Hello everyone!
Please, be aware that there are plot spoilers in the descriptions below (in the Quest, Areas and Kingdom sections)!
Quests
- It was impossible to interact with Mim while being on top of "Talon Peak" area, so the quest couldn't be finished. Resolution: fixed.
- Shaynih'a's quest couldn't be completed. Resolution: fixed.
- Some players reported having extra doom-counters at the end of the game which might lead to the incorrect game over. Resolution: fixed.
- Talking to Eobald the Insightful cut-scene didn't work correctly during Linzi's "A Bard's Calling" quest. Resolution: fixed.
- A cut-scene didn't work correctly if players visited Elina without Ekun first and then returned with him. As a result, "A Feast of Feasts" quest couldn't be completed. Resolution: fixed.
- Some players could miss the quest item during "Guiding Beacon" quest. Resolution: fixed.
- A cut-scene didn't start in some cases after the battle with cultists during Tristian’s first quest ("Kingdom of the Cleansed"). Resolution: fixed.
- "Honor and Duty" quest didn't start after the Kingdom Event with the same name. Resolution: fixed.
- "Lost Relic" quest didn't finish correctly. Resolution: fixed.
Areas
- It was possible to do the "Ruined Tower" book event more than once. Resolution: fixed.
- One of the rooms in Pitax palace was inaccessible. Resolution: fixed.
- Jamandi Aldori mentioned Lander as the envoy at "Flintrock Grasslands" , whether or not it was true. Resolution: fixed.
- Companion's death at any area of the last chapter caused an endless death-resurrection cycle. Resolution: fixed.
- Players couldn't change their party because they never got a prompt to choose your party at "Camp at the Capital Gates" area exit. Resolution: fixed.
- Party couldn't move at the beginning of the "Illthuliak's Lair" area. Resolution: fixed.
- АoЕ spells like Elemental Wall and Acid Fog could break a cut-scene with Castruccio Irovetti at "Pitax Royal Palace" area. Resolution: fixed.
- Some choices didn't work correctly in dialogue between Linxia and Darven at "Brineheart" area. Resolution: fixed.
- One of the "Leather Scrap Covered in Ancient Runes" items was missing at "Armag's Tomb" area. Resolution: fixed.
User Interfaces
- Memorized spells UI area became inaccessible if the Spellbook was closed while working with Metamagic. Resolution: fixed.
- Several visual issues were fixed in Vendor interface.
Kingdom
- Region upgrades are now unlocked once the capital has been upgraded to city-level.
- New city visual: as soon as your capital is upgraded to city-level, it boasts a new look.
- Community rank up to 8th level project didn't start. Resolution: fixed.
- Cut-scenes for Divine rank-up events up to 6th level didn't work properly and, as a result, the rank-up projects didn't start. Resolution: fixed.
- Consequences of the decision made at 7th rank-up event of the Economy tree are properly applied to the kingdom now.
- Consequences of the decision made at 8th rank-up event of the Culture tree are properly applied to the kingdom now.
- Auto-managed kingdom will now check that important projects are done in time to progress within the game.
- Kingdom event signalizing the failure to complete Ekun`s second companion quest could trigger even if this quest was completed. Resolution: fixed.
- If the kingdom is about to be destroyed, the game will offer the player to turn on the Invincible Kingdom mode.
Classes & Mechanics
- Restoration didn’t remove all of the temporary negative levels. Resolution: fixed.
- Finesse Training didn't work with Two Weapon Fighting. Resolution: fixed.
- Reuse of the "Summon Monster" class ability (Monster Tactician inquisitor archetype) didn't delete the summons from the previous cast. Corpses of summoned Monitor Lizards could be looted. Resolution: both issues are fixed.
- Some players could get an additional animal companion during level-up in case the current animal companion was dead. Resolution: the issue is fixed. Effected saves is going to be fixed in the nearest hotfix.
Miscellanous
- Linzi's ring (Shelyn's Clemency) didn't work properly. Resolution: Linzi is teleported to the Capital after her death.
- New pack of typos and localization fixes. Missing CN characters (踝豹鹤) are added.
System
- Sometimes Steam Cloud Sync could overlap with save loading, resulting in bugs and possibly corrupted saves. Resolution: fixed.
This hotfix happens to be a big one – more like a patch, in fact. A big and important feature comes live in this version: from now on, you can choose between different Kingdom region upgrades - which become available together with the new state of your capital, the city outfit.
Finally, there is one more thing we at Owlcat wanted to talk to you about.
Unfortunately, there is a downside to the speed with which we solve newly-found issues - to be completely honest, it doesn’t leave us enough time to test all of the game thoroughly after each fix. It takes a whole week at minimum to test every aspect of our complex game, so delivering 2-3 hotfixes each week leaves our team only enough time to check fixes locally. Still, we know this is no excuse for issues that persist in the game, as well as those that are added with some of the fixes. Every bug report we receive literally tears us apart with the feeling of guilt for not finding and solving the issue before the game went live. As such, we want to be open with all you Pathfinders, so that you understand our philosophy and our current pipeline. Right now we feel it is more important to keep fixing critical issues as quickly as possible, rather than to stop releasing hotfixes for about 2 weeks and focus on a big patch.
Once we are sure all major problems have been addressed, we will get back to a more stable, "patch-oriented" development approach.
Thank you for your patience and your support! That is what keeps us alive and kicking.