when is the next patch scheduled?

[Blitz]

Patches are never scheduled.
They are also not promised and not pre-listed.
They are free gifts and should be treated as such. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Patches a gift? Not in today's competitive gaming market. I've gotten my money's worth out of Dom 2, but balance patches are part of the deal when you are selling a multiplayer game. Seventy bucks is the most money I've ever spent on a game bar none. I paid that with the understanding that things such as this forum, patches, webspace dedicated to file downloads were included in the deal.

The developers haven't disapointed me in the least, but I'm not sure we should have to kiss any *** for a balance patch Gandalf.

P.S. Good job on the Vampire Queen decision. Raising her cost to 150 gold was always my prefered solution, and I have no doubt that it's the route they took. The VQ was obviously undercosted when compared to her most-similar alternatives (Lich, Archlich). I still can't believe there was even a debate over this issue, let alone a heated one. Just look at the lich and the VQ and it's obvious to any but those blinded by either bias or developer fanboy worship.

Hopefully there will also be some costing changes to some of the more obviously useless pretenders. For example, I'm not sure I'd use a Shedu if he cost 0 points. At 125, it's not even worth talking about. There are easily a dozen overcosted avatars, not including the humanoids, who are all incorrectly priced. Just off the top of my head, here's a few I'd change (in addition to every single 10-path cost humanoid).

Sphinx - is 600hp on an immobile really worth 60 points?
Fountain of Blood - S2/B2 wouldn't break the game now would it?
Titan - 100 points would be a better deal for a dubious blessing choice.
Father of Serpants - 100 points seems more reasonable for a second-tier SC.
Great Mother - Bad stats for a SC, Prohibitively expensive for a dual-bless base, 80 point paths don't add up to 75 points.
Lord of the Desert Sun - Very cool avatar that costs too much. 100 points seems more reasonable.
Scorpion King - Needs a body slot and he's a very competitive pretender.
Cyclops - See titan. 100 points.
Naga (green) - Worse than the fire Naga, but costs the same? 75 points.
Great White Bull - No slots, Gets owned by fatigue. 50 points.
Monolith - Immobiles suck. Free please.

That's not including humanoids or national heroes. I'd like to see bless effects become more affordable. As it stands I really only use a few pretenders. The undead pretenders are all good, as are the Virtue, Carrion Dragon, Allfather, Jade Emperor, Lady of Fortune, Nataraja, Son of Neifel, and Wurm. Sadly only the undead, Wurm, and Virtue are available to (almost) everyone. I'd like to see more viable choices in the game, and I bet a lot of other people would too.