PTR 2.6.10 has been made public
Blizzard has announced that its 2 week PTR (public test realm testing period for the 2.6.10 update has begun on October 1 and, once again, Blizzard are asking for our help to stem the tides of surging demons.
We've taken a look at the preliminary patch notes and summarized the important points below, detaling this season's content including, a new item, and tons of Legendary item changes for Patch 2.6.10.
PTR 2.6.10 Table of Contents
Please note that this is a preview for PTR 2.6.10 content, which is subject to change.
PTR Focus 2.6.10 Details
Blizzard will be running the Patch 2.6.10 PTR on test servers, and phasing in content updates over the course of two weeks, starting Thursday, October 1. Blizzard again warns that, during this period, there may be periodic maintenances, outages, hotfixes, or minor patches. This time around, testing will consist of two phases:
- Phase 1 - October 1st:During this phase, Blizzard will be introducing Legendary and Set item changes
- Phase 2 – October 8th:&In this phase, Blizzard will be adding the Seasonal Theme content
NOTE: Phase 1 content will be available throughout the period of the PTR. Phase 2 content and will be an addition to the existing content.
There will be two PTR-unique buffsavailable to aid you on your journey: increased Legendary drop rate and double Blood Shard drops. You will also be able to purchase new gear for testing from the special PTR vendor, (more revenue for Blizzard)Djank Mi'em, who will exchange Blood Shards for class-specific bags full of Legendary items that Blizzard are keen for you to try out and feed back!
Class Changes in PTR 2.6.10: To ensure that the most significant class changes receive an ample amount of attention, Blizzard are asking players to focus testing and feedback on the Wizard changes around Etched Sigils and Hydras, the Crusader’s Steed Charge build, and the Witch Doctor’s Crazy Chicken build.
Feedback should be provided in the PTR Feedback forum, while bug reports should be provided in the PTR Bug Report forum.
PTR 2.6.10 Testing Tips
As with previous PTRs, this testing period is only 2 weeks, so it's best to hit the ground running. Whether you’re a PTR veteran or newcomer, here are a few tips to get you off to the best possible start.
- Because of the limited duration of this PTR, Blizzard ask that participants pick a particular portion of this update to focus on testing.
- For example, if you're primarily a Wizard player, consider what changes impact the Wizard specifically. What you like best, what you think may still need adjustment, and what you'd want to see in the future (even if that may be beyond the scope of this patch) are all good questions to ask yourself.
- Prior to the start of PTR 2.6.10, consider stocking up on items like Puzzle Rings and Bovine Bardiches. Having these available after you import your character can make any necessary PTR farming much faster!
- Try to break things, the more we can break now, the better Blizzard will be able to launch a reliable patch!
- When providing feedback, Blizzard ask that players concentrate less on a solution and more on your experience of the game. How did the changes make you feel? Was there something not quite right that you noticed? Did something seem wrong or insufficient? Suggestions are always welcome but identifying the issues themselves is most important.
Patch 2.6.10 Notes
Here are some thoughts on the upcoming update for Diablo III, Patch 2.6.10.
Table of Contents:
Note: All changes apply to all versions of Diablo III, including PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC unless otherwise indicated. Please note that PTR is only available for PC and Mac users.
2.6.10 Seasons
The shadows, they're moving, and they seem to be animated. It is as though they have a will of their own. Whatever this trickery is, perhaps you can use it to your advantage? Let's see what the demons say when you fight side by side with your own shadow!
Shadows of the Past Activating a Shrine/Pylon will spawn in a shadow clone of your class. This clone will randomly have 1 out of 3 predetermined builds. This clone's power will scale with your character and will last for 1 minute or if your character dies. See below for the shadow clone variations that can spawn when activating.
Witch Doctor in 2.6.10
| Build Variation 1 | Build Variation 2 | Build Variation 3 |
| Grasp of the Dead - Rain of Corpses | Wall of Death - Fire Wall | Mass Confusion - Mass Hallucination |
| Piranhas - Piranhado | Firebomb - Flash Fire | Spirit Barrage - The Spirit is Willing |
| Wall of Death - Surrounded by Death | Hex - Unstable Form | Wall of Death - Communing with Spirits |
| Zombie Charger - Zombie Bears | Piranhas - Piranhado | Piranhas - Piranhado |
| Corpse Spiders - Medusa Spiders | Zombie Charger - Explosive Beast | Horrify - Face of Death |
| Hex - Jinx | Spirit Barrage - Well of Souls | Grasp of the dead - Unbreakable Grasp |
Wizard in 2.6.10
| Build Variation 1 | Build Variation 2 | Build Variation 3 |
| Arcane Orb - Frozen Orb | Meteor - Molten Impact | Arcane Orb - Obliteration |
| Frost Nova - Bone Chill | Arcane Orb - Obliteration | Disintegrate - Intensify |
| Blizzard - Unrelenting Storm | Explosive Blast - Short Fuse | Wave of Force - Debilitating Force |
| Ice Armor - Frozen Storm | Black Hole - Blazar | Slow Time - Exhaustion |
| Black Hole - Absolute Zero | Energy Twister - Gale Force | Energy Twister - Raging Storm |
| Ray of Frost - Snow Blast | Disintegrate - Convergence | Meteor - Star Pact |
Barbarian in 2.6.10
| Build Variation 1 | Build Variation 2 | Build Variation 3 |
| Seismic Slam - Shattered Ground | Battle Rage - Marauder's Rage | Overpower - Killing Spree |
| Ground Stomp - Jarring Slam | Threatening Shout - Falter | Threatening Shout - Falter |
| Avalanche - Volcano | Wrath of The Berserker - Insanity | Furious Charge - Battering Ram |
| Earthquake - Molten Fury | Sprint - Run Like the Wind | Wrath of The Berserker - Insanity |
| Wrath of The Berserker - Insanity | Whirlwind - No Rune | Bash - Pulverize |
| Ancient Spear - Boulder Toss | Rend - Lacerate | Hammer of The Ancients - Rolling Thunder |
Monk in 2.6.10
| Build Variation 1 | Build Variation 2 | Build Variation 3 |
| Blinding Flash - Faith in the Light | Fist of Thunder - Thunderclap | Exploding Palm - The Flesh is Weak |
| Seven-Sided Strike - Fulminating Onslaught | Deadly Reach - Scattered Blows | Wave of Light - Explosive Light |
| Inner Sanctuary - Sanctified Ground | Way of the Hundred Fists - Hands of Lightning | Lashing Tail Kick - Spinning Flame Kick |
| Epiphany - Soothing Mist | Lashing Tail Kick - Sweeping Armada | Epiphany - Inner Fire |
| Breath of Heaven - Circle of Scorn | Dashing Strike - Barrage | Sweeping Wind - Fire Storm |
| Wave of Light - Empowered Wave | Cyclone Strike - Implosion | Seven-Sided Strike - Sudden Assault |
Necromancer in 2.6.10
| Build Variation 1 | Build Variation 2 | Build Variation 3 |
| Land of the Dead - Frozen Lands | Land of the Dead - Plaguelands | Land of the Dead - Frozen Lands |
| Frailty - Volatile Death | Decrepify - Wither | Bone Spear - Shatter |
| Bone Spirit - Possession | Army of the Dead - Blighted Grasp | Death Nova - Bone Nova |
| Corpse Explosion - Final Embrace | Corpse Lance - Ricochet | Frailty - Early Grave |
| Bone Spear - Blood Spear | Death Nova - Blight | Army of the Dead - Death Valley |
| Death Nova - Blood Nova | Bone Spear - Blighted Marrow | Corpse Lance - Blood Lance |
Demon Hunter in 2.6.10
| Build Variation 1 | Build Variation 2 | Build Variation 3 |
| Marked for Death - Valley of Death | Marked for Death - Valley of Death | Marked for Death - Valley of Death |
| Caltrops - Jagged Spikes | Rain of Vengeance - Stampede | Rain of Vengeance- Flying Strike |
| Fan of Knives - Assassin's Knives | Cluster Arrow - Shooting Stars | Cluster Arrow - Maelstrom |
| Chakram - Twin Chakrams | Multishot - Arsenal | Multishot - Wind Chill |
| Vengeance - Side Cannons | Vengeance - Personal Mortar | Vengeance - From the Shadows |
| Impale - Ricochet | Elemental Arrow - Immolation arrow | Elemental Arrow - Frost Arrow |
Crusader in 2.6.10
| Build Variation 1 | Build Variation 2 | Build Variation 3 |
| Akarat's Champion - Fire Starter | Akarat's Champion - Hasteful | Akarat's Champion - Rally |
| Falling Sword - Superheated | Falling Sword - Flurry | Falling Sword - Part the Clouds |
| Sweep Attack - Blazing Sweep | Judgment - Mass Verdict | Heaven's Fury - Split Fury |
| Consecration - Shattered Ground | Consecration - Bathed in Light | Fist of the Heavens - Retribution |
| Bombardment - Annihilate | Blessed Hammer - Limitless | Iron Skin - Charged Up |
| Condemn - Reciprocate | Condemn - Reciprocate | Shield Glare - Uncertainty |
Rewards in 2.6.10: Two unique new rewards, a portrait frame, and a pet will be granted to players who complete the Season 22 Guardian Journey.
Kanai's Cube: Additionally, the Kanai's Cube will have a fourth slot this season. This fourth slot will have the choices of the first 3 slots but will not stack with any of them. The intent is to provide players with creative flexibility to their character builds.
Items in 2.6.10
General
- Haedrig's Gifts now grants all class sets and Blizzard has a new rotation schedule. This upcoming season, depending on which class you choose, Haedrig's Gifts will reward you with Horde of the Ninety Savages, Aegis of Valor, Gears of Dreadlands, Patterns of Justice, Masquerade of the Burning Carnival, Mundunugu's Regalia, or Typhon's Veil.
- Stone Gauntlets now drops for all classes.
- Paragon Bonus Gold Find has been changed to Gold Pickup Radius at 0.1 per point.
Item Changes in 2.6.10
- New Item* Gelmindor's Marrow Guards: Bone Spear cast from Simulacrums deal 400-500% increased damage.
- Ivory Tower: Rapid multiple blocks will now scale the damage for Fires of Heaven, up to a maximum of 2.5 times damage.
- Mantle of Channeling: Removed the 1 second start up before the power takes effect.
- Etched Sigil: While channeling Arcane Torrent, Disintegrate, or Ray of Frost, the damage of your Energy Twister is increased by 200-250%, and you also cast Energy Twister every second.
- Fragment of Destiny: Your Signature Spells attack 50% faster and deal triple damage. You gain a Spectral buff whenever you land an attack with a Signature Spell. Hydras deal 25-30% increased damage for each Spectral stack. Max 10 stacks.
- Valthek's Rebuke: Energy Twister now travels in a straight path and deals 300-400% increased damage.
- Winter Flurry: Enemies killed by Cold damage have a 25% chance to release a Frost Nova. Your Hydra deals 125-150% increased damage to enemies in a Blizzard.
- Wizardspike: Performing an attack has a 25% chance to hurl a Frozen Orb. Arcane Orb deals 300-350% increased damage.
- Delsere's Magnum Opus: 6 piece bonus increased from 8500% to 12500%.
- The Typhon's Veil: 6 piece bonus increased from 1300% to 2000%.
- Norvald's Fervor: Buff 2 piece bonus damage from 100% to 400%
- Armor of Akkhan: Buff 6 piece bonus damage from 1500% to 2000%
- Roland's Legacy: Buff 4 piece bonus damage from 13,000% to 17,500%
- Seeker of the Light: Buff 6 piece Blessed Hammer bonus damage from 12,000% to 15,000%
- Belt of the Trove: Every 4 seconds, call down Bombardment on a random nearby enemy. Bombardment deals 400-500% increased damage.
- Mortal Drama: Double the number of Bombardment impacts. Bombardement deals 400-500% increased damage.
- Manajuma's Way: Angry Chicken explosion damage increased from 400% to 2000%.
- Spirit of Arachyr: Buff 6 piece bonus damage from 9000% to 17,500%.
- Helltooth Harness: Buff 6 piece bonus damage from 9000% to 17,500%.
- Scrimshaw: Reduces the Mana cost of Zombie Charger by 75% and increases its damage by 6-7 times.
- Inna's Mantra: Buff 6 piece bonus damage from 750% to 950%.
- Shenlong's Spirit: Damage bonus increased from 200% to 350%.
- Gungdo Gear: Exploding Palm's on-death explosion applies Exploding Palm. Exploding Palm's damage is increased by 75-100%.
- Blade of the Tribes: War Cry and Threatening Shout cause an Avalanche and Earthquake. Avalanche and Earthquake both deal 150-200% increased damage
How to Take Part in PTR in 2.6.10
To participate in the public test, you must have a Diablo III game license attached to a Battle.net account in good standing. You will also need to download and install the Blizzard Battle.net desktop app if you have not already done so.
Step 1: Restart the Battle.net desktop app.
Step 2: Navigate to the Diablo III tab on the left-hand menu.
Step 3: On the Diablo III screen, there is a drop-down menu right above the "Play" button (note that this may say "Install" if you do not have Diablo III currently installed). Select "PTR: Diablo III" from this drop-down menu before proceeding.
Step 4: Click Install to begin the installation process.
Your PTR account will be created automatically if you do not already have one. The PTR is available in all supported languages, and accounts from all regions are eligible to participate.
PTR 2.6.10 Character Copy
The option to copy your existing Diablo III characters from your live account to the PTR will be available and can be done directly through the PTR client. However, only one region per account can be copied at a time. So, if you choose to copy characters from your account in a different region, any previously copied PTR characters will be lost.
Step 1: Log into the live game and then log out.
Step 2: Log into PTR client and create a level 1 character. After you're done, return to the main character screen.
Step 3: Click on the "PTR Copy" button located in the upper right-hand corner. (The PTR Copy button will not appear in-game until you have created a new level 1 character.)
Step 4: Select your region.
Step 5: Click "Copy." This will copy all characters on your account from the selected region.
Step 6: You will be disconnected from the PTR client.
Step 7: Log back in. Your copied characters will be available for play.
Players should be aware that you can only copy characters from one gameplay region at a time. If you choose to copy characters from a different region, any previously copied PTR characters will be lost. In addition, you can only copy characters over to your PTR account once every 24 hours. Attempting to copy characters before this cooldown is up will result in an error.
The most glaring mistakes and bugs in Diablo 3 from across the years
Rumors and teasers regarding Diablo 4 continue to rain down on us with increasing speed, suggesting that the long-awaited release might soon become a reality. That’s borne out to a certain extent by retailers like Game offering Diablo 4 for pre-order. As ever, it is likely that only a handful of those rumors will be true, at least in the initial release.
But what is it that gamers really want when developers spend years creating an update of a much-loved classic? The answer is simple, they want it to be everything its predecessor is, but that much better. If Diablo 4 is to achieve greatness, then, it needs to avoid the glaring bugs and errors that were part and parcel of Diablo 3. Let’s step into the Chamber of Horrors and examine the biggest elephant traps that the game has to avoid this time around.
Error 37
If you were playing Diablo 3 from the get-go in 2012, the phrase Error 37 is liable to cause a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. After all that anticipation, no sooner were we in the thick of the action than hundreds of gamers were confronted with that dreaded red box and the Error 37 server message. When Diablo 4 was announced at last year’s Blitzconn, Luis Barriga, the game’s director, acknowledged that the team would have to learn from the past.
He told reporters that the problem arose last time around due to the developers being reluctant to show too much during beta testing. He said: “We had a limited beta during Diablo 3. I think you will see us take a different approach here.”
Real money auction house
Conceptually, the idea of in-game trading between players is a good one. Done the right way, it adds a whole extra dimension to the game and the universe in which it operates. The key part of that phrase, however, is “the right way” and both gamers and developers are in agreement that the real money auction house of Diablo 3 was wide of the mark.
The downside, for the handful of people in the world who did not experience it themselves, was that gamers found themselves facing real-world financial losses. Now that is one thing in an online casino, where the whole objective is to offer a gaming experience for actual cash, but it led to all sorts of problems in Diablo.
The auction house was one of those ideas that seemed great on the drawing board. The real problem was what happened in Runescape, when gambling clans started to appear from every direction, using the game as a real-world money spinner. When the Diablo auction house showed signs of going the same way, the developers were right to pull it. Art Director Allen Adham says the team has some “pretty solid ideas” on how to incorporate a trading element into Diablo 4 that will not become a danger or a disruption to the gameplay itself.
Login issues
Less common than the Error 37 issues we mentioned earlier but even more frustrating was the Error 3006 that a substantial number of users encountered. This had the effect of throwing the gamer right out of the game and making it impossible to log back in.
Playing WOW - a beginner's guide
World of Warcraft is one of the biggest and most popular MMORPGs around the globe. It has been around for more than a decade now and it is one of the favourites for gamers worldwide. If you haven’t played the game yet, then the World of Azeroth awaits you with a thrilling adventure. Here are some of the tips that can be really useful for any beginner in World of Warcraft.
Check your PC System Requirement
Buying the game will cost you some money. Before going to buy it, its best to go to the game website and check for the minimum system requirements for the game. And then you can match it with your computer system configuration. One of the best things about the game though, is that the system requirements are very basic and most systems would be able to run the game comfortably. But it is always a good practise to confirm is your system is lacking any of the areas and then upgrade your system if that’s an option.
Use the Free Trial
Not all gamers like the same kind of games. It may happen that you don’t like a game which is really popular. And buying the game even before knowing that can end up being a waste of money. Finding just the right game for a gamer is like winning a progressive jackpot. Once you’re done with the trial version, you’d know if it’s the right game for you and can then buy it. It generally doesn’t matter how good a gamer you are. Until you are really interested in the game, you would not want to spend your time on it. You can rather look for alternatives more suited to your gaming style.
Choosing the Right Server
Once you start playing, one of the things that all players would tell you is to find the right server for yourself. Going for a random server may not be a wise decision. You wouldn’t want to go for a server for beginners and also not one for experts. The crowded servers also don’t allow you to truly and comfortably explore the World of Azeroth. But you should also avoid server with very less players because they can turn out to be boring. A healthy crowd should generally be preferred. One of the things you can do is ask your friends and join them on their server so that the game is more fun. You may also want to keep an eye out for the great tournaments organized by WOW for gamers worldwide.
Choose a Character and start exploring
Next step is to choose your character. There are 2 factions in WoW, the Hordes and the Alliance and each has 7 playable characters. You can choose the character you like and then go on to choose a Warcraft Class from a set of 12 classed on the game. You can then start playing and get comfortable with the character you have chosen before you start playing full throttle. Another part of the game is to choose professions and specialization. Once you are done with all this. You are set to start a great gaming experience.
Cross platform support is now a very essential thing for most of the multiplayer games, especially in 2020, and when games come with this feature, players are always in love with them. So, the article is going to focus on the best games that you can play across platforms in the current year.
Now, consoles have been the exclusive platform for games for a very long time, and the popularity of consoles grew because of that exclusive setting, where games are designed only for the consoles. So, in order to enjoy those games, the player must buy the consoles they are designed for. Because of console exclusives, people now tend to select between consoles, preferring some over the others.
One area that doesn’t get the recognition it perhaps deserves is perhaps online slots and casino games. These games must be designed to be used across a multitude of platforms, from desktops to smartphones (with dozens being released every year). For anyone looking to play some of the latest games, you can use sites here, which all offer top casino gaming software to their players.
But it is now very easy for today's players to own multiple consoles and platforms, and they seek to sync their games over all those platforms. It does not end there; most players also like to enjoy these games with their friends, who may not have the same consoles as them. That is when the cross platform games come handy. This is why people that love multiplayer games appreciate cross platform games more.
Below Are the Top 5 Cross Platform Games Of 2020
Fortnite
This is one of the biggest names or phenomena in the world of computer games. Since Fortnite was released, it has had a very big influence in the gaming world, dominating the arena for a very long time. The player base that it has maintained for a very long time can only be achieved by very few games, and it doesn’t seem that the game is going to slow down any time soon. It offers KBM support on consoles, and that places it among the most easily accessible games in the entire list. Fortnite could be enjoyed on Switch, iOS, Android, and Mac, Xbox One and PS4.
PUBG
When this game was launched in 2017, it set the world on fire, and gave the world the new genre known as Battle Royale. When PUBG was released, it stood as one of the most innovative games of the time. The core gameplay loop is very impressive. When you consider this, alongside the fact that it experiences constant meaningful and solid updates, you will realize that it is among the most memorable multiple player games you can ever play. The PUBG multiplayer game can be enjoyed on Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One and PS4.
Street Fighter
The Street Fighter franchise is one of the most cherished in the gaming world. Since it came to the scene in the 1980s, it has taken and remained in the center stage of computer gaming. This franchise is all about classic fighting games and the game’s sustained popularity is based on the fact that it came with, and has maintained its cross platform feature. So, till today, lovers of Street Fighter can enjoy the title on PS4, PC and Xbox One.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
The Call of Duty video/computer game franchise has dwelt on the first person shooter genre for much longer than other gaming franchises. It has become a household name in gaming with its first person shooter titles. The modern warfare and the warzone are the newest installments from the franchise, and they are all cross platform games. These two games are unique in their own way. Modern Warfare came with the type of quality you only expect to see in the Infinity Ward, while the Warzone came with the most exciting and entertaining brand of Battle Royale ever seen in games. Both games can be enjoyed on PS4, Xbox One and PC computers.
Rocket League
Rocket League stands above many other games, and has only a few true competitions in the gaming world. The entire gameplay, the fun, and other features of the game take it high above many others. It comes with a very simple concept. It is a game that involves football, but with cars that are powered by rockets. It succeeded in dwelling on a pitch that almost everybody will be interested in, and it is one that many people will be glad to spend time enjoying in the field. People can play Rocket League on multiple platforms, including PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
Season 21 - Trials of Tempests Begins July 3
Blizzard have announced that Diablo III Season 21 will begin July 3, soon after their next patch. Here we give details of the brand-new Season buff, the new class sets, and a handful of item and skill adjustments coming in Patch 2.6.9!
Table of Contents
- Season 21 Theme
- Trials of Tempest Season Cosmetic Rewards
- Season 21 Journey Rewards
- Seasonal Conquests
- Season 21 Haedrig's Gifts
- Season 21 Patch Notes
Season 21 Theme
- Note that in Season 21, your character will sometimes (every minute and a half) channel an elemental power which unleashes into the environment for a finite time:
- Rain meteors from the skies on your enemies.
- Inale lightning.
- You can summon a wall of flame.
- You have the power to release twisters of pure energy.
- You can crush your foes under the weight of rolling snowballs.
Seasonal 21 Cosmetic Rewards
Starting with Season 21, Blizzard have reintroduced previous Seasonal Rewards to make them available to players who may have missed them the first time around. For Season 21, this means awards originally available from Season 9 are returning to the Season Journey.
Know though, Blizzard are continuing to provide new End of Journey rewards as introduced in Season 17, with two new cosmetic rewards for those who complete the entirety of the Season journey. You can show your worth in the Trial of Tempests to earn the Stupendous Contraption pet and the Industrial Portrait Frame.
As well as the Chest and Gloves slots of the exclusive Conqueror Set, you'll also be able to earn the Pandemonium portraits and the cute and craggly Rocky pet first introduced in Season 9.
Season 21 Journey Rewards
If you've been busy slaying demons for the past few Seasons and reached Conqueror in the Season Journey each time, you’ve probably accrued a few extra stash tabs. You'll earn one additional tab each Season by finishing the Conqueror tier, up to a maximum of five:
- Guardian of Sanctuary: Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII difficulty within 5 minutes.
- Gem of My Life: Level three Legendary Gems to level 55.
- All I Do is Win: Complete 2 Conquests this Season.
- Lose Yourself: Kill the Skeleton King at level 70 in under 30 seconds on Torment XIII difficulty.
- Money Ain’t a Thang: Slay Greed on Torment XIII difficulty. Treasure Goblins outside of Nephalem Rifts will sometimes open portals to Greed’s domain, The Vault.
- Take U There: Reach Greater Rift Level 60 Solo. Greater Rift keystones can be obtained from any Nephalem Rift guardian.
- Power Amplification: Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem.
- Cubic Reconfiguration: Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item.
Seasonal 21 Conquests
Want to prepare your Conquest plan for Season 21? Here are the challenges you’ll face!
For Curses!/Stars Align, pick any Cursed Chest event that requires killing monsters and defeat over 350 or more at level 70 on Torment X or higher. Also returning for Season 21 is Sprinter/Speed Racer, where you’re challenged to complete the entire Diablo III campaign from Act I to Act V at level 70 in under 1 hour! Next is Avarice/Avaritia, where all that glitters is gold—that is, if you can complete a 50 million gold streak outside of The Vault or its Inner Sanctum. We're also bringing Thrill/Superhuman, which requires completion of a Greater Rift level 45—solo and without any Set items equipped. And lastly we'll be bringing back Speed Demon/Need for Speed, meaning you'll need to beat a Torment X Nephalem Rift at level 70 in 2 minutes. Best of luck!
Season 21 Haedrig’s Gift
Finally, the Class Sets rewarded for completing certain chapters in the Season Journey courtesy of Haedrig’s Gift have rotated once more. We’ve listed the available Sets below. For those new to Seasons, here’s how it works:
Completing Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of the Season Journey will reward you with three of Haedrig’s Gifts. Each Gift contains a few pieces from one of your Class Sets. Players can only unlock one Class Set in this manner per Season across Hardcore and Non-Hardcore, so choose wisely!
The set you receive depends on the class of the character you’re playing when you open each Haedrig’s Gift. To collect a full Class Set, you’ll need to open all three on the same character.
Here are the sets granted by Haedrig’s Gift in Season 21:
- Barbarian - Might of the Earth
- Crusader - Thorns of the Invoker
- Demon Hunter - The Shadow's Mantle
- Monk - Monkey King's Garb
- Witch Doctor - Raiment of the Jade Harvester
- Wizard - Firebird's Finery
- Necromancer - Grace of Inarius
Patch 2.6.9 Notes
Here you can find the final patch notes for the most recent update for Diablo III, Patch 2.6.9. Changes specifically from the original PTR have been highlighted in RED.
Items
Demon Hunter
- New Demon Hunter Set: Gears of Dreadlands
- 2-Piece Bonus
- Gain 4 seconds of Momentum when attacking with a Primary skill, at a maximum of 20 seconds. Your Primary skills deal 10% increased damage per second of Momentum.
- 4-Piece Bonus
- Casting Strafe against enemies will automatically shoot your last used primary skill, and also give 60% damage reduction while strafing and for 5 seconds after. While Strafing, you gain 8% increased movement speed for each second of Momentum.
- 6-Piece Bonus
- Your primary skills deal 10000% more damage
- 2-Piece Bonus
- Leonine Bow of Hashir
- Bolas have a
30%100% chance on explosion to pull in all enemies within 24 yards, and also deal 100-150% increased damage.
- Bolas have a
- Emimei's Duffel
- Bolas now explode instantly and deal 150-175% increased damage.
- The Ninth Cirri Satchel
- Hungering Arrow
has 20-25%is guaranteed to pierce and also deals 450-600% increased damage.
- Hungering Arrow
- Odyssey's End
- Enemies snared by your Entangling Shots take
20-25%100-150% increased damage from all sources.
- Enemies snared by your Entangling Shots take
- Hunter's Wrath
- Your primary skills attack 30% faster and deal
45-60%150-200% increased damage.
- Your primary skills attack 30% faster and deal
- Holy Point Shot
- Impale throws 2 additional knives and deals 75-100% increased damage.
Necromancer
Developer's Note: With the adjustments coming in for a few past Necromancer sets and abilities, we will continue to evaluate the performance of the new set this season and may make additional adjustments in future seasons if we believe they are necessary.
- New Necromancer Set: Masquerade of the Burning Carnival
- 2-Piece Bonus
- Your Simulacrums no longer take damage, gains all runes, and its cooldown is refreshed when you die.
- 4-Piece Bonus
- While you have a Simulacrum, damage is reduced by 50%. Damage you take is split with your Simulacrums as well.
- 6-Piece Bonus
- Your Bone Spear deals 10,000% increased damage. Simulacrums gain triple this bonus.
- 2-Piece Bonus
- Grasps of Essence
- When an exploded corpse damages at least one enemy, Your Corpse Explosion deals
75-100%150-200% increased damage for 6 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
- When an exploded corpse damages at least one enemy, Your Corpse Explosion deals
- Haunted Visions
- Simulacrum now drains
5%1% of your maximum life every second and laststwice as longforever. They can now duplicate Grim Scythe instead of Skeletal Mage.
- Simulacrum now drains
- Razeth's Volition
- Skeletal Mage gains the effect of the Gift of Death and Singularity runes. You gain 35-50% damage reduction if your Essence is not full.
- Jesseth Arms
- 2-Piece Set Bonus: While your skeletons are commanded to attack a target, you deal 400% increased damage.
- Grace of Inarius
- 4-Piece Set Bonus: Bone Armor grants an additional
2%3% damage reduction per enemy hit.
- 4-Piece Set Bonus: Bone Armor grants an additional
- Pestilence Master's Shroud
- 6-Piece Set Bonus: Each corpse you consume grants you an Empowered Bone Spear charge that increases the damage of your next Bone Spear by 3300%. In addition, Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion damage is increased by
1650%3300%.
- 6-Piece Set Bonus: Each corpse you consume grants you an Empowered Bone Spear charge that increases the damage of your next Bone Spear by 3300%. In addition, Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion damage is increased by
Crusader
- Shield of Fury
- This effect may stack up to
2010 times.
- This effect may stack up to
General
- Stone of Jordan
- Added power: Each of your elemental's damage bonus is equal to your highest static elemental bonus to skill.
- Reaper's Wraps
- Added a 2-second internal cooldown to the Health globe effect.
- Mantle of Channeling
- Now works with the Necromancer's Siphon Blood.
- Convention of Elements
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Added "non-static" to the wording of the legendary power's description. The functionality is unchanged
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Skill Changes
- Necromancer
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Simulacrum
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These will now warp to the Necromancer if they begin to move too far away from the player. This only works if the Necromancer is wearing the Masquerade of the Burning Carnival set or Haunted Visions.
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Simulacrums cannot use Grim Scythe (with Haunted Visions) or Skeletal Mage unless the Necromancer had either of those abilities while the Simulacrums were created.
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Final Service
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No longer consumes pets.
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Final Service now activates before Simulacrum's Self Sacrifice.
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- Bone Prison
- Simulacrums now benefit from this passive skill.
- Serration
- Simulacrums now benefit from this passive skill.
- Corpse Explosion
- Damage increased from 350% to 1050%.
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- Witch Doctor
- Spirit Barrage
- The Spectres from the Phantasm rune no longer benefit from pet bonuses.
- Spirit Barrage
Bug Fixes
- Necromancer
- Fixed an issue where Skeletal Mages were not attacking certain creatures
- PTR Specific:
- Note: The following issues were only live on the PTR, but we’re including the fixes here for visibility to indicate intended functionality on live.
- Seasonal effects no longer deal area damage.
- Seasonal buff resets if player exits and reenters a rift.
- Seasonal theme should no longer work in Set Dungeons.
- Fixed Maltorius' Petrified Spike dealing additive bonus damage instead of multiplicative.
- Fixed seasonal buff that sometimes may drop off whenever the player enters an invulnerable state.
- Changed seasonal buff to base its damage on the amount of kills. (not really a bug, more of a change)