Official 2.0.6 patchnotes is out

In text for those of you at work:

General:

• Increased the drop rate of all class-specific set items.

Class-Specific set items:

• Monk:
• Philosophy:
• Legendary items are just as important to class power as class skills. We recognize that the Monk class sets went out underpowered, and are substantially increasing their damage to be closer in comparison with the sets of other classes. Additionally, the Raiment of a Thousand Storms 6-piece bonus has been redesigned slightly to allow the damage to be higher, more controlled, and more deliberate.

Monkey King's Garb

• (4) Set Bonus:
• Explosion weapon damage increased from 100% to 1600%
• Lowered explosion delay from 1 to .5 seconds
• Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Spirit spent counter to reset when an item was picked up

Raiment of a Thousand Storms

• (6) Set Bonus:
• Will now be triggered only by Dashing Strike
• Weapon damage increased from 100% to 3000%
• Damage dealt can now be a critical hit
• Removed the target cap (the visual effect will still be capped at 6 targets)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue introduced in Patch 2.0.5 that prevented the +% Haunt Damage, +% Locust Swarm Damage, and +% Rend Damage item affixes from being applied

Crafting: * Legendary crafting recipes have received several changes:

• Legendary crafted items are meant to be both a stepping stone into end game items and a good place to spend crafting materials at the end game. While we like the fantasy of having the unique crafting materials, obtaining them was either keeping too many people from being able to complete the recipes in a timely manner or encouraging game flipping and similar less than ideal patterns of play in order to acquire them. As such, we are removing the requirements for unique items when crafting legendaries.
• Unique crafting materials are no longer required.
• Legendary crafting materials will no longer drop.
• Existing Legendary crafting materials will now be grey and have had their sell prices increased
• Level 70 crafted sets and Legendary items with unique properties now require additional death's breath
• Level 70 crafted Legendary items without unique properties have had their death's breath costs removed
• Death's breath is no longer required for most artisan training costs
• The Mystic no longer requires death's breath to train
• The Blacksmith and the Jeweler now only require 1 each to learn the first rank of level 11

User interface:

• +% skills damage bonus will now display on the details page
• +% elemental damage will now display on the details page
• Paragon bonuses will now be reflected in Character Profile Damage, toughness, and healing values
• Community chat will now be joined by default and the settings for which channels you have joined or left will be saved

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