Owlcat Games has released version 1.5 update for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, which is one of the most comprehensive updates since the game was released.This patch brings a lot of new content, including new NPC portraits, alien and space marine equipment, and more than twenty new talents designed for plasma, arc and eldar weapons.Each pet can now also trigger a change in belief form based on the player's moral inclination, giving it a unique appearance and abilities.
In addition to new content, version 1.5 also implemented large-scale balance adjustments and major bug fixes.Multiple career origins have been redesigned to improve balance, level progression has been adjusted to alleviate numerical inflation, and a large number of combat and system bugs have been resolved.The patch also optimizes the expansion content of the "Imperial Codex", corrects task logic contradictions, improves dialogue text, and improves stability and visual performance on all platforms.
Full changelog
New content
4 new NPC portraits added: Maris, Commissar, Clementia Wilson and Abel
45 new pieces of alien and space marine equipment, including Dark Eldar, Eldar and Space Marine exclusive items
25 new talents have been added, supporting plasma, net gun, arc rifle and Eldar/Dark Eldar weapons.
Introducing the form transformation of faith-based pets, providing unique appearances and abilities for icons, heretics, and dogmatic beliefs
system remake
Reconstruction of origin professions: Comprehensive reconstruction of the origins of the Astra Militarum Commander, Ecclesiastical Priest, Political Commissar and Naval Officer to improve balance and system coordination.
Experience and balance adjustments:
Adopt exponential upgrade requirements to offset DLC-related numerical inflation
Reworked companion builds, removed ineffective talents and enhanced role synergy
Adjusted the Blade Dancer/Executioner mechanism, added superimposed debuffs and a new proportion formula
Weapon category optimization
Plasma weapons: redone overheating mechanism, new area effect mode, enhanced visual performance
Arc Rifle: Action point consumption reduced to 1 point, new weapon bonuses and 6 related talents
Net Gun: Added chapter-based growth scaling, added 5 new talents and more basic weapons
Major bug fixes
Ending corrections:
Removed Vladam ending when character dies
Fixed companion ending conflict
Forbids heretical Rogue Traders from paradoxically being promoted to the Chosen of the Dark Gods
Resolving Xavier Calcazar Ending Plot Conflict
Eliette quest line:
Fixed teleportation error in romance scene
Prevent abnormal resurrection of characters after death in Chapter 4
Corrected pirate ending logic and restored missing dialogue
Imperial Codex expansion:
A large number of dialogue and tone adjustments were made to the three characters
Fixed the issue of Solomon being too high-level when recruiting
Corrected mission advancement and NPC feedback mechanism
Combat and mechanics fixes
Fixed the soft lock issue in the crematorium
Resolved stun freezing caused by reckless strikes
Eliminate double barrel shotgun talent crash
Overseer abilities now interact properly with pets
Fixed mechanical hound diagonal attack
Vampires are now correctly immune to fire damage
Fixed unexpected round duplication issue in capturing strongholds
Experience optimization
Automatically adjust skill test difficulty instead of manual adjustment
Added equipment hiding option in character interface
Inventory filters support real-time updates
Integrate redundant gain entries
Added hyperlink cross-references to skills and items in tooltips
Rebalanced colony items and improved rewards and prompts system
Performance and stability
Fixed multiple PS5-specific crash issues
Solve the problem of freezing of burst shooting and loading interface
Eliminate pet disappearing error
Reduce delay in complex battle scenes
audiovisual enhancement
Implemented the visual form change of faith-based pets
Apply new color schemes to various item graphics
Improved visual fidelity of space combat
Fixed Talos Engine of Pain, Polearm, and Server animation issues
Enhanced plasma weapon hit effects
Fixed misalignment of default character voice configuration
