In preparation for today's release, I'm re-opening this thread for discussion of the impending balance changes.
I suspect this will not be followed to the letter, but to direct continuing discussion for the remainder of this thread:
- I cannot promise that there will be subsequent balance changes at all. Additional balance work will be done as time permits.
- Any balance work I engage in will almost certainly be revisions/adjustments to 1.4.1 balance changes. It is highly unlikely I will be doing balance work on content that was not touched by 1.4.1. So for instance, if 1.4.1 did not buff/nerf <Example Weapon A>, then I probably will not be making said changes to it in follow-up hotfixes either.
- As such, I'd ask that discussion should related to changes made in 1.4.1, and feedback relating to them or any urgent follow-up tweaks that may need to be made on them.
Much like with the 1.4 release, bug reporting, logging forum reports, and retesting fixes internally is my primary work focus, and will always come first over balance work. Both responding in this thread, and whether or not I make any further adjustments will be based on how much my time allows.
So, with that said, in the chance that this is the last time I make any changes, I want to to thank you all for your feedback. I didn't necessarily agree with all of it, and some of it that I did agree with, I wasn't able to change, but there are a substantial number of changes in my list that were made due to inspiration and discussion from this thread, and a number of changes I was on the fence about, but was convinced due to well-spoken arguments in favor from the posters here. So thank you all for your participation, and I look forward to your response and feedback on the 1.4.1 changes!
(See you all later today! I'll be posting the balance changes in this thread, as well as the standard changelog thread!)