Improved AI combat systems (feint, kick, retreat, reform, track, backup, formations, shield bash and more!) Improved AI decision making, making them able to produce strategies both in the overworld and during battles by using tactical strategies to beat their opponent Selectable eras to play featuring different factions and gear! An intuitive and revolutionary battle commanding system, allowing you to dive deep into the heat of battle and control your armies to the best extent possible! Unsettled land where you can build your own settlements! Monarchies and Republics, each with their own changes in Politics and Finance! Deep financial and political system: taxing, culture, building structures, and more! Also a place where rivalries can arise when disagreements happen! Fully rewritten political system, ranging from military alliances, to declaring war. Deep quests intertwined within the world, where your decisions shape their course Horn sounds during battles for both AI and the player! Improved combat flow with animations, sounds, and textures! Unique character leveling and trait adaptability Disasters, affecting everyone in the game depending on certain traits and skills they might have! Player permanent death and characters permanent death! Multiple starting choices, ranging from a respected Monarch, all the way to a lowly bandit or pirate! Weather systems featuring sandstorms, dust storms, and blizzards! Improved siege battles, featuring catapults, trebuchets, battering rams, and your old favorite ladders too of course! Brand new world map covering most of earth, spanning from the Americas all the way to the middle east and back! Multiple cultures included in the game, as well as the ability to cahnge your culture! Several religions included in the game, as well as the ability to change or leave your religions. Over 1000+ new items freshly made for you to experience! Multiple unique pieces of gear, that are acquireable only through certain methods, such as the famed fictional Excalibur which allows you to slice through multiple enemies with each attack! Unique traits for every troop in each battle, now no longer does every troop have the same stats, speed damage, each one has unique modifiers regardless of their tier. Injury consequences, such as Stumbling, bleeding, reduced speed & damage, and so on. The Master Server/Announcement service has also been open sourced under MIT license, click this image to check it out: From swords and chainmails to muskets and plate armours you will be able to fight and conquer multiple periods, across multiple continents. Tainted Paths attempts to provide you with a fun and unique large-scale experience, with a captivating story that is shaped by you, the player.

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