Diablo III: Eternal Collection update out now (version 2.6.7)

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch

Blizzard has prepared a new 2.6.7 update for Diablo III: Eternal Collection. It features the start of Season 19, a Pandemonium buff, new Crusader and Monk sets, bug fixes, and more.

Below are the full patch notes:

General
Greater Rift Keystones are now subject to vacuum pick-up
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Seasons
Developer Note: One of the biggest pieces of feedback from Season 18’s buff was that the Triune bonus didn’t stick with your character while you adventured. With Season 19, we’ve altered course as well as upped the ante by experimenting with new mechanics to add an element of both chaos and power to the battlefield. It should feel a bit like Pandemonium, and it may be a consideration whether or not you want to reset your total kill streak for a particular killstreak bonus versus continuously maintain the overall effect (especially as the highest level killstreak rewards will be harder to leverage in situations like Greater Rifts). Killstreaks with higher kill count requirements are more powerful, and we’re looking forward to seeing what players think of and do with them!
The buff for Season 19, the Season of Eternal Conflict, has been added
Pandemonium
For the duration of the Season, all players will have a stacking buff that that persists as long as you have hit or killed a monster within the last 5 seconds
Each stack gives .005 movement speed and .001% bonus damage. This bonus caps at 50% movement and 100% damage (1000 stacks)
In addition, after reaching a certain number of kills in a row, a power is unleashed, dealing an amount of scaling damage based on player level and difficulty or Greater Rift level:
15 Kills: Exploding Chickens seek and destroy
30 Kills: A wide Frost Nova freezes enemies
50 Kills: Corpses rain from the sky
100 Kills: Five massive energy twisters are unleashed
150 Kills: Dark Geysers form beneath enemies
200 Kills: Treasure chests fall from the sky
300 Kills: A ring of fire engulfs everything
400 Kills: Meteors hail from above
500 Kills: Angels descend upon the battlefield to fight for your cause
Angels should no longer one-shot Rift Guardians.
1000 Kills: ???
Powers are tracked at a group level; this means only one power can be active in play at a time, regardless of the number of players in a group
Two new Seasonal rewards are available for players who fully complete the Season 19 Journey: the Valor Portrait Frame and the Angelic Treasure Goblin pet
Items
Developer Note: With Patch 2.6.7, we are beginning to roll out new class sets for every class in Diablo III. For the Season of Valor, we’re focusing on the two classes that embody the Light and wield some form of Holy elemental damage: Crusader and Monk. You’ll also find a handful of retuned or newly added Legendary powers intended to synergize with the new class sets. We did a lot of community research into which skills were most requested by players as well as most underrepresented in current builds, and we hope you’re as excited as we are for these new gameplay options. The other class sets will be coming in later patches, so if your class isn’t represented this time around, fret not—they’re coming in a future patch!
You’ll also notice a significant number of Barbarian item changes in this patch. While the Barbarian class set will be coming at a later date, we have very much heard the War Cry from our dedicated Barbarian community and implemented a number of changes heavily inspired by extremely thorough feedback. While not every suggestion has been taken at a 1:1 parity, the thoughtful analysis helped guide us to changes we could implement in this patch. Thanks very much to the community members who expressed their concerns in a respectful, constructive manner. It’s very helpful, and we greatly appreciate the thought and effort that went into making your voices heard!
New Crusader Set: Aegis of Valor
2-Piece Bonus: ~~The charged bolts from Fist of the Heavens has a chance to cast another Fist of the Heavens~~ Attacking with Fist of the Heavens empowers you, allowing Heaven’s Fury to deal 100% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times (multiplicative).
4-Piece Bonus: Hitting with Fist of the Heavens generates 5 Wrath and reduces damage taken by 1% for 5 seconds. Stacks up to 50 times
6-Piece Bonus: Increase the damage of Fist of the Heavens and Heaven’s Fury by ~~10,000%~~ 20,000%
Developer’s Note: Thank you so much for your thorough feedback and testing on the 2.6.7 PTR! We decided to add Heaven’s Fury to the mix based on popular request as well as because we agree that it matches the theme and adds more gameplay complexity. There is also still room for tweaks and additional iteration in the future, and we’re glad we were able to introduce a set so many of you are excited to use!
New Monk Set: Patterns of Justice
2-Piece Bonus: Sweeping Wind gains the effect of every rune and movement speed is increased by 5% for each stack of Sweeping Wind.
4-Piece Bonus: ~~Each enemy within Sweeping Wind increases your movement speed by 5%. Stacks up to 10 times.~~ Attacking with Tempest Rush reduces your damage taken by 50% and increases Spirit Regeneration by 50.
6-Piece Bonus: Hitting with Tempest Rush while Sweeping Wind is active will temporarily increase the size of Sweeping Wind after hitting over 30 times within a short period. Sweeping Wind damage is increased by ~~10,000%~~ 15,000%
Developer’s Note: Thank you so much for your thorough feedback and testing on the 2.6.7 PTR! We heard Monk requests for additional damage reduction and to better integrate Tempest Rush as a skill. We hope the result makes for a more survivable and engaging build that still captures that rush of Holy Justice sweeping through crowds of dastardly demons.
Darklight
Fist of the Heavens has a ~~[45-60%]~~ 100% chance to be cast twice.
Additional Legendary Power: Increases the damage of Fist of the Heavens by ~~[200-250%]~~[800-1000%].
~~Eye of the Storm~~
New Legendary Power: When Sweeping Wind hits exactly 1 enemy, its damage is increased by 100%.
Developer’s Note: With the redesign of Patterns of Justice, there was less need for this item’s introduction. We’ve removed it for now and may consider adding it (or possibly a different Legendary power) at a later date.
Vengeful Wind
Increases the maximum stack count of Sweeping Wind by ~~[6-7]~~ 10
Additional Legendary Power: Increases the damage of Sweeping Wind by ~~[250-300%]~~ [600-800%].
Won Khim Lau
New Legendary Power: Hitting with Tempest Rush will activate Cyclone Strike, and both skills deal [500-600%] increased damage.
Chantodo’s Resolve
The scaled attack speed damage bonus to Wave of Destruction has been reduced
Developer Note: This is a reactive adjustment from an earlier change to how Wave of Destruction receives a bonus from Attack Speed. The buff that resulted from that change was more than we expected, so we’re reigning it in.
Wrath of the Wastes
6-Piece Bonus: The damage bonus now also applies to Rend
~~Lamentation~~
Additional Legendary Power: Increases the damage of Rend by [150-200%]
Developer Note: While we were very happy with how much better Barbarians are performing, we are concerned we may have overshot it. By removing just one silo’d addition, we can observe how the class performance goes for Season 19 and consider re-adding this change in the future. Remember we still have a patch coming up where Barb will be one of the focused classes, so there will be plenty of time to revisit if necessary!
Ambo’s Pride
New Legendary Power: Attacking with Whirlwind also applies Rend and the total damage of Rend is dealt over 1 second
Remorseless
~~Hammer of the Ancients has a [25-30%] chance to summon an Ancient for 20 seconds~~
New Legendary Power: While both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients are active, Hammer of the Ancients deals [200-250%] more damage.
Fjord Cutter
~~You are surrounded by a Chilling Aura when attacking.~~
New Legendary Power: Seismic Slam attacks 50% faster and also deals 100-150% increased damage against Slowed or Chilled enemies
Bracers of Destruction
Seismic Slam deals [400-500%] increased damage to the first 5 10 enemies it hits.
Fury of the Ancients
Call of the Ancients gains the effect of the Ancients’ Fury rune and your Ancients attack 100% faster
Bone Ringer
Now has a cap of 60 stacks.
Developer Note: We never intended for this item to be used in a way where you farm stacks for an egregious amount of time (5+ minutes) and then watch all their health disappear in less than a second. It’s not an engaging style of gameplay, and we don’t want that experience to be the best way to play the Necromancer.
Legacy of Dreams
This gem is now more likely to drop from a Greater Rift Guardian
Monsters
Blighter
Blighter’s Poison Tentacles’ Area of Effect now hits less frequently, but at higher damage, when attacking players
Bug Fixes
Wizard
Archon
Fixed an issue where certain item bonuses (such as from the item Deathwish) would persist between changing forms to/from Archon
Developer’s Note: A few patches ago, we stated we were going to continue to observe Bazooka Wizard to see its performance over time. Back then, we thought it would require a high level of skill to execute that would make it relatively less utilized as a hard, but rewarding, gameplay option. That hasn’t been the case, as many feel it’s too mandatory. In the context of this and other changes (like Bone Ringer and Chantodo’s), we think it makes sense to make this change now.
Spite
Fixed an issue where casting Restless Giant would cause the 200% physical bonus damage to fail to apply when the Gargantuan enraged
Squirt’s Necklace
Fixed an issue where some ground effects were causing the Squirt’s Necklace buff to fall off despite being shielded

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