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Feels random. Some new units for empire and lizards (again) and some vaguely recognizable character names. New factions, so not sure if a meaningful empire update (main faction) is included.

Pluses: archers and razordons.

Minuses: better archers and better kroxigors.

Depends on perspective: dread saurians, war wagons. Lots of war wagons.

Some odd sounding mechanics and... I'd rather hear things about warhammer 3.

I want angry Spikey dwarf news aswell.

Thanks for the update, I just checked it out and the Trailer looks great.

Love the archers, razordons and war wagons.

Disappointed by the new jumping Kroxigors though.

Did some digging, and there is FreeLC and a Empire rework as well.

The FreeLC is... Gor-Rok, bringing the lizards to a sudden total of 6 LLs.

The mortal empire's map is changing mostly around the Empire (and, for unexplained reasons, Albion) with Solland and new regions, new mountain passes and 'Empire Fort' settlements which act like the High Elf Gates.

Gelt has moved to Solland and has his own faction (Golden Order). And new Wood Elf and Greenskin factions have magically arrived in Drakwald and the Wasteland.


Also the Empire offices are getting kicked, and a new 'Elector Counts' system is in place (13 positions, with rewards and exclusive units. Runefangs for days. Prestige and authority I think are sort of replacing confederations.

https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-warhammer-ii-the-hunter-the-beast-faq/

Voss wrote:
The mortal empire's map is changing mostly around the Empire (and, for unexplained reasons, Albion) with Solland and new regions, new mountain passes and 'Empire Fort' settlements which act like the High Elf Gates.

Goood, good. Haven't really be wanting to play Empire since enemies felt a bit too persistent for my tastes. Made it hard to have armies where I want them when I had to keep a few on a constant defensive role. Glad to see there will be some strong points.

The change to the Empire passes is a welcome one. Every Empire game seemed to include at least one Bretonnian ruler who was bound and determined to go to war with the Empire. And then that ruler would march a unit of troops right past the fortified settlement that was supposed to be safeguarding the Empire's side of the pass. The only way to put a stop to it was to send troops back through to the Bretonnian side, which risked getting you involved in open war with the Brettonians when instead you wanted to focus on reuniting the Empire.

Gotrek and Felix have been announced. They'll be a free download in October. Alternately, you can get them early if you pick uo the September issue of White Dwarf.

I find the Empire rework to be a present I didn't know I'd made a wish for. It's my favorite faction. I've yet to try it out but I feel like getting more tools to work with diplomacy is very much welcome. Except for Bretonnia (and a smaller extent high elves) it boils down to get allied-->declare war with far away enemies--> confederate, which is not really engaging diplomatic gameplay. Then again the game is called total WAR warhammer and not total diplomacy hammer...

Didn't play the empire, yet, but boi can one abuse the supply mechanic.

Free code for Gotrek and friends if anyone wants it:

LD4E-425B-I9J7

Someone I know gave me a Gortrek code yesterday. He's fun!

[EDIT]: Oh, if you don't have Gotrek/Felix yet, do not recruit them when their event starts because once the event ends the game will break.