Developer Logic Artists and publisher THQ Nordic have released patch 1.3 aimed to introduce a variety of bug fixes, gameplay updates and the legion battle system revamp.
Among other things, the developers have added a few new tutorials for new features, adjusted the balance of multiple Legion missions, made it possible to access the Outpost Manager features when within the range on the world map. That means that players’ water will automatically be replenished, no food or water will be consumed when within the range of the outpost, Praetorians that are done with assignments will be set back to Ready State and more.
When it comes to bug fixes, the team did the following:
- Added some additional checks to ensure the Legion Battle crowd music stops after the battle ends.
- Fixed an issue where un-assigning the Player Character from the Hospital assignment early could cause issues.
- Fixed an issue on the Rubicon involving letting the intro cutscene player and then loading the auto-save can get stuck on a black loading screen.
- Fixed an issue where it’s possible to get the briefing for Pacifications even though the quest is not active under certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where the Arcana Imperii achievement would not unlock with some dialog branches.
The Legion Battle System was streamlined to rely fully on pitting your centurions’ command specialisations against those of the enemy army to unlock particular effects that can turn the tide of battle. All stratagems have been redesigned to add or remove specialisation points, and several balance changes have also been made to the system. Most importantly, manpower attrition is now based fully on the size of the opposing army.
