It has come to our notice that many players still haven’t understood the core reasoning behind these changes. We would like to try to dispel these misunderstandings.


Background:

• Some classes cannot really play parts of the game content because they lack some basic characteristics
  
• Some classes have way too many advantages in comparison to their disadvantages
  
• Some formulas were working strangely, which in the end produced some strange results
  
• Damage has been inflated a bit too much in comparison with damage mitigation
  

Our core ideas for balancing are:

• Provide characters with the necessary tools to handle PvE and PvP environments while keeping their basic archetypes (damage dealer, tank, etc.)
  
• Provide some quality of life improvements
  
• Solve the problems with the formulas
  
• Decrease the possibility of item devaluation to a minimum
  

The whole process is going more or less in the following direction:

• The whole balancing effort will be done over a lengthy period
  
  • We are currently targeting some major updates like the current one, followed by smaller adjustments with each update
    
• Each big update might get a Beta server where players can discuss and communicate their ideas and concerns, which in turn will be gathered and sent to the developers
  
  • These ideas and concerns will go into an independent evaluation where it will be decided whether they should be pursued or not
    
• The last step is to roll it out to the live servers one by one
  

What does this mean for the average player?

• All the changes that you see now can still be adjusted at a later update – they are not final