#RPI - Richard Aldridge

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molten scaffold
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Ask away 🙂 we'll have this open till Friday then will close to get ready for our next interview next week!

past void
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whats good

dull dock
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Will the immortal empires map be repainted to use the newer, more cartoony art style that TWW3 uses?

unkempt fox
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Is Belekor able to confed daemons of chaos?

rocky panther
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What is the plan for the Chaos dwarves? Any time table on when they will be arriving?

misty ivy
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How will survival battles be implemented in Immortal Empires?

tough chasm
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why does changing Slaanesh Tzeentch replenishment rate takes 6 months 🤡

dull dock
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And why was the decision taken to change the art style anyways

tough chasm
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why does changing Slaanesh Tzeentch replenishment rate takes 6 months 🤡

storm orchid
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DIPLOMACY, interface, trading and other mechanics like 3K (Three Kingdoms) in immortal Empires please, please!

Can we hope and wait?

jade nebula
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Can you confirm 13 more skaven DLCs?

wind condor
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Is the CA team being overworked?

west crystal
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They added Jeanne d'arc into warhammer😭

dull dock
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Will the Chaos Dwarves get railroads?

icy cedar
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Can`t wait, really looking forward to playing all the races again 🙂

mint walrus
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BLOOD?

devout veldt
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blood dlc when?

slender pagoda
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I'd love to know more about chaos dwarves

tough chasm
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Will IE come in August 1st

storm crow
spring siren
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Shiggy Diggy

upbeat token
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Hi, please add teleport to Norsca "boss" battles once you complete objectives for them. Otherwise you have to walk for multiple turns just to start that battle! Other battles have teleports anyway!

fading yoke
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Will the Chaos Realms be implemented in Immortal Empires?

cloud pendant
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Why do you always take forever to change something modders do in 15 minutes even if everyone is asking for it?

cyan nebula
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Who's the dev teams favourite legendary lord?

quick cosmos
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Hello! Are you planning to make mixed-rosters factions in the future? My main exemple would be Morathi's Cult of Pleasure having access to Slaanesh cultists, chaos warriors and or/daemons of Slaanesh. Thanks!

lofty pollen
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Will Bretonnia get some love in WH3?

zealous plover
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will the diplomacy issues be fixed?

rocky panther
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What is the time table for you guys endgame? Since it is also a passion project? What would be the stage when you say. We have completed it? Meaning the whole series i mean

radiant arrow
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What kind of rework is in store for Norsca faction?

tepid ridge
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what do You eat for dinner everyday, theres have to be a secret ingredient that allows You for inventing such spagetti code 😄

fresh iris
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Immortal Empire is a warhammer fantasy world map?

livid swan
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will blood DLC come out on the same day as Immortal Empire?

pearl summit
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Which faction in the entire series was the most difficult to create?

oak dawn
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More Gomblins greatplan

stable jacinth
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When will Naval Battles be introduced into Total War: WARHAMMER? Surely there's some creative freedom there.

weak delta
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Toddy?

shrewd root
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What was your original idea behind malus darkblade mechanics? compared to snikch they seem lacking. Can we see further improvements to his mechanics? Thanks for all the great work you've done so far

dry kestrel
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Where is multiplayer chat in TWW2? We need it back

chilly crag
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In the post it was said to have 86 Legendary lords does this include the Red duke and Todbringer? Also I how you have a great summer at CA.

alpine kernel
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what happen to my boy boris todbringer ?Advisor
did he make it to IE Beta ?boris

lunar socket
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What's your favorite Lizardmen army build in the single player game mode?

orchid schooner
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Make Total War: Medieval III

limpid lotus
prime flame
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Nagash? Ogre1

thin topaz
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Will Vlad and Isabella be moved to Sylvania and Mannfred moved out eventually?

undone owl
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Is anything beeing done on the layout of keeps? as a dwarf player I dread the idea of running around defending instead of turtling up like its ideal with spd of 20

analog gate
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Do we have any news about Dogs of War, will there be a Southern Kingdoms faction or will it be a mercenary based roster ?

honest latch
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Are the Warriors of Chaos one of the factions being split up and/or shuffled about?

leaden mauve
magic swan
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The "leaked" picture of IE showed Lustria and the Southlands in their full size, not with their bottom cut like in mortal empire. Can we expected such feature in IE or shall we expect to still have cut Southlands and Lustria?

molten scaffold
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RPI - Richard Aldridge

near nimbus
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Cool! thank you very much!

unreal grove
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Hi! Do you have any plans for Nippon? I (and many other people as i saw) would really like to see something like a old Japan faction with Oni demons and samurais

fading yoke
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Though the big four Chaos Gods are present ingame now, will we ever see the minor Chaos gods such as Zuvassin or Necoho on the map as minor factions/rogue armies?

cosmic igloo
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Will Immortal Empires Multiplayer Head 2 Head objective remove the "Sack or Occupy Amount of settlements", and go for the Destroy opponent objective?

misty oasis
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will you add the settlement capture arts for new races from Wh3?

royal perch
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Will immortal empires become a story-driven campaign?

wind condor
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are you up to date with The Boys?

hexed moth
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Any updates on Blood Pack DLC ?

unique cypress
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Is there any chance for ordo draconis to get some love?
Can we get some insight in other legendary lords who will get mentioned reworks when immortal empires launches?

north flame
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Will we see any more beloved vermin in future?

unkempt fox
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Which lord is going to be located at the south pole/southern wastes?

errant belfry
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Will the Warhammer 2 base game LLs be looked at? A lot of them are pretty much the same mechanics as their counterpart (ie Tyrion and Teclis both using the court decisions mechanic)

timid kettle
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UI color options, nice!

lean mulch
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Any plans on introducing more settings for campaign, like army caps of some sort so doomstacks of OP units were impossible and make it more like tabletop army building, maybe based on tier of unit?

versed ibex
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are we going to see a true under-empire later down the line?

rapid musk
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woah wat this

tiny kestrel
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Please, just in one word, tell me how Tomb Kings are in Immortal Empires? Just a single word will do...

vestal flax
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i am here to make my demands
fem slaanesh chaos warriors

would like to see the "blood" pack have more death effects
like charred bodies from flames etc
demands made

floral fractal
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It would be great if the interception mechanism and Tzeentch's realm could be looked at in Realm of Chaos. I am on Turn 195 (!) on my Cathay campaign, mainly because I had to leave Miao Ying in the Forge of Souls for 40 turns (!) in order to incercept Skarbrand. Also Tzeentch's realm with enemy AI is broken and unfair. Thanks, keep up the good work.

tepid ridge
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We know about immortal empires, now what about immoral empires?

rocky panther
# chilly crag In the post it was said to have 86 Legendary lords does this include the Red duk...

Yes!! We want toddy and the red duke!!! Also it would be fun to have unique elector counts models. For confederation and stuff. and unique Empire colours per province(like faction colours). And maybe a armor tier mechanic like in medieval. That was cool

Also are there any plans or something of that note. To use the fabled southern chaos wastes? As they are on the map. Could be some CA unique content right there.

quick cosmos
covert marsh
eager otter
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Back when the Hunter and the beast came out. It was communicated to the community that the team would be looking into changes for Nakai's campaign experience, because there are some glaring issues with it. Can we still expect these changes?

chilly crag
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Will Vlad and Isabella be separated in Immortal empires?

limpid lotus
near nimbus
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Please add Araby, Ind and Nippon! The world of Warhammer Fantasy must have this!

magic swan
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Are the landmasses of Ind, Nippon and Khuresh present on the IE map?

grim bone
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Would your team consider making Krell a separate hero usable on the campaign map rather than merely a summon spell for Heinrich Kemmler?

unreal grove
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Will there ever be a Norska rework?

sharp plume
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why cant nakai do an alligator roll

cloud pendant
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Will you make proper unique siege maps to important cities in the future or are we stuck with the disappointment you gave us?

unique cypress
azure radish
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Are there any changes being planned for the supply mechanics in immortal empires?

wooden sail
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I have two questions if that's okay?

1 - Will the make your own Daemon prince mechanic come to other factions such as the WoC rework? Think that would be cool

2 - Have you ever thought about adding a mercenary style faction like Dogs of War to the game?

zenith sonnet
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Any chance that we will see minor rework for Lizardmen (geomantic web, skill tree, some unique mechanics for Mazda and Kroq) any time soon? Or is that more of a down the line thing?

shrewd root
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Will there be more dlcs for WH1 and WH2 races down the line? Would we have to wait longer for those races to show up again in future dlcs?

lean mulch
fading yoke
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Can you tell us if the lord pack is slated to release along with IE or is it planned to release earlier?

rocky panther
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So as a massive warhammer fan. And a total war fan. I would like to see a COMPLETE!!! warhammer total war experience. Meaning everything from the lore to be in the game. And with unique flavour and everything.

So here my question. Is there anything that was prohibited by GW?

oblique dirge
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I got a question about Belakor being a LL if he is going to be a Daemon of chaos faction how will he work with the glory mechanic and unlocking parts?

tepid ridge
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One more, Why did CA's developer, Paradox community manager and Relic CO came to bar?

slate bolt
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  1. What will be the next game after WH3? A 40k game? A sequel to Empire? How about a modern warfare TW?

  2. If you do the latter, how would you make air combat work with the TW formula?

storm crow
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Imagine the day when August comes, and we all have to search our first factions out of 80 and so to play in IE Beta, just to select Karl Franz of Reikland, fix our preferred settings and hit the start campaign button

storm orchid
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Speaking of diplomacy, In the 3K there was a system of Forming a COALITION (Wei, Shu, etc),

in the Lore of Warhammer there are Alliances of Order, Destruction, Chaotic Forces etc - this mechanics from the 3K would be perfect for Warhammer 3.

What do you think?

Can we wait for such a function? Logical and detailed

fickle minnow
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Can you please tell us what's being done for the campaign map performance issues for high-end cards. or just campaign performance in general. Would be nice to use my 3060Ti to get more than 40 fps on IE map...

grim bone
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Does the team have any plans to revisit Tomb Kings and Vampire Coast, like how Beastmen and Wood Elves were revisited in game 2?

I always thought Amanar was incredibly underwhelming as it is currently implemented. I think it would be much better as an ocean-bound agent like Lord Kroak with the ability to severely damage or destroy port settlements and naval armies.

covert marsh
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A few questions, answer as many or as few as you want:

  1. Is Sigvald going to stay a WoC LL or is he being moved to Slaanesh?

  2. Will you give Be'lakor unique units?

  3. When can we expect the map reveal (and additional news) for IE?

  4. Not sure if you can/will answer this one: can we get a rough estimate of the amount of race packs you have planned? That way we know if we can get excited about the other Far Eastern Nations, as well as other minor races

  5. What about DLCs specific to IE that add races or LLs that don't belong on the RoC campaign map?

sharp plume
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when can nakai get an alligator roll attack

magic swan
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I just wanted to say that the DLC for Warhammer 2 were mostly excellent. Great job.

fading yoke
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Will we get any new playable factions before Immortal Empires release?Choices we have right now seem very limited.

cloud pendant
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Can we get longer spears? I know it would be a bit messy now, but they should have been longer from the beginning. Looks way better and makes much more sense that way.

unkempt fox
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I'm concerned about the performance of IE. Can you tell us a little bit about that?

grim bone
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Which DLC are you most proud of and why?

If you could revisit one DLC and improve it which would it be and why?

CA opted to release a standalone Realms of Chaos map followed by a post launch combined map. Was there ever any discussion around simply starting off with the combined map and having the Realms of Chaos narrative as a toggleable option at game start?

vestal flax
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is there a chance that less important named greater daemons
(daemons that get mentioned once)
will become extra special RoR

only ones that dont really have enough importance to be a LL or LH

rapid musk
oak dawn
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Thoughts on adding legendary heroes to already existing factions?
Duffskul for Skarsnik and Ska for Queek for example.

tribal crescent
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Obviously you can't give any specific dates but can you give us an idea of the release order of the first Lord Pack in relation to Immortal Empires? Will it be releasing the same time or a bit before IE?

covert marsh
misty ivy
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How will Chaos Realms and survival battles be implemented in Immortal Empires? Really looking forward them with good ol' Oxyotl.

rocky panther
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Why no Daemonettes or slaaneshi spiceness? Or will such things be DLC like the blood pack? So the game is not age restricted?

Sneaky bonus question. We would like some kind of Minor race faction. LIke for estalia, miragliano, Border prices ect... So that way maybe a minor araby faction can be in there as well.

fringe pewter
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How hyped are you to get started on adding content to this game? And bonus question: How you all doing? ❤️

storm orchid
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Will the musket units be redesigned?

After the Shogun, they look very pale - the first rank does not know how to squat on one knee, the sound and effects of the volley are very deaf and poor, the camera does not shake when fired as it was before.

And just the use of them in Warhammer is extremely doubtful.

Make please the Musketeers in Warhammer beautiful and formidable units again (+reload animation)

Developers, please give the Muskets more love, they deserve it

cloud pendant
shrewd root
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Seeing as its mentioned that there are 4 chaos champions are coming in the next dlc, will this be a standard held for every dlc in wh3? If it is correct that there will be 4 lords in each dlc that is coming out?

covert lichen
grim bone
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What lessons has the team learned from Warhammer II in developing Warhammer III?

Will both maps (Realms of Chaos and Immortal Empires) be supported for the next five years, or is there a plan to leave the Realms of Chaos mode behind?

Have you considered adding any narrative elements to the Immortal Empires map, perhaps porting over content from previous games? It seems a waste to have Immortal Empires only ever function as a sandbox.

lime drift
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Is Nagash on the raodmap? And can he either confederate, or get units from, all other undead? I want my bone daddy!

magic swan
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Any thought on Imrik and Miao Yin?

covert marsh
# covert marsh A few questions, answer as many or as few as you want: 1. Is Sigvald going to s...

Even more questions:

  1. Will future FLC LLs for the WH3 races participate in the race like the FLC LLs for WH2, or will they have unique victory objectives?

  2. Will every future lord pack include 4 LLs, will some of them have 4 LLs and others 2, or is this a one-time thing?

  3. Are you making Chaos Steeds larger to not make them look as silly, similar as to what you did with Grimgor?

  4. Are you looking to add AoS Daemons that may or may not be featured in Warhammer: The Old World, or is that a no-go?

  5. When am I getting my invite? I've grown tired of waiting, yes-yes... greyseer

brazen cedar
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Will there be any changes to settlement battles?
At the moment there are way too many and not enough land battles.

Also thanks to the devs for putting in hard work 👍

prime flame
storm orchid
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In principle, I also just wanted to wish the developers good luck in their hard work and just ask them not to be lazy and really try.
I hope developers and publishers understand that Warhammer Immortal Empires are their magnum opus.
And it should be a detailed, detailed, elaborated project for many years to come and it should raise the bar for quality and elaboration.

rapid musk
uneven sequoia
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  1. Will the IE campaign make it so every single minor settlement will require a siege like it is in the standard wh3.

If that is the case, won't this become really tedious considering the map will be even bigger than WH1 and WH2? In contrast WH1 had 139 settlements, WH2 had 294 and WH3 will be 400+? Also to emphasise this even further... playing on anything above Hard difficulty requires you to fight every single minor settlement battle because of AR being extremely poor.

  1. Why didn't you listen to the feedback that was provided before the launch of the game concerning chaos rifts, realm of chaos, minor settlements, auto resolve etc?

  2. Why has the performance been so downgraded from wh2 to wh3? Considering the size of wh3 current map and wh2 ME map there are rising concerns about performance in IE. How will you address this?

  3. Will the really dedicated fans receive an apology at some point for the terrible state wh3 was released in at some point and how it was handled?

shrewd root
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Some races from WH1 got dlcs in WH2 (empire, greenskins, beastmen, woodelves). Will the races (vampire counts, dwarfs) that didnt get a DLC/FLC in WH2 get their DLC before those other races in WH3 if there would be cross DLCs again?

cloud pendant
oak dawn
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@cloud pendant @rapid musk please move this conversation to another channel

fading yoke
sharp plume
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nakai is missing his alligator roll attack, was this intended?

viscid breach
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What changes are you most excited about in regards to new gameplay features/concepts that are on the table as of now (not necessarily confirmed to be in the game and might not ever be)? What change or addon would you like to see implemented in the game if you had all the necessary resources and time to implement said change?

warm flicker
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Will there be visual updates to mortal units of Daemon Factions ? or how much we can expect from Warrior of Chaos rework ?

molten scaffold
# grim bone Which DLC are you most proud of and why? If you could revisit one DLC and impro...

Richard:
For Warhammer I it would certainly be The Grim & The Grave. It was one of the first DLCs the team and I put out and it was very conservative to what we do today. Also picking Helman Ghorst probably wasn't my finest hour as a Legendary Lord choice, but felt appropriate at the time in trying to follow the story of Sigmar's Blood. So certainly room for improvement there in terms of mechanics, some of which you will get to experience in the IE BETA.

For Warhammer II it would be The Hunter & The Beast. I'm a big fan of Lizardmen and as much as I really enjoyed what we did with Markus Wulfhart in the pack, Nakai didn't quite come off as we had hoped for in terms of his campaign mechanics and general gameplay. So something still on my radar for the future to look at and improve.

Regarding the campaigns, it has always been in our plans to finish the trilogy with Immortal Empires. Combining the best of what Warhammer I, II and III has to offer and to let you live out your own Warhammer ambitions and fantasies in the biggest map you can imagine. We also didn't want to miss the opportunity to explore the Chaos Realms with you all, so much like I and II we wanted III to have a unique narrative, feel and location about it. It also allows us to add further smaller narratives through our DLCs in the years to come, while keeping IE very much separate for you to all enjoy the classic TW sandbox experience as we add new characters.

storm orchid
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About the Blood Pack 3 - should we expect something really unusual? For example, the appearance of animation finally at least like in 3K? Or something else?

jade nebula
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What are your favorite units in the game and why is it the soon to be released Verminlords? THEHORNEDRAT

tiny kestrel
oak dawn
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Would you rather have a pet squig, skink, gnoblar or bretonnian peasant?

tough chasm
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Can you delete Ursun, we hate him

fading yoke
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Are there any plans to visited other races like Cathay which did not have that much establish lore in Warhammer Fantasy like Nippon, Kingdoms of Ind,Araby,the Nagas and Snakemen of the Hinterlands of Khuresh etc.?

shrewd root
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Will the DLC releases be faster once things are settled in for IE etc?

clever lily
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out of all the factions in all three games which one is your favorite and least favorite?

fading yoke
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Will we ever get southern realms as DLC?

viscid breach
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Is there any hope for Nagash down the line?

uneven sequoia
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If i were to put a blind eye to everything that has gone wrong with WH3 and just focus on performance.
How will IE performance be handled? I'm sitting on a 3070 TI and just hovering over Katarins starting location bumps me down to 23 fps... What steps are being taken to improve optimization for IE?

vestal flax
storm orchid
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I hope the Kingdoms of Chaos will not be cut out of the game and the campaign maps of the Immortal Empires, despite their somewhat controversial implementation in the original Warhammer 3, brilliant work has been done on them and creates the atmosphere of Other Worlds quite well,

it would be possible to make non-mandatory mechanics with them like the Sword of Kane, or leave the Search for Ursun's Souls, but not in the form of strict mandatory mechanics.

tough chasm
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why does changing Slaanesh Tzeentch replenishment rate takes 6 months 🤡

tiny kestrel
glass mauve
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What kind of improvements do you plan on adding in the blood dlc to warrant the extra time we've had to wait?

kindred cradle
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Do you plan to make any new map campaigns after IE? Since this would be the last map release I assume, I'm sure IE is plenty fun, but perhaps a different time period could spark interest

indigo glacier
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How customizable will the endgame threats be? Can we disable certain scenarios or the entire mechanic if we wanted to?

strong jewel
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How long will Warhammer 3 be supported for & how much DLC can we expect throughout the game's lifecycle?

ruby aspen
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alot

visual saffron
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Are there any plans to add additional shorter length multiplayer campaigns like Something Rotten in Kislev? Such as with old world content.

ruby aspen
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Are yall going to update the unit tables? or just keep it how it is now? Where all that was done was copy and paste from WHII

unique cypress
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Will be southpole present in IE map? It would be a nice place for a different deamons startposition.

halcyon bridge
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When can we expect monkey king

obsidian epoch
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Will Nakai get a rework?

tough chasm
lavish parcel
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any idea when we might get to see the official plan for the IE map?

halcyon stirrup
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any hints on the next race pack will be???

visual saffron
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Can yall add a dilemma late game in which a dwarf emissary comes to you and you can choose to chop off his beard sparking a world spanning conflict with the little fellas?

Any chance there will be order options as end game conflicts when playing chaos Oriented factions? If I'm Skaven will the Empire finally acknowledge our existence and we have an epic rocket duel?

fading yoke
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will we perhaps get to see the southern pole where the dreaded Beastfiends and Daemons are plenty perhaps a different start position for other new potential Daemonic Legendary lords? and perhaps some Beastfiend units to take look at the Beastmen southern kin who look more a like mixed between beast and daemon then man i think it would be cool to explore the south wastes where few mortals have tread and where little is know leaves a lot of room for creative ideas and to see the full chaos wastes on IE map to really get the entire Warhammer world covered which i hope is the end goal of the third and final game in the fantastic series so we may finally be apply to conqueror it all

obsidian epoch
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Will legendary hero's play a role in IE. Will we see more faction wide unique heroes ever?

molten scaffold
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Loving everyone's questions so far! Thanks all for taking the time to write them up. I'd just ask that we just double check if the same or similar question hasn't already been asked so we're not duplicating. Also if we could maybe vote on questions you'd like to get a response from so we're not scrolling through masses of texts! 😅

unique cypress
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Will quests be moved to the same place in events panel like in wh2? So events wont overlap them anymore?

upbeat ridge
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You mentioned that some lords are getting reworks like Ghorst. How many are getting their own reworks? Are they all WH1 LL's?

wintry fern
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Will Factions that were Unlocked in Wh1 for Custom Battles like Red Duke (Mousillion) and Toddy (Middenhiem) be LL's In Immortal Empires or later down the line? Since Red Dukes Faction Selection Video is currently in the game files.

pallid swift
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hello and thank you : )

austere glen
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Where do you see total war warhammer in 5 years ?

shrewd root
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With the release of mortal empires, will certain DLC lords get improved/reworked/fixed?

fading yoke
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Whats your stance on Troglagobs, aka, sea-goblins?

worldly dawn
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when will the blood dlc be available

storm orchid
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We would like to see more videos (not 2D-art intro!) on the engine in the game, for each race (before downloading the campaign, all the videos are there, including the announcement, but they are not used in the original Warhammer 3, which is very sad) and for large-scale events in the game world.

And would also like to have a good CGI video for the begin Immortal Empires.

Please dear CAheartmazda

graceful shoal
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This is probably a stupid question but could we ever potentially get a huge combined Total War game where factions from different timelines and settings all come together into one big game, for example the armies in Rome 2 up against the armies in Medieval 2 with Skaven in the setting as well?

jade nebula
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How many new Skaven LL's will we be getting? 13? 26? 39?

hasty parcel
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-Who is your most wanted WH character?

  • Can you give us some details about how Be'lakor will be different from Godslayer?
  • Are Sea Lanes just getting ported from Empire or are they getting some tweaks?
  • Any word on how likely is that we will get 3.0 update instead of 2.2 by the end of the year?
  • Any word on what is happening with Isabella? Seeing how see isnt getting moved and getting her own Faction.
  • Any more QoL changes you can share that were omitted in the Blog?
  • Anything you can tell us about Sigvalds fate? Will he remain in the WoC or get moved to Slaanesh?
fading yoke
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Will you ever port over the mini-campaigns from TWW1?

oblique dirge
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Are there plans to make more campaigns like something rotten in Kislev?

fickle minnow
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Yuey, there have been quite a lot of questions over performance, so I hope you were able to get them considered. Primarily the performance on campaign in areas like Kislev, and performance for high-end 30-series cards which are not doing well on campaign map.

Folks, please vote on this just so we can have this topic covered in one place instead of a bazillion messages. XD

earnest juniper
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Tell us more about the future sea lane mechanic? Is it a sea line that connect both west and east oceans? If so please watch the anime one piece and incorporate their being a massive storage of treasure, hidden out there that can be found for vampire coast.

hasty parcel
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  • Are you satisfied with the current way that battles are fought at sea/ how the oceans are implemented currently?'
  • Will Nakai be fixed in the IE release?
  • What honestly you favorite meme the community make about CA?
unique cypress
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  1. Will regions of Ind and Khuresh present on IE map?
  2. If yes, will it be 'blocked' like dark lands in WH2 or will there be placeholder factions before MAYBE actual Ind and Khuresh faction arrive?
undone citrus
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From a general game design perspective - what genres or games are you looking at specifically for inspiration for campaign mechanics?

hasty parcel
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  • will IE include the realms of chaos?
  • is there any change or piece of content that is much requested by the community but you aren't able to add for whatever reason?
  • regarding autoresolve, can you clear precisely what calculations are made, which factors are into those calculations, if ammunition, magic, lord level, type of unit... etc.
tropic spoke
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Will Old World mechanics be changed in certain ways in Immortal Empires? Such as the elector count system in the empire. Would be troublesome if chaos rifts spawn while your trying to establish your kingdom.

Also, will chaos rifts spawn in Immortal Empires, just save not the final quest battle and such? 🤔

Karl Franz with a chainsword......

stoic raptor
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Hi Rich, just wondering what you're thoughts are on the current state of the Vampire Counts, and whether there is anything about them you think could do with sprucing up? Particutarly also interested to hear your thoughts on Vlad von Carstein and his current state. IMO he is one of the coolest lords in the game but often seems overshadowed by the other vamp lords due to his lack of mobility. Any chance we could expect him to receive some sprucing up in future?

hasty parcel
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  • Will Belakor have access to all Monogod units or will he be the pure Daemons of Chaos faction?
  • Andy Hall once called Monogods, Daemons with sprinkles of mortals, is that phrasing still considered the case, by the team?
  • Clarification on End Times content, are Characters and Units fair game?
  • How large are the old Legendary Lords reworks and are you considered reworking and giving mechanics to more old Lords opposed to Races?
  • The blog talked about old Lords getting new factions, Is Isabella staying with her hubby?
exotic yarrow
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Three Questions: 1. Is there ANY chance we will get rid of the "pocket ladders"? 2. Is there ANY chance the winning of sieges with points will be optional - Its very frustrating if you are too strong for the enemy, but they win cuz of points? 3. You didn't talk much about naval battles but is there a chance you will talk about it with Games Workship PLEASE? 🙂 Thank you so much! ❤️

hasty parcel
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  • Do you plan to make additional changes to Realms of Chaos to make it more inviting for new players?
  • Will it just be a fasttravel option between the border naggarond-cathay (like some portals) or can every ship get in this kind of fast travel stance to go wherever they want
fickle minnow
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Is there a possibility of IE-only DLC in the future? Are we going to have all DLCs represented in RoC campaign?

oak belfry
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This has probably been ask before but how much impact does Games Workshop have on where you can expand the game for example, what character becomes a hero or legendary lord.

halcyon bridge
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QoL question: Can we have the ability to set preset/template for autolevelling character (eg. assigning skillpoints), instead of the game doing it randomly for us?

oak dawn
white trench
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Do you have any tips what LL we're getting on the LP? and on the WoC rework, they're getting a faction mechanic well-thought as the WH3 races?

oak belfry
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If Naval battles do get added majority of non naval factions will probably end up having a shared mercenary roster which would be a bad thing probably and not faithful to the lore.

fading yoke
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Will queek head takers and 1st lord be updated

shrewd root
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Its already available for multiplayer battles but... Can 1v1v1 or more also be implented in the campaign setting? especially if there's 8 players now, could make for some interesting battles and campaign

long comet
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Any plans or chance for Defeat Traits and General Faction Traits to be buffed back to a Warhammer 2 State? Speed +4% for Ogres is laughable when Empire can get +15%

Frostbite Attacks for Whole Army, Contaminated Attacks for Whole Army etc - +10 to +20 Melee Attack/Defence?

Any news or likelihood of having a Follower/Item Viewer to see how to obtain it for each race?

turbid relic
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where's Toddy?

boreal olive
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Wheres nagash?

visual saffron
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This is for years down the road. When we get towards the end of the road map for the series would yall be willing to release any content that was cut to give modders some final tools to keep things going? Just wanting to plant this seed early and hope it takes root.

worldly dawn
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will people who play WH3 on the Xbox app and have the DLC factions for the steam version of WH2 and WH1 be able to use them in WH3, or will you have to have them all on one platform?

halcyon bridge
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Any chance of cathay caravan mechanic to include sea travel as well when IE comes out?

hasty parcel
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  • how development on a Quick Battle system for Land Battles is going ? will it launch with Immortal Empires or after with the first DLC Lord Pack`?
rotund ibex
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So if the realms of chaos wasn't ready at release and immortal empires isn't out for sometime, what exactly did you sell to players? An early access build to a trilogy?

long comet
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Will Mount Gunbad Grudge Thrower/Catapult Path Finding ever be resolved for Warhammer 3?

The crew still ditch the Grudge Thrower and sacrifice them against the walled settlements.

charred meadow
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Any plans or thoughts about mortal lords of chaos becoming daemon princes?

unique hill
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Will we be seeing older faction leaders get an overhaul and new faction abilities? i.e clan mors for example

ocean grotto
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Is the final IE Map finished? And when do you will share it with us?

south bloom
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Any plans regarding Alberic? I feel like he's in an even worse spot than Ghorst, seeign as he doesn't have any unique voiceline whether it's in diplomacy, campaign or battle map

lyric haven
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Can we use Cataclysm Spells in IE ??

steady mulch
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Will we see a Dlc or something similar to a Dlc, a Flc, on the theme of "End Times"?

heady anchor
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With the current daemonic factions (Warriors of Chaos, Daemons of Chaos, Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, and Slaanesh), it's currently confusing who gets access to which units and why. Will warriors of chaos gain access to monogod daemon units? What can you share about the Warriors of Chaos rework?

magic flame
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There will be any rework for the Lizardmen faction? They really need it.

long comet
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Any chance Heroes Recruited to Cathayan Caravans could be moved out of Caravans and used on the Map for Cathay? With maybe a slightly increased upkeep?

Can you please at least give the Heroes Cathay can get such as Hunter, Captain etc to be able to be levelled up? Please!

undone citrus
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What do you think of the socio-enonomic impact of the Ratmen scare in the Empire? Do you think this nonsense should be ignored or should the rumours be fought with the most skilled Witch Hunters?

hasty parcel
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Will patch 1.3 fix the sync kill bug (sync kills currently not working) or will this be fixed with the blood pack?

knotty horizon
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In the first WH3 video Cathay appeared with a jade dragon sculpture, so was jade dragon supposed to be a leading LL at first?

fleet ravine
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will the island of Nippon appear on the IE map in some capacity

lethal field
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Will we see Nippon?

spice pebble
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Aaaaany chance of seeing old Greater Demon models in game? 🥺

shrewd root
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When is tz’arkan getting a proper model nkari

oak dawn
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Give Mannfred hair, so he can unlock his true potential greatplan

raven cobalt
fading yoke
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There is a really old model from the Oldhammer days that is basically a daemon that fires cannonballs out of its butt. I believe this was from 2nd or 3rd edition. Will this be considered as a Slaaneshi artillery device?

wind zinc
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Game 1 had two Campaign packs (effectively), game 2 has two campaign packs. Without us holding you to it - can we expect two campaign packs in game 3?

granite kestrel
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How has the IM project affected the workflow of the team? Has there had to be crunch?

wooden island
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Will future content provide the Vampire Counts vampirecounts with more tools or rebalance their units in order to help them to counter newer factions like Khorne, Tzeench, and the high elves along with some of the older ones like the dwarves

hasty parcel
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  • Any internal discussions over a possible unit cap related mechanic that can be toggled before starting a campaign? Or something to limit player being so overpowered there's no point in playing the game past mid-game?
  • Will Morathi who has such intimate link to Slaanesh get something akin to her Storm of Chaos roster that mixes DE with Slaanesh?
  • Are the recolours such as monogod Chaos Spawns, Forsaken, and Tzeentch Knights a consequence of poor work conditions/budgetary limitations? Will these units ever get fixed and given proper model or skin work?
  • Anything you can do with single entity vs single entity combat animations causing them to swing at empty air half the time?
  • Any chance TK and VCoast getting DLC to flesh them out some more? Both of them have extremely limited generic Lord choices
next raven
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Any plans on making Cataclysm spells more usable? Currently they can only be used in the Chaos Realms.

viral trellis
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When are you guys adding Bugman? I need to know so I can prep my drinks

solar bloom
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Tomb Kings as well as Vampire coast, both need confederation. Are you planning a special mechanic to be able to?

young cypress
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Will WH1 and WH2 races get updated skins, textures, etc. ?
Will we get the possibility to put war machines on walls ?
Will there be new options for sieges either for attackers and Defenders ? (Ie improved Doors, possibility for some units like spiders to climb the walls, etc.)
Will automatic trade with surronding neutral or ally factions be implemented like in 3K ?

hasty parcel
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-Are you interested in expanding on the caravan mechanic? Using it for other races, lords, or mechanics?

-How do you feel about the current state of the Southern Realms? Are the Dogs of War "on the table" so to speak

-How difficult was it to build off of Warhammer III compared to Warhammer I and II? Did the increased amount of content from the previous games pose an extra challenge?

  • How much LL CA think each race should get ?

  • Will the Empire get a FLC one day ? Or two ? They deserve it !

-Is there hope for Bretonnia DLC?

-Finubar the Phoenix King as DLC?

  • Any plans to port some or all final battles from Vortex map into IE ? Maybe as a quest battle ?
    Orion did get its final battle ported back from Season of Revelation. Eltharion and Grom would benefit from keeping the battle of Tor Yvresse.

  • Which races do you feel would be the best "fillers" in eastern landmasses, should the likes of Ind and Khuresh appear in the final map ?

  • Now Tzeentch got into the trilogy, any chance of a landmark or related stuff in Bel-Aliad, should the city be kept in IE ?

  • Can we hope for more new races than in Warhammer II?

abstract orchid
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Any plans to change Dwarfs' "Ancestral Grudge" to also affect Skaven besides Greenskins?

long comet
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On the Total War YouTube Channel - there are still 2 Hidden Videos in the Total War Warhammer 3 Playlist... will these be revealed soon?

DLC/FLC Related? The Videos have been hidden since game launch and we have had no answers on them.

lethal field
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Would you consider these DLCs?
Aislinn vs Dechala
Kap'n Skabend vs Bugman or another dorf
Skretch Half-Dead or Tordrek Hackhart for VCoast
And any plans for playable Skeggi? They had 6E WD 309 rules.
Do you have any plans for Nippon? I'd love to see Nippon personally.
And lastly, would you consider faith mechanics for the Empire? Cult of Ulric, Cult of Taal, Cult of Morr, Cult of Manann etc.

versed mirage
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How does it feel do develop a game for a community with such strong opinions? Does some of the negative feedback on warhammer 3 affect your development process? I can imagine that limits the risks you are willing to take as a developer.

rocky slate
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Is there anything you wish you could have done/approached/tweaked differently at the time now that you have hindsight vs game 1 and 2?

viral trellis
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Halflings: great? Or the greatest?

limber atlas
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Are you planning on retooling settlement garrisons of wh1/2 factions? As an example Vampire Counts have Zombies, which are a black hole in combat effectiveness for manual and autoresolve combat.

Second, related question can you ban Count AI from recruiting Zombies? Because they're a negative for autoresolve combat.

lost tinsel
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What is the most fun dlc did y'all have fun working on?

hasty parcel
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  • Are there plans to represent full 6th-8th editions units in the game on the long run?

  • Is there a chance that CA considers using some existing modes (they previously did). Especially cosmetic ones like uniforms and heraldry of the High Elves, Empire etc, that add the splendid tabletop shields heraldry?

  • Shall we see proper greenskin tribes like savage orcs with savage orc lords and heroes?

  • Shall you add upgrade versions of units like in previous Total Wars - upgrade unshieldied wersions of empire spearmen, bretonnian men at arms, wood elfEternal Guards e.t.c.?

  • Did you consider graphic improvements for older races appearance that looks outdated near later created units?

  • Shall we see more legendary lords and heroes added by receasching tech tree to add missing characters that will never get slots to become lls like greenskins got Oglok the Horrible? - Any plans to tweak Vlad, Isabella, Vampire Counts in general

dusk crag
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  1. Are there any plans or potential for updates beyond racial updates? As in, might individual factions also see significant updates or reworks at any point? As you've already mentioned before, you want to fix up Nakai, but what about other DLC factions or even vanilla factions? Kemmler is the first that comes to mind for someone who could use a big update to make him a really unique lord.

  2. Are older models, particularly those from WH1, going to see model or texture updates to bring them up to par with the more recent models? Just looking at the original Wood Elf units next to the new ones really shows the quality difference between the first game and what came after.

  3. Is there a possibility of, after all other races have gotten their work, a race that has already seen an update have more work done to them? The Empire rework, while a big improvement over the original mechanics, certainly feels like it could have been more than what it is. Particularly with the teleportation battles, the Imperial Authority system, and the method of obtaining the regional units.

  4. For DLC, might we see cross-game lord packs right out of the gate or will we have to wait for a couple of releases before we see more content for WH1 and 2 races?

  5. We've already seen some of what's to come in GW's Old World relaunch in the form of Kislev and Cathay. Might we also see new content from the Old World in other races in future DLC or FLC?

  6. To what extent is the team willing or able to rework certain core mechanics of WH3? Might the tower and defense building mechanic see significant changes down the line? Or further updates to sieges to continue to improve on them?

  7. Might additional general mechanics be added to the game in a future update? Such as duels from Troy/3 Kingdoms, diplomacy and trade additions, or things like that?

  8. If not Ghorst as on the LL's for the Grim/Grave, who would you have put in instead?

barren geyser
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Are there any plans to update Throgg's voice lines?

But other than that, I just wanted to thank you for your hard work on the game! Can't wait to see how it goes!

storm orchid
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Please FIX the game on 1920 x 1080 monitors or non-4K, the game looks VERY blurry and fuzzy on them, it is also impossible to change the size of the interface for such monitors, although there were no problems at all in WH 2 with the clarity of the image and the ability to change the size of the interface.

We hope work is underway in this direction?

viral trellis
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Are there any plans to add weapon swapping to black orcs?

limber atlas
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In a recent interview with Arkcard you mentioned offering some insight in how autoresolve worked. May I inquire on if passive buffs like physical resist, frenzy, perfect vigor, soporific musk, etc are applied to the calculation of autoresolve results?

I ask because one can see inconsistencies in performance with ethereal units like Cairn Wraiths or Mistwalkers with the appropriate interrogation, even without sources of magical damage around.

Ty for your time.

viral trellis
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Could you tell us what the plans are for Sigvald?

Is he staying as WoC? Is he moving to Slaanesh? If he moves to Slaanesh, is he moving as FLC, or are Slaanesh fans getting Sigvald in lieu of a new lord?

I think you’ll find there’s a split in the Slaanesh fandom in that, tons of people want Siggy with Slaanesh, but people are also worried Slaanesh is going to get reheated game 1 lord in lieu of new content.

ruby bridge
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Shogun 3 when

hybrid hound
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Will Chaos Lords have the chance to ascend to Daemon Prince like the heralds having a chance to ascend to a greater daemon?

ivory owl
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Can we expect any changes pertaining to how sieges work in WH3 over time?

subtle shuttle
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Hello there ! Have you ever thought about letting the player unlock the "skins" or "colours" of factions he confederates ? Maybe you could apply an army skin in a Lord's panel.

Thank you for your time !

unique cypress
raw arrow
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In regards to LL, there are a few popular characters with their own books and heavy lore that did not get models for 8th Edition. Will some of these popular characters get into the game? And to follow on, some factions are well-behind on LL numbers, compare Lizardmen to Norsca for example, can we expect almost all factions to get up to say 8 LL which would be the indication when looking at the Lizardmen [if there is a Lizardmen dlc for WH3 for instance]. I know a faction like Daemons of Chaos has realistically only Bel'akor and Yuri the Daemon however the rest can bring up the numbers [including Norsca].

With Norsca, some characters are more aligned to a particular god, I feel that this should not relegate them because Norscan society as a whole more often than not is not unaligned like Lord Mortkin and I am against removing cool characters from the Norsca roster when they are connected to Norsca. What I really mean to say is that I would love to see Egil Styrbjorn and his nemesis from Bretonnia, Calard d'Garamont [as well as other characters].

Also in regards to old bugs and issues, will chaos ponies become horses, will Iron Readiness apply to Iron Breakers, Ancestral Grudge does not apply to Skaven like the Red Axe of Karak Eight Peaks, King Phars pyramid in ME should be in Makrak [since he ruled it] and not Numas, Tretch hasn't actually got his proper weapons as in his artwork, Orion doesn't use his horn in-game.

For music will Tattered Sails be on Spotify and will Bretonnia, Dwarfs and Wood Elves finally get their own music instead of sharing the same with each other and The Empire?

Concerning voicework, a lot of it is now out of date, there is for example no unique Skaven voicework for Thorgrim Grudgebearer when doing diplomacy, will CA take a look at all the voicework, not immediately but after say the Chaos Dwarfs [and other racepacks?] have been released to re-record lines for diplomacy/anything else.

Possible for units to march backwards?

Slambo!!!!!

river dune
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Is it possible to delay the win screen when you kill the last unit in a battle to let the death animation play out before the battle ends or is this done due to a technical limitation?? Seems a shame to leave out what is often a unique LL/SEM animation.

pliant snow
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with belakor would it be possible to make him a horde faction? i feel like making him a horde would be better for him as it would be a different experience from daniel and not the same thing, considering belakor wouldn’t really have glory considering he doesn’t like the chaos gods, i hope you do this as i quite like horde factions! (and please give the deamons of chaos race a technology tree 🙏

viral trellis
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Which faction do you think is the absolute coolest and why is it Crooked Moon?

vague wyvern
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Have yall ever considered a sponsor mod program where you work with a mod to bring it into the base game?

subtle shuttle
lyric panther
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for the daemons dlc are you gonna take design from aos

stoic raptor
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Any plans to spruce up Vlad and give the Vampire Counts some campaign tweaks/buffs to their roster?

lone basin
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One of my favorite parts of playing TW: Warhammer 1 and 2 is seeing when Greenskins take over Dawi (holds, fortresses, outposts etc..) and the outside appearance changing on the map. Will there be any plans to add similar details to other factions in Immortal Empires?

limber berry
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If you were going to add Neferata as a Legendary Lord to the game, would you join the Vampire Counts faction or will it be an entirely new vampire faction with new mechanics and units?

limber berry
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Also would you add more book relative character as Legendary Heroes, or even possibly Legendary Lord, such as Ulrika the Vampire from her book series? Having either the Vampire factions or Kislev factions racing her to gain her as a potential hero for their faction.

rotund comet
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What are the chances of a "Moot Rising" aka Halflings addition to TW? Maybe in forms of an Empire supplement, if not a full "Minor Race" DLC?

sleek bough
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Will old faction races get some new voicelines to finally acknowledge their new adversaries on the map? Like in WH1 Empire solidermen in battle would say Dwarfs headbutted them. Or viceversa how the men have wronged them

Post Core WH1-races, none of the old world races have lines that are referring to anyone that came later than them. I dont think even High Elves have lines that goes toward Dwarfs for example.

Would love to see Daemons condescend their mortal followers (WoC, Beastmen, Norsca), the Order races noting the Daemons or perhaps Cathays arrival

winter moat
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Is the Magic Rework final and set in stone, or can we maybe expect changes to it, like the ability to get more than the max of 100 Winds? I like the new system, but I think 100 winds is just too low.

lethal field
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What are the chances of Nippon making in? Is there gonna be a Nippon DLC?

mortal island
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Are there any plans to implement Neferata as a Legendary Lord, and / or Jade-Blooded Vampires as an additional Vampiric Bloodline?

void birch
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Curious to know if you have plans once you’ve added most if not all of the units to a faction, but still have LLs you could add, will you plan on releasing a small cheaper Lord pack that’s just with a couple new LLs without the new units?

halcyon bridge
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How many big DLC can we expect for this year?

dusty citrus
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Will recruit traits get reworked in the same line that tech trees were and lord skills will be?

Could you make it so Gotrek Keeps the traits he earns in his travels?

Where do I find the questions that have been answered?

last marsh
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Could we have a description for the way the Sea Lanes feature works? Is it as simple as a pacman type screen wrap or is it as complex as a caravan type feature that lets you travel from port to port. I want to be able to manage my expectations because the feature sounds very exciting and I hope it leads to even more varied choices in immortal empires.

subtle shuttle
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Hello there. It has already been mentionned by someone else above, but I'd like to give an extra word about unit upgrades. For example from unshielded variant to shield variant, or full melee to full melee + range weapon like the Stonehorn.
I realized I never recruit base variants because I know I'll disband them as soon as I get the opportunity to replace them with upgraded variants. I feel these base units would have so much more potential and use if they could upgrade to their superior variant in provinces with the right building.

Do you have data on unit recruitment ? If so, what have you observed regarding such units ?

lime drift
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Could we get the Chaos realms as a proper realm to go to in IE with cool rewards or activities to do? Particularly for Chaos-aligned factions, that would be awesome, especially if you could spend a decent amount of time there doing different things.

hasty parcel
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  • In survival battles we now have the option to upgrade weapons and armor. Is there any thought being given to expanding on this feature and making weapons and armor upgradable within the campaign, similar to previous total wars? - Any other plans for fast-travel besides Sealanes (e.g. Dwarven Underground Rail)?

  • Are there any other goodies/special items like the Sword Of Khaine planned in IE?

  • Will the Great Maw be a settlement in IE ?

  • Will Norsca be abe to settle everywhere ? -A few features from WH2 were not implemented in WH3, such as solving the puzzles when searching ruins. With the upcoming IE map, will the puzzles return as they were or are they completely gone?

molten scaffold
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Morning everyone! There have been a huge amount of questions incoming so will temporarily mute the channel so we can properly go over anything Richard can answer 🙂

fading yoke
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Will there be a update look for game one units they look a little old

glacial condor
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First of all, thank you for your great work. Are there any plans for dlcs for the vampire coast?

dusty citrus
molten scaffold
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As there are so many questions, not everyone's question will be answered I'm afraid but will do our best to answer them broadly to tie in other questions 🙂