Patch 2.1.2 is currently in development and now available for testing on the PTR. To learn about major changes included in 2.1.2, please see the official PTR patch notes. For information on how to participate, copy over characters, and provide feedback, read on below!

• How to Participate
• PTR Character Copy
• Feedback and Bug Reporting

Further details on how to access the PTR and use the Character Copy system can be found in the FAQ.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

To participate in the public test, you must have a Diablo III game license attached your Battle.net account in good standing (i.e. it hasn't been suspended or banned). In addition, you will also need to download and install the Battle.net desktop app if you have not already done so.

Step 1: Create a PTR account. To create a PTR account, log in to Battle.net Account Management and double-click on your Diablo III game license; this will bring you to the game management page. On this page, click "Create a PTR account." 

If you've participated in any previous Diablo III PTR (including the Reaper of Souls beta), the "Create PTR account" button may not appear. This is because you've already created a PTR account and can therefore skip this step.

Step 2: Once you have created a PTR account, installed the Battle.net desktop, and logged in with your Battle.net credentials, select "Diablo III" from the main menu on the left-hand side of the application.

Step 3: On the Diablo III screen, there is a drop-down menu right above the "Play" button (note that this may say "Install" if you do not have Diablo III currently installed). Select "PTR: Diablo III" from this drop-down menu before proceeding.

Step 4: You should now have the option to install and play the patch 2.1.2 PTR.

The 2.1.2 PTR is available in all supported languages, and accounts from all regions are eligible to participate.

PTR CHARACTER COPY:

The option to copy your existing Diablo III characters from your live account to the PTR will be available and can be done directly through the PTR client. However, only one region per account can be copied at a time. So, if you choose to copy characters from your account in a different region, any previously copied PTR characters will be lost.

Step 1: Log into PTR client and create a level 1 character. After you're done, return to the main character screen.

Step 2: Click on the "PTR Copy" button located in the upper right-hand corner. (The PTR Copy button will not appear in-game until you have created a new level 1 character.)

Step 3: Select your region.

Step 4: Click "Copy." This will copy all characters on your account from the selected region.

Step 5: You will be disconnected from the PTR client.

Step 6: Log back in. Your copied characters will be available for play.

Please note that you can only copy characters from one gameplay region at a time. If you choose to copy characters from a different region, any previously copied PTR characters will be lost.

In addition, you can only copy characters over to your PTR account once every 72 hours. Attempting to copy characters before this cooldown is up will result in an error.

FEEDBACK AND BUG REPORTING:

Once you've had the chance to try things out, be sure to visit the Public Test Realm forum to provide feedback about class changes and new features and systems, as well as discuss the 2.1.2 patch with other players.

To report any in-game bugs and technical issues, visit the North American PTR Bug Report forum.

As this is a test server, please anticipate uneven game performance, and note that restarts and downtime may occur without warning. We'll provide information regarding extended downtimes, should they occur, in the North American PTR Feedback forum.

Below you'll find the preliminary PTR patch notes for patch 2.1.2. Please note that this isn't the final version of the patch notes and that some changes may not be documented or described in full detail.

PTR PATCH 2.1.2 - v2.1.22.28341

To provide feedback on patch 2.1.2, please visit the PTR Feedback forum.
To report any issues you experience while playing, please visit the the PTR Bug Report forum.
For additional information about the PTR, click here.

Table of Contents:

• General
• Classes
  • Barbarian
  • Demon Hunter
  • Witch Doctor
  • Wizard
• Items
  • Class-Specific Items
  • New Seasonal Legendary Items
  • Bug Fixes
• Achievements
• Adventure Mode
  • Bounties & Events
  • Nephalem Rifts
  • Bug Fixes
• Followers
• Monsters

GENERAL

• A message will now display in chat when a Treasure Goblin has been killed or escaped
• Players can no longer go Brawling while a Greater Rift they paid to enter is open
• Healing
  • The "Healing" stat on the character sheet has been replaced with "Recovery"
    • Recovery is an estimate of how much Toughness you are expected to be able to recover in combat and is calculated using a combination of your Healing, Life, and Toughness
    • The Healing number will still be viewable in the character sheet if you mouse over the Recovery stat
  • Life per Vitality has been increased from level 67 to 70
  • Base Life at level 70 has been increased
  • Healing from Health Globes has been reduced
• Social
  • The total number of players in a Community and in Community chat will now be displayed on the roster page
  • The presence information displayed in Clan and Community rosters, and the Friends List is now more detailed
  • The Clan Roster will now display the duration that a member has been offline
  • The Clan Roster can now be sorted by offline duration

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CLASSES

• General
  • Improvements have been made to the prioritization of abilities that utilize damage shields (e.g. cheat deaths, absorb shields, and % Damage Reduction)
  • Pets
    • Several monster attacks that are intended to be avoided by players that weren't already dealing reduced damage to pets now deal significantly less damage to pets

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• Barbarian
  • Active Skills
    • Frenzy
      • Skill Rune - Vanguard
        • Movement speed increased from 15% to 25%

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• Demon Hunter
  • Active Skills
    • Chakram
      • Skill Rune - Serpentine
        • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
    • Evasive Fire
      • Skill Rune - Parting Gift
        • Damage type changed from Poison to Physical
    • Grenade
      • Skill Rune - Gas Grenades
        • Has been removed
        • Replaced with "Cold Grenade"
          • Leaves behind a puddle of cold on the ground that Chills enemies for 3 seconds
          • Deals Cold damage
    • Multishot
      • Skill Rune - Suppression Fire
        • Has been redesigned
          • Now causes Multishot to knockback the first 2 enemies hit
    • Sentry
      • Has been redesigned
        • Cooldown has been removed
        • Now has 2 charges, with a recharge time of 8 seconds
          • Recharge time is affected by cooldown reduction
      • Hatred cost reduced from 30 to 20
    • Smoke Screen
      • Cooldown increased from 2 to 3 seconds
      • Skill Rune - Choking Gas
        • Has been removed
        • Replaced with "Vanishing Powder"
          • Removes the Discipline cost
          • Increases the cooldown to 8 seconds
    • Spike Trap
      • Skill Rune - Echoing Blast
        • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
  • Passive Skills
    • Custom Engineering
      • Has been redesigned
        • Now increases the maximum number of charges and active Sentries from 2 to 3
    • Night Stalker
      • Has been redesigned
        • Now causes your primary skills to generate an additional 4 Hatred

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• Monk
  • Active Skills
    • Epiphany
      • Bug Fixes
        • Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause players to get stuck on a wall when teleporting with Epiphany

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• Witch Doctor
  • Active Skills
    • Haunt
      • Skill Rune - Grasping Spirit
        • Has been removed
        • Replaced with "Poisoned Spirit"
          • Haunted enemies take 20% increased damage from all sources
          • Damage type changed from Cold to Poison

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• Wizard
  • Active Skills
    • Hydra
      • Greatly increased the amount of Hydra attacks per cast
      • Attack Speed now affects how fast each Hydra head attacks
      • Weapon damage reduced from 195% to 105%
      • Skill Rune - Arcane Hydra
        • Weapon damage reduced from 245% to 130%
      • Skill Rune - Blazing Hydra
        • Damage dealt over time no longer scales with Attack Speed
        • Weapon damage reduced from 185% to 100%
      • Skill Rune - Frost Hydra
        • Weapon damage reduced from 275% to 135%
      • Skill Rune - Lightning Hydra
        • Weapon damage reduced from 305% to 135%
      • Skill Rune - Mammoth Hydra
        • Weapon damage reduced from 400% to 295%

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• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that prevented players from being healed by Life per Kill when an enemy was killed by a pet

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ITEMS

• Life on Hit and Life Regeneration have been increased by 25% at all levels
• Ancient items have been added to the game
  • Ancient items are more powerful versions of Legendary items
  • Ancient items roll from increased value ranges for certain affixes
  • Ancient items can now drop at Torment I or higher
    • The drop chance will increase with each Torment level
  • Any Legendary or Set item has a chance to be dropped or crafted as an Ancient item
  • Legendary or Set items purchased from Kadala have a chance to be an Ancient item
• Bottomless Potion of Fear
  • New Legendary potion
  • Fears enemies within 12 yards for 3-4 seconds on use
• Several existing Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power
  • Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.
  • Broken Crown
    • Legendary power added
      • Whenever a gem drops, a gem of the type socketed into this item also drops
        • The additional gem that is dropped will be of the same quality level as the original gem that was dropped
• Class-Specific Items
  • Demon Hunter
    • Embodiment of the Maruader
      • Philosophy note: The following changes are not intended to be a nerf to Demon Hunters or the Embodiment of the Marauder set and additional tuning may be necessary
      • Has been redesigned
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Now increases the damage of your Hatred generators by 40% for every Sentry you have active
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • Sentries now cast your Hatred spenders every time you do and deal 100% increased damage
    • Helltrapper
      • The Caltrops, Sentries, and Spike Traps summoned by this item can no longer exceed the normal cap of those skills
  • Monk
    • Monkey King's Garb
      • Philosophy note: With only some minor adjustments to supporting gear, build, and playstyle, Monks with four pieces of the updated Monkey King’s Garb should be able to match or even exceed their previous best Greater Rift time and level. With a complete optimization of the new Set bonuses, Monks should easily (or at least reliably) exceed their previous best Greater Rift time and level.
      • Has been redesigned
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Casting Cyclone Strike, Exploding Palm, Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, or Wave of Light causes a decoy to spawn that taunts nearby enemies and then explodes for 1000% weapon damage
          • Decoy explosion now deals the damage type of your highest +% Elemental Damage
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • Enemies hit by the decoy explosion take 500% more damage from your Cyclone Strike, Exploding Palm, Lashing Tail Kick, Tempest Rush, and Wave of Light abilities for 3 seconds
  • Wizard
    • Firebird's Finery
      • (6) Set Bonus
        • The infinite DoT no longer deals damage to Rift Guardians if the player gets too far away
        • Going back within the allowed range should resume the DoT damage
• New Seasonal Legendary Items
  • Note: Seasonal items will be available exclusively to Seasonal characters until the conclusion of Season 2
  • New Legendary Gems have been added
    • Esoteric Alteration
      • Gain 10% non-Physical damage reduction
      • Upgrade rank grants: +0.5% non-Physical damage reduction
      • Rank 25 unlocks: While below half Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%
    • Gem of Ease
      • Monster kills grant +1,000 experience
        • This is multiplied by the difficulty multiplier
        • This is intended to be an exorbitant amount of experience for a low level character
        • For example:
          • A level 1 monster grants 40 experience
          • A level 55 monster grants 8,700 experience
          • A level 60 monster grants 18,700 experience
      • Upgrade rank grants: +1 experience per kill
      • Rank 25 unlocks: Level requirement reduced to 1
    • Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
      • Regenerates 10,000 Life per Second
      • Upgrade rank grants: +1000 Life per Second
      • Rank 25 unlocks: After not taking damage for 4 seconds, gain an absorb shield for 200% of your total Life per Second
  • Class-Specific Items
    • Crusader
      • Belt of the Trove
        • New Legendary Belt
        • Every 6-8 seconds, Bombardment is cast on a random nearby enemy
    • Demon Hunter
      • Odyssey's End
        • New Legendary Bow
        • Enemies snared by Entangling Shot take 20-25% more damage from all sources
    • Wizard
      • Ranslor's Folly
        • New Legendary Bracers
        • Energy Twister periodically pulls in an enemy within 30 yards
          • An enemy can only be pulled in this way once every 5 seconds
        • Note: These are currently still using the place holder name "Energy Twister Bracers"
    • Several existing class-specific Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power
      • Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.
      • Barbarian
        • The Undisputed Champion
          • Legendary power added
            • Frenzy gains the effect of every rune
      • Monk
        • Gungdo Gear
          • Legendary power added
            • Exploding Palm's on-death explosion applies Exploding Palm
      • Witch Doctor
        • Wormwood
          • Legendary power added
            • Locust Swarm is cast on a nearby enemy every second
            • Now rolls with +20-25% Poison skill damage as one of its four primary affixes
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that allowed damage from Gem of Efficacious Toxin to be reflected back onto the player
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the damage bonus from Bane of the Trapped from being applied to enemies that are Blinded or Charmed
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Invigorating Gemstone from correctly reducing your damage taken while Frozen or Blind
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Invigorating Gemstone from correctly healing you when you are hit by a Blind effect

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ACHIEVEMENTS

• Season 2 Conquests have been added
• The Lord of Bells is no longer required to complete "You're Not The Boss Of Me"

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ADVENTURE MODE

• The New Tristram town hub now has an improved layout
  • Note: The changes apply to Adventure Mode only
• Whimsydale is now more rewarding
• Bounties & Events
  • Bounties that were disabled after Patch 2.1.0 have been re-enabled
  • The following events have received several changes, including changes to their completion requirements
    • A Miner's Gold
    • The Jar of Souls
    • The Matriarch's Bones
    • The Miser's Will
    • The Scavenged Scabbard
  • Clear the Barracks
    • Changes have been made to the first floor of The Barracks to make it easier to locate the second floor
• Nephalem Rifts
  • Players can no longer resurrect at checkpoint
  • Players now resurrect at corpse after a delay
    • The respawn timer will increase with every death
  • The amount of Gold and Experience awarded upon completion of a Greater Rift has been increased
    • Known Issue: Greater Rifts from level 26 on are currently more rewarding than intended and will be adjusted
  • Many maps have received changes to the way their layouts can be generated for Nephalem and Greater Rifts
  • Monsters
    • Monster density has been increased in several Greater and Nephalem Rifts
    • Monster damage in Greater Rifts level 26 and higher has been reduced
    • The following Rift Guardians have received several changes; they should less be frustrating, but still dangerous
      • Bloodmaw
        • Bloodmaw presented an unchallenging and unfair fight due to a combination of one-shot damaging abilities, stuns, and AoE damage. His Leap attack has been modified to address these concerns, but will trigger more often to make the fight feel more dynamic.
      • Erethon
        • Erethon has received minor changes to his dash attack. The AoE element has been replaced with a ranged attack to give more challenge to ranged characters.
      • Rime
        • Rime was an unfair opponent for melee players. The fight has been restructured so that his AoE can no longer overlap and the duration of each has been reduced. In addition, his ranged attack should be more threatening to ranged characters.
  • Pylons
    • Shield Pylon
      • Now reflects damage back to attackers
    • Speed Pylon
      • Duration has been increased from 30 seconds to 1 minute
      • Now knocks enemies into the air and deals damage to them
      • Now breaks Waller for the full duration
  • Realm of Trials
    • The time between waves has been shortened
    • Minor changes have been made to the types of monsters that can spawn
    • Rewards now scale based upon the rank of the Keystone you receive
    • Keystone of Trials no longer plays the Legendary item sound, or displays the Legendary item minimap icon when dropped
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that allowed Follower skills to be changed while in a Greater Rift

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FOLLOWERS

• Templar
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that caused Inspire to grant an incorrect amount of Wrath regeneration

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MONSTERS

• The Extra Health and Vampiric monster affixes have been removed from the game
• Anarch
  • Maximum dash range has been reduced
  • Now has a short dash that will be used at close range
• Corrupted Angel
  • Maximum dash range has been reduced
  • Unholy Shield has been removed
• Inferno Zombie
  • Reduced this monsters XP, damage and survivability to bring it in line with other zombies
• Punisher
  • Maximum leap range has been reduced
  • Stun duration has been reduced
• Treasure Goblins
  • New Treasure Goblins have been added to the game
    • Be on the lookout for the Jewel Hoarder, the Blood Thief, the Odious Collector, and another Malevolent little bugger
    • The new Treasure Goblins can only be found in Adventure Mode
  • Now always appear in front of a portal
  • Now have a special minimap icon
  • Now only drop their best loot on Torment I difficulty or above
  • Some changes have been made to the way Treasure Goblins try to escape

Diablo III – What’s Next?:
From 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. PST on Friday, November 7, join us at the Panel Stage in Hall A for Diablo III – What’s Next. In this you’ll get a first look at some of the features and concepts we’re working on for future Diablo III patches, including a taste of new loot, upcoming balance changes, and a few… mischievous surprises.

Led by game director Josh Mosqueira, lead designer Kevin Martens, senior technical designer Wyatt Cheng, and senior game designer Jonny Ebbert, this is a panel Diablo III fans won’t want to miss it!

Evolving Reaper of Souls:
Our second panel runs on Saturday, November 8 from 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. PST, and if items are your passion, this will definitely pique your interest! In Evolving Reaper of Souls, we’re taking a retrospective look at the past and how it has impacted the future of item design in Diablo III.

Kevin Martens and Josh Mosqueira will be joined by game designer Travis Day to discuss how our philosophies have changed and all the lessons we’ve learned throughout the development and launch of both Diablo III and Reaper of Souls. Not to mention, we’ll also be revealing some upcoming Legendary and Set items!

Don’t Forget the Legendary Workshop!
But that’s not all! As an added bonus for our Evolving Reaper of Souls panel, we’re bringing a few lucky attendees on stage during the panel on Saturday to jam on item design live from BlizzCon, developing our second-ever community Legendary.

[UPCOMING HOTFIXES]

Bounties:

The following Bounties have been disabled
The Matriarch's Bones
The Jar of Souls
The Miser's Will
A Miner's Gold
For more information on this change, please refer to our philosophy post

[LIVE HOTFIXES]

General:
The drop rate for Bounty-specific Legendaries has been drastically increased and scales based on game difficulty (9/3)
The Cesspools should less frequently spawn enemies immediately at the start of the level (9/3)

Greater Rifts:
The drop rate for Key of Trials has been significantly increased (9/3)
The amount of Blood Shards that drop in Greater Rifts has been increased; this number scales based off the tier of the Greater Rift completed (9/3)
The Cesspools will no longer spawn in Greater Rifts (9/3)
Note that they still have a chance to spawn in regular Nephalem Rifts

Items:
Boon of the Hoarder should now work correctly when your pet kills an enemy (9/3)

Greetings, nephalem!

We're pleased to announce that our first Diablo III Season is scheduled to begin this Friday, August 29th. To ensure the roll-out process goes as smoothly as possible for all players, we're planning both a delayed and staggered release, with different gameplay regions launching the season at different times after patch 2.1.0 ships.

For reference, below are the current launch times for Season 1:

Asia: 9:00 a.m. PDT (1:00 a.m. KST, UTC +9)
Europe: 12:00 p.m. PDT (9:00 p.m. CEST, UTC +2)
Americas: 6:00 p.m. PDT (UTC -10)

For time zone assistance, visit: http://everytimezone.com/
To learn more about Seasons, visit: http://bit.ly/1rBFf9D

Please note that these times are tentative and subject to change. If they do, we will be sure to update this thread.

Thanks!

Hey everyone!

Patch 2.1.0 is on its way, and we wanted to give you all a quick heads up about the size of this patch and the anticipated time required to fully apply it.

While the patch itself is not very large (300 MB), it will be making several changes to the game files stored on your computer. As a result, the “Applying Patch” phase may take up to 30 minutes to finish once the patch has been downloaded.

We apologize for any inconvenience, and look forward to seeing you in Sanctuary soon!

UPDATE 7:00 p.m. PDT:

Leaderboards have been reset and Seasonal heroes can be created. If you didn't have the chance to participate in PTR Season 1, click here to learn how to create a Seasonal character for PTR Season 2: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13508320809

Please note that we've discovered a known issue with Seasonal Leaderboard data. More information can be found here: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13733483374?page=6#117

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UPDATE 6:15 p.m. PDT:

PTR Season 1 has successfully closed and maintenance has concluded. PTR Season 2 is now live. A server-wide message will appear once new Seasonal heroes can be created (so keep your eyes peeled).

In addition, we will be wiping all Leaderboards and Personal Best Records in approximately 30 minutes.

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Hello everyone,

At approximately 2:00 p.m. PT today, we will be closing "Season 1" on the PTR. Leading up to the end of the Season, all PTR participants who are in a Seasonal game will receive a 30 minute countdown. When the countdown ends, all Seasonal games will be immediately closed and the current Season will be over.

PTR Season 1 Roll-Over:

After PTR Season 1 has ended, the Season roll-over will begin. During the roll-over, your Seasonal heroes, inventory, shared stash, and Paragon experience will be transferred to your non-Seasonal profile.

Normal heroes, inventory, shared stash, and Paragon experience will transfer to your Normal non-Seasonal profile. Similarly, Hardcore heroes, inventory, shared stash, and Paragon experience will transfer to your Hardcore non-Seasonal profile.

• Heroes: At the end of a Season, your Seasonal heroes will become non-Seasonal heroes. They will appear in your normal roster. Any items, equipped or in the hero’s inventory, will roll-over with the hero itself.
• Shared Stash: Items in your Seasonal heroes’ shared stash will be mailed to your Normal/Hardcore non-Seasonal profile. These items can be retrieved by entering a game on any non-Seasonal hero and clicking on the mail icon located in the lower left of your screen.
• Currency: Gold will be automatically transferred from your Seasonal profile to your non-Seasonal profile. Ditto for http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13733483374?page=3#42" class="bml-link-url2">Blood Shards</a>.
• Paragon Experience: Paragon experience earned during a Season will transfer over directly without any additional involvement required from players. All Paragon experience will transfer, with experience gained by Normal Seasonal heroes going to the account’s Normal non-Seasonal profile, and experience gained by Hardcore Seasonal characters going to the account’s Hardcore non-Seasonal profile. (Note: Non-Paragon experience will not transfer.)
• Artisans and Crafting Plans: If your Seasonal Artisans are a higher level than your non-Seasonal Artisans, their level will transfer at the end of the season to your non-Seasonal profile. Any recipes you have on your Seasonal Artisans that are not available to your non-Seasonal Artisans will be transferred as well.

If you experience any issues with the roll-over, please let us know in this thread, and provide as many details as possible. The more information we have, the better we’ll be able to identify and address the core problem.

PTR Season 2 Pre-Season:

Approximately 2 hours after PTR Season 1 concludes (around 4:00 p.m. PT), we'll take the PTR down for a short maintenance. This maintenance is anticipated to last for roughly 1 to 2 hours.

Once maintenance ends and the PTR is brought back online, PTR Season 2 will be in what’s called "pre-season." During this pre-season phase:

• Heroes: You will not be able to create Seasonal heroes or play Seasonal games.
• Achievements: All PTR Season 1 achievements will be wiped. However, you will still be able to view your Seasonal achievement point total and completed Conquests in your hero Profile.
• Leaderboards: All Leaderboard and Personal Best records from PTR Season 1 will still be viewable in both the Profile and Leaderboard screens.

PTR Season 2 Begins:

Sometime after 5:30 p.m. PT, PTR Season 2 will begin and all PTR participants will receive an in-game notification. At this time, Seasonal heroes and Seasonal games can be created. In addition, the Seasonal shared stash, Paragon experience, currency, artisans, achievements, leaderboards, and Personal Best records will all be reset.

If you didn't have the chance to participate in PTR Season 1, click here to learn how to create a Seasonal character for PTR Season 2: <a href="http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/13508320809

Please note that all times provided are estimate and subject to change.