Patch RC1 –> Patch RC2
Characters
Amazon
- Barrage: mana cost -33%.
Assassin
- Renamed class ‘Assassin’ to ‘zomgwtftank’.
- Wychwind: corrected description.
- Rune of Mana: increased collision size.
Barbarian
- Titan Strike: halved mana cost. Omg, someone complained that fighter chars have mana issues. It’s called ‘doing twice as much normal attack damage as the caster with his spells’.
Druid
ROCK THE CHARM
- Charm: now converts a lot more stuff, including uberquest monsters; doubled timer loss.
- Culling of the Herd: increased duration, added -100% speed and attack rate penalty.
- New skill: Shrine of Extinction kills culled monsters.
Necromancer
- Summon Void Archon: removed skill timer.
- Sacrifices: increased scatter range to make room for more than 24 sacrifices.
Paladin
- Searing Orb: increased synergy bonus from 2% to 4%. Now you too can reach the damage cap!
- Ring of Light: increased synergy bonus from 2% to 4%. Learn to use the damn thing already.
- Holy Trap: increased synergy bonus from 3% to 5%.
- Punisher: no longer gotta hurt.
- Superbeast: no longer minion targetable due to graphical issues.
Sorceress
- Mana Sweep: increased nova missile size.
- Full Force: corrected description.
Other
- Lightning Shield: minlvl = -10 instead of 18.
- Summon Overlord: removed skill timer.
Items
Runewords
- Frequency: THUNDER HAMMER HO!
- Greatly improved modifiers on these runewords:
Aes Dana, Ahriman, Aiwass, Amaymon, Anarchy, Asclepion, Astarte, Avatar, Brahman, Burlesque, Celebration, Cernunnos, Dar-Al-Harb, Demeter, Demhe, Dragonheart, Dreadlord, Drekavac, Ea, Elverfolk, Enmerkar, Ensi, Genie, Goddess, Hestia, Hibagon, Huracan, Ilmatar, Intifada, Kabbalah, Kali, Kallisti, Kronos, Laadan, Lammasu, Ligeia, Lincos, Lojban, Loxian, Morthwyrtha, Nahemah, Nehushtan, Nephilim, Nix, Nomad, Oriflamme, Ra, Raudna, Rex Deus, Rusalka, Sagarmatha, Sankara, Santa Compana, Scorched Earth, Seed of Conflict, Shaula, Sylvanshine, Taqiyya, Typhaon, Unicorn, Unity, Venefica, Warpath, Wintermute, Wodziwob, Wyrm, Zohar.
- Nerfed:
Triune.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is called power creep.
Cube recipes
- Unique uptier: now requires 1 arcane crystal, but additionally requires a perfect gem.
- Unique creation recipe: now requires 40 arcane crystals.
* just kidding.
Drop rates
- Increased rare drop rate from 1/50 to 1/25.
- Increased unique drop rate from 1/100 to 1/75.
- Fixed great rune drop rates.
Uniques
- Hallow’s Visage: replaced monster flee with 50% level 22 Hunting Banshee on attack.
- Prince of Nothing: maximum skill level bonus capped at +10.
- The Covenant: removed annoying Doom proc.
Monsters
- Slightly reduced elite spawn density.
- Dark Star Dragon: reduced life to prevent overflow.
- Quov Tsin: halved life regen rate.
- Monkey King: reduced Barrel Throw explosion range, fixed animation vanishing, reduced damage.
- Mutilator: increased melee damage.
- Glowing Mushroom: halved Omni Lightning damage.
Uberquests
- Quov Tsin now spawns in the Act 2 heroic.
- Added Astrogha in Act 1.
Challenges
- Swapped ear and visions.