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**MathiasOfAthens** · July 03, 2012, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by Petroniu

Hell no!!! Most of the community wants realism and historicity in the upcoming game and you want to be able to customize it and dress them as you like??? What's wrong with you?? I for one don't want that kind of mambo-jambo features in the game. Give me units with historical accurate equipment and that's it!

They have already said you will be able to customize units. They said it might be possible to give a Spatha to a roman cavalry unit before they actually started to use them in real life.

This is not detrimental to the game in anyway. This allows you to research technology and improve on current weapons individually.

**Lordofthenothing** · July 03, 2012, 07:12 AM

Will it be possible to ram each other in naval battles?

**♔The Black Knight♔** · July 03, 2012, 07:18 AM

Yes, they had it in fots, they need to have it here.

It was part of naval war fare so it would be important to have it.

**jackwei** · July 03, 2012, 07:37 AM

Will the Cilcian pirates make an appearance in Rome II as they actually cause lots of trouble for Roman especially in the first century BC and will other pirates emerge on the seas??

Will the wonders of the known world be making a return and will there be any new ones introduced in Rome II for the first time??

**Greve Af Göteborg** · July 03, 2012, 07:29 AM

What sort of questions can you answer Jack? unit related questions? campaign map questions?

**T.C.** · July 03, 2012, 07:29 AM

If there's going to be a demo, is it planned for release before or after the game? I know it's a bit early but I'd imagine you have some idea of this right now

**jpjandrade** · July 03, 2012, 07:45 AM

I have on question on the release date I think you guys might be able to answer: the official site just mentions 2013 but some articles on the announcement claim it's Late 2013. Was this purely speculation or does CA confirms that? More specifically, does it mean that Rome II will miss the regular major Total War release in March?

Not that I'm complaining because more development time is appreciated, but I must calibrate my expectations accordingly

**Prof** · July 03, 2012, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by jpjandrade

I have on question on the release date I think you guys might be able to answer: the official site just mentions 2013 but some articles on the announcement claim it's Late 2013. Was this purely speculation or does CA confirms that? More specifically, does it mean that Rome II will miss the regular major Total War release in March?

Not that I'm complaining because more development time is appreciated, but I must calibrate my expectations accordingly

They are just continuing the old system which was broken by the longer development time of ETW.

**jpjandrade** · July 03, 2012, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Prof

They are just continuing the old system which was broken by the longer development time of ETW.

Yes, ETW was the only one to break that mold that I can think of, but because Rome II seems to be also a major departure from past titles, it's not clear yet if it will also have a bigger dev time.

**douglas** · July 03, 2012, 08:08 AM

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

**Deutschland** · July 03, 2012, 08:20 AM

Will you ever answer all these question? gg

**AngryTitusPullo** · July 03, 2012, 08:22 AM

Has anyone asked 'Will there be a jewish faction' ?

**Faenaris** · July 03, 2012, 08:22 AM

What exactly does a 'legion' entail? Is it a fixed group of units, mean that you train 1 legion and get this and that units? Or is it more of a strategic cognomen, replacing the term 'army'? Or does 'legion' just refer to a single unit of roman legionaries (let's say about 300 men)? I got confused by the interview given by James Russell over at Rock Paper Shotgun.

EDIT: Whoops, already been answered. Mea culpa!

**DavidtheDuke** · July 03, 2012, 08:31 AM

Just don't give any vendor specific pre-order exclusives. That's all I ask.

**Captain Arrrgh!** · July 03, 2012, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by DavidtheDuke

Just don't give any vendor specific pre-order exclusives. That's all I ask.

That's when I went from supporting reasonable DLC's to not buying the party line anymore. Then it all went down hill from their and their sales schemes got even worse.

**Philippus** · July 03, 2012, 08:37 AM

Here's a very simple question Jack.

What, until now, thought the CA on the economic and trade system for Rome 2?

Thank you for your attention, and your time.

**Confederate Jeb** · July 03, 2012, 08:44 AM

Exclusive mini campaign focused on something

Exclusive 2-3 extra ancient battles scenario

Extra playable faction ingame and multiplayer

No, just no. Gameplay affecting items should not be pre-order/limited edition bonuses, as they'll merely be resold later. Make all factions, units, scenarios, and campaigns to everyone who buys the game, and put actual bonus goodies like a soundtrack/maps/fold-out tech trees like from the original Rome in the limited edition/pre-order purchases.

**Punic Hoplite** · July 03, 2012, 08:44 AM

What time period are we looking at for a starting date? Rise of the Republic? (270-220) Height of the Republic? (219-146) Fall of the Republic? (145 BC+)