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Torn Banner Studios has release Chivalry 2 update 1.20 (PS5 version 1.020), which is for the game’s “Reinforced Update” titled patch version 2.6! This brings a new map, a new weapon, and loads more! Read on for the Chivalry 2 2.6 patch notes below.
Of note, today also marks the day when Chivalry 2 is making its way to Xbox Game Pass for both Xbox consoles and PC!
The free Reinforced Update features a new TDM/FFA map known as Hippodrome, new two-handed Katar weapon, new player customization for Tenosia, horses added to existing maps, and more!
With team switching being a hot topic among the community, we have increased the restrictions that allow flexible team switching to uneven numbers. Originally, there was a grace period between the match warmup that would allow greater flexibility on choosing your team. Unfortunately, this also enabled teams to become one sided depending on: who was switching, and how many were switching.
We have since applied the above restrictions directly upon loading into the match. In the interest of considering player-organized events, we have applied this restriction to matchmaking servers; standalone servers are unaffected by this change. We will continue to monitor the results of this change once it goes live.
By popular demand, we have now added the Tenosian maps (no horse variants) to 64 player mixed modes!
Tenosian Invasion queue renamed to Mounted Warfare
FFA Hippodrome has been added to its own server set to allow players to informally joust with Horses. This will be the only map in rotation for this type of duel server.
Community feedback prompted a review of the current placement of the highland sword within the game. We confirmed the weapon as one of the highest performing weapons due to some of its unique attributes of damage vs length. We’ve made some changes in combination with some bug fixes to make this weapon more pleasant to fight against while still maintaining some benefits of the overall weapon.
Discussion with community members outlined some frustrations around the “fun” of the spear. In certain situations, the spear was noted to feel fairly oppressive, therefore the above solutions were explored for this update.
A counter attempt is a move that is intended to be a commitment. High level duels have been seen to use dodges to avoid punishment.
Jabs have been noted to be particularly oppressive in some situations, we have added this functionality to allow the player to better react to different combat scenarios.
Ambushers now carry with them the new Executioner Perk, which allows the player’s final hit to be the killing blow instead of downing the player. In addition, the Quiver was deemed to not synergize with the Ambushers class role, so the Bandage kit was added instead to provide additional utility to the class and encourage greater team play from Ambusher players.
Horses are now part of the map for the following objective stages in the 40 player queue:
We’ve increased the autonomy of individual duel servers by increasing the penalty for breaking duel server rules resulting in a votekick (note that the determination of this is initiated by the players inside the server itself.) We will continue to monitor the change.
We have increased the reward for participating in longer sessions on a map (as Duel maps persist for 1 hour at a time)
Wear a pumpkin on your head or throw a pumpkin at your enemies! New map TDM Desert, as well as TO Darkforest, TO Rudhelm Siege (with horses), and TDM Wardenglade (with horses) are all decorated for the spooky season.
Halloween runs Oct 18 – Nov 1 in Chivalry 2! It features:
For the list of known top issues after this patch’s roll out, read on here.
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