{"id":38466,"date":"2012-05-25T13:15:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T11:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=38466"},"modified":"2012-05-28T11:40:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T09:40:50","slug":"diablo-iii-hotfixes-listed-patch-incoming-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/38466-diablo-iii-hotfixes-listed-patch-incoming-next-week","title":{"rendered":"Diablo III hotfixes listed, patch incoming next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s news, <a title=\"Diablo III\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/diablo-iii-about\">Diablo III<\/a>, Diablo III, Diablo III, and Diablo III. Also, Diablo III.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we bring you new news of Diablo III, with a list of hotfixes already released for the game, and other new news of a patch dropping next week.<\/p>\n<p>The list of hotfixes &#8211; made server-side &#8211; include a pretty extensive number of bug fixes and gameplay changes, featuring (minor spoiler warning):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monsters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mehtan the Necromancer and his skeletons can no longer be used to kill other monsters which have been kited to their location before or after the &#8220;Restless Sands&#8221; event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Players will now receive an error message when attempting to remove a gem from an item with no sockets (rather than disconnecting).<\/li>\n<li>Players will now properly have their casting interrupted when attacked while performing resurrect on a fallen group member.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Resolved over 30 game and service crashes affecting players.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Items<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The chest spawn in the Town Cellar in Alcanus has been changed from a 100% chance to spawn a Resplendant chest to a 50% chance to spawn a Normal chest.<\/li>\n<li>Players can no longer dual-wield two-handed weapons.<\/li>\n<li>Equipping a shield on a follower as a demon hunter will no longer disconnect you from the game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Encounters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Players will no longer remain invulnerable to attacks after defeating Diablo.<\/li>\n<li>Players can no longer become stuck during Diablo\u2019s Shadow Grab ability if a player blinds Diablo while Shadow Grab is being cast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Act I<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Players can now always interact with Karyna during the quest and quest step &#8220;Trailing the Coven : Talk to Karyna&#8221; when they resume from a save.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Act II<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>The Enchantress will now always appear during the quest and quest step &#8220;Shadows in the Desert : Disrupt the Hidden Conclave.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Act IV<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Tyrael will now always be present for the in-game cutscene during the quest and quest step &#8220;Prime Evil : Climb to the Pinnacle of Heaven in the Silver Spire.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A number of class balance tweaks have also been introduced, which you can read at the link below.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Moving forward, additional server maintenances will be required &#8212; and sometime next week, we plan to release a game update in the form of a patch that will further address client issues and apply additional bug fixes,&#8221; said community manager Danielle &#8220;Nethaera&#8221; Vanderlip on the Battle.net forums.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also wanted to let you know that we&#8217;re still looking into the best way to address the achievements that some players lost in the hours following the game\u2019s release. While we don&#8217;t have any concrete details to share with you just yet, we will have more information to share in the weeks ahead. We appreciate everyone&#8217;s patience as we work to improve stability and usability for all players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blah blah blah. Just increase the Legendary and Set item drop, please. 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