Hotfixes For Patch 2.4.2 PTR – 06/24/16 Update
by JR Cook - 8 years ago show comments
After Wyatt Cheng’s bombshell letter to the community regarding massive changes coming to the meta for high Greater Rift groups, we are already starting to witness how some of those changes will take shape. Below, you will find the latest hotfixes to hit the PTR for Patch 2.4.2 and it looks like the support skills of the Monk are the first to be cut low. Continue forward for all of the changes:
Below you will find a list of hotfixes recently applied or coming soon to the PTR that address various bugs or mechanic tweaks.
These hotfixes should not require you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented while others may require restarting 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.
Last updated June 24. Hotfixes are denoted by the date they were applied to the PTR servers.
[LIVE HOTFIXES]
Monk
- Epiphany
- Soothing Mist healing reduced by 60%
- Blinding Flash
- Crippling Light damage reduction reduced from 40% to 25%
- Starfire
- The benefit to lightning damage is now capped at 40 yards
Note: Many of these changes play into a larger development effort onto which we’ve gone into detail here.
Items
- Fixed an issue that caused Girdle of Giants to increase the damage of all skills by the percentage it applied to Earthquake damage
- Fixed an issue that caused Scarbringer to grant a damage bonus of 200%. It has been increased to 300% to match the tooltip.
- Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick (Vulture Claw Kick) DoT to not benefit from the bonus damage granted by Scarbringer
