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Due to a change in the way we store character data, all characters have been wiped. Please note that this wipe will also affect gold, achievements, followers, and artisans.
Achievements have been temporarily disabled and will not be available again until a future patch. During this time, characters will be unable to earn new achievements or complete any additional objectives of achievements in progress.
Players will now see recommended items for their active character when accessing the auction house Search tab.
Classes
Barbarian
Active Skills
Cleave
Ability will now deal 115% weapon damage to all targets caught in its swing, rather than 120% weapon damage to the primary target and 90% weapon damage to secondary targets
Revenge
Radius increased from 8 yards to 11 yards
Demon Hunter
Active Skills
Bola Shot
Hatred generation increased from 2 to 3
Damage reduced from 105% to 100%
Elemental Arrow
Hatred cost increase from 5 to 10
Damage increased from 125% to 145%
Fan of Knives
Speed reduced from 200% weapon speed to 140% weapon speed
Grenades
Hatred generation increased from 2 to 3
Hungering Arrow
Hatred generation increased from 2 to 3
Damage reduced from 90% to 85%
Rapid Fire
Initial Hatred cost reduced from 30 to 20
Monk
General
A new skill has been added: Cyclone Strike
Available at level 7
Costs 75 Spirit
Pulls all enemies within 24 yards towards you, followed by a furious blast of energy that deals 275% weapon damage as Holy
Active Skills
Breath of Heaven
Spirit cost increased from 25 to 50
Healing amount increased by 200%
Crippling Wave
Base effect duration increased from 4.5 seconds to 5 seconds
Lethal Decoy
This skill has been removed
Mantras
Mantra of Conviction, Mantra of Evasion, Mantra of Healing, and Mantra of Retribution
Cooldown removed
Now costs 25 Spirit
Duration increased from 1 minute to 3 minutes
Wizard
General
Signature spells no longer cost Arcane Power, regardless of level
These spells include: Magic Missile, Electrocute, Shock Pulse, and Spectral Blade
The order in which skills are awarded from levels 1 to 13 has been slightly adjusted:
Arcane Orb is now available at level 3
Disintegrate is now available at level 8
Electrocute is now available at level 13
Shock Pulse is now available at level 5
Spectral Blade is now available at level 6
Active Skills
Diamond Skin
Cooldown reduced from 25 seconds to 15 seconds
Duration reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds
Items
The introduction of magical items into the game has been slowed
Monsters
General
Baby Quill demon health increased from 1% to 25% of normal Quill Beast health (they grow up so fast)
Affixes
Arcane Enchanted will now appear at level 7, up from level 1
Mortar will now appear at a level higher than current beta content
Plagued poison cloud duration reduced from 12 seconds to 9 seconds
Quests and Events
All quests and events have had their item and recipe rewards removed and will now only award gold and experience on completion
This does not affect treasure received from event objects for events like the "Jar of Souls”"and only applies to rewards obtained through the quest UI
Gold rewards from quests have received a tuning pass
User Interface
The Options UI has undergone several improvements, but remains a work-in-progress. Please report any issues in the Beta Bug Report forum.
The Friends List has been redesigned to be smaller and more accessible while in other menus and screens
The Banner Customization menu has been reworked to improve navigation and usability
Guys seriously wtf? It asks me to create my battlenet identity(battletag). I get redirected, create it successfully. Then try to login and it keeps asking me to create identity. For f's sake.
Guys seriously wtf? It asks me to create my battlenet identity(battletag). I get redirected, create it successfully. Then try to login and it keeps asking me to create identity. For f's sake.
Least you can make one
It told me that "Mikuro" was in violation of the Blizzard naming policies. Appears to be a glitch a lot of other people are having with seemingly harmless names after looking at their Naming Policy FAQ page.
" The introduction of magical items into the game has been slowed "
What does that mean? Fewel magical items at lower levels?
I believe this means that we won't see magical items right away; perhaps the game will check your character level (i.e. if your character is level 4/5, then the game will know to start dropping magic items)
I always noticed that magic items could even be found by a level 2 character; I think it just means for the first few levels, we'll have to take notice of common items, labelled as white, and actually use them
What about WD changes? I saw a topic that WD got new passive, yet it isn't written here.... ??
I think you might be referring to "Jungle Fortitude" which was added a while back (Beta patch number anyone?); With that patch came a few other passives for other classes too
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Build Courage, when Courage seems to fail...
Regain Faith, when there is little reason for Faith...
Create Hope, when Hope is forlorn...
these patches look stupid. They are like Dota or HoN patches, and I dont mean the big ones with new hero, I mean the ones you get every two weeks.
Off topic:I wish there were these kind of balance patches in Hon, rather than releasing an OP, EA hero every 3 weeks, and fixing stuff that isn't broken (creeps).
On topic: I'd like to ask those who are in the beta: DH still had Hatred issues, that they had to increase the generation, or it's only a (probable) fix for later levels?
Demon hunters have hatred generating abilities now. pretty sure the issues they had before are gone.
I know they have generating skills (since when? patch 5?). What I asked, is whether Hatred was still an issue in recent beta patches --> too low generation, so they had to increase it on a few skills.
these patches look stupid. They are like Dota or HoN patches, and I dont mean the big ones with new hero, I mean the ones you get every two weeks.
I don't understand look stupid? It's a Beta they need these patches. You don't want them to release a broken game do you?
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If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
Guys seriously wtf? It asks me to create my battlenet identity(battletag). I get redirected, create it successfully. Then try to login and it keeps asking me to create identity. For f's sake.
Diablo 3 Beta Patch 8 - Official Patch Notes
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General
Classes
Items
Monsters
Quests and Events
User Interface
Miscellaneous
Sort of like a bad TP wipe I guess.. sometimes it takes a few times to get all the **** off.
Also Auction House has been disabled as of the 15th per some issues with successful bids and buyouts... http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3760676064
I chuckled
Least you can make one
It told me that "Mikuro" was in violation of the Blizzard naming policies. Appears to be a glitch a lot of other people are having with seemingly harmless names after looking at their Naming Policy FAQ page.
Thx for reporting, Boubouille!
do you not understand what a beta is???
I believe this means that we won't see magical items right away; perhaps the game will check your character level (i.e. if your character is level 4/5, then the game will know to start dropping magic items)
I always noticed that magic items could even be found by a level 2 character; I think it just means for the first few levels, we'll have to take notice of common items, labelled as white, and actually use them
I think you might be referring to "Jungle Fortitude" which was added a while back (Beta patch number anyone?); With that patch came a few other passives for other classes too
Regain Faith, when there is little reason for Faith...
Create Hope, when Hope is forlorn...
On topic: I'd like to ask those who are in the beta: DH still had Hatred issues, that they had to increase the generation, or it's only a (probable) fix for later levels?
Nice to see these hero tweaks happening. Some of these adjustments seem too small to notice give our restricted Beta access but in Blizzard we trust.
I don't understand look stupid? It's a Beta they need these patches. You don't want them to release a broken game do you?
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
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