OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:* Multiplayer: If a player leaves the game but remains in limbo, their slot is reserved (while in limbo) so the room cannot fill while they are away. * NPC wolves can court each other (though it's rare to see this in the current game - this is more for future gameplay in the Saga). * If you reject a wolf after its heart-meter fills up, it'll lose some affinity and walk away - but then come back around in hopes it can still persuade you. * Rival pack wolves aren't courtable if you've recently marked inside their territory. You don't have to fight the non-interested wolves anymore, and they will stay around during courtship to ensure the safety of their packmate(s). * When encountering wolves from a rival pack, if some are interested in courtship, you must immediately show your intentions with submissive behaviors or they'll assume you are hostile and will fight you. * If two dispersal groups come to you, interested in courtship, you can now growl at one group to send them away without sending the other group away as well.

NEW AND IMPROVED: COURTSHIPWe have overhauled the courtship gameplay, to fix some bugs and add new behaviors and functionality: And remember, it's the size of your territory - specifically how far a rival wolf has to travel from the edge to your homesite - that matters, much more than the strength of the hexes. We've revised how this works so now the effect should be much more noticeable. * Territory size affects how frequently rival wolves will attack your pups, but this effect was diluted substantially by other factors, often making it hard to see much difference with different-sized territories. You might also occasionally glimpse dispersals courting each others. For example, now when you encounter an interested wolf from a rival pack, you can avoid a fight with their packmates by demonstrating that yours is a peaceful visit. * Tommi rewrote the courtship gameplay, adding new aspects to it, eliminating bugs, and laying the groundwork for more gameplay to come in the Saga expansion.

Today's devblog video looks at two of those: The next patch, 1.0.8h, now in public beta, features another nice set of improvements and bug fixes.

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