Hello everyone!   We have just placed our 3.0 patch onto the Beta Branch! Click here for instructions of how to join the Beta. Below are the initial patch notes for this release noting the new features and some of the more prominent bugs that have been fixed. As always, please let us know if this patch has any unintended affects on your gamestate or if you encounter any new bugs from this patch, here in our beta forums.  

Beta Patch notes for v3.0.0

• New Berath's Blessings - New Berath's Blessings have been added into the game:
  • Loaded Pockets - NPC pockets are filled with more and rarer items.
  • Legendary Crew - 3 Veteran Sailors become available in the Kraken's Eye tavern, they are better than normal and cheaper than normal.
  • Discount Craftsman - Crafting and enchanting costs are reduced.
  • Mythical Discovery - Start with a Mythical Adra Stone in the prologue armoire (free upgrade from Legendary → Mythic Quality - also the only way to get Mythic beyond beating a Mega-Boss)

• New Ranger Abilities -There are now 5 new Ranger abilities added to the game:
  • Hunter's Claw - (2 Bond) Full Attack, The first target hit with this grants +1 Accuracy vs the target's Race until Rest. Subsequent hits against the same race will increase stacks (up to +20). Resting clears all stacks and allows a different race to be chosen.
  • Hunter's Fang - Same as Hunter's Claw, but also grants +1% Damage per stack.
  • Beast's Claw - Same as Hunter's Claw, but also grants +1 Defense per stack.
  • Bonded Fury - (3 Bond), Grants the Ranger's Animal Companion all 6 Tier 2 Inspirations, for 30s.
  • Heart Seeker - (4 Bond), Primary Attack (Ranged Only) Fires an unerring ranged attack that strikes all characters in a line, dealing +100% Damage with +4 Penetration and Enfeebling for 20s.

• Spider Queen Megaboss - Megabosses make their debut with the first to make their way into the game; The Spider Queen! Test your mettle against one the toughest fights within the game.
  • [spoiler] Located to the West of Ondra's Mortar [/spoiler]
• Kill Camera - A new feature has been added to allow for some excitement to combat! Kill Cam will exemplify combat with key events and text! This feature will include options to customize how it works and can be found in the new Camera Tab of the Options Menu.
• Eothas and Galawain's Challenge - Two New  exciting Challenges will be coming in with this patch from Eothas and Galawain:
  • Eothas- Players must complete the game within a set game time or be met with a Game Over.
  • Galawain - Beasts now contain random buffs that are defined at the start of the game, for the duration of the game! Can you survive these dangerous new changes?
    • [spoiler]Vengeful - Gain stacking Power Level when a friendly is killed
    • [spoiler]Exalted - Gain Permanent Tier 3 Inspiration (random)
    • [spoiler]Unstoppable - Cannot be interrupted / Immune to Afflictions
    • [spoiler]Reflecting - Reflect damage back as Raw
    • [spoiler]Vampiric - Heal from damage dealt[/spoiler]
• New Community Pet - You all voted and the tallies are in! Nebula the Astral Bat is now available in game!
  • [spoiler]You can find the new pet in the Pet Seller in Periki's Outlook.[/spoiler]
• Recently Used Spells - Frequently used spells are now remembered and displayed in the UI, so searching through your high list of spells should be a little easier to manage.
• Resolved Major Issues
  • Characters no longer get stuck in an endless animation loop when using certain abilities with Two-handed weapons.
  • AI Options for Ghost Animal Companions now work as expected.
  • Many older saves that were not working previously due to conversation bundles now load as expected.
  • Various frame-rate fixes for players that experience drops during extended play.
  • The Enchanting Menu does not display when the Crafting Menu is opened.
    • [spoiler]Tekehu no longer prevents progression in the Shadows of Nekataka quest if placed in reserves.
    • [spoiler]The Ukaizo Guardian now spawns correctly when it should.
    • [spoiler]All abilities now work as expected in the Behavior Editor.
    • [spoiler]End Game Slides now work as expected when on the Atsura slide.[/spoiler]
  Fixes
  • Many typos from our typo megathread have been addressed.
  • Full Attacks from fireams in offhand no longer have a 0 recovery time.
  • Portraits display correct images when playing the game in Linux.
  • TEMP text no longer displays for Magran's Challenge.
  • Menus no longer overlap in Ship Combat.
  • [Adventurers in towns now show the correct data.[
  • Mod Manager displays correctly in the Options Menu.
  • [All Pets use the correct model that is expected.
  • Director Castol has had his conversation fixed for typos.
  • The Producer's Sword shows up correctly for Mac Users.
  • The default text box displays in the selected language at launch.
  • Combat Log displays in the language selected when changed in game.
  • Alcoholic Beverages no longer display missing strings.
  • Ikiuq Crew member now displays his correct model in game.
  • Loading a save after a character dies in combat no longer results in an infinite load screen for Mac users.
  • Orlans ears display correctly when wearing the Acorn Helm.
  • The main menu can no longer be opened during SI conversations that would break Trial of Iron saves.
  • The conversation window is no longer obscured if opened with the ESC button during a dialog.
  • All interface layouts now display the UI notifications correctly.
  • Druid Shift forms no longer crash the game when inventory items are moved.
  • Performance no longer drops when viewing Spiritshift model forms in the Inventory Screen.
  • The Crookspur Vessel will no longer continuously attempt to engage retreating ships.
  • Spiritual Weapon VFX now properly aligns with the model.
  • Rods now deal the correct type of damage when attacking with them.
  • Crew member models no longer spawn at the same point simultaneously.
  • Attacking destructibles from stealth now properly removes stealth from the attacker.
  • Auto-Attack As Default Action toggle has been implemented to AI Behavior.
    • [spoiler]Eder's reaction is no longer triggered by his own dialogue line during Burning Bridges.
    • [spoiler]All abilities will now work when using Whispers of the Endless Paths
    • [spoiler]Lover's Embrace no longer contains typos in its stat block
    • [spoiler]Ball and Chain's "Irrepressible" effect does not activate on resisted effects.
    • [spoiler]Players can no longer kill the Bardatto family and make peace afterwards
    • [spoiler]Belda now holds her pistol correctly during the Bardatto Vault quest line.
    • [spoiler]Cadhu Scath Shield now displays the right texture on the inner side.
    • [spoiler]Uto's model reflects the correct eye is missing as mentioned in his conversation.
    • [spoiler]The Armor Invoice from Rowen no longer has a will keyword incorrectly.
    • [spoiler]The Drowned Kingdom now contains the correct end state if the King refuses to leave his realm.
    • [spoiler]Combat does not immediately start in the Balefire Beacon.
    • [spoiler]Chloe pet's name matches its stat block.
    • [spoiler]Xaurip Wildgards no longer get stuck when casting Wicked Briars[/spoiler]