WHen have they mentioned 2.7? I only remember that from before 2.7 was renamed 3.02.7 was mentioned by Todd Papy during a Happy Hour. People had thought that 2.7 wasn't happening anymore and that it was rolled into 3.0 but when Papy mentioned big armor changes on the way he asked his partner if that was coming in 2.7, which caused people to question. Keep in mind that 2.6.1 was originally the only minor patch they had planned for 2.6 but then they needed to do a 2.6.2 for some reason. So, this is obviously a constantly changing patch cycle. Thing is, if they know 3.0 is going to take way too long then they have a good reason for rolling out another big patch to put in the things that might be ready now. Something they mentioned aiming to do before if the situation allows for it.
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