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Any plans to tweak the Drunken Master monk? It's by far my favorite subclass thematically, but so many of the abilities seem under tuned and fragile... intoxicating Strike having no meaningful interactions or payoffs for 3 levels, Life of the party being both bugged (stacking infinitely out of combat) but then useless in combat - being lost if attacked (not hit, just attacked) and being anti-synergy with redirect attack, Sobering Realisation getting rid of Life of the Party too (though this makes somewhat more sense)...

It just feels like there are quite a few undertuned actions compared to the other monk subclasses, but even without the comparison, it's low impact and could do with a bit of a gentle redesign to make it less punishing.

hey when will the next wave of invites be?

Hi I’m a huge fan of this game and am currently testing patch 8. I would love to try the cross platform but none of my friends have access to it. What’s the possibility of me being able to get more codes for steam as to fully test the cross platform. Thank you

I recently got into the stress test for PS5 and have a few questions.

1. Will any updates to the stress test result in my current saves going wonky?

2. What about when the patch goes live? Will my saves from the stress test carry over or will I have to start fresh?

3. Would it cause any problems to load up previous saves from prior to getting into the stress test?

4. My understanding is that a big goal for this test is to try out the cross play option. I don't personally know anyone involved in the stress test. Is there a place on the forums to find people who want to do get online together?

5. I'm loving the new photo-mode, especially because I'm a pervert who like to get the characters naked and put them into suggestive poses that would not be allowed on YouTube. With that in mind, I'm wondering; would it be permissible to upload videos like that to a porn site, or if that'd be seen as a violation of The Pact a.k.a. EULA?

A Big Thank you to everyone at Larian for the creation of this awesome game and the opportunity to try out the new Patch ahead of it's full release.

May Peace and Grooviness Be With You

Hello, we'd be happy to answer these questions!

1. No, your saves should remain compatible.

2. Your saves in the Patch 8 stress test should continue to work with the full release!

3. You should have no issue loading previous Patch 7 saves in Patch 8 once it is released.

4. We have a Discord server and a #patch-8-lfg channel where players can chat with each other and try out cross-play! Link: https://discord.gg/larianstudios

5. Glad to hear you're enjoying photo mode. However, we suggest you check out our Fan Content Policy for an answer on that!

Thanks,
The Larian Community Team

just to be clear, the key word here is "should"

what actually happens after it goes live is very much a guess based on [limited] testing