Around 1pm EST / 9am PDT, Blizzard Entertainment brought servers down to issue a server update according to the in-game message. The patch is now available for download through the Diablo III Launcher.
These are the patch notes:
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General
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Tooltips for the following class abilities have been updated to reflect changes made in patch 1.0.2 and previous hotfixes:
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Demon Hunter
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Smoke Screen (Skill Rune – Lingering Fog)
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Monk
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Fists of Thunder (Skill Rune – Quickening)
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Mantra of Healing (Skill Rune – Boon of Inspiration)
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Wizard
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Energy Armor (Skill Rune – Force Armor)
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Nigel Cutthroat has recently fallen on hard times and will now drop lower quality items when slain
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Gold and quest experience rewards for replaying “Heart of Sin: Get the Soul of Azmodan” have been reduced
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Gold and quest experience rewards for replaying “Heart of Sin: Go to the Keep” have been removed
Auction House
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The maximum duration for posted auctions has been reduced from 48 hours to 36 hours.
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This is always the challenge with online multiplayer games, skill set changes will always alter the way builds work. For Insane or higher difficulty levels, you still need a seriously intense build. I’ve loved my demon hunter, and it will be interesting to see how Smoke Screen affects gameplay. Personally, this is part of the reason why I love following the builds constantly being developed by ->these guys<-, as they get updated to reflect the changes and still walk out with skill sets and tactics to be able to compete at Insane, Hell, and even Blizzard levels of difficulty.