Developer TaleWorlds continues to prepare its strategy action RPG, Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord, for a full release sometime in the future. Now in early access, the game has received a ton of patches since its debut back in March 2020, which TaleWorlds has concisely outlined in a series of YouTube videos on its channel. Ranged combat, missions, and multiplayer duels in Mount and Blade 2 have all been addressed throughout early access, but it seems the biggest updates have yet to arrive.
In a recent post on Steam titled "Future Plans," TaleWorlds discusses a long list of planned updates and additions to the game. While none of these updates are blessed with hard dates, the developer insists that "work will continue on the game unabated," along with a gradual return to studio offices now that most of the team has been vaccinated against COVID-19. Included in the update list are multiple tweaks to both the singleplayer and multiplayer experience in Mount and Blade 2, as well as overall changes set to affect the entire game.
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First up is singleplayer mode. Originally introduced in an earlier Mount and Blade 2 update, the Battle Terrain System will continue to receive more battle scenes in its pool to better provide unique map setups in Calradia. There are also plans to allow players to grant helpful companions with peerage so they can climb the ranks of nobility. But maybe the biggest potential change here is to the order of battle. Individual troops will be able to be assigned to specific battle formations, and the deployment phase before battles and sieges will offer unit positioning options as well.
For multiplayer changes, TaleWorlds' plan is to include a ranked matchmaking system, a progression system with unlockable skins and sigils, an MVP award system, and more. These additions will be in tandem with updates broadly affecting Mount and Blade 2, such as a Battle Ambient Sound System meant to make battlefield sounds more accurately dispersed on low-end PCs and more localization support for 12 different languages. TaleWorlds has also confirmed Mount and Blade 2 will be coming to consoles, though this is still likely a ways out.
Finally, TaleWorlds continues to work on better modding support for the game. This involves improvements to existing modding tools while also adding new modding guides to the Bannerlord Modding Documentation website. There will also be an upcoming Steam Workshop update to make it easier to share mods for Mount and Blade 2. TaleWorlds plans on rolling out any updates mentioned through Q2 of 2022, because it's also the developer's plan to keep Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord in early access at least until then.
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is available now in early access on PC.
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Source: Steam
