Gladiator Command – v0.670: Progression & UI Improvements

This update focuses on improving progression, reducing message spam, and addressing several bugs reported by players and streamers.

Improvements

Arena Sorting

• Gladiators in the Arena can now be sorted by combat rating, health, and stats. Multiple stances can be reset to balanced.

• Same behavior as the management roster, including drag and hold reordering

  

Message System Cleanup

• Daily notifications have been condensed into clearer overview reports

• Training stat increases are now grouped into a single message

• Injury notifications are also condensed into one message with separate lines for each gladiator

• Injury recovery days are now shown directly on gladiator cards in the management screen

  

Combat Progression

• Gladiators now gain XP even when injured in combat, reflecting that fighters learn from defeat and helping reduce roster setbacks

  

Combat Rating Improvements

• Combat rating now accounts for:

  • Positive and negative traits

  • Heritage combat bonuses

Boss Difficulty

• Bosses have been made more challenging and now start with combat traits and heritage bonuses

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where mid and late game gladiators could revert to Tier 1 equipment

• Fixed false injury notifications appearing after tournaments

• Fixed XP being awarded to stats already at the maximum level

• Fixed hotkeys not working after defeating the final boss and continuing play

• AddedFixed victory records incorrectly counting knockouts as deaths (Notethis fix requires a new save to apply correctly)

Community Recognition

The following players have been added to the Roma Victor credits for completing the game:

• KAIKUZO

• EternalReaper

• imayge

Watching streamers has been extremely helpful in identifying early gameplay pain points. Each update has noticeably improved median playtime. After one or two more QoL passes to further smooth the early game experience, development will move toward the next major feature: Gladiator Classes.