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u/Scarno7 19d ago
I don't want them to test for bugs.
Also, I don't want any bugs.
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u/pm_me_anus_photos 19d ago
I would like (1) bug, allowing me to steal all of the inventory of a merchant and their money using the backpacks.
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u/Bluejoy_78 18d ago
You can do that now.
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u/AbaddonArts 17d ago
I believe they mean that they don't want it to be removed in the next patch, so even though it's available now, it should also be available in P8 rather than not.
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u/OkSalt6173 18d ago
Would help if they fixed some of the combat bugs present currently...
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u/DarkNoctum 18d ago
There's still combat bugs? Which ones?
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u/thesleepylobster 18d ago
Gortash can infinite restore his health using his ability in honor mode. Last time he kept powering up and nobody was even moving , just in the corner slamming the ground on repeat
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u/Specialist-Serve-755 18d ago
The only one I've noticed is the AI taking too long to actually take its turn
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u/OkSalt6173 18d ago
Abjuration Wizard doesnt gain charges from the Shield spell.
Elemental Master Feats do not prevent rolls of 1.
Polearm Master's Clout attack does not benefit from weapon effects.
Just a few, but there are more. I havent played in a while but I always check patch notes to see if these are fixed, and so far have not been.
I just want the text to be accurate.
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u/Oniyuki89 19d ago
Balancing the new subclasses is probably taking some time. Can you imagine if they accidentally let something too broken get through and the backlash from players when they remove it?
Not to mention the crossplay. I imagine that isn’t something super easy to get working well. I don’t remember if Larian’s other games were fully crossplay compatible between consoles and pc.
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u/JoeTheKodiakCuddler 19d ago
Can you imagine if they accidentally let something too broken get through
*side eyes sword bard* Nope.
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u/Physical_Device_1396 18d ago
glances at tavern brawler monk
Perish the thought
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u/duskfinger67 18d ago
Bring back stat requirements to multi-class!
(Obviously don’t, it makes the game so much more fun, but it would pretty quickly fix many of the broken builds)
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u/KyberWolf_TTV 17d ago
cough Battle Master fighter (no it is not your turn yet, I still have 9 attacks that will disarm and undress your allies on round 1)
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u/Oniyuki89 19d ago
If they “fix” swords bard or slashing flourish range I shall be greatly disappointed. Might not even start a new playthrough for a week or two. Unless patch 8 drops.
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u/Sponsor4d_Content 19d ago
Wait, this has to be sarcasm, right? Larian's never cared too much about balance.
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u/HonestCartographer21 18d ago
Dungeons and Dragons has has never cared about balance
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u/LordAlfrey 18d ago
God has has never cared much about balance
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u/KyberWolf_TTV 17d ago
Just look at humans compared to the next smartest thing. The most powerful animal is probably a T-rex, but what is a T-rex to splitting the atom?
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u/LordAlfrey 17d ago
Human meta is too strong, other classes haven't really been viable competitors for millennia and this is reflected in the player base's class choices
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u/Rabbitknight 14d ago
Ant is a really strong contender, they're not flashy but it's just so damn reliable.
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u/Limp-Day-97 17d ago
honestly hard disagree, it's kind of crazy how every military strategy has viable counters
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u/Ill-Description3096 18d ago
Honestly it's a SP game, if something is overturned it really doesn't matter that much. It's not like there is a crazy challenge as-is.
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u/LocoMachoNachoMan 18d ago
Crossplay and photo mode would require more work and is more likely to be the reason behind the time it takes to finish the patch up.
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u/DealWhole7056 18d ago
Crossplay should have been in the game for many years and about subclasses coming out too strong or not, who cares if a subclass comes out too strong? The game is singleplayer, it's even more fun to make the player stronger to have even more fun
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u/Eaglepursuit 19d ago
Early Access lasted 5 years. Time does not work the same for Larian as it does for players or most game studios.
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u/Solid_Conversations 19d ago
I don't know how I managed to wait off all EA and how I'm supposed to do it again with theirs next game...
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u/Raven_Dumron 18d ago
It shouldn’t happen again, fingers crossed. They’ve publicly said it was this long because COVID slowed down development. So unless any major event hits Europe/Belgium again (sigh) it should be shorter next time around.
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u/Anti_Up_Up_Down 18d ago
Don't believe that at all
I remember waiting forever on DoS2 to leave early access
This is how they operate. I'm sure the next one won't be 5 years, but I suspect it will be more than 2
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u/faizetto 18d ago
And looking at their previous games, I'd rather them making an early access too for their next game tbh, that way they can listen to the community and add what the players want, one of the reason why BG3 is a massive success is because of the feedbacks in the early access, another example of this is Hades games from Supergiant, Hades won't be as successful as it is now if not because of the players feedback in early access
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u/Raven_Dumron 18d ago
That’s actually what I meant, although I can see why my phrasing made it slightly confusing. I just meant that it shouldn’t take 5 years next time around, not that there wouldn’t be an EA altogether.
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u/Acceptable-Cunt-1300 18d ago
why are video game people like this? I feel like there was a press campaign in the mid 2000's that must have been like "oh nooooo we're so vewwy sowwey it's been so long since the last game. here's a million dollars and a bj since we took so long. video games don't take long to program at all. here have sex with my wife since we took so long. never EVER do anything else again. sequel and update progress needs your full attention at all times and any time you stop talking about the wait, work stops entirely. it's literally in our contacts."
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u/Dalekl 18d ago
That was a little much
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u/my_regular_dude 18d ago
I ve gotta say even though it was a little much he brought the point across pretty well 😅
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u/Mellied89 16d ago
Nah idk why you're getting down voted, this is exactly how I feel reading all these comments and this post.
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u/-Potatoes- 19d ago
Also keep in mind Larian is presumably dedicating most of its resources towards DOS3 (or whatever next game they have planned)
That being said the new subclasses look amazing and the wait for me is brutal too lol
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u/ElliotFrickinReed 19d ago
Someone else can totally correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they are starting with a brand new IP, and then they are going to do DOS3. Unless they can do them concurrently? Not correcting you either - just sharing what I've heard on this sub before!
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u/Kind-County9767 18d ago
Wouldn't surprise me if their next game is in progress, but that they also have design docs being worked on for dos3 after that. Planning a game like this takes an eternity.
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u/Kumkumo1 18d ago
That’s what I heard too, DoS3 is not their next game but it may be the one after. They definitely love that IP, but they said they wanted to do something entirely different for their next project.
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u/Allthenons 19d ago
Early access was from October 2020 to release in August 2023 so just under 3 years
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u/gameraven13 18d ago
Early Access lasted slightly less than 3 years, what are you smoking? EA started in October 2020 and the game full released in august 2023.
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u/Ycr1998 Bard 19d ago
Since a lot of games/updates are coming early April and those things tend to align for some reason, I'll guess early April. :D
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u/Aeroshe 19d ago
Considering I have 3 other games I play also updating early April, it would be on brand for Larian to drop Patch 8 around then as well to make sure I don't have time to play it, lol.
(FFXIV new raid tier, Last Epoch, and PoE2).
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u/ThiccQban 19d ago
Poe2 in early April? Well now I hope the patches do line up so my husband and I can be glued to our computers at the same time
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u/Aeroshe 19d ago
Yeah, patch 0.2 of beta is April 4th. Couple of new classes and a bunch of other stuff getting added.
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u/ThiccQban 19d ago
Nice! I know he really enjoyed playing the beta when it came out (almost against his will 😂) so I’m hoping it goes in the right direction for y’all.
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u/jusemoma 19d ago
The real stress test is me checking everyday if it's out already
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u/PrincesaFuracao 18d ago
Maybe the real patch 8 were the companions we ~fucked~ made along the way
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strike throughis double tildes on each side, not just one. (~~words~ ~) don't leave space on the second one, that was just to show an example without triggering the effectIdk if that was your goal but if it was i figured maybe you'd wanna know
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u/Kumkumo1 19d ago
Idk why you’re in a rush for it. From what I heard, once patch 8 is done Larian is moving on to other projects. Just let them cook it to perfection so we aren’t left with any mistakes!
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u/AlternativeEcho2098 19d ago
In all fairness, they said the same about patch 7, and here we are.
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u/noisiv_derorrim 19d ago
I’ve felt people in the community were getting real demanding and pushy with Larian around patch releases.
Not surprised if they’re not making promises or dropping future additions entirely to keep rabid fans off their back.
Edit: As in, we’re lucky to even get a Patch 8
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u/lazyzefiris 18d ago
"Perfection" and Baldur's Gate 3, where even such basic functionality as doors (that you have to close and open again to be able to shoot through), extra attacks (that get stolen if you start fight in turn based mode), throwing weapons (not returning if you start fight with a returning weapon and stealing your XP if it's crushing damage that finishes enemy), enemy AI (such major enemies as Ethel and Z'rell just getting stuck doing nothing for entire battle in many cases) does not work properly... Yeah, dream on.
I hope we get at least something barely functional and game does not degrade into non-functional territory even more the way it does with every new patch. I used to love the game, I have 3k+ hours in it (4k+ according to Steam, but I know it's inflated to me forgetting to close the game), but "perfection" has never even flown by.
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u/Kumkumo1 18d ago
I wrote this to tell you that I read your comment, but felt no compulsion to say anything other than acknowledging I saw it.
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u/GlassSpider21 19d ago
Larian won't release it until it's ready. If you want broken things now, go try Unisoft and Bethesda 🫠
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u/seriouseyebrows Cleric 19d ago
Yea where's my free content! Where is the extra stuff that I didn't pay for! Where are the extra classes that could easily be DLC and cost $20+ that I'm getting for free for no reason other than larian is a great studio and treats their player base amazing!
Girl chill it'll be here soon.
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u/walkirius147 18d ago
So, basically all of their acions rn serve a purpose.
Since Larian is prolly gonna move most of its team towards a new project when they finish, they want to deliver patch 8 in a state that doesn't require moving anyone back to the previous project.
That's why we've got the stress test and that's why they take so much time to finish.
And obviously anything that comes up during the stress test takes a while to fix, so for every bug we encounter they have to spend a lot of working hours diagnosing and fixing that stuff.
Keep calm and just enjoy the game, we're all waiting here together! 🍻
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u/WaldWaechterin Ranger 19d ago
Let them cook ffs. 🙄
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u/Mellied89 16d ago
All I can chalk it up to is there are a lot of new gamers because of bg3 and they genuinely do not comprehend that no dev team will ever treat them like this again
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u/Rev-DiabloCrowley 19d ago
I'm doing the console stress test and it's made the game a little buggy, to put it mildly.
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u/Salkreng 18d ago
Excited too! Already gifted the game to a friend, waiting.. DROOLING for patch 8! I will wait, of course, patiently, but excited, for crossplay and all of those new subclasses! Love playing with people as they experience the game for the first time!
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u/xHelios1x 18d ago
Well, yesterday I finally decided to stop BG3 from holding my entire ssd hostage so I deleted the game.
Surprised the patch 8 isn't out today.
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u/inCogniJo14 19d ago
As long as we're communally grasping at straws, I noticed that the official Larian YouTube channel has shared out subclass guides released in three parts. These are very short and basically act as promotional material for the update. The release schedule for those has been: 2/21, 3/7, and presumably 3/21.
Obviously I have no idea and plans are at liberty to change, but the person who scheduled these videos knew the intended launch date of patch 8. This regular, bi-weekly pattern is what I would do personally if I were heading a reasonably sleepy marketing team for an old game and I wanted to structure a campaign for a March 21st release. This would also be the very definition of "early spring" which I think is what we've been told so far.
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u/LadyFruitDoll 18d ago
I like your thinking, but every two weeks sounds early to me. If the release was as close as *checks watch* three days time, then there would be weekly videos at least. I reckon there's a phase two of videos coming, and at least another 3 weeks until release.
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u/darthrevan22 19d ago
Would love to have a firmer timeline indicated by Larian at least. Early 2025 is a super vague timeline, and it’s very close to turning into mid 2025.
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u/jaynon501 19d ago
I'm fine with them taking their time. I'm tired of games and updates coming out half done. I've got other games and things to do while I wait
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u/sadhagraven 19d ago
Everyone saying it'll likely be released within the next few weeks should remember that their last patch release date announcement was 3 months in advance and that was for a less major patch. They have to market it and build up engagement before shipping it out. I highly doubt we're getting patch 8 before June/July.
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u/JustinFox213 18d ago
I wanted to wait for Patch 8 to start another new playthrough. It’s been a while and I’m really wanting to get back into the game.
Aside from the new subclasses, are they any expected/advertised story changes or additions? I may just cave and do my Durge run just for the story finally if not.
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u/ACNHCR Druid 18d ago
Larian likes to take their time and make sure things are highly functional. I trust that they are taking the time they need to ensure a strong product. Until it comes out. Be like an NPC. Wait around patiently for the plot to progress. Maybe repeat some dialog every now and then. And go about your life.
Alternately, play some BG3 and use a series of subclasses you never tried before.
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u/whyreadthis2035 18d ago
Weeks…. We’re waiting weeks. Find ANYTHING else to do. I don’t want this patch before it’s ready.
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u/GothJaneDeaux 18d ago
Me looking up "BG3 patch 8 release date" every other day or so waiting for them to finally announce it.
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u/Elric_Storm 18d ago
I just want to be able to finally play with a friend who doesn't have a PC. I feel bad because I am getting impatient and never thought it would take this long to implement crossplay, but I understand they want to do it right.
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u/Aquadire 18d ago
I just finished my current play-though to make sure I’m ready for patch 8 but now I have the biggest itch to play 😩
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u/Nektotomic 18d ago
I’ve been playing with it for a couple weeks. I haven’t messed with every single little aspect of it obviously but from what I can tell balancing shouldn’t be too time consuming (I’m sure there’s still tweaking to be done) but I have noticed bugs and crashes on ps5. Weird things like d pad over sensitivity. Menu lag. Audio issues in solo and couch coop. and I imagine that’s where most of their time is being spent.
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u/Particular-Ad5277 18d ago
I think it’s not about the time it comes out but how the stress test was selected. So many people didn’t get access to it despite registering as soon as the que was open. It feels like being left out of the patch while many others already play it for the 5 time.
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u/Alternative_Cash_736 18d ago
The only thing that is holding me together is planning my builds for new classes. I'm a planner. It brings me joy
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u/BlueMaelstromX 18d ago
Where is my chance to fuck Cazador and Raphael.. real Raphael..
I want scenes..
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u/TheImmoralCookie 18d ago
Will achievements still work on pre-patch 8 save files after Steam forces us to update it?
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u/Siltythunder679 18d ago
I wish I could have at least been an open beta instead of locked behind keys
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u/InterestingFroyo3 17d ago
Sorry to be a potential party pooper, but I’m in the stress test and it is QUITE buggy. I report bugs constantly and notice new ones nearly every day.
The patch feels nowhere near ready yet. At least on PS5.
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u/yat282 17d ago
I played a bit of it, it really doesn't add enough to be worth it. I didn't even get to act 2, even playing a new subclass on every character it's just still basically the exact same experience. Plus it makes the mods stop working, so there's actually less to do in patch 8 than in patch 7.
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u/NoSherbert1028 17d ago
Hey I still go runs to finish, give them more time so they can pack more in!
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u/Mellied89 16d ago
I know a lot of people became new to gaming because of bg3, but I need y'all to know how rare this many beefy new content updates after already releasing a multi award winning goty of this magnitude almost 2 years ago actually is.
They could of released everything as a DLC and just did actually patches but instead have given their fans FREE UPON FREE content. I've never been a part of a game fandom with such impatient and demanding players.
Stardew Valley is another game where the dev (just one dude) is constantly for years putting out massive additional content for free that he could easily charge for and the fan base there has such a different vibe.
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u/Hot_Speed6485 16d ago
People should be pleased enough given it's a free update that most over developers would make a DLC
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u/Separate-Crab4252 19d ago
Whats to be expected from the patch?
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u/Icy-Conflict6671 Monk 19d ago
Multiple new subclasses, skills and bug fixes. I think theyre adding some new plotlines and equipment too but im not sure
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u/Jintasama 19d ago
12 new subclasses, one for each class basically. Cross play. Photo mode bug fixes. Those are what I know of.
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u/Vdov_1 19d ago
Ladders finally working properly
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u/WID_Call_IT 19d ago
Patch Notes
- Fixed bug that prevented ladders from working
- Removed ladders from game
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u/Lord_Puppy1445 19d ago
Sadly no Tabaxi
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u/Mellied89 16d ago
A whole new race would be wild. I'd rather they just make at least one chubby looking body type
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u/zfrankrijkaard 19d ago
I don't mind that I have to wait. The most frustrating part to me is that I am confronted with a hugh amount of people that somehow already have access to patch 8 and talk about patch 8 like everyone should have it by now. It gives me the impression that I missed the upgrade or something.
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u/rokanwood 18d ago
am i the only one who remembers them saying it'll be out in january?
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u/Siltythunder679 18d ago
I don’t recall them ever explicitly saying that but Jan was the initial community consensus when it was first announced.
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u/TroTrak 19d ago
Yo I just asked Omeluum and it said that it's coming very soon!