Version 0.8.0

Version History
← 0.7.2 January 1, 2010	0.8.0 April 23, 2011	0.8.1 → January 1, 2011

Patch notes

These are the official patch notes for version 0.8.0 released by Grinding Gear Games.^[1]

Features

Added Act Two. It's low on quests for now.

Enabled the Duelist, our Str/Dex character class

Enabled the fourth difficulty level (Merciless)

New character selection/creation scene

A hardcore league has been enabled

Added portals on currency items and as a skill gem

Added Endurance, Frenzy and Power charges

Added new skills: FrenzyFrenzyAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Attack Damage: (115-135)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (115-135)%Requires Level 16Performs an attack that gives the character a frenzy charge if it hits. Frenzy charges increase your attack speed.5% more Attack Damage per Frenzy Charge
5% more Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.1-2)% more Attack Damage per Frenzy Charge
+(0.1-2)% more Attack Speed per Frenzy ChargePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Blood RageBlood RageSpell, Duration, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (12-29) Life
Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 16Adds a buff that deals Physical Damage over time, while increasing Attack Speed and Life Leech. Killing an enemy while this buff is active refreshes the buff duration, and can grant a Frenzy Charge.Base duration is (7.00-10.80) seconds
Grants (5-15)% increased Attack Speed
1.2% of Attack Physical Damage Leeched as Life
You take 4% of your Maximum Life per second as Physical Damage
You take 4% of your Maximum Energy Shield per second as Physical Damage
25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Kill

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Grants (0.25-5)% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Flicker StrikeFlicker StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Movement, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Attack Speed: 120% of base
Attack Damage: (142-210)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (142-210)%Requires Level 10Teleports the character to a nearby monster and attacks with a melee weapon. If no specific monster is targeted, one is picked at random. Grants a buff that increases movement speed for a duration. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
10% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge
15% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit
Buff grants 20% increased Movement Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., SweepSweepAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 8 Mana
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (170-281)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (170-281)%
AoE Radius: 26Requires Level 12Swings a two handed melee weapon in a circle, knocking back monsters around the character.Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
(5-75) to (8-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
+(0-0.4) metres to radius

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.02-0.4) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Dual StrikeDual StrikeCritical, Attack, Melee, Strike
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 5 Mana
Attack Speed: 70% of base
Attack Damage: (125-244)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-244)%Attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one strike. Dual wield only. Does not work with wands.100% more Critical Strike Chance against Enemies that are on Full Life
60% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies that are on Full Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(1.5-30)% more Damage with Hits and Ailments against Enemies that are on Full LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Double StrikeDouble StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Physical
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 5 Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (91-140)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (91-140)%Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon.25% chance to cause Bleeding
Adds (3-113) to (5-169) Physical Damage against Bleeding Enemies

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% chance to deal Double Damage to Bleeding EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Flasks can now have mods

/online command now shows who is online

Waypoints, doors and exits now stand out on the minimap

Revamped passive skill tree to have 450+ skills

Antialiasing support added

Added grass technology

Nearby players and NPCs are now shown on the minimap

Chat box now supports multiple chat types more easily

Ghosts in Merveil's Lair are now purple

Tar Zombies added to the Coves

Monkeys can come down from trees in Act Two

Substantial improvements to the quality and volume of sounds

Environmental effect improvements in many world areas

Many spells now have "surge" effects

Flasks can now have quality

Rhoas can charge at you

Shields can now block

Passive skill screen now shows the total of each attribute

Passive skill screen now allows you to see your player in the middle

We now support dragging items in addition to clicking twice

Chat text is now more readable against light backgrounds

Scavengers now throw rocks rather than sand

The area's monster level is now shown on the minimap

Substantially increased the amount of random variations of world areas

Item images are shown next to full ground descriptions again

Condensed requirements on items to be more concise

Chaos damage effects added

The Flooded Depths side area now has an entrance in the middle of its room

Added a setting to control corpse targeting behaviour

Waypoint screen now hides acts/difficulties you haven't been to yet

Entities don't continue to accumulate arrows past 10 now

The name of the current difficulty is now displayed in town (if higher than the first difficulty)

When holding a two handed weapon, a transparent copy is shown in off-hand

Now enters game immediately after creating a new character

Assets are unloaded intelligently to conserve memory

Players can now walk through each other in towns

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that could cause multiple mods of the same family to be generated on an item

Sand spitters no longer get stuck doing nothing

Fixed problems with shadows disappearing as the character moves around

Fixed issues spawning non-equipment items sometimes

Boss monsters now grant bonus experience correctly

Item links can now not be partially backspaced

Prevented many skills from damaging monsters on the other side of walls

Merveil's second form will now attack you properly

Shield Crabs no longer turn into Sand Spitters called "Shield Crab"

Shield Crabs don't drop items when they transform into Sand Spitters

First acquired skill now binds to right mouse button rather than middle

Fixed bug where sand spitters would not bleed

Fixed re-enabling of items that have been disabled due to requirements changing between versions

Experience bar now has 20 sections rather than 21

Dungeon chest rotation fixed

Gems in inventory now have background colours showing whether their requirements are met

Other players using skills nearby now have their mana predicted correctly (so the spells don't fail)

Balance

Refunded all passive skills because of the new tree

Made monsters twice as easy in lower difficulties. Harder in higher difficulties

Boss monsters are now substantially more dangerous

Rebalanced most skills

Changed how monsters get accuracy and critical strike rating to be flatter

Biased base attributes slightly towards Life (Str), Mana (Int) and Accuracy (Dex)

Overhaul of boss mods to make them all proportional to the monster's base values

Gems now have level requirements in addition to attribute requirements

Reduced drop rate of rares and uniques by 25%

Added bow-wielding Skeletons and Bandits to some areas

Changed the levels of most items and mods

Rebalanced areas to accommodate Act Two and the fourth difficulty. Level 50 is the highest world area now.

Elemental HitElemental HitAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Fire, Cold, Lightning, AoE, Prismatic, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-11) Mana
AoE Radius: 10Requires Level 12Each attack with this skill will choose an element at random, and will only be able to deal damage of that element. If the attack hits an enemy, it will deal damage in an area around them, with the radius being larger if that enemy is suffering from an ailment of the chosen element. It will avoid choosing the same element twice in a row.(18-391) to (33-726) Added Cold Damage
(22-480) to (40-891) Added Fire Damage
(3-75) to (67-1467) Added Lightning Damage
Only Deals Damage of the chosen Element
Deals no Damage of other Damage Types
(30-49)% chance to Freeze, Shock and Ignite
Base radius is 1 metre
80% more Area Radius against Enemies affected by an Ailment of the chosen Element
10% more Damage per Elemental Ailment on the Enemy

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.25-5)% more Damage per Elemental Ailment on the EnemyPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. now picks one element type randomly per hit

Increased the number of Weapons and Armours in various categories with placeholder art

Several new prenamed boss monsters added to certain areas

Detonate Dead is now unaffected by increase in monster life due to additional players in the area

Cold SnapCold SnapSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (11-28) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.85 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 320%
AoE Radius: 16Requires Level 16Creates a sudden burst of cold in a targeted area, damaging enemies. Also creates an expanding area which is filled with chilled ground, and deals cold damage over time to enemies. Enemies that die while in the area have a chance to grant Frenzy Charges. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Deals (34-1440) to (51-2160) Cold Damage
Base duration is 5.00 seconds
Deals (28.7-1895.4) Base Cold Damage per second
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Burst Base radius is 1.5 metres
Chilled Ground Base initial radius is 1.5 metres
Chilled Ground Base final radius is 3 metres
25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill's Area

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% more Effect of ChillPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. now freezes for a longer duration than normal ice damage

Cold Snap now freezes 50% of the time (chilling the rest) rather than always

Changed player cap for non-town areas to six

Reduced FireballFireballProjectile, Spell, AoE, Fire
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (6-25) Mana
Cast Time: 0.75 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 370%
Projectile Speed: 1040
AoE Radius: 9Unleashes a ball of fire towards a target which explodes, damaging nearby foes.Deals (9-1640) to (14-2460) Fire Damage
25% chance to Ignite enemies
Base radius is (0.9-1.4) metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. splash radius

Rares are now biased towards spawning with four mods

Rare monsters are now limited to four mods

It's now slightly more likely to generate an off-colour socket