Hello NI community,

This patch, in addition to fixing various bugs, introduces a rework of bolts to make them more directly comparable to arrows and follow a more linear progression.  Ammo count was reduced to make up for the large amounts of damage they do and to coincide with the drastically lower rate of fire of crossbows compared to bows.  This indirectly nerfs repeater type crossbows, so they received some extra accuracy to help make each shot count.  Please keep in mind that although some of the damage changes on the bolts look large, crossbows do not have their damage multiplied by WPF or Power skills like other weapons.

Item Changes:

• Battle Honed Legacy secondary mode +1p
  
• Cursed Black Arrows +1p
  
• Defender Helmet +1 weight, +2 armor
  
• Royal Helmet -1.25 weight, +2 armor
  
• All Repeaters +2 accuracy
  
• Bolts -2p, -20 ammo
  
• Steel Bolts -1p, -17 ammo
  
• Heavy Bolts -14 ammo
  
• Unscratchable Gold Bolts +1p, -21 ammo
  
• War Bolts +2p, -21 ammo
  
• Bronze Bolts +3p, -21 ammo
  
• Damascus Bolts +4p, -21 ammo
  
• Dragon Bolts +5p, -21 ammo
  
• Onyx Bolts +6p, -21 ammo
  
• Rending Bolts +7p, -23 ammo
  

• The Skip Prep Time key is now reassignable as "Group 5" in the Options menu under Controls in order to support keyboards of all types.
  
  
• Player health in the scoreboard is marked with %.
  
• Surgeon Tables don't break shields any more (round two).
  

• Hidden Farm (entry point)
  
• Swadian City (barriers)
  

Hello everyone,

This patch clears up a number if issues introduced by the last update (and some old ones).

• Players will no longer be incorrectly marked as dead when you join a server during prep time.
  
• The last attempt to fix that problem has been rolled back.
  
• This should also fix the most recent batch of too many barrels and tomes spawning.
  
• Replacing items causes the death animation (yes, you can jump off tall structures and into walls again as you respawn).
  
• Servers should no longer load blank maps with random names from time to time.
  

Hello NI community,

This patch reworks the lengths of estocs, Legioannaire stats, some minor balance changes, and several bug fixes.

Legionnaire Stat Changes:

• Throwing WPF +50
  
• Power Throw +1
  
• Ironflesh -2
  
• Athletics +1
  

• Brigadine Plated series -2 weight
  
• Dwarf Axe -5.5 weight, +4 speed, -3c
  
• Aged Estoc - length set to 117
  
• Steel Estoc - length set to 127
  
• Elegant Estoc - length set to 134
  
• Pride - length set to 134
  

• Harbinger remodel
  

• Dreaded War Pick image no longer white
  
• Abbreviated the skip prep time vote confirmation
  
• The "vote to skip" banner changes after you vote
  
• Changed the voting key from Z to numeric 1 for better international support
  
• Redesigned scoreboard for better long name support
  
• Name tags display correctly
  
• Shrines repair all equipped shields, not just the one in-hand
  
• Adjusted the "replace items" button to allow another attempt
  
• All Heavy Barricades have no window (including the pre-placed scene props)
  
• Renamed The First Defence and The Forgotten Bay to First Defence and Forgotten Bay
  

• Fortress Under Siege (barriers, ai mesh, aesthetic fix)
  
• King's Castleyard (barriers)
  
• Nordic Village (new construction)
  
• Swadian Bay (removed horse trough)
  
• Swadian City (barrier fix)
  
• Swadian Outskirts (aesthetic fix)
  
• Swadian Overgrown (aesthetic fix)
  

Hi all,

NordInvasion Launcher version 3.1.3 has been released.

Changes

• Fix an issue when verifying files
  
• Replace the notification boxes with a custom notification window
  

• You will be prompted to update when you next open the launcher.
  
• Alternatively, you can download it from the download page.
  

Hello everyone,

We have moved the EU game servers to a new host in France (the old one was in Germany). Our previous host has been having off-and-on reliability issues for some time now and this was causing some problems for some of our community. In addition, the machine provided by the new host has newer, stronger hardware than the previous one so we hope to see improved performance for everyone.

Things to note:

• If you are using the favourites list in Warband, don't forget to update it with the new servers.
  
• If you have any issues with the new servers, please let us know.
  

Hello all,

Today's big news is not an update to the game, but a new launcher. Today we are releasing the NordInvasion Launcher.

In short, this launcher has been completely rebuilt from the ground up to give you a better experience and replaces the previous updaters.



Major Features of the NordInvasion Launcher

• Completely redesigned UI.
  
• Much faster launching, checking and downloading.
  
• Threaded checks and downloads (max 20 threads - if your internet can handle it!).
  
• Supports multiple installations and NI betas - will automatically add any it can find (or just click the big button).
  
• Supports module folders with names other than "NordInvasion".
  
• Displays the latest NI News in the launcher and links the forum thread.
  
• Launches the game (both steam and non-steam).
  
• Selects the NordInvasion module (or whatever you named the module) on the Warband launcher when you click "Play".
  
• Automatically verifies & updates the module files (enable/disable as you wish).
  
• Installs like a normal program.
  
• Is written in .net.
  
• Finally feels like a LAUNCHER rather than just an updater.
  
• Runs as a normal user rather than administrator and will elevate only if it needs to do something as administrator.
  
• The UI is more responsive that some of the previous updaters.
  
• All windows can be resized.
  

Hello NI community,

This patch provides some general bug fixes and slight item modifications, as well as completely changing the Severance from a bastard axe to a throwing axe due to awkward 2h animations and overall under performance as an item.  It was a waste of a beautiful model and we have been looking for throwing axe models for a while.

Item Changes:

• Awakened polearm secondary modes added
  
• Loss of 2h indicator on swords fixed
  
• Aged Estoc -4 length
  
• Pride -5 length
  
• Malice +4 accuracy, +2c
  
• Mangler +2 weight
  
• Cursed Mangler +2.75 weight
  
• Converted Severance to throwing axe
  
• Phoenix Feather added to House Crafted throwing weapon recipes
  

• Forgotten Bay (barriers)
  
• Nordic Village (ground texture and barriers)
  
• Offshore (entry point)
  
• Swadian Castle (entry points and inaccessible props)
  
• Swadian Temple (ai pathing)
  

Hello all,

As part of the existing process to improve our infrastructure, we have moved the TeamSpeak to a new server.

Testing has not shown any issues but if you do find anything then please let us know in the usual way.

Thanks,

/Nao