Diablo III 1.0.2a Patch Released

Blizzard has deployed a small v1.0.2a patch to Diablo III, which introduces a few skill tweaks, reduces gold and experience rewards for a couple of quests, and drops the auction timeframe by 12 hours. Read on for the notes:

General

• Tooltips for the following class abilities have been updated to reflect changes made in patch 1.0.2 and previous hotfixes:
  • Demon Hunter
    • Smoke Screen (Skill Rune Lingering Fog)
  • Monk
    • Fists of Thunder (Skill Rune Quickening)
    • Mantra of Healing (Skill Rune Boon of Inspiration)
  • Wizard
    • Energy Armor (Skill Rune Force Armor)
• Nigel Cutthroat has recently fallen on hard times and will now drop lower quality items when slain
• Gold and quest experience rewards for replaying “Heart of Sin: Get the Soul of Azmodan” have been reduced
• Gold and quest experience rewards for replaying “Heart of Sin: Go to the Keep” have been removed

Auction House

• The maximum duration for posted auctions has been reduced from 48 hours to 36 hours