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

[TheNewb]

Will there be a blood pack available similar to shogun 2 or even gore to make the battles during that time period more realistic? Thanks

[SonOfCrusader76]

Is the main focus going to be single-player, or multi-player?

Yep, I want to know this as well. And will there be separate mechanics for MP, because lumping SP with MP's balancing and mechanics ruins certain aspects of gameplay.

Following on from that, all the way up to Medieval II, archers had a range bonus when elevated. Not sure about Empire, but by Shogun 2, this had disappeared - for some MP 'balancing' reason. Please tell me that archers will work properly in Rome 2? If you're higher up than the other guys, you should be able to shoot them before they can shoot you.

Will there be a day one Blood DLC (free, preferably)? I understand you probably won't be able to put blood in the actual game, due to wanting to keep the rating down, and to certain countries' overly strict censorship rules, but blood added quite a bit to Shogun 2 (albeit apparently over the top since FoTS).

[ironbrigade]

Will TW ever add in options menu, the ability to change unit speed,kill rates, or morale? or can this be modded?.


Is there any chance of campaign multiplayer for 4 players 2v2 or free for all?.

[WeLoveYouCA]

Q: We absolutely love you for making Rome II, can we hug you?

[The Bold Burgundian]

PONIES!

[PhoenixStudios]

PONIES!

[Jack Lusted]

I just noticed that in the gameplay trailer the units have their javelines/spears on their backs, visible. Will this actually be in-game? It's actually a nice addition.

No they will not, this was just an artifact of early animations where the correct position of weapons had not been specified.

Do you have different spear models for the German Framea or are you referring to them as 'eastern faction'?

Or are you really making them some pike-wearing macedonian-style phalanx again These really were the worst Germans in any game since the invention of Chess! It absolutely doesen't fit their 'fast and furious' fighting style.

No I'm not referring to Germans as eastern, they're not East on the map. They will use celtic style spears along with the celts, britons, dacians etc.

Those new works looks awesome! I hope on newest cavalry unit dont use same clone horses. Many differents horses in unit, more better!

I'm curious to know if horses will vary inside a unit or for regions or both?

As in Shogun 2 and Napoleon there will be a variety of horses within a unit, with differences in colours and also there will be some variation in saddles and bridles and so on.

Thanks Jack, that leather armour (Celtiberian?) looks fantastic and well researched.

The reference images come from the south of France and central Europe so will be used by Celts across those areas of the map and a bit further.

[Gaius Mucius Scaevola]

No they will not, this was just an artifact of early animations where the correct position of weapons had not been specified.

Does that mean we will see again swords transforming in spears like in Rome 1?

[Emperor Domitianus]

No they will not, this was just an artifact of early animations where the correct position of weapons had not been specified.



No I'm not referring to Germans as eastern, they're not East on the map. They will use celtic style spears along with the celts, britons, dacians etc.





As in Shogun 2 and Napoleon there will be a variety of horses within a unit, with differences in colours and also there will be some variation in saddles and bridles and so on.



The reference images come from the south of France and central Europe so will be used by Celts across those areas of the map and a bit further.

Thx for all the infos. I hope that that we will not se the spears and swords changing as in Rome I. I hope to see limited javenils brought by the soldier and used correctly as in real life.

[corelord]

I have a question, Are there any plans in the works to have a Blood Pack DLC like Shogun 2 did?

[moredrowsy]

Thanks for the update! With the new army system, can we still split a full stack armies into separate chunks for guerrilla warfare? Or does every units in that army have to stay under one banner? Guerrilla warfare is a headache when dealing with it but it is very effective holding off a powerful foe. Thanks for reading this.

[shnukshnuk]

GRECO BACTRIA

[alstl]

Will there be a list of units and attributes for those units for each faction prior to release of the game?

Will the hard copy of the game have a map or list of units in it?

Thank you.

[Jack Lusted]

Wow lots of questions from you guys still over a year to release so not many I can answer now. I hope the answers posted in the other thread hoped answer some of the early common questions.

[John ''True Grit'' Wayne]

Will Cleopatra,Julius Cesar,Marc Anthony,Pompei,Hannibal,Versengeterix Be characters/Genarals in the game.
What year does the game start and end.I think i read 209 bc is the start date.And this was the time of the siege of Carthage.

Roman Republic

• The Romans under Fabius Maximus Cunctator capture Tarentum (modern Taranto), which the Carthaginian general Hannibal has held for three years.
• The Battle of Asculum is fought between Hannibal's Carthaginian army and a Roman force led by Marcus Claudius Marcellus. The battle is indecisive.
• From his headquarters at Tarraco (Tarragona), Publius Cornelius Scipio, the Roman commander in Spain, launches a combined military and naval assault on the Carthaginian headquarters at Carthago Nova (modern-day Cartagena). He successfully besieges and captures the city. In capturing this city, Scipio gains access to copious stores and supplies, Spanish hostages, the local silver mines, a splendid harbour and a base for an advance farther south.

[Sir Nicholas Altman]

Will there be different starting years? Like early mid and late start? 280 BC, 70 BC and lets say 96 AD?

[Greve Af Göteborg]

Will the Parthians primary colour still be pink?
I want to make a pink parthian empire! (jk )

[Marvzilla]

Since the Romans will recruit now only Legions.Will these Legions transform over the
times through scripted Reforms (Marian).

Also,will we be able to recruit other Units for example,Townwatches or Auxiliary Units
in the Original Way,because we need units to defend the smaller settlements.

How will other Factions recruit ?´ Will they also have to recruit pre-set armies ?´
Because that would be dumb.

[Ultra123]

hey man, dont knock the pink elephants on parade!

[cenkiss]

Only exclusive contents should be like rise of the samurai or multiplayer mods.

No unit pack or faction pack.

You need to give full game with the launch.Make it cost a bit more but don't make dlc's for what is supposed to be in the game.