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Steam News14 March 20242y ago

The Companions Update

COMPANIONS A new NPC, Vangela, has come to Town! She will help you create and manage Companions, new AI-controlled allies with all the same customization options as you.

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What changed

2 fixes3 additions5 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
addedCOMPANIONSA new NPC, Vangela, has come to Town! She will help you create and manage Companions, new AI-controlled allies with all the same customization options as you. Create your perfect combat partner, or the perfect full squad!
changedCompanion AIHealth Flasks
addedMisc. Companion InfoYou can use (Shift + 1/2/3/4) to quickly control new tabbed menus (Equipment, Talents, Flasks)
changedMisc. Companion InfoCompanions in your party will scale up enemy health just as in normal multiplayer (about +80% additional health per ally)
changedMisc. Companion InfoCompanions do not generate any additional loot, but they will pick up their own Health Flask, Utility Flask, and Super Orb drops
changedMisc. Companion InfoYou can toggle a Companion's aggression in Town by right-clicking on their party portrait. This only works while in Town.

Rune Knights changes

addedA new NPC, Vangela, has come to Town! She will help you create and manage Companions, new AI-controlled allies with all the same customization options as you. Create your perfect combat partner, or the perfect full squad!
changedHealth Flasks
addedYou can use (Shift + 1/2/3/4) to quickly control new tabbed menus (Equipment, Talents, Flasks)
changedCompanions in your party will scale up enemy health just as in normal multiplayer (about +80% additional health per ally)
changedCompanions do not generate any additional loot, but they will pick up their own Health Flask, Utility Flask, and Super Orb drops

COMPANIONS

A new NPC, Vangela, has come to Town! She will help you create and manage Companions, new AI-controlled allies with all the same customization options as you. Create your perfect combat partner, or the perfect full squad!

Companion Customization

  • Can equip any gear they meet level requirements for

  • All Talents

  • Full Utility Flask Customization

Companion AI

Companions are versatile allies capable of using:

  • Any skill, including Supers and defensive abilities like Block, Guard, Crimson Rush, Riposte, and Blinks

  • Health Flasks

  • Utility Flasks, with dynamic decision making based on current flask effects and combat situations (conservative during normal encounters, all-out during boss fights)

  • Dodge Rolls

Misc. Companion Info

  • You can use (Shift + 1/2/3/4) to quickly control new tabbed menus (Equipment, Talents, Flasks)

  • Companions in your party will scale up enemy health just as in normal multiplayer (about +80% additional health per ally)

  • Companions do not generate any additional loot, but they will pick up their own Health Flask, Utility Flask, and Super Orb drops

  • Magic Find on Companions has no effect, but it is effective to run Magic Find yourself and have your Companions do the killing

  • Companions will teleport to you on meditation or if they are far away when combat starts

  • Companions can be resurrected on death

  • Companions will attempt to resurrect you at the end of combat if necessary

  • You can toggle a Companion's aggression in Town by right-clicking on their party portrait. This only works while in Town.

  • All companions created by Hardcore characters will also be Hardcore. Hardcore characters can only recruit Hardcore Companions.

ENEMIES

The original spider enemy has been replaced with a new model

FIXED

  • Fixed enemies becoming faster than normal after becoming frozen

  • Spire of Teurok will now spawn with a usable projectile skill that can benefit from its effect

  • Fixed skills sometimes becoming unusable in Town after talking to a merchant

Source

Steam News / 14 March 2024

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