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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
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TaleWorlds Entertainment · TaleWorlds Entertainment·$49.99
Mar 14, 2022 · 53mo ago

Beta Patch Notes e1.7.2

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Beta e1.7.2 focuses heavily on stability with numerous crash fixes, significant campaign AI optimizations for parties and armies, a new multiplayer ranking system, and expanded prisoner interaction mechanics.

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  • Prisoners
    • Interaction:Players can now interact with prisoners and attempt to coax them into defecting.Added
    • Interaction:Players can now ask to speak with prisoners held by other parties.Added
  • ArmiesFood Management:Armies now consider villages for food and coordinate buying among members to prevent starving.Optimized
  • UI
    • Quests Screen:Added sorting for quests by Date Started, Last Updated, and Time Due.Added
    • Party Screen:Added a 'Recruit All' button to the Recruit Prisoners popup for faster army building.Added
  • Performance
    • Optimized overall memory usage and fixed a memory leak during field battles.Optimized
    • Optimized siege script components and AI usage of ranged siege weapons.Optimized

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  • MultiplayerCombat:Reduced the score gained from damaging enemy mounts and reduced the penalty for team damage on mounts.Reduced

Other changes5

  • Campaign AI
    • Increased weight of Defensive and Aggressive priorities, making parties more consistent in defending territories or raiding settlements.
    • Parties are now more likely to raid or siege settlements closer to their own territory.
    • Added a threshold for changing AI party objectives to prevent 'zigzag' behavior between two targets.Added threshold
  • MultiplayerMatchmaking:Introduced a comprehensive ranking system (Bronze to Conqueror) for Captain and Skirmish modes.Added
  • Character DevelopmentSiege Engines:Siege engine kills now award Engineering XP, aligning the reward with the skill used.Athletics/ThrowingEngineering

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    A maintenance update focusing on stability, crash fixes for the War Sails expansion, and general polish for the base game.

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