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Vaneras		Patch 2.1.2 Focused Feedback(1)Category: PTR FeedbackNovember-19-2014 12:26 AM PST (9 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Hail, brave heroes of Sancturary, and welcome to the Patch 2.1.2 PTR!

This upcoming patch features a variety of quality of life and balance changes for Diablo III: Reaper of Souls.

As this PTR will be relatively short and last only a few weeks, we want to make the most of your testing efforts. While we welcome any and all feedback, we are currently looking for focused discussions on the following topics:

  • Changes to the Embodiment of the Marauder set
    • Philosophy Note: The following changes are not intended to be a nerf to Demon Hunters or the Embodiment of the Marauder set
      and additional tuning may be necessary
    • Has been redesigned:
      • (2) Set Bonus
        • Now increases the damage of your Hatred generators by 40% for every Sentry you have active

        • (6) Set Bonus
          • Sentries now cast your Hatred spenders every time you do and deal 100% increased damage

  • Changes to the Monkey King's Garb set
    • 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
        • Enemies hit by the decoy explosion take 5000% more damage from your Cyclone Strike, Exploding Palm, Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest
          Rush, and Wave of Light abilities for 3 seconds

  • Monster distribution in Greater and Nephalem Rifts
    • Nephalem Rifts
      • Monster density has been increased in several Greater and Nephalem Rifts
    • Feedback Note: If you encounter a sparse
      or under-populated area, please take a screenshot and include a description of the tile type (Leoric's Dungeon, Cesspools, etc.) and the
      type of monsters you encountered (Zombies and Skeletons, Mallet Lords and Fallen Angels, etc.)


  • Rift Guardian Tuning
    • The following Rift Guardians have received several changes. As a result, they should be less frustrating, but still dangerous.
      • Bloodmaw
        • Bloodmaw presented an unchallenging and unfair fight due to a combination of one-shot damaging abilities, stuns, and AoE damage.
          His Leap attack has been modified to address these concerns, but will trigger more often to make the fight feel more dynamic.
      • Erethon
        • Erethon has received minor changes to his dash attack. The AoE element has been replaced with a ranged attack to give more
          challenge to ranged characters.
      • Rime
        • Rime was an unfair opponent for melee players. The fight has been restructured so that this AoE can no longer overlap and the
          duration of each has been reduced. In addition, his ranged attack should be more threatening to ranged characters.


With that said, thank you to all our PTR participants. Your feedback is appreciated and continues to be integral to our design and
iteration process. Happy testing!
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Vaneras		Patch 2.1.2 Focused Feedback(5)November-19-2014 2:30 AM PST (9 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Posted by: Diacor19/11/2014 10:15

Sounds great!

When will the 2.1.2 PTR open in EU?


It should be open now
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Vaneras		Patch 2.1.2 Focused Feedback(16)November-19-2014 5:23 AM PST (9 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Posted by: Corvus19/11/2014 11:33

Hey Veneras, we post bugs for the PTR here too?


We generally prefer you to post your bug reports in the NA bug report forum, because that forum is managed by our QA team, who are the ones that deal with bug reports directly. Bug reports posted outside of that forum may not reach out QA team as quickly, and as such might not be fixed in time before a patch goes live.

If you have posted a bug report in the NA bug report forum, then you are of course welcome to mirror that post here as well if you wish to start a discussion about said bug.
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Vaneras		Patch 2.1.2 Focused Feedback(17)November-19-2014 5:41 AM PST (9 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Posted by: XaFFaX19/11/2014 12:17

Are ancient legendaries included with this patch? In the changes I do not see it, yet the "known issues" list contains info that ancient legendaries do not have their power. So how is it? Or where is complete list of changes for 2.1.2? Thanks!

The list of 2.1.2 changes have been posted here, and the list of known issues can be found here.

Ancient items have indeed been included, both for seasonal and non-seasonal heroes:
  • Ancient items have been added to the game
    • Ancient items are more powerful versions of Legendary items
    • Ancient items roll from increased value ranges for certain affixes
    • Ancient items can now drop at Torment I or higher
      • The drop chance will increase with each Torment level
    • Any Legendary or Set item has a chance to be dropped or crafted as an Ancient item
    • Legendary or Set items purchased from Kadala have a chance to be an Ancient item


The bugged legendaries listed in the known issues thread are being looked into.
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Vaneras		Patch 2.1.2 Focused Feedback(20)November-19-2014 7:18 AM PST (9 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Posted by: Corvus19/11/2014 15:02

PS, Are the new sets in the PTR? haven't found anything yet.


The new set items that were shown at BlizzCon will be coming with a later patch and as such will not be available for testing in patch 2.1.2.
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Vaneras		Patch 2.1.2 Focused Feedback - Updated 26/11(76)November-26-2014 2:10 AM PST (9 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Hi everybody :-)

The Focused Feedback list has been updated to include the following request for testing:

  • New Seasonal Conquests
    • Season 2 Conquests have been added
      • Divinity/Lionhearted
        • Reach Greater Rift Level 35 in Seasonal/Hardcore Seasonal.

      • Avarice/Avaritia
        • Complete a 50,000,000 gold streak while outside of The Vault and The Inner Sanctum in Seasonal/Hardcore Seasonal

    • Boss Mode/Worlds Apart
      • Kill the following bosses at max level on Torment VI within 20 minutes of the start of the game in Seasonal/Hardcore Seasonal:
        • Skeleton King
        • Queen Aranea
        • The Butcher
        • Maghda
        • Zoltun Kulle
        • Belial
        • Ghom
        • Siegebreaker Assault Beast
        • Cydaea
        • Azmodan
        • Iskatu
        • Rakanoth
        • Izual
        • Diablo
        • Urzael
        • Adria
        • Malthael

    • Speed Demon/Need For Speed
      • Complete a Nephalem Rift at max level on Torment VI within 2 minutes in Seasonal/Hardcore Seasonal.

    • Language/Deadly Language
      • Complete the following Lore Book achievements in Seasonal/Hardcore Seasonal
        • Khanduras Corrupted
        • Legends of the Fall
        • Khanduras Expert
        • Tristram Biologist
        • Denizens of the Desert
        • The Sands of Time
        • Caldeum Historian
        • Caldeum Ecologist
        • For Those About to Die
        • Ale Drinkers and Hellraisers
        • Bastion's Professor
        • Bastion's Keep Preservationist
        • Soldiers of Heaven
        • Heaven Can't Wait
        • Heaven's Chronicler
        • Heaven's Zoologist
        • City of Death
        • The West Marches On
        • Pandemonium Tour Guide
        • Westmarch Cryptozoologist


Please let us know if you've attempted any of the above Conquests, and if so, let us know how you did. These are the things we are particularly interested in:
- How difficult were they to complete?
- Did you experience any issues completing them?
- Did you experience any bugs when attempting to complete them?
- Did you enjoy the challenge?

Thanks once again to everyone for the constructive feedback :-)
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Vaneras		Patch 2.1.2 Focused Feedback - Updated 04/12(84)December-4-2014 2:20 AM PST (9 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
A small change will be coming to the 4-piece bonus on the Sunwuko in the next PTR patch, which is intended to make the damage boost feel a less clunky and more reliable to use in practice.:

  • Monkey King's Garb
    • 4-piece set bonus has been slightly redesigned
      • 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.


Thanks everybody for the great PTR feedback you've provided so far, we look forward to read more of it as we move on to the next PTR testing phase :-)
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Vaneras		Patch 2.1.2 Focused Feedback - Updated 10/12(97)December-11-2014 1:08 AM PST (9 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
The original post has been updated with our latest round of Focused Feedback topics. They are as follows:




  • New Seasonal Conquests
    • Season 2 Conquests have been added
      • Boss Mode/Worlds Apart


Please refer to the original post for the details and associated patch notes regarding these changes.

As a reminder: In order to facilitate focused feedback, posts in this thread that are not relevant to the topics listed above will be deleted. While all feedback is welcome, we ask that you create a new thread for your concerns if they are outside the above topics. Thank you!
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