PTR and 'Reaper of Souls' Beta Patch Coming Soon

We recently identified an issue in 2.0.1 PTR/RoS Beta that inflated damage done by reflects damage effects in an unintended way. We have a fix in place internally now, and you guys should see the effects of this change in the next PTR/Beta patch.

Thanks for the reports so far. Be sure to keep testing this after the patch (coming soon) and let us know how it feels.

The gold and real money auction house will be undergoing maintenance for approximately 2 hours, starting at 5:00 AM PST. During this time, the gold and real money auction house will be unavailable for use.

Please note that at the start of this maintenance, we will be removing all players from the game. This disconnect is only temporary, however, and players will be free to log back into Diablo III and resume playing shortly thereafter.

Thank you for your patience.

This question gets asked a fair amount, so I'd like to help clear it up if I can. Currently the smart loot system considers your class (in terms of what skills that class uses and its primary stat), but it doesn't consider your build when it tailors loot for you. As Nevalistis noted:



The intention for smart loot is to help ensure that heroes find items that are useful to their class a little more often, and that any potential skill bonuses on those items are skills used by that hero's class.

However, randomness is an important element in any Diablo game, so not all loot will be a smart drop item. That means you will still find some stat combinations every now and then that aren’t perfectly tailored to your class. That’s intended. What you shouldn’t see is something like Hand Crossbows with Strength or Mojos with Dexterity dropping. The smart loot system should prevent this. If you’re seeing these types of items while playing in our test environment, be sure to report them in either our PTR Bug Report forum or Reaper of Souls Beta Bug Report forum (depending on where you’re playing).

So, to recap, let’s use some more examples. Let’s say you’re playing on a Crusader.
- Flail with Strength and a Crusader skill = most likely a smart drop.
- Staff with Strength and a Crusader skill = also most likely a smart drop.
- Two-handed sword with Strength and a Barbarian skill = not a smart drop.
- Flail with Vitality and a Barbarian skill = not possible under the new smart loot system.
- Daibo with Dexterity and a Crusader skill = also not possible under the new smart loot system.

Also note that all crafted items are considered smart drops, and that the smart loot stats will be based on the character doing the crafting.



The smart loot system does not increase your chances of getting a Legendary item (or a particular one), but it does help in the sense that it weeds out any of the Legendary items that you can't equip. And, for clarity: Legendary and Set items can definitely be, but aren’t always, smart drops.

We recognized that Rift Bosses needed a bit more incentive, and we also wanted to make Enchanting more accessible. By contrast, we're still looking at how frequently players are obtaining Legendary items, and how they're getting them. We'll make selective adjustments to acquiring Legendary items if it's needed, but the process is a bit more complicated.

It’s also worth noting that Legendaries can also drop off of Rift Bosses, and they’re a separate table from Forgotten Souls. You can definitely get both a Forgotten Soul and a Legendary off a Rift Boss at the same time.



As a lot of fellow players have mentioned in this thread, a surplus of Forgotten Souls is not a common problem. Personally, I'm always out of them as I'm still trying to Enchant several items, so congrats on managing to have a healthy stockpile!