Please, a week or so before any balance/skill/attribute/etc updates (that are or are not discussed in forums before hand) can we have an official discussion in forums about them.
It has happened a few times now where one concerned person has sent a ticket or done something quietly behind the scenes to alert the cows to something they dont like. Whether it is meant to be that way or not a discussion thread on the forums of a proposed update would ease the pain of the sudden changes, and also before you implement it, your community may be able to offer compromises to make the best possible solution.
Having played fallensword, I know you have done similar things there with proposed updates. I know this is a different game and is coded differently and probably takes more time to get these changes done.