Questions to CA interview on the Total Warcast

[Daily]

As you might have heard on the Rome II special (episode 18) of the Total Warcast I am having CA on for a small chat in a few weeks. I would be very happy if you would throw some questions my way so I can create the best show possible, and possibly get some juicy news out of CA.

Anything related to Total War, CA, off topic towards the interviewees as well is well received.

Send me a visitor or private message or just post in here.

[TheMetalfreak360]

I have a couple of questions.
1. How will the CA's future look like? They have covered many if not all the interesting times when big armies clashed against each other, so what happens after Rome 2 TW?
2. Have CA thought more about the whole WW1 thing? Because some things it is a good idea, while quite many thinks it would been weird, and in a interview (Can't remember who), did you say "We could make one, but not sure how fun it would be".
3. Anymore from the Asian front? Like Asia Total War? Where you have China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan etc. Around the time period of 1600 when Japan invaded Korea.
4. Lead Battle Designer Jamie Ferguson said that there would be Beach Landings, in other words, will one be able to make some troops hit the harbour and go into the city from there, while a main force move into the front (walls)? Or just one or the other?
5. In Rome 2 Total War, will there be Greek City States? In Rome 1 Total War, there were 1 factions, but the Greeks was spitted into many city states, how will this be in the game? Will we have a Spartan faction, a Atheinian faction and so on? Or just the normal 1 faction?
6. Have you seen the wishlist from "Prince_Of_Macedon"? Many great tips and advices, I wish CA would take just a quick look at it atleast, since he is probably one of the most hardcore Rome TW gamer in history.
7. How about personality in Rome 2 Total War? Like the Gauls, will they be more of a ambush faction, and in combat they charge more? While the mighty Romans are diciplined and move carefully and tactical on the battlefield?
8. Many gamers that I have talked too, feels like a Roman general while they play as them like they have to move diciplined. And when they feel like the need too be ruthless and use a lot of ambushes when they play as the Gauls. How will this become in Rome 2 TW? Will you be able to translate that feeling into this game aswell?
9. Will the Romans be splitted into mutiple factions again? (House of Julii, House of Brutii, House of Scipii). Or will it be 1 faction this time?
10. Will there be more units in Rome 2 Total War then in Rome 1 TW?
11. Will there be a tech tree like in the other (newer) games? Like, do we need to reaserch "Testudo" ? (The formation were they use their sheilds on top of their head, in front and sides.) For the units to use them, or do they have it from before after you train them?

That is all I have from now
Når blir neste Total Warcast? Gleder meg stort til og høyre hva dei seier.
Translated: "When will the next Total Warcast come out? I am looking forward to what they have to say."

[TheMetalfreak360]

Ah! Another one.
12. Will there be politics in Rome 2 Total War? Like can I kill Cæsar in the senate to make my status higher or something like that?
13. Will like the Gauls have voice from the Gaul language? And the Romans talking something like latin? Something that gave a big + in Shogun was the voices, instead of a Jap-Eng voice. That would been horrible.
14. Will Rome 2 Total War be more historical focused? Because some of the things in Rome 1 TW didn't quite add up.
15. Will we be able to see great leaders like Hannibal, Aleksander, Cæsar and so on?`
16. How will CA make us care more for the units? I think many don't want the "Oh I lost my hoplites, oh well, just buy a new one I guess.".
17. Will the Spartans have those wedding dresses as they did in Rome 1 TW, or will they be more... Well, cooler? (I know they didn't use much armour, just saying though)
18. Will we be able to do the things we did in Rome 1 TW, like in a siege where one can block of streets with hoplites in a phalax formation, and with ballistas? And will city viewing be back?
19. Will Avatar be back in Rome 2 Total War? Like in Shogun 2 Total War. Where one can customize the Roman general, a Gaul Warlord, a Greek general etc.
20. Will we see more impact from the sieges? Like, if the enemy are shelling the city with catapults, will there be civilians running to hide or something that makes one care more about the people in the city? That makes one see how it impacts the ones that actually lives in the city. Because I think many people feel like they protects the city because of it strategic posistion and because of the buildings, but one don't really care about the fact that one looses thousands of children, old people, womens and men to the enemy hands.
21. Will we maybe see something like the Multiplayer Avatar into the campaign? (Maybe a silly idea, but I am just throwing it out there)
22. In the "Total Warcast - Episode 18 Season 2 (Rome II special!)", the host said something about after one capture a place like Spain, one could get high rate iron to be able to improve the units. And get some more trade going.

[General George S. Patton]

9. Will the Romans be splitted into mutiple factions again? (House of Julii, House of Brutii, House of Scipii). Or will it be 1 faction this time?

I know I'm not quite CA, but I know the answer is that its one faction (saw it in one of the reviews)

[Mathais]

Here is a few questions that I have that have not been asked yet.

1. What do you have in mind for agents in Total War Rome 2? Having watched the live action trailer I see a lot of possibly for agents to play a greater role in the game.
2. Will ground Roman legionaries be able to use forming a wedge formation?
3. What religion play a greater role in Rome2? (Like effect the tech tree or give let you recruit special units in that city)
4. I am not sure if this is just me but did you guys plane on making the Rome 2 look kind of like a painting, I'm basing this off the two screen shots I have seen from in game or is due to the distance in which the screen are taken?

If i come up with any more question i will add them as they come to mind but from what TheMetalfreak360 has we seem to have a lot covered

[Daily]

Dear god MetalFreak360, you met me with this this fine morning. I have compiled everything into my list. Thanks to you to Mathais as well.

Answers for MetalFreak360:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

4. Lead Battle Designer Jamie Ferguson said that there would be Beach Landings, in other words, will one be able to make some troops hit the harbour and go into the city from there, while a main force move into the front (walls)? Or just one or the other?
This demo is all about scale, and what the latest iteration of CA’s proprietary strategy engine can do with it. The battle of Carthage is the setting for a seamless assault by sea and land. A vast force of Roman ships pile from the black ocean into a sweeping coastline, expelling hundreds of legionaries onto a beach overlooking the towering fortress-city of Carthage as arrows and rocks rain down on them. It’s Saving Private Ryan in sandals, and a dramatic statement that navies and armies are no longer separate, compartmentalised entities for Total War.
- Taken from RockPaperShotguns first news article about Rome II.


5. In Rome 2 Total War, will there be Greek City States? In Rome 1 Total War, there were 1 factions, but the Greeks was spitted into many city states, how will this be in the game? Will we have a Spartan faction, a Atheinian faction and so on? Or just the normal 1 faction?
One faction definitively but I am still keeping the question.

10. Will there be more units in Rome 2 Total War then in Rome 1 TW?
Refer to the question below

16. How will CA make us care more for the units? I think many don't want the "Oh I lost my hoplites, oh well, just buy a new one I guess.".
There will be this system that will add more to units and armies you have. Legions and units will make their own history and should feel personalized than ever before. Which will make you weep when you lose your hoplites. Hopefully this system will apply for all factions and not only the Romans.

Thanks again for the fast response. It is good to see activity so quickly. I will have my hands full when the front page announcement hits

[wangrin]

1. Any news about the Modding Summit ?
2. Is R2TW game engine a new one or a development from warscape ?
3. Will R2TW DB be very different from ETW/NTW.S2TW or will it share similarities ?
4. Will you share documents about R2TW to help modders, like ETW/NTW xml you've send us, but a bit earlier this time ?

[Daily]

2. Is R2TW game engine a new one or a development from warscape ?

"Despite featuring an impressive new graphics engine, the freshly-announced Rome II: Total War – scheduled for release in late 2013 - is aiming to run at the same minimum specification level of its 2011 predecessor Shogun 2."
- Quote from this videogamer article.

[wangrin]

A new graphic engine, yes, but does it means that the whole game engine is completely different from ETW/NTW/S2TW one (db system, esf, pack, etc.).

Question :

• Will R2TW models be very different from ETW/NTW/S2TW (number of faces, vertex, joints) ?
• Will R2TW models "skeletons" be define in db or, at least be moddable or will they be hardcoded like in ETW/NTW/S2TW ?

[TheMetalfreak360]

Another one.

23. Any ideas on how big the map will be? Will it be a far as to the Indus and Bactria? Or just expand the middle east a little bit?

[Leonidas The Lion]

Who is your co-host for this?

[Kjertesvein]

The hotshot journalist Dag returns with extraordinary interviews. What is CA's relations to TWC for the moment. Both their thoughts on the community, specific things they like (for example, your war caast or TWN, the Capitol, the tribunal, the fact that we have other games hosted here and the general structure), but also the long term relationship. Draw some deep lines of history from the begining, until today. Have them just talk about their experience with the community. Both good and bad.

I see your show as a mix between casual insight/documentary, and as you know, that is what I love about it. Great work Dag.

Edit: Have them talk about the Modding Summit, information really. I think the thread that was made was far too insufficient. The community in response wanted to see it live, and I too think it's important for all the modders who can't afford the ticket to go.

Last but not least, we have to have an update on your beer-project.

~Wille

[Daily]

The hotshot journalist Dag returns with extraordinary interviews. What is CA's relations to TWC for the moment. Both their thoughts on the community, specific things they like (for example, your war caast or TWN, the Capitol, the tribunal, the fact that we have other games hosted here and the general structure), but also the long term relationship. Draw some deep lines of history from the begining, until today. Have them just talk about their experience with the community. Both good and bad.

I see your show as a mix between casual insight/documentary, and as you know, that is what I love about it. Great work Dag.

Edit: Have them talk about the Modding Summit, information really. I think the thread that was made was far too insufficient. The community in response wanted to see it live, and I too think it's important for all the modders who can't afford the ticket to go.

Last but not least, we have to have an update on your beer-project.

~Wille

Wille you truly set the bar high. I will do my out most to get this right. I will try though our guests/guest will probably not be high in hierarchy of CA. Of course we will talk about this as well.

And of course we will have an update on my beer project which is going quite fine thank you.

[AtheistDane]

Hi Daily,


I have a couple of questions for CA aswell:


1. Are you going to change the way sprites work in Rome 2? If so, is there anyway that we might get a sprite slide, that goes from the low settings of the previous games to a uber-ultra high setting (maybe even an numeric input field, so that players can decide themselves whether to compromise quality over quantity or vice versa)?


2. Will there be prisoners?. If yes, is it going to be like in M2TW where you were able to decide whether to kill, release, ransom (or as in RTW, enslave the prisoners you take.)


Great episode 18

[Gaius Augustus Caesar]

1. Aside from the factions of the original RTW will there be any new factions, like an Indian faction or Celtic faction.
2. Will factions unplayable from the first Rome Total War in the campaign be playable, like Macedon and Numidia, without having to mod the game?
3. Will we see historical general units such as Julius Caesar, Hannibal, and Alexander like we did NTW?
4. What kind of historical battles do you plan on including?
5. Is the time scale going to be the same from the first RTW or will it be longer?
6. Will factions like Gaul, Iberia, Germania, Greece, and Britain be unified or divided like they were in real history?
8. Will we see a return of the Avatar campaign like in Shogun 2 or custom battles in the orignal RTW, or something completely new
9. In the multiplayer will there be a lobby like the original RTW.
10. Will there be career campaigns for people like Julius Caesar or Scipio like the Napoleon Career campaign in NTW.
Thanks for answering my questions if you do.

[AnthoniusII]

One simple question.
Will CA finally create decent models of horses?
It may look like a joke question but its not.
CA has created some wonderfull creations but the last decent horse models were created in MTW 1!
Horses ,Elephants and camels will be essential for the battle gameplay.
So the question remains.

[Kjertesvein]

Wille you truly set the bar high. I will do my out most to get this right. I will try though our guests/guest will probably not be high in hierarchy of CA. Of course we will talk about this as well.

And of course we will have an update on my beer project which is going quite fine thank you.

I apprechiate it brother. My best wishes, and I will make my best to promote this event in return.

Funny thing: As a young boy going through the process of borgelige konfirmasjon, our group and "teacher" talked about lots of stuff. However, the crux that he was young and thus rather unorthodox. Thus the only thing I remember of importance was his advice on how to brew our own beer. Fascinating stuff indeed, it brings back the best nostaligia of old.

None above, none beside; you're absolutely exceptional, Dag - but you already know that! ...Don't you.

~Wille

[Sir Pignans]

Can we re-train troops in this game instead of having to wait for them to replenish.

[Daily]

1. Aside from the factions of the original RTW will there be any new factions, like an Indian faction or Celtic faction.

Gaius. Thanks for writing a response. I have written down all your questions. I have read on some of the articles features on this latest Warcast that they are gonna stretch further east so I have my hopes for some new factions. This is just guessing and if I can get a certain answer from CA is unclear.

One simple question.
Will CA finally create decent models of horses?
It may look like a joke question but its not.
CA has created some wonderfull creations but the last decent horse models were created in MTW 1!
Horses ,Elephants and camels will be essential for the battle gameplay.
So the question remains.

AnthoniusII: No questions are jokes, only answers is. I will ask this question as well. In Shogun 2 even I noted how weird the horses looked. And I am hyper allergic to the beasts!

I apprechiate it brother. My best wishes, and I will make my best to promote this event in return.

Funny thing: As a young boy going through the process of borgelige konfirmasjon, our group and "teacher" talked about lots of stuff. However, the crux that he was young and thus rather unorthodox. Thus the only thing I remember of importance was his advice on how to brew our own beer. Fascinating stuff indeed, it brings back the best nostaligia of old.

None above, none beside; you're absolutely exceptional, Dag - but you already know that! ...Don't you.

~Wille

I appreciate it broder. Jeg konfirmerte meg kristelig men er nå ateist så følte at jeg ikke skulle følgt bølgen. Men man er bare ung en gang.

Thanks Wille. Exceptional ain't a word I would use for me but it is indeed appreciated.

PS: I will keep on writing down the responses and try to answer questions as they emerge. Anyone is free to answer. Would only make my work ten times easier.

Dag!

[TheMetalfreak360]

Hey, I have installed Rome Total War, and a mod called Rome Total Realism, and I was wondering on something.
1. Will the map be in that kinda of size? Because it is HUGE!
2. Have they tried or seen what the modders have done? And what they are capable of? And will they do something to let them work better, faster or easier with the game?
3. What are their thoughts about the Twcenter.com.
Great to see that many want to ask them questions, I think you have plenty of questions for them now (probably gonna get more from both me and others later) Daily