The final patch notes for v1.0.0.8 are available below.
A handful of changes were made during final testing that were not included in the preview, mostly focused on the Crucible.
V1.0.0.8
[Major New Features]
- Alkamos in the Steps of Torment and Shar’Zul in the Bastion of Chaos can now drop new Legendary versions of their unique equipment on Elite and Ultimate difficulties.
- Weapon tooltips now display an Attacks per Second value instead of a “speed” tag (ex. Fast / Very Slow / etc)
- The character sheet now displays an Attacks per Second value modified by all speed bonuses and penalties
- Player resistances on the Characer sheet now show the resistance amount over maximum cap in their tooltips.
- +Skill Augments will now be grayed out if the corresponding mastery is not selected.
- Added Maximum Speed cap values to the Attack/Cast/Move Speed tooltips on the Character Sheet so this information is available within the game for easy reference rather than researched outside of the game.
[Crucible]
- Fixed an issue that could allow the player to select both the Continue and Exit option at the same time, causing the event to end prematurely.
- Slightly reduced Monster Damage and Health scaling with Wave # on Challenger and Gladiator difficulties, more so on Gladiator difficulty.
- Slightly reduced bonus to Monster resistance to Crowd Control based on wave # at all difficulties, more so on Aspirant difficulty.
- Removed bonus to Monster resistance to Slow Effects and Movement Speed based on wave # at all difficulties.
- Ulzuin’s Pact: now grants 5% Cooldown Reduction, 100% Energy Regeneration and 20% Reduced Energy Cost
- Defense Beacons now gain a 33% multiplicative damage increase with each upgrade, previously they gained a 25% damage with only the second upgrade
- Fixed an issue with the Inferno Beacon’s Fire Storm skill dealing far less damage than intended
- Fixed an issue with the Stormcaller Beacon’s Shock skill dealing far less damage than intended
- Reduced the drop rate of Epic and Legendary quality Monster Infrequents from the Crucible
- The starter chest now drops some Iron Bits in addition to potions for level 1 characters, for the purpose of purchasing some basic gear
[Tech]
- Fixed a display issue with % Attack Speed on the character sheet that would result in different Attack Speed caps based on weapon type. This was a display issue only and had no impact on gameplay.
- Added Explosive Strike and Nightfall damage to Character sheet DPS and Damage Per Hit calculations for Fire Strike and Shadow Strike, respectively.
- Fixed Shaman’s Torrent not working properly with ranged weapons.
- Fixed an issue where weapon swapping would become stuck if the player was trapped while charging towards a target.
- Fixed a game hitch that was occuring with +Skill Augment items.
- Bandit forges and other quest-related destructibles are no longer destroyable by enemies.
- Fixed an instance where a client’s components could become desynchronized with the host.
- Fixed equipment with Illusions using the wrong texture after the player was frozen or petrified.
- Fixed another instance where the displayed pet bars in a multiplayer game would not be properly removed.
- Fixed Damage Absorption not showing up properly on skills with no points in them.
- Fixed Main Menu windows not working consistently when ESC was pressed.
- Fixed a bug that would increase enemy attack speed when trapped.
[Game]
- Updated the difficulty curve such that the jump between difficulties is not as extreme. Difficulty now scales more with player level so that Elite and Ultimate naturally become harder as the player’s power increases, resulting in a smoother progression overall. Note that there is still an increase in challenge when moving up to Elite or Ultimate, but it is no longer as severe.
- Slightly reduced Nemesis boss Offensive Ability
- Slightly reduced Physical damage dealt by monsters on Ultimate difficulty
- Fixed an issue with Steps of Torment Achievements involving Alkamos.
- Fixed an issue with a bounty for the Outcast targeting Alkamos being impossible to complete. This fix may cause your bounty for the Outcast to reset.
- Kory the Keeper now offers an item that allows you to remove an applied illusion.
- Rover Merchants no longer have an unusually high ratio for purchasing items from players
- Slightly increased % Energy Regeneration gained from Spirit (was 0.25%, now 0.26%)
- Devotion Shrines now have a much higher chance of generating Rare items rather than White or Magic items, particularly on Elite and Ultimate difficulties.
- Increased chance of generating Rare items from Treasure Troves and One Shot Chests, particularly on Elite and Ultimate difficulties.
[Itemization]
- Auras granted by Components have been converted to self buffs. This was done in response to the rare issues reported in regards to those auras killing players in Multiplayer (particularly in Hardcore mode). While this is not an ideal solution, unfortunately this issue has eluded us for too long to the detriment of the players. Our programmers had spent extensive periods of time digging in the code without any repro to lead them to the probable cause (despite the community trying to contribute as much info as possible), and though we had made changes as recently as 1.0.0.7 with the hope of addressing the issue, it has persisted. As this change is detrimental to pet builds, these skills now also give pet bonuses. Should this bug persist with other auras granted by items, we will take similar action on them in a future update.
- A pass has been done on Magical Affix drop tables to remove less desirable affixes from the loot pool in order to improve loot quality while levelling. As most of those affixes were already disabled at higher levels (50+), this will have little to no impact at max level. This change is not retroactive. If you already have an item with one of these affixes, it will remain unchanged.
- Fixed an issue that caused certain rare affixes to not be generated on various two-handed weapons
- Reduced % Weapon damage on most item skill procs
- Epic - Alazra’s Ruby: replaced % Increased Fire Resist with 50% Fire Resist
- Epic - Black Star of Deceit: reduced Resist Reduction on skill proc to 15
- Epic - Empowered Alazra’s Ruby: replaced % Increased Fire Resist with 78% Fire Resist
- Epic - Empowered Warp Shard: reduced % Damage Converted to Health to 10%
- Epic - Empowered Lichguard: replaced % Increased Vitality Resist with 30% Vitality Resist
- Epic - Lichguard: replaced % Increased Vitality Resist with 25% Vitality Resist
- Epic - Ravna’s Guard: reduced % Max Pierce Resist to 3%
- Epic - Warp Shard: reduced % Damage Converted to Health to 8%
- Magic Suffix - Spellweaving: bonuses increased to match single element Magic Suffixes. Spellweaving suffixes are now effectively superior versions of the single-element magic suffixes.
- Rare Suffix - Insanity: removed chance to Convert enemies
- Relic - Belgothian’s Carnage: reduced Cooldown Reduction from proc to 1s, this relic continues to perform a little too well overall, particularly for Blademasters
- Relic - Dreeg’s Affliction: slightly reduced Poison damage on Dreeg’s Afflicted Spines and reduced number of Projectiles to 15
- Relic - Menhir’s Bastion: reduced % Damage Absorption to 15%, replaced % Physical Resist with 30% Armor
- Relic - Nemesis: added 9 Cold damage. Nemesis pet now deals pierce and cold damage, rather than physical and bleed, damage increased, and his attacks have a chance to reduce Defensive Ability.
- Relic - Oleron’s Wrath: reduced % Weapon damage on skill proc to 20%
- Relic - Reckoning: reduced % Physical Resist Reduction on the skill proc to -10%
- Relic - Torment: reduced % Physical Resist Reduction on the skill proc to -10%
- Relic - Ulzuin’s Pyroclasm: reduced % Weapon damage on skill proc to 8%
- Component - Aether Soul: increased % Aether Resist to 16%
- Component - Black Tallow: increased % Chaos Resist to 16%
- Component - Haunted Steel: added 10% of Physical dealt as Vitality, reduced % Damage Converted to Health on Bloodthirster skill to 24%
- Component - Hollowed Fang: reduced % Damage Converted to Health on Blooddrinker skill to 20%
- Component - Mark of Dreeg: slightly reduced Poison damage on Dreeg’s Infinite Gaze and reduced number of Projectiles to 10
- Component - Prismatic Diamond: replaced % Elemental Resist with 15% Vitality Resist, Prismatic Rage now also grants 130 Damage Absorption while active, cooldown reduced to 25s
- Component - Resilient Plating: increased Defensive Ability to 26 and % Pierce Resist to 15%
- Component - Restless Remains: increased Energy to 220, replaced Chance of % Current Life Retaliation with 3% Damage Converted to Health
- Component - Soul Shard: increased % Vitality Resist to 10%
- Component - Void-Touched Ammo: increased projectile radius on Chaos Bolts to 1.2, slightly increased damage.
- Lifestealer Oil - reduced % Damage Converted to Health to 8%, added 50% Life Leech damage bonus
Legendary Items
- Legendary - Agony: reduced % Poison Resist Reduction to -15% on the skill proc, but increased its damage
- Legendary - Aldanar’s Vanity: increased cooldown on skill proc to 24s
- Legendary - Arcane Harmony Leggings: increased Defensive Ability to 80
- Legendary - Avatar of Mercy: increased cooldown on skill proc to 70s
- Legendary - Beronath, Reforged: replaced % Move Speed with 8% Total Speed
- Legendary - Boneshatter Treads: added 16% Bleed Resist
- Legendary - Bonewave Leggings: added 25 Defensive Ability
- Legendary - Chausses of Barbaros: added 18 Defensive Ability. On the skill proc: reduced duration to 10s, reduced cooldown to 15s, increased % All damage to 75%, added 15% Armor bonus
- Legendary - Chilldread Mantle: increased % Elemental Resist to 24% and increased chance on hit for activating the skill proc to 33%
- Legendary - Colossal Grasp: granted passive now also provides 8% Attack Speed when using a shield
- Legendary - Damnation: reduced cooldown on skill proc to 3s, reduced % Damage Converted to Health on skill proc to 50%
- Legendary - Demonbone Legplates: added 25 Defensive Ability
- Legendary - Demonslayer’s Garb Set: reduced % Offensive Ability bonus to 5%
- Legendary - Demonslayer’s Jacket: increased Offensive Ability to 52
- Legendary - Demonslayer’s Life-Ender: increased Offensive Ability to 45, reduced cooldown on skill proc to 2.8s
- Legendary - Devil’s Cage Hauberk: added 5% Physical Resist, increased Health to 332, removed % Resist Reduction on skill proc but increased its damage, reduced cooldown to 6s and duration to 4s, added Defensive Ability reduction
- Legendary - Deviltongue: added 120 Health
- Legendary - Dracarris: added 12% Cast Speed. On the Skill proc: increased duration to 15s, reduced cooldown to 12s, increased % Chaos/Fire damage bonuses to 125% for the player
- Legendary - Dread Armor of Azragor: added 20% Chaos Resist to granted aura
- Legendary - Essence of the Grim Dawn: reduced cooldown on skill proc to 8s
- Legendary - Exonerator: added 6% Total Speed
- Legendary - Footpads of the Grey Magi: increased Defensive Ability to 58, skill proc now also grants 10% Physical Resist, cooldown reduced to 8s
- Legendary - Fiendscale Jacket: added 24% Aether Resist, increased damage and spread intensity on the skill proc
- Legendary - Fiendflesh Mantle: reduced cooldown on skill proc to 20s
- Legendary - Golemborn Greaves: reduced Armor bonus on skill proc to 200
- Legendary - Gutripper: reduced Defensive Ability Reduction to 80 on skill proc, added a 0.5s cooldown
- Legendary - Harbinger of Eternal Suffering: reduced damage dealt by Harbinger’s Mark
- Legendary - Hellborne: increased cooldown on Wave of Fire to 1.5s
- Legendary - Herald of Blazing Ends: increased Burn damage on skill proc
- Legendary - Invoker’s Elements Set: increased Offensive Ability bonus to 45, Invoker’s Fury proc now reduced % Elemental Resist instead of Fire/Lightning
- Legendary - Iskandra’s Unity Set: added 50 Defensive Ability bonus, reduced % Physical Resist bonus to 16%
- Legendary - Korvoran’s Chestguard: added 302 Health
- Legendary - Light’s Defender Set: reduced Offensive Ability bonus to 55
- Legendary - Mark of Divinity: increased cooldown on skill proc to 120s
- Legendary - Mark of the Apostate: reduced cooldown on skill proc to 3s
- Legendary - Markovian’s Fortress Set: reduced Physical damage bonus to 18-28, reduced Cooldown Reduction from proc to 1s and reduced its cooldown to 4s
- Legendary - Markovian’s Bulwark: reduced % Max Pierce Resist to 3%
- Legendary - Markovian’s Distinction: reduced % Max Pierce Resist to 4%
- Legendary - Markovian’s Visor: fixed missing Physical damage dealt by the skill proc. This skill was dealing significantly less damage than intended.
- Legendary - Mask of the Harbinger: Harbinger’s Aim no longer grants % Crit damage
- Legendary - Mindwarp: added 8% Cast Speed, increased % Attack Speed to 10%
- Legendary - Nidalla’s Legwraps: removed % Poison Resist Reduction on the skill proc, but increased its damage and added -15% Speed Reduction
- Legendary - Pretty Great Pants: increased % Chaos Resist to 22%
- Legendary - Sash of the Immortal Sage: increased cooldown on Wave of Fire to 1.5s
- Legendary - Ring of the Black Matriarch: skill proc now has a 0.5s cooldown
- Legendary - Shroud of Dreeg Set: reduced Offensive Ability to 80
- Legendary - Black Gem of Dreeg: increased speed of the Gaze of Dreeg summons, slightly reduced damage dealt
- Legendary - Mantle of Dreeg: added 24% Aether Resist, reduced % Poison Resist to 18%
- Legendary - Siegebreaker: reduced % Max Pierce Resist to 3%, reduced % Weapon damage on granted skill to 80% and Stun duration to 2s
- Legendary - Stormcage Legguards: increased Defensive Ability to 25
- Legendary - Stormtitan Treads: skill proc now also reduces enemy damage by 10% for 2s
- Legendary - Tinker’s Ingenuity: removed % Damage Absorption bonus from skill proc
- Legendary - The Deathmark Set: increased Cold Resist Reduction on granted skill to -15%
- Legendary - The Infernal Knight Set: reduced damage dealt by Call the Inferno skill proc
- Legendary - Infernal Knight’s Faceguard: increased cooldown on Wave of Fire to 1.5s
- Legendary - The Northern Wyrm: added 10% Attack Speed, added Frostburn damage to skill proc
- Legendary - The Peerless Eye of Beronath: reduced Offensive Ability to 82
- Legendary - The Venomblade Pact: skill proc now has a 0.5s cooldown
- Legendary - Fist of the Venomblade: slightly reduced Pierce and Acid damage dealt by the skill proc
- Legendary - Razor of the Venomblade: slightly reduced Pierce and Acid damage dealt by the skill proc
- Legendary - The Untouchable: reduced % Defensive Ability bonus on skill proc to 8%
- Legendary - Thornhide Legguards: increased Defensive Ability to 36
- Legendary - Trozan’s Ascension Set: Fallen Comet now also reduces all Resistances by 16% for 3s, Freeze duration increased to 3s
- Legendary - Ultos’ Storm Set: reduced % Offensive Ability to 5%
- Legendary - Ultos’ Hood: reduced % Physical Resist to 3% and Health to 520
- Legendary - Ultos’ Spaulders: reduced % Physical Resist to 4%
- Legendary - Ulzuin’s Avatar Set: increased % Attack Speed bonus to 18%
- Legendary - Heart of Ulzuin: added 224 Health
- Legendary - Ulzuin’s Flamespreader: increased Offensive Ability to 75, added 120 health
- Legendary - Valdun’s Rifle: added 20% Chaos Resist
- Legendary - Venomspine Greaves: added 33 Defensive Ability
- Legendary - Vestments of the Great Guardian: replaced Poison Resist on granted aura with 20% Chaos Resist
- Legendary - Vileblood Mantle: on the skill proc: removed % Bleed Resist Reduction, increased damage dealt, chance to confuse to 33% for 2s and reduced cooldown to 2s
- Legendary - Voidwalker Footpads: added 25 Defensive Ability, skill proc now also absorbs Poison damage, absorption increased to 6000
- Legendary - Vortex of Souls: reduced % Attack Speed to 8%
- Legendary - Warborn Set: increased cooldown on skill proc to 7s and duration to 10s
- Legendary - Warborn Gavel: slightly reduced damage dealt by the Earthquake proc
- Legendary - Wildshorn Legguards: increased Defensive Ability to 56
- Legendary - Windshear Greaves: added 18% Poison Resist
- Legendary - Wraithborne Legwraps: added 18 Defensive Ability
- Legendary - Wyrmscale Footguards: added 40 Defensive Ability, skill proc now absorbs Elemental and Bleed damage, absorption increased to 6000
- Legendary - Zolhan’s Revenge: reduced % Max Pierce Resist to 3%