Update: added blue posts about tooltip changes and IAS nerf.
Patch 1.03 Tomorrow
The maintenance scheduled for tomorrow will also include Patch 1.03. You must wait until the patch goes live in your home region to download the patch.
We will be performing scheduled maintenance for Diablo III starting tomorrow at 3:00 a.m. PDT in order to deploy patch 1.0.3. We anticipate that maintenance will conclude and that all services will be available by approximately 1:00 p.m. PDT.
Important: Please note that you will not be prompted to download patch 1.0.3 until the patch is live in your home region. If you are logging in from a European or Asian client, you will need to wait for this patch to release in that region before it can be installed. Additionally, if your home region is the Americas, you will be unable to log into Europe or Asia using Global Play after patch 1.0.3 is live until those regions have also patched.
For reference, here are the scheduled maintenance times for each region:
The Americas: 3:00 a.m. PDT (6/19) to 1:00 p.m. PDT (6/19) Europe: 6:00 p.m. PDT (6/19) to 4:00 a.m. PDT (6/20) Asia: 1:00 p.m. PDT (6/20) to 11:00 p.m. PDT (6/20)
Please note that these times are subject to change. For time zone assistance, please visit: http://everytimezone.com
As a reminder, we will be nerfing "Increases Attack Speed" (IAS) effects on all items except quivers with the 1.0.3 patch. Please note that this change does affect unidentified items as well, as item affixes and ranges are determined at the time of an item being dropped, and not when identified.
Characters with IAS on their items will see a drop in their character sheet damage, as character sheet damage takes into account attack speed (among other factors).
This change should not be confused with the Legendary buffs coming in a future patch (not 1.0.3), and those buffs, as previously mentioned, will not be retroactive.
In patch 1.0.3, we're updating the tooltip descriptions for several skills and skill runes. These updates are being made for one of two reasons:
To make sure that the tooltip description matches how the skill functions in-game
To provide additional detail about how a skill works, or to describe how a skill works more clearly
To ensure that players aren't surprised by these changes, we've listed each of the tooltip updates in 1.0.3 below. Please note that the functionality for the associated skills and skills rune have not been changed.
Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be slowed: "Hurl a throwing weapon at any enemy for 100% weapon damage and Slow the movement of the enemy by 60% for 1.5 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Tooltip now displays the correct type of weapon damage dealt by Dazzling Arrow: "Enemies hit by grenades have a 55% chance to be stunned for 2 seconds and changes the damage to Physical." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be stunned: "Hurl grenades that have a 25% chance to Stun enemies for 1.5 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Tooltip has been updated for clarity: "Your Zombie Dogs heal 50% of the damage they deal as Life divided evenly between themselves and you." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be stunned: "Lightning damage dealt to enemies has up to a 8% chance to Stun the target for 1.5 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Monk Inferno Guide
TryHardEnmity has shared a video to help all of you Monk players out there. Offering a full guide to help players make it through Acts II - IV, your Monks will be able to stay up there with the rest of the classes making their way through Inferno.
Legendary Drop Rates
While the increase to Legendary item stats will not come in Patch 1.03, it will be coming Soon™ in Patch 1.1. hektus has been compiling user data to get a better idea on the drop rates of legendary items. Please feel free to stop by his thread to help him with more data. Currently, he has projected the drop rates as:
Elite monsters accounted for 4.7% of total mobs killed
Normal monsters accounted for 95.3% of total mobs killed
Elite Legendary drop rate: 1 in 4,536 Elite monsters
Normal Legendary drop rates: 1 in 56,096 Normal monsters
38% of Legendaries have come from Elite monsters
62% of Legendaries have come from Normal monsters with
Clearing up the Chat Window
Did you know you can clean up a good amount of #D3 chat clutter by un-checking "Show Quest Dialog in Chat" in the Sound options? (Source)
Is there a way to not automatically be in on the General Chat channels?
We stopped forcing people into General last week. (Source)
Positive feedback from ANZ.
Hey all, ideally I would love to get this forum back on track and discuss a greater variety of local topics.
We have and will continue to highlight all player feedback regarding latency when playing from Aus/NZ. The last post made on this is in the further info sticky. At this time we don’t have any updates to add regarding RMAH, latency or maintenance windows.
So for this week, I think it would be worth highlighting some positive feedback from Aus/NZ players. Let me know what works, what you like and any other surprises that you have found and I will pass this feedback on also. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Second time asking when is patch 1.03?
We don't tend to announce patch release dates, just in case they slip. It's close, though. (Source)
D2 Maintenance
Heads up that a 24hr maintenance will be hitting War3/D2/SC1 USEast/Azeroth this Wednesday for a hardware upgrade. (Source)
IAS Nerf so...blizzard servers datamined, market is in a riot as suddenly everyone sells their barbs and ias items....any comment?
Well, datamining a patch isn't our "servers". And we announced we were nerfing IAS weeks ago. (Source)
Playing Different Who here has done the achievement to kill all the bosses while dyed pink?
This is something I really need to try! I believe the achievement is called "Pink'd"
Honestly so far it's been playing hardcore like it's softcore
Sweet, try battle mage and weapon throw barbarian for some crazy co-op. Not sure how viable it is later difficulties but fun all the same. (Source)
Curse Weekly Roundup
WoW arena tournaments, Minecraft Curse clients, live streams, The Secret World info, free Tera trial, new Krater info, and Curse contests are all covered this week.
i still dont see why they cant go to the trouble of putting zone correct times in these posts. I didn't even know what PDT was till diablo came out...
because this is the US post from blizzard (on the US battle.net), so they put the times in US times. the EU post (on the EU battle.net) will have the times in EU..ect
It was mentioned that the legend drop rate is not changing in this patch but is the iLevel 61+ change still happening in this patch? ~gets on knees and prays~
It was mentioned that the legend drop rate is not changing in this patch but is the iLevel 61+ change still happening in this patch? ~gets on knees and prays~
drop rates ARE changing just as the preview said, however the buffs are not
I can't go through this whole monk video to find this but did anyone find out what the author said about IAS? His build is extremely heavy on it and he's going to get stomped when the patch lands so I'd like to know what he thinks he has to do to become viable again.
Also, they're obviously not upgrading legendaries to keep the economy going for a longer period of time, which will make people want to run for newer (and better) legendaries.
I prophesize the economy won't get better with that patch. There will still be a load of crap legendaries on the market for a massive amount of gold. The new legendaries will just raise this already high price.
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Patch 1.03 Tomorrow
The maintenance scheduled for tomorrow will also include Patch 1.03. You must wait until the patch goes live in your home region to download the patch.
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Important: Please note that you will not be prompted to download patch 1.0.3 until the patch is live in your home region. If you are logging in from a European or Asian client, you will need to wait for this patch to release in that region before it can be installed. Additionally, if your home region is the Americas, you will be unable to log into Europe or Asia using Global Play after patch 1.0.3 is live until those regions have also patched.
For reference, here are the scheduled maintenance times for each region:
The Americas: 3:00 a.m. PDT (6/19) to 1:00 p.m. PDT (6/19)
Europe: 6:00 p.m. PDT (6/19) to 4:00 a.m. PDT (6/20)
Asia: 1:00 p.m. PDT (6/20) to 11:00 p.m. PDT (6/20)
Please note that these times are subject to change. For time zone assistance, please visit: http://everytimezone.com
Reminder: IAS Nerf in 1.0.3
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Characters with IAS on their items will see a drop in their character sheet damage, as character sheet damage takes into account attack speed (among other factors).
This change should not be confused with the Legendary buffs coming in a future patch (not 1.0.3), and those buffs, as previously mentioned, will not be retroactive.
You can read more about these and other upcoming changes in the 1.0.3 Design Preview blog.
Patch 1.0.3 Tooltip Updates
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Barbarian
Monk Inferno Guide
TryHardEnmity has shared a video to help all of you Monk players out there. Offering a full guide to help players make it through Acts II - IV, your Monks will be able to stay up there with the rest of the classes making their way through Inferno.
In the video you will be able to find:
Legendary Drop Rates
While the increase to Legendary item stats will not come in Patch 1.03, it will be coming Soon™ in Patch 1.1. hektus has been compiling user data to get a better idea on the drop rates of legendary items. Please feel free to stop by his thread to help him with more data. Currently, he has projected the drop rates as:
Blue Posts
Originally Posted by (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Did you know you can clean up a good amount of
#D3 chat clutter by un-checking "Show Quest Dialog in Chat" in the Sound options? (Source)Is there a way to not automatically be in on the General Chat channels?
We stopped forcing people into General last week. (Source)
Positive feedback from ANZ.
Hey all, ideally I would love to get this forum back on track and discuss a greater variety of local topics.
We have and will continue to highlight all player feedback regarding latency when playing from Aus/NZ. The last post made on this is in the further info sticky. At this time we don’t have any updates to add regarding RMAH, latency or maintenance windows.
So for this week, I think it would be worth highlighting some positive feedback from Aus/NZ players. Let me know what works, what you like and any other surprises that you have found and I will pass this feedback on also. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Second time asking when is patch 1.03?
We don't tend to announce patch release dates, just in case they slip. It's close, though. (Source)
D2 Maintenance
Heads up that a 24hr maintenance will be hitting War3/D2/SC1 USEast/Azeroth this Wednesday for a hardware upgrade. (Source)
IAS Nerf
so...blizzard servers datamined, market is in a riot as suddenly everyone sells their barbs and ias items....any comment?
Well, datamining a patch isn't our "servers". And we announced we were nerfing IAS weeks ago. (Source)
Playing Different
Who here has done the achievement to kill all the bosses while dyed pink?
This is something I really need to try! I believe the achievement is called "Pink'd"
Honestly so far it's been playing hardcore like it's softcore
Sweet, try battle mage and weapon throw barbarian for some crazy co-op. Not sure how viable it is later difficulties but fun all the same. (Source)
Curse Weekly Roundup
WoW arena tournaments, Minecraft Curse clients, live streams, The Secret World info, free Tera trial, new Krater info, and Curse contests are all covered this week.
Find any Diablo news? Contact me or anyone else on the News team
Originally Posted by (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Heads up that a 24hr maintenance will be hitting War3/D2/SC1 USEast/Azeroth this Wednesday for a hardware upgrade. (
Decent sleep, there we go, back to SC2.
Check to see if SC2 is going down or not sometimes all blizzard games go down at the same time ("New" ones anyway)
because this is the US post from blizzard (on the US battle.net), so they put the times in US times. the EU post (on the EU battle.net) will have the times in EU..ect
I prophesize the economy won't get better with that patch. There will still be a load of crap legendaries on the market for a massive amount of gold. The new legendaries will just raise this already high price.