Some general questions about EBII

[Kongeslask]

Are there any features currently in EB that are known to be impossible under the new engine and will have to be removed?

Any concrete plans for completely new features? Is it possible to say anything about things that were impossible under the RTW but are possible under Kingdoms?

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Towns that look ancient so far don't seem to be possible, so that will be a loss compared to EB1. I seem to remember something that was going to have to be dropped (scripting or traiting) but Kingdoms reintroduced the trigger or something, though I'm not sure.

There are some things that are somewhat decided on for new features, but it is a general rule that these things are kept secret and are used as surprises for previews and such.

[Iasonis]

will all the soldiers in a unit share the same face or will there be a variety?

[anubis88]

will all the soldiers in a unit share the same face or will there be a variety?

They vary, look at the hellenic natives screenshot.



So the City's will look medieval? or will you "ancientize" them?

[Mithridates VI Eupator]

Another question concerning the units: Will EB2 use the visual effects of armour upgrades that exist in M2TW? It might be superfluous, since it will require a lot of modeling, and has no real effect on the game, except that it looks good, but it would be a nice feature.

[Foot]

Armour upgrades come with a hardcoded armour bonus for each level of upgrade. If this bonus could be negated then we would have many options, but as it is that bonus is stifling what we can achieve with effect.

Foot

[Labrat]

So the City's will look medieval? or will you "ancientize" them?

What MAA is saying is that, currently, it is not possible to change the look of the cities. There is simply no modding tool capable of doing that. Once there is, we may see some change (but modding the 3D buildings was a pain in R:TW too).

[Sarkiss]

any plans on exploiting Kingdoms multiplayer campaigns feature?