They are so communicative that they did not even notice that their announcment of patch 2 is broken.
I think they made that thread inaccessible on purpose as damage control. The technical threads have been blowing up with complaints about patch 2.
That’s pretty much exactly the opposite of what I was praising Larian for in my previous post. It’s not great, but I’d rather point out the positive aspects of Larian’s communication and request more of that than harp on failures.
This is a critical time for communication. Larian want to avoid backlash and the reputation of releasing unfinished games, especially if Patch 2 breaks BG3 for a lot of players. It looks like the strategy is to batten down the hatches and release a fix as fast as possible.
In this instance, Larian are opting for control over transparency; in that sense they are just another company. Still, they undeniably stand by verifiable principles (microtransactions, choosing not to release yet on Xbox). So maybe they could be coaxed into transparency because what used to be coy silence during early access (no spoilers, tee hee) now looks like obfuscation with regards to a released product.
I’m sure Larian will put out a statement about patch 2 (they might have done so already, I take a while to write). I would encourage them to not wait for the hotfix to be ready.
