[Steam_In_Text_Banner] Warband! Next week’s patch will come with some balance changes that we have been working on for a while now. Balancing the gameplay experience is important to us, and we have been following the discussions around this topic. Today we will look at just the upcoming balance ch…

Hive Scum can cheat themselves out of pickpocket triggering if the chem toxin from the bonesaw gets the last tick of damage. I feel like if the chem toxin comes from the bonesaw it should count.

Hooray, am a little sad at the loss of opportunist’s situational global rending (I like the dog) but these are promising changes on their own. Can we get packmaster yet? I love fighting them and think he’s a quality add, plus their name titles are great. 'Pack Master Jordun ‘The Snare’, Kobolt ‘The…

[image] FatsharkQuickpaw: Lowered Ogryn Crushers spawn amount by around 30% on average It’s time, the Heavy sword will have NOTHING to fear. Surely the team can handle 2-3 CRUSHERS, right?

I didn’t think I’d live long enough to see dueling sword finally get nerfed.

Good changes, but I would like to see something done also about the underperformers, like the heavy swords and catachan blades. Even with those nerfs I still don’t see a reason to pick them over a DS.

[image] bath.rawr: it says from 4 down to 3 base (and 5 down to 4 with grenadier), but current vet already has 3 base (and 4 with grenadier) so this does nothing? Whoops! Our mistake. Amended the post; no changes to Krak grenade base count in this next patch.

Duelling sword nerf LET’S GOOOOOO

thanks for the quick clarification!

[image] FatsharkQuickpaw: Chem Toxin DoT Damage per tick while at max stacks changed from 400 to 350 @FatsharkQuickpaw It’s 440 at max currently, not 400.

yeah i guess thats fair, its just kinda scary to see inferno numbers going up

Devblog: Incoming Balance Changes

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Whoops! Our mistake. Amended the post; no changes to Krak grenade base count in this next patch.

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