Closed Beta and PTR Hotfixes, Load Testing Underway, New and Changed Set Item Bonuses

Upcoming Closed Beta Hotfixes

The first hotfixes for the Closed Beta are coming in. There were some issues that were causing the servers to crash. No more!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Official Forums)

Below you will find a list of hotfixes recently applied or coming soon to the Closed Beta that address various bugs and mechanic tweaks.

These hotfixes should not require you to download a new patch for the PTR. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented while others may require the restart of the game to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch. Also note that changes to certain abilities will not be reflected in its tooltip until a patch is issued.

[UPCOMING HOTFIXES]

No upcoming hotfixes to report at this time.

[LIVE HOTFIXES]

General:

  • Hellfire plans no longer cost Blood Shards and should now cost gold.
  • Monster density in Act I has been adjusted.
  • An issue where crafting certain items caused the server to crashed has been resolved.
  • Resolved an issue where the proc from Odyn Son could proc from itself.
  • Lorath Nahr no longer has a vendor list.

Monk:

  • Serenity - Tranquility: An error will no longer occur when a player takes damage while Serenity - Tranquility is active.

Upcoming PTR Hotfixes

PTR hotfixes are also on the way and while most of them are the same as Beta there are some exclusive for the crowd that isn't able to test the expansion. An example is the dreaded level 61 gear, unusable by players.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Official Forums)

Below you will find a list of hotfixes recently applied or coming soon to the PTR that address various bugs and mechanic tweaks.

These hotfixes should not require you to download a new patch for the PTR. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented while others may require the restart of the game to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch. Also note that changes to certain abilities will not be reflected in its tooltip until a patch is issued.

[UPCOMING HOTFIXES]

No upcoming hotfixes to report at this time.

[LIVE HOTFIXES]

General:

  • Hellfire plans no longer cost Blood Shards and should now cost gold.
  • Monster density in Act I has been adjusted.
  • An issue where crafting certain items caused the server to crashed has been resolved.
  • Resolved an issue where the proc from Odyn Son could proc from itself.
  • Items above level 60 will no longer drop for players on the PTR.
  • Players can now gain Paragon levels on the PTR
  • Please note: Experience gained for paragon levels will not be reflected in the XP bar. When you gain a Paragon experience level, you will see a toast notification and the level-up explosion. In addition, the Paragon experience UI button appears, allowing players to spend their Paragon points. This is currently the only way to access the Paragon points UI. We are aware of this issue, and it will require a patch to fully resolve.

Monk:

  • Serenity - Tranquility: An error will no longer occur when a player takes damage while Serenity - Tranquility is active.

Load Testing Underway

This weekend will be Load Test Weekend. This means that Blizzard will be testing their server stability and queuing system, which would sadly make testing time pretty hard for the people that want to try out the Beta. Better have server issues now instead of during launch though!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker/ Official Forums)

Attention ladies and gentle nephalem, 

We’re currently performing load testing on the both the Reaper of Souls Closed Beta and Patch 2.0.1 PTR. Testing began yesterday evening and will continue through Sunday, December 15.

For those who may be unfamiliar with what load testing is, it basically means that we’re artificially limiting the number of players who can be logged into the game at any given time as well as the amount of hardware game data can be stored and run on. The goal of this testing is to put our queuing system and game servers under heavy load so that we can perform server optimizations and make sure that said services perform as smoothly as possible for when patch 2.0.1 and Reaper of Souls launch. 

Please note that, due the increased load on our queuing system and games servers, you may experience periods of high latency, disconnects, or long queue times while playing on the Patch 2.0.1 PTR and Closed Beta. While this is completely normal, we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. 

Thank you to everyone currently playing the PTR and Closed Beta! Your efforts and patience will help us tune the game for optimum performance.

Set Item Bonuses

We've managed to extract all the new and changed set bonuses from the Reaper of Souls Beta client. Remember that these are all work in progress! If you don't see a particular bonus from a set it means that it either hasn't received any changes, or that there have only been grammar corrections and small wording changes.

 Natalya's Solace

  • 5 pieces: [The cooldown of Rain of Vengance is reduced by 1 second for every enemy you kill.] (New)

Tal Rasha's Sacrifice

  • 2 pieces: [Fire skills deal 5% more damage.] (up from 3%) 
  • 3 pieces: [Lightning skills deal 5% more damage.] (up from 3%)
  • 4 pieces: [Cold skills deal 5% more damage.] (up from 3%)
  • 5 pieces: [Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is a 15 second cooldown for each damage type.] (New)

Blackthorne's Armor

  • 3 pieces: [Increases damage versus Elites by 10%] (up from 6%)
  • 4 pieces: [Reduces damage from Elites by 10%] [+25% Extra Gold From Monsters] (Magic Find bonus removed, damage from Elites up from 7%, extra gold up from 15%)
  • 5 pieces: [You are immune to Desecrator, Molten, and Plagued monster types.] (New)

Asheara's Vestments

  • 4 pieces: [Your followers occasionally come to your aid.] (New)

Sage's Journey

  • 3 pieces: [Doubles the chance to find Demonic Essence.] (New)

Arcane Wraps Set (New)

  • 2 pieces: [+500 Intelligence] 
  • 4 pieces: [Enables all Archon runes.] 

Monkey King Set (New)

  • 2 pieces: [While a Combat Staff is equipped, all damage is increased by 20%.] 
  • 4 pieces: [Spending 75 Spirit causes a decoy to spawn that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for [{VALUE1}*100]% weapon damage as Holy.] 

Witch Doctor DoT Set (New)

  • 2 pieces: [+500 Intelligence] 
  • 4 pieces: [Increases Mana regeneration by 20 per second] 
  • 6 pieces: [Soul Harvest consumes your damage over time effects on enemies, instantly dealing their remaining damage.] 

Demon Hunter Set (New)

  • 2 pieces: [+500 Dexterity] 
  • 4 pieces: [Companion calls all companion types to your side.] 
  • 6 pieces: [Sentries cast your equipped Hatred spenders.] 

Phoenix Set (New)

  • 2 pieces: [+500 Intelligence] 
  • 4 pieces: [When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 300 second cooldown.] 
  • 6 pieces: [Enemies killed by Fire damage explode and set nearby enemies on Fire, dealing 300% weapon damage over 5 seconds.] 

Istvan's Paired Blades (New)

  • 2 pieces: [Every time you spend primary resource, you gain 10% increased attack speed for 5 seconds. This effect stacks up to 5 times.] 

Bastions of Will (New)

  • 2 pieces: [Your resource spenders deal 50% more damage while you are at full resource.] 

Crusader Set (New)

  • 2 pieces: [+500 Strength] 
  • 4 pieces: [Reduce the cost of all abilities by 50% while Akarat's Champion is active.] 
  • 6 pieces: [Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50%.] 

Monk Lightning Set (New)

  • 2 pieces: [+500 Dexterity] 
  • 4 pieces: [Adds 15% lightning damage] 
  • 6 pieces: [Reduce the cooldown of Akarat's Champion by 50%.] (Yes, very likely placeholder)
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