So I know 1.6 just came out with Hardcore mode and then FtA came out…is FtA 1.6.1 then? It says I’m running 1.6.1 and prior to activating the FtA DLC I seemed to never come across a random encounter…I initiated the DLC by talking to Divish last night and since then I have run into the Wandering Knight (the sissy who thinks he wants to fight but really he doesnt want any, pretty boy) twiceand a Wayfaring Knight all in the same spot at different times…at a crossroads between Inn on the Glade and Neuhoff…
I remember a thread about lack of random encounters and I was having the same issue until last night…maybe it is fixed now?
1.6.1 was a small patch right before FtA.
I’ve had lots of random encounters since 1.5 but now animals I’ve killed aren’t disappearing and causing massive stuttering like on 1.43.
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Figure it was something like that, all I know is after 20 hours of gameplay on Hardcore mode, where you can only ride and can’t fast travel, I finally hit random encounters more than just a beggar; and it was 3, relatively quickly (probably within a couple hours for all of them) and in the same spot during my travels back and forth…gonna grind the spot for loot 
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so far im in over 60 hours and the only random encounters ive seen are bandits and cumans. they happen on a regular but thats the only ones i come across. i have not seen any of the old cool encounters i use to see and have.
That sucks man. So far I’ve seen villager ambushes, a couple of beggars (for sure one woman beggar), 2 wandering knights (the sissy knight, saw him twice), a wayfaring knight, last night I had a single bandit on my way to Skalitz and then a group of 4 on my way out, I died and reloaded and they weren’t there, and I ran into a very well armored group of bandits who killed me…I’ve also ran past fights between Cumans and Bandits
Xbox One v1.6.1 Hardcore Mode, not sure how many hours but maybe 25-30?
Ye for me too……for example no “thief THIEEEF” event or wandering knights for me since 1.6
(PC, no mods except reshade, 20h playtime)
I had a “thief” event trigger in Sasau with 1.6 (PS4)
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uh ok…nice to hear…I’ll keep watching!
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I have yet to see a thief in a town now that it was mentioned…experienced about everything else except that, mercenaries (only wandering and wayfaring knights) and riddlers