10.0 Patchnotes are kinda lacking

can we at least see more changes then during non-content updates? the last mid-chapter had very minimum changes so if this is the new standard going forward, the game is going to get incredibly stale quickly which is a shameful way to start going into the tenth year. Also the lack of this being clarified earlier really seemed like setting people up for disappointment

Does this mean a mid-chapter patch with DLC would not have any live design changes since it would be new content release?

yeah but like

the non new content releases are scarcely timed out between new content chapters, and these balance changes are so direly wanted because there was not enough changes in the last not new content release. there surely has to be a way to address balance concerns that we as a community were told were going to be looked at without having to wait two ptb cycles in their entirity….

if this is about the krasues ptb and how she released very strong because players were concerned with the other content in the PTB; the lack of feedback for krasue was not solely because there were balance changes at all, its that there were so many game altering balance changes at once that if the PTB went live without critique, many (genuinely not great!) changes would get through in some form. the krasue was an extremely complex killer to fully break down at the time, and concerns were elsewhere. it should not be an excuse to just…. ignore perks hurt by diminishing returns on a PTB that is entirely bugfixes, 1 killer, and survivor perks that are not coming to live next release.

also this said i actually do somewhat like having a smaller chapters perks tested a bit before their full release like this. i hope the feedback from them can be taken, applied to the next ptb, and we can test again.

I guess more reason to look forward to the mid chapter for more QoL changes!

thank you for the clarifying but I hope that also means midchapters will have more changes than the recent ones. The last one (Darkest Dungeon) was so underwhelming with some little killer tweaks and even when we gave you the feedback that these killers need more, there came nothing besides an additional Doctor buff. We had no big metashift for ages which feels so bad because the current metagame is rather boring and stale due to strong and easy perks dominating it which results in fun and balance perks feels so weak. Same for killers, so many killers feel either weak, clunky, or miserable to play and need some buffs or bigger changes to feel better to play as and against.

So are yall looking for more perk updates than 2/4 every midchapter since you're not doing them with content drops anymore? Stuff more significant than like .001% faster shocks on doctor?

For the record this is a horribly misguided idea. Not everyone plays with the new stuff. Personally I don't like projectile killers so I'm not gonna pick up Jason. So for folks like me there's really not anything new. It's gonna make the game feel even more stagnant than before.

a new killer, sometimes a survivor and their perks is the bare minimum the game should be providing, but again if people do not buy that for whatever reason, all they get is a new killer or survivor perks to learn to play against, which is frankly not enough to sustain a player base for the next 6 weeks in hopes that a mid-chapter has something new. even with that, there is no certainty available to these players that the changes to come that will effect them are even substantial enough to freshen up gameplay.

if the most we can expect for July is a further update to diminishing returns, bare bones killer tweaks and a handful of meaningless perk changes as we got last update, either the game is going to slowly burn itself out or they have to plan something groundbreaking that isn't a change like capping effect bonuses and calling it worthy of a proper update.

the killer descriptions in matches and new aura customisations are nice, but along with seeing teammates perks in game, to only be seeing these things added a decade into the game's life rather than after only a year is laughable.

the bug fixes are the one thing i have to commend them for in 2026 as it seems in one patch note there is more being fixed than three 2025 updates, but many of these also seem to be called fixed and then still happen in game. as for this ptb? I can't imagine they would leave stuff out to throw into a live release untested when the patch notes were already very empty

That's probably because of that Krasue PTB, which introduced live design changes that fundamentally alter core gameplay mechanics (anti-tunneling and anti-slugging) but releasing new content without any balance adjustments risks stagnating the meta, which can lead to boredom and burnout among your veteran player base.

As a veteran player, I can say that the game desperately needs consistent balance adjustments to keep the gameplay fresh and healthy. For long-term players, major live design updates and game health are more important than just receiving new content.

To achieve this, I suggest the following approach for your patch cadence:

• New Content Releases: Focus on some numerical tweaks for killers and perks, alongside universally welcomed Quality-of-Life (QoL) features. These are safe, non-controversial updates that the community agrees the game needs, and they should accompany every new content release to prevent the meta from feeling stagnant.
• Mid-Chapter Updates: Reserve core, game-changing design overhauls (like the recent anti-tunneling/slugging changes in the Krasue PTB) exclusively for mid-chapters.