xREL.v3

New Content

We added an alternate combat animation for melee attacks for a total of 72 New combat animations (36 hit, 36 fail)
Added AI difficulty as a parameter in skirmish
GUI – The Target selection will be remembered now (as long as the last target selected is still in range)

General Changes

Reduced the Reputation required to gain Faction ranks by roughly 20% (spread on all levels). This apply to all factions and will take effect retroactively
Rank 1 = 100 reputation (remains unchanged)
Rank 2 = 400 reputation (instead of 500)
Rank 3 = 1200 reputation (instead of 1500)
Rank 4 = 2500 reputation (instead of 3000)
Rank 5 = 4000 reputation (instead of 5000)
Market Rotation:
Reduced the chances of Bandit Attacks preventing a market rotation
Reduced the chances of having Business as Usual
Increased the chances for an Exotic Piece event (enchanting formula)
Fixed an issue where sometimes the Exotic Piece event would be discarded and re-rolled
Increased the Drop Rate chances of Formula (Runes & Marks) for Warbands Rank 5 and Above
Black powder weapons will now display the Flintlock effect which increase Shoot and ranged Attack Skills by 1 OP
The display of the Ambush circle is now more accurate visually
The display of the ambush range will now show for all skills which has an Ambush effect
The combat circle visual has been improved
The Pop-up to Disband Warband/Warrior is now focused on the Cancel button to avoid unfortunate disband/firing
Added more combat info (hit chances details) on top of damages in the UI
Added a description to the Rout Threshold option in skirmish lobby
Ambush scenarios will only trigger during Brutal or Deadly Missions
The chances for Hired Swords and Ai of getting Injuries has been reduced
Slightly increased the chances of getting new Hired Swords on Hired Sword rotation days

Runes & Marks

Fixed the Rune of Dismay, it will now properly stack (really this time)
Rune of Lucidity: increased the bonus to Stupidity rolls to 35% (instead of 25%) to the Regular version and to 75% (instead of 50%) to the Master version
Rune of Health: due to a technical restriction, we had to change this Rune. Instead of increasing wounds it will now increase:
Regular: Poison Resistance +5% and Wyrdstone Resistance +15%
Mastery Version: Poison Resistance +10% and Wyrdstone Resistance +30%
Rune of Constitution: this rune has been added to have the same behavior the Rune of Health had before, but on the Helmet slot instead

Unique Story Missions

The Wounds of the Manticore has been increased
The Manticore will now properly cause Terror
The Manticore has gain an increase in Resistance to Poison, Crit, Magic and Armor Absorption
The monolith buff protecting Merga will now also provide a Critical Resistance bonus
The Binding zone around the Manticore will now make her practically invincible. Anyone entering the area suffers from the same effects as the Manticore
Modifications on the Enemy Placement has been done in the mission 5 of Mercenaries
Objectives in Mission 6 of the Mercenaries have been re-ordered to display the freeing of the Prisoners chain of Objective on top
The buff of Merga “Dark Lord’s Gift” has had its Armor Absorption reduced to 25% instead of 35%

Bug Fixes

GUI - Fixed ladder offset on reload
Fixed an issue were some enchantments were not reapplied on dead unit (making casters who died from the curse potentially die after battle) upon reloading a game
Fixed "-lowSettings" to be really set to low settings and not medium settings
Made a fixed to deployments in multiplayer when there is a roaming monsters
Warriors are now "grounded" on disengage
Customizing foot when there is a leg injury won't replace the visual of the injury anymore
Fixed the localization when a rune cannot be bought (in the pop-up)
Fixed the localization of the “skip intro” button
Fixed an issue when spamming the button when going back to main menu
Fixed an issue to make sure impressive Warriors in campaign are spawned at their specified nodes
Fixed an issue where the kick player option in skirmish was not available after swapping warriors
Fixed the achievements to complete the tutorials
Fixed all the achievements "unit at max rank with no injuries"
Fixed some issues where sometimes the navmesh would get corrupted
Fixed an issue where the flying Dodge message would show the wrong text
Fixed a certain spawn setup in Noble's Quarter Map 1 and Map 2 where Warriors could remain stuck in a building.
Fixed an issue with the procedurally generated woodplank bridges where two of them could spawn across each other and completely block the passage.
Fixed more instances of possible invisible walls with the procedural buildings connections.
Fixed an issue where pink texture would appear on a building in Nobles Quarter's Maps.
Fixed more occurrences where your Warriors would collide on invisible walls in clear passages.
Fixed the possibility to engage Warriors in stairways from above or below them that rarely occurred inside buildings.
Fixed an issue where you could land in mid-air after using a jump down action on a wooden bridge.
Fixed an issue with the Wall Runner skill where it would display over the “Interaction” option and lead you to believe you couldn’t perform a normal Climb anymore
Fixed inventory current slot changing when switching between tabs in inventory
Fixed lobby creation popup navigation when using controller/keyboard
Fixed cancel joining lobby using keyboard/controller
Fixed end game not showing when opponent quits while in overview map
Fixed Warriors not performing stupidity when starting engaged
Fixed monsters in library locking teleport exit
Critical blood splatter displayed only for players involved in the fight

Known Issues

Blocking navigation in stairs: In some cases, it is possible to prevent Warriors from climbing stairs if there is another Warrior (ally or enemy) standing under the stairs.