Announced Features of TWR2

[CaptainCrunch]

From the EuroGamer.Net article with Mike Simpson;

" "We haven't really fleshed out what we can and can't do from a modding point of view," Simpson went on. "We're going to spend some more time actually talking to the modder groups and try to come up with a plan that actually delivers them what they need rather than what we think they need, which isn't necessarily the same thing."

To that end, Creative Assembly has organi[z]ed a modding summit at Total War HQ in Horsham, England. That's next month. Key modders from the community will be invited and both parties will work together for mutual gain."

Is this actually legit info? Cuz it sounds too good to be true. Ye gods I hope the EB team is all over this!

[quadalpha]

You did not just editorialise 'organised' with square brackets! That is unnatural!

[Moros]

50+ factions?

See this TWC thread and the link posted:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=549106

article: http://www.gamersglobal.de/angetestet/rome-2?page=0,0

[Vuk]

50+ factions?

See this TWC thread and the link posted:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=549106

article: http://www.gamersglobal.de/angetestet/rome-2?page=0,0

50+ factions?! Who knows...they may just make this ok.

[Moros]

50+ factions?! Who knows...they may just make this ok.

Probably because the lack of a slave faction. Hence they will present the peoples with minor factions or something like that, I assume.

[Arjos]

Probably we'll have rebel "factional armies" for each region, just like from ETW onwards and should they succeed, it will result in the emergence of a minor faction...

But 50 playable factions (or at least the desire to make them) is great news, hopefully they will manage to give each cultural group, a proper depiction...

[quadalpha]

Also from that article: generals will be able to hide.

[Monk]

50+ factions?! Who knows...they may just make this ok.

Totally believable. Shogun 2 modeled every minor clan of the japanese islands even the non-playables incredibly well. All told there were 20+ factions just on the Japanese islands without even counting the pirate faction, rebel faction and the off-map trade factions (european powers). Rise of the Samurai was even MORE ridiculous. Just about every province had a unique faction for it.

[cunctator]

The German preview from gamersglobal.de also says that all factions will get their own internal policy system just as the Romans. Especially mentioned are feuds between different tribes of barbarian factions and intrigues at eastern courts.


Two other features CA is thinking about from the preview that sound quite nice:

-Roads will be build between the new sub regions of each province and not automatically run to the border pointing to the next provincial capital. Thus it is possible to connect border provinces only to your own Empire but not to your enemy.
- The player can choose basic stances for armies on the campaign map. Mentioned are forced marsh, ambush or defensive with appropriate advantages and penalties.

[Arjos]

Cheers cunctator for those traductions, very nice news, especially the roads ^^

[Peasant Phill]

From the EuroGamer.Net article with Mike Simpson;

" "We haven't really fleshed out what we can and can't do from a modding point of view," Simpson went on. "We're going to spend some more time actually talking to the modder groups and try to come up with a plan that actually delivers them what they need rather than what we think they need, which isn't necessarily the same thing."

To that end, Creative Assembly has organi[z]ed a modding summit at Total War HQ in Horsham, England. That's next month. Key modders from the community will be invited and both parties will work together for mutual gain."

Is this actually legit info? Cuz it sounds too good to be true. Ye gods I hope the EB team is all over this!

@CaptainCrunch, this info is legit. There was an ivitation a while back.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Red Wedding confirmed for modders.

[Vuk]

Red Wedding confirmed for modders.

What is that?

[TinCow]

What is that?

The Red Wedding is an event from the book series A Song of Ice and Fire (currently popular as the TV series Game of Thrones). The non-spoilery explanation is that the comment means that CA isn't going to be friendly towards modders.

[Vuk]

The Red Wedding is an event from the book series A Song of Ice and Fire (currently popular as the TV series Game of Thrones). The non-spoilery explanation is that the comment means that CA isn't going to be friendly towards modders.

The spoiler version?

[TinCow]

The spoiler version?

The spoilery explanation (seriously, you really should not read this if you are interested in the Ice & Fire/Game of Thrones series and have not read book three):

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Alexander means that CA are going to viciously murder all of the modders who are gathering at the Mod Summit. There may be some additional desecration of the corpses.

[quadalpha]

The Red Wedding is an event from the book series A Song of Ice and Fire (currently popular as the TV series Game of Thrones). The non-spoilery explanation is that the comment means that CA isn't going to be friendly towards modders.

Too late. He made me google it yesterday!