)

PTR PATCH 2.4.2 - v2.4.2.38066

To provide feedback on patch 2.4.2, please visit the PTR Feedback forum.
To report any issues you experience while playing, please visit the PTR Bug Report forum.
For additional information about the PTR, click here.

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GENERAL

• New difficulty levels, Torment XI-XIII have been added to the game
• Gold rewards have been adjusted:
  • Knockbacks now apply a flat 40% increase to crowd control resistances
  • Monsters cannot be knocked back if they are over 65% crowd control resistant
  • Powers that apply knockbacks continuously, such as Black Hole, can bypass this resistance if they already knocked a monster back successfully. These powers increase the crowd control resistance by 20% per knockback instead of 40%

CLASSES

• Crusader
  • Active Skills
    • Judgment
      • Skill Rune - Resolved
        • The increased Critical Hit Chance has been reduced from 20% to 8%
    • Laws of Valor
      • Skill Rune - Critical
        • The Critical Hit Damage bonus has been reduced from 100% to 50%

• Demon Hunter
  • Active Skills
    • Companion
      • Skill Rune - Wolf Companion
        • The Active Skill damage bonus has been reduced from 30% to 15%
    • Marked for Death
      • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
      • Skill Rune - Grim Reaper
        • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
    • Multishot
      • Skill Rune - Wind Chill
        • The increased Critical Hit Chance against the target has been reduced from 15% to 8%
    • Spike Trap
      • Hatred cost reduced from 30 to 15

• Monk
  • Active Skills
    • Blinding Flash
      • Skill Rune - Crippling Light
        • The damage reduction applied to blinded enemies has been reduced from 40% to 25%
    • Epiphany
      • Skill Rune - Soothing Mist
        • Healing has been reduced by 60% from 40232 Life per ability to 16093 Life. The heal amount of your health globe healing bonus has been reduced from 10% to 4%
    • Exploding Palm
      • Skill Rune - Flesh is Weak
        • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
    • Inner Sanctuary
      • Skill Rune - Forbidden Palace
        • No longer increased the damage taken by enemies inside Inner Sanctuary
      • Skill Rune - Flesh is Weak
        • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
    • Mantra of Conviction
      • The damage of the passive component of the skill has been reduced from 10% to 8%
      • The damage of the active component of the skill has been reduced from 20% to 16%
      • Skill Rune - Overawe
        • The damage bonus has been reduced from 16% to 12%

• Witch Doctor
  • Active Skills
    • Big Bad Voodoo
      • The attack speed bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
      • Skill Rune - Slam Dance
        • The damage bonus provided to allies has been decreased from 30% to 15%
    • Hex
      • No longer increases the damage taken by the target
      • Skill Rune - Jinx
        • The damage bonus to the target has been reduced from 30% to 15%
      • Skill Rune - Toad of Hugeness
        • The damage bonus to the target has been reduced from 25% to 15%
    • Summon Zombie Dogs
      • Skill Rune - Chilled to the Bone
        • No longer increases damage done to targets by 15%

• Wizard
  • Active Skills
    • Arcane Orb
      • Skill Rune - Spark
        • The damage increase of your next Lightning spell now has a maximum of 30%
  • Passive Skills
    • Elemental Exposure
      • The damage bonus no longer applies to your allies

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Wolf Companion’s active ability from applying the 15% damage buff to pets and followers

ITEMS

• Socketing a Topaz into your helm will now provide Resource Cost Reduction rather than Magic Find. This grants the same percentage bonus as Cooldown Reduction and caps at 12.5%

• Class-Specific Items
  • Demon Hunter
    • Calamity
      • Now always uses your Marked for Death Rune type and cannot stack with overlapping casts of your Marked for Death
        • Note: This change is retroactive to existing items
  • Monk
    • Gyana Na Kashu
      • The damage bonus granted to the fireball from Lashing Tail Kick has been increased from 525-700% to 1050-1400%
  • Witch Doctor
    • Helltooth Harness
      • (2) Set Bonus
        • The Necrosis bonus damage no longer amplifies the damage of your allies. The skill will now benefit your own damage and your pets' damage
  • Several existing class-specific Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power
    • Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.
    • Wizard
      • Starfire
        • Legendary power added
          • Lightning damage done is increased by 15% for every 10 yards you are from the target up to a maximum of 60%
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that caused Girdle of Giants to increase the damage of all skills by the percentage it applied to Earthquake damage
  • Fixed an issue that caused Scarbringer to grant a damage bonus of 200%. It has been increased to 300% to match the tooltip
  • Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick (Vulture Claw Kick) DoT to not benefit from the bonus damage granted by Scarbringer
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Fireball proc from Gyana Na Kashu to not do damage to a target if the target has previously been hit with the amplified damage of Lashing Tail Kick from Scarbringer
  • Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick – Vulture Claw Kick to give all targets the amplified damage from Scarbringer instead of the first 5-7 hit
  • Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick - Vulture Kick to apply 230% weapon damage per second instead of 230% over 3 seconds
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Bracers of Destruction’s Seismic Slam bonus damage from being applied to the Rumble rune
  • Fixed an issue with Blade of the Warlord that prevented the Fury spent with Bash from triggering the 2-piece Might of the Earth set bonus and reducing the cooldown of Earthquake, Ground Stomp, Leap, and Avalanche

Season 7 on PTR

Nevalistis revealed that Season 7 will soon be available for testing on the PTR. It requires some time between releasing a patch and deploying a new Season. Read more below.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

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Season 7 will be coming shortly to the PTR - first, we have a patch to deploy and we like to give the patch a couple days to breathe (and address any critical issues, if they arise) before deploying a Season.

We'll also have a Focused Feedback topic on the changes coming to the Season Journey, so please be sure to tackle those and report any issues or just share your experiences when the time comes!

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How active is the Diablo 3 team with the Focused Feedback topics?

Very! Part of their purpose is to put a spotlight on the topics that have received heavy iteration and may need the most tuning. It reduces the amount of filtering through different feedback topics in order to deliver your thoughts in a more timely and frequent manner to our developers. In short, it's a useful tool for a community manager.

To clarify, that doesn't mean we stop collecting related feedback from other sources or reading feedback on other areas of the game, but they are our go-to's for when we need player concerns regarding specific game changes.