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GekooktEi

Jan 15 @ 12:34am

Hirelings

Hi! Maybe I missed something, but are the hirelings not included in the Marauders expansion? And if so, will they be released separately or were they already in the game and did I miss them? (I play mostly on mobile)

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Arkorat

Jan 15 @ 2:06am

I believe the hirelings were going to be released separately on a later date. I wouldnt count on them being in the game for atleast half a year, maybe even a whole year.

GekooktEi

Jan 18 @ 9:43am

Originally posted by Arkorat:
I believe the hirelings were going to be released separately on a later date. I wouldnt count on them being in the game for atleast half a year, maybe even a whole year.

Ah, makes sense I think, also because there are multiple hireling packs for the physical game... Perhaps they will bundle them into one, or just add them to the expansions with matching factions.

Thanks for the answer!

Bracht

Jan 18 @ 12:43pm

As far as I know, there hasn't been any sort of confirmation or even a hint that Hirelings are or ever were coming to Root Digital.

People assume Hirelings are coming because they were such a big part of the Marauder Expansion for the physical game, but honestly I wouldn't expect them to come to digital, for a couple of very big reasons:

1. Direwolf are clearly struggling with how much work they have. Look at how long it took for them to even announce that Marauder was coming — two years from the physical release date. With so many bigger projects on their plate (Dune, Cascadia, Arcs, and many others), I imagine they'd take every opportunity they can get to *not work* on content that could be deemed "optional" in their projects.

2. Hirelings were designed to solve a very clear problem Root always had: it was never as great a game if you were playing at 2 or 3 players. For the physical game, it's often very hard for many people to get a table of 4 players. On digital, we absolutely do not have this problem. Filling a game with 4 players is only "a couple of minutes harder" than with 2 or 3.

So we have a piece of optional content that exists to solve a problem that Root Digital absolutely does not have. This tells me Hirelings are most likely NOT COMING to this game.

(Which I'm completely fine with, even though Hirelings are extremely fun to play with. I actually love the Hirelings even more than I love either of the two factions that came with Marauders. I would love to see Hirelings in the digital game, and I would most likely prefer to play 2p with Hirelings than 4p going forward, so I'm not saying this because I don't mind not having Hirelings here. I just have no reason to think they're coming, and a couple of very good reasons to think they're not.)

CaptBasil

Jan 19 @ 8:40am

Originally posted by Bracht:
As far as I know, there hasn't been any sort of confirmation or even a hint that Hirelings are or ever were coming to Root Digital.

"Timeline Update for Root: The Marauder Expansion Digital Adaptation!
Our friends at Dire Wolf are busy getting the finishing touches on the Marauder expansion content for Root Digital! They are hopeful it will be ready and available in Q1 of 2025. Wondering about the Hirelings? Look for a separate DLC pack with all the current Hirelings (Riverfolk through Marauder) in the future!"

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2074786394/the-next-root-expansion/posts/4244557