Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord News

• [p]Added a warning and blocked launching the title if the versions of War Sails and Bannerlord are not compatible. This can occur after a patch release when there is a delay between the downloads. Launching the title with such a mismatch would cause a crash. You can verify file integrity to resolve this.[/p]
• [p]Repairing ships now grants Boatswain XP.[/p]
• [p]Doubled the Shipmaster XP gain for travelling on water.[/p]
• [p]Scouting XP is no longer given when travelling on water.[/p]
• [p]Slowed down the enemy ships in the final battle of Hunt Down Emira al-Fahda and the Corsair quest. Also decreased the consort ships' maneuverability to give players more time to try again after an unsuccessful ram.[/p]
• [p]Increased the turning arc of basic and fire ballistas on ships. They should now allow you to shoot at the “Floating Fortress” while still circling it in the storyline mission.[/p]
• [p]Increased the time allowed to return to the naval playable area during storyline missions from 10 to 30 seconds.[/p]
• [p]Improved GPU performance during the final Naval Storyline quest mission.[/p]
• [p]Changed the culture of several helmets used by the Nord troops to Nord, making them available in their towns.
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• [p]Improved the ability of troops to find the last remaining enemy units during naval battles.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that caused all troops to have the same face in naval battles.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the ship connection errors that occurred during Quest 5 Phase 2.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that prevented you from exiting the storyline from a hostile town.[/p]
• [p]"Amnesties For Pirates" kingdom policy fixes:[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a bug that caused garrisons to be overflown with troops, bankrupting clans in the process.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a bug that prevented the 5% daily chance from working.[/p]
  • [p]Instead of merging all members of the pirate party into the settlement's garrison, only some members (~25%) will join the garrison.[/p]

• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred during the Speak To the Sailors in Omor quest (fireship) when the player died before ramming the enemy ship.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred on the campaign map due to siege blockades.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred during Quest 5 Phase 3.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred when electing the new ruler of Nords.[/p]

• [p]Fixed a bug that prevented friendly troops' banners from being displayed with DLSS on.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that caused the selected formations to become deselected after every given order during deployment.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that prevented players from launching the game via the Epic platform.[/p]
• [p]The Kick hotkey no longer disables mouse movement.
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• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred when exiting the smithing screen on Xbox.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred on the campaign map when a garrison decided to sally out but had no healthy troops.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred during stealth missions.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred when selecting the first option during the Water Supplies random event.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred when a column formation was following the player.[/p]

• [p]Improved the initial loading time of War Sails.[/p]
• [p]Troops[/p]
  • [p]We increased the armor of high-tier Nord troops to enable them to fulfill their intended roles.[/p]
    • [p]High-tier Nord armors have been buffed. This includes both body armor and shoulder pieces.[/p]
    • [p]Nord Huscarls are now equipped with their intended armor.[/p]
    • [p]Nord troops now use their intended helmets.[/p]
    • [p]Nord troops also use gloves and vambraces in higher tiers.[/p]
    • [p]Replaced high-tier longbows on lower-tier Nord archers with short bows.[/p]
  • [p]Other[/p]
    • [p]Added helmets to the northern marine troops who were missing them.[/p]
    • [p]Nerfed Aserai mariner troops’ Bahriyyah's bow.[/p]
    • [p]Nerfed Battanian mariner troops' javelins.[/p]
• [p]Further decreased the HP of Fahda's ship from 4800 to 3100.[/p]

• [p]Fixed an unhandled case where the Vlandian Merchants are defeated in the mission, but the player wins the mission (in the "Escort the merchants" quest).[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug that prevented seeing quest-related dialogues after a save is loaded during the "Speak to Gunnar and Sister" quest.[/p]
• [p]During the second phase of the "Defeat The Sea Hounds" quest mission, ship controls for the captured enemy ship would stop working if the player exited the direct control mode. This was fixed.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue that prevented ally ships from attacking Purig's ship and crew in the final storyline mission.[/p]

• [p]Fixed a crash related to boarding in the second storyline mission. More specifically, this could occur after defeating the first sea hound ship, when making the choice about which ship to control in the dialogue with Gunnar.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred if you spammed F in conversation transition between Gunnar and your sister when the "Speak to Gunnar and Sister" quest was active.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to barter with your sister.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred when a lord party was trying to disembark.[/p]

• [p]Fixed a bug that caused troops to leave their party if given the retreat order during the mission.[/p]

• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred in stealth missions.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred while dragging a corpse in stealth missions.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash that occurred when pressing the play button from the Epic platform.[/p]

Earlier this year, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord's War Sails naval expansion had its release pushed back from June 17th to November 26th. You can give it a go right now if you fancy, so it obviously made that second date. Prior to the DLC dropping, I chatted with Bannerlord senior producer Falk Engel about what went into the decision to ditch the initial summer date, and why custom naval battles were only confirmed to be arriving with its launch quite late in the day.

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While maybe not the best Assassin's Creed game ever, AC Black Flag remains my personal favorite. I loved being able to explore the seas with shanties blaring, but the thrill of ship combat put the biggest smile on my face. I've been desperate for this long-rumored Black Flag remaster to surface, and while a bit of Sea of Thieves dabbling has provided some relief, it may actually be Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord that has the remedy. Yes, the RPG is dragging its huge, land-based battles into the high seas in its new expansion, and it looks awesome.

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