Empires of Europe Americas – 1.5.3.1 BETA

Today is the release of Empires of Europe Americas – 1.5.3.1 BETA

Major highlights:

• Update to Bannerlord 1.5 Branch

• 23x new armours

• Overhaul of Pirate Troop Tree

• Improvements to British Tree

• New end game coalition quests

• UI toggle for custom features

• New “Volley Fire” AI Battle Tactics

• Expansion of the map into the Great Lakes and the Great Plains

• 8x new settlements

• 5x new kingdoms (with clans/lords/etc), greatly fleshing out the Algonquin and Iroquois nations

Bug Fixes:

• Shader Cache crash on launch

• Removed broken “Knight” option during character creation

• Firearm melee damage is reduced and ammo increased

Overview

So we lost a bit of dev time with the 1.5.3 update dropping mid-week. As a result I decided to spend most of my time on map updates as this version will require a new save for everyone anyway. On that note we have greatly fleshed out the areas around the Great Lakes, and started pushing west into the Great Plains.

Rex also completed a mountain of research on our native clans so I took this opportunity to start fleshing out the Algonquin, Iroquois and Sioux cultures with more kingdoms and clans.

The Algonquin are now split between the:

• Council of Three Fires

• The Wabash Confederacy

• Wabanaki Confederacy

• Saawanwaki Confederacy

• Illinois Confederacy

Whereas the Iroquios now have the:

• Haudenosaunee Confederacy

• Aniyvwiya Confederacy

Next month I’ll aim to finish of the Iroquios, and then start on the Muskogeans 😁

We still manged to deliver 23x new armours (despite the delays), including a couple coming over from 1700. Its not really as much as I was hoping for, but I’ve taken what we’ve got and used it to overhaul the Pirate troop tree, as well as make some improvements to the British.

The British are probably the most complete troops now and will serve as a template for the rest.

We’ve also brought across the new Battle AI and Volley Fire. However I’ve not tested this thoroughly with Americas and I know for certain than many native troops need to have their loadout changed for it to work properly. So consider turning it off from the main menu if its not functioning properly.

We have also brought over the endgame coalition quests to help with the endgame. These will function the same as they do for 1100 and 1700, and make the game increasingly difficult once you get to the Kingdom stage.

Next month we’ll continue to work on the Great Plains and Lower Mississipi, fleshing out the remaining Native kingdoms. I also want to finish of the Pirate armours and get a few new variations in for western troop trees.

Good hunting!

-Fatrod

P.S – the Warsails patch has been updated for 1100 and 1700 – 1.5, you can find the new version here: https://www.patreon.com/EmpiresofEurope/posts/warsails-patch-162269478?collection=2137857