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Patch day!

Patch day indeed, hope we get some cool new fixes to go with the cheese.

Yup, patch day. Some are preparing their party hat while others are preparing their pitchfork. I can tell that my the party hat is already ready.

Same!

🤶

Super hyped!!!

Lol I only hope they can keep up the little nook and cranny exploration across all 3 acts once they release. I like that exploration is somewhat rewarded in this game. Not all stuff you find is especially worth it, but it is still possible to find stuff you missed now and then. I am just kind of wanting to see how they implement the other subclasses and such. We are missing quite a lot of PHB subclasses still, especially for cleric and wizard. Another change I hope to see coming is class restrictions on spell learning. Overall I love the game, I just want the icing on said cake now really. reactions and class restrictions on learning from spell scrolls are a big-ish thing for me . I mean it doesn't have to be solasta reactions per se. Just give us more control about what we can react to. E.g. blocking attacks for partymembers next to us if carrying a shield. And using shield spell to block incoming attacks and stopping spells with counter spell . its not too much I ask I think.

Same!
And a mug of mulled wine, since it's very cold here today.

I’m whetting my pitchfork as we speak, but its only fair to try the new build before going pokey-pokey. We’ll have a better idea of why Swen Vincke is the antichrist by this weekend.

Sounds delightful!

I'm genuinely excited! I at least hope I'll be able to download the patch in time to play around with character creation and make my paladin, since it'll be evening for me and the game takes forever to download due to size. I have my issues with the game, but maybe because I don't have particular reverence for either the original games or 5e as a system, a lot of stuff doesn't actually bother me that much as I play. It's unlikely to make it to my list of favorite games, but I'm having fun with it and I think it's gonna be genuinely enjoyable, even if I'm skeptical about it being the all time great crpg experience a lot of people have called it.

Also @melivysilverroot I believe I stumbled upon your YouTube channel. I really enjoy what I've seen there. My sorcerer playthrough last month was my favorite, and tour videos have made me even more excited to play my Seldarine drow paladin once this patch drops.

Patch day! I hope I can finally fulfill my dream of creating a Sussur Salami!

I wish I have low expectations like that too

Can't wait for the PFH. That said it is sad that they choose to do it during the 1/2 final of the worldcup.

From what I can tell, the PfH starts an hour before the game. The important stuff will probably have been said before kickoff.

But then you'll miss Swen fumbling to show off new features live by having terrible rolls.

Decisions ... decisions.

I'll add that to the list of his antichrist-like qualities.

Wait, is the patch definitely going out today? In past PfH they announce the patch, and then it takes up to a week (or two) for the actual patch to release. Did they announce otherwise this time?

No? Patch gets always release during the PfH. Week before they used to post steam warning about save compatibility. I don't think we got it this time (am not on steam) but we did get early blog update in November.

unless you are on Mac, then the patch generally gets released a bit later. This was already mentioned in the pre-patch release post.

"Patch 9 will be live for Mac OS a bit later, as our teams are working on some final troubleshooting."

I know they always describe and talk up the patch during PfH. The PfH is about the next patch, but there is often a lag of a few days after the PfH before the patch is actually put out on the servers. I was just wondering if we had some official reason to believe otherwise for this one.

To be fair, I have not played the last few patches, so maybe they are faster about it now.

We did!

As I recall, the last few patches dropped alongside the pfh. I can't find any official word stating so explicitely, though.