Diablo 3 Servers Going Down Today Ahead of Patch 1.0.3a Release

Blizzard has confirmed that it’s going to take down the array of servers operating Diablo 3 in order to implement the necessary changes included in patch 1.0.3a for the role-playing dungeon crawler.

Diablo 3 was launched over a month ago and developer Blizzard has kept on updating the game with all sorts of patches and hotfixes.

After last week’s problematic patch 1.0.3, Blizzard has now confirmed that it’s going to take down the game’s servers once more, to implement a new update – 1.0.3a.

As such, players won’t be able to access the game later today, June 26, depending on their region. Check out the scheduled periods below.

The Americas: 5:00 a.m. PDT to 7:00 a.m. PDT
Asia: 1:00 p.m. PDT to 3:00 p.m. PDT
Europe: 8:00 p.m. PDT to 10:00 p.m. PDT

In terms of patch 1.0.3a’s actual contents, there are quite a few bug fixes, including one that should definitely improve the Zombie Bears ability of the Witch Doctor.

Check out the things included in Diablo 3 update 1.0.3a below.

Classes
Witch Doctor
Bug Fixes
Zombie Charger
Skill Rune – Zombie Bears
Fixed a bug where Zombie Bears were unable to attack targets on slopes
Zombie Bears should no longer become stuck on objects with which they shouldn’t have collision

Items
General
Equipped items will now take "wear-and-tear" durability damage at half the previous rate
Please note that durability loss as the result of normal combat is different from the 10% durability loss characters will incur when they die. Equipped items have always suffered durability loss while fighting, and we are simply slowing the rate at which the loss occurs.

Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that was causing Unique monsters to not drop the appropriate amount of loot when slain
Fixed a bug with linking items with 3 gem sockets
It is no longer possible to create fake achievement links

Bug Fixes
General
Fixed a bug that was causing the “Switch Hero” button to occasionally disappear after leaving a game while in town
Fixed several gold and leveling exploits
Fixed several game and service crashes (for Mac and PC)

Blizzard is expected to continue making changes to Diablo 3 ahead of the release of its first major update, 1.1, which should bring the long-awaited Player-Versus-Player mode.

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