Wasteland 3: The Battle of Steeltown - Choice & Consequence
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The Battle of Steeltown DLC for inXile Entertainment's post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 3 will be launching in a few days, on June 3, 2021. With that in mind, you might want to check out this video featuring the game's director David Rogers where he talks about the importance of player choice for the DLC. Have a look:
And then, ahead of the DLC's launch, we also get a new patch introducing crafting, expanded animal handling, and more. Here are some highlights:
Highlights
New Feature: CraftingNew Feature: Animal Companion Kennel & Improved UI
- Players are now able to craft mods, weapons, gear, and mystery items from the crafting menu accessible from the inventory screen. Time to put that scrap to work.
- Crafting recipes can be learned by leveling up some skills, buying them from vendors, searching containers, and discovering mystery crafting recipe ingredients.
- More info available here.
New Customization Options
- A new kennel located just outside Ranger HQ is now available. Animals dismissed in the field or those who were following a Ranger who died will return automatically to the kennel, and from there they can optionally be dismissed back into the wild. You wouldn’t do that though because you’re not a heartless jerk.
- The animal companion type limit has been removed, allowing squads to have multiples of the same type of animal in the squad (1 animal per Ranger still, of course). That’s right, you can now have a whole squad of pissed-off cats scratching cannibal clowns.
- Character portraits now display icons for animal companions. Mousing over (or selecting) the animal icon will display a tooltip with that companion’s current stats.
- More info available here.
Polly the Parrot is 100% more inappropriate and packs a walloping Demoralize ability. Do not, for the love of all that is holy, play Polly’s dialog at high volume in proximity to anyone of high moral character.
- 12 new chest pieces are now available when creating or customizing your character, with some “job”-themed options like medic and explosives expert. Finally, what you’ve always wanted, to have a work uniform in-game too.
