⚡ TL;DR — The Big Changes

• Patch 3.0.2 (May 13): Sorcerer recovery — Meteor, Fireball, Chain Lightning, Ice Shards, and Hydra all fixed. The Oculus restored. First major post-launch patch.
• Druid: Storm Shepherd set reworked in 3.0.2 — 2pc caps at 40%, 5pc stacks with 2pc, and Mark of the Old Wolf gains a DoT damage multiplier.
• Necromancer: Iron Maiden Schadenfreude + Bone Prison Bramble nerfed (Hotfix 2). If your build relied on these aspects' damage values, expect a noticeable DPS drop.
• War Plans: Out of the Cold + Dog of Astaroth nodes patched. Nemesis Boss Lair, Varshan respawn, party removal, and reward distribution fixes added in 3.0.2.
• Barbarian: Aspect of Limitless Rage was disabled in Hotfix 5 after the infinite-scaling bug, then re-enabled in Hotfix 7 with the fix in place.
• Pit / Tower: Auto-exit portals removed (Hotfix 4). You manually exit again.

First major post-Lord of Hatred patch: Sorcerer rework recovery, Storm Shepherd Druid set retune, War Plans group-play fixes, Party Finder additions, and dozens of bug fixes.

• ▲ BUFF Sorcerer recovery pass: Meteor, Fireball, Chain Lightning, Ice Shards, and Hydra all fixed and brought back to intended performance.
• ▲ BUFF The Oculus damage and cooldown bonuses restored to their intended values; Vox Omnium fixed.
• ▲ BUFF Storm Shepherd Druid set reworked — 2pc bonus now caps at 40%, 5pc bonus stacks with the 2pc, and Mark of the Old Wolf gains a DoT damage multiplier.
• ✓ FIX War Plans group play fixes: Nemesis Boss Lair, Varshan respawn, infinite farming loop, party removal handling, and reward distribution all addressed.
• ◆ QOL Echo of Mephisto and Echoing Hatred added to Party Finder.
• ✓ FIX Talismans, Charms, Horadric Cube, Undercity, and Pit bug fixes across the board.

Aspect of Limitless Rage re-enabled with the infinite-scaling fix in place.

• ▲ BUFF Re-enabled the Aspect of Limitless Rage after the Hotfix 5 disable. Aspect now functions as designed without the infinite-scaling bug.

Paladin Free Trial crash fix only.

• ✓ FIX Fixed crash issue with the Paladin Free Trial on Battle.net.

Three significant exploit closures: glyph dupe, unique dupe, infinite damage scaling.

• ▼ NERF Choron's Soul could be used to upgrade glyphs infinitely. Fixed.
• ▼ NERF Out of the Cold and Dog of Astaroth War Plan nodes were infinitely farming Unique items. Fixed.
• ▼ NERF Aspect of Limitless Rage was scaling damage infinitely. Aspect disabled while the fix rolled out (re-enabled in Hotfix 7).
• ✓ FIX Stability improvements applied.

Auto-exit portal walked back, Nemesis boss exploit closed.

• ◆ QOL Removed auto-exit portals after Pit and Tower runs. Per Blizzard, the feature "missed the mark" on its intended quality-of-life goal.
• ▼ NERF Closed exploit allowing infinite Nemesis boss lair re-farms via multiplayer difficulty-swap.
• ✓ FIX Resolved a co-op progression bug in The Soil, The Seed, The Fruit where simultaneous chain interactions could block progress.
• ✓ FIX General stability improvements.

Server stability and login queue tuning during launch surge.

• ✓ FIX Login queue and server-stability adjustments during the launch surge window.

Two big damage outliers nerfed; over-tuned monsters fixed.

• ▼ NERF Schadenfreude variant for Iron Maiden was doing far more damage than intended. Adjusted (Necromancer).
• ▼ NERF Bramble variant for Bone Prison was doing far more damage than intended. Adjusted (Necromancer).
• ✓ FIX Pangs of Duriel and Infernal Prison monsters had much higher health values than intended. Corrected.

Launch-day quest blocker fixes.

• ✓ FIX Fixed progression block in The Soil, The Seed, The Fruit.
• ✓ FIX Fixed Last of the Horadrim quest where party members weren't credited with completion, blocking the Talisman tab unlock.

Patch Stats

• Hotfixes Shipped 7
• Major Patches 1 (3.0.2)
• Time Span Apr 28 – May 13
• Confirmed Nerfs 3 (skill-tier)
• Exploits Closed 5+
• Current Version 3.0.2