Community Update 7 Out Now!

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The Beta has officially ended. Thank you for your invaluable support, Mercenaries!

Community Update #7 is now live!

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Features & Changes

"The Lair"

• A whole new Point of Interest for criminal activities. In "The lair", you'll have the ability to:

  • Sell stolen items

  • Purchase weapons and armour

  • Reduce your troop’s Suspicion.

  • Accept contracts suited to criminal bands.

  • Rest

Check out our post for more information

New Prisoner Class and Skill Tree

Prisoners are receiving a major update with several new and reworked systems:

• Prisoners now have needs of their own.

• Information about their needs is now clearer, helping you understand how to earn their trust.

• The detention system has been reworked to make the consequences of your decisions easier to understand.

• Prisoner escapes can now have several outcomes:

  • They may ambush your troop with reinforcements.

  • They may attack your camp after you rest.

  • They may end up behind bars in prison.

• Prisoners now have their own dedicated Skill Tree.

Check out our post for more information

Personal Quests 

Personal requests that your mercenaries may have under certain circumstances, offering a reward and entailing minor consequences in the event of failure.

UI Adjustments

• New character inspection panel with separate tabs for statistics, equipment, relationships, and special units like werewolves.

• New post-battle report panel.

• New panel for group bonuses and passives.

• New separate food counters for mercenaries, prisoners and excess at rest and travel.

Other

• Battle Improvements:

  • End round button

  • Improved IA calculation

  • Movement speed

  • Smoother Camera transition

• 6 New Battle Maps.

• New bounty type: Capture and delivery to prison.

• New bug reporter in game to replace the upvote feature

Bug Fixes

Major

• Fixed roamings pathfinding in Belerion (Guards, Pirates, Bosses...)

• Fixed enemies that sometimes doesn’t end turn in sieges battle in Skelmar

• Fixed crash when a crate in the water is taken in Belerion

• Fixed crash after using "One step beyond" with a dying unit

• Fixed return button in sing mode with a gamepad

• Fixed the units level up points in the Fief

• Fixed the crash for the quest “Rambling Animals” in Rigel

• Fixed the crash when werewolves use the rope on boat battles and land 

• Fixed the inquisition’s thaumaturge spawn

• Fixed arena softlocks by making champions escape with a werewolf

• Fixed Fief audiences tutorial that can’t be skipped with a gamepad

• Fixed dialogue choices tooltips hiding the dialogue box with a gamepad

• Fixed a softlock with the prison siege quest chain in Skelmar

• Fixed a crash when the player accept the quest in the inquisition camp at Drombach 

• Fixed the crash when the troop is aggressed after a rest and a unit wanted to leave the troop

• Fixed “The Plague-ridden Wife” quest softlock in Ludern

• Fixed the crash when a player interacts with the alchemy table in Rigel

• Fixed the possibility to trigger both Isandrin endings

• Fixed “Wandering Souls” contracts that can’t be completed in Rigel

Minor

• Fixed several issues with the pugilist “Focus” passive 

  • Fixed the pugillist “Focus” passive not triggering on killing blows

  • Fixed the pugillist “Focus” passive not triggering in defensive stance

  • Fixed the pugillist “Focus” passive not triggering after using “Animal Cooperation” 

• Fixed the reinforcement crossbow that can’t attack after deployment 

• Fixed wrong icons in Gosenberg for the university and the guard post

• Fixed wrong chains prop state in the Fief prison (with and without prisoners attached)

• Fixed the high probability to gain the “Heavy Sleeper” trait

• Fixed several typographical and localizations errors in texts 

• Fixed cooking unit orientation in camp

• Fixed “Sticky Oil” that didn’t guarantee Deflection at the battle beginning

• Fixed “Backup Shield” only activating once per battle 

• Fixed Gunbald and Heleth confessions

• Fixed several worldmap holes in mountains and flying props

• Fixed background music playing during bard minigames

• Fixed environment scene when interacting with merchants in Belerion

• Fixed Guardian’s Heather Shield upgrade

• Fixed the 500 krowns that wasn’t deducted after respecialization

• Fixed two guards having their legs through the ground in a quest dialogue in Isandrin

• Fixed Censer’s lanterns visual effect being at their foot

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Mercenaries,

The team would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who shared their feedback. This free Community Update was shaped by your input, helping us create a better experience for all.

We can’t wait to share more details about what’s coming next. Until then, enjoy the new content!