Grim Misadventure #152: Dressed to Slay

[ChthonicSonic]

Am I only one here who can’t wait to see next patch notes?

No, you’re not the only one.

But if Zantai’s teasing means the patch is near and the following from the dev streams is still true

Forthcoming Forgotten Gods expac - what we know so far Part II

drazac:What is Crate’s stance on class imbalances. Where certain builds wreak Crucible 170, while others, with BiS gear can barely do 150. To be specific, compare Drain Essence with AAR
Zantai_GD :Imbalances like that are a matter of you guys bringing it to our attention. We’re not going to literally play every build that exists and balance them. I can tell you that Arcanist is actually seeing a few changes in the next patch which will hit probably around the time the expansion comes out. That will rebalance the skills across the board for Arcanist. Particularly Aether Ray as well.

Forthcoming Forgotten Gods expac - what we know so far Part II

alex99999213: Are we gonna get patch before expac?
Zantai_GD :Probably. I’m not sure how we’ll do the release schedule on that, but patch 1.0.7.0 is going to be a balance patch. It is going to come probably before, or shortly before, the Forgotten Gods expansion is released and that’s going to apply to all versions of the game: base game, Ashes of Malmouth and Forgotten Gods.

Forthcoming Forgotten Gods expac - what we know so far Part II

drazac :will patch 1.0.0.7 be release close to the release of Forgotten Gods, or will it be release in this year
Zantai_GD :1.0.7.0 will probably fall next year, but we’ll see

then that would imply the expansion is very near as well.
I can’t imagine the patch and the expansion will be out in the first weeks of January, although I won’t object if they will.