Originally Posted by Uncle Lester
Originally Posted by Asseronia
Sometimes I really disappointed by people (or trolls?) complaining about updates frown Larian was super clear about what EA is, and why you should wait if you want a polished product.
The game is huge and I expect that EA will be for 1,5 year (but again - this is only a guess) - and during that time I believe that we could expect 3 or 4 patches related to changes to the game.
So it would be like a patch every 3 - 4 months - and in my eyes, it seems realistic and healthy. We could iterate on bigger changes than small fixes.


I'd say this is conservative. We know that during EA, "big" stuff will be added: classes, races, companions... and I think some other "major" features were teased. We don't know whether all of classes, for example, are going to be added during EA or when 1.0 ships, but I'd lean towards the former as those things need to be extensively playtested. I think a big patch with new things and/or substantial changes would be reasonable to expect every 2 months or so. Whether it has anything to do with reality remains to be seen...

Don't forget that for the entirety of the early access period only the first act of the game will be available.
There's a limited amount of 'new' content that can be added to one secluded part of the game. Many of the major patches that'll get added during the early access period will mostly contain system changes, revamped encounters/dialogue and other similar additions.
Of course they're also add new classes, races and possibly companions during development, but that's mostly for feedback/QA purposes, not just to add them because they are complete. When I read some of the posts about the EA release schedule I have a feeling that some people are under the impression that the entire game is going to be gradually added to the EA version until the entire game magically becomes playable. This is most certainly not how things will unfold.