The Worldstone Keep Podcast

With the end of November approaching rapidly, The Official Diablo 3 blog has been updated with a short list of hotfixes.

The PTR Patch 1.0.5 patch notes have been posted over at the official Diablo 3 forum.

There’s quite a list to hoe through, but as indicated earlier, the Monster Power system (similar to Diablo 2′s /players 8) is in as well as the Infernal Machine (similar to the old uber-monsters).

Other noteworthy entries include:

• In Inferno, resplendant chests now drop loot in a similar way to Elites (scaling with Nephalem Valor), and will also grant a stack of Nephalem Valor when opened.
• Followers and pets will no longer attack idle monsters unless they are within 10 yards of the player
• Item affixes are now tied to the level of the monster killed and not the item’s level.

There are a raft of other changes. Head on over and give it a look.

UPDATE: Updated patchnotes here.

If you head over to the Diablo 3 official blog, you’ll be able to get a tantalizing glimpse of upcoming changes for the next content patch, Patch 1.0.5. It’s a short post, but it details some defensive skill changes, the addition of uber-bosses and something similar to a /players 8 command.