Warhammer: Total War

degrassinoel · 12-10-2016 06:55PM

next dlc announced for the 20th of this month

The King and the Warlord

Greenskins and Stunties get some love with regiments of renown.. deadly!
We'z gittin' Squigs Boyz! Seriously, they are. Squigherd and Squig hopper cavalry.

Details here
http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_WARHAMMER_The_King_&_The_Warlord

and preview video here

TheDoc · 14-10-2016 01:12PM

Still havn't picked this up, looks so good anytime I see it.

Wonder if at this point I'm best waiting for the Steam Xmas sale?

eeguy · 14-10-2016 02:54PM

Still waiting on Elves and Skaven.
There was talk of Wood Elves being released this month.

Still, they could easily do another 20 DLC packs and still have units left over.

High Elves, Dark Elves, Wood Elves, Chaos Dwarves, Skaven etc.

I'd imagine they'll introduce the new continent for High Elves and possibly another for Lizardmen.

degrassinoel · 14-10-2016 02:58PM

it's worth a buy if you can get it somewhere cheap, the dlc is mostly additional units and factions though so ye can pick whatever ye fancy or not.

It could be discounted in the steam chrimbo sale but ye never know.
They've also been steadily releasing content for the game since it's launch, roughly one dlc or freelc a month, given that it's games workshop and the amount of stuff they can potentially add, they could be doing that for the next few years

Which would mean the base game might get a discount but the dlc is where they're making their dough from. They've teased comments about Skaven so often too..

Still and all, it's worth a shot just as the stock game by itself if you like TW, doubly so if you like WH

degrassinoel · 14-10-2016 03:07PM

oh, and speaking of freelc - this is being released free the same day the new DLC is

http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_WARHAMMER_Wurrzag_Da_Great_Green_Prophet

more greenskin luvs

Kiith · 14-10-2016 04:37PM

I very nearly bought it last night. Held off, but i wouldn't be surprised if i do pick it up at some stage over the weekend. I'm on a Warhammer (mostly 40k) binge at the moment :P

degrassinoel · 17-11-2016 03:38PM

Wood Elves DLC is up next, Dec 8th

https://youtu.be/hoiks2rQa9o

IvoryTower · 17-11-2016 03:59PM

Got myself a new laptop so just waiting for a sale of some sort to pull the trigger

Dave_The_Sheep · 17-11-2016 04:52PM

IvoryTower wrote: »

Got myself a new laptop so just waiting for a sale of some sort to pull the trigger

The price of the DLCs are really putting me off, they're pricey.

I'll wait until Christmas and see if we can get them all 50% off.

Frisbee · 18-11-2016 02:34PM

This was most likely getting purchased in the Steam Christmas Sale but with the WE DLC now announced it;s a definite.

Generic Dreadhead · 21-11-2016 12:34PM

Juts got this the other day, enjoyable so far but my mouse wheel is goosed so I'll need to fix that before I play on, mouse wheel makes real time combat much easier than keyboard camera controls. Have to say, it's a lush looking game

eeguy · 21-11-2016 12:50PM

Cormac... wrote: »

Juts got this the other day, enjoyable so far but my mouse wheel is goosed so I'll need to fix that before I play on, mouse wheel makes real time combat much easier than keyboard camera controls. Have to say, it's a lush looking game

I uninstalled it last night. Have 170 hours played since launch :eek:

I'll reinstall when they get a High Elves DLC

degrassinoel · 21-11-2016 01:46PM

eeguy wrote: »

I uninstalled it last night. Have 170 hours played since launch :eek:

I'll reinstall when they get a High Elves DLC

December 8th ^^

eeguy · 21-11-2016 01:59PM

degrassinoel wrote: »

December 8th ^^

That's wood elves.

High Elves is unannounced so far. Probably a while away if at all. They'd have to add a new continent to the map.

degrassinoel · 21-11-2016 02:04PM

Sorry yeah, my bad

SkinnyBuddha · 03-12-2016 05:52PM

Just downloaded this...have to admit I'm really enjoying it.

Playing with the dwarfs and slapping the heads off orkz has never been so much fun. Use to play the tabletop game when I was younger but have forgotten pretty much everything about it ( yes it was that long ago

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ancapailldorcha · 03-12-2016 09:11PM

This is quite a solid TW instalment by the sounds of things. Looks like things have improved since Rome 2.

pablomakaveli · 04-12-2016 12:42AM

It's a massive improvement over Rome 2 and a lot better optimized than Attila. CA have really improved in the PR department as well. They have more interaction with the community and have been adding free LC alongside the paid stuff. Even the paid stuff is better this time around with having better content.

I hope all this carries over to the next historical title too.

Varik · 04-12-2016 10:52AM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

It's a massive improvement over Rome 2 and a lot better optimized than Attila. CA have really improved in the PR department as well. They have more interaction with the community and have been adding free LC alongside the paid stuff. Even the paid stuff is better this time around with having better content.

I hope all this carries over to the next historical title too.

Bit harder in the historical setting, elves et al are a much more interesting faction than some germanic tribe no one ever heard of.

ancapailldorcha · 04-12-2016 11:13AM

Hoping to sort out my own PC soon so might look into this. Originally wrote it off because of Rome 2 and that it's on Warscape. It's an interesting move for the series and it'd be awesome if they can continue this way with other fantasy franchises.

degrassinoel · 04-12-2016 12:22PM

They've announced recently they're in development of a new historical TW game, which wont be a sequel or set in any of the previous timeframes.

So, not Shogun, not the Crusades, not Rome, not the Napoleonic wars, not Rome again, not the American War of independence etc...

Could easily be set in the 20th century, i hope it is, because they can easily get flying right if Warhammer is anything to go by.
Plus Airfields and Extremely heavy artillery (Bertha's & Naval) can be offmap, just like in Shogun 2.

Historical Team – Unannounced Total War Title
Pre-production for our next historical major release continues apace, with the team working on pretty much all areas of the game at this stage, but particularly jaw-dropping are the character and campaign map concepts that are starting to crop up around the studio with increasing frequency.

It will still be some time before we are able to share anything specific about our next big historical game. The official social media channels, and the world’s press will certainly tell you when there’s more to reveal.

https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/183522/what-the-total-war-teams-are-working-on-updated-1st-september-2016

Varik · 04-12-2016 02:29PM

Chinese warring state period would be an alternative.

Obviously that'd allow them to make serious inroads into china itself.

degrassinoel · 04-12-2016 05:05PM

Whichever it is, i cant see them doing a ROME II again, if they stick with the WH way of things i'd say it'll be very successful

Dave_The_Sheep · 04-12-2016 05:29PM

Could be the American Civil War either.

degrassinoel · 04-12-2016 06:19PM

Yeah, could be, Empire didn't cover that.

IvoryTower · 04-12-2016 08:29PM

Lads do you think my laptop could play this, I'd be quite happy to play it on low settings

i7
8gb
And radeon hd 7670m

Google says the graphics card is fairly basic, do you think I'd manage

Patser · 04-12-2016 08:37PM

Victorian Colonial times? Rorkes drift vs Zulus, Boxer rebellion in China, lead up to WW1?

Or prehistoric? You've researcherd Heavy Infantry. Instead of just randomly throwing rocks at each other, they sharpen a few stones and tie them to a stick.

degrassinoel · 05-12-2016 12:37AM

IvoryTower wrote: »

Lads do you think my laptop could play this, I'd be quite happy to play it on low settings

i7
8gb
And radeon hd 7670m

Google says the graphics card is fairly basic, do you think I'd manage

MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7 64Bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 35 GB available space
Additional Notes: *PC Integrated graphics chipsets require 4 GB RAM, e.g. Intel HD series.

Thems the minimum specs, you might get it to run on less, but they cant guarantee that it'll work.

Dave_The_Sheep · 05-12-2016 02:37AM

TW is a total CPU hog. I have a top-class rig and I still only get 40-ish fps due to the processor getting nailed. Great game though, but it's resource intensive.

pablomakaveli · 05-12-2016 06:58PM

IvoryTower wrote: »

Lads do you think my laptop could play this, I'd be quite happy to play it on low settings

i7
8gb
And radeon hd 7670m

Google says the graphics card is fairly basic, do you think I'd manage

With that graphics card I wouldnt be so sure. I've a similar laptop but with a 740M and can only just about manage the game on low settings.

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