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Starting gold raised to 550-750- New games now start with 550 to 750 gold (was 350 to 580). The roll still leans a little higher with age. - Existing saves are not changed. Why: a new player signed two retainers on day one, which alone cost more than any starting purse allowed. The old bracket left no room to learn from that. Thanks to arthurkay133 for raising it on the forum.Clock pause for every chat, real gear numbers, picker fixes- The world clock now pauses for every conversation, including the retainer talk from the "about to leave" alert and the hire chat inside a quest party. It used to keep running under those two. - New option in Settings > General: pause the clock on every notification, not only the ones that need an answer. - Gear pickers show weapon Damage / armor Protection and durability instead of a bare mul…Update: supplies no longer lost at departure, off-screen buttons fixedStraight talk: the last two updates fixed the wrong screen. These are the real fixes, plus a sweep that found two more. - Quest supplies were being wiped when you waved the party off. If any item in your kit had to be bought at the moment of departure (pack animals always are), the whole kit was silently dropped: you paid, the goods stayed home, and the party arrived with "Supply kit empty". Fi…
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| Game update | Update: quest screen with big parties, visible scrollbars Follow-up to the last update, from a report sent through the in-game Report a bug button. - Quest location with a big party. With seven or more heroes, the hero list could push the room, inventory and action buttons off the bottom of the screen. The hero list now scrolls on its own and the inventory and actions stay on screen. This also explains "missing" torches and shovels: they were in the i… | — | |
| Game update | Update: gear returns, Scrap for parts, fullscreen fix Fixes from your bug reports, all sent through the in-game Report a bug button. Thank you. - Gear you lend out comes back. When a hero borrowed a guild weapon or armor, their own piece could end up sitting in the guild armory instead of returning to them. Fixed on every path. - New: Scrap for parts. The Armory said "sell or scrap" but had no scrap. Now guild gear you are not using can be scrappe… | — | |
| Community | Hire is out Hey, Sten here. Short one today. Hire is out. Not coming soon anymore. The real game, free, on Steam, right now. We expect a lot of bugs. Please report them in the discussions or with the Report a bug button in the game. We read every one and we will fix every single one. We hope you enjoy the game. Sten. | — | |
| Announcement | September 1 full release Hey. Sten here. This is the post I have wanted to write for two months. Hire releases on Steam on September 1 . Eleven days from now. And it is free. The two months part was not by choice. A lot of what this game does is experimental, and Steam had questions about most of it. Getting the green light meant compromising on some things to fit their rules. Not ideal. But that is the life, and we ar… |
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