Thursday 12th March 2015: Patch 2.1 is now ready and available

Hi all, patch 2.1 for Blackguards 2 has been released today on Thursday afternoon and is now available. (Please find the German version of the patchnotes HERE and the Russian version HERE ) You’ll find detailed change-log below. If you should experience further problems while playing Blackguards 2 please contact us here or our technical support team via support@daedalic.de so we can work on fixing the issue. Thank you for your support and feedback! Your Team Daedalic

Changelog Blackguards 2 Patch 2.1:

MAJOR

• fixed a potential script freeze during Battle of El'Halem

• fixed game breaks if renaming savegames during battles

• fixed faulty win condition in Benivilla Forest recapture scenario

• corrected win condition issue in Niobes Estate

• fixed game breaks if spawning entities die

• fixed a potential error source in Shinna preparation battle win conditions

• fixed problem that Faramud's dialog was deactivated when whole map was conquered

• fixed a problem with with Cassia-Dialog that hindered the game to progress

• fixed carnage training fight that wasn't triggered correctly

• fixed freeze on some maps when using the LoS tool

BALANCING

• reduced critical hit chance of bounty hunters to zero

• destructible Crystals can now be destroyed with a single melee hit of any damage type

• lowered damage threshold to interrupt Great Petrifier's eternal petrification power

• made Zurbaran's Seduction of Niobe more likely to be successful

• added additional belts to lorfas merchant's supply

• hammerblow maneuver now causes triple damage

• more aup damage and exp costs for feint maneuver

• more damage and exp costs for aimedthrust maneuver

• additional wound and increased aup costs for sniper

• reduction of the offhand bonus of dualwield 1 and dualwield 2

• increased exp costs of dualwield 1 and dualwield 2

• adjusted difficulty levels "easy" and "hard" to increase the difference (easy is easier, hard is harder)

• increased the wound penalties

MINOR

• corrected Great Petrifier's collision for Line-Of-Sight calculations

• corrected Great Petrifier's dodge animation

• adjusted size of deployment zones in several maps

• improved camera start locations in several defend and recap scenarios

• increased camera scroll speed on Adamant Map

• fixed a few missing sounds on interactive environment

• reduced resistances of insect warrior in Lorfas

• optimized functionality of arsonist objectives in Dujar Looting and Cuoris Sbotage fights

• fixed a problem in battle of mengbilla battle-script that hindered catapult impacts if cassia was very good or very evil

• added hint for treasure chests

• fixed minor issues with barrel towers in a couple of maps

• added more cheering to arena battle

• made traps and interactive objects trigger if entities spawn on them

• fixed a potential dialog bug in the goblin mine

• set Leaper's jump attack effects to -forced- to avoid victims to sometimes remain unaffected

• fixed an issue with 3d models not disappearing in escape zones

• fixed dialog after losing preparation battle for first chimerologist

• fixed Nasrin's stats, items and portrait

• removed spider webs' spike damage resistance

• corrected win conditions timing issues in several defend and recap scenarios

• fixed an AI problem in Marwan Strikes Back scenario

• reduced enemy spawn in goblin mine defend scenario

• fixed berserk elixir

• removed two potential error sources in archer AI scripts

• Tykates now vanishes correctly from his cage when released or executed

• repaired missing texture link in Jester Wood gore

• corrected hex cell height levels in a few maps

• improved AI script interaction with Ecliptifactus entities

• added hint boxes