Hotfix (e1.6.4) & Beta Hotfix (e1.6.5 - 12/11/21)

e1.6.4

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred during a conversation with the brother in the training field.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the “New Campaign” button was clicked.
• Fixed a crash that occurred while playing the Tablut board game.
• Fixed a crash that occurred due to new items being added by mods.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when calculating prisoner barter values.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a child was born.

• Fixed a bug that caused troops to desert from the main party.
• Fixed a bug that allowed the player to escape before the battle without sacrificing any troops if their tactics skill level was above 200.
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to gift a captured settlement that was still part of an ongoing ownership vote and receive a relationship bonus as an exploit.

Multiplayer

• Fixed a number of bugs that were causing servers to crash.

• Fixed a bug that caused perk icons to be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug that caused some customization items to be hidden if certain perks were selected.

• Increased the cooldown time for shouts from 0.4s to 2.0s.
• Added new weapons (bows, cavalry spears, two-handers, a shovel and many more).
• Adjusted the perks of many classes (over 200 perk changes).
• Infantry
  
  • Weapon adjustments
    
    • Buffed some underperforming one-handed weapons.
    • Nerfed many two-handed weapons.
  • Added new melee-oriented perks for heavy infantry classes as well as replaced some existing ones.
  • Heavy infantry classes now have better shields by default.
  • Increased the combat speed for most heavy infantry classes.
  • Decreased the combat and movement speed of shock troops (they still remain one of the fastest troop types in the game).
  • Cost changes
    
    • Voulgier (Vlandia) 120 -> 130.
    • Legionary (Empire) 160 -> 150.
    • Guard (Aserai) 120 -> 130.
    • Ulfhednar (Sturgia) 120 -> 130.
    • Further increased the cost of shock troops in team deathmatch and siege.
• Cavalry
  
  • Couched lances will now disengage earlier on lower speeds.
  • Many weapon adjustments to lances.
  • All light cavalry now uses long spears by default. Light cavalry can now also upgrade into newly created cavalry spears.
  • All heavy cavalry now uses lances by default.
  • Slightly decreased the speed of horses.
  • Reduced the charge damage of all horses.
  • Decreased the armour values of all horse bardings.
  • Increased all horse hitpoints.
  • Cost changes
    
    • Mounted Archer 150 -> 250 (only in team deathmatch and siege).
• Ranged
  
  • Reduced the archers turning speed penalty while aiming.
  • Made weapon switching after releasing missiles faster.
  • Reworked the default bows of each class.
  • Changed the characteristics of nearly every bow and crossbow.
  • Reworked bow and quiver visuals of all items. Each arrow type now has their own “strong arrow” variation.
  • Added many new bows as perks. Perk bows now offer similar damage but other advantages like draw speed, range and accuracy.
  • Increased damage of throwing weapons (throwing axes received an extra buff).
  • Aserai Skirmishers now use Jereeds by default.
  • Cost changes
    
    • Wildling 120 -> 130.
    • Aserai Veteran 160 -> 150.
• Check the forum thread for more details.

Both

• Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to play the game while not being logged into GOG.

• Fixed a bug that caused the launcher to continue to run when closed from the taskbar.

e1.6.5 Beta

Singleplayer

• Fixed a crash that occurred due to new items being added by mods. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)
• Fixed a crash that occurred while playing the Tablut board game. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the “New Campaign” button was clicked. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)
• Fixed a crash that occurred during a conversation with the brother in the training field. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)
• Fixed a crash that occurred if the player navigated between the encyclopedia pages quickly.

• Fixed a bug that caused troops to desert from the main party. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)
• Fixed a bug that allowed the player to escape before the battle without sacrificing any troops if their tactics skill level was above 200. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)
• Fixed a bug that caused the finance panel in the clan management screen to block the party member selection.

Multiplayer

• Fixed a number of bugs that were causing servers to crash. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)

• Fixed a bug that caused some customization items to be hidden if certain perks were selected. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)

• Increased the cooldown time for shouts from 0.4s to 2.0s. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)
• Applied all the new combat changes from the e1.6.4 hotfix to the 1.6.5 Beta hotfix as well.

Both

• Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to play the game while not being logged into GOG. (Also in e1.6.4 hotfix.)

Known Issues

https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/known-issues.401168/