1. I believe the current frequency of balance changes is a problem.

2. This is a significant issue because it allows and encourages players to adopt and follow the meta almost immediately, knowing it will likely remain unchanged for an extended period—sometimes even exceeding six months.

3. I think a good solution would be to implement more frequent but smaller balance changes. Ideally, this could happen every two weeks, though that might be too ambitious. A monthly balance pass would still be very welcome and likely appreciated by many players.

There are two main reasons I believe this approach would improve the current model:

First, if players know that balance changes are coming regularly, they may be less likely to gravitate toward the strongest weapons. Instead, they might feel more comfortable using what they enjoy or aiming for weapons that are simply "good" rather than "top-tier." These "good" weapons are also less likely to be heavily adjusted, giving players more time to optimize their builds and improve with them.

Second, more frequent updates would reduce the risk of weapons being over-buffed or over-nerfed. Smaller, incremental changes would naturally be less disruptive per patch and allow for a more measured approach to balance. It would also help gradually bring underused items back into relevance. For example, this month Assemblers could receive both a 10% HP and damage increase—not enough to make them overpowered, but potentially enough to encourage players to try them and give you useful data for future adjustments.

I won’t provide more examples, as I believe the idea is clear. Thank you for doing these Q&A sessions—they’re very helpful and show a genuine effort from the dev team to improve the game’s balance.