for all we know, the +100HP to chest is back to normal !
the change in mats have been there for quite a while just that nobody ever noticed, i presume. cause on my live server the +100hp to chest already has only 2 small brilliant shard as mats !
as for the rest, we'll know soon...
blizzard downloader just picked up the 3.1 patch for download.
meaning its ready for action, probably going live this tuesday !
i might be wrong on this, might just be a prepatch, but even there prepatching means its ready !