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Blizzard seems to have corrected a few minutes before the rollback in Diablo 2. The servers run stable again and there are no degrees available rollbacks more.

Trigger was a public cheat method could be repeated with some fraudsters their rune words (or rune quests) repeatedly until the desired result.

Thank you Blizzard, this time was that reacts so quickly. In the past, the example in Aurenstack-Dupe and co. different. If it still should give something, we of course keep you up to date.

Blizzard has just announced the patch 1:13 incl Ladder-Reset, but we read something in the Battle.net forum, so the story interesting.

How many of you know, a ladder season usually lasts at least 1 year. could Bashiok expressed now in a proposal to bring a potential Topic Patch 1.14, the additional balance changes.

I think it's widely recognized that some new content for end game is a desired addition. It's not something we could include in this patch for many reasons, but we do have plans to continue full point release patches (ie 1.14). What those could contain is still up in the air, but we have plans. Diabolical Plan! MUWAHAHAHAHAHA (source)

Since there are dealing with major changes, this would not be feasible without the ladder reset. Diablo 3 would be published shortly after a Diablo 2 Patch incl Reset relatively meaningless, so that we would be in a full season already 1:14 on a release date of 03/2012.

The hope remains, of course, that these are two short seasons is to be together no later than age 10 by Lord of Destruction (06/29/2011) ended. More info will probably only give it to BlizzCon, the supposedly * 22 - 23 To be held in October.

*) A webmaster of the Anaheim Convention Center had some time ago a hasty announcement placed online and a little later removed.

Patch 1:13 b (or c yet?) Is on its way. Am 23.03. the ladder season restarted and the patch moves from the Public Test Realm Realms of the game.

As always, all your ladder chars to Nonladder-chars. If your group is looking for a reset, so please look in the following topic.

Patchlog from 1.13b to find their details here . Presumably Blizzard will, however, publish the (still secret) c-version, the new items and quests should include perhaps.

Have fun!

We will be resetting the Diablo II ladder on March 23 with the release of patch 1.13. We anticipate all Diablo realms to be down for approximately six hours during the reset II. More specific information on availability realm on the day of the reset will be posted in the Battle.net Status Forum. When the ladder is reset, all existing ladder characters will be converted to non-ladder. All characters and items being converted to non-ladder will remain intact, but once converted will no longer have these characters ladder access to content such as creating ladder-only rune words. For more information on ladder characters please visit the Arreat Summit Realm Character Types page at http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/basics/charactertypes.shtml (Source: Battle.net Forum)

For some time, 1:13 tests run on the dedicated and Blizzard Realm now a new version called 1.13b has recorded.

There are some bug fixes have been added:

• Auras stack is no longer possible *)
• "TPPK (Kills the City") have been fixed
• It is not thrown out of the game, if a char too many skills "stacks" ("Drop Barb")
• Mercenaries have no more an-/ablegen their weapon to activate after resuscitate auras of objects.
• [....]

*) If so, the Temp-Perm Dupes method has been fixed, we are unfortunately not yet known. This would, however, interesting effects on the current market in Diablo 2

Here is the complete patch log: (Source: Battle.net Forum)

The PTR 1.13b update is now live and available for testing!

Please refer to the original 1:13 PTR FAQ for general testing information - http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=21730644778&sid=3000

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- Patch 1.13b
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A new Mystery has been revealed!

- Adventurers of Sanctuary are hereby warned once again, that a new challenge
awaits you. Within Diablo's Bosses, spanning across the world from the
Ancient Monastery Catacombs to the Throne of Destruction, is where you'll
find what you seek ...

Major Bugs

- Fixed an item dupe bug.
- Video improvements for Intel Mac machines with OS 10.5 or greater.
- Fixed an issue where some players could kill other players while in town
("TPPK").
- Fixed an issue where some players could disconnect other players when
they had too many active states.
- Fixed two issues where players could stack auras in an unintended way.

Minor bugs

- Uber Mephisto now checks for both Uber Baal and Uber Diablo to be killed
Summoned before spawning minions (Before he would only check for Uber Baal).
- The game will no longer stop and then restart the game after the music
window loses and then regains focus.
- Fixed an issue where the game would minimize window when running in
windowed mode when it lost focus.
- Fixed an issue where the game window would not properly center when it
was created.
- Fangskin should now properly drop loot in Hell difficulty.
- Fixed an issue where auras were not re-applied to your mercenary after
it was resurrected.
- Fixed an issue where if you had two items which provided two auras to
a mercenary and you unequipped one, the aura from the remaining
item never became active.
- Fixed an issue where the Paladin class Runeword 'Principle' was not
having all of its stats applied properly.

Specific changes / improvements

- Respecialization is now possible! Completing the 'Den of Evil' quest
will now additionally a free respec reward which can be saved. Players
who have already completed this quest should receive a free respec in
Hell difficulty.
- Increased the drop rate of high runes.
- Support for scaling blit in windowed mode. The game can now be
maximized to the largest 4:3 resolution supported (hooray widescreen users).
- Some rare drop items now have an orange color. ie Runes and items
required for Uber Tristam.
- Modified the gold limit bank to be a flat cap not bound by level.
- Removed the requirements to create a hardcore character.
- Greatly reduced the explosion damage dealt by Fire Enchanted monsters.
- Uber Mephisto, and Uber Baal's minions Summoned no longer give experience.
- Removed Oblivion Knight's Iron Maiden curse.
- Hellfire Torch Fire Storm proc rate has been reduced to 5%.
- Users can now toggle the display of text over the Health and Mana
globes by clicking on the bottom area of each orb.
- When creating a single player game, pressing the 'Enter' key now
automatically creates a Hell difficulty game if possible.
- When creating a game, each difficulty button is now bound to a unique
key: Normal 'R' Nightmare 'N', and Hell 'H'.
- The 'Enter Chat' button in the waiting room is now battle.net
bound to the 'Enter' key.
- Added the windows system window buttons to the game (MIN, MAX, CLOSE).
- Added new command line parameter '-nofixaspect' which allows users to
not fix the aspect ratio to 4:3 when maximizing windowed mode.
This lets the game 'stretch' to fill your monitor.
- Added support for '-sndbkg' command line switch. This Enables sound
in background.
- Added the following aliases for pre-existing command line options,
'-Nosound', '-window', and '-windowed'.

Revised Skill balance for Player Character classes

Amazon

- Effect Immolation Arrow - Increased radius of explosion by 33% and
Immolation effect by 50%.
- Immolation Arrow - Explosion Effect damage increased by 20%.
- Immolation Arrow - Increased base duration by 33%.

Assassin
- Dragon Claw - Synergy receives additional 4% damage per point of Claw Mastery.
- Dragon Talon - The bonus to Attack Rating per point has been increased to 35th
- Shadow Master - Increased resistance range from 5-80 to 5-90 per point.
- Combo points awarded by combo moves now last 15 seconds, up from ninth

Barbarian

- Whirlwind - Reduced initial mana cost by 50%.
- Masteries - Changed critical strike chance from 0-25 to 0-35.

Paladin

- Blessed Hammer - No longer ignores resistances of undead and demons.

Druid

- Werebear - Damage bonus increased by 15% across all ranks.
point - Werebear - Increased health by 25% and armor by 1% per.
- Shockwave - Synergy from foot adds 5% damage per point.

Necromancer

- Blood Golem - Removed shared life negative effect (player no longer
loses life when golem takes damage).
- Corpse Explosion - Increased base damage dealt from 60% - 100%
to 70% - 120% of corpses health.
- Poison Nova - Increased base damage by 15%.

Sorceress

- Firewall - Synergy receives 1% damage per point of Inferno and
4% per point of Warmth.
- Blaze - Synergy receives 1% damage per point of firewall
and 4% at the point of Warmth.
- Hydra - Increased base damage by 15% per rank.
- Hydra - Hydra Increased base speed of projectile.
- Hydra - Reduced cooldown by 25%.

Already in release note was to be seen that the drop chance runes to improve general.

From the patch files has user "Dazmogan" now read the current values:

• Zod - x4
• Jah and Cham - x3
• Sur & Ber - x2, 3
• Ohm & Lo - x1, 78
• Gul & Vex - x1, 45
• Time is & - x1, 18

Thus, the increased drop chance have a little less dramatic than many expected. A big difference will probably only find the really active players among you who are regular Highrunes.

It remains to be seen whether it really the last Dupe method was corrected by the Realm. Otherwise, a balance would be the rune drops quickly for the birds.

Bashiok was just in the official Battle.net forums express the details known to the Diablo 2 Patch 1.13:

Quote:

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- Patch 1:13
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Major Bugs

• Dupe a method has been fixed
• Videos are Intel Mac computers (OS 10.5) for improved
  

Minor bugs

• About-Mephisto is now examining whether over-over-Baal and Diablo were killed before he summons his servant
• The game no longer starts the new background music, if one leaves the Diablo II window briefly.
• Diablo II does not minimize longer (occasionally) the window in the Window mode of the running game
• The Diablo II window will now always properly centered on the screen

Specific changes / improvements

• The reallocation of skills is now possible. Includes one "cave of evil" from the Quest, you get a respec-point. Even players who have solved the quest old chars to already receive a respec-point (Hell). - Increased the drop rate of high runes.
• The drop rate of "Highrunes has been improved
• Wide-Screen: The game can now be maximized to the greatest possible resolution 4:3
• Some rare items are now dyed orange (eg, runes or organs for ÜTristram)
• The maximum gold in the treasure chest is no longer dependent on the level
• The loss of Champion / Unique "Souls" was reduced to NM / HELL
• There is no requirement (Play through) more to create hardcore chars
• The explosion damage has been reduced drastically feuerverzauberten monsters
• Übertristram Leveling is now no longer possible (servant of Meph / Baal be no experience more)
• The "Iron Lady" Pirates of the Oblivion Knights (eg Chaos Sanctuary) has been removed
• The chance of a fire storm of hell torch was reduced by 5%
• The display of the life and mana bar can now be hidden
• Two Akt5 mercenaries now hear the name "Clear" and "Tryneus"
• Generate a single player game, so you can automatically generate the Enter key a Hell game (if possible)
• Hotkeys have been to the difficulty level at the Game Creation added (R = normal, N = Nightmare, H = Hell)
• The Enter key can now enter the Battle.net chat
• Min / Max / Close buttons were added to the game window
• With the parameter "nofixaspect" can prevent distortions in widescreen
• With the parameter "sndbkg" you can enable background music
• Other (self) new parameter: '-nosound', '-window', and '-windowed'

Revised Skill balance for Player Character classes

Amazon

-Immolation Arrow - Increased explosion radius of effect by 33% and Immolation effect by 50%.
-Immolation Arrow - Explosion Effect damage increased by 20%.
-Immolation Arrow - Increased base duration by 33%.

Assassin

-Shadow Master - Increased resistance range from 5-80 to 5-90 per point.

Barbarian

-Whirlwind - Reduced initial mana cost by 50%.
-Masteries - Changed critical strike chance from 0-25 to 0-35.

Paladin

-Blessed Hammer - No longer ignores resistances of undead and demons.

Druid

-Werebear - Damage bonus increased by 15% across all ranks.
-Point Werebear - Increased health by 25% and armor by 1% per.
-Shockwave - Synergy from foot adds 5% damage per point.

Necromancer

-Blood Golem - Removed shared life negative effect (player no longer loses life when golem takes damage).
-Corpse Explosion - Increased base damage dealt from 60% - 100% to 70% - 120% of corpses health.
-Poison Nova - Increased base damage by 15%.

Sorceress

Firewall - Synergy receives 1% damage per point of Inferno and Blaze and 4% at the point of Warmth.
-Blaze - Synergy receives 2% damage per point of firewall and 4% at the point of Warmth.
-Hydra - Increased base damage by 15% per rank.
-Hydra - Increased base speed of Hydra projectile.
-Hydra - Reduced cooldown by 25%.
-Lightning Mastery - Reduced overall effect by 15%.

Weeks ago, we expressed concern at Blizzard about the performance problems that might arise from the larger treasure chest. This now seems to have confirmed, for Bashiok announced that it will no longer be part of the new patches.

We've recently completed a revised version of the Diablo II 1:13 patch that removes the increased stash size. A larger stash will unfortunately no longer be a feature included in the patch due to the previously mentioned 1:13 concerns. As higher priority work continues on Warcraft III, we're hoping to complete our quality assurance tests for the 1:13 patch in the next few weeks. But as always, the types of issues that may appear and take higher priority are rarely foreseeable. We continue to plan a release based on our best intentions.

Once again, the Diablo 2 community so be patient because of Warcraft. But what is already half a year late?

Bashiok commented on Battle.net Forum on progress with the new patch Diablo 2 from 1:13 The plan was a new treasure chest with 10 * 12 fields, which should be among others a main feature of the new patches.

could precisely this case but could now delay the patch, since the Battle.net servers are not designed for the new flood of data (or his). Blizzard wants to test this now, to avoid stability problems.

The Diablo II patch is on temporary hold 1:13 while we investigate potential impact on the Battle.net service. As we moved closer to launching the patch concerns grew that to increase in size stash the player (a feature in the patch) could compromise the Diablo II Battle.net service. The hardware and configuration could not handle the potentially increased stash size gracefully under heavy load. Currently we're investigating potential impact as it is one of the larger content features in the patch and we're hoping it can remain a part of the release. If it does not have to be removed it will require additional time to remove it, generate new patches, and test, which will add time before we can go live on the PTR.

We're hoping to have our diagnostics and a final decision on how we'll be moving forward decided by early next week and we'll have an update for you at that time.

The question remains whether a small hardware upgrade is not better (and perhaps cheaper) would be, as the development of a different patch version.

Also, a lower maximum number of games per server would probably be no problem. Those who have long played Diablo 2 is still able to remember the waiting list (at the player position). This affected only the very fast runs (as they are often carried out by bots), and reduce the already undesirable trade-games a la "Offer X search Y".

So let us press our fingers crossed that Blizzard is not ruined because of additional costs for € 500 new servers all the patch.

Bashiok added in Battle.net Sticky Patch 1:13 to add an update.

Work commences on patch 1.13. We will not be providing any information on when the patch will be available, except that we expect the PTR to be available "soon". We will provide some amount of warning very, very shortly before the PTR become available. Please keep in mind that any number of factors could delay the start of the PTR and ultimate release of the patch. Thanks for being patient, we're getting close now.

Unfortunately Bashiok still want to name an exact date when we can expect with the patch. The PTR (Public Test Realm ") is, however," go soon "online. In addition, it will be VERY shortly before the start, an announcement.

So you should follow closely the next few days the news, if you do not want to miss the start.

We you may already know, we're planning here at Diablo gamers a run on the new Ladder of patch 1.13. Ye can in our new Forum event to connect groups and the high score in the storm. The application finds her here .

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