Are we done with major patches?

[heldred]

I'm contemplating one more run, but before I start anything I want to make sure the "major patches" are over.  I think the additional content is done (thank you), but I was wondering if any final balancing was going to be tackled?  

 

In short, are we looking at the final product (outside of bugs)?  

 

[Verde]

This is only speculation but I've already encountered one serious bug in the new patch (super loud Drake wings at digsite) and I'm reading about new and preexisting bugs...so I think at least one or two more will be needed.

[msyoung]

I did not encounter that drake wing sound, it was normal. So either it has been fixed or it might depend on your game setup. I am playing Path of the Damned with a full party.

[Verde]

I did not encounter that drake wing sound, it was normal. So either it has been fixed or it might depend on your game setup. I am playing Path of the Damned with a full party.

Just started a new game on Veteran today.

[xzar_monty]

There is another instance of super loud drake wings, outside the ruins of Poko Kohara. The drake will be heard very loud the moment you enter the area.

[DaylenAmell]

I did not encounter that drake wing sound, it was normal. So either it has been fixed or it might depend on your game setup. I am playing Path of the Damned with a full party.

 

I encountered it twice in my newest playthrough so far, once in the digsite and once in the Poko Kohara desert. I'm playing PotD with a full party with all scaling only upward and Galawain's Challenge.

Edited January 15, 2019 by DaylenAmell

[Purudaya]

There is another instance of super loud drake wings, outside the ruins of Poko Kohara. The drake will be heard very loud the moment you enter the area.

 

Same thing happens when Llengrath boards your ship.

 

OP, it looks like they're adding a turn-based mode and some UI changes, so I would expect at least one more "big" patch. They still have another god challenge to add as well.

Edited January 15, 2019 by Purudaya

[Fenixp]

PoE II has a Switch release, which I imagine may bring a bunch of updates to the main game as well

[Frak]

It all depends on how you define 'major'.

 

Some new subclasses are broken (arcane archer, forbidden fist, maybe bellower) and I call that pretty major. So no, I hope we are not done with major patches.

[protopersona]

There is still one more god challenge to be added, and the turn based mode that was leaked with last patch. As Frak mentioned already some elements of the game such as a few new subclasses could use a balance pass as well. I think at least one more major patch is coming.

[InsaneCommander]

I think the new turn based mode will require an extra patch later. There will probably be things to fix there, no matter how hard they work on it now.

[protopersona]

To me a major patch is a feature patch. Fixing bugs and issues is a minor patch. So it wouldn't be the last patch, just the last big patch.

[Verde]

I wonder if the Drake sound has to do with Galawains challenge? Not that it's more challenging just one of the most annoying sounds ever hhah.

[house2fly]

To me a major patch is a feature patch. Fixing bugs and issues is a minor patch. So it wouldn't be the last patch, just the last big patch.

This is Obsidian, fixing bugs definitely ain't minor

[Verde]

To me a major patch is a feature patch. Fixing bugs and issues is a minor patch. So it wouldn't be the last patch, just the last big patch.

Tell that to poor Palle who's spending her time standing in the ocean :/

[Purudaya]

I wonder if the Drake sound has to do with Galawains challenge? Not that it's more challenging just one of the most annoying sounds ever hhah.

 

Not using Galawain's challenge, still get the drake sound. And yes, it's one of the most annoying sounds ever.