2.6.6 and Barbs: A Measured Response

[Jako-1213]

@Nevalistis

@Free-1746

Are Barbs going to get additional buffs?

I literally cannot promise you’ll get everything you want or have proposed, and honestly, that would be a bit unfair to ask of anyone. Some changes proposed might be literally impossible, or pose such significant engineering risks that we can’t pursue them. As an example, we’ve encountered cases where what might be one great change to the game is such a risk it means we can’t add three other things, either because of the work involved adding it or testing issues arising. There’s dozens of factors that go into class balance requests, feedback, changes, and bugs that I cannot begin to list here (largely because I have a lot of other work to do today with the PTR live, my apologies).

Please wait for the communication I’ve already mentioned. I know you all have been more than patient. But I’m asking for a little bit more while I work within the limitations I have to get you the information you’re asking for.

Want to throw this quote up btw because this response seems weird to me.

So many of the suggestions the Barbarian community is making are simple number changes on singular items that help only specific builds and that run no risk of interfering with each other.

I appreciate Nev communicating with us and hold no ill will towards her over our current predicament. She’s just the messenger and is in a very precarious position having to be our intermediary. But the lack of action regarding updating Barb’s supporting legendary items is so frustrating.