Diablo 3 Patch 1.0.2 was officially released this morning unleashing the latest changes to this blockbuster PC game. Blizzard also released the full patch notes for Patch 1.0.2. You can find a summary of the notes below as well as visiting the entire patch 1.0.2 notes by clicking here. Patch 1.0.3 will be the first “game balancer” patch released and that should be coming soon.
Only one class change was made in this patch and that was only for the Monk class. This change is related to the Tranquility rune in the Serenity skill. They have changed the time of the duration of immunity granted to nearby allies reduced from 2 seconds to just 1 second.
Other fixes mainly include several general bug fixes. Many players were receiving an Error 14009 when logging in and now players should no longer receive that error. Under the “select a hero” menu, it will now display the difficulty level for each of the characters. Speed enhancements have been made to the streaming downloader. All of the players in a party receive “Till Death Do Us Part” achievement even if they don’t have Haedrig Eamon as their active follower.
A change to Act IV for Witch Doctors was made. Players will no longer receive an error if they kill a Shadow Clone with a DOT skill after it’s launched a firebomb before it reaches it’s target.
Several changes for the Diablo 3 Auction House were made in Patch 1.0.2. Players will now receive an error if they try to purchase an item after the 50 item limit has been reached in the Completed tab. The “Physical Damage” preferred stats option for rings was renamed to “Bonus Minimum Physical Damage”. Players will now receive a warning if they try to place a new bid over a previous bid on the same auction. You can now also sell items that you have purchased from vendors and equipped in-game within the Auction House. Issues that were occurring when listing items on the Auction House from a different character than the one currently selected has been fixed.
A random fix for Battle.net includes the public chat list is sorted alphabetically.
One skill change was made for the Witch Doctor character. Spirit Vessel (passive) can no longer clear debuffs when using waypoints or chaging equipment.
