The following major issues were fixed:

Issue with saves loading on Linux and Mac builds. Resolution: fixed.
Occasional exits to Main Menu while loading locations ("Error Message, Return to Title Screen"). Resolution: fixed.

Other improvements\fixes:

Quests
Romances with two companions simultaneously may cause an issue (never-ending loading). Resolution: fixed.

Areas
Oleg's Trading Post: oil trap is not visible. Resolution: fixed.

User Interfaces
Party companions can't be selected by ALt+N. Resolution: fixed.
The first game launch may take several minutes. Resolution: As a quick improvement added a warning about this issue on the initial loading screen. We will try to improve the first loading time in the upcoming hotfixes.
It's difficult to distinguish newly revealed areas on Global Map. Resolution: add FX and question symbol for recently revealed locations.
Issues with custom companion: the character model may be not visible in the Character UI. Resolution: fixed.
"Crow" (kingdom "messenger") may break Global Map UI. Resolution: fixed.
Specific combination of graphic options may break UI decals on several areas. Resolution: fixed.

Classes
Some tooltips with class descriptions have unclear wording. Resolution: improved.

System
Random crash on computers with specific time zone settings. Resolution: fixed.
Issue with switching game window between several displays. Resolution: fixed.
General game client stability improvements.

Localization
Several strings are missed in German localization. Resolution: fixed.
Special Characters were not visible (French and Turkish system localization settings). Resolution: fixed.
Several non-localized German strings. Resolution: fixed.

Major Issues

Custom companions hiring was not available. Resolution: fixed.

Quests

Quest for artisan Shariel didn't work correctly. Resolution: fixed.
No companion dialogues with Jaethal, Valerie, Linzi, Harrim in the Captial or at Oleg's Trading Post after Old Sycamore dungeon. Resolution: fixed.
Ekundayo’s companion quest prompted you to tell Ekun about your victory over Kargadd even if Ekun is dead. Resolution: Ekundayo's quest now fails automatically if you kill him.
Jaethal couldn’t be found at the Capital square during her first quest. Resolution: fixed.
"Missing Child" Quest: invisible answer in Tig's dialog. Resolution: fixed (player needs to talk to Tig again).

Areas

A specific dialogue option in Chapter 6 broke a story-critical cutscene. Resolution: fixed.
Divine services didn’t work for non-divine casters in Chapter 1. Resolution: Jhod Kavken will now read divine scrolls if there are no divine casters in the party.

User Interfaces

Spell filters did not work properly in the character creation interface. Resolution: fixed.
Malfunction in class feature sorting. Resolution: fixed.
Tooltip with empty description for Strength damage. Resolution: fixed.

Kingdom

Mim's workshop couldn’t be built in Silverstep Village. Resolution: fixed.
Multiple "GreatSuccess" text strings in one of the kingdom events. Resolution: fixed.
Artisan Varrask didn't start the dialogue in the village after suggestion to speak to him. Resolution: fixed.
NPC Kergan didn't start the dialogue after a cutscene on Thorn River Ford. Resolution: fixed.
Battle with Bokken didn't stop correctly when he is in low Hit Points. Resolution: fixed.

Classes

Rage and Defensive Stances are no longer switched off when a character is disabled due to adverse status effects. These stances are switched off only when a character falls unconscious.
Abyssal Bloodline ability Grow Claws should now activate properly.
Artifice Domain ability should now properly activate on Inquisitor.
Knowledge Domain now also adds Lore (Nature) to class skills.
2 level Eldritch Archer couldn’t cast anything but ranged touch spells. Resolution: fixed.

Misc

Skeleton Guardians summoned during the Rest by Jaethal no longer drop loot.
Missing or wrong German, French, and Chinese localisations. Resolution: the next batch of issues is fixed.

System

Possible crash when loading a cloud save after "fresh" game installation. Resolution: fixed.

Hello everyone!

Thank you very much for your ongoing feedback. It encourages us to work fiercely on polishing the game. We are desperately sorry that we can't fix everything at once. But let us assure you that every comment will be addressed.

New Features
Changes to the difficulty.
We hear a lot of comments about the difficulty of the fights. We are introducing several changes - we introduce changes to the easier difficulty modes to enhance the player experience for those, who selected them. On the Story Mode difficulty, such mechanics as Damage Reduction, Damage Immunity, and Regeneration will be switched off, while on Easy mode their power will be reduced (less reduction or regeneration respectively). We are adding an additional warning to the Hard and Unfair modes to provide better information about upcoming challenges and the general difficulty of the game so that players can make an informed choice. We'd like to stress the Normal mode is a recommended one, especially for the people not familiar with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game system and for the first time players.

We are also making some changes to the some of the encounters in the prologue and 1st chapter of the game. To make it clear, we are not reducing general difficulty in all settings, we are fixing several places where this difficulty was not intentional. Also, we provide more information on overcoming the challenge in the place where it was:
Scare ability in the final fight in Prologue is changed to the communal Protection from Alignment: Good. There are almost no abilities to counter Scare effect in the prologue party, so this ability tends to make combat too chaotic and unnecessary random on the harder difficulty settings.
The first encounter on the road to the Oleg's Trading Post was never intended to be a great challenge, this area is still part of the tutorial, and difficulty of the fight is taking away from learning about the camp. Wolves were changed to Thylacines, their stats are close, but Thylacines have no trip ability.
Bokken will properly warn the player about the swarms in the cave and provide them with several flask of Alchemist's Fire. In addition, the tutorial about swarms and how to deal with them will be shown when entering the cave.
It should be mentioned that the 1st chapter's story is branching into the two different paths, making some of the encounters harder than desired on the first path selected.
Fangberry quest is very hard on low level. Resolution:
Bokken warns about quest difficulty and gives 6 flasks of Alchemist's Fire.
The special tutorial message is added about dealing with spider swarm.
Bear-like Treant in Temple of the Elk will now have less Damage Reduction.
Bear-like Treant fight difficulty is reduced if the player gets there earlier enough (at low levels and without previously following Tartuccio). The fix won't be applied for games saved within the area.
Some companions joined the party fatigued and damaged in Ancient Tomb and Old Sycamore areas. Resolution: fixed.
Ancient Tomb: persuaded companion now joins the party after a fight with Tartuccio's Mercenaries.
Random encounters with creatures too difficult to the current average party level could be rolled. Resolution: fixed

Quests
''''There may be issues with Valery romance progressing. Resolution: fixed.
Crash to the main menu when certain romance scenes are activated. Resolution: fixed.''

Areas
One of the story development paths causes a wrong Capital state in Chapter 3. Resolution: fixed
50% spellcasting fail chance after entering the castle in Verdant Chambers location. Resolution: fixed.
Сut-scene may freeze at the Capital square at the beginning of the second act. Resolution: fixed.
Sycamore hall is hard to find. Resolution: marker on the local map is added.
Some monsters in random encounters gave an incorrect amount of experience. Resolution: fixed.''

Items
Amulet of Mighty Fists now properly gives bonuses to attack rolls.

User Interfaces
There is no way to understand the nature of zero damage. Resolution: Information about immunities and damage reduction is added to the Battle Log (available in tooltips).
Tutorial messages about mechanics of the "damage reduction" were added before combats with the first creatures with damage reduction
Time delay for tooltip appearance after a mouse click was too big. Resolution: reduced.
An issue with male elven hairs and capes visualization while playing Ranger and Rogue classes. Resolution: fixed.
NPC Hassuf has empty lines in vendor list. Resolution: fixed.
Unlocalized loot window title. Resolution: fixed.
An issue with Chinese localization in Quest notification. Resolution: fixed.

Kingdom
An Ancient Formula quest may be reported as completed before actually completing it. Resolution: fixed.

Classes
Controlled Fireball damages allies. Resolution: fixed.
Wizard familiar bond list has Hunter's Bond available for selection. Resolution: fixed.

'Misc
Missing or wrong German, French and Chinese localization. Resolution: the next batch of issues is fixed.
No text on computers with Spanish and Italian system locale. Resolution: fixed.
An issue with the backer items description in Credits. Resolution: fixed.
Several achievements were unlocking incorrectly. Resolution: fixed.

System'
Loading may cause an issue with previously saved file. Resolution: fixed.
Graphics settings auto-detection may detects higher configuration on Linux. Resolution: fixed.
Crash while saving with specific path or locale. Resolution: fixed.''

Another issue we hear a lot about - the problem with the custom companions - and some other stuff as well will be addressed in the next Hotfix.

Major Issues
No pre-order/Kickstarter rewards for the saves started before Hotfix 1.0.2. Resolution: rewards are available in the chest at Throne Room or Oleg's Trading Post.
Metamagic Rods are properly highlighted when activated and deactivated immediately on click (instead of waiting until the end of the round).

Quests
Jubilost's companion quest does not work correctly (character is teleported to the tavern at the wrong time). Resolution: fixed.
The dialogue could be broken at Inconsequent Debates area under certain conditions. Resolution: fixed.
Quest unit is absent at the location during the second Harrim companion quest. Resolution: fixed.
Poachers didn't start the conversation at the Poachers' Hideout. Resolution: fixed.

Areas
Jaethal`s death at the later chapters may cause the game over. Resolution: fixed.
Amiri doesn't appear at the end of Flintlock Grassland. Resolution: fixed.
Amiri doesn't return after Flintlock Grassland. Resolution: fixed.
Captured companion may stay prone visually after the combat starts at Technic League Encampment. Resolution: fixed.
Companion captured at Technic League Encampment may be invisible for several seconds after areas loading. Resolution: fixed.
Unable to talk to guard captain Hyland (Runaway Throne quest). Resolution: fixed
Some lootable corpses may look unnatural. Resolution: fixed.
Lighting setup issues at Sepulcher of Forgotten Heroes. Resolution: fixed.
Some players were able to acquire unlimited amount of gold in the Storyteller's dialogue. Resolution: fixed.

Items
Necklace of Double Crosses doesn't add damage bonus to melee attacks. Resolution: fixed.

User Interfaces
Camera movement keys remapping doesn't works. Resolution: fixed (the rare bug when the camera starts moving on its own should be fixed too).
No way to check the animal companions stats. Resolution: animal companions sheet is now available by selecting the creature an pressing "C" (default binding).
An item may be incorrectly added to the sell list while clicking on mass-trading options at Vendor UI. Resolution: fixed.
Mass-trading options doesn't work correctly at Vendor UI - only visible items are added to sell list. Resolution: fixed.
The weight value may appear incorrect in sell list at Vendor UI. Resolution: fixed.
Hit points on the party portraits may not be updated under certain conditions. Resolution: fixed.
The issue with adjusting the party formation direction while moving the mouse with right button pressed. Resolution: fixed.

Kingdom
Several kingdom events in Troll Trouble and Season of Bloom chapters deal damage to kingdom stats less often.
Region claiming visualization is adjusted.

Classes
Scaled Fists receives their Draconic Fury ability at 4th level despite the description stating that they should have received it at 3rd. Resolution: Scaled Fist now receives Draconic Fury at 3rd level. Any Scaled Fist of already 3rd level will receive the Draconic Fury ability immediately upon loading the game.
Dueling Mastery requires Dodge instead of Weapon Finesse and did not give proper Shield Bonus to AC and initiative bonus. Resolution: fixed.
Back to Back feat does not work. Resolution: fixed.
Sword Saint Magus bonus to AC from Canny Defense does not recalculate when Intelligence were changing (recalculates only on level ups). Resolution: fixed.
Clerics used to have two copies of Raise Dead on 5th level of their spells, one of those copies without a name. Resolution: unnamed copy of Raise Dead was removed from clerics spell list.
Armored Swiftness applies extra +5 speed on each reload. Resolution: fixed.
Guidance works more than once for skillchecks. Resolution: fixed.

Misc
Aasimars don't get Celestial Resistance bonus. Resolution: fixed.
Disintegrated units are invisible after a resurrection. Resolution: fixed.
Use Magic Device DC for scrolls is 20 plus scroll's caster level. We considered it too high, especially since some scrolls like Remove Blindness have higher caster levels intentionally. Resolution: DC is changed to 20 plus scroll's spell level.
Jaethal's camping ability 'Undead Guardians' produces more than two skeletons. Resolution: fixed.
New pack of localization fixes for FR, DE, ZH.

System
There is an issue with changing Language and Graphic settings on some systems. Resolution: fixed.
Character doll appearance and some other visual elements spontaneously reset to default state. Resolution: fixed.
The graphic options resets to defaults every time the game starts. Resolution: fixed.

We are following closely all the discussions considering game difficulty and some other system mechanics. We will keep informing you about our ideas behind the game structure (a couple of updates are about to be posted in the nearest days). And for sure we will keep watching the specific cases that could be breaking game experience and will closely examine them.