Nephalem Valor stacks will now persist through Acts

Base pick-up radius for all characters has been increased from 1.5 yards to 3 yards

The resurrection timer will no longer increase if a player is killed multiple times in a row

Players should no longer play a flinching animation (causing them to briefly lose control of their character) if they are hit by multiple monsters at the same time

The experience bonus rewarded for killing monsters on Monster Power levels 1-10 in Inferno has been increased:
-MP 1: 25% (up from 10%)
-MP 2: 50% (up from 20%)
-MP 3: 80% (up from 30%)
-MP 4: 120%(up from 45%)
-MP 5: 165% (up from 60%)
-MP 6: 215% (up from 75%)
-MP 7: 275% (up from 95%)
-MP 8: 340% (up from 115%)
-MP 9: 420% (up from 135%
-MP 10: 510% (up from 160%)

When resuming a game, players will now be placed in town instead of at the last known checkpoint (a portal will be available to take you to your last known checkpoint, if desired)

Bug Fixes
-The Reflects Damage affix will now properly reflect damage caused by Bola Shot

A new crafting reagent, Demonic Essence, has been added to the game

This reagent is account-bound and can be acquired from Elite monsters in Inferno difficulty

Nephalem Valor will not be required in order for Demonic Essences to drop

However, each level of Monster Power will increase the drop chance of Demonic Essence from Elites according to the following values:
-MP 0: 20.0000%
-MP 1: 23.0000%
-MP 2: 26.4500%
-MP 3: 30.4175%
-MP 4: 34.9801%
-MP 5: 40.2271%
-MP 6: 46.2612%
-MP 7: 53.2004%
-MP 8: 61.1805%
-MP 9: 70.3575%
-MP 10: 80.9112%

The drop rate for Blacksmithing Plans and Jeweler Designs has been increased by 400%

Four Rare recipes have been added to the Blacksmith: Archon Spaulders (Shoulders), Archon Gauntlets (Gloves), Archon Armor (Chest Armor), Razorspikes (Bracers)

Each crafted item will have the following characteristics:
-iLevel 63
-6 Affixes
-Account-bound
-Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game

Crafting the item will require 1 Demonic Essence (other reagent costs will vary per recipe)

A new Rare recipe has been added to the Jeweler for an Amulet

This amulet will have the following characteristics:
-iLevel 63
-6 Affixes
-Account-bound
-Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game

Crafting the item will require the 1 Demonic Essence as well as:
-100,000g
-1 Perfect Gem (varied depending on which core stat you select)
-1 Fiery Brimstone

A new tier of account-bound gems of has been added to the game: Marquise

Marquise Gems stats are as follows:

Marquise Emerald
-Weapon: Increased Critical Hit Damage by 110%
-Helm: +33% Extra Gold from Monsters
-Armor: +62 Dexterity

Marquise Topaz
-Weapon: Melee attackers take 2200 per hit
-Helm: 33% Better chance of finding magical items
-Armor: +62 Intelligence

Marquise Amethyst
-Weapon: Each Hit adds +700 Life
-Helm: +19% Life
-Armor: +62 Vitality

Marquise Ruby
-Weapon: +150 Minimum and +150 Maximum Damage
-Helm: Increases Bonus Experience by 33%
-Armor: +62 Strength

These gems can only be created at the Jeweler and will require the following reagents:
-3 Radiant Star Gems
-20 million gold
-1 Demonic Essence

Un-socketing Marquise gems will cost 5 million gold

The designs for the Marquise gems will drop randomly from all level 63 monsters
-Note: The designs are not account-bound

Crafting Plans and Jeweler Designs have been added for all of the new Rare recipes listed above

These plans (excluding the chest piece) will drop randomly in the world, but have a 50% chance to drop off the following bosses when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor:
-Skeleton King
-Spider Queen
-Maghda
-Zoltun Kulle
-Ghom
-Cydaea
-Rakanoth
-Izual

The Archon Armor recipe can be purchased from Squirt the Peddler for 1.5 million gold each

Please note that neither the Crafting plans nor the Jeweler Design are account-bound

Holding shift while buying health potions will attempt to purchase 5 potions at once

Follower items below iLevel 60 will now no longer drop in Inferno

Goldskin now has a limit on the number of times it can proc on a single target

Vendors
-Squirt the Peddler no longer sells Dyes, but (as noted above) will now sell the plans for the Archon Armor recipe for 1.5 million gold each

Bug Fixes
-Goldskin will no longer proc when attacking monsters that drop no loot
-Plans: Staff of Herding can now be dropped on the ground, or sold to a vendor for 0 gold
-All Staves of Herding can now be sold to a vendor for 0 gold

The Reflects Damage affix has been redesigned:
-It will now apply a short duration buff to the monster and will only reflect a percentage of damage dealt back to the player while that buff is active
-A visual effect will display whenever the durational buff is active

Damage dealt by pets to monster with Reflects Damage affix will no longer be reflected back to the player

Damage dealt by the Molten affix has been reduced by 40%

Damage dealt by the Plagued affix has been increased by 120%

Fallen Lunatics should now detonate in a more consistent manner


The Triune Berserker before Alcarnus should no longer swing faster after a few attacks

Keywardens:
-The Act II Keywarden (Sokahr) should now only use its mortar ability in Inferno difficulty
-The Act III Keywarden (Xah’Rith) should now only use its rain of corpses ability in Inferno difficulty
-The Act IV Keywarden (Nekarat) should now only use its earthquake and charge abilities in Inferno difficulty

Bug Fixes
-Rare Sand Dwellers will now spawn in The Forgotten Ruins
-Champion Plague Swarms will now spawn in Cryder’s Outpost
-Champion Fallen Cur will now spawn in The Storm Halls

Number 1 is achieved by data input in the green marked areas on the left side for both variants, which should give you the picture of the final stat of the builds and damage difference.
Number 2 can be done via the little table below by typing in changes such as (-100 Dex, + 15% IAS, + 30% crit dmg). The result is the Final DPS change (without sharpshooter maxed).
Number 3 is done be proper entry of gear data to the 3-rd sheet, which allows to see your current mitigation versus various damage types and sources.

Information about the spreadsheet - Read before using:

1) I assume you use a ranged weapon.
2) Sheet is protected so You don't accidentally mess it up. The only cells that You should write up data in order for the sheet to work are marked with a green color.
3) IAS = Increased Attack Speed, for those that are not familiar.
4) The sheet is filled in with some entry data so You can see how it is supposed to look like.
5) Note that the little table below is a simplified model that should rather be used for 1-variable change testing, it will only give approximated data when used for multiple variable changes. It also serves to calculate weights of specific stats, which show the impact of "change of 1" of specific stat to Your DPS. Mind that this table is dependant on the gear figures of Variant 1 only.
6) It is Vital to select from the scroll-down list the appropriate Weapon Type for both Variants since the base weapon speed and the archery passive bonus are derived from the weapon type.
7) The file consists of 4 sheets. The first sheet is devoted to single-wielding style, the second for more accurate weapon min/max dmg calculation, the third to dual-wielding style, the 4th for the purpose of absorption calculation.
8) The spreadsheet might not be 100% precise in cases of weapons with +XX% damage affix, because of the rounding error, since the spreadsheet assumes whole numbers, which might not be the case.
9) The spreadsheet for dual wielding is not 100% accurate (more like 99% from my tests), unfortunately after some investigation I am not aware of the source of the issue. However the range of error is so small it should not impact the decision process.
10) The dodge calculation is an estimate, so it might not be 100% accurate. (But works fine for tested sets of equipment).

FAQ:
Q1) Is there a way to disable sharpshooter, because it inflates the value of Crit DMG and underestimates Crit chance?
A1) There are 2 figures representing Your final DPS: 1) "Final DPS", 2) "Final DPS with sharpshooter maxed". If you are interested in your base dps without the use of sharpshooter passive or without any bonus crit chance from it, refer to the figure in 1). You can also disable it by selecting "NO" to sharpshooter in the passive section.

Q2) How should i input data from gear with for example +13-26 damage from an amulet?
A2) By typing in both 13 in "Bonus MIN DMG" and 26 in "Bonus MAX DMG" in the row devoted to the gear of one of the variants.

Q3) I have input all the data as required but i keep getting "###" instead of the dps, what's wrong?
A3) "###" in Excel means that the column is too narrow to present the figure. Widen it and It'll be fine.

Q4) Where should i input the +X% damage from my weapon?
A4) You should not enter this anywhere, because it is already taken into account in the weapon minimum and maximum damage that you should enter to the spreadsheet.

Q5) Where should i input the + X-Y Damage from my weapon?
A5) You should not enter this anywhere, because it is already taken into account in the weapon minimum and maximum damage that you should enter to the spreadsheet.

Q6) Your spreadsheet says that the crossbow has a base attack speed of 1.1, but my one has 1.23, what should i do?
A6) Your weapon has an attack speed of 1.23 beacuse it has IAS on it. The base weapon speed is still 1.1, but due to the bonus it is enhanced to 1.23. Therefore you should enter the IAS bonus from your weapon to the row of weapon statistics in the AIS column.

Q7) What does "Assume Dodge as damage reduction" mean?
A7) Dodge itself does not reduce the damage taken but gives a chance to completly avoid the damage, but in order to reflect its importance in damage reduction this option has been added. It gives you a chance to simulate how much damage would you take in case of being attacked by an infinitely large amount of attacks dealing infinitely small damage, in which case dodge acts simply as damage reduction instead of chance to avoid damage.

Q8) The spreadsheet does not consider crit chance when i input it with a dot (like 3.5%) What's wrong? - (Rare occurrence)
A8) Try using a comma (like 3,5%). It might occur when using a different software that does not automatically adapt into various regional settings. The spreadsheet has been written using Polish settings in MS Excel where it is accustomed to use (,) as a decimal separator.

Q9) What's the purpose of "Base Monster Damage" and "Monster Hit Damage" in the absorption sheet?
A9) If You are aware of the damage a monster would afflict attacking player with 0 armor and 0 damage reduction (Such information might also be obtainable from some sites or the Bradygames guide) you can input it as "Base Monster Damage" and it will make You see in the appropriate "Monster Hit Damage" cell the actual damage you will receive considering Your damage reduction from armor and resistances - Mind that if You want to check for 1-hit damage, You should turn off the Dodge damage reduction in order to avoid understating the damage redeived.

Q10) My DPS in game does not agree to the sheet, help!
A10) I used to help you out, but due to too many user-made errors i gave that up, instead here's a list of what you can do:
1) Check whether your DEX,Crit dmg, crit chance, attacl speed agree sheet - game (remember some legendaries have IAS bugged)
2) Check whether you've input your weapon properly - selected weapon type
3) Check passives and follower buffs
4) Check all +MIN/MAX dmg bonusses from jewelery
5) If you still have an error, mind that some +MIN/MAX dmg are "bugged" giving a different amount than it says they do, therefore remove those items and check if it agrees, if it doesn't go back to 1), if it does, gradually equip those items until you know whats the issue item.

HOW TO USE +X% ELEMENTAL DMG

I will write here what and where You should enter in order to have DPS calculated properly using an item that gives You +X% Elemental damage.

Example item with +X% Elemental dmg:
http://i.imgur.com/iQm6K.jpg
Example weapon:
http://oi46.tinypic.com/2vjy442.jpg

1) Type in weapon stats:
Select type of weapon : Crossbow
801 in MIN DMG (C9)
1241 in MAX DMG (D9)
Those are the final MIN/MAX dmg dealt by the weapon
Type in other additional stats such as IAS/CRIT DMG in E9 and F9 accordingly.

2) Type in the Elemental damage dealt by the weapon separately
231 as MIN Elemental DMG (C26)
554 as MAX elemental DMG (D26)

3) Type in the +X% Elemental dmg
5% in B26

From the DH club:

wKkaY, MOBA, lksing, and morningstar. This video was pretty uneventful, without any deaths.


wKkaY, lksing, dragonslayer, and morningstar. I was tanking this Again uneventful..


wKkaY, MOBA, lksing, and morningstar. A wave of deaths at 1:45. In the last 30 seconds we ganged up and showed it to Maghda

Bunch of us did MP10 Belial just now. We had justttt enough dps to kill him before enraging. Took us many tries to kill him lol.

From today's session