For the holidays, here's our last present of the year to you - a new update: new content, general game-improvements and bug-fixes!. The game is also 30% off for the Winter Sale!

Before we get into it, I want to take a moment to reflect on 2024 and thank everyone for standing by the game and by us: thank you. It has been an incredible year of massive updates and I feel like the game has been absolutely transformed this year. I'm really happy with the our progress and how far it has come, and that we've still been making bold choices and overhauls in development. It's been a long year with many all-nighters!

The Animation Overhaul and the Character Traits system are my personal highlights, both from a player and developer POV. The Spectacles Update in particular was record breaking and it has been so satisfying & assuring to see that the work we put into this game is absolutely rewarded - the reception continues to be beyond my wildest dreams.

I'm coming up on year 10 of development (might have already passed it, not 100% sure!) personally and still not tired of it at all. If you told me I'd go from a no-programming-skills, solo dev, no-big-hopes situation to thousands of players & a full time career with a team 10 years later, I'd never believe you! I'm very grateful to be given this chance.
I can't wait for 2025 and to show you what we have in store for the game! Best wishes to all of you!

A new arena has emerged in the heart of Terantia. Located at the base of the stairs leading to the great temple, combatants are forced to face off on the city terraces.
In this new variant, the Grand Plaza is scattered with oil patches and fire pots. Use the terrain to your advantage by igniting your enemies.

The fire system in the game has been upgraded to go with this new variation!

Throwing a fire pot ignites a fire upon impact, spreading flames to any connected oil patches nearby. When the fire pot lands, it leaves ashes on the ground, while ignited oil patches create fading ashes. These fire pots can now also be thrown into any map by the audience.

Additionally, here's a new interactive trap that players can kick over.



We've added a weapon trail to the player swings, trails will be default on from now on:
We've also added floating damage numbers, this is default off. You can turn it on in the Game Options.
Destructible objects like barrels and boxes' mass now plays a role. Characters and players can now be pushed back by physics objects. (before, they were massless and would fly off if you ran into them with zero resistence.)
Sound effects have also been improved. On-hit sounds and floor-based sound effects have been added, so interactions like a barrel bouncing in mud now sound like a wood impact combined with mud. Particle effects have been introduced for hits and destruction, enhancing the visual feedback when props are broken.

Here's a Before and After:
Previously, when it comes to the destructible objects, kicking was handled purely by leg physics, but it now uses a curated forward impulse for more consistent behavior.
Objects moving at high velocity (after a kick for example) now explode on contact and knock back and stun characters on impact.

Fitting with the last update, a classic Roman "Lorica Segmentata" armor was added. About time!
These armors have been added to many Hanian units as well.
Note: currently the names for these and everything else new in this update that has text will be english only. We'll update the translations later!

We've added the long awaited Godly 2 Handed Sword - Clavadir and a Unique 2 Handed sword for the Elite Legate Dividus !

We revamped the system behind the items thrown into the arena by the audience during fights. Weapon throws will now be more varied, as the selection is drawn from all weapons & shields available in the shop. The throws will also be more randomly aimed and better balanced for the player rank.

• Improvements to the training section. Decimal points have been removed and we added some QOL-fixes, making it easier and more straightforward to track progress when training specific skills.
  
• Characters and players now turn their head towards their target, making them look less stiff. They did this once upon a time but it was lost during the locomotion overhaul, added back in now.
  

• New items: Hanian Infantry Armor (Chest & Arm armor)
  
• New item: Clavadir (Godly 2H)
  
• New item: Legate Dividus' Daaka
  
• New Arena: City Terraces
  
• New Arena Variation: Grand Plaza oil/fire variation
  
• New weapon trails
  
• New floating damage numbers (enable in game options)
  
• Added rain scenario to Grand Plaza maps
  
• Fire pot & Fire system improvements
  
• Destructibles now have mass & better physics
  
• Kicking destructibles into character stuns them now
  
• Audience item dropper mini-overhaul
  
• Training system improvements and tweaks
  
• Bribing system improvements and tweaks
  
• Knockbacks in general have been slightly increased
  
• Starting weapons for Veteran Aspirant have been given balancing tweaks, they are all now Sturdy
  tier.

• Fixed some issues with character damage physics, things should work a bit better hopefully.
  
• Fixed characters T-posing on death where they are cut in half.
  
• Added translations for the repair notification window.
  
• Fixed skinning issue on the head
  
• Fixed incorrect weight on backstory character selection screen
  
• Fixed armor overview displaying wrong items sometimes
  
• Fixed accidental double stamina buff on Slave
  
• Heirloom now mentions Unique tier items too
  
• Fixed an issue where the death screen always displayed "sewerrat" incorrectly next to the rank.
  
• Fixed an issue on the graphics options screen where some text would go out of bounds.
  
• Fixed an issue where the pegleg trait incorrectly triggered during the intro sequence when using a gamepad.
  
• Fixed an issue where focus was lost when re-entering the pause menu after visiting the game options when using a gamepad.
  
• Fixed an issue on the loading screen that prevented entering the match when changing the game options during loading.
  
• Possible fix for AI that stops working (Not 100% sure, it's hard to replicate)
  
• Fixed an UI-scaling issue on the Victory Screen for the Chinese language.
  
• Fixed noticeable UI scaling issues when entering the main menu.
  
• Fixed an issue where weapons with the fragile item trait would not break when thrown on the ground.
  
• Fixed an issue where training sometimes did not work correctly for a new character.
  
• Fixed an issue where no items were thrown in the Stadium Ballista variant when the Brawler trait was active.
  
• Fixed an issue in the Ambush event where the ambushers would appear partially inside the ground.
  
• Fixed an issue where bribing certain Patrons did not work as expected.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain events incorrectly granted patron favor to certain patron(s).
  
• Fixed an issue where the Farerdaka could not be picked up in combination with a shield in third-person mode.
  
• Players no longer need to exit and re-enter the game to see their Battle log preference applied

Happy Holidays everyone!
We who are about to die salute you,
Jordy

Ave Aspirants,

0.71 is here: a small bug-fixing patch!

• Fixed an issue where players saw a debug backstory
  
• Fixed issue where you couldn't claim victory on Condemned after your target week has passed
  
• Fixed an issue where passing Baegar as Veteran Aspirant without defeating him would trigger victory condition
  
• Fixed an issue where you could roll Condemned and switch to a lower difficulty mode
  
• Fixed an issue where item rank-up rewards could fail
  
• Fixed incorrect sounds on bronze scale arms & leg armor
  
• Fixed an issue where windows would jump when navigating from options to start in the main menu.
  
• Resolved an issue allowing the pause menu to open during loading tips and the game to continue.
  
• Corrected a problem where the HUD did not automatically set gamepad icon keys.
  
• Adjusted the loading screen to prevent showing the key-formatting when using a gamepad.
  
• Fixed an issue where the music from credits would continue playing when closing it rapidly after opening
  
• Disabled trap movements during intro sequences to avoid navigation issues. Should be a step closer to fixing the issue of enemies waiting at their gates
  
• Fixed the "Hold loading screen until key pressed" option automatically re-checking itself
  
• Resolved the issue of being able to skip the loading screen before the continued message appeared
  
• Fixed the issue where ballistae did not deal damage anymore
  
• Fixed issue on Impatient Crowd 4 minutes. 'Crowd wants to go home' msg appeared at the start of the fight
  
• Fixed an issue with bribing which mixed up the Patron's favor being used + made the chance estimation more logical
  
• Balancing: Quelli Daka got a small damage buff
  
• Fixed Scollo upgrades scale issue (flickering)
  
• Fixed Veteran Aspirant subclass traits listed as 'nan'
  
• Probably missed a few!

We who are about to die salute you,
Jordy

This update celebrates the 2 year anniversary and doubles down on the gladiator theme of the game by introducing new backstories as well as many new items (50!) and unit types that fit this theme. In addition to that, the game has also finally been translated to 11 languages and we've overhauled the loading screen to provide tips as you play!

NOTE: Due to a change in the way the save game is structured, this update will reset your current live character and roll a new one. Your options and meta progression (Victories, stats, settings, etc) will not be reset though.

• NEW Backstory: Veteran Aspirant
  An accomplished gladiator coming back to the arena to finally take revenge and claim his place as Grand Champion of Terantia! This backstory comes with 3 subclasses, each hailing from a different culture and trained in a different style of combat.
  
  • The Dormorian
    
  • The Terrantian
    
  • The Myrodonian
    
    
• NEW Backstory: Condemned Sentenced to fight in the arena until death, the Condemned starts without earthly possessions and only has bad luck and negative starting conditions. This backstory is now the ultimate challenge in the game! The Condemned has to be unlocked by winning a run in Lionslayer difficulty and is only available to play in that difficulty!

Added support for 11 languages. You can select your language in the Game Options via dropdown. Added languages:

• French
  
• Italian
  
• German
  
• Spanish
  
• Brazilian Portuguese
  
• Polish
  
• Russian
  
• Simplified Chinese
  
• Traditional Chinese
  
• Japanese
  
• Korean

[/b][/list] (Note: localisation will be refined more and more over time!)

NEW: Loading Screen Tips
• Reworked all loading screen tips
  
• Combat tips are shown before combat and career tips before career management
  
• Removed now redundant info from tutorial
  
• Removed Combat Tips section on the battle menu
  
  
  NEW: Item Properties
• Items can now have multiple properties that identify them as from a culture or a weapon subtype
  
• Item properties can be requirements for effects from backstories and character traits
  
• Item properties have been applied to both new and existing items
  
  
  NEW: Unit Types
• 15+ New unit types added to increase enemy variety at each bracket level
  
• Many of these units are linked to the 3 new gladiatorial styles from the Veteran Aspirant backstory, and give a more classic gladiator feel throughout the game at all difficulties.

• New Item: Rusty Tridi (Trident)
  
• New Item: Hooked Tridi (Trident)
  
• New Item: Dormorian Tridi (Trident)
  
• New Item: Maelstrom (Godly Trident)
  
• New Item: Terantian Carver (Claw)
  
• New Item: Terantian Cutter (Claw)
  
• New Item: Terantian Slasher (Claw)
  
• New Item: Eagle's Talons (Godly Claw)
  
• New Item: Rusty Flagga (Flail)
  
• New Item: Flaggorath (Godly Flail)
  
• New Item: Hooked Daka (Bronze, Iron)
  
• New Item: Hooked Pukku
  
• New Item: Old Small Shield
  
• New Item: Dormorian Short Shield
  
• New Item: Dormorian Reinforced Shield
  
• New Item: Curved Terantian Shield (Exalted, Ornate)
  
• New Item: Leather Curved Terantian Armguard
  
• New Item: Small Myrodonian Shield
  
• New Item: Myrodonian Copper Sunguard
  
• New Item: Myrodonian Sunguard
  
• New Item: Dormorian Finned Helm
  
• New Item: Terantian Helm
  
• New Item: Terantian Aspirant's Helm
  
• New Item: Feathered Myrodonian Helm
  
• New Item: Hanian Guard Helm
  
• New Item: Dormorian Fishnet Shirt
  
• New Item: Leather Cuirass
  
• New Item: Scale Armplate (Padded, Leather, Bronze, Iron, Exalted)
  
• New Item: Scale Legplate (Padded, Leather, Bronze, Iron, Exalted)
  
• New Item: Padded Armplate
  
• New Item: Padded Legplate

• Armor Balancing: Together with all the new items, a bunch of adjustments have been made to existing armor. This should provide a more equal distribution of items across rarities and more options to choose from at each stage of the game!
  
• Former Soldier
  
  • Starting weapons have higher durability
    
  • Has more Drafts planned in his Calendar
    
  • Match re-rolls are now a bit cheaper

• Hit reactions are now also affected, include armor damage taken. Hitting well-protected enemies should feel more impactful!
  
• Fixed another cause of NPCs not entering the arena on the Grand Plaza
  
• Fixed and tweaked countless small UI issues (primarily to fit longer Localisations)
  
• Many, many more!

If you like what we're doing, please consider sharing this update and the game with your friends: we still rely on word of mouth more than anything.

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And as always -we who are about to die salute you,
Jordy

Time for the final preview on Gladiator's Revenge before releasing it tomorrow, November 23rd, along with a Daily Deal discount!


The loading screen has been overhauled. You now have to press a key to continue, and a Tip will show. We have many tips written out that we sorted in two categories, Combat and Career Management Tips. (and they also all come in 11 languages now!)

The tips are more or less in order starting from simple mechanics and gameplay tips to more complex concepts. Every loading screen you automatically see the next tip, or you can cycle back and forth manually. When you enter battle, a combat tip appears and when you go back to the Career menu you get a management tip!
The tips in the battle screen have been removed and a bunch of unnecessary info in the tutorial has been cut. This is a major first step in streamlining the tutorial of the game so it's less front-heavy!


Last time we introduced the second backstory, Condemned. It has seen some more updates (making it even harder!) which you'll have to find out the hard way, and we have some custom art:
Since the Condemned is specific and late late game content (unlocked after a Lionslayer win, only in Lionslayer) we went a little crazy with it to give a distinct flavor!


We've added many small tweaks, improvements, balancing changes and UI improvements.

Better Hit Reactions
A "small" but very impactful change is that we discovered damage absorbed by armor also negated the physics hit effects. This was an accidental/unforeseen result of the physics/damage system. So in the late game with extremely strong armor, units would basically stop reacting to hits, which just feels bad to play. This has been changed so now if you do 5 damage to a character but 45 damage to their armor, they will still react closer to as if they took 50 damage. It's extremely noticeable and the game feels way better throughout, but especially against high tier opponents.

UI adjustments
We have some larger things like a backstory screen cleanup to small things like item tooltips now having a tier colour border!

Items now have a Properties section where we can list additional properties some Character traits need (bouncing board for more potential features later!)

Items galore!
Some more items have been finalised and we've also expanded the Veteran Aspirant subclasses to use these - same for the many new unit types.

Check out this Leather Cuirass and new Padded Armplate!
Would you say you're hooked?

All told, this update adds 50 new items, all of which are more classic gladiator gear, transforming the overall feeling of the game for sure.


We've also quietly been working towards Steam Deck support. We had hoped to get full support in on this update as an extra surprise but that didn't work out.
Status now is, the game has gone from totally unplayable (maps didn't load, game freezes etc) to what should be fully playable now.
We still have a lot of QoL and UI problems to fix, which should be next, but in theory the game is playable on SD officially and we're hoping to get this verified by Steam so we go from "Unsupported" to "Playable"! The next and last step ("Verified") is our goal ASAP after that, but there are still some tricky technical challenges involved to get to proper support, so I can't give an ETA just yet. Just wanted to give an update on the status and plan!

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Thank you for your support these past 2 years, from the bottom of my heart! <3<3
As always,
We who are about to die salute you!

Jordy

Time for another preview on Gladiator's Revenge as well as a release date reveal! Hint: it's very soon!

Today marks the anniversary of We Who Are About To Die! 2 years ago today I released my 7-year-solo-dev project. It was an absolutely life-changing experience. Since then, we're now a game studio -- over 15 people have worked on the project by now, and we've added countless features and refinements to the game.
Special thanks to the core teammembers: Lino & Yosha who have now been working hard on the game full time for over a year and a half now. Show some love in the comments everyone! <3
Here's a (very condensed) list of highlights from the EA development so far:

* Content Update v0.16: Desperate Politician, Blacksmith's apprentice, map variations, new gear, new weapons
* Content Update v0.17: Godly gear, many items, combat and physics refinements
* Combat Controls Update: Third Person Mode, Controller Support, Throwing Overhaul, Lionslayer difficulty, Smart Shop, Items
* Anniversary Update: Godly tier items Map variations, updated blocking system, combat tweaks
* The Spectacles Update: Animation overhaul, AI overhaul, Audio overhaul, Survival, Bosses, Tournaments, Field battles ..., New map, new gear
* Content Update v0.45: Field battle update, new faction, new gear
* Champion's Journey: 50+ Random Character Traits, Timeline, Weight overhaul, Skill overhaul, New maps...
* Gladiator's Revenge: Veteran Aspirant, Condemned, Localisation into 11 languages, overhauled tutorial tips (loading screen), new items and units, ...
* ???

It's been an incredible journey, and we're deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to shaping the game into what it is today (because you really, really have), and what it will become in the future!



On top of the Veteran Aspirant, Gladiator's Revenge has a second new Backstory! The Condemned. The condemned is a challenge backstory which you must first unlock.
To unlock it, you have to first win a backstory to unlock Lionslayer difficulty, and then win a backstory on Lionslayer.

The Condemned is simple: you start with no equipment, no skills, no gold or fame, no perks whatsoever. On top of that, legacies don't work, patron's dislike you from the start, negative events are more likely and you get only neutral and negative traits. Lastly, you can only play it on Lionslayer difficulty.
The win condition is to simply survive for a certain amount of weeks. Good luck!

For the fans out there, this is partially inspired by Soulslike "Wretch"/"Deprived" type characters!


The Gladiator's Revenge Update brings an array of new content, featuring items inspired by classic gladiators. Expect to see more variations of flails, tridents, and claws, along with a wide selection of new shields.
Of course with all this new gear and lore we added unit types to the game as well!
The 3 Veteran Aspirant subclasses, Myrodonian, Dormorian and Terantian now also show up throughout the entire game as enemies.

In the game so far we had a generic "Worthy Aspirant', 'Professional Aspirant", the old "Myrodonian", and other gladiators like the 'Aspired'. These are now replaced & expanded, so "Worthy Aspirant" is split up into the 3 new classes, each having a Worthy variant. We also have a Professional, Champion and Aspired variant, totalling 12 units. On top of that, we have added a new unit called a Bonecrusher. (mid-late game iron armor, heavy mace)

NOTE: some of this equipment is work in progress.


I'm glad to announce Gladiator's Revenge is going live November 23rd, along with a Daily Deal and discount of 2 weeks following it!


Thank you for all the Testers who responded last time to the call for testers!
A first closed test is going live today on the Closed Test branch

Want to help? We can use any kind of tester - we are still missing some testers especially for Chinese (traditional and simplified), Korean and Japanese. If you can help out and want earlier access to this update, please consider joining the closed test!

If you speak any of the new languages fluently or have a good eye for bugs & balance (playing in English) please join our Discord (http://discord.gg/8PEutcdwf5).
Language testing applications can go in the channel #loc-test-application write that you want to help & on which language(s). Regular closed testers can apply in #closed-test-application


Here are the languages again:

French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese

Thank you!!
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Thank you for your support these past 2 years, from the bottom of my heart! <3<3
As always,
We who are about to die salute you!

Jordy

Time for Preview 2 and more details on the new backstory: Veteran Aspirant!

In this backstory you are a Veteran fighter with an already established career as an Aspirant. You are hellbent on revenge after an Aspirant called Baegar was the only one to defeat you, knocking you off your throne and becoming Aspired before you. Your only purpose in life is to defeat Baegar the Aspired.

When you roll the backstory you also roll one of the 3 subclasses at random and the associated backstory's traits, the equipment loadout and starting skills will adjust based on the subclass. 3-in-1!

The Dormorian

The Dormorian is a trident-wielding class originating from Dormorum. To facilitate progress in this class we've added a full set of Tridents and Helms across all tiers of the game specifically tailored to the Dormorian, on some of some unique chest armor.

Notice the new Character Trait Dormorii Training, which we also have for the other cultures -- more on that later!

The Myrodonian

The Myrodonian is an overhaul/expansion of an already existing unit in the late game. This is a Myrodon-inspired class of Aspirant, known for their majestic Myrodonian Helm, trusty flail and armguard. Again, we've added Flails to the game across all tiers so you can enjoy your unique Flail damage bonus as the Myrodonian the entire playthrough, if that's what you want.

The Terantian

A local Aspirant class, the Terantian is a more standard roman-inspired class with equipment more reminiscent of the military - save for the "Claw" or glove type weapon he wields, of course. And you guessed it, we've added claws to the game across all tiers!

As mentioned in Preview 1, the general direction of this update was also to add more classic gladiator gear, so we've added a lot of items in this direction. Here's a selection of new stuff (note not everything is pictured here at all! We'll dissect the new item roster a bit more in a future post.)


Along with the new items, and in order to design all the new gear, we ended up doing a mini-balancing overhaul on armor. Especially arms & legs have had fairly large changes.
We've used a more data-oriented approach for this this time, and found out the armor in the mid-game was fairly thin and we had a lot of conflicts (items with nearly identical stats) overall. The armor in the game now all occupies a more unique space and there's a much more even spread stat-wise.

Check out these graphs which shows Durability / Armor mapped out per item on arm-armor for example:

Thank you for all the Testers who responded last time to the call for testers!
The upcoming translations are well underway, I wanted to ask one more time for testers as we gear up for a closed test of these translations!

We need testers who are native speakers/readers in these languages so we can ensure we get the best possible localisations of the game out right away!

If you speak any of these languages fluently and want earlier access to the update, please join our Discord (http://discord.gg/8PEutcdwf5) in the channel #Loc-test-application write that you want to help & on which language(s).
Especially the bolded languages with their own alphabet will need extra testing (and may be harder to find) so if you speak any of those languages please consider helping out! Thank you!

• French
  
• Italian
  
• German
  
• Spanish
  
• Polish
  
• Brazilian Portuguese
  
• Russian
  
• Traditional Chinese
  
• Simplified Chinese
  
• Korean
  
• Japanese

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As always,
We who are about to die salute you!

Jordy Lakiere

I almost can't believe it, but we are quickly coming up on the second anniversary of the Early Access launch of We Who Are About To Die! The game has grown a lot, and we aren't done.

To celebrate the anniversary we are releasing a Content Update in November - one I'm personally very excited for! The game will also have a Steam Daily Deal discount on November 23rd.


The theme of this update is very simple: we want to add some really classical feeling gladiator content, with a heavier inspiration from ancient Rome itself.

It's long overdue we gave players more ability to dress up and roleplay as your favorite real-world gladiators. Of course, all of this content has still been designed so it still fits the game's lore, cultures and general vibe.

We will reveal a lot more details about this in the following Preview Posts, but Gladiator's Revenge will add a brand new backstory: Veteran Aspirant (Professional Aspirant has been renamed Trainee Aspirant to avoid confusion)

In this backstory you assume a Veteran who already has an established career as an Aspirant, and is hellbent on revenge.

One very unique aspect of this backstory we can already reveal, is that it has 3 subclasses.
These subclasses are: The Dormorian, The Myrodonian & The Terantian.

When you roll the backstory you also roll one of the 3 subclasses at random and the backstory's traits, the equipment loadout and starting skills will adjust based on the subclass. 3-in-1!

More info on these in future posts!


We're happy to announce we're working on finally bringing We Who Are About To Die to other languages than English. The 11 languages are listed below. (note this could get expanded later)

For this we need testers who are native speakers/readers in these languages so we can ensure we get the best possible localisations of the game out right away!

If you speak any of these languages fluently and want earlier access to the update, please join our Discord (http://discord.gg/8PEutcdwf5) in the channel #Loc-test-application write that you want to help & on which language(s).
Especially the bolded languages with their own alphabet will need extra testing (and may be harder to find) so if you speak any of those languages please consider helping out! Thank you!

• French
  
• Italian
  
• German
  
• Spanish
  
• Polish
  
• Brazilian Portuguese
  
• Russian
  
• Traditional Chinese
  
• Simplified Chinese
  
• Korean
  
• Japanese

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As always,
We who are about to die salute you!

Jordy Lakiere

A patch with some bugfixing to hold us over untill the anniversary of the game! (Nov 14th!)

• Fixed players sometimes losing shields after a Spoils match
  
• Fixed a cause of NPCs bumping into their attack target, in particular at high speed
  
• The ranges of certain breakable objects that were missing new range calculations have been updated. This should reduce some NPC bumping.
  
• NPCs will no longer continuously bump into their target after breaking their weapon after the first attack of a "double attack" move
  
• Added that unique weapons wielded by Elites or their minions in elite fights can't be destroyed anymore
  
• Reduced the amount and randomness of slow motion in the game. Now it only occurs on player kills and scales with damage.
  
• Character re-roll no longer activates the "Skip completed backstories" checkbox
  
• Fixed an issue with loaded trait activation, which solves the problem with Villain not working properly.
  
• Fixed an issue where the red cross on locked slots would disappear when comparing items in the shop.
  
• Fixed an issue where some end of match logic was delayed (causing things like the Sick character trait to still activate shortly after the fight ends)
  
• Resolved a glitch with the Machismo trait and gamepad that allowed players to gain infinite gold.
  
• Adjusted the Level-up reward system to prevent incompatible skills from being rolled when certain traits are present.
  
• Multiple prompts triggered during fights are now properly layered
  
• Late game rare fights now actually match the ones shown in the Calendar
  
• Fixed an issue where some helmets did not visually break
  
• Fixed a bug where, if the player waited at the spawn point for 15 seconds, they would spawn into the arena with allies and enemies stuck behind closed gates.
  
• Addressed the issue where players get vegetables thrown at them during draft and ambush with the Villain trait
  
• Resolved an issue where decorations in the career menu occasionally failed to display during a special week.

• Increased the Speed of the Owakhan Spears (the Unique twin spear, as well as the regular one)
  
• Increased AI aggression slightly
  
• Increased rotation freeze on AI attacks slightly to help with flanking. Shields weight in particular has a higher impact now.

• Born Leader: Now also makes Entourage 50% cheaper and more common.
  
• Giant: Reduced damage buff to 10% (down from 15%). Reduced weight treshold increase to 15 (down from 20)
  
• Joridus Apprentice: Max skill buff reduced to 25% (down from 35%)
  
• Clairvoyance: Chance to reveal increased to 50% (up from 33%)
  
• Sharpener: Damage buff increased to 15% (up from 10%)
  
• Bloodlust: Stamina gain reduced to 50% (down from 100%)
  
• 1H Weapon Expert: Damage buffs reduced to 3 and 6 (down from 5 and 10)
  
• 2H Weapon Expert: Damage buffs reduced to 4 and 8 (down from 5 and 10)
  
• One-Handed: Shops won't offer shields anymore
  
• Vertically Challenged: Reduced damage buff to 10% (down from 15%). Reduced weight treshold increase to 15 (down from 20)
  
• Careless: percentage durability damage reduced to 3 (down from 5)
  
• Sick: damage received reduced to 4 (down from 5)
  
• Hammer Time: Damage buff and debuff reduced to 15% (down from 25%)
  
• Frenzied: Damage dealt and received buffs reduced to 20% (down from 25%)
  
• Villain: Damage buff is now 75% (down from 100%) of your negative fame multiplier
  
• Unloveable: the player has a -33% fame deduction after all fame reward calculations are done on Victory, and this is shown more clearly

• Added the game's logo to the intro cinematic
  
• Added match information when using the Toggle Ingame Items Tooltips during fights

We who are about to die salute you,
Jordy

Another small patch with some minor bugfixes!

• Fixed issue where enemies would get stuck at one of the entrances in The Great Pit
  
• Fixed issue where enemies didn't drop their weapon when it breaks, preventing weapons from disappearing during or after a fight
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed 1h characters to briefly pick up 2h weapons and keep them by quitting to the career menu
  
• Fixed wrong pose displaying in career menu when holding spears with new 1h-only mode
  
• Fixed an issue where some map selections were disrupted for 1v1 fights
  
• Fixed an issue preventing the selection of trait rewards via their icons
  
• Fixed navigation issues on the Spike Trap in the Grand Stadium causing odd rerouting
  
• Fixed issue where players could get stuck at the Inner City gate when moving all the way to the right
  
• The intro message and loading screen now only appear when launching the game
  
• Fixed issue where Mazza's Trait info-text was not always visible in the Utility menu
  
• Fixed issue where audience members appeared with bare torsos

We who are about to die salute you,
Jordy

A small patch with some minor tweaks and bugfixes!

• Removed certain cases where the Backstory Character Trait set would contain many Minor Traits
  
• Added the possibility of receiving 2 Neutral traits alongside a set of Minor or Major Positive and Negative Traits
  
• Added exclusion of 2h weapon (skill) buffing Traits with the One-Handed Trait and of Dashing buffing traits with the Peg Leg Trait
  
• Reduced physics impact on characters
  
• Trait reward widget now shows tooltip when hovering the entire button and the trait card doesn't block the button
  
• The following spears now act as "1H" even without shield (no more polearm mode): Fishing Stacca, All Tridi, All linolian stacca
  
• Timeline animation has been sped up a bit
  
• the trait Sick no longer causes interrupts or full damage reaction on the player
  
• When you had a bet open and start a Draft fight, you get refunded and a message appears saying so
  
• Apples and Rocks now have the Projectile trait

• Fixed investments not triggering properly
  
• Fixed a rare crash related to the Ambush event
  
• Fixed max HP (level up reward) not saving and loading properly
  
• Fixed issue where "missing icon" would appear on the timeline
  
• Fixed bug where the game would repair items when coming from main menu
  
• Fixed bug where the game would execute a shop hold when coming from main menu
  
• Fixed a bug where you couldn't access scollo upgrades with gamepad after an upgrade
  
• Fixed default string on Unforeseen Damage event
  
• Fixed a battle reroll crash related to the calendar
  
• Fixed payout on Ambush for slave backstory
  
• Fixed missing impatient crowd description
  
• Fixed issue where Omniscient would only reveal all battle panels after a battle reroll

We who are about to die salute you,
Jordy