We're in the process of removing the on-use benefits of the Mantra of Healing rune, Boon of Protection. The hotfix change is:

Amount of damage absorbed is now capped at the amount of healing provided by Mantra of Healing in the first 3 seconds after activation


We recommend discontinuing its use until the rune is replaced with a new rune and mechanic in a future patch.

The Boon of Protection rune was approximately ten times over its budget on the benefits it provided, and it was quite simply a mistake on our part to let the rune ship as it was. We don't intend to take these quick and drastic measures often, but considering the severity of the issue, we felt it important to correct it swiftly.

We're shooting to post a full list of recent hotfixes tomorrow, and will be looking to answer questions once that's live.

what that skill do ? take 0 damage for long time ?

Welcome to Blizzard balancing 101! 

1) Overbuffs an ability or class
2) Hears player complaints
3) NERF TO THE GROUND!
4) Hears player QQ about the nerf

Several months later...

5) Buffs the same ability or class slightly to silence QQers
6) Hears more player complaints
7) NERFS EVEN HARDER TO THE GROUND!

i dont care about game balancing right now...  hopefully the hack issues which blizzard refuse to acknowledge will be 'magically' gone after the patch.

so, monk is equivalent to paladin in WoW in terms of oh-pee-ness and degree of nerfs received??

well you should, 'cause they openly said that their priority right now is nerfingbalancing game mechanics is their priority right now.

blizzard knows best. right? right? 

where got? dps wizard and demon hunter still higher dps than monk.

where got? dps wizard and demon hunter still higher dps than monk.

+1

monk is js good at tanking...lol

with the bug exploit of clever use of game mechanics with 'quickening' for spirit regeneration and no-cool-down healing skills, just made it sounded like paladin class during last WoW expansion, making the class able solo tanking few players in battle ground

with the bug exploit of clever use of game mechanics with 'quickening' for spirit regeneration and no-cool-down healing skills, just made it sounded like paladin class during last WoW expansion, making the class able solo tanking few players in battle ground

you are right, wd use 2h bow? wtf
they need to have some bonus 50% for use own specific class weapon like diablo 2
it really doesn't make sense when everyone looking for highest dps regardless the type of weapon -.-

so i think that we (barb) should use wand or staff 

so do the wizards use 2h axe? 

what is quickening btw.

monks supposed to be healer and tanker btw.

so do the wizards use 2h axe? 

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5235707066


byebye monk solo in inferno 

So um... any news on what time is the patch

thats y funny when a barb which should be tanker has more rubbish tanking skill than a monk which is not naturally a tanker.. =.='.. monk can survive more with a lower hp than a barb with a damn high hp.. 

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Added on May 23, 2012, 4:05 pm
i rather they come out extra char like purely tanker - paladin and barb to be purely physical dmg creator.. look at the weapon that everyone can use any weapon also break my heart.. =.='.. then it looks like even wiz n dh can tank like barb.. make barb not special at all..

they did XD.. even my part time wiz i used 1h axe n 1h shield even 2h sword.. lol.. but honestly la.. if they wan to patch then make every char a little bit more special on their specialize la.. barb like chiplak char.. not the most tankable char.. not the highest dmg creator.. not the fastest attacker.. not the bestest magic creator.. so is like barb, u r everything but at the same time u r nothing.. 

Yeap, very agree, my barba everyday also cry.... T_T

But act 1 hell mode now... hit js starting tat zombie like rock... @O@

I went sword and board barb, going to finish act 1 hell tonight 

solo? so far so good? i heard bb will got hard time in inferno..
can share ur hp and dps?

Got 20k hp, 6k armor (68% damage reduction), 2.7k dps

Seriously i dont understand how to calculate barb damage. Since u guys already at hell lv. Y izzit the dps not even more then 5k. While dh lv around 50 can achieve around 7-10k already. Isnt it a huge gap? Lol. Just for sharing. My dh lv47 last time already 5.2k. So is melee damage calculation merely lower?

Uhmmm no lar, we scarify str and pump vit to tank instead. I can reach 5k even at level 4x but thn die when wanna hit elite etc.

You can play damage barbarian but thn if your barbarian kenot tank, you cant even hit mobs, you will be running only.

Ohhhh true. No wonder barb got alot of complaint then. Cannot deal damage cannot tank lol. More armor can tank more then higher hp?