# Patch 2.3 - Patch Notes

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**Created:** [August 23, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.dungeon-quest.com/t/patch-2-3-patch-notes/9517 "2016-08-23T04:15:37Z")\
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Patch Notes

- Major Features
  - Adding Test Dummy mode to Practice
    - Test dummy has 1 trillion HP and massive health regeneration
    - Timer set to infinite ( must manually quit )
    - Enemy will not attack
    - Enemy is equipped with no resistance gear

  - Adding AI Control mode to Practice, where AI controls your main character
  - New pet slimes!
    - Collect 9 types of slimes, each with their own new Legend slime
    - Can be purchased

  - Adding three new sets
    - Elements - 7.5% per rank on cast to trigger the same spell for free with a different Element. Increase all individual resists by 12.5% per rank.
    - Hunger - Increase Attack Speed and reduces CD by 5% per rank while below 75% MP. When above 50% MP, MP Restoration effects takes MP
    - Arcanist - Applies Arcane Debuff on all Crits. Each enemy with Arcane Debuff increases Total DMG by 4% per rank

- Minor Features
  - Updating conversion process to allow for up to 1000 max, up from 25.
  - Updated Affix, Talent, Set, and Dictionary strings
  - Sort Warning Option added
  - Added 13 new legend items
  - Added new Vanities for top Eternal PVP players

- Design
  - Buffs
    - Arc damage increased from 350% to 600%
    - Adjusting Skyfall's damage down
    - Clearcast changed to Gives (rank)% chance cast spells for free and reduce their CD to 0.5s
    - Weaken Max Values increased by 300%, capped increased to 200
    - All individual Skill and Talent increase affixes increased to 10 max, up from 5

  - Nerfs
    - Decreased Cerebral Vortex's MP Boost to 12.5% and the duration of the special Torrents are reduced to 2s
    - Decreasing Living Force's DMG on Return from 50% to 20%
    - Dropping shatter and enigma's crater damage to 25%
    - Lowering HP/MP on Hit heals by 37.5%
    - Converting all effects that Heal HP or MP by % to use Base HP or MP values (Base + Invested Health or Mana points )
    - Prayer converted to use Base HP
    - Mindful bonus lowered from 25% per rank to 5%&nbsp;

  - Adjustments
    - Can no longer overwrite poison dot dmg with damage from toxic cloud more than once
    - Fury and Energy pools are equal to 10x Base MP instead of Total Mp
    - Re-enabling MP leech/hit effects for Fury and Energy
    - Energy boosts DMG based on missing Energy instead of current
    - All Regen heal per second instead of over 5s but halfed the values of all Regen effects.
    - Removing unintended knockback and stun chance from skills
    - Updating knockback/hit stagger effects to wait for animation to finish before moving to next state
    - Proc effects now use mainhand or offhand damage depending on the skill, instead of just mainhand damage
    - Giving all offhand abilities a minimum of 0.5 second cooldowns
    - Resource Cost Reduction/Increase calculated on character refresh, no longer on cast
    - Push the Limit now increases Fury/Energy costs
    - Barbarian now reduces Fury/Energy totals, in comparison to Fury/Energy costs
    - Using a 40 frame animation now for BlinkStrike

- Bug Fixes
  - Using proper value now for Pierce Attacks from Zenith mythstone ( from 2% to 50% )
  - Command now properly casts taunt onto Minion
  - Fixing torrent spin at end of animation
  - Twisters go straight, again.
  - Fix for "Perks are still active after deleting an ascended hero"
  - Killswitch now&nbsp;functions properly
  - Deadly Strike requires Deadly Arts to reduce damage taken
  - Redirect Mythic now properly applies reflect damage on dodge/block
  - Check item can now fix item skills
  - Fix for no CD on controller HUD potions
  - Pet Skills section renamed to Perks
  - D-pad left now opens hireling inventory
  - Fix for "Editing maps"
  - Fix for "Earthshatter proc does not work until you use a MH skill first"
  - Fixing display error for Aetheral Drain's MP Boost to 25%
  - Fixing Alchemy's HP Restore functionality
  - Fixing Desperation's MP Restore functionality
  - Mana Shield now uses proper value for determining reflect damage

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