At this point, I doubt they even know the specifics. Most likely, by mid January, there will be an announcement about the new update, which will probably land somwhere in April, kinda like a one year anniversary since launch.
From what I gathered from all the discussions from discord and so on, they have no ideea how to make this game work and the suggestions regarding the nerfs , the runes, the food consumption, they are just laughable. I get what they are trying to do, make players spend as much time in the game as possible and just make the game harder for the sake of spending time in the game. Sorry guys but that is not fun, we have Elden ring / black myth wukong / souls series/ etc. for that and they are massive in terms of gameplay. If a game makes you feel like your are doing a chore, then the game is not fun and you are not having fun.
The concern here for the new update is that people will have to start over , that is bad, feels like diablo seasons, move the char to eternal realm and start over for a couple of months, untill the next update and so on and so on. Boring and unoriginal.
Its a shame, there was potential here for a different kind of game with a fresh perspective,. I guess its time to go back to poe 2 and diablo 4 , this one is for the dumpster. Too bad I cant refund it, I would gladly get my money back and never return.