\n\u003cp>It's probably more trouble than it's worth to sidestep around comparisons to \u003ca href=\"https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/mount-blade-ii-bannerlord\">Mount & Blade\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/sands-of-salzaar\">Sands Of Salzaar\u003c/a>. It's mostly the structure. Sands Of Salzaar drops you into a world of dynamically warring factions. You can join or compete with them by founding your own, or ignore them to beat up roving bandits, clear out combined dungeon/random encounter sites, and do odd jobs for named NPCs. Some of those figures are powerful, unkillable, and recruitable, although you may have to win them over with favours or gifts. You'll likely do a bit of everything, but mostly you'll be smashing armies into each other in 2D skirmishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's no clone, though. While its component parts are familiar, Salzaar does enough of its own thing to win my affection, and its odd but sincere personality shines despite some muddy edges.\u003c/p>\n \u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sands-of-salzaar-review\">Read more\u003c/a>\u003c/p>","versions":1,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:2539473.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:26","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost"},"$NewsPost:2539473.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/Rock, Paper, Shotgun/4224939931827588240","author":null,"__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"NewsFeed:26":{"id":"26","display":"Rock, Paper, Shotgun","__typename":"NewsFeed"},"NewsPost:2536101":{"id":"2536101","gid":"4224939386880178210","postedAt":"2022-01-07T15:14:45.000Z","checkedAt":"2022-12-13T11:24:14.387Z","fetchedAt":"2022-01-08T12:50:24.209Z","deletedAt":null,"title":"Update Log 1.0.0.9 (Text Fixes, Adjustments of quest side)","contents":"Hi Travelers, \n\nHope you’re having fun playing Sands of Salzaar. The second patch of 2022 - V.1.0.0.9 just went out. It fixes some lingering issues from the previous version, including [u]Text fixes, UI Display improvements and Adjustments of quest and combat stats[/u], etc. Below is the full changelogs:\n\n[h2]2021-1-7 Salzaar Update Log (V1.0.0.9)[/h2]\n\n[h3][b]NEW ADDITIONS[/b][/h3]\n- Added new guidance for Quest - Missing Neighbor\n\n- Added 6 new skills for legacy store - [Transcendent], [Iron Lung], [Storm Shelter],[Hunting Mastery], [Meditation] and [Seasoned Warrior]\n\n[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35992768/6cadcd68adb155fee4ee186da1b6e53e146eecaa.png[/img]\n\n[h3][b]ADJUSTMENTS[/b][/h3]\n- When conferred an NPC that is not in the team as a city lord, The favor increase has been changed from 10 to 15\n\n- Some changes for the plot quest of Alaf Jahim, including a boss nerf & adjustment of character skill\n\n- Removed some skills from the legacy store, which players can learn on the skill page\n\n[h3][b]BUG FIXES[/b][/h3]\n- Fixed a bug that caused unexpected favor system abuse by using recall & kick-out operations after granting fief to a team member\n\n- Fixed some translation issues in some quest descriptions\n \n- The stats for Yaya in the plot quest has been changed, now the stats will be generated dynamically by player build instead of system-settled stats\n\n- Fixed a bug that caused wrong skill purchase in legacy store when playing as the Nameless\n\n- Fixed skill [Psychic Armor] unmatched description with the actual effect\n\n- Fixed some unmatched Shards descriptions with the actual required condition\n\n- Fixed some unmatched affix descriptions with the actual stats\n\n[h3][b]OPTIMIZATIONS[/b][/h3]\n- Optimized the UI display in EXP accounts when troops or characters reach MAX. levels (Previously was displayed as 0 EXP)\n\n- Optimized the collision area of Argil Camp\n\n- Optimized some text display issues, eg: missing Percent signs\n \n \nIf you encounter any issues when playing the game, please contact us in our [url=https://discord.gg/xdindie]Discord[/url] channels or fill in this [url=https://forms.gle/uodXNj9Uz6fHEisn9]bug report form[/url] for submission. We will quickly look into and try fixing them in future updates!\n\n[url=https://discord.gg/kfWAnYy6Dj][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35992768/ed7d5cf3cd9cc4e705c1c3312a50bd4fc32bdb4a.png[/img][/url]\n\n[h2]Montage Clip Event[/h2]\n\nAnother new event is ongoing in our discord channel - Montage clip assistance!\n\nAfter seeing the community constantly share the hilarious clips with the community, we’d like to post-edit an in-game montage for Sands of Salzaar. So here to ask for your assistance, help us make that by sending your mind-blowing creations. Of course, the returns are necessary - a chance to win $50 gift cards! \n\nCheck more details in our [url=https://discord.gg/S8jpUekb77]Salzaar Tavern[/url]!","versions":1,"metadata":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$NewsPost:2536101.metadata","typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"tags":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsTag:240544","typename":"NewsTag"}],"feed":{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsFeed:1","typename":"NewsFeed"},"__typename":"NewsPost"},"$NewsPost:2536101.metadata":{"url":"https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/4224939386880178210","author":"RokuroRokuro","__typename":"NewsPostMetadata"},"$App:1094520.news({\"cursor\":\"prev;11;2022-01-05T14:19:31.000Z,2534758\",\"limit\":5})":{"news":[{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:2547944","typename":"NewsPost"},{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:2545330","typename":"NewsPost"},{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:2541278","typename":"NewsPost"},{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:2539473","typename":"NewsPost"},{"type":"id","generated":false,"id":"NewsPost:2536101","typename":"NewsPost"}],"pagination":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$App:1094520.news({\"cursor\":\"prev;11;2022-01-05T14:19:31.000Z,2534758\",\"limit\":5}).pagination","typename":"PageInfo"},"__typename":"NewsList"},"$App:1094520.news({\"cursor\":\"prev;11;2022-01-05T14:19:31.000Z,2534758\",\"limit\":5}).pagination":{"next":"next;12;2022-01-07T15:14:45.000Z,2536101","previous":"prev;10;2022-01-25T11:03:22.000Z,2547944","__typename":"PageInfo"}};window.csrfToken="ejHkzUjB-IyH6SD5vBEXo1GmU6iPUgwAMdFA";