Hello all! There has been a ton of work done and now we are pleased that our major update goes LIVE! What are the major highlights of this update? 1. Forsaken faction. You can encounter them already in 1st and 2nd zone, and they are mid-tier faction.
2. Character customization. From now on, you have the ability to "equip" each of your character with a banner (in party screen with the small banner icon). There are 30+ banners right now to choose from and many will come soon.
3. Projectile deflection. A brand new battle mechanic. With footman, and some other classes, you will now be able to deflect projectiles from enemies! A great way to protect weaker classes. 4. Forth zone added. Just expect to die here a lot! This update contains lots of new content, graphics, sound and music, quality of life features, bug fixes, balance tweaks, and overall improvements. And here the biefy changelog of all changes: v.0.86.01 Reflexive skin - no stamina cost, instead cost is 10% of current HP (if above 25% HP). refactor, footman spine2d updates (deflect) Necro Skin: max DR is 36% (was 30%) Angel's pact now is guaranteed to consume 2x lethal hits/effect within turn/next-turn. added new special hex tile 'Tall Grass'. Grants hit-chance penalty for ranged units firing at a character remaining in the grass. added new feature: projectile deflection; added new class: 'forsaken defender' spearwall: first 3 hits are 100%, then it's 0%. for Conquest mode, global XP gain is 2x Naming sites (showing only when captured by player) Garrison at any player owned site; garrisoned members autolevel up (75%-100% of main party level) v.0.86.00 Berserker: removed Improvizer, added Flagrant; Bloodknight: added Masochist & Repose ironman saving - now also creates backup of previous ironman save. added new 3 music tracts (1 for worldmap, 2 for battles) b party screen music - doesn't change from previous screen battlefield map: enemies are now faced towards player bugfix (hammering not applying immobilized & weakened effects) Bloodknight - added Masochist trait, some text fixes axe werebeast: removed "heavy attack", collosus trait: +75%dmg -> +65%dmg Healer - now doesnt create medicine randomely while traveling. Created a new mission type - "Create Medicine" so you can tell exactly when to create a med. Missions not applicable are not visible in the mission popup anymore Revenant start party - added necroreaver javelinier and valdor assassin crossbow damage -10%, 1-hand axe +20% damage Projectile blockers now block projectiles with 100% (was 90%) v.0.86.01+1 when Injured, your max HP in battle is reduced by 33% (all difficulties). projectile deflection: now also works on the deflector self, and stamina cost=0. Let's see if that won't be OP, but I find it very situational because of positioning & terrain. campaign camera can be zoomed to 200% protector % to shield reduced to 33% (was 40%) Valdor outpost quest: better reward forsaken updates conquest updates, added Forsaken Shieldbearer Relic worshippers - max 1 party to be send after your acquire the relic; v.0.86.02 'projectile deflectors' units will also deflect 'missed' hits of own allies (to avoid friendly fire) ranged AI will target 'projectile deflectors' units with much lower priority conquest updates spearwall stamina cost=30(was 25), after 3rd hit, hit chance is 20%. minor fix Masochist: max. damage modifier is 50% (was 100%) balancing tiring criticals: reduced the speed penalty base (-30 -> -15) v.0.86.02+1 overfocus abilities are now shown in UnitInfo & traits list v.0.87.01+1 (merged other versions 0.86.00 .. 0.87.01) Mutators extraction: distribution changed Mutators extraction: now you get much more after battle stun recovery triggers earlier on multiple stuns projectile deflect - made the 'check range and height' a bit more wider (to make the whole feature a bit more reliable) Urtuk possible mutations added: Repose,Speeder,Rage and Overdose removed. AI Shamans won't cast berserk on already berserked allies; Mutator absoptions duration reduced -25% Quick Reflexes boost "Sharp eyes" mutator made scalable added 'Reinforcements' to fort sieges (all types, inc. final battle AutoResolve (conquest) with win result yields mutators (didn't before) Armourer/Weaponsmith - increased the chance to upgrade (4%->6%) per day made the garrison UI more compact if >32 members added 'conquest' button into main menu bonefisher overfocus abilities are now shown in UnitInfo & traits list v.0.87.01+2 small updates v.0.87.01+4 Boiling oil spreading is now at fixed rate instead of RNG few improv. on siege reinf. sieges: ranged units are not rooted in the gun port anymore. Tall grass & Gun port: reduce damage instead of reducing hit-chance projectile blocker blocks at 95% (was 100% but was causing confusion when not even attackable targets were in range b/c of hit-chance=0%). reinf. for sieges is disabled for easy dif. v.0.87.01+5 added new battle quest: 'Troubled villagers' (reiforcem. mechanic) Boiling oil now spreads also onto hexes where a unit stands siege reinf. disabled (again) for normal/easy diff., and added new warning messages, and you can't retreat while reinf. arrive and are alive (kill them to be able to retreat) siege reinf. strength adjustments for all difficulties (scales 25%(easy) up to 100%(desolation)) bugfix: enabled showing achiev.traits in Unit Info screen (was bugged and so hidden) boil.oil reduced spreading rate by 20% Sharp Eyes don't scale HP villagers (all types) have "light foot" v.0.87.02 added new biome atlas: 'obsidian' added 'Macemaster' to the types of Weaponmaster, also added strongVs Armour for the random trait as reward. new music track added "Protector" made scalable mutator new battle quest: ReinforcedEnemyVSDefenders AI: if enemy char. has 'Light Foot' and is blocked by his ally, he will swap with him. removed boiling oil from one siege map added better descriptive UI for failing loading save files. allies AI improvements in many battle objectives/quests 'under siege' allies AI: made more aggessive added the ability to delete saves improved condition for siege enemy reinf. for evaluating when we are 'inside fort' Added 'loading screen' when descending to next zone village battle (oil): they hold off for the player to attack first engaging strike & speawall hit won't apply on-hit effects like criticals anymore prisoner calamity: vampire, revenant added. banner updates Vampire & Werebeasts can now be 'civilized' and thus won't injur party members when out of blood/flesh. Added 'Banner selection' to party screen. update (banner UI in party sc.) volcano calamity: oil spreads slower and cools off. boiling oil: lowered damage 15->10% banners update, alter terrain charges at start is 3(was 6), then you regain 1 charge/turn config.allowSoftwareMode = true; for soft openGL when hw openGL fails. added 'banners' for characters. spine2d done. Now we need to just add them. Vampire perk: now can also exists as non-injuring member (ie. will take only blood wage) Angel's pact - if depleted, it will show in the traits list (big tooltip) v.0.87.02+1 Bounty Hunters - added adaptive challenge factor (ie. if you have abundant numbers of members in party, the challenge increases) added sounds/voice to Forsaken classes v.0.87.02+2 memory leak fixes small updates AI can swap only with its allies. Barrel thrower is now 'rooted', ie. cannot be rammed or swapped(AI). gx banner fixes (werebeasts) v.0.87.02+4 added new QoL feature: two buttons for: displaying up to given layers' elevation level in battlefield map new banners added v.0.87.03 Forsaken faction added to world (default campaign only), 1st & 2nd zones. 4th zone added (ruins). 3rd zone is "Undergrounds" as before. Mutator extraction after battle: no more than 2 duplicates added new trait: Forsaken Wrath (aura) scavengers: removed Light Foot from: warrior, spearman and axeman for balance reasons AI: charge, ram and grab won't be rolled at 50% anymore, rather 100% of time if available targets ally AI won't swap with player-controlled units anymore 'proj. defl.' fixes, other small updates spine2d updates bonefisher added 'Forsaken Berserker'; Blood Lust II: MAX HP heal on killing blow 60 -> 70% projectile deflection: slightly reduced the 'deflection range' snipe min-range set to 1 more banners added (each strongVS has its own banner!) banners update (paged UI in party screen & gx fixes) Delirium: made scalable mutator, ie. charges: 1 (at lvl 1) -> 5 (at lvl 10), start MAX HP is now 40% (was 50%) removed Delirium from necro warrior and beast puller v.0.87.03+1 made Delirium extractable v.0.87.03+2 small bugfix v.0.87.03+3 bugfix v.0.87.03+4 Forsaken Wrath: the bonus damage calculation now works same way as Flagrant Battle quest (EnemyVsDefenders) updates Battle quest (EnemyVsVIP) updates added loading screen visuals for next zone descending minor AI improv. v.0.87.03+5 copy-editor text corrections v.0.87.03+6 small sounds updates ranged AI won't attempt to fire at projectile deflectors and rather try to find a better target v.0.87.03+7 better descriptions/shouting regarding ranged support: now the camera won't focus at ranged supporter if no fire will occur (because of friendly fire, or obscured LoS or deflection). It will appear only in shout-text & log. ranged support(in case of a deflect): damage projection updates ranged support won't fire at proj.deflector targets v.0.87.03+8 StrongVS trait is now showed also in big tooltip in battle; Forsaken elites: they have 2x strongVS. v.0.87.03+9 minor bugfix strongVS Crippled is now applied also to "injured" character. v.0.87.03+10 fix for 'hanging' text bubble window on screen in battles bugfix Forsaken elites: now only 1x strongVS from only a subset (weapons + crippled) v.0.87.03+12 Forsaken axeman: reduced absorp.count to 2, shieldbearer & defender to 5(!). 50% of elites have strongVS, rest has the 'revenge'. Forsaken elites: added 'revenge' on death (spawning an ally taunted to the killer) reduced the quest rate where you could possible get a new recruit small gx updates v.0.87.03+13 Bloodknight: removed Masochist new Village battlemap added Added 'Max mutator absorptions' info to party screen & unit info screen added elite visual versions of vampires (lord & vanquisher) UI updates: LabelElement will bubble mouse clicks minor bugfix v.0.87.03+14 CaptureVillageCenter battle updates/improvements Euphoria damage calamity: reduced max dmg bonus to 20% (was 50%) v.0.87.03+15 Normal/Epic/Desolation diff. balances (reduced the 'challenge' factor a bit) forsaken villages biome is 'ruins' Before we conclude this post here's a game we can recommend you to wishlist here on Steam! Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage! 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