Diablo III Patch 1.0.8a formally launched in the Americas

This week’s regularly-scheduled maintenance has concluded and Diablo III Patch 1.0.8a formally launched in the Americas. Please read below the patch announcement about the latest changes

Notice：Please note that you will not be prompted to download patch 1.0.8a until the patch is live in your home region. If you are logging in from a European or Asian client, you will need to wait for this patch to release in that region before it can be installed. Additionally, if your home region is the Americas, you will be unable to log into Europe or Asia using Global Play after patch 1.0.8a is live until those regions have also patched.

Diablo III Patch 1.0.8a – v.1.0.8.16603

GENERAL

Made improvements to address “rubberbanding” issues encountered when using movement-based abilities like Tempest Rush, Strafe, and Whirlwind

AUCTION HOUSE

The stack size of gold on the real-money auction house has been increased again to 10 million (up from 1 million)

CLASSES

Barbarian

Passive Skills

Inspiring Presence

Will once again be displayed under Life per Second on the character sheet

USER INTERFACE

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue introduced in Patch 1.0.8 that prevented Item Label Display preferences from being saved

BUG FIXES

Fixed an issue introduced in Patch 1.0.8 causing dungeon exits to sometimes be placed in abnormally close proximity to the entrance

Fixed an issue introduced in Patch 1.0.8 that prevented players with Starter Edition accounts from being upgraded when playing in an IGR

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