PTR is back up. I have a post here to address some of the fixes and changes.
Has the issue with live-to-PTR copying been resolved?
This is confirmed updated and fixed. Iāve also included this in the list for the 3/11 update for clarity and confirmation.
Great, thanks.
Honestly I think ss26 will be a boring season again. Nothing new is here except legendary gems can be socketed on armors. In my opinion, reworking the gameplay, items set like Tragoul avatar, Tal rasha is gonna have more fun
Are you sure about that? You might want to see this. 
Thanks for your update. But, I mean nothing new is on at season 26 if everything wonāt be changed from now. Echoing nightmares just like the Trial about 6 or 7 years ago. Buffing Raekor set and Nerf Fire ally monk, it is so boring. Why dev donāt remake the set items like Tragoul Avatar or Talā Rashaā¦
Please bring back soul shards or let us insert level 25 gems in armors. What we have now, echoing nightmares, itās really not a new thing. I am glad itās included, but itās not exciting as soul shards were. I feel the season 26 is going to be underwhelming.
This game is ten year old and I donāt think many people played it anymore. So I donāt understand why blizzard is so restrictive with D3. What do blizzard have to lose besides more players. I get that they wonāt add new contents, but why not bring back changes that they already made like soul shards, fourth cube slot, etc.
Still canāt get in since yesterday. Error 1011
Iāve very liked the season, where you can cube 4 itemsā¦ not much change but has a huge possibility. Make it ārealā!! 
I have to agree with others, Iām not impressedā¦ changes with maps and closing rifts OKā¦ new game mode survival bounty rift looks boring compared with shadow clones who were part of GRā¦ some dmg bonus ? last season with new gems was a little muchā¦ season 24 was greatā¦ there was dmg bonus, something to collect, idea with a rare weapon that u want to findā¦ not a social experiment where you lock yourself in a room with friendsā¦ almost no changes in sets 
ā¦ otherwise the barb that plays the petanque with the stone looks really awfulā¦ a lot of runes look great but it makes no sense to use them and thatās a shameā¦
Tried a simple Invoker setup using punish and comparing it with slash.
The 2 piece bonus of thorns damage hitting all enemies around a 15 yard radius does not proc with punish or slash.
Punish seems to have better overall damage, but only for a single target whilst slash hits everything within the arc, but with lower damage and less damage reduction.
Just bring back Etherals or keep the gems we have now. I mean great we have something to get xp quicker but still takes forever. The gear that drops is still lack luster at the end of echoing. Etherals gave me something to search for and was fun to actually get even if it didnāt have the right talent. Your endgame system does nothing for average player imo. And why do we still not have a system to auto pickup matts like really not that hard to write into game?
The lack of set changes is a disappointment. Please reconsider some further changes to multiple classes. Letās get some variety as we go into season 26 please.
The levelling of experience is very fast as I level from expert mode level 48 to level 70 Paragon 26 in less than 30 minutes by using 5 petrified screams in echoing nightmare.
Well after pretty complete testing im already bored with the new season on test and i will say im average for daily play time. New gr changes are nice but echos become boring as hell and with nothing else to go after new in the loot hunt this season will be dead as a doornail in 2 weeks after launch. Please add something like etherials or hell anything to hunt after
Yupp, the best sesons were the ones that made us to hunt after items. This is the heart and soul of the game after all. Not some gimicky effect, or silly dungeon.
They should go with the idea of the items that drop only being the same ones you are wearing. Would basically be like rerolls without material costs and better than just o here are some random legendaries cause you know, those never appear.
When will s26 end? Good to know when to come back 