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Mystic Runesaber Mount Arrives on May 13

Maintenance Reminder

This Tuesday's NA servers maintenance is expected to last from 3 AM to 11 AM PST, a slightly longer than usual time period likely due to them deploying Patch 2.2.1 to fix a few bugs. Keep that in mind!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums) We will be performing maintenance beginning on Tuesday, May 12, at 3:00 AM PDT and we expect it to be complete at approximately 11:00 AM PDT. During this time, the game and many web services will be unavailable.



Thank you for your patience

XP Bug Fix on 2.2.1

Wyatt Chang clarified on Reddit that one of the changes previewed on the Patch Notes for 2.2.1 is a bit misleading. He explains that there should be no differences between live and Patch 2.2.1. That it's is supposed to only affect XP calculations for when an experience boost is active - which will only happen in the regions which have said boosts available. Read more below.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Reddit) According to the Release Notes: "Fixed an issue that caused some sources of bonus Experience to be added together prior to being multiplied by other Experience bonuses rather than being multiplicative".

What exactly does it mean? What is going to change and how, has anybody tested that?

Personally, I think that there is ALREADY too much emphasis on XP in Diablo, we don't need even more XP runs in the loop! Hi guys, quick clarification to this. This patch note is not only vague, but unfortunately a bit misleading as well. This particular 2.2.1 change is only supposed to affect specific XP calculations while a 25% XP boost is active, a feature that is only available in select regions.



In regions such as North America (which the PTR server mimics) there should be no changes to XP calculation. If players see any differences to XP calculation between live and 2.2.1 that would actually be a bug, and should be reported as such.



Thanks!

AOD's Guardian Survival Guide

AOD has started a series on his youtube channel explaining how Rift Guardians mechanics work, and the modus operandi to survive them in higher Greater Rifts. He has already uploaded the first two parts, and you can see the first video below. Incredibly well made videos, really worth checking out!