Dota 2 players can wait for Crownfall, but beg Valve to release the balance patch earlier

The final Act of Dota 2‘s content event Crownfall is set to launch in early November, according to recent leaks, with further delays always possible. But the player base can sit tight and wait for new goodies—so long as Valve releases a big patch in the meantime.

Crownfall and other major content events in Dota 2 are usually followed by some massive patch that switches things up a bit. Unlike some other games, Valve’s biggest MOBA is no stranger to patches lasting weeks or even months, and the current Patch 7.37 has been out for almost two entire months. Its last iteration, Patch 7.37c, was put out a month ago, and players have grown tired of always facing the same overpowered heroes and players utilizing the same meta for so long.

Numerous threads shared on the game’s subreddit saw players beg Valve for a patch before Crownfall comes, with one post made on Sept. 25 gathering players desperately in need of a new meta and, hopefully, lots of nerfs. “I don’t mind waiting for a new hero for one and a half months,” the thread’s creator says, adding, “But can we have please the patch earlier? Like, a lot earlier.”

“I’m tired of getting kicked or punched by Tusk every single game,” they added, and many other players chimed in to express their own grudges against the current meta. “I’m tired of f**king three Gleipnirs on one team” one user wrote, while another labeled Sniper (who is particularly powerful at the moment) as “the most cancerous piece of s**t hero of the patch.” Sniper, Wind Ranger, Queen of Pain, Tusk, and many other heroes have become incredibly popular in the title due to how they were treated by the past few patches and the subsequently established meta.

Players also feel the game is “so one-sided right now,” expressing how snowballing is too powerful and once you’re way ahead “it’s already over.” While others in the thread point out how players will likely never be satisfied entirely with a patch, the situation is becoming more drastic by the moment, and hope remains that Ice Frog, the janitor, or anyone at Valve will step in and fix the game’s lack of balance.