Re: Caesar in Gaul DLC
I'm Bulgarian so I understand about 60-70% of spoken Russian. I'll try to translate (take it with a grain of salt - very loose translation!):
Hello everyone. I am about to tell you more details about the first major expansion of Rome II called "Caesar in Gaul" which is expected to finish the closed beta test (using CA beta testers from all around the world) stage any moment now. Following this beta test some screenshots have made it into circulation and I have gotten some myself and I will now share them with you. As you can see the background (of the menu background) is green for this addon and the whole interface has been thematically changed as well. This update will be telling the story of Caesar's conquests in Gaul. Gaul if you don't know, is a kingdom which used to be situated on the territory of modern France. Anyway. This will be an interesting addon for those folk who enjoy single player campaigns. No major changes are expected for multiplayer.
Now on to the first screenshot. Four factions are available in this addon and they each have their own campaigns, as is customary for the total war titles. Now you can see the campaign for Rome, the Avernii, the Suebi and the new faction - Nervii (?). You can see their icon it is a horn on a beige background. Anyway.
The first faction is the Nervii. They hail from the Belgae tribal group (?) and are located in northern Gaul, where modern day Belgium is located. Now you can see the faction description, which is quite interesting.
Translation of faction details:
Citizen Valour - PO bonus for the presence of Gaelic culture (max +4)
Belgian Asceticism - Trade income from all buildings -50%
Brave Belgians - + 10% morale when fighting in your own territory or that of your allies.
Rome is the second faction you can see it's bonuses and also the starting position. You can see they start with 5 provinces (I think he means settlements).
Rome faction details:
Cultural Aversion - +25% unrest for the presence of foreign cultures.
Romanisation + 2 Roman culture spread
Exemplary Civilization - +10% morale when fighting in neutral or enemy territories.
The same with the Arvernii (Avernii), you can see their bonuses and starting provinces.
Translation of Avernii faction details:
Gaelic Warriors - +10% melee attack in own or allied territories.
Noble Rivalry - Reduced PO for the presence of Gaelic culture (max -4)
Gaelic Hegemony - diplomacy bonus with gaelic tribes (same culture)
The last is the Suebi, located in modern Germany, and you can see the details and description.
Translation of Suebi faction details:
Warrior Society - +1 PO for each war with a neighboring faction.
Limited Agriculture - -50% income from agricultural buildings.
Germanic Invaders - +10% melee damage when fighting in neutral or enemy territories.
Something interesting in this addon is the new type of general available in multiplayer battles. You will see that Caesar has appeared in the Roman screen. There used to be 3 types of generals, and now we have a fourth one. He has two unique skills:
Translation of skill names:
- Loyalty of the 10th Legion
- Personal (Commanding) Presence
I can't give you details on the abilities themselves as this is all the information i have been provided with.
You can see the new general for the Avernii too, named Vercingetorix (he has trouble reading it lol)
You can see his unique abilites (he goes on explaining that these abilities are unique to the new generals for this addon)
Translation of skill names:
- Unified tribe
- Merciless
The Nervii have their new general too, named Boduognat
Translation of Skills:
- Concentrated force
- Morale
The only faction which has not received a new general is the Suebi (something about not receiving one as of now but it might come in a later build of the addon)
Onward.
You can see the faction menu and how it is set up. You can notice three new factions - Boii, Galatia and the Nervii. You can also see Bactria but we covered it already and you more or less know all about it now. But this addon gives us three brand new factions, as you know the Suiebi, Rome and Avernii were already in the game.
Little more can be said of the new factions, you can see and you probably know that the barbarian factions are quite similar to one another (talking about the rosters). You can see that the Boii are almost identical to the Avernii. You can see the unit prices are the same, even the names are identical - Celtic Slingers, Noble Cav etc. You can see their stats on the right of the screen. Basically they are a copy of the Avernii units. Some names are different - Followers of the Sword instead of (the unit before Oathsworn).
He mentions that usually Avernii infantry lacks armour but this second tier swordsman has a respectable 65 in armour whcih makes it a satisfactory unit for a barb faction because of price and quality. The spear units are identical etc.
The next faction is Galatia, their general unit is a spear band, not a sword band. You can see they lack top tier sword units. Something like Egypt, they are more spear focused than shock infantry focused. They also have Galatian Legionnaires. Their other units are more or less carbon copies of the Avernii units. (goes on showing spears/skirmishers/cav)
Now we see the Galatian Brigands which are a horse archer unit, which is the first time those are added for a Barbarian faction (ie. not a steppe faction).
On to the Nervii you can see they have 4 types of swordsmen but they have some lackluster spears. They are coloured in yellow instead of the Avernii green but everything else is more or less the same. They have some Viscious Sworsmen, you can see their stats (similar to Naked Warriors) and the Guerrilla Swords who have the ability to be deployed almost anywhere on the tactical map (he explains the deployment method).
Onward. You can see the spearmen are very weak, based on stats and price. Now ranged units, you can see celtic archers in addition to the slinger and javelin units. You can pause the video and compare unit stats if you are interested. This was a brief overview of the leaked information on patch 1.8and the new addon (DLC). This should be released soon, before new years. It will probably be a paid DLC.
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Originally Posted by Mhantra
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