d2r Diablo 2: Resurrected 1.25 PTR Now Live: Character Pre-Mades and Known Issues

[Staff 1,488]

 

The PTR has gone live and Blizzard have explained some of its features, including character pre-mades at level 85, some known issues and more. You can also read the full PTR patch notes here. 

PTR (Source)

Hi everyone,

As the PTR kicks off, we want to provide a comprehensive overview of this test’s objectives and pre-made characters available to participants. We hope you find this guide helpful as you prepare to experience the exciting new changes of Patch 2.4!

PTR OVERVIEW

The Public Test Realm (PTR) is a special realm where we can test balance, bug fixes, and other enhancements we make in Diablo II: Resurrected. This test environment is available to all owners of the game on PC. Beyond new Rune Words, Mercenary tweaks, new Horadric Cube recipes, and more, a primary focus of this test will revolve around the Class Balance Changes.

It’s our goal to empower players with the means to acquire and test these new items on the PTR. Your impressions and feedback will assist us in optimizing these updates ahead of the live release and first season of Ladder Rank Play. To share your feedback, select the “Provide Feedback” on the front-end screen of the Diablo II: Resurrected PTR client or post your feedback on our PTR Feedback forum.

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PTR PRE-MADES

After players successfully acquire access to the PTR (click this link for instructions), all participants will receive 7 pre-made characters, 8 mule characters, and 5 free slots will remain empty if participants wish to make a fresh character. These pre-made characters will be Late Game focused (85), however, if you wish to simulate an experience of earlier levels of play, participants can choose to not spend all their skill points and attributes.

Pre-made classes will have basic items and class-specific gear, while the mules will have a plethora of Runes, Uniques, Sets, etc. This will enable participants to be amply equipped to experience the full breadth of content within the PTR. As you progress, your pre-made character will evolve with any persisting changes from gameplay. Simply, Save and Exit to retain your character’s progress and resume where you left off for your next playthrough.

PLEASE NOTE: Deleting a template character and re-launching the client will re-deploy the template to the user’s account, including a refilled personal stash and inventory. Items moved from the personal stash and inventory to the shared stash are unaffected by this.

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WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP

After 11 years, significant and exciting changes are coming to Diablo II: Resurrected! We want to thank YOU for participating in this test and sharing your insights from your experience on the PTR. We encourage you to leave your feedback in the PTR Feedback forum. And, if you discover any bugs, please report them in the PTR Bug Report forum. We’ll be actively monitoring these channels throughout the Patch 2.4 PTR test.

[Draketh 86]

Looking forward to trying out a Blade Assassin!

[albabe 33]

After they install this Patch, they should give everyone a "Free" Respec.

I know, I'm dreaming...

[Nakzul 37]

11 hours ago, albabe said:

After they install this Patch, they should give everyone a "Free" Respec.

I know, I'm dreaming...

If you are actively playing the game farming a respec isn't really much of a problem.

[albabe 33]

12 hours ago, Nakzul said:

If you are actively playing the game farming a respec isn't really much of a problem.

Not sure if I follow you.

I'm playing on my PS4 Offline... sigh, because D2 isn't available for Mac.

[Nakzul 37]

17 minutes ago, albabe said:

Not sure if I follow you.

I'm playing on my PS4 Offline... sigh, because D2 isn't available for Mac.

https://diablo-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Token_of_Absolution_(Diablo_II)

Everytime you kill the act bosses on Hell there is a chance they drop these tokens and when  you have them all you can make them into a respec token in the cube.

[albabe 33]

On 1/26/2022 at 11:55 AM, Nakzul said:

https://diablo-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Token_of_Absolution_(Diablo_II)

Everytime you kill the act bosses on Hell there is a chance they drop these tokens and when  you have them all you can make them into a respec token in the cube.

Oh yea… thanx<
Heard about it but I don’t remember this being around when I played D2 actively way-back when.  I guess that’s groovy.  But I need to finish Nightmare First…. Just made a Melody for my Frost/Fire Zon…. Not sure how far that, Peace and Lore, will get me into Hell.  I assume I’ll be doing Hell Countess for a few years before I have the Runes!  Thanx again<

[albabe 33]

Why is my last post hidden?

[Zephrymx 0]

On 1/26/2022 at 1:24 AM, Nakzul said:

If you are actively playing the game farming a respec isn't really much of a problem.

Except they are lol. Unless you are already deep into the endgame respecing in the game will often brick characters for people who don't know exactly what they are suppose to do. It is a huge problem in SSF or Offline to the point where they had to add in a command line option for offline players who can't trade for them (pc only). Even trading for them is next to impossible unless you have something already capable of farming hell efficiently.