Elite Units of the West DLC

[Monsieur Alphonse]

The latest Steam update has removed them from my game. They are there according to the Steam client, but I can't see them in the game.

[al Roumi]

Well i was suckered into the special forces release and guess what, i fell for this one too. Although i'm much less narked at the cost of £1.99 than the extra £10-15 those flipping organ guns & HMS victory cost me.

I agree that it's shameful we have to shell out more for, frankly not much, but the units do add more variety to many of the more homogenous western armies of v1.2 and before -i.e. UP, Sweden, Spain, Prussia etc (hell, anyone other than France and GB!).

Also, v1.3 has nerfed militia accuracy and reload skill -as well as lowering line infantry's. This will make elite units much more noticeable on the battlefield through their prowess -as well as their tarty semi-historical uniforms.

I just wonder if there will now be more releases of elite naval units and Eastern faction units?

[Didz]

The things is you can get all of these and more for free thanks to our modding community. Plus, the ones produced by the modders tend to be properly researched and accurate. I bought the special forces edition to alh_p and basically its a meh!, I don't think I've ever seen the Victory. I'd rather they concentrated on getting the AI to work properly.

[al Roumi]

yep, but not right now!

[Monsieur Alphonse]

Word from CA about the DLC

Dear All,

We've been aware since early this morning that some of you are missing units having purchased / updated via Steam.

As far as we can currently tell this may be to do with the Steam client update issued last night, and is seperate from Empire.

We are urgently talking to Valve to identify the source of the problem, so those of you who are trying to use new units will have these all fixed as soon as possible.

We are aware of the issue and are looking into it now, we hope to have it fixed for you as soon as possible.

Regards,
Kieran

[Barkhorn1x]

I wondered why I didn't see any of the pay units. Steam strikes again!!!

Yes, Steam such a handy tool. Except that this is about the third time that a Steam issue has effed up ETW. Just what are the odds of that happening? With Steam the odds appear to be pretty good!

[Discoman]

Well they're units I can live without considering none of them are particularly ground breaking. Having US Marines seems extraordinarily silly, considering they were far from today's modern definition. I think CA should release the Pre-Order units along with these new units.

Also how does this DLC effect online play? I mean how can people play against others that have the DLC?

[Vlad Tzepes]

Dear All,

We've been aware since early this morning that some of you are missing units having purchased / updated via Steam.

As far as we can currently tell this may be to do with the Steam client update issued last night, and is seperate from Empire.

We are urgently talking to Valve to identify the source of the problem, so those of you who are trying to use new units will have these all fixed as soon as possible.

We are aware of the issue and are looking into it now, we hope to have it fixed for you as soon as possible.

Regards,
Kieran

Well, I can see the new units in the custom battle screen but they don't show up in the campaign recruitment screen - is this the "problem" Kieran is talking about? Or do I have to start a new, post patch, campaign to get them?

Gee, this ETW it's the most confusing TW title of all...

[Wausser]

Well, I can see the new units in the custom battle screen but they don't show up in the campaign recruitment screen - is this the "problem" Kieran is talking about? Or do I have to start a new, post patch, campaign to get them?

Gee, this ETW it's the most confusing TW title of all...

If you started a new campaign before you purchased the DLC you have to start a new campaign.