Tactics V: "Obsidian Brigade" News

Users who were experiencing the odd black rendering lines have a fix, OpenGL still the most stable graphics API launch option for the game, but players have reported DirectX 11 Launch mode fixing this issue.

New patch available for Tactics V: "Obsidian Brigade"!

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Main focus has been on the new class, but there are other notable improvements, see below.

Features/Fixes:
*The Legionnaire Class:
*Maneuverability Skill reduces the initial TU cost of movement
*Charge melee Skill (movement adds damage to standard melee attacks)
*Improved Jump Skill (Ups the vertical jump stat)
*Extended Spear Reach Skill (Spear increased to 2 squares, 2h Spear increased to 3)
*Legion Technique Skill
*Jump powers (player delays and leaps towards a target with a spear or 2h spear, ending their turn right next to them)
*Strike Through power (player does a melee attack with a spear or 2h spear ending their turn on the opposite side of the targets)
*Shared Combat Horse Riding with the Legionnaire class skills
*Shared Medium armor proficiency (not mastery) with the Archer and Legionnaire class bonus skills
*Shared Heavy armor proficiency (not mastery) with the Legionnaire class bonus skills
*Shared Staff2H with the Wizard and Healer class bonus skills
*Shared Spear and Spear2H with the Legionnaire class bonus skills
*Shared Mace proficiency with the Defender class bonus skills

*Made fixes to Mount logic

*Low FPS Animations option, causes more of the pixel art illusion for some users

Tactics V: "Obsidian Brigade" has an updated patch:

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Features:
*A Quick Battle setting which applies turbo to all actions in combat (note that when the ... is above an AI unit, it is thinking, this can't be sped up)
*A Quick Confirmations setting (dramatically reduces the amount of confirmation boxes in the game)
*Auto Concentrate Skill (the Energy Wizard class has a powerful new skill which will give the unit concentrate every turn)
*Vulnerability upon use of Magic Powers has been nearly doubled in potency
*Blast Magic has dramatically increased damage amounts
*Magic Powers give more XP/SP gains
*End of battle spoil items now have additional items taken from the slain opponents
*The Whirlwind power for the Fighter class has had it's PP cost reduced
*All random numbers used in dice rolls are better randomized
*Added (pricey) Magic Defense focused armors, shield, capes, staffs
*The Rogue Steal skill has a chance to take gear right off of a target
*AI for the Steal skill re-enabled from pre-alpha logic (stolen items come back upon death of the thief, or at the end of combat)
*Losing Units (in any way) returns their gear back to the Roster
*New gear and models

Fixes to:
*Balance bugs
*Tile bugs in desert levels
*Regaining of Bernard in an optional mission if Bernard died

EDIT:
2.1:
*a better system of generating random numbers for combat rolls (as such, the percents should be more accurate)
*Quick Battle enhanced to have more turbo events.

*bug fix: Quick Confirmations allowing two non-movement actions a turn when using self-target only actions.

Thanks public beta users for the input on these!

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Tactics V: "Obsidian Brigade" has a new patch:

*Added Noisy Terrain visuals, which can be turned off in the start screen
*Added more terrain models
*Added stacking of all status effects
*Added Vulnerability effects to all offensive elemental spells
*BUG FIX: Better memory management

Following Fixes were added:

• Fix for summoned creatures and undead crash on certain hardware
  
• Fix for new recruits stats
  
• Fix for enemies going out of bounds on Chapter 2 Mission 7
  
• Fixes to Achievement requirements (Flawless Achievement)
  
• Fixes for Loading screen consistency
  
• Fixes to returning to title loading
  
• XP Hidden option stores between sessions
  
• Mute Music option stores between sessions
  
• Mute FX option stores between sessions
  
• Minimum bomb throw distance effected by blast radius
  
• Facing for two weapon backstabs no longer turn the target's facing on the first swing
  
• Self targeted healing no longer turns the unit
  
• Healing spells and Undead damage spells are now affected by Will (a little)
  
• Fixes to Necromancer power TU amounts
  

marked as v1.4

should be up tonight