14 DAY TRIAL // After taking Diablo 3’s servers down for scheduled maintenance last night, Blizzard has now posted a brand new update for the game, in the form of patch 1.0.3, which brings a wide array of improvements to the role-playing dungeon crawler.
Diablo 3 has been launched for over a month and, since then, Blizzard has posted quite a few patches for the game in order to solve all sorts of issues and bugs, as well as plenty of hotfixes designed to fix balancing problems.
Now, the latest update has just been released, in the form of patch 1.0.3, which has already been detailed by Blizzard earlier this month.
A massive array of changes are included in the patch, targeting many of the game’s aspects, from modifications to the skills of different character classes, to improvements done to other areas like the Followers or Bosses.
Check out the changes made to the different classes in Diablo 3 by update 1.0.3 below.
Classes Barbarian Active Skills Ignore Pain Skill Rune – Contempt for Weakness The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player's maximum Life Overpower Skill Rune – Crushing Advance The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player's maximum Life The tooltip has been updated to represent that both melee and ranged damage are reflected
Weapon Throw
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.) Passive Skills Relentless Now reduces the Fury cost of all skill by 75%, down from 100% (the 50% damage reduction remains unchanged)
Demon Hunter Active Skills Cluster Arrow Skill Rune - Dazzling Arrow 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.) Grenades Skill Rune - Stun Grenades 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.) Bug Fixes Caltrops Skill Rune – Jagged Spikes Effect will now only stack up to 10 times on a single target Elemental Arrow Skill Rune – Nether Tentacles Tentacles will now only hit each target once
Monk General Monks can now use two-handed axes, two-handed maces, and two-handed swords Active Skills Serenity Skill Rune – Instant Karma The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player's maximum Life Seven-Sided Strike Skill Rune - Sustained Attack Tooltip has been updated for clarity: "Reduces the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strike to 23 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Mantra of Retribution
Damage will now cap based on the maximum Life of the target Bug Fixes Near Death Experience Fatal damage absorbed by Serenity will no longer trigger Near Death Experience
Witch Doctor Active Skills Summon Zombie Dogs Skill Rune – Leeching Beasts 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.)
Wizard Active Skills Diamond Skin Skill Rune – Mirror Skin The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the amount of damage absorbed by Diamond Skin
Magic Weapon
When activated, a buff icon will now appear that displays the amount of time remaining Meteor Skill Rune - Star Pact Now deals damage as Arcane instead of Fire Passive Skills Paralysis 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.) You can check out the massive list of changes included in patch 1.0.3 for Diablo 3 here and download it right now from Softpedia. The update is already live in two of the game’s regions – Europe and the Americas – and will soon appear on the Asian servers.