We’ve been monitoring server performance and identified some opportunities for improvements.

Our engineers have come up with some potential solutions that should smooth out gameplay in calculation-heavy environments. Some of these solutions are not the kind we want to deploy immediately to live servers via hotfix as they come with their fair share of risks—so we need your help!

Join us on Tuesday, October 6 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. PDT to stress test a special 2.3.0 PTR that includes these optimizations. What do you need to do? The same thing we do every PTR: try to take over the world play your hearts out and push the limits!

We’re looking for players of all types to participate, but we especially encourage use of the following skills and items:

Other effects that knock up enemies, crowd control multiple targets, or gather up large amounts of monsters will also help us evaluate the effectiveness of these optimizations.

A few important notes:

  • There is no new content included on this PTR
  • Achievements currently do not function on the PTR; this is a known issue
  • While you will be able to copy your existing characters, we will also be activating the 1000% Legendary Find buff to encourage participation and allow you to find some of the items that benefit the above skills
  • As a reminder, any progress made on the PTR does not transfer over to your live account
  • We will not be opening the PTR feedback or bug report forums, as manual feedback is not needed; we simply need you to play!
  • Over the course of the PTR, server performance will be different than live. Sometimes it will be better, sometimes it may be worse—this is why we need your help testing!
  • This PTR will only be available for a limited time, and we’d greatly appreciate all the help we can get in testing it quickly and with as many participants as possible!

We’re as eager to get back to a smooth sailing Sanctuary as you are, and we hope you have some time to help us out. If you need more information on how to participate on the PTR, visit our FAQ or see below for details.

Thank you, nephalem, and we’ll see you in Sanctuary!


북미 시간으로 10월 6일 오후 6시부터 오후 8시-한국 시간으로 10월 7일 오전 10시부터 정오까지 잠시동안 PTR이 열린다고 합니다.
추가적인 컨텐츠 추가는 없고 서버 최적화를 위한 데이터 수집 용도고, 여러 몬스터를 한 번에 넉백시키는 스킬과 아이템+사신의 웃음에 대한 체크를 주로 한다네요.