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This thread saddens me greatly. I know that the Battle.net forums have earned a reputation for rough justice, but I do not believe justice is being served by how people are speaking about Jay’s departure from Diablo III.

I am very proud of the Diablo franchise and what the team was able to accomplish with Diablo III. As a gamer I have enjoyed the game and played for many, many nights with friends and family. I’m not, however, going to use that as an excuse. The Diablo community deserves an even better game from Blizzard and we are committed to improving it. We have a talented team in place and have no intention of stopping work on Diablo III until it is the best game in the franchise.

I’m the only person in this thread who has actually worked with Jay. I hired Jay to head up the Diablo project and had the pleasure of getting to work with him, both in building the team and designing the game. He has great design instincts and has added so much to the franchise with his feel for visceral combat, boss battles, and an unparalleled knack for making it fun to smash bad guys. I’ve worked with many, many designers at Blizzard and Jay is one of the best. He has a great career at Blizzard ahead of him and I guarantee that you will enjoy Jay’s game designs in future Blizzard games.

If you love Diablo as much as we do, then please continue to let us know how you feel we can improve the game. If you still feel the need to dish out blame, then I would prefer you direct it at me. I was the executive producer on the project; I hired Jay and I gave him advice and direction throughout the development process. I was ultimately responsible for the game we released and take full responsibility for the quality of the result.

We’re working on getting Vanishing Dyes for Legendary items into 1.0.7. We intend for them to have the same slot restrictions as dyes traditionally have, so you’ll be able to use Vanishing Dye on say, your Legendary shoulders or helmet, but not items such as your weapons.

We hope this change will be available for testing on the PTR in a future build, but that may not possible. We’ll keep you updated.

I'm sure adding color to every legendary skin would take time. Vanishing dye at least would be a lot easier to do which is why it would be able to make it into 1.07. They will do color in the long run though I'm sure.

We’re definitely working on making all dyes work for Legendary items. It’s not a quick-fix, though; as Fearophobias surmised, our artists actually need to go back and redo the textures on all the Legendaries in order to make them dye-compatible.

Since we know this process will take some time, we wanted to make sure that players could at least use Vanishing Dye for now (it was the most-requested dye for Legendaries that we’ve seen to date).

The plan is to have Hellfire Rings salvage into normal Legendary crafting materials in 1.0.7 (not organs, see below). That change isn't live on the PTR right now, but will be in a future build.

Here's an earlier response I provided on the topic of Hellfire Rings > demonic organs. The reasoning still holds true:

We've definitely discussed the possibility of allowing Hellfire Rings to salvage into component pieces, and have debated your feedback quite heavily as a part of that process. While we understand why players would like Hellfire Rings to salvage into demonic organs (or even Keywarden keys), we don't think that's the right way to go right now since it would essentially let you skip some encounters completely. It's something we may revisit in the future, though, once the event has been around for a longer period of time.

We challenged you to submit your comic creations to the Blizzard Comic Contest, and your entries never fail to amuse and amaze us. The following comic from Brandon Millward (Valkors) and Nils-Petter Norlin (Colonel Panic) was selected as an honorable mention in our ongoing contest.

Keep those comics coming, and you might be the next artist to take home a prize! Also, be sure to set aside some time to check out our Warcraft and StarCraft comic sections.

Hey everyone,
I wanted all of you to be some of the first to know that I've made an important decision about my future, and how that decision will affect the future of Diablo.

I recently celebrated my seven-year anniversary working on Diablo III, and while it’s been one of the most challenging and rewarding periods of my life, I've reached a point creatively where I'm looking forward to working on something new. The powers that be at Blizzard have been gracious enough to give me that opportunity. Over the course of the next several weeks, I will be moving off of the Diablo III project and transitioning elsewhere within Blizzard. This decision was not an easy one for me, and not one I made quickly, but ultimately it’s what I feel is right.

The first thing I want to assure you all is that this will not negatively impact our ongoing support of Diablo III. The game was not made by one person, far from it, and the team that poured their passion and considerable talent into it isn’t going anywhere. We have lots of things planned for the future, and those plans will carry forward as normal. I also won't be abandoning the team, and will remain available to them during the transition period while we determine who will take over duties as game director.

To that point, you shouldn't be surprised if you see a job posting for a game director on Diablo III, as we want to make sure we explore every opportunity to find the best possible leadership for the project. We’re looking forward to finding this person and hearing what kind of fresh ideas they can bring to the table.

I'm proud of Diablo III, and despite our differences at times I will miss the community that has formed around it. I feel I have made many mistakes in managing that relationship, but my intent was always to provide a great gaming experience, and be as open and receptive as possible, while still sticking true to the vision the Diablo team has for the game.

I know some of you feel we fell short of our promise to release the game “when it’s ready.” While we're not perfect, we try to make the best decisions we can with the information and knowledge we have at the time. That doesn't mean we always make the right decisions, but if we made a mistake then I feel we've made an exceptional effort to correct it.

This is what you can always count on from Blizzard: that we will stand by our games and make every effort to continually improve them over time. We heard the feedback and suggestions from the community. For example, we agreed that Diablo III's itemization at launch was not good enough, so the team made numerous changes, including changing drop rates, re-tuning legendaries, and adding scores of new items to the game. We also agreed that the end game needed more depth, so the team added new events, and new systems like Monster Power and Paragon levels.

Our commitment to making our games as good as they can be is what has always defined Blizzard as a game studio, and that commitment never ends for us at a ship date. With your help, we'll continue to play, debate, and improve Diablo III, as we've done with every Blizzard game.

To that end, patch 1.0.7 is underway, the PTR is live, and there are many other great things brewing for Diablo in 2013. I’m leaving Diablo III in good hands, and my departure will not jeopardize the progress of the game as we continue to do what we do: listen, play, and improve.

You are the most passionate, dedicated group of gamers a designer could hope to have. I wish you all the best, and want to thank you for making this an amazing experience for me. Keep your axes sharp, your spell books handy, and that crafty devil in check.
--Jay

]Hello everyone, and welcome to PTR Patch 1.0.7! Below you will find the Known Issues list for our 1.0.7 patch (patch notes are available here). Please do not report bugs that you see on this list as we already know about them, and help out other players reporting bugs by referring them to this list.

As a reminder, this list will not list every bug that is active in the 1.0.7 patch. What it is listing are issues that are active and confirmed as bugs by Quality Assurance. In addition, potential exploits and the like will never be listed here.

Please note that documented bugs may not always be fixed in the order in which they were reported. In some rare cases, we may not have a timeline for a when a bug will be fixed and some bugs may not be able to be fixed at all. If we are able to verify that a documented bug cannot be fixed, it will be removed from this list.

Thank you for your continued reports, and enjoy the Diablo III!!!

Achievements

• It is possible to not be able to receive the “Bashanishu” achievement if you hit Bashiok using a Basic Attack (not a skill).

• The Demon Hunter achievement "Bleed, You Filth!" is not granted the first time you complete the criteria.

• The Demon Hunter achievement "Death Trap" is not granted the first time you complete the criteria.

• The “Haunted” achievement criteria will not be met when the mob is killed by an ally or pet without the player tagging it.

• The "Self Sufficient" achievement is not awarded the first time you kill the boss and meet the achievement.

• Subjugators do not count towards the achievements "We Are Champions" and "Champion's Collection".

• Rare Colossal Golgor monsters will not give credit for the "Rare Kill" achievement when killed.

Auction House

• There is no tooltip that explains the dynamic sort filter.

Battle.net

• Attempting to use Character Copy on the PTR after a successful Character Copy results in Error 395015.

Combat

• Followers can become hostile to non-host players.

• Demon Hunter - Companion: The cleave attack target areas from Wolf and Spider companions are not tall enough to hit monsters above them.

• Witch Doctor - Hex: Hexed targets are not displaying damage numbers above their heads.

• Wizard - Archon: There are several actions triggering Archon to be cast while assigned to the left mouse button that did not do so before patch 1.0.5.

• Wizard - Critical Mass: Critical Mass is not affecting Teleport or Slow Time when Archon is activated.

Items

• MinMaxDam Affix is calculating the damage bonus on weapon incorrectly.

• The Murlocket no longer drops in game.

• The new Account Bound crafted items from the Jeweler and the Blacksmith do not follow the same order as the Hellfire Rings.

Monsters

• The Reflects Damage affix can reflect more than 10% of a target's max health back to an attacker.

• The Skeleton King and The King of the Dead can use the whirlwind attack without playing the animation.

Quests

• Act 1 - Slaughtered Calf Inn: Nek the Brawler can be killed by the zombies inside The Slaughtered Calf Inn.

• Act 4 - The Pinnacle of Heaven: There can be two Tyraels in the cutscene on "Prime Evil : Climb to the Pinnacle of Heaven in the Silver Spire" during a multiplayer game.

User Interface

• Attempting to edit more than 27 Key Bindings will cause changes to Key Bindings, Gameplay, and Social settings to not be changed.

After further consideration and discussion, we've decided to allow Treasure Goblins to retain their chance to drop a Demonic Essence. (Those goblins drive a hard bargain!)

We've recently seen a number of posts from players regarding friend invitation spam and how it's been affecting your online experience. We agree that it's an issue and have not only been looking at ways to improve the Friend Invitation system, but also how to handle all the existing spam.

To that end, going forward any outgoing friend requests from players who are reported for spamming invitations will be proactively deleted. While players may still receive some friend invitation spam here and there, this change should result in an overall decrease in the number of fraudulent friend requests that reach your Social Window. If you happen to receive a friend invitation that's spam, please continue to use the "Report Spam" option as normal so that our support staff can review the complaint.

I'm guessing it'll be more than one report though, correct? Hopefully more than a handful? This can very easily be abused if it's not, :/.
I'm super hesitant to provide that information (given that those details could be used to abuse the system), but suffice it to say that there are checks and balances in place. Simply reporting another player for Friend Invitation spam does not mean that all their invitations will suddenly disappear.

Like I said:

If you happen to receive a friend invitation that's spam, please continue to use the "Report Spam" option as normal so that our support staff can review the complaint.

If you're a student looking to break into the gaming industry, we're holding a live chat next Thursday with our University Relations team here on our official Blizzard game sites. They'll be fielding questions from how to build a portfolio, to what it's like to work at Blizzard, what qualifications we look for, and even how to best approach the internship program (submissions close January 31!).

Come back to this very article next week, on January 24, to take part in the live chat from 5:00 p.m. PST to 6:00 p.m. PST, and learn how to become a part of our team!

Marquise Gems Account Bound
Marquise gems are Account Bound, meaning you cannot trade them or list them on the Auction House. This is why you cannot search for them on the Auction House.
The plans are tradable, and I will enter a bug for them not being searched in the Auction House. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

End of Duels to Remove Debuffs
Hey guys,

Thanks for the reports. In the next PTR patch (no ETA at this time), your hero will be fully healed and have all debuffs cleared from him when you leave the dueling area. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

On Angels and Alcohol
The PTR is public and open to everyone. Just keep in mind the normal rules of conduct and I imagine you'll be fine.

You can always email legal@blizzard.com, too, if you've any questions.

Anyone ever tell you that your avatar makes it look like a drunk--just swaying back and forth :-) Or is that indicative of your Holidays?
Floating is hard, okay?

Fair enough--I heard that in Sanctuary it is actually against the rules to fly while under the influence.
Does being drunk with power count? If so, I think certain members of the Angiris Council might be in trouble. >.>

I think my favorite has to be Malthael.
He's just so darn mysterious. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Below you'll find the preliminary PTR patch notes for 1.0.7. Please note that this isn't the final version of the 1.0.7 notes and that some changes may not be documented or described in full detail.

To provide feedback on these changes, please visit the PTR Feedback forum. To report any issues you experience while playing, please visit the the PTR Bug Report forum. Additional information about the PTR can be found in the PTR FAQ.


PTR Patch 1.0.7 - v.1.0.7.14161
These notes will be updated through the course of the testing process. Please be aware some changes may not go live until a new PTR build is released.
Table of Contents

• Patch Features
• General
• Auction House
• Battle.net
• Bosses
• Classes
• Crafting
• Items
• Monsters
• User Interface
• Bug Fixes

Patch Features

New Feature: Dueling
For those who wish to test their mettle against fellow Nephalem, your time has come. Players will now be able to duel one another in a new zone designed specifically for this style of combat. This zone can be accessed by speaking with Nek the Brawler located at the inn in New Tristram, and supports 2 to 4 players in a Free-For-All format.
To learn more about dueling, click here!

General

• Nephalem Valor stacks will now persist through Acts
• Base pick-up radius for all characters has been increased from 1.5 yards to 3 yards
• The resurrection timer will no longer increase if a player is killed multiple times in a row
• Players should no longer play a flinching animation (causing them to briefly lose control of their character) if they are hit by multiple monsters at the same time
• The experience bonus rewarded for killing monsters on Monster Power levels 1-10 in Inferno has been increased:
• MP 1: 25% (up from 10%)
• MP 2: 50% (up from 20%)
• MP 3: 80% (up from 30%)
• MP 4: 120%(up from 45%)
• MP 5: 165% (up from 60%)
• MP 6: 215% (up from 75%)
• MP 7: 275% (up from 95%)
• MP 8: 340% (up from 115%)
• MP 9: 420% (up from 135%
• MP 10: 510% (up from 160%)

• When resuming a game, players will now be placed in town instead of at the last known checkpoint (a portal will be available to take you to your last known checkpoint, if desired)

Auction House

• User Interface
• Cancelled PayPal auctions will now display a UI error
• Bug Fixes
• Stash Tab Art will now properly update when viewed in the Auction House

Battle.net

• General
• Monster Power is now available for Public Games
• Players can now select their desired Monster Power level from a drop-down when joining Public Games provided that the “Enable Monster Power” box has been checked in the Options menu
• “Report Botting” has been added to the right-click > report player menus
• The Battle.net UI now displays how many players are online

Bosses

• General
• Izual is now included in the list of bosses that grant an extra reward when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor, and the overall reward for killing him has been increased

Classes

• Barbarian
• Bug Fixes
• Threatening Shout – Grim Harvest should no longer cause monsters to drop loot multiple times
• Demon Hunter
• Bug Fixes
• The Reflects Damage affix will now properly reflect damage caused by Bola Shot
• Monk
• Active Skills
• Cyclone Strike
• Weapon damage increased from 100% to 313%
• Dashing Strike
• Weapon damage increased from 160% to 303%
• Exploding Palm
• Explosion damage increased from 30% to 50% of the target’s maximum health
• Inner Sanctuary
• Radius increased from 8 yards to 11 yards
• Skill Rune – Forbidden Palace
• Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%
• Skill Rune – Sanctified Ground
• Now reduces enemy movement speed by 80% (up from 60%)
• Lashing Tail Kick
• Weapon damage increased from 235% to 470%
• Mystic Ally
• The amount of damage a Mystic Ally can take from a single hit is now capped
• The cap scales with the player's level, and is further reduced by the player's Armor and Resistance
• Skill Rune – Eternal Ally
• Weapon Damage increased from 40% to 60%
• The Eternal Ally now has a 100% chance to be reborn after 3 seconds (up from 50% and down from 5 seconds)
• Skill Rune – Fire Ally
• The cooldown of the Fire Ally’s special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds
• Skill Rune – Water Ally
• The Water Ally’s special attack now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% (up from 30%)
• The cooldown of the Water Ally’s special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds
• Sweeping Wind
• Base weapon damage increased from 15% to 20% per stack
• Skill Rune – Blade Storm
• Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack
• Skill Rune – Cyclone
• Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack
• Tempest Rush
• Weapon Damage increased from 85% to 155%
• Wave of Light
• Weapon damage increased from 390% to 829%
• Passive Skills
• Near Death Experience
• Dying will now reset the cooldown
• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue where Sweeping Wind was not actively updating its damage and attributes from the player
• Witch Doctor
• Active Skills
• Spirit Barrage
• Skill Rune – Well of Souls
• The secondary missiles fired by this rune can now hit the primary target
• Wizard
• Active Skills
• Arcane Orb
• Weapon damage increased from 175% to 200%
• Skill Rune – Obliteration
• Weapon damage increased from 228% to 260%
• Blizzard
• Weapon damage increased from 210% to 510% over 6 seconds
• Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125
• Skill Rune – Grasping Chill
• Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125
• Skill Rune – Frozen Solid
• Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125
• Skill Rune – Stark Winter
• Proc coefficient increased to from 0.005 to 0.0125
• Skill Rune – Snowbound
• Proc coefficient increased to from 0.01 to 0.0125
• Skill Rune – Unrelenting Storm
• Weapon damage increased from 280% to 680%
• Shock Pulse
• Weapon damage increased from 105% to 150%
• Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
• Skill Rune – Fire Bolts
• Weapon damage increased from 152% to 195%
• Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
• Skill Rune – Explosive Bolts
• Weapon damage increased from 70% to 105%
• Proc coefficient increased from 0.5 to 0.8
• Skill Rune – Lightning Affinity
• Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
• Skill Rune – Living Lightning
• Weapon damage increased from 37% to 52%
• Passive Skills
• Critical Mass
• Critical Mass now affects the cooldowns of Archon: Teleport and Archon: Slow Time while in Archon Form
• Temporal Flux
• Now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% for 3 seconds (up from 30% and 2 seconds)
• Unstable Anomaly
• Now activates upon receiving fatal damage (changed from when a player is reduced below 30% Life)
• Dying will now reset the cooldown
• Bug Fixes
• Blizzard Critical Hits now correctly have a chance to proc Arcane Power on Crit

Crafting

• General
• A new crafting reagent, Demonic Essence, has been added to the game
• This reagent is account-bound and can be acquired from Elite monsters in Inferno difficulty
• Nephalem Valor will not be required in order for Demonic Essences to drop
• However, each level of Monster Power will increase the drop chance of Demonic Essence from Elites according to the following values:
• MP 0: 20.0000%
• MP 1: 23.0000%
• MP 2: 26.4500%
• MP 3: 30.4175%
• MP 4: 34.9801%
• MP 5: 40.2271%
• MP 6: 46.2612%
• MP 7: 53.2004%
• MP 8: 61.1805%
• MP 9: 70.3575%
• MP 10: 80.9112%
• The drop rate for Blacksmithing Plans and Jeweler Designs has been increased by 400%
• Blacksmith
• Four Rare recipes have been added to the Blacksmith: Archon Spaulders (Shoulders), Archon Gauntlets (Gloves), Archon Armor (Chest Armor), Razorspikes (Bracers)
• Each crafted item will have the following characteristics:
• iLevel 63
• 6 Affixes
• Account-bound
• Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game
• Crafting the item will require 1 Demonic Essence (other reagent costs will vary per recipe)
• Jeweler
• A new Rare recipe has been added to the Jeweler for an Amulet
• This amulet will have the following characteristics:
• iLevel 63
• 6 Affixes
• Account-bound
• Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game
• Crafting the item will require the 1 Demonic Essence as well as:
• 100,000g
• 1 Perfect Gem (varied depending on which core stat you select)
• 1 Fiery Brimstone
• A new tier of account-bound gems of has been added to the game: Marquise
• Marquise Gems stats are as follows:
• Marquise Emerald
• Weapon: Increased Critical Hit Damage by 110%
• Helm: +33% Extra Gold from Monsters
• Armor: +62 Dexterity
• Marquise Topaz
• Weapon: Melee attackers take 2200 per hit
• Helm: 33% Better chance of finding magical items
• Armor: +62 Intelligence
• Marquise Amethyst
• Weapon: Each Hit adds +700 Life
• Helm: +19% Life
• Armor: +62 Vitality
• Marquise Ruby
• Weapon: +150 Minimum and +150 Maximum Damage
• Helm: Increases Bonus Experience by 33%
• Armor: +62 Strength
• These gems can only be created at the Jeweler and will require the following reagents:
• 3 Radiant Star Gems
• 20 million gold
• 1 Demonic Essence
• Un-socketing Marquise gems will cost 5 million gold
• The designs for the Marquise gems will drop randomly from all level 63 monsters
• Note: The designs are not account-bound

Items

• General
• Crafting Plans and Jeweler Designs have been added for all of the new Rare recipes listed above
• These plans (excluding the chest piece) will drop randomly in the world, but have a 50% chance to drop off the following bosses when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor:
• Skeleton King
• Spider Queen
• Maghda
• Zoltun Kulle
• Ghom
• Cydaea
• Rakanoth
• Izual
• The Archon Armor recipe can be purchased from Squirt the Peddler for 1.5 million gold each
• Please note that neither the Crafting plans nor the Jeweler Design are account-bound
• Holding shift while buying health potions will attempt to purchase 5 potions at once
• Follower items below iLevel 60 will now no longer drop in Inferno
• Goldskin now has a limit on the number of times it can proc on a single target
• Vendors
• Squirt the Peddler no longer sells Dyes, but (as noted above) will now sell the plans for the Archon Armor recipe for 1.5 million gold each
• Bug Fixes
• Goldskin will no longer proc when attacking monsters that drop no loot
• Plans: Staff of Herding can now be dropped on the ground, or sold to a vendor for 0 gold
• All Staves of Herding can now be sold to a vendor for 0 gold

Monsters

• General
• The Reflects Damage affix has been redesigned:
• It will now apply a short duration buff to the monster and will only reflect a percentage of damage dealt back to the player while that buff is active
• A visual effect will display whenever the durational buff is active
• Damage dealt by pets to monster with Reflects Damage affix will no longer be reflected back to the player
• Damage dealt by the Molten affix has been reduced by 40%
• Damage dealt by the Plagued affix has been increased by 120%
• Fallen Lunatics should now detonate in a more consistent manner
• The Triune Berserker before Alcarnus should no longer swing faster after a few attacks
• Keywardens:
• The Act II Keywarden (Sokahr) should now only use its mortar ability in Inferno difficulty
• The Act III Keywarden (Xah’Rith) should now only use its rain of corpses ability in Inferno difficulty
• The Act IV Keywarden (Nekarat) should now only use its earthquake and charge abilities in Inferno difficulty
• Bug Fixes
• Rare Sand Dwellers will now spawn in The Forgotten Ruins
• Champion Plague Swarms will now spawn in Cryder’s Outpost
• Champion Fallen Cur will now spawn in The Storm Halls

User Interface

• General
• Legendary items now have a new mini-map icon
• This icon should now persist properly and be shown on the mini-map so long as the player is in the same zone as the dropped item
• Note: The icon will only display when Legendary items are dropped by a monster, not a player
• Bug Fixes
• Fixed an issue causing the Enable Monster Power option to reset
• Fixed an issue affecting the scroll speed of text
• Vendors will now properly display an Armor tab when you are in an Inferno game with Monster Power set above 0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where new Hardcore characters were not labeled as Hardcore on the homepage
• Fixed an error that could occur when closing the World of Warcraft client while the Diablo III client was still running

Patch 1.0.7 is currently in development and now available for testing on the PTR. To learn about all the latest changes, please see the official PTR patch notes. For information on how to participate and copy over characters, read on below!


How to Participate:

To participate in the public test, you must have a Diablo III game license attached your Battle.net account that’s in good standing (i.e. it hasn’t been suspended or banned). While the 1.0.5 PTR is only available in English, French, German, and Korean languages, accounts from all regions are eligible to participate.

Step 1: Create a PTR account by logging in to your Battle.net Account Management page. Select your Diablo III game license, and then click "Create a PTR account."

Step 2: Download the client from the Diablo III landing page, or from your Games Download page in Account Management.

Step 3: To play on the PTR, simply launch the PTR client and log in normally. You will be connected to the PTR server automatically.

If you've installed a PTR client already, you should be able to patch up to the most recent build. Patching up to the PTR client will not effect your retail client.

Character Copy:
The option to copy your existing Diablo III characters from your live account to the PTR will be available and can be done directly through the PTR client. However, only one region per account can be copied at a time. So, if you choose to copy characters from your account in a different region, any previously copied PTR characters will be lost.

Step 1: Log into PTR client and create a level 1 character. After you're done, return to the main character screen.

Step 2: Click on the "PTR Copy" button located in the upper right-hand corner. (The PTR Copy button will not appear in-game until you have created a new level 1 character.)

Step 3: Select your region.

Step 4: Click "Copy." This will copy all characters on your account from the selected region.

Step 5: You will be disconnected from the PTR client.

Step 6: Log back in. Your copied characters will be available for play.

Please note that you can only copy characters over to your PTR account once every 72 hours. Attempting to copy characters before this cooldown is upwill result in Error 395000.


Further details on how to access the PTR and use the Character Copy system can be found in the FAQ. Once you've had the chance to try things out, be sure to visit the Public Test forums to discuss the patch.

As this is a test server, please anticipate uneven game performance, and note that restarts and downtime may occur without warning. We'll provide information regarding extended downtimes, should they occur, in the PTR Feedback forum.