Overview

• The $4.99 Coronations add-on launched September 10 with formal crowning ceremonies and an oath-based goal system as part of the Ascendant update.
• Players reported oaths failing to register or being retroactively flagged as broken, imposing persistent penalties on rulers.
• QA manager Riad issued a public apology, acknowledging the DLC was not up to standard and citing misallocated resources toward the larger All Under Heaven expansion.
• Patch 1.17.0.1 is live to fix the recurring Oathbreaker event and rebalance timers and requirements, with at least one more update promised.
• Steam feedback remains overwhelmingly negative, with many calling for the feature to be free and pointing to mods as workarounds.