Where is the hotfix? [multiple issues]

Since the patch came out I'm having several new issues with the game:

a) Performance tanked. As many others have reported, the patch has made the game run significantly worse and now my mapping is plagued with 30-40 fps whenever there's a huge pack around.

b) Damage is randomly going through ES. The patch has made energy shield consistently INCONSISTENT for me, with pure physical and sometimes fire attacks going through energy shield completely or even partially. Just got bonked by a lost man club/shield guy and he dropped 70% of my ES and about half my health. Isn't ES supposed to be a buffer?

c) Removing weapons from characters that would lose/lost the attribute requirements results in the game immediately DC'ing back to character select.

d) volatile plants are STILL spawning right on top the player and insta-gibbing you with no counterplay whatsoever.

These problems combined have increased my 1-shot count from once or twice a day to once or twice every 2 hours or so. Honestly I have no clue why GGG thought going away for a full month after releasing the game was a bright idea, but who knows. All I know is that I want these issues fixed ASAP since they are draining my will to play the game any further.

OH YEAH:



I just killed Iktab and his steed on a T16 map both corrupted and irradiated and didn't get the book. FUN! I just love doing a challenge and then getting the middle finger instead of a proper reward.

I assume you already have 6/10 boss points? If so you need Arbeiter kills.

Starting minute 2:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm9veFSkAEQ