The Diablo 3 Podcast #182: PTR Patch 2.3.0, Week One @Diablo3Inc
The Diablo 3 Podcast #182: PTR Patch 2.3.0, Week One  @Diablo3Inc
Uploaded July 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
The first week of Patch 2.3.0 on the PTR was awesome, if you could ever get into a game. Kanai's Cube skills and recipe economy issues, new Monk item sets, GR ranking snapshot controversy, and much more. Featuring N3rdwards, Muggs, and Flux.

0:30 -- The first week of the PTR, or the first month if you've been stuck in a queue. What's everyone been testing on the PTR, and how the theory-crafting of legendary powers from Kanai's Cube compare to the actuality.

7:30 -- Nerdwards laments the CC-nerfs that have ruined his Wizard build. Witch Doctor time?

12:00 -- The eternal PTR queues make some kinds of testing much harder; no GRift fishing and not enough Cache materials. Flux's miserable, unskippable GR49 ordeal.

19:00 -- Testing the Uliana’s Stratagem set and finding it lacking, but combining Monk sets is insanely powerful.

28:00 -- Torment 7-10 changes and differences. Double Death's Breaths drops, 2 or 3 organs per Uber, massively more EXP, can't judge item drops because 2000% community buff.

39:00 -- Kanai's Cube recipes discussion. Legendary power extract... what's it like doing caches in all five acts?

49:00 -- Upgrade rare item to legendary item. Wildly OP with such low material cost. Soon to be nerfed? Convert Set Item is even more OP, Blizzard has said it will be adjusted.

57:00 -- Remove level requirement from any item. So useful for softcore twinking! Could a character go 1 to 70 in 1 minute, leeching in a T10 rift with full -level req +exp gear on?

1:07:00 -- Snapshot of your gear/skills/cube when you get a top 1000 Leaderboard. Great feature or ruins the ability to work on your own secret build?

1:15:00 -- PTR first world problems... inventory is always full! Sick of double Blood Thieves and another trip to town!


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