Version 3.02 released ! news

You can now download version 3.02 of the mod.

The main features of this version are :
- Overall balance
- A improved crafting system!
- Improved gear progression
- Gambling
- News runewords!
- News artefacts!
- Improved fame system

Changelog :

Items
* Scroll names are now in yellow instead of pink
* Reduced overall drop chance of all misc items, but rebalanced the probabilities of all of these items to drop if allowed to. Runes in particular should drop more than before
* Arrows, bolts and dyes no longer drop
* Items no longer have the crafting material they are made of in their name
* Many items names have changed, as well as their look (picture in inventory, on the ground and on the character)
* All plans descriptions have been updated
* Merchants now sell items of all gear levels instead of only some
* Some act 1 and 2 runewords have been moved to act 3 and 4
* There is now some runewords that can be done in gloves and boots
* Many runewords now use differents runes to be done, and can use more runes than before (up to 6)
* Many runewords have some properties remplaced by other properties
* Added act 3 Mystic formulas and artefacts
* Improved pictures of spears
* Keys and salvage kits have a new picture
* Rearanged prices of weapons and armors
* All casters weapons as well as mojo's and orbs now increases spells elementals and magic damages based on your energy
* Bolts and arrows now regenerate quantity at 1 per second
* Strength and dexterity bonus of all melee and ranged weapons have been reduced by 50%
* Magic and rares casters armors can now spawn with cooldown reduction properties
* Added new reagents with the cooldown reduction propertie
* Reduced value of class runes
* Items can now spawn with max amount of sockets regardless of their level
* Gold find propertie has been removed from the game
* Magic find propertie no longer spawn on items
* Sets no longer have a lore text in their description (to prevent some crashs due to too many characters when a set is completed)
* Many sets and unique items have some properties remplaced by other properties
* Ki Rune : Bonuses from this rune have been altered
* Onyx : Shield bonus of this gem have been altered
* Potions of fortune : Now called Potions of heroism. Now increase strength, dexterity and energy instead of gold find
* Scroll of fortune : Now called Scroll of aether. Now increase mana regeneration instead of gold find
* Increased attack speed of all crossbows and hand crossbows
* Unique, artefacts and runewords properties maximum values has been lowered to match values of set items

Crafting system
* Smithing, alchemy and jewellery are all grouped toghether on a single stat : Crafting level
* Crafting level no longer increases when crafting items. Instead, Players now have to colect Pages of training.
* Crafting level requiered on many plans has been rearanged
* Removed all insignas and inscriptions
* Removed all salvage kits but two of thems. One is used to get back items socketed into others, and the other one is used to salvage any items
* Removed all crafting materials but gems dusts
* Removed all weapons and armors parts
* Added 5 new crafing materials
* Added essences : They do the job of old insignas and inscriptions but can be used on any items
* Added Pages of Smithing : they do the job of old weapons and armor parts and are sorted in 3 types : light, medium and heavy
* Crafting material obtenaid when items are salvaged now depend of the rarity of the item salvaged
* It is now possible to use 2 time the same Page of Smithing to get a high single fixed bonus instead of 2 smaller ones
* It is now possible to craft white items with a set amount of sockets, or no sockets at all
* It is now possible to craft class specific items
* Hirelings items, amulets and class specific items can now be salvaged
* All smithing plans as well as set plans now display the gear level required of the item crafted in their description

Playability
* Defense is no longer ignored while running
* Fame is no longer decreased when the player put points in a speciality skill. Instead, skills can be unlocked once you achieve a set amount of fame
* Speciality skills now require a certain level in the Path of victory skill to be able to increase their level
* The fame bar now display the progression to the next level of the Path of victory skill
* The Super nova isen't cast anymore when a player gain a level
* Improved the way characters are saved to reduce the savefile size
* Increased stamina drain while running

Monsters
* Reduced damage of elite, supreuniques and act bosses monsters
* Any monsters that spawn with some other monsters as well (ex : Fallens and shaman fallens) can now only spawn with 2 or 3 additionnal monsters
* Reduced chance to proc Sucubus witchs fire nova from 15% to 5%
* Deparved demons now shoot lightning globs a little slower
* Ghostly, Possessed, Berserker and Fanatics champions and elite monsters no longer spawn
* Phrozen horrors ice spiral no longer hit the player multiple times
* Veteran monsters now reward 150% XP instead of 125%
* Champions monsters now reward 300% Xp instead of 175%
* Elite monsters now reward 500% XP instead of 250%
* Decreased monsters life by 25%. Act bosses aren't affected
* Sarss, Stormscale no longer spawn with Multiple shoots, but with Magic enchanted instead
* Monsters now drop 50% more gold
* Greatly decreased amount of fame given when killing monsters
* Monster no longer drop souls. Instead, they drop unique plans that allow the player to craft the exclusives unique items

World
* Decreased monstrer density in cave type areas by 17%
* Added Kadala in all major towns. She will allow you to gamble
* Myriam skin has been modified
* Rearanged act 3 Act Boss room and added 2 additionnal totems
* Fixed some imperfections in one act 2 map

Skills
General
* All upgrade skills that increased skill damage have been improved from 12...30% to 30...300%
* All bow attacks skills no longer need arrows/bolts to be used
* General skills usable with a staff or a wand no longer deal 100% weapon damage, but deal an set amout of damage increasing when you level up. Theses skills are now affected by specialities, might and both masteries.
* General skills can now be used with ceremonial daggers

Specialities
* Rearanged cost of all speciality skills
* Path of victory : Now grant a gear level of 2 from the first level instead of level 2 - Increased magic find bonus to 3% per level

Warrior
* Leap attack : This skill can no longer be bound to the left skill button
* Destructive Storm : Reduced base magic damage to 2 - 5 - This skill can now be bound to the left skill button
* Shockwave : Reduced base physical damage to 2 - 5

Guardian
* Mystic Tornado : Reduced base cold damage to 2 - 5

Assassin
* Attack of the Star : Improved how this skill work - Projectiles no longer pierce foes

Huntress
* Divine Arrow : Reduced base weapon damage to 25%
* Static Spear : This skill now also deal 50% of weapon damage

Necromancer
* Morbid Orb : Projectiles now pierces ennemies - Reduced range of projectiles by 40%
* Masochism : Reduced bonus to 17% at level 1 and +7% per level

Ritualist
* Vague of Distortion : Reduced base cold damage to 2 - 5

Sorceress
* Hydra : This skill should now deal correct damage

Translation
* Fixed occurences of 'Shoots' instead of 'Shouts' in some skills descriptions in the english version
* Fixed description of Tenfold Might speciality skill (increasing might effect and not strength effect) in the english version
* Fixed some properties translations in the english version
* Added more details to some properties strings

Bugfixes
* Fixed an issue preventing items to drop with more than 3 sockets
* Fixed a crashing bug in Tristram Cathedral level 3
* Fixed a crashing bug in Astrogha's Temple ruins level 1
* Fixed a bug preventing arrows and bolts to be sold at merchants after the player reach a certain level
* Fixed a bug preventing some reagents to spawn with any magic properties
* Fixed a bug sometimes allowing sorceress skills to spawn on warrior class specific items
* Fixed a bug preventing the Assassin to equip two claws at the same time
* Fixed a bug preventing act 3 hirelings to equip shields
* Fixed a bug preventing reagents with the protective shield propertie to spawn
* Fixed a bug preventing some skill to be cast when on items procs
* Fixed a bug displaying 0 fame when the player die until it get back it's corspe
* Fixed a bug displaying 0 fame when under the effect of a skill shrine
* Fixed a bug preventing fame to work correctly at high level
* Fixed a bug in the calculation of strength and dexterity bonuses

Misc
* Updated credits with names of some testers

Note :
Characters created before this update will not be compatible. You will have to start over. Be sure to also clean your shared stash to prevent issues.