Risk of Infection v2.4 side story patch

Hello!

Patch v2.4 is out along with the updated image set. The patch contains the companion story quests for Lily and Noel.
You get popup messages for these quests after you get the new warg from Erika at the Agency, and it works retroactively. If you load a save game into the Agency building floor 1 or enter it from outside you get the popups in the same way along with journal entries.
Noel can be found in Flumen near the church and Lily is in Rehling in front of the inn. Both quests have their own areas and take about 15 minutes and have their own mini bosses and lewd scenes. You can return from the quest area directly back to Lily/Noel, so make sure you stock up items before venturing forth! The enemies and minibosses are on same level as in v2, so if you can beat Jaun you will have no issues with them.

There's also been some bug fixes and balance changes:

-Items have animations when used in battle (earlier the item effects would just apply immediately)
-Quinn's Pinpoint shop MP cost reduced from 50 -> 35
-Fixed an bug in Quinn's Artery Shot where the damage bonus only affected the ATK portion of the damage calculation. I.e. the skill does way more damage now. Damage also buffed from 3*AGI to 4*AGI. MP cost raised from 40 -> 55.
-Rose's Gouge had the same bug as Quinn's Artery Strike. The EVA bonus now applies to the skill base damage + ATK, and not just ATK.
-Lily's Bladestorm reduced MP cost from 60 -> 50 to make it have better MP-to-damage ratio than Elegant Spin.
-Player's Defensive Support used to affect only 1 party member despite the description saying otherwise. The skill now affects the whole party, but only reduces damage taken by 10% (all damage types).
-All damage dealing skills can now crit (both physical and magical). Earlier specific skills, like some that applied conditions, could not.

And lastly what can you expect from v3?
-The main story continues with 2 main quests just like v2.
-New town Erwald.
-New weapon & armor tier and new craftable gear
-New mining level 3 in the Rehling mine
-New optional character with (possibly) a side quest. Natasha will make a return as a DoT based support unit.
-Companion quests for Quinn and Rose
-New enemies

That's a lot! I'd love to say the release date is still in late january, but it may roll to late february. I try to not content creep too but I also try to balance the game development so that each main patch has a variety of content and does not just continue the main quest. And the more I do not include in v3, the more I have to do for v4...