Exclusive Content for TWC Discussion Thread (Updated 29th May)

**Jack Lusted** · July 03, 2012, 04:44 AM

Discuss updates from the exclusive content thread here.

Link to the thread: linky

**|Sith|Galvanized Iron** · July 03, 2012, 04:47 AM

So new questions are not allowed, just discussion about answered questions?

**Jack Lusted** · July 03, 2012, 04:50 AM

Feel free to post questions you have about things in this thread, though some will probably not be answered for a while as there is still over a year to release. The other thread is closed so it can be kept to dev updates so people can easily find info.

**Captain Arrrgh!** · July 03, 2012, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by Jack Lusted

Feel free to post questions you have about things in this thread.

There's no need to post 'questions'; it's already obvious what you're going to do with your 'exclusive content'. You're going to run the same model you did with Shogun 2, only worse. You're going to make a killing on selling Rome 2 piecemeal. Eventually, as with Shogun 2, a game that was 60 dollars will end up being nearly a hundred dollars with all the withheld content, exclusives and shoddy, hastilly released 'expandalones' that wreck the vanilla experience.

There'll probably be a lot of false advertising, as what happpened with S2.
BTW, S2's Blood Pack still isn't working properly, and the wonky graphics doesn't reflect the screenshots that are up everywhere for it.

**alhoon** · July 03, 2012, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Jack Lusted

Feel free to post questions you have about things in this thread, though some will probably not be answered for a while as there is still over a year to release.

Oh, come on! Why you announced such an anticipated game then more than a year before release?

I'm counting the days already, that was a serious blow to my morale. I was hoping for March 2013 or at most May 2013 although I would consider that long cruel.

Anyway, would the "theatres" from ETW return in a way at least in the form of regions/large groups of provinces/settlements etc?
Will the towns return? Or we will have the resource/harbor/special towns only? Will they be occupiable?
How many cities you would want in the map? In the previews it was said it will be bigger than RTW, but bigger map doesn't necessarily mean more provinces.

**mcantu** · July 03, 2012, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by alhoon

Oh, come on! Why you announced such an anticipated game then more than a year before release?

I'm counting the days already, that was a serious blow to my morale. I was hoping for March 2013 or at most May 2013 although I would consider that long cruel.

Anyway, would the "theatres" from ETW return in a way at least in the form of regions/large groups of provinces/settlements etc?
Will the towns return? Or we will have the resource/harbor/special towns only? Will they be occupiable?
How many cities you would want in the map? In the previews it was said it will be bigger than RTW, but bigger map doesn't necessarily mean more provinces.

they stated in the announcement that it will be Dec 2013

**G-Spike** · July 03, 2012, 07:41 PM

CA should take the time they need to make the best game they possibly can rather than have a buggy game like empire or a game without diversity like shogun II.

I waited 8 years already, i can wait two years more if thats what it takes to get the best game possible.

**Philippus** · July 03, 2012, 07:57 PM

Q. What is all this talk about reducing micro-management in the campaign, and you dumbing it down?
We are not dumbing it down. The campaign in Rome II will have more depth than ever before. We are also aiming to reduce late game micro-management so players can focus on the game and the new mechanics we are introducing to the campaign game.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=548136

Reducing micro-management, in any way, is foolish!

We played strategy games just by micro-management... disappointing...

**Ahmad al-Fareed** · July 05, 2013, 03:21 AM

hey jack

cud u pls clarify whether a 40 unit cards -per army- option will now b optional for the campaign or not
i know u settled this question once before but after the latest reports some of us r confused whether things have changed or not

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...me-Conquered!?
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...er-army-Maybe!
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...40-unit-armies

salve

**General Maximus** · July 05, 2013, 06:35 AM

Originally Posted by Ahmad al-Fareed

hey jack

cud u pls clarify whether a 40 unit cards -per army- option will now b optional for the campaign or not
i know u settled this question once before but after the latest reports some of us r confused whether things have changed or not

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...me-Conquered!?
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...er-army-Maybe!
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...40-unit-armies

salve

I had asked the same question directly to CA. They won't be having 40 units per army, only 20 like usual.

40 units will come in battle only when you have another army close enough to your main army to reinforce it.

**Ahmad al-Fareed** · July 10, 2013, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by General Maximus

I had asked the same question directly to CA. They won't be having 40 units per army, only 20 like usual.

40 units will come in battle only when you have another army close enough to your main army to reinforce it.

thank you for the clarification

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to me its a pity they still stick to their cumbersome and restrictive 20 unit system
so be it

still looking forward to the new dynamic LoS
i just hope its not bugged at all :D

**boxleitnerb** · July 03, 2012, 04:50 AM

I think one big concern of the community is modability (how it will be in comparison to Rome: Total War). Does the new engine make that possible again?

Also a tricky topic would be multi-core support. This has been a weakness of all Total War games to date. They make only use of one or two threads, not more. It would be really appreciated if 4-8 cores could be utilized to improve performance in terms of fps and reduce waiting times between turns and loading times in general.

**PROMETHEUS ts** · July 03, 2012, 04:52 AM

Originally Posted by Jack Lusted

Discuss updates from the exclusive content thread here.

For exclusive content add :

Exclusive mini campaign focused on something

Exclusive 2-3 extra ancient battles scenario

Extra playable faction ingame and multiplayer

Extra music perhaps

Extra book with explanation of all unita and strategy guide for their use

Historical sourcebook with art concepts

Dvd of making of

Dvd with all soundtracks

A roman empire nice map with all regions and subregions....

A chart with all the units , siege , navy and buildings explained with a chart of the techs...

A chart of political relations and families ...

special logos and features for avatar customization

Do not add extra units ....

**Requies** · July 03, 2012, 05:12 AM