When the next patch - presumably the expansion - comes through, whenever that is, can we expect a lot of bug fixes along with that? For instance, making Commander: Draksar work properly, along with Arctic and Statue of Xulos. Can the Greens give an idea of the tenor and scope of changes coming through with the next patch, even if in a general sense?
In terms of bug fixes, that will depend on what Moles/Wraiths get done on the coding side for the expansion. There are several bug fixes I know of that are already in there, and we hope to get a few more. In terms of other changes, I am mostly focused on hitting some obvious problem runes, and adjusting the pricing of abilities that are out of whack.
Commander Draksar is fixed now at my end, as sok says, we'll get to as many as we can with the launch and even more after the launch.
So guys, for those that don't know - to get a bug fixed, it has to be reported as a bug in the Bug Forums, if you have reproduction steps even better, make sure you post them. Then once we confirm the bug, we have a ticket created internally, which is then given to a programmer, who then fixes it and boom the bug is fixed on the game. Not all bugs will be as high priority, we are actively trying to quash bugs that affect gameplay the most first.
Thankyou for knowledge on steps and reasoning behind it. Any bug reports i make from now on will give a short repodction guide (if reasonable to include)
Just to add that if you feel a bug (previously reported or not) is having an especially important impact on balance or quality of life then you can also raise it with faction reps who can suggest it be prioritised.
@Moles YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm really happy to hear that. Any luck with the Shifter/Violence bug?
The shifter one is much lower priority since Violence works ok in most situations, there is very few situations where a champ with violence shape shifts. Having said that - I believe we have a ticket on it, so we will get it when possible.
@Moles Arguably, they affect the same number of champions as only Draksar Lord has Commander: Draksar, but I'm just being difficult. I'm really happy to hear that you guys are making good progress on bugs. Have you guys considered releasing these bugfixes as hotfixes instead of with the patch somewhere down the line? I feel like Skeezick Warguard was stealth hotfixed at some point. I understand that deploying more patches is obviously more work, so if that doesn't happen it would make sense, but it would do a LOT for my personal willingness to play more if I didn't have to see sixtysomething nora Bouncer anymore.
It was definitely discussed internally and if the expansion wasn't so close we would have a patch, but as we are so close now, it wouldn't be worth the extra time putting in a patch. The other benefit of doing it this way and holding off until the expansion is that you get everything at once, so you should love the expansion even more!
