- Fixed multiple bugs that were related to attacking a wielder standing on the wall-gates. - Fixed so that AI wouldn’t get stuck in a thinking loop in case of the rare situation where it ends up with zero troops. - Fixed issue that caused chats with non-latin alphabets often would get cut off mid sentence - Significantly improved performance when capturing an enemy town that held a lot of research - Fixed not getting the correct battle map when attacking a wielder that is defending a town with walls but is standing on one of the gates (this could cause exceptions if the wielder’s troops plus town garrison would be more troops than a normal map can handle) - Fixed various issues regarding threat levels and listings of defending troops when defending commander is not stored in the town but just inside the walls - Prettified random event popup - Fixed AI players often not losing as many high-HP troops as they should from battles on their turns - Fixed build menu showing build menu for wrong faction if opened for settlement with no empty build sites and set up to use another faction’s graphics - Fixed issue with Story Actors not having their collision properly setup (and being hard to select) when starting out hidden and later being revealed - Misc bug and stability fixes. - And much more!

Notable additions - Simultaneous battles during multiplayer - Random maps reworked for game balance and better visual look Game balance - Skills now have level caps. Skills can only be upgraded to tier 2 when wielder is level 4 or above, and skills can can only be upgraded to tier 3 when wielder is level 10 or above - Slightly lower neutral hostile growth rates Other - Reduced the length of the join codes from 14 down to 5 characters making them easier to share - Misc bug fixes And much more!

-- Notable additions -- - Artifact sets - Added 7 artifact sets and 13 new artifacts - Gold loot from battles - Troop-specific research has been reworked, many final tiers now grant traits or abilities to the unit - Many neutral hostiles in the Conquest maps now has Vanir troops -- Notable Bug Fixes -- - Map Unexpected Allies has had a few fixes for unreachable areas and point of interests - Fixed problem where towns with Lock Artwork enabled, could allow out of faction buildings in certain cases even without Mixed Factions enabled. - Fixed multiple cases where the AI could get stuck in reasoning, causing their turn to never end - Misc. Game Balance fixes - Misc. Bug fixes And lots more!

- Fixed AI softlock when playing the second Rana campaign mission on Overwhelming difficulty - Added new map Unexpected Allies that is intended for Mixed Factions play - When playing with Mixed Factions enabled, you can trigger random events for any faction that you control a town or settlement of - Rats and Plague Rats are now Beasts - Fixed issue with host migration leading to weird wielder states (movement and positioning being wrong etc.) - Fixed dropdowns in option sometimes softlocking the game while playing with gamepad - Fixed single-choice popups from sources such as tents not working when playing with gamepad - Fixed XP gain being shown after battles for towns/settlements without defending wielder - Fixed issue with adventure AI not properly prioritizing developing its towns/settlements - Fixed rare case of adventure AI becoming softlocked due to a very specific sequence of opened and closed magic gates

Notable additions There is now an option in game lobbies that lets you enable “Mixed Factions” for the game: — When playing using Mixed Factions you will immediately claim enemy towns and settlements as they are after a battle (no option of occupying/razing/converting). This allows you to recruit troops and wielders from outside your starting faction and freely mix them. — Neutral hostiles can be made up of troops pulled from multiple factions. — Neutral troop dwellings allow any faction to recruit from them (and can thus never be pillaged). Game balance The number of artifacts transferred as loot after a battle is now capped at 3. We felt that losing all equipped artifacts after a battle was a bit too punishing. It is however always the three most powerful artifacts that are transferred. Losing wielder will gain XP after a battle for the enemy troops it has killed, same as the winning wielder. A maximum of 1 building can now be sold per town/settlement and round. This was implemented primarily because the fact that you could immediately sell all of an enemy’s buildings after capturing a town/settlement when playing using Mixed Factions was too powerful, but we also felt that it was better for balancing overall. Pricing to Faey buildings and research have been reworked and now cost a mix of Ancient Amber and Glimmerweave. Hopefully, this will make the Faey more viable to play as a specific strategy. — Faey Grove upgrade costs 5 less Glimmerweave and 5 more Ancient Amber — Faey Grove generates an additional Faey Spirit — Faey Court upgrade now costs 10 Glimmerwave and 10 Ancient Amber, was 15 and 5 — Faey troop research now costs 5 Ancient Amber and 5 Glimmerweave instead of 10 Glimmerweave Some troop research has been reworked to make it more competitive — Aurelia’s Vigor now gives 2/4/5 hp +1 dmg final tier — Feed the Rats gives 1 dmg, 1 move, stealth — Invoke the Empress to give Arcana, 10 def, 5 init — Hearty meals give 2/4/5 hp +1 dmg final tier — Nature’s blessing gives 2/4/6 damage and 2 hp final tier — Sword and Shields give 1 dmg, 10 init, 2 dmg Further initiative changes to make some builds less oppressive — Artificers lowered to 19 — Hellroar from 28 to 27 — Shamans/Sage’s initiative lowered to 13/14 — Crawler raised to 35 Eth’dra dmg raised to 9-14 to give that unit a bit more viability on its own Scarred Brutes now have defend ability Wielders skill pools have been reworked to make sure some overlooked ones are more viable in a competitive environment — Remove prepared from Freeblade starting pool — Remove Raider from Awakened skill pool, march is now pre-req for eager — Raider skill pool re-built, making archery and positioning harder to get — Scouting removed from Erudite skill pools above level 5 — March was removed from Reaver skill pools above level 5 — Reaver skill pool 1-4 added magic resistance if you have Order — Raider removed from Magus skill pool 1-4 M’sugna has long been one of the strongest wielders, with a very strong starting army backed up with excellent skills and spec. This has been changed, she’ll still be strong just not quite as strong. — Starting army is now 1 Tremor, 2 Guard, 5 Shaman — Starting skill is Positioning P’chas starting skill changed to Creation since he stole it from M’sugna Ambertinas starting army changed to 1 scavenged bones and 5 toxicologists to give her more destruction to start out withA new map was added named “Under One Banner” that is made to experience the mixed factions in a fast and fun way. ... and much more!