Version 0.7.0

Version History
← 0.6.13 January 1, 2010	0.7.0 May 18, 2010	0.7.1 → January 1, 2010

Patch notes

These are the official patch notes for Version 0.7.0 released by Grinding Gear Games.

• Completely rebalanced everything
• Added Cruel and Ruthless difficulty levels
• Enabled the Witch character class
• Added a quest screen that shows the next step on any active quests
• Enabled quest restrictions on which areas can be entered
• Added monster difficulty/reward scaling for parties
• Added experience sharing among members of a party
• Ground items now show socket arrangement
• Improved calculation of chill/freeze/burn effects
• Added attribute requirements to skill gems
• Bosses should now generally drop better rewards
• Pathfinding improvements
• Fixed shift-attacking
• Changed life and mana leech to leech over time
• Added better out-of-sync detection and recovery
• Fixed bug with party members changing instance simultaneously
• Changed monster spawn density to provide better coverage
• Added bindable key to show all hovers permanently (Z)
• Inventory slots highlight to show where items can be placed
• Skills show damage per second estimate
• Gems socketed into ground items are now very visible
• Size of elemental visual effects are now proportional to damage magnitude
• Improved monster AI regarding fleeing