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What The Teams Are Working on: March '18 Update

Grace_CAGrace_CA Creative AssemblyRegistered Users, Moderators, Administrators, CA Staff Mods, CA Staff, Community Team Posts: 900
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Ever wondered what the Total War teams are working on? Yes, you probably have, judging by the latest comments we've been receiving...

Well, don't worry - from historical to fantasy, we've got the answers for you right here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/wttwo-03-18
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  • DerpyRoxasDerpyRoxas Registered Users Posts: 3,242
    AND YES, A LORD PACK COMING WITH NORSCA
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  • DerpyRoxasDerpyRoxas Registered Users Posts: 3,242
    One of the most promising patch ever. My hopes are restored.
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  • corvus_codexcorvus_codex Junior Member SpainRegistered Users Posts: 3,070


    I bet what you want to that this image is from the bestiary book Norsca.

    yeah, more stuff.
    Team Skavens

    image

    "Brother Skavens! Consider this... Until the coming of Vermek Skab, the Council of Thirteen placed me in command of this army"
    - Grey Seer Thanquol, ruthlessly taking command of the Nuln Invasion force
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  • TennisgolfbollTennisgolfboll Registered Users Posts: 10,338
    baronblack said:

    AND YES, A LORD PACK COMING WITH NORSCA

    Was hoping for a new race.
    It needs to be pointed out that what people call "cheese" is just playing the game the way it actually exists not in some fictional way they think it is supposed to work.
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  • IzzyStradlinIzzyStradlin Senior Member Karaz BrynRegistered Users Posts: 11,356
    Thanks Grace. :)
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  • SkarbandSkarband Member Registered Users Posts: 583
    edited March 2018
    Was hoping they add a fimir matriarch as a new lord for norsca, but glad to see they are adding new monster hunts.
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  • TalmoreanTalmorean Registered Users Posts: 1,477
    FANTASY TEAM – PRE-PRODUCTION:


    Currently in early pre-production, it is dark and quiet in this team’s corner of the studio. Visitors do not dally long.


    Hmmmm, Dark....Darklands? Chaos Wastes?

    Also what @corvo those look like bestiary entries for sure.
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  • corvus_codexcorvus_codex Junior Member SpainRegistered Users Posts: 3,070
    Talmorean said:

    FANTASY TEAM – PRE-PRODUCTION:


    Currently in early pre-production, it is dark and quiet in this team’s corner of the studio. Visitors do not dally long.


    Hmmmm, Dark....Darklands? Chaos Wastes?

    Also what @corvo those look like bestiary entries for sure.

    dark and corner... uhm what part of the world would be that?...
    Team Skavens

    image

    "Brother Skavens! Consider this... Until the coming of Vermek Skab, the Council of Thirteen placed me in command of this army"
    - Grey Seer Thanquol, ruthlessly taking command of the Nuln Invasion force
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  • jamreal18jamreal18 Senior Member Registered Users Posts: 10,465
    edited March 2018
    HISTORICAL NEW CONTENT TEAM – CAMPAIGN NEXT:

    Does it mean a new campaign pack is under development for Rome 2?

    Sadly no hint when it will be released.
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  • SiWISiWI Senior Member Registered Users Posts: 11,362
    edited March 2018
    Talmorean said:

    FANTASY TEAM – PRE-PRODUCTION:


    Currently in early pre-production, it is dark and quiet in this team’s corner of the studio. Visitors do not dally long.


    Hmmmm, Dark....Darklands? Chaos Wastes?

    Also what @corvo those look like bestiary entries for sure.

    the realm of chaos itself... ;)
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  • MeanSonOfAGunMeanSonOfAGun Registered Users Posts: 463
    Thanks a lot for the update. So we get a gobbo and a dwarf?

    Just kidding. I´ll keep my fingers crossed for more Cult of Khaine units then.
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  • CrossilCrossil Registered Users Posts: 9,894
    SiWI said:

    Talmorean said:

    FANTASY TEAM – PRE-PRODUCTION:


    Currently in early pre-production, it is dark and quiet in this team’s corner of the studio. Visitors do not dally long.


    Hmmmm, Dark....Darklands? Chaos Wastes?

    Also what @corvo those look like bestiary entries for sure.

    the realm of chaos itself... ;)
    dark and quiet = space in my mind. Chaos isn't really quiet.

    UNLEASH THE EVERCHARIOT

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  • DerpyRoxasDerpyRoxas Registered Users Posts: 3,242
    Just want the Lord Packs asap----> they gave us one in May with Norsca.

    I said that this summer will be promising boys.

    After the two Lord Packs... Unleash the Dogs of War and Make Araby Great Again!
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  • SilferSilfer Registered Users Posts: 427
    SiWI said:

    Talmorean said:

    FANTASY TEAM – PRE-PRODUCTION:


    Currently in early pre-production, it is dark and quiet in this team’s corner of the studio. Visitors do not dally long.


    Hmmmm, Dark....Darklands? Chaos Wastes?

    Also what @corvo those look like bestiary entries for sure.

    the realm of chaos itself... ;)
    Nope, Dark and quiet, visitors do not dally long... eastern world :smiley: )
    "CA will not make eastern world because is a dark lore and not talked about."
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  • RosenRosen Registered Users Posts: 48
    Talmorean said:

    FANTASY TEAM – PRE-PRODUCTION:


    Currently in early pre-production, it is dark and quiet in this team’s corner of the studio. Visitors do not dally long.


    Hmmmm, Dark....Darklands? Chaos Wastes?

    Also what @corvo those look like bestiary entries for sure.

    Possibly a hint, or that they've cut the power to those section of the office and the desks are all eerily empty. Move swiftly through the well lit central office corridor, for those that linger on the edges too long tell tales of eyes glinting in the dark.

    --

    I think this update is pretty much in line with what most expected, Norsca on schedule and lord packs as well. Norsca getting some updates to account for new races is a welcome addition.

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  • Some_ScribeSome_Scribe Registered Users Posts: 1,382
    Part of me really hopes that the bird pictured is a Roc from Middle Eastern mythology. It's probably a Norsca or High Elf thing, and that's fine, but it'd be awesome if it turned out to be an Araby hint.
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  • BlaeysBlaeys Junior Member Registered Users Posts: 1,090
    Still leaves one significant unanswered question, imo.

    Late last year, they mentioned they were considering including unique start positions for the older lords alongside the Norsca reintroduction.

    Can we assume by the lack of mention here that is off the table?

    It would have been nice to see a confirmation one way or the other on this.
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  • jamreal18jamreal18 Senior Member Registered Users Posts: 10,465
    No new information regarding Thrones and 3K.

    The only new thing about historical is New Campaign for Rome 2.
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  • BillyRuffianBillyRuffian Moderator UKRegistered Users, Moderators, Knights Posts: 38,847
    jamreal18 said:

    No new information regarding Thrones and 3K.

    The only new thing about historical is New Campaign for Rome 2.

    Not really surprising as they mentioned that loads more Thrones info will be coming soon from some previewers and there will be an increase in CA info about the game. I presume the same with 3K. They are the two that are likely to see all the promotion in the next while.

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  • LordTorquemadoLordTorquemado Registered Users Posts: 1,708
    Nothing until may... At least I got Vermin2
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  • tak22tak22 Senior Member Registered Users Posts: 2,386
    BillyRuffian said:

    jamreal18 said:

    No new information regarding Thrones and 3K.

    The only new thing about historical is New Campaign for Rome 2.

    Not really surprising as they mentioned that loads more Thrones info will be coming soon from some previewers and there will be an increase in CA info about the game. I presume the same with 3K. They are the two that are likely to see all the promotion in the next while.

    Yeah, next month will be all TOB all the time, most likely. No need for updates here. I expect a steady drip of 3K info will start a couple weeks out from TOB release, but likely nothing until then.
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  • MrJadeMrJade Senior Member Lansing, MIRegistered Users Posts: 7,165
    Blaeys said:

    Still leaves one significant unanswered question, imo.

    Late last year, they mentioned they were considering including unique start positions for the older lords alongside the Norsca reintroduction.

    Can we assume by the lack of mention here that is off the table?

    It would have been nice to see a confirmation one way or the other on this.

    Hopefully. To me it read like a lot of PR-speak. They said a whole lot of nothing. "We are considering thinking about this feature..."
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  • Whiskeyjack_5691Whiskeyjack_5691 Registered Users Posts: 4,001
    Very excited to see they're still working on new content and updates for Rome 2!
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  • RafSwi7RafSwi7 Senior Member Registered Users Posts: 1,898
    Whoa! New campaign for ROMEII !
    MY SCREENSHOTS

    Completed ROMEII, ATTILA, THRONES OF BRITANNIA, WARHAMMER, THREE KINGDOMS and TROY campaigns:
    ROMEII
    GC: Ardiaei, Arevaci, Athens, Baktria, Carthage, Cimmeria, Egypt, Epirus, Iceni, Kush, Lusitani, Macedon, Masaesyli, Massagetae, Massalia, Nabatea, Nervii, Odrysian Kingdom, Parthia, Pergamon, Rome, Royal Scythia, Saba, Seleucid, Sparta, Suebi, Syracuse.
    CiG: Arverni, Rome, Suebi.
    HatG: Arevaci, Carthage, Rome, Syracuse.
    IA: Antony's Rome, Dacia, Egypt, Marcomanni, Octavian's Rome, Parthia, Pompey's Rome.
    WoS: Athenai, Boiotian League, Korinthos, Sparta.
    ED: Armenia, Caledonii, Gallic Rome, Marcomanni, Palmyra, Rome, Saxoni, The Sassanids.
    RotR: Rome, Samnites, Senones, Syracuse, Taras, Tarchuna.
    ATTILA
    GC: Alans, Anteans, Eastern Roman Empire, Franks, Geats, Himyar, Jutes, Ostrogoths, Saxons, Venedians.
    TLR: Roman Expedition, Visigothic Kingdom.
    AoC: Kingdom of Asturias, Kingdom of Charlemagne, Kingdom of the Danes, Kingdom of Mercia.
    THRONES OF BRITANNIA
    Dublin, Gwined, Northumbria, Mercia, Sudreyar, West Seaxe.
    WARHAMMER 1 & 2
    W1: Belegar Ironhammer, Durthu, Karl Franz, Louen Leoncoeur, The Fay Enchantress.
    W2 - ME: Alith Anar, Count Noctilus, Ikit Claw, Imrik, Kroq-Gar, Louen Leoncoeur, The Fay Enchantress, Vlad von Carstein, Wulfrik the Wanderer, Wurrzag da Great Green Prophet.
    W2 - V: Eltharion, Lokhir Fellheart, Markus Wulfhart, Repanse de Lyonesse, Settra the Imperishable.
    THREE KINGDOMS
    MOH: Liu Chong, Liu Hong, Lu Zhi, Zhang Bao.
    ROTW: Dong Zhuo, Gongsun Zan, He Yi, Liu Bei, Ma Teng, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao.
    AWB: Cao Cao, King Mulu, Liu Biao, Lü Bu, Meng Huo, Sun Ce, Yan Baihu.
    EP: Sima Ai, Sima Yong, Sima Yue.
    TROY
    Achilles, Aeneas, Agamemnon, Ajax, Diomedes, Hector, Hippolyta, Menelaus, Odysseus, Paris, Penthesilea, Sarpedon.
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  • jamreal18jamreal18 Senior Member Registered Users Posts: 10,465
    edited March 2018
    With the love CA is giving Roman era, I believe Medieval era will get the same attention when it has been released.
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  • ImperatorLMImperatorLM Registered Users Posts: 13
    What do you think the Roman Campaign will be about? I hope it will be the Dacian Wars or a Teutoburg forest scenario.
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  • RafSwi7RafSwi7 Senior Member Registered Users Posts: 1,898
    ImperatorLM said:

    What do you think the Roman Campaign will be about? I hope it will be the Dacian Wars or a Teutoburg forest scenario.

    I personally hope for one of these:
    - Wars of Alexander the Great
    - Wars of the Diadochi
    - Bronze Age
    - the Third Servile War
    MY SCREENSHOTS

    Completed ROMEII, ATTILA, THRONES OF BRITANNIA, WARHAMMER, THREE KINGDOMS and TROY campaigns:
    ROMEII
    GC: Ardiaei, Arevaci, Athens, Baktria, Carthage, Cimmeria, Egypt, Epirus, Iceni, Kush, Lusitani, Macedon, Masaesyli, Massagetae, Massalia, Nabatea, Nervii, Odrysian Kingdom, Parthia, Pergamon, Rome, Royal Scythia, Saba, Seleucid, Sparta, Suebi, Syracuse.
    CiG: Arverni, Rome, Suebi.
    HatG: Arevaci, Carthage, Rome, Syracuse.
    IA: Antony's Rome, Dacia, Egypt, Marcomanni, Octavian's Rome, Parthia, Pompey's Rome.
    WoS: Athenai, Boiotian League, Korinthos, Sparta.
    ED: Armenia, Caledonii, Gallic Rome, Marcomanni, Palmyra, Rome, Saxoni, The Sassanids.
    RotR: Rome, Samnites, Senones, Syracuse, Taras, Tarchuna.
    ATTILA
    GC: Alans, Anteans, Eastern Roman Empire, Franks, Geats, Himyar, Jutes, Ostrogoths, Saxons, Venedians.
    TLR: Roman Expedition, Visigothic Kingdom.
    AoC: Kingdom of Asturias, Kingdom of Charlemagne, Kingdom of the Danes, Kingdom of Mercia.
    THRONES OF BRITANNIA
    Dublin, Gwined, Northumbria, Mercia, Sudreyar, West Seaxe.
    WARHAMMER 1 & 2
    W1: Belegar Ironhammer, Durthu, Karl Franz, Louen Leoncoeur, The Fay Enchantress.
    W2 - ME: Alith Anar, Count Noctilus, Ikit Claw, Imrik, Kroq-Gar, Louen Leoncoeur, The Fay Enchantress, Vlad von Carstein, Wulfrik the Wanderer, Wurrzag da Great Green Prophet.
    W2 - V: Eltharion, Lokhir Fellheart, Markus Wulfhart, Repanse de Lyonesse, Settra the Imperishable.
    THREE KINGDOMS
    MOH: Liu Chong, Liu Hong, Lu Zhi, Zhang Bao.
    ROTW: Dong Zhuo, Gongsun Zan, He Yi, Liu Bei, Ma Teng, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao.
    AWB: Cao Cao, King Mulu, Liu Biao, Lü Bu, Meng Huo, Sun Ce, Yan Baihu.
    EP: Sima Ai, Sima Yong, Sima Yue.
    TROY
    Achilles, Aeneas, Agamemnon, Ajax, Diomedes, Hector, Hippolyta, Menelaus, Odysseus, Paris, Penthesilea, Sarpedon.
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  • TolgharTolghar Registered Users Posts: 97
    Make Surtha Ek playable pls!!!!!!
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  • ImperatorLMImperatorLM Registered Users Posts: 13
    The third Servile war would definitely be a interesting campaign. For the Bronze Age are you imagining something like a Trojan War scenario or something else?
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  • RafSwi7RafSwi7 Senior Member Registered Users Posts: 1,898
    edited March 2018
    ImperatorLM said:

    The third Servile war would definitely be a interesting campaign. For the Bronze Age are you imagining something like a Trojan War scenario or something else?

    The Trojan War or broader late Bronze Age (with Egypt, Hittite Empire, Sea People etc.)

    Still, these two can easily be their own title (traditional Total War game or Saga one like ToB).
    MY SCREENSHOTS

    Completed ROMEII, ATTILA, THRONES OF BRITANNIA, WARHAMMER, THREE KINGDOMS and TROY campaigns:
    ROMEII
    GC: Ardiaei, Arevaci, Athens, Baktria, Carthage, Cimmeria, Egypt, Epirus, Iceni, Kush, Lusitani, Macedon, Masaesyli, Massagetae, Massalia, Nabatea, Nervii, Odrysian Kingdom, Parthia, Pergamon, Rome, Royal Scythia, Saba, Seleucid, Sparta, Suebi, Syracuse.
    CiG: Arverni, Rome, Suebi.
    HatG: Arevaci, Carthage, Rome, Syracuse.
    IA: Antony's Rome, Dacia, Egypt, Marcomanni, Octavian's Rome, Parthia, Pompey's Rome.
    WoS: Athenai, Boiotian League, Korinthos, Sparta.
    ED: Armenia, Caledonii, Gallic Rome, Marcomanni, Palmyra, Rome, Saxoni, The Sassanids.
    RotR: Rome, Samnites, Senones, Syracuse, Taras, Tarchuna.
    ATTILA
    GC: Alans, Anteans, Eastern Roman Empire, Franks, Geats, Himyar, Jutes, Ostrogoths, Saxons, Venedians.
    TLR: Roman Expedition, Visigothic Kingdom.
    AoC: Kingdom of Asturias, Kingdom of Charlemagne, Kingdom of the Danes, Kingdom of Mercia.
    THRONES OF BRITANNIA
    Dublin, Gwined, Northumbria, Mercia, Sudreyar, West Seaxe.
    WARHAMMER 1 & 2
    W1: Belegar Ironhammer, Durthu, Karl Franz, Louen Leoncoeur, The Fay Enchantress.
    W2 - ME: Alith Anar, Count Noctilus, Ikit Claw, Imrik, Kroq-Gar, Louen Leoncoeur, The Fay Enchantress, Vlad von Carstein, Wulfrik the Wanderer, Wurrzag da Great Green Prophet.
    W2 - V: Eltharion, Lokhir Fellheart, Markus Wulfhart, Repanse de Lyonesse, Settra the Imperishable.
    THREE KINGDOMS
    MOH: Liu Chong, Liu Hong, Lu Zhi, Zhang Bao.
    ROTW: Dong Zhuo, Gongsun Zan, He Yi, Liu Bei, Ma Teng, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao.
    AWB: Cao Cao, King Mulu, Liu Biao, Lü Bu, Meng Huo, Sun Ce, Yan Baihu.
    EP: Sima Ai, Sima Yong, Sima Yue.
    TROY
    Achilles, Aeneas, Agamemnon, Ajax, Diomedes, Hector, Hippolyta, Menelaus, Odysseus, Paris, Penthesilea, Sarpedon.
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