In the most recent campfire chat a week before 1.1.1, they said Temerity barrier was being changed to max life. The panel visibly winced when saying this.
Then near the end of the chat one of the devs thew out a caveat. Something along the lines of ‘things we’ve said today might change before the patch releases’.
I suspect they are going to tell us this ended up being one of the things they changed their minds on.