Co-Optimus - News - Diablo III Patch 2.1.1 Goes Live on PC

Even thought console versions of Diablo III have been getting most of the love lately with Ultimate Evil Edition, that doesn’t mean the PC version has been left out to dry. PC players will find that a new patch, Patch 2.1.1, went live a couple of days ago in North America and did quite a bit to enhance the game as it stands today.

With various modifications to pets, character classes, items, Adventure Mode, crafting, and the various monsters we encounter in the game. It is unknown when the console versions will receive this patch in the future. Check out the full patch list below to view all the changes now added:

Diablo III Patch 2.1.1 - v2.1.1.27255

CLASSES

General

Pets

    Philosophy

                We want pet survivability to be roughly equivalent to the player that summoned them

                Many monster attacks that are intended to be avoided by players, and weren't already dealing reduced damage to pets, now deal significantly less damage to pets

    Bug Fixes

                Pets are now properly affected by Shield Pylons

Crusader

Active Skills

    Shield Bash

                Can now be interrupted during the hit animation

Witch Doctor

Active Skills

     Fetish Army

                Fetish Life has been greatly increased

                Fetish movement speed has been significantly increased

                Fetish leash range has been slightly increased

    Gargantuan

                Gargantuan is now summoned at the location of your mouse cursor

                Summon animation speed has been increased

            Spirit Walk

                No longer cancels early when the physical body that is left behind takes   enough damage

     Summon Zombie Dogs

                Zombie Dog Life has been greatly increased

Passive Skills

     Fetish Sycophants

                Fetish Life has been greatly increased

                Fetish movement speed has been significantly increased

                Fetish leash range has been slightly increased

User Interface

              Fetish Army and Fetish Sycophants portrait icons should now display more fitting names on mouseover

ITEMS

Class-Specific Legendary Items

Wizard

     Firebird's Finery

                The infinite DoT debuff should now have a unique effect when it is applied

Legendary Gems

        Boon of the Hoarder

            The number of Gold piles that explode from enemies on kill has been reduced

            To compensate, the amount of Gold in each pile has been increased

            The total amount of Gold dropped remains unchanged, but this will noticeably reduce screen clutter

Bug Fixes

            The Moratorium secondary power can now be triggered by assists

            The Bane of the Trapped damage increase will now properly applied to Frozen enemies

            The Gem of Efficacious Toxin poison DoT can now properly be applied by pet attacks

ADVENTURE MODE

Rift Guardians and Greater Rift Guardians now drop more crafting materials

Infernal Machine

            In multiplayer games, the Key of Bones, Key of Gluttony, and Key of War will now be considered group drops

            This means that, instead of players having an individual chance to find a key, that chance is now exists at the party level

            If a Key of Bones, a Key of Gluttony, or a Key of War drops, it will drop for everyone in the party at the time

Greater Rifts

           The Rift of Trials has received numerous adjustments in an effort to more accurately assess an appropriate level of Greater Rift

           Large Aqueduct and Sewer maps will no longer show up in Greater Rifts

Kadala

        Philosophy

            While Kadala is doing a great job of giving players more control over finding specific items, we felt the current experience was a bit cumbersome and inconvenient

            As a result, we're working to reduce the frequency at which players need to run between Kadala and the Blacksmith to salvage unwanted items

            The cost to purchase items from Kadala has been greatly increased

            The chance for Kadala to drop a Legendary item has also been greatly increased

Bug Fixes

            Fixed an issue that could cause Greater Rift Guardians to sometimes drop multiple of the same Legendary Gem

CRAFTING

Mystic

      Enchanting

           Philosophy

We want players to be able to more reliably add sockets to their jewelry in order to enjoy Legendary Gems

We still have long term plans to provide more outlets for excess gems and more ways to farm gems that a player needs; however, since those changes are further down the road, we wanted to improve the quality of life of Seasonal and Non-Seasonal players alike by making it easier to add a socket to your Rings and Amulets

The cost to enchant jewelry has been reduced from a Flawless Imperial gem to an Imperial gem

MONSTERS

    The Electrified monster affix now has a short internal cooldown

    The damage of The Butcher's Fan of Spears attack has been slightly reduced

    The range of the Charging Beasts' Charge attack has been slightly reduced

    Plague Nest Bats have had their health globe drop rate significantly decreased

    Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts

    Maggot Broods no longer start out burrowed in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts

    Sand Dwellers no longer start out burrowed in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts

    Demonic Hellflyers now run away less frequently and no longer ambush players      from the air in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts

    Ghosts now run away less frequently and no longer fly through walls inNephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts

    Rockworms can no longer spawn in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts