[Preview] Divide et Impera 0.9 update

[m_1512]

Greetings to all.

The DeI team is proud to present a small preview of the upcoming 0.9 version, which should be coming to you very soon. I hope you enjoy the preview and as always, your feedback is most welcome.

Major Overhauls

This upcoming release have lots of major overhauls which should make the game more enjoyable. I've listed the major overhauls separately so you can read them at leisure.

• Area of Recruitment
• Roman Auxiliaries
• New Faction Overhauls
• Agents Overhaul
• AI Recruitment Overhaul

Minor improvements

However, it does not end there as this release brings more changes to the table. However, not all could be listed here, but I am sure they will also add to the playing experience.

• Consolidated infantry recruitment buildings for Hellenic and Eastern factions.
• Nomads have custom army stances.
• Improved auto-resolve.
  And much more . . .

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Area of Recruitment

There are now 150 new culturally unique units that are recruitable in their home provinces through the main city line of buildings. Please check the image for full details.

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Click here

All factions now must have a majority culture in a province to recruit their core faction units, unless that region is historically from that culture. We also have a cool screenshot spoiler showing this.

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Click here

Roman Auxiliaries

You will now have access to over 100 new auxiliary units for Rome available after the Marian reforms. We also have a screenshot highlighting the regional recruitment for these units.

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You can access complete information about these units here.

New Faction Overhauls

The Getae have received 16 new custom units, some of these units will be restricted until after their reforms. The Galatians have also received 7 new custom units. Individual preview links below:

• Getae
• Galatians

Agents Overhaul

Dignitaries have been changed to Provincial Governors. These Governors have entirely new skills and are designed to be deployed in your provinces.

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Some screenshots.

Further, each agent now has a defined role. Agents also receive new skills/images and the Governors have an entirely new skill tree.

AI Recruitment Overhaul

This overhaul was initially included in our Patch 13 Pirates DLC fix, but it is fully fleshed out with all the new units.
Further, this is the end. End to the same armies AI recruit. AI armies will now have multiple templates to use rather than 1 for each culture type.

And that's all we have for this preview.

[Lord Uxbridge]

Thanks for the preview, I'm really looking forward to it. Keep up the excellent work

[Arimnestos]

Yep definitely a sicky next week. Great work guys

[Dresden]

Fixed the agent overhaul picture links.

We will be aiming for a release early this week.

[vlakc]

Fixed the agent overhaul picture links.

We will be aiming for a release early this week.

Wonderful news Dresden, Thank you for all your (and the team's) hard work. Just by looking at this preview it feels like all this waiting was well worth it.

And congratulations once again to m_1512 for another excellent job with this preview.

[Dominicus Ultimus]

Absolutely stunning! My favorite mod for Rome II just keeps getting better and better. Cheers and respect to the DeI team for all their hard work and dedication!

[son of romans]

Wonderful news!!!!

[Sotaklas]

It sounds really awesome! can't wait to play

[m_1512]

Images were not fitting the page layout, fixed by changing them to links.

And congratulations once again to m_1512 for another excellent job with this preview.

Thanks, although it could have been even more customized. Perhaps next time then.

[Hehaho15]

In the Minor Improvements is the pivot and formation attack problem being solved? especially for phalangitai/Pikemen. see the http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...rmation-Attack thread.

[Dresden]

In the Minor Improvements is the pivot and formation attack problem being solved? especially for phalangitai/Pikemen. see the http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...rmation-Attack thread.

I think this is something on CA's end with the pivoting issue. It certainly isn't anything we have changed that I know of.

[luck_ponte]

Just a question: with AoR units being recruitable from the city centers, what will be the use of periokoy camps for Hellenic cultures? Will they be like vanilla, that is, just a place to get better missile units?

[Ritterlichvon86]

Awesome!

Any news on Selea being absent?

[Dresden]

Just a question: with AoR units being recruitable from the city centers, what will be the use of periokoy camps for Hellenic cultures? Will they be like vanilla, that is, just a place to get better missile units?

The Hellenic and Eastern land recruitment buildings will be rolled into 1 option.

Awesome!

Any news on Selea being absent?

Not yet, unfortunately.

[luck_ponte]

Thanks for the clarification, I hadn't understand the 'rolled into 1 option' thing ;D

[Nochyan]

very nice preview

[shawn858]

This is all just so amazing, thank you DEI team for making this game shine way brighter than it could on its own. My favorite part especially is the change from dignitary to governor, it just makes so much sense! Dignitary always felt pretty useless before, but this definitely changes the game, so many new opportunity's

[Tullius Germanicus]

Yaeh, culture combined with recruitment opportunities.

looking forward to test the new version.

[vlakc]

After reading this preview I have a question about the culture requirements, for example:

The Thracia region starts with balkan/daco-thracian culture as the majority, so if I play as macedon I should be able to recruit the specific AOR units from that region/settlement, but what if the triballi or other celtic faction conquers all the province except from Pulpudeva and celtic becomes the majority of the culture in that region? will my AOR-unit recruitment options as macedon for that region change of stay the same?

[Don_Diego]

The AOR options will remain the same for each region (based on historical cultures present). The majority culture will influence the recruitment of core units for your faction.