Diablo III Hotfixes - May (Updated 5/23)

You can find the latest patch notes below:

     

• Players will now receive an error message when attempting to remove a gem from an item with no sockets (rather than disconnecting)
• Players will now properly have their casting interrupted when attacked while performing resurrect on a fallen group member
• Resolved over 30 game and service crashes affecting players

• Demon Hunter
  • Active Skills
    • Smoke Screen
      • Duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second (tooltip will still show 2 seconds)
      • Skill Rune - Lingering Fog
        • Now increases the duration of Smoke Screen to 1.5 seconds (tooltip will still show 3 seconds)
• Monk
  • Active Skills
    • Fists of Thunder
      • Skill Rune - Quickening
        • Fixed an issue that was causing spirit regeneration to incorrectly trigger off critical hits from other sources, such as Sweeping Wind
    • Mantra of Healing
      • Mantra of Healing will now correctly provide only two times the base healing effect for the first 3 seconds after activation, down from four times the base healing effect (tooltip will still show the old value)
      • Skill Rune - Boon of Protection
        • A maximum absorption amount has been set to 1000 Life.  This skill will be redesigned in an upcoming patch.

• Wizard
  • Active Skills
    • Arcane Torrent
      • Skill Rune - Cascade
        • Fixed an issue that was causing Arcane Torrent to fire 3 new missiles per kill instead of only 1 new missile per kill
        • Number of new missiles generated from this rune will now cap at 10 missiles
    • Energy Armor
      • Skill Rune - Force Armor
        • Amount of damage absorbed from a single attack will now cap at 100% of a player’s maximum Life

• The rare chest in the Town Cellar in Alcanus will now only spawn 50% of the time, down from 100%
• Players can no longer dual-wield two-handed weapons

• Monk
  • Active Skills
    • Serenity
      • Skill Rune - Tranquility
        • Duration of immunity granted to nearby allies from crowd control effects reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second

• Players will no longer remain invulnerable to attacks after defeating Diablo.
• Players can no longer become stuck during Diablo’s Shadow Grab ability if a player blinds Diablo while Shadow Grab is being cast.

• Equipping a shield on a follower as a demon hunter will no longer disconnect you from the game.

• Act I
  • Players can now always interact with Karyna during the quest and quest step "Trailing the Coven : Talk to Karyna" when they resume from a save.
• Act II
  • The Enchantress will now always appear during the quest and quest step "Shadows in the Desert : Disrupt the Hidden Conclave."
• Act IV
  • Tyrael will now always be present for the in-game cutscene during the quest and quest step "Prime Evil : Climb to the Pinnacle of Heaven in the Silver Spire."