"Festive buffs" - what does it mean?

I just read https://news.blizzard.com/en-gb/diablo2 ... iday-event

Blizzard seems to be a little unprecise about the true nature of the buffs they apply. I got it so far that a certain TZ will be active the whole day - or did i get something wrong?
Maybe you can share some "harder facts" about this event

Yep, today is cow level. Doesn't seem to make it any better tho. Still kinda lousy spot to grind

This event is epic!!! It means I have to reroll every single RW into perfect bases which we all will find.

I finally logged into game and did !!! ONE COW RUN !!! - 5mins of playing game

Terrorized zone lvl 94, p1, ladder, MF 6%

Lets check what I found
no super awesome, but better than average Large Charm Can anybody confirm those GG drops or was I just super lucky?

2nd run, first cow pack killed

It was first pala shield i found today

Actualy, i found a soj today in trav but i think it has nothing to do with the event. But maybe this 25% global bonus mf did it...

The Flash wrote: 2 years ago

Can anybody confirm those GG drops or was I just super lucky?

Super lucky, I'd say! I ran maybe 10 cows and all I found are 2 ethereal polearms (but no socket/not superior).

Then again I have a little MF (

Shako and stuff), so I'm finding less bases.

My best rune in 6 runs was

Amn ; no jewels, charms or bases worth mentioning; also a

Cranebeak and

Stormshield... lol

Nothing particularly valuable for me but pretty rare mid-level uniques have been dropping at a high rate. I also got a

Cranebeak lol

today's buff is that the tz changes every 15 min

Well that's annoying

found a

Lem rune XD in

Flayer Jungle

Amd098 wrote: 2 years ago

today's buff is that the tz changes every 15 min

pls read with understanding, new buff makes tz to change every 15mins, its not today's - whole morning there was tz in cows only

The Flash wrote: 2 years ago

This event is epic!!! It means I have to reroll every single RW into perfect bases which we all will find.

I finally logged into game and did !!! ONE COW RUN !!! - 5mins of playing game

Terrorized zone lvl 94, p1, ladder, MF 6%

Lets check what I found


no super awesome, but better than average Large Charm


Can anybody confirm those GG drops or was I just super lucky?

i find it difficult to believe you.

imnotamessiah wrote: 2 years ago

Amd098 wrote: 2 years ago

today's buff is that the tz changes every 15 min

pls read with understanding, new buff makes tz to change every 15mins, its not today's - whole morning there was tz in cows only

He's not wrong. That is today's buff.
Cows was yesterday's buff.

"today" merely isn't something that starts targeted at midnight (and even if it were, obviously not for everyone, seeing how it is globally synched). Switches at 11am PST each day.

Though I find it hard to call today's a "buff", seeing how a 15 minute cycle is just stupidly annoying.

Blubbalutsch wrote: 2 years ago

But maybe this 25% global bonus mf did it...

Where'd you get that from?

Not getting any bonus MF here, neither yesterday nor today.

today until 17 o'clock CET i had cows only on asian server

15 minute cycle, what an idiotic idea, and they call this a holiday special

imnotamessiah wrote: 2 years ago

Amd098 wrote: 2 years ago

today's buff is that the tz changes every 15 min

pls read with understanding, new buff makes tz to change every 15mins, its not today's - whole morning there was tz in cows only

buffs rotate at 11am pst, so yesterday's was cow. today at 11am pst, they did the tz rotating every 15min. tomorrow 11am pst they will have something else

15 minutes per zone... and here I thought 1 hour was way too short.

cows one was alright but this 15 mins thing is terrible.. barely get any runs in.