TaleWorlds Entertainment has deployed a beta patch for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord that implemented some battle and siege optimizations. It introduced some improvements to the clan and party system as well.
Beta Patch e.1.6.4 may help with overall performance, especially in large-scale battles since the devs have optimized campaign maps and siege operations. Lag spikes during these instances may be minimal than before.
In terms of clans and parties, you can now promote your companions into nobles. To use this feature, you must fulfill the following requirements:
- Be the leader of a kingdom
- Have at least one fief
- Have an active companion that is not a family member
- Have 20.000 Denars and 500 Influence ready to spend for the promotion
Once the conditions are met, you can now promote your companion by initiating it through dialogue. The reason why you need to have at least one fief is that you will be awarding it to your newly promoted noble. After that, they will create a Tier-2 clan and will also receive a 50 Relation bonus with your clan.
Other significant changes include Glaive Weapons in Khuzait tournaments now deal blunt damage, removing the ability to attack enemy parties after accepting the “Surrender or Die” agreement - granting them safe passage, and the addition of a scrollbar to the list of settlements in the abdication kingdom decision panel.
Patch Highlights
- Fixed a crash that occurred while returning to the world map
- Fixed a crash that occurred due to text area calculation
- Fixed a crash that occurred after loading an old save file
- Fixed many campaign map-related spikes
- Fixed some issues with item comparison in the inventory
- Factions will no longer create armies if they are not at war
- Leopard Pelt now provides 4 Body armor (previously 7 body armor)
- Changed Derthert's battle armor template with a more lordly one
- Fixed a bug that caused some companions to act like villager agents in village civilian scenes
If you are interested in trying this beta patch, right-click the game on your Steam library, choose Properties, and then click the “Betas” tab and select the appropriate patch. Keep in mind that things may be subject to change before the final version is released.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Beta Patch e1.6.4 is available on PC.
