Diablo 3 - Patch Notes 1.08 General Englisch

General

• Players can now identify all items in their inventory by speaking to Deckard Cain or by using the Book of Cain that can be found near the shared stash in all Acts
• The cooldown incurred by changing skills outside of town on Inferno difficulty has been reduced to 30 seconds (down from 60 seconds)
• The bonus experience granted by Enlightened shrines is now also calculated multiplicatively
• The Magic and Gold Find granted by Fortune shrines can now exceed the 300% cap
• There is now an option in Video Settings to lock the cursor to the window when in fullscreen windowed mode, if Diablo III is the active window
• Multiplayer Co-Op
  
  • Players now receive a 10% bonus to Magic Find, Gold Find, and Experience per additional player in a multiplayer game, up to a maximum of 30% in a four-player game
    
    • The Magic Find and Gold Find bonuses can exceed their respective 300% caps
    • The Experience bonus can stack with other bonuses from items and Monster Power (the bonuses will stack multiplicatively)
  • A notification is now sent to all players in a multiplayer game whenever a party member engages an Elite monster or Treasure Goblin in combat, and their location will be shown on the mini-map
    
    • In addition to this, an icon will also appear over player banners in town to indicate if they’re in combat with a monster, Elite monster, or Treasure Goblin

Achievements

• Bug Fixes
  
  • The “Massive Blow” achievement should once again be obtainable
  • The “Fallen Angel” achievement now only requires the player to kill Izual within 120 seconds
  • The “Bashanishu” achievement no longer requires the player to use Basic Attack to complete it
  • The “Hero’s New Clothes” achievement no longer requires the player to deliver the fatal blow to meet the criteria
  • Fixed a bug that prevented monsters killed by a follower or pet, before being attacked by a player, from counting toward achievement criteria

Auction House

• General
  
  • The stack size for gold sales on the auction house has been increased from 1 million to 10 million
• User Interface
  
  • Tooltips in the Auction House will now show an item comparison for a player’s currently selected character

Battle.net

• Matchmaking
  
  • Players will now be able to search for games that were started on any quest once they have reached level cap
  • Matchmaking “Tags” have been added
    
    • In addition to selecting your Difficulty, Monster Power, and Quest, players will also be able to choose from the following tags when searching for Public Games: Monster Slaying, Brawling, and Key Warden
      
      • Note: When the Brawling tag is selected, your Monster Power selection will not be taken into account
• Social
  
  • Players can now add a note about a friend by right-clicking the name in their Friends List
  • Players can now enter a message that will be broadcast to their friends
  • Players can now create multi-user conversations
    
    • There are multiple ways to start a conversation or invite other players to an existing conversation:
      
      • To start a conversation, open Public Chat Options, then select Invite Friends > Start Conversation or use the “Start a Conversation” option in the Social window by right-clicking on a friend’s name
      • To invite or add friends to an existing conversation, open Public Chat Options, then select Invite Friends or use the “Invite to a Conversation” option in the Social window by right clicking a friend’s name and selecting the desired conversation
    • Similar to public channels, private conversations can support up to 99 players
  • A new section has been added to the friends list called “Players Near You”
    
    • Any player who is on your local network will be displayed here (even if they’re not currently your friend)
    • If needed, this feature can be disabled from the Social Options of the Game menu
  • Players may now be marked as a “Party Guide”
    
    • The Party Guide is assigned to the first person who joins a Public Game
    • If multiple characters join a Public Game at the same time, the game will choose the hero with the highest level or Paragon level to be Party Guide
    • When a Party Guide leaves the Public Game, a new one will be chosen automatically
    • Alternatively, the Party Guide can right click on a party member’s portrait and pass them the Party Guide title
    • The Party Guide will have a unique icon that will appear on the mini-map
  • Names in your “Recent Players” list will now expire if they become older than a month
  • Blocked players will no longer appear in your “Recent Players” list

Bosses

• Bug Fixes
  
  • Skeleton King
    
    • The Skeleton King and The King of the Dead will now play an animation when performing their Whirlwind attack