{"id":40018,"date":"2012-06-20T17:33:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T15:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=40018"},"modified":"2014-04-01T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T13:35:30","slug":"diablo-iii-patch-1-0-3-fixes-and-tweaks-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/40018-diablo-iii-patch-1-0-3-fixes-and-tweaks-highlights","title":{"rendered":"Diablo III patch 1.0.3 fixes and tweaks highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Improvements have been made to the general Battle.net integration; sorting friends should be easier and chat settings will be saved on logout. A few bugs related to party invites and party screen have also been squashed.<\/p>\n<p>The User Interface has been tweaked, with improvements to tooltip information on damage, resist values, and comparisons. Further discussion of the most significant change below:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Classes<\/h3>\n<p>All five classes have been tweaked and fixed in one way or another, with some broken tooltips displaying correct information. A few notable changes are mentioned below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Barbarian&#8217;s Skill Runes, &#8220;Contempt for Weakness&#8221; and &#8220;Crushing Advance&#8221;, have had the maximum damage reflection capped at the player&#8217;s max life. On the passive side, the &#8220;Relentless&#8221; skill now reduces Fury costs by 75%, instead of 100%.<\/li>\n<li>The Monk&#8217;s &#8220;Instant Karma&#8221; Skill Rune now has damage reflection capped at max player life. The &#8220;Mantra of Retribution&#8221; damage is capped at the max life of the target.<\/li>\n<li>The Wizard&#8217;s &#8220;Mirror Skin&#8221; Skill Rune damage reflection has been capped at the amount of damage absorbed by the &#8220;Diamond Skin&#8221; skill. The &#8220;Star Pact&#8221; Skill Rune for the &#8220;Meteor&#8221; skill now deals damage as Arcane instead of Fire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a title=\"Diablo III Patch 1.0.3\" href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/d3\/en\/blog\/6457499\/6457499#classes\" target=\"_blank\">Full Classes changelog<\/a><\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_37783\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37783\" class=\" wp-image-37783\" title=\"Diablo 3 screenshot 20 WD_male_DesolateSands_021\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021-625x351.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-20-WD_male_DesolateSands_021-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diablo III<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Items<\/h3>\n<p>Important general Items tweaks to note include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>+Attack Speed bonuses on weapons and armour have been reduced by 50% (this does not apply to quivers).<\/li>\n<li>High-end items (items level 61-63) will now drop in all Acts of Inferno and Acts III and IV of Hell difficulty (full details on drop rates can be found in the patch notes).<\/li>\n<li>Repair costs have been increased for item levels between 53 and 63.<\/li>\n<li>Magic Find will no longer be considered when looting objects in the environment such as chests, barrels, vases, pots, and corpses.<\/li>\n<li>Unique monsters in Hell and Inferno difficulty are no longer guaranteed to drop two Magic items when slain.<\/li>\n<li>Crowd Control Reduction from items and skills will now reduce the percentage value of Slow, Chill, and Attack Speed debuffs rather than reducing how long the debuff lasts.\n<ul>\n<li>For example: previously, if you were debuffed by a 60% slow that lasted for 2 seconds while wearing gear that provides 20% Crowd Control Reduction, your movement speed would be reduced by 60%, but only for 1.6 seconds. Now, the same amount of Crowd Control Reduction will reduce the Slow effect to 48%, but the effect will remain for the full 2 second duration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a title=\"Diablo III Patch 1.0.3\" href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/d3\/en\/blog\/6457499\/6457499#items\" target=\"_blank\">Full Items changelog<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Crafting<\/h3>\n<p>Numerous changes have been made to the Blacksmith and Jeweler system. Full details can be found in the changelog. Notable changes listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The gold and material crafting costs for all items level 1-59 have been reduced by 50% to 75%.<\/li>\n<li>The gold cost to level the Blacksmith has been reduced by 50%.<\/li>\n<li>The number of Pages of Blacksmithing, Tomes of Blacksmithing, or Tomes of Secrets required to level the Blacksmith has been reduced.<\/li>\n<li>The gold and material cost to combine gems ranks 2-8 has been reduced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a title=\"Diablo III Patch 1.0.3\" href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/d3\/en\/blog\/6457499\/6457499#crafting\" target=\"_blank\">Full Crafting Changlog<\/a><\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_37773\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37773\" class=\" wp-image-37773\" title=\"Diablo 3 screenshot 10 Monk_female_CaveRuins_008\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008-297x167.jpg 297w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008-530x298.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008-625x351.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Diablo-3-screenshot-10-Monk_female_CaveRuins_008-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diablo III<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Bosses<\/h3>\n<p>Numerous tweaks to many of the Bosses have been made, such as refined abilities and minion summons. Various Boss and Boss Arena bug fixes have also been implemented.<\/p>\n<p>In general, Bosses have had their pathing AI improved. The full list of changes can be found in the changelog. Notable tweaks are listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skeleton King will now summon Skeletal Archers in Hell and Inferno difficulties.<\/li>\n<li>Butcher Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue where the corner panel fires in the Chamber of Suffering were doing twice as much damage as intended.<\/li>\n<li>Belial will now enrage in Inferno difficulty after 3 minutes in his final phase, increasing the number of green pools dropped across the entire encounter platform.<\/li>\n<li>Diablo\n<ul>\n<li>Damage Over Time (DoT) effects will now be properly cancelled when Diablo becomes invisible and casts Shadow Clones in Phase Two.<\/li>\n<li>Diablo &#8220;Stomp&#8221; ability is now correctly classified as a debuff instead of a buff.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a bug that was causing pets to not attack Shadow Clones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a title=\"Diablo III Patch 1.0.3\" href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/d3\/en\/blog\/6457499\/6457499#bosses\" target=\"_blank\">Full Bosses changelog<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Monsters<\/h3>\n<p>Monsters have also seen a load of general improvements. Highlight below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Champions, Rares, and Uniques have had their pathing improved.<\/li>\n<li>Elite packs (Champion\/Rare) now drop an additional item for players with 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor, which is guaranteed to be of Rare quality.<\/li>\n<li>Damage from monsters in Acts II, III, and IV in Inferno difficulty has been reduced.<\/li>\n<li>Interrupting a monster attack before it lands will now properly trigger its cooldown.<\/li>\n<li>Treasure Goblins will now drop gold piles for all nearby players.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a title=\"Diablo III Patch 1.0.3\" href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/d3\/en\/blog\/6457499\/6457499#monsters\" target=\"_blank\">Full Monsters changelog<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>There are also a number of general bug fixes and improvements to the Auction House. The lengthy full list of changes can be found over on Battle.net: <a title=\"Diablo III Patch 1.0.3\" href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/d3\/en\/blog\/6457499\/Patch_103_Now_Available-6_19_2012#blog\" target=\"_blank\">Patch 1.0.3 Now Available &#8211; Diablo III<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/39909-diablo-iii-finally-completed-on-hardcore-inferno.html\">Diablo III finally completed on Hardcore Inferno<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\u201cSeveral thousand\u201d Diablo III cheaters banned\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/39620-several-thousand-diablo-iii-cheaters-banned.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSeveral thousand\u201d Diablo III cheaters banned<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/39834-blizzard-issues-statement-on-diablo-3-eu-servers-hackers.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blizzard issues statement on Diablo 3 EU servers, hackers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/38542-diablo-iii-review-pc.html\">Diablo III review (PC)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Diablo III real money auction house launched in America\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/39618-diablo-iii-real-money-auction-house-launched-in-america.html\">Diablo III real money auction house launched in America<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/39593-blizzard-warns-that-diablo-iii-bans-will-begin-in-the-near-future.html\">Blizzard warns that Diablo III bans \u201cwill begin in the near future\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/38929-german-retailer-lists-diablo-iii-for-ps3.html\" target=\"_blank\">German retailer lists Diablo III for PS3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/38809-blizzard-offices-raided-on-back-of-diablo-iii-refund-refusal.html\">Blizzard offices raided on back of Diablo III refund refusal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Man dies while playing Diablo III\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/38404-man-dies-while-playing-diablo-iii.html\" target=\"_blank\">Man dies while playing Diablo III<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diablo III fixed and tweaked across the board with latest patch &#8211; highlights inside<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":39632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[667,4948,4950,4949,5104,1799,4630,5136,5103,21,2219],"class_list":["post-40018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-pc","tag-diablo-3","tag-diablo-3-banning","tag-diablo-3-cheating","tag-diablo-3-hack","tag-diablo-3-inferno-completed","tag-diablo-iii","tag-diablo-iii-error-37","tag-diablo-iii-patch-1-0-3","tag-hardcore-inferno","tag-headline","tag-megarom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40020,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40018\/revisions\/40020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}