Dark and Darker rolls back server after “wasting players’ time”
Dark and Darker hotfix 16 is here, and developer Ironmace has rolled back the game after its last update caused items to be duplicated, while also apologizing for “drastic balance changes that wasted players’ time and effort.” The hardcore dungeon-crawling RPG, which is still yet to return to Steam, has seen its random modifiers on items returned to previous values, reverting many of the changes from hotfix 15, and players will all receive five Bluestone Shards as an apology for any inconveniences caused.
The Dark and Darker patch notes for the hotfix 16 update are pretty slight in number, but incredibly impactful nonetheless. Ironmace says it has “rolled the game back to around 9am UTC on Thursday October 5,” a decision made due to an item duplication glitch caused by database synchronization errors. In addition to this, the team has taken the opportunity to roll back its latest round of changes in the multiplayer RPG game.
“With hotfix 15, we were so focused on not having to worry about legacy items that we made the mistake of making drastic balance changes that wasted players’ time and effort,” the developer says on its official Discord, where updates are currently centered while Dark and Darker is not on Steam. “To apologize and give back to our player base for their hard work, we will be taking this opportunity to roll back the balance changes to a slightly altered level from hotfix 14.”
The team is still managing its fallout from its first major early access patch, which saw many dramatic changes including a flattening out of many stats as Ironmace looked to create a “clean baseline” from which to balance further based on what it has learned from the early access period so far. Some of the most dramatic changes
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