The new patch 2.6.5 brings huge changes to Season 17 in Diablo 3. The game will receive additional torment levels and more stash slots. Additionally, the seasonal theme for Season 17 seems to be set.
When is Patch 2.6.5 coming? On Friday, April 5th, Patch 2.6.5 will go live on the PTR servers of Diablo 3. The patch will be active for testing for one week.
If the developers are satisfied with the tests, the update will be released on the live servers before the start of Season 17 .
This is how Diablo changes in Season 17
The update promises significant changes that haven’t been seen in Diablo 3 for a long time. Recently, Patch 2.6.4 changed some class sets, but Patch 2.6.5 is now targeting many general features that will affect every player.
The enhancement effect for Season 17: As long as no set bonus is active, each equipped ancient item increases the damage dealt by players by 750% and decreases the damage taken by 4%.
The new seasonal theme is based on the wishes of the community. They found the bonus around the Ring of Royal Grandeur in Season 16 so good that they wished for the same with Legacy of Nightmares. And Blizzard is fulfilling this request.
There are new torment levels: It has been a while since Diablo 3 added new torment levels to the game. The jump from torment 10 to torment 13 occurred with Patch 2.4.2, which was during Season 7 in the summer of 2016. For Season 17, new difficulty levels are being added again. Torment 14, Torment 15, and Torment 16 will be introduced.
This is how treasure goblins are changing: Treasure goblins leave portals in Diablo 3 that can lead to the treasure chamber. In Season 17, the portals are said to lead you “sometimes to absolutely crazy places.” Blizzard did not elaborate further. Could it perhaps go to the cow level?
New portals through special Ring of Royal Grandeur: If you use an ancient or arcane Ring of Royal Grandeur in Kanai’s Cube, it now leads to a new result. What exactly happens is still unclear. However, Blizzard says that it should be more rewarding for players to use such valuable rings.
More space in the stash: All players will receive additional stash slots. On PC, there will be a search function for the stash.
- PC players receive 5 additional stash slots
- PS4/Xbox One/Switch players receive 140 additional stash slots
This is how bounties are changing: The targets of most bounties will now be displayed directly upon entering the bounty area. Horadric caches can now contain Death’s Breath.
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The patch notes for Patch 2.6.5 in Diablo 3
Here we show you more changes from the patch notes for the PTR server.
General changes:
- Group portraits now display when a player’s “Fool Death” has been recently triggered (only PC)
- When a boss is killed in a Nephalem portal, a permanent position indicator of where the boss died will be shown until the portal closes
- The boss notification screen has been redesigned (only PC)
- The notification screen for Greater Nephalem portals has been redesigned
- The completion screen for Greater Nephalem portals has been redesigned
- Players can now join a game through player search when a Greater Nephalem portal is already active. However, they still cannot join an active Greater Nephalem portal
- The progress bar for a Greater Nephalem portal is now visible to all players in a game, regardless of whether they participate in the Greater Nephalem portal or not.
- In the season journey diary, all chapters are now displayed, regardless of the current progress.
Changes to items:
- New: Unyielding Potion of the Unchained: After using this potion, you are immune to control-impairing effects for 5 to 7 seconds.
- Akkhan’s Mercy: Every enemy hit by Blessed Shield increases the damage of Blessed Shield by 75–100% for 3 seconds.
- Bloodstream Blade: The damage of Death Nova increases by 300–400% for each enemy within 25 meters (previously 80–100%)
- Chantodo’s Will: While you are in Archon form, you send out a wave of destruction every second that deals 4,000% weapon damage to enemies within 30 meters (previously 1,000%). Every time you hit while out of Archon form, 4,000% weapon damage will be added to the wave of destruction (previously 1,000%). Stackable up to 20 times. The ticks of the wave of destruction now scale with attack speed.
- The Dagger Arrow: Your poison arrows and those of your minions now pierce targets and deal additional damage of [400–500%].
- Iron Rose: Bloodsucking attacks have a 100% chance to cast Blood Nova for free (previously 40-50%).
- Jekangboard: Blessed Shield hits 6 additional enemies and deals 300–400% more damage (previously 225–300%)
- Set: Journey of the Wise: Now causes double the amount of Death’s Breath to drop (previously one additional Death’s Breath)
Additionally, several bugs have been fixed in Diablo 3. You can find the complete patch notes on the official Diablo 3 website.
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