Patch 2.1.2 PTR Patch Notes – Updated On 12/8/14
by JR Cook - 9 years ago show comments
Moments ago, the patch notes that we first reported on for Patch 2.1.2’s Patch Test Realm were updated to reflect new changes to test. The list includes changes to items, pylons, skills, Conquests, and much more. Below, I have gone through and for the most part isolated only the new changes. The complete list can be found here.
Also note that part of this new patch was a complete wipe of the Leaderboards, but all characters are still intact as you last left them.
To confirm: We’re only wiping Leaderboards with the next PTR patch, not characters or gear: http://t.co/bhXrHkvJu4 pic.twitter.com/Nv2VeEsaUM
— Nevalistis (@CM_Nevalistis) December 8, 2014
PTR-ONLY CHANGES
- Items
- The minimum range that an affix can roll on an Ancient Item has been increased
- Wizard
- Fixed an issue that prevented DoT damage from building up toward the infinite Firebird’s DoT
- Fixed an issue that prevented the initial damage done by a Fire spell from counting toward the Firebird’s DoT
- Adventure Mode
- The Gold and XP rewards for completing a Rift of Trials have been significantly reduced
- Achievements
- Conquests
- Boss Mode
- Iskatu is no longer required for this Conquest
- Worlds Apart
- Iskatu is no longer required for this Conquest
- Monsters
- Treasure Goblins
- Special Treasure Goblin packs will now spawn with a mixture of random special goblins and regular goblins
GENERAL
- The “Monster Kills grant X experience” affix is now multiplied by game difficulty
- Healing
- Pet and Follower Life has been increased
CLASSES
- Barbarian
- Furious Charge
- Skill Rune – Dreadnought
- Has been redesigned
- Now grants Furious Charge two charges
- Wizard
- Active Skills
- Hydra
- Significantly
Greatlyincreased the amount of Hydra attacks per cast- Attack Speed now affects how fast each Hydra head attacks
- Weapon damage reduced from 195% to 165%
105%- Skill Rune – Arcane Hydra
- Weapon damage reduced from 245% to 205%
130%- Skill Rune – Blazing Hydra
- Damage dealt over time no longer scales with Attack Speed
- Weapon damage reduced from 185% to 155%
100%- Skill Rune – Frost Hydra
- Weapon damage reduced from 275% to 255%
135%- Skill Rune – Lightning Hydra
- Weapon damage reduced from 305% to 255%
135%- Skill Rune – Mammoth Hydra
- Weapon damage reduced from 400% to 330%
295%ITEMS
- The rarity of the rarest Legendary items in the game has been reduced
- The stack size of Crafting Materials and Gems has been increased from 1000 to 5000
- Ancient items have been added to the game
- Ancient Mojos, Orbs, and Shields roll with increased Damage or Shield Block values
- Band of Untold Secrets
- No longer drops
- Shard of Hate
- Legendary power is no longer affected by Proc coefficients
- Can now proc more frequently
- Barbarian
- The Legacy of Raekor
- (2) Set Bonus
- The first enemy hit by Furious Charge takes 100% additional damage
- (4) Set Bonus
- Furious Charge gains the effect of every rune
- (5) Set Bonus
- Enemies hit by Furious Charge take 3000% weapon damage over 3 seconds
- Note: This DoT cannot crit, your Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage will be calculated into its damage
- Monk
- Monkey King’s Garb
- Philosophy note: With only some minor adjustments to supporting gear, build, and playstyle, Monks with four pieces of the updated Monkey King’s Garb should be able to match or even exceed their previous best Greater Rift time and level. With a complete optimization of the new Set bonuses, Monks should easily (or at least reliably) exceed their previous best Greater Rift time and level.
- Has been redesigned
- (2) Set Bonus
- Casting Cyclone Strike, Exploding Palm, Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, or Wave of Light causes a decoy to spawn that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage
- Decoy explosion now deals the damage type of your highest +% Elemental Damage
- (4) Set Bonus
- When your decoys explode, you gain a buff that increases the damage of Cyclone Strike, Exploding Palm, Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light by 500% for 3 seconds
Enemies hit by the decoy explosion take 500% more damage from your Cyclone Strike, Exploding Palm, Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light abilities for 3 seconds- Sunwuko’s Shines
- Now rolls with a guaranteed empty socket rather than Attack Speed
- Witch Doctor
- Carnevil
- Bug Fixes
- Poison Darts cast by Fetishes should now properly benefit from your +% Poison Dart damage
- Gem of Ease
- Monster kills grant +500
+1,000experience
- This is multiplied by the difficulty multiplier
- This is intended to be an exorbitant amount of experience for a low level character
- For example:
- A level 1 monster grants 40 experience
- A level 55 monster grants 8,700 experience
- A level 60 monster grants 18,700 experience
- Upgrade rank grants: +50
+1experience per kill- Rank 25 unlocks: Level requirement reduced to 1
Class-Specific Items
- Halo of Arlyse
- New Legendary Ring
- Your Ice Armor now provides 50-60% Melee Damage Reduction and automatically casts Frost Nova whenever you take 10% of your Life in damage
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented the damage bonus from Bane of the Trapped from increasing the damage dealt by clones created by the Monkey King’s Garb
ADVENTURE MODE
- Pylons
- Pylons are now less likely to spawn next to each other
- Conduit Pylon
- Now deals damage based on player Weapon Damage
- Now attacks a limited number of targets
- Will now attack the same target less frequently
- Speed Pylon
- Now breaks destroyable objects (e.g. Doors, Barrels, etc.)
CRAFTING
- Blacksmith
- Salvage All will no longer salvage items that are currently Transmogrified or have gems socketed
Which of these changes are you most stoked for? I’m sure that the lower of the rarity of some of those hard to find items (The Furnace, Starmetal Kukri, e.g.) will come as a welcome change for many of you. I personally, as a true hoarder, am stoked about the crafting material stacks going up to high capacity.
