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[Molster]

Update - Patch/Servers are live! Enjoy

Patch 16 Information
In case you missed it, patch 16 is going live tonight. We will be updating this post with any goodies we find, including the Official patch notes once posted.

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Patch 16 Official Patch notes

Blizzquote

Diablo III Beta Patch 16 – v.0.10.0.9183

General

• All characters have been wiped. Please note that this wipe will also affect gold, items, auctions, achievements, followers, and artisans.
  
• A new feature has been added that allows players to view their FPS while in game
  
  • To access this feature, hit Ctrl+R (for PC) or CMD+R (for Mac) while playing
• The cooldown on swapping skills while in Normal difficulty has been decreased from 15 seconds to 5 seconds

Classes

• Barbarian
  
  • Active Skills
    
    • Bash
      
      • "Clobber" rune now has a 35% chance to stun the target for 1.5 seconds
    • Revenge
      
      • Heal decreased from 6% to 5%
• Demon Hunter
  
  • Active Skills
    
    • Caltrops
      
      • Discipline cost decreased from 8 to 6
    • Smoke Screen
      
      • Discipline cost decreased from 18 to 14
        
      • Duration decreased from 3 seconds to 2 seconds
        
      • Now provides a 10% movement speed boost while invisible
        
      • Can now be used while under the effects of crowd control abilities
        
        • Using Smoke Screen will break the effects of crowd control, as well as cause your character to be immune to additional crowd control abilities for its duration
    • Vault
      
      • Discipline cost decreased from 10 to 8
• Witch Doctor
  
  • Active Skills
    
    • Haunt
      
      • Now performs 575% weapon damage over 12 seconds (down from 15 seconds)
    • Sacrifice
      
      • Weapon damage increased from 200% to 275%

Crafting

• Gold and material cost for crafting recipes have been adjusted
  
• The chance of salvaging Rate materials from Magic items has been increased

Items

• Class-specific items no longer have the chance to be generated with affixes that cannot be used by that specific class
  
  • For example, "Increased Hatred Regeneration" will no longer appear on Wands
• Demon Hunter one-handed Crossbows have received a damage buff
  
• Spirit regeneration on Monk items has been increased

Monsters

• Slow, stun, and other movement-impairing effects are now more effective on Treasure Goblins
  
  • In response, Treasure Goblins will now sprint away for a moment after being hit
• Scavenger monsters will now burrow less often
  
• Zombies will no longer feast on corpses unless they are full health
  
  • This is to address an issue which was preventing zombies' enrage timer from resetting correctly

Bug Fixes
For a full list of documented game and service bugs, please review the Known Issues sticky located in the Beta Bug Report forum.

• Players can now queue for Public Games on "Reign of the Black King" after killing the Skeleton King
  
• Players queuing for a specific Public Games quest should no longer be placed into groups on a different quest
  
• Being hit with a knockback ability while using Tempest Rush will no longer disconnect you from Battle.net
  
• Placeholder text should no longer appear when looking at deceased Hardcore characters in the Hall of Fallen Heroes
  
• There should no longer be a delay when accessing the Auction House
  
• The female monk should now properly play her "Not Enough Resources" error message instead of her "Invalid Location" error message when attempting to perform an ability without the required amount of resources available
  
• Items with affixes that reduce resource costs will now correctly reduce the minimum amount of a resource required to perform a skill
  
• Several Simple and Advanced tooltips have received grammar corrections

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Client Strings Changes
This will be updated as we find the goodies

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Shop Warning

• This is a special item that cannot be replaced. Are you sure you want to sell this?

Monsters

• Terror Spawn (shadowverminSoulstoneevent)
  
• Fallen Magus
  
• Demented Fallen
  
• Fallen Mutt
  
• Fallen Fighter
  
• Fallen Commander

New "healer"s under Minimap now

• Priest_Male_B_NoLook
  
• Priest_Caldeum
  
• Priest_BastionsKeep_Healer

MANY unique weapons were removed (most likely all going to be updated and add later)

• Full List

More Starter Edition Notifications

• This player does not have a starter edition.
  
• You cannot join a player that does not have a starter edition.
  
• Playing with a starter edition
  
• Not playing with a starter edition
  
• You are unable to create hardcore hero with a starter edition.
  
• This feature is unavailable in the Starter Edition.

Generic Notifications

• No Quests available. Please play through the campaign to unlock quests.
  
• Unable to Start Game: party member {s1} is still selecting a hero.

Auction House (A lot of generic strings, but here are the 'good' ones)

• Only charged if item sells and funds are transferred to a third party.
  The transfer fee is automatically deducted from the selling price.
  Tax for Cash Out Fee included
  
• New Taiwan Dollars
  
• Attempt to cancel {s1} failed with error code {s2}.
  
• Transaction was denied after review. (ManualReviewDenied)
  
• Your bid for {s1} was accepted pending manual review.
  
• You may have up to {s1} |4item:items; stored in Completed.
  
• Buyout price must be no more than {s1}.

Auction House Item Stats. These seem to be added to many skills

• Power_Damage_Percent_Bonus
  
• Power_Resource_Reduction
  
• Power_Duration_Increase
  
• Power_Cooldown_Reduction
  
• Power_Crit_Percent_Bonus

'On Hit' Auction House Item Stats

• On_Hit_Immobilize_Proc_Chance
  
• On_Hit_Knockback_Proc_Chance
  
• On_Hit_Slow_Proc_Chance
  
• On_Hit_Chill_Proc_Chance
  
• On_Hit_Freeze_Proc_Chance
  
• On_Hit_Fear_Proc_Chance

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Patch 16 Unofficial Class Changes
Here are the class changes that will be coming in patch 16. As always keep in mind there could be a few odd numbers here and there. Let us know if you see anything.

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Barbarian

• Tough as Nails Now Increases Armor by 25%, down from 50%.
  
• Juggernaut Now also triggers when Immobilized.
  
• Bash
  
  • Clobber Now has a 35% chance, up from 20% to stun for 1.5 seconds, down from 3
• Cleave
  
  • Scattering Blast  Now has a 9 yard radius, down from 14
• War Cry  Now has a 50 yard radius, up from 30.
  
• Sprint
  
  • Forced March  Now has a 50 yard radius, up from 30
• Frenzy
  
  • Smite  Now adds a 20% chance, up from 10% and stuns for 1.5 seconds, down from 2
• Revenge Now heals for 5%, down from 6%
  
  • Vengeance Is Mine  Now heals for 8%, down from 10%
• Overpower
  
  • Revel  Now heals for 8%, down from 10%
    
  • Crushing Advance  Now lasts for 4 seconds, down from 6

Demonhunter

• Night Stalker Now restores 1 Discipline, down from 2
  
• Perfectionist Now reduces cost by 10%, down from 20%
  
• Multishot Now costs 40 Hatred, up from 15 an deals 165% weapon damage, up from 115%
  
  • Full Broadside Now increases damage by 215%, up from 150%
    
  • Burst Fire  Now does 65% weapon damage, up from 45%
    
  • Arsenal  Now deals 60% weapon damage, up from 40%
    
  • Fire at Will  Now reduces cost to 20 hatred, up from 10 and deals 165% weapon damage, up from 115%
• Bola Shot
  
  • Bitter Pill Now has a 15% chance, down from 35% to gain 2 Discipline, down from 3.
• Entangling Shot
  
  • Shock Collar Name changed from Chain Lightning
• Vault Now costs 8 Discipline down from 10
  
• Grenades
  
  • Stun Grenades  Now has a 25% chance, up from 15%
• Caltrops Now costs 6 Discipline, down from 8
  
  • Carved Stakes  Now reduces the cost of Caltrops to 4 Discipline, down from 6
• Marked for Death Now costs 3 Discipline, down from 6.
  
• Sentry Now lasts for 30 seconds, up from 20
  
  • Vigilant Watcher  Now Increases duration to 40 seconds, up from 30
• Smoke Screen Now costs 14 Discipline, down from 24 and lasts for 2 seconds, down from 3
  
  • Lingering Fog  Now lasts for 3 seconds, down from 4
    
  • Breathe Deep  Now gains 5 hatred, down from 20
    
  • Special Recipe  Now reduces the cost to 12 Discipline down from 21
• Shadow Power  Now costs 14 Discipline, down from 20
  
  • Night Bane  Now gain an additional 4 Hatred, down from 15
    
  • Well of Darkness  Now decreases the Discipline cost to 12, down from 16
• Elemental Arrow
  
  • Screaming Skull  Now Grants a 40% chance, up from 35% and lasts for 1.5 seconds, down from 2
• Preparation
  
  • Punishment  Now restore all Hatred for 25 Discipline up from 20.
    
  • Battle Scars  You now gain life AFTER instead of "while".

Monk

• Cyclone Strike
  
  • Sunburst  Now has a 35% chance, up from 25% chance and lasts for 1.5 seconds, down from 2
• Dashing Strike
  
  • Flying Side Kick  Now has a 60% chance, up from 50% and lasts for 1.50 seconds, down from 2
• Inner Sanctuary Cooldown is now 20 seconds, down from 30 and lasts for 5 seconds, down from 6
  
  • Consecration  Now increases duration by 7 seconds, down from 8
• Exploding Palm
  
  • Impending Doom  Now deals 220% weapon damage as Physical over 6 seconds.
• Wave of Light Now costs 75 spirit, down from 100 and deals 215% weapon damage, up from 150% and followed by an additional 45% weapon damage, down from 150%
  
  • Wall of Light  Now Increases damage of the initial strike to 312%, up from 240%
    
  • Explosive Light Now does 285% weapon damage, down from 330%
    
  • Pillar of the Ancients Now does 210% weapon damage, down from 240% and an additional 210% weapon damage, down from 240%
    
  • Empowered Wave  Now reduces cost by 40, down from 60

WitchDoctor

• Poison Dart
  
  • Snake to the Face  Now has a 30% chance, up from 25% and lasts for 1.5 seconds, down from 2
• Haunt Now deals the damage over 12 seconds, down from 15.0
  
  • Draining Spirit  now returns 10.2 mana, up from 8.20
    
  • Resentful Spirit  Now lasts for 2 seconds, down from 3.
• Grasp of the Dead
  
  • Rain of Corpses  Now deals 80% weapon damage, up from 76%, but now deals it over 8 seconds
• Hex Now has a 15 second cooldown, up from 10, and lasts for 12 seconds, up from 8.
  
• Sacrifice Each now deal 275% weapon damage, up from 200%
  
• Locust Swarm Now costs 196 mana, down from 392 and deals 360% weapon damage, up from 320%.
  
  • Searing Locusts Now does 468% weapon damage, up from 416%
• Gargantuan
  
  • Wrathful Protector  Now just does 55% weapon damage, and not an additional 55% weapon damage
• Firebats
  
  • Hungry Bats  "per second" was removed for the description.

Wizard

• Ice Armor
  
  • Crystallize Now lasts for 30 seconds, up from 10 seconds.
• Explosive Blast Now does 225% weapon damage, up from 205%
  
  • Short Fuse  Now does 225% weapon damage, up from 205%
    
  • Obliterate  Now does 225% weapon damage, up from 205%
    
  • Time Bomb  Now deals 293% weapon damage, up from 267.0%
    
  • Chain Reaction  Now does 97% weapon damage, up from 89%.
• Diamond Skin
  
  • Prism  Now reduces arcane cost by 7, down from 15
• Hydra Now costs 14 Arcane Power, down from 40 and does 28% weapon damage, down from 33%
  
  • Frost Hydra  Now does  31% weapon damage, down from  36%
    
  • Lightning Hydra Now does  34% weapon damage, down from  40%
    
  • Venom Hydra Now does  18% weapon damage, down from  21%
    
  • Mammoth Hydra  Now does  22% weapon damage, down from  26%
    
  • Arcane Hydra  Now does  28% weapon damage, down from  33%
• BlizzardNow does  210% weapon damage, down from  255%.
  
  • Unrelenting Storm  Increases the duration of Blizzard to deal 280% weapon damage, down from 340%
    
  • Stark Winter Now does  210% weapon damage, down from  255%.
• Magic Weapon Now lasts for 5 minutes, up from 120 seconds
  
• MeteorNow deals 200% weapon damage, up from 180%
  
  • Molten Impact  Now Increases the damage of the Meteor impact to 260% weapon damage, up from 234%
    
  • Meteor Shower  Now deals 80% weapon damage, up from 72%.
    
  • Comet  Now deals 240% weapon damage, up from 216%
• Familiar Now lasts for 5 minutes, up from 120 seconds

[nzall]

if they make this many changes a month before release, that's got to mean something, right?

[Benegesserit]

I really hope they spent a lot of time on fixing the major bugs and not just balancing...

edit: yikes, tough as nails got wrecked...though we don't know what inferno armor #s will be for Barb before applying the passive so maybe 50% was too much, especially after giving them that dmg reduction built-in passive

Edited by Benegesserit, 09 April 2012 - 07:56 PM.

[Newpower]

i am rly wondering are they gonna fix the damn rubberbanding bug with this patch

[Rorance]

Not at all, they will be making changes for many years after the game gets released

[BerserkPT]

Just numbers... you will be seeing those even after release No worries!

[Agentsmith]

Boo for no changes to Corpse Spiders and the horrible state the spell is in currently.

[Six222]

Looks like they are finishing up some of the class balancing, which is good! And in reply to Zakarumite, I don't think it really matters class balance isn't a HUGE issue when the game launches as the game will still be very playable. Once people start getting into the higher difficulites you'll probably see some more class tweaks.

[killer0178]

[quote name='nzall' timestamp='1334000607' post='821039']
if they make this many changes a month before release, that's got to mean something, right?
[/quote]

I don't think it means anything, because the game will be on the servers and when you finish installing the disc or downloading the client what'll happen is that you'll get and immediate update as soon as you log in. Same thing happened with Starcraft 2

[Keiser]

Apparently Hydra was not underwhelming enough in its game guide video, they had to nerf it so that act 1 normal would still be a challenge after you have reached level 60.

[Agentsmith]

[quote name='Keiser' timestamp='1334001188' post='821051']
Apparently Hydra was not underwhelming enough in its game guide video, they had to nerf it so that act 1 normal would still be a challenge after you have reached level 60.
[/quote]

What's wrong with Hydra?

[edit] Lol i just saw the video again, i haven't noticed it almost misses every single fireball. IMO it was because the wizard was moving a lot and the enemies were fast and small ones too. Besides that, its looking good.

Edited by Agentsmith, 09 April 2012 - 08:11 PM.

[ScruffyLOL]

can't wait to test out the changes, everything looks good!

[Yellr]

Changes look great looks like ill be doing more playthroughs tonight

[Ovan]

Hurray, Wave of Light is no longer useless

[Uldyssian]

This may be my headache talking, but could you make the text any less pleasant to read if you tried? Yellow over burgundy... my goodness it's unpleasing to the eyes both aesthetic and practical terms.

On a non-nitpicky note: I am happy for a new patch though

[karsen88]

[quote name='Newpower' timestamp='1334000863' post='821044']
i am rly wondering are they gonna fix the damn rubberbanding bug with this patch
[/quote]

I play with low latency on beta (around 30-45) And I cant get the rubber banding to happen even when I try as hard as I can. I understand it's an issue for some select people, but it certainly isn't an issue affecting the entirety of the player base

[karsen88]

[quote name='Keiser' timestamp='1334001188' post='821051']
Apparently Hydra was not underwhelming enough in its game guide video, they had to nerf it so that act 1 normal would still be a challenge after you have reached level 60.
[/quote]

It had a massive cost decrease and is essentially free damage now considering its dmg to AP spent ratio. It's change honestly made the skill significantly better, I don't how you cant see that.

[Sylvain]

Glad to see the discipline costs going down. With a pool size of 32, it was a bit expensive...

[karsen88]

[quote name='nzall' timestamp='1334000607' post='821039']
if they make this many changes a month before release, that's got to mean something, right?
[/quote]
Balancing passes are the final thing they do before release. They need to make sure everything is completely stable and all game-play affecting bugs have been fixed before they amke many balancing decesions.

If anything it just means everything is fine and they are on track.


EDIT: to the poster above me- default disc pool is 30, not 32. My guess is you had some +1 disc weapons/armor equipped

Edited by karsen88, 09 April 2012 - 09:01 PM.

[Newpower]

[quote name='karsen88' timestamp='1334004908' post='821102']
[quote name='Newpower' timestamp='1334000863' post='821044']
i am rly wondering are they gonna fix the damn rubberbanding bug with this patch
[/quote]

I play with low latency on beta (around 30-45) And I cant get the rubber banding to happen even when I try as hard as I can. I understand it's an issue for some select people, but it certainly isn't an issue affecting the entirety of the player base
[/quote]

there is people in california with 20ms and having it , i can say that there is a lot of people with that problem ( most of em thinkin its just some ordinary beta server lagg) yes not all of em but still seems pretty huge to me tbh.

Edited by Newpower, 09 April 2012 - 09:08 PM.