Patch history

1. May 22, 2025·Update 1.16.2.1-8

   • ▼🎯Behaviormercenary cost—→More expensive

     Regular Mercenaries are more expensive for the player.

     Mercenaries cost more for the player on Hard/Very Hard.

   • ▼🎯Behaviorfaction leniency—→Less lenient

     Factions are somewhat less lenient depending on vassal opinion.

     Vassals are more likely to join factions against the player.

   • ▼🎯Behaviortitle revocation—→Harder

     Revoking titles and retracting vassals is harder for the player.

     Stripping titles is more difficult for the player.

   • ▼🎯Behavioralliance limit—→Restricted

     Heavier penalties to arranging marriages based on existing alliances; gaining alliances at war is nearly impossible.

     Player is limited to one significant and one minor alliance.

   • ▼🎯Behaviorcourtier recruitment—→Harder

     Marrying to gain highly skilled courtiers or wanderers is now much harder.

     Harder to marry for high-skill courtiers/knights.

   • ▼🎯Behaviorscheme success chance—→Lower

     Hostile Scheme success chance starts at a much lower level on Very Hard.

     Hostile schemes are less likely to succeed on Very Hard.

   • ▼🎯Behaviorknight efficiency—→Reduced

     Knight efficiency is reduced on Very Hard difficulty.

     Knights are less effective on Very Hard.

   • ▼🎯Behaviorransom gold gain—→Lowered

     Gold gain from ransoming is lowered for the player.

     Player earns less gold from ransoming prisoners.