RPI - Alex Correia

[ivory estuary]

Hey everyone! So as always please only stick to one question and vote on questions you'd like answered 🙂

[molten anvil]

When will Troglagobs be added to the Orc and Goblin list? The sea goblins are vital to the long term survival of the game!

[lament lagoon]

Do you plan to tweak the karak eight peaks race somehow? Adding new effects or revamping the system maybe in the future?

[hybrid bear]

What kind of improvements to the blood dlc are we expecting, is there anything beside just a slider being added?

[frozen cobalt]

Hello ! Are there Mortal LLs who will join the Monogods races ? Or are they going to be fully lead by Daemons ?

[frosty idol]

Will IE be available through steam or through Total War Access?

[little grove]

Hey Alex and hey Yuey. Will the features of the new COC champions and WoC like Upgrading Units from one Type of Unit to the next be moddable for other factions aswell?
So that we can finally upgrade Empire Spearmen to Empire Spearmen with Shields and then to Helbardiers and such?
Since it is a long time requested feature of many and finally seems to be so close

[prime palm]

Is there one particular DLC past or present, which you feel needs an update or love. To bring it up to standard with the other much better game mechanics in the game?

[viscid bronze]

How much work goes into campaign design and implementation? It definitely looks like something that's easier said than done.

[finite isle]

Why are the new LLs being added to Warriors of Chaos instead of their respective Monogods ? I particularly don't understand Azazel as he specifically lead armies of Daemons in the lore.

[rugged hull]

Hey! Can you tell us if there is anything in the pipeline regarding campaign map performance improvement? Especially for high-end Nvidia cards which are suffering more from this.

[cobalt kernel]

Will you do anything to make sigvald not be a worse azazel. You previously said you weren’t putting him in slaanesh’s monogod faction so he isn’t a worse nakari, but now he looks to just be a worse azazel

[wraith pine]

Do you plan for any significant balance changes to domination mode in preparation for the release of IE?

[swift kayak]

What are some of the “top tier” chaos gifts available in the WoC update? It feels like the souls could be a mechanism for very large campaign defining effects to happen

[inland compass]

Do you plan to bring an Undivided lord as part of the Warriors of Chaos faction in the Realms of Chaos campaign, maybe as FLC down the line or maybe even Be'lakor since the race for the City takes part after the Ursun events?

[burnt fox]

With Chaos do we now just paint the map grabbing every settlement or only care about owning fortresses and have something like a spreading Norscan tribe that we take with us to hold minor territory?

[marsh sapphire]

On the topic of war coordination - will there be done any work with outpost? Currently it's hard finding a free slot to build outpost so it would be cool if this could be made more available as it's one of my personal favorite features in Warhammer 3 🙂

[storm hatch]

Will there ever be an option to get the WH2 UI back for WH3? WH3 UI overal is great but the looks arent that great ( by making it different colours is a great bandaid for now). And will the artwork for occupying/razing etc also be updated in WH3?

[strange whale]

Hey! Talking about mechanics! Can you please tell us about Boris Ursus? He did not really partake in the confed race and his entire campaign mechanic was literally “pick the winner”. Supporters are of hardly any use for him. Now that he is a normal lord, will he be in the confederation race? Thanks!!

[wanton atlas]

Can you give us your impressions on how the Team intended Confederations to work?

Currently, they don't work very well for most races in Warhammer 3 - Especially Cathay. Please can you lower the natural discontent between faction from -130 to around -80/-100 max?

[rocky tusk]

Will Archaon be able to become the true "Everchosen"? In previous titles, you didnt even get a buff or a questline to reflect this, he was just "A strong lord" - My thoughts are: Complete the everchosen questline and then the world knows the End-times have begun. - This is Specifically for playing as Archaon.

[spice shore]

Can we breathe some life into Norsca while we are at it later? They will be completely destroyed by Azazel early game and become irrelevant and annoying late game as the territory is just so hard to cross. They definately need some love before Tomb Kings or Vamp-pirates

[paper oyster]

did you guys think about giving the daemon prince the lore of fire with the undivided parts

[tranquil epoch]

When you design campaigns or features, are you also considering multiplayer campaigns and how features may work together, when playing this race together with someone else from the same race or another race?

[cloud shell]

Question about Demon prince ascension . You can go from Undivided Lord to Slaanesh Lord and from there to Slaanesh Deamon Prince🤔 / Also will the dedicated Deamon Princes use assets from Daniel?

[sinful thistle]

Hello Mr. Alex Correia, it's the first time I participate in one of those Rally Point Questions-Answers things, but since you seems to work on reworks can you tell if the focus is put more on individual lord's factions rework (based on the character's lore, with some very unique inside their race like Morathi or Arkhan), or is it more put on race rework (like we had for beastmen and warriors of chaos) ? I hope I've been clear enough, since english isn't my main language

[opaque plover]

Why is there no unique mechanics (like Throt's lab, Oxyotl's Hunts) for the new LLs of the DLC ?

[upper nimbus]

Is the Daemon Prince receiving any update? New body parts, mechanics, animations, magic lores, etc. He will feel so weak compared with the WoC, who can also have Daemon Prince lords apart from everything else the reworked WoC will have

[indigo sapphire]

Are there any plans to increase the tomb kings hero capacity for Immortal Empires? Currently it's pretty limited.

[young mesa]

How will Sigvald's campaign function differently from Azazel? They seem to fill the exact same role in the WoC...

[nimble fjord]

Did outposts change to be able to be built in minor cities? (saw it on the new gameplay)

[sinful lynx]

First of all, thank you to make a unique designed Azazel. :)) What will Gotrek & Felix's role in WH-3?:))

[mystic patio]

Now that there are no new unique mechanics for the upcoming DLC for Azazel, how will he be different from Sigvald in IE?

[molten anvil]

Will monogods get mortal LLs in the future?

[grave plover]

When will we get chaos Dwarfs

[normal grotto]

How will the champion storyline interact with the Ursun storyline in the RoC map, if they are set in different times?

[indigo bough]

Hello, I know we been getting lot of good news about the game lately, new contents etc but my question is regarding game performance, can we get a little infos about whats going behind the scene in regard enhancing game performance? 🙂

[fiery hawk]

I saw Forsaken of Slaanesh in Azazel let's play. It looks like they still use same model like Forsaken undivided from game 1.
Can you give to marked Forsaken at least new unique helmets from marked Chaos Warriors to make them more unique for each god?

[upper wren]

Thx for finding time to answering our questions, so my question is if there any real possibility that skeleton model of Nurglings will get revisit in future.. need more swarm units like them please ❤️

[blazing sedge]

Will all the new marked lords (eg Chaos Lord of Khorne) and hero units be available for Monogod factions?

[chrome badge]

will Lokhir be given a black ark mechanic similar to the vampire coasts due to him coming out at the same time as the vampire coasts?

[molten anvil]

Can you tell us if the new Lords and Heroes get access to their respective God Mounts? Juggernauts for Chaos Lords of Khorne for example.

[stark jackal]

The slave mechanic for dark elves seems to be different in wh3. In the q&a video Lokhir didn't have the slave management button and the ui showed a global slave cap. How does the slave mechanic for dark elves work in wh3?

[wintry glen]

Hey, Alex! Some LLs are moved to minor settlements in the same province when comparing WH3 with WH2 (Belegar for example) and now have to conquer their first major cities. What's the idea behind these changes?

[carmine gull]

Can you share any info on the fix for the ratio of minor settlement battles?

[molten anvil]

Will there be option to make Archaon the true Everchosen?

[somber coral]

When it comes to managing new special resources for a faction mechanic, what is the design goal behind how hard it should be to acquire said resource across the campaign?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Yes modders will be able to expand this feature to other factions. All the upgrading is set up in the database and then linked to the UI.

[undone leaf]

Bretonnia is my fav faction in part 1 of the game, is there any chance we will see lord packs on it? Or at least free lords/heroes?

[sacred bridge]

Estimate Time of Arrival for Cathay DLC?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Unfortunately we haven't been able to add any specific mechanics or features behind the race, far too much work to do and too little time to get everything in. Not to say something couldn't be added in the future but we'll have to see.

[chrome ledge]

Will there be new mini-campaigns along with IE including the old factions at some point? It was always a really good idea in my opinion.

[leaden delta]

Will Sigvald and the various WOC factions have access to their respective cultists, like slaanesh cultists for Sigvald and Azazel, Khorne cultists for new Khorne Lord, with maybe all monogod cultists available to Archaon?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Immortal Empires will be available to everyone who owns Warhammer 1, 2, and 3. You don't need to do anything more and will be able to access it through the frontend.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Incredible amounts involving many different disciplines. We always have large expansive ideas at the start of a DLC that then have to be scaled back and refined to fit within the scope all the different disciplines can handle.

[deep beacon]

Heya! Will future DLC Campaigns take Kislev's ending as the canonical ending, or will they not necessarily take place immediately after the base WH3 campaign, narrative wise?

[halcyon epoch]

How will the new mid-end game crises’ interact on the campaign map? For example will they just be a bunch of spawned armies or will they have deeper mechanics?

[real scaffold]

Can you tell us something about further optimization of the campaign map performance (not end turn timers). The weather effects are especially bad and cannot be toggled.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: We will be addressing this in a future blog 🙂

[ivory estuary]

Alex: We've seen many reports of performance issues. To give an update we are always looking to increase performance it just takes time to track down issues and bottlenecks.

[agile wing]

Hey. In historic Total war we can often see horse archer with lance as secondary weapon (ex. Cataphracts in Rtr2, Attila, Three Kingdoms). However, these type of unit is absent in Warhammer TW. Would it be possible to add them in the future? Even just animation set would be amazing, rest could be done by modders. I can imagine units like Ellyrian Reavers remade in that way

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Yes, Sigvald has access to a few more toys compared to Azazel, though I don't want to spoil too much...

[marble abyss]

reasoning on the new wh3 ui? personally, and i feel almost all players i have seen on reddit much preferred the ui for wh2

not a huge game changer or anything, but still

[flint dagger]

Although Nurgle has it share of issues with economy, some of it can be alleviated through plagues. Offensive plagues focusing on attrition however, feel quite weak. Almost entirely useless on higher difficulties. Any plans to make offensive plagues and attrition more impactful?

[steady coral]

Have you improve heroes and LL traits to the WH2 level as they were regressed in WH3?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Just the slider, though there may be blood in more places! Khorne always needs more.

[hollow pawn]

Will there be an increase in how often the DLC's are realeased after IE, or should we expect it to be more like TWW2?

[astral phoenix]

After the huge and really good looking Chaos rework, are you Guys planing in reworking older factions as Well in Terms of mechanics. Ngl the Standard Empire or even lizardmen Feeling kinda empty with this massiv mechanics some of the new factions got.

[rocky pilot]

À fun one what race correlates too your favorite siege or minor settlement maps? And the other one is it a possibility to open up the map editor to the community and use community made maps for domination? I want more maps but I understand you guys are super busy as well.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: This is one of the points being addressed with the changes to War Coordination. You will now be able to create an outpost on any settlement an ally owns, so you are no longer limited to only major settlements.

[balmy relic]

There is still the hard-coded trait limit of 40 present in WH3, which will be especially noticeable with all the new LLs. Back In Troy this was changed and made moddable in the db, is this something you'd like to do in WH3 as well?

[jagged basalt]

I wanted to ask as I am rn in a bit of a bad financial situation, what will be the final price of CoC DLC ?

[gritty sandal]

Hello there ! Will generic Marked Chaos Lords and Heroes have access to Daemonic mounts ? Like Disc of Tzeentch or Juggernaut ? The Slaanesh snippets we got only shows Chaos Shrine and former Chaos ponie.

[junior ruin]

Does WoC have a way to get Throgg and Wulfrix under its banner without confederation?

[molten anvil]

What race do you think needs a good dlc next

[brazen geode]

Have you guys considered giving Drycha's/Rakarth's mechanic to Throgg? That way, the king of trolls could recruit every kind (depending on climate, like snow = ice troll, chaos waste = Chaos armored trolls, mountain = stone trolls, ect)

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Unfortunately not, however, I have seen some changes to the character skills colours which I'm sure you all will enjoy. Might not make it for Immortal Empires release but definitely in a future patch.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Norsca has had a few improvements as part of Immortal Empires, as you may have seen they can now settle everywhere and have had a few balance changes. Additionally, there are new surprises should you reach the highest tier of dedication.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Very much so and I'll take the time to mention that we've done a pass on all the scripts to make them multiplayer compatible, which means more features should function correctly in multiplayer.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Yes, there are options to ascend to 5 different types of Daemon Prince.

[still nexus]

Not Chaos player can count on something interesting in near future?

[worldly pewter]

I know IE isn’t even released yet, but in my opinion it would be such a waste to eventually not port over all of the good campaign experiences and map from the Vortex Campaign. When it comes to this is it, never say never? Or has it been fully decided to be left behind.

[rapid pike]

will cross-race confederations be possible where appropriate? e.g. N'kari confederating Sigvald and Azazel

[unkempt jungle]

Will we be able to acquire the weapons from the realms of chaos (Slaanesh's Blade, Chainsword, etc.) in IE at all? They were pretty great to come across when travelling through the realms, and they have a power level similar to the Sword of Khaine on Ulthuan.

[hollow schooner]

With the Chaos Marauder model being used so often, first with WoC and Norsca, and now with the newer more unique Marked models, is it possible for the Norscan Marauder skins to get a tweak to appear more "Norscan" considering it's used so much in the Norscan roster?

[mental quiver]

We will see the post battle settlement options art for the old and the new races in IE?

[sudden aspen]

Since this is the route you went for with Warriors of Chaos and "Monogods", have you ever had any thoughts about doing something similar for a possible Norscan Legendary Lord already devoted to one of the Chaos Gods? Alternatively, are you ruling out the possibility of making such a devoted character for Norsca?

[limber mantle]

What unique mechanics will Azazel have compared to Sgivald?

[sleek lark]

How will these end of campaign world events effect everyone? Will they effect the whole world or be specific to a region? How are they balanced around multiple people playing one campaign?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: It's dependent on what the focus is or what needs attention more. For example, the Warriors of Chaos really needed an update to their mechanics so a fair bit of focus was put on improving them, however, we also scoped in each of the Champion's unique differences.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Nothing major had been updated for the Daemon Prince, however the sword options have had a balance pass to improve diversity.

[hollow iron]

Will Norsca get a rework similar to WoC level or something smaller? Will it also add new units and/or new mechanics and monsters/daemons to hunt in the future?

[glad basin]

since Archaon just exists in turn 1, will the chaos invasion change

[ivory estuary]

Alex: The Champions storyline takes place after the events of the Ursun storyline. So you won't be seeing any portals opening all over the Realms of Chaos map, bar the ones you open yourselves to track down the path to Zanbaijin.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Yes 🙂

[limber oriole]

Rift creation like that is only for game 3 campaign, nothing similar in IE if you harvest enough souls?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: The Dark Elf slave mechanics have been changed as part of Immortal Empires, I'll leave the specifics for you to discover 😉

[vale ice]

Will the chaos champions be able to recruit daemon lords or heroes?

[broken ridge]

Will Be'lakor be available to all owners of Warhammer 3 as an flc or is he tied to the champions of chaos or the original warriors of chaos race pack?

[cold quail]

Will the new generic dedicated lords and/or heroes have access to their god's unique mounts? So Disc/Burning Chariot for the Tzeentch Sorceror Lord, Juggernaut for the Khorne Lord etc etc.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Kislev's ending is the canonical ending. Each DLC will have to decide where it sits on the timeline.

[main harness]

Are there some plans to add back the settlement capture illustrations? It feels a waste of resources removing all that beautiful art already in place in previous games for wh1\2 races

[static cypress]

Will marked Chaos Lords be able to ascend to Daemon Princes if used by monogod factions, or will this feature be exclusive to the Warriors of Chaos?

[young rapids]

Is the new recruitment and upgrade mechanic something you are planning to expand upon for other factions in the future where it makes sense lore wise?

[celest wyvern]

Was the intent for the Iron Dragon's Ogre Mercenary upkeep reduction trait really to just reduce the upkeep of the 1 Ogre Bull unit you could recruit? It seems underwhelming as a faction leader trait.

[azure glacier]

Will Norsca be able to upgrade its Marauders to god-specific Marauders?

[winter cosmos]

Will we see Aekold Helbrass?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Immortal Empires has been a huge undertaking to get ready for you all, alongside this though we have also been working on the Champions DLC and releasing patches to improve base Total War: WARHAMMER III. Essentially we have enough manpower to work on 2 separate projects at a time as well as patches, so you may see DLCs released more often.

[potent vigil]

What are the changes for Kemmler, Morathi and other chaos aligned characters? Could Kemmler use chaos units without outposts? Krell is LH now?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Everyone on the design team has a feature or several they'd like to overhaul, it all comes down to where we can fit it in.

[storm aurora]

Are there plans to release smaller lord packs with 2 LL Like warhammer 2 did. Which will fit in between Race packs or lord packs with 4 LL? Which would result in less content droughts.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Warriors of Chaos have become very adept at Subjugating factions.

[bronze vector]

I'm curious to know what was to thought process to choose Azazel to represent Slaanesh in WoC. At first glance, I would have thought it could have been another slaaneshi character

[summer bison]

Azazel's tech tree looked very unique. Will we see the same changes to the old world chaos lords and perhaps unique trees for Archaon, Sigvald, and Kholek?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: It would be something cool to do but it is very difficult to get working and resolve all the issues it would have.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Yes 😉

[prime sinew]

Norsca feels like the underlings of the Monogod factions and WoC now, are there any plans to change that in the future or do they remain pawns for greater chaos factions?

[warped solstice]

Has weapon swapping been considered as an ability for units like Black Orcs and other units in the future at some point? This was a cool feature in Troy and it's something that made Black Orcs unique on tabletop. Would love to see it done in Wh3.

[crystal crane]

Has there been any challenge when it comes to planning future content because of the scope of the Realm of Chaos map and the inclusion or lack thereof of some areas(such as Southern Cathay, for example)?

[pliant roost]

I know it's not on the current things to do, but is there a time-table for when we will be able to use Rifts to go to the Chaos Realms in Immortal Empires thereby allowing us to do survival battle with other races which was a fairly big selling point?

[wintry jolt]

Are we going to receive any information concerning the autoresolve mechanics, why it gives so many "close victories", and the inner workings of it? Like, what specific details are considered for the game to calculate it (ammunition, winds of magic, unit type, size, health, lord level... etc) ? I have quite an idea, but would be nice having any actual confirmation on how it works.

[modest willow]

Will the various rivers on Cathay be traversable like the river Reik?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: They will affect everyone. More details to come...

[golden plume]

News

[civic wing]

What will the Realm of Chaos be like in Immortal Empires? How does one get there and did anything change there?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Rift creation is part of the Realms of Chaos storyline so you won't see them in Immortal Empires.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: The Marked Lords and Heroes get access to the Disks and Juggernauts for the moment...

[silent prairie]

will it be a way to mod the rift mechanic in the realm of caos to the new IE campaign?

[tall grove]

Will AI Archeon start at turn 1 now, with their new update? Or does he still comes after X amount of turns as the Chaos Invasion bringer

[wide shale]

Hi Alex, Will new champions of chaos use race to Zanbaijin in IE ?

[worthy oak]

Will nurgle get their own mortal special cavalry ? (rot flies would be nice)

[cloud bear]

Can Sigvald and other LLs become Daemon Princes?

[limpid crescent]

Are you considering giving empire captains Demigryph mount and some new skills? Most bland hero in the entire game atm

[fair sonnet]

Will the Black Pyramid of Nagash fly?

[jolly steeple]

Will there be any more improvements to the Realms of Chaos?

[inland void]

Will gotrek & felix be reworked in any capacity? Would love to see them both as permanent legendary heroes, or one combined LH.

[untold flint]

is Valkia gonna be a conehead?

[loud vessel]

Also, i would love for Gotrek & Felix to work for Kislev and Cathay

[surreal sentinel]

add respec function pls. or at least reset skill point for confederated lord

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Yes though they use a slightly different system compared to the Warriors of Chaos.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Archaon, Sigvald, and Kholek still share the same tech tree though it has been completely overhauled and is different from the ones the Champions of Chaos get.

[north topaz]

Can chaos faction confederate? Archaon with sigvald or other lords? And can monogod factions confederate when there are more of them?

[bright drift]

Will Monogod Spawn and Forsaken be updated at some point? Love to see some visual adjustments for them.

[fleet hare]

Now that chaos invasion is gone, im curious to know what happens with the final dilemma in norsca campaign, where normally we would have to decide whether to ally with chaos invasion or not?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: It's been mentioned a few times by other designers but the Geomantic Web is one I'd like to update.

[red plume]

Where is the slaughterbrute ?

[worldly ore]

Sorry, if this is a duplicate. I heard dark fortress will make Norsca forever loyal. Will making them a vassal deteriorate the relationship with Norsca's former enemies? (Who are usually my allies.)

[silk axle]

Question on fortresses - are these tied to vasselizing factions? Let's play video somewhat seems to imply this and my friend and I are split.

[lime dawn]

Will factions like Naggaroth, Cult of Pleasure, Lothern, Order of Loremasters etc. get unique mechanics in the future?

[latent sedge]

Question about Wood Elves. Is there a plan to release more content or changes for them? Or are the Wood Elves considered "done".

[vague sentinel]

Does Morathi spread Slaanesh corruption now?

[glass tusk]

Are you guys planning on introducing Cataclysm spells to IE?

[robust niche]

Not sure if its been asked before. Will there be a cap on Ogre camps in IE, before tech tree's and talent increase options.

[analog condor]

Is there any chance that buildable towers in siege battles get faction-specific models?

[dark nymph]

Will some of the quest battles be reworked in terms of enemy factions you face, units and location and quests leading to them?

[worldly condor]

Is there anything specific that you learned from the Proving Grounds Beta?

[wispy prawn]

Have you updated minor settlements of wh1 factions to bring them more inline with wh3 factions? Specifically Vampire Counts and their two Zombies in a tier 3 minor settlement.

[tawdry scroll]

How will co-op work (or not work) for the Champions of Chaos DLC? E.g. can you play Azazel and N'kari or Azazel + upcoming Champion?

If you can answer this 2nd part - will co-op work in IE to have chaos with non-chaos (e.g. WoC + Morathi or Monogod + Empire)?

[worn knot]

Any possibility of Sarthoreal becoming a true legendary lord with his own faction at some point?

[winged stag]

Is there any way we can get the yellow outlines from WH1/2 instead of green? If so can we keep the green bar for health even if we change the color?

[winter mirage]

Since Slaanesh factions have vassalization built into their gameplay design, how will it work in multiplayer? Will you just not be able to vassalize other players? Thanks!

[unreal quail]

With the new CoC campaign taking place after the ursun campaign, does that mean you can’t play a co-op campaign in RoC containing both ursun-race factions and zanbaijin-race factions?

[solemn mortar]

Have there been any changes to Undercities or Skaven corruption?

[molten anvil]

The team has sometimes allowed interesting Heroes of Might & Magic influences to sneak in.
Fighting rogue armies, searching ruins, encountering treasures at sea, small events granting treasures etc.
Does the team have an interest in exploring this more to expand activities on the world map besides marching and fighting?

[novel gorge]

is the modding tool kit being released at the same time as Immortal empires, blood dlc and the chaos champion dlc or will that be a bit later?

[robust quail]

Is there any chance we will ever see a rework to the trade and resource system so they become more impactful? The system in Troy was perfect, and it would bring so much depth to the diplomacy side of the game. Not to mention, it'd be a great way to create soft unit caps or buildings that could require resources to upgrade.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Not at the moment, going back and adding this is too large an undertaking to do for Immortal Empires, but is something that might be added over time through later patches or DLC.

[quaint mortar]

will we see more flc characters for monogods in the future? it seems they are quite limited in characters since it is established that aligned mortal characters are considered to be in warriors of chaos which is a dlc faction

[ivory estuary]

Just a reminder for everyone, please go through the pinned questions that were answered so you're not wasting your question. We'll wrap up here around 17.00 BST

[civic moss]

Anything being discussed in regards to Estalia Tilea and Araby?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: The Realms of Chaos map is very large as is and expanding it is a fair challenge, and requires a lot of work from various disciplines, though that's not to say it won't be expanded at some point. You may be able to spot some additions to the Realms of Chaos map with the release of the Champions DLC.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Autoresolve mechanics are incredibly complicated, so much so that even I don't understand fully how they work. I will say though that there has been a lot of work put in to improve the results you get from autoresolve.

[silk basin]

Will you add better siege features with more creativity? Such as the example of allowing monsters on walls? Like the Ogres and Trolls in general? Or better removing the "wall breaker" trait for such smaller units that arn't at the same size of a Rogue Idol? Is there a chance for better development? To make Sieges stand out more from land-battles / Minor Settlements?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Yes, though not all of them will be. The Bastion would be a poor wall if the forces of Chaos could just cross a normal river...

[ivory estuary]

Alex: There are no Realms of Chaos in Immortal Empires as they are part of the storyline for the Realms of Chaos map. Do let us know if you'd like their inclusion in Immortal Empires.

[visual trail]

Without going into specifics are you happy with the current state of sieges or do you have plans to improve them? Like large sieges routed units go to the central plaza for a last holdouts, or other ideas to make it more engaging?

[mild spear]

Will Orion ever get an animation to blow the horn of the hunt like Imrik?

[sterile canyon]

Will these be any additional siege/minor settlement map layouts added as time goes on? I know there are reskins of the layouts for each race in IE for launch, and I understand the amount of work needed did necessitate reusing map layouts, but will there be more unique layouts in the future?

[near summit]

Is Araby coming this year or in 2023 ?

[orchid creek]

Have you considered letting people mix and match factions and units in custom multiplayer battles? Like recreating the battle of black fire pass with one player able to control both dwarf and empire units in the same army?

[upbeat terrace]

is the storm of chaos (the effect that gives infinite magic reserve and allows for the use of cataclysm spells) in any way represented in the immortal empires map?

[west beacon]

Will confederating Legendary Lords be easier for Total War: Warhammer factions in IE than the Realms of Chaos? It's basically impossible for Miao Ying to confederate Zhao Ming, and vice versa. I believe it's also true for Boris trying to confederate his daughter and Kostaltyn. You basically need to own the entire map and even then you need to threaten them.

[verbal surge]

Hello! Are you planning to rework or improve the new siege mechanics? Not many people like the revived towers.

[neat yarrow]

Can we expect a surprise or will there be more substantial things be planned for the inevitable city as it is a huge part of Archaon and/or respectively chaos?

[vapid dock]

How does the team feel about the current climate system? Is it something that might be tweaked later down the line, considering the size of the immortal empires map and the time it will take to conquer the entire map, or do you feel like it's fine the way it is?

[prisma prism]

will we see weather changes in WH3 IE map in the campaign map and battle? like sunny in Khemri, mists in Albion, cold snow in Norsca, rain in Sylvania etc. ofcourse in battle map too.

[hasty ridge]

What's the order of the CoC teaser releases? Maybe Slaanesh, Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle? 👀

[solar ridge]

are you going to change walled settlements being harder to defend than non-walled settlements?

[sharp merlin]

Is the Blood-DLC getting an update ?
(more visual effects like burnt / plague-stricken units like in the Attila blood dlc)

[sonic willow]

Are any plans to add to vlad von carstein faction a empire, emperor mechanics to conquer the empire and giving a role on that ?

[ancient spear]

So is it true that the Tomb Kings Realm of Souls has been revamped and can proc multiple times or is that a visual glitch?

[ivory estuary]

One question please.

[strange mantle]

Is Tretch going to get tweaked for IE release?

[molten cloud]

Do you know the current plans for the Assembly Kit?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Archaon, Sigvald, and Kholek all now start on the Immortal Empires' map at turn 1, the Chaos invasion of Total War: WARHAMMER II is no more.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Yes the rifts can be modded to be added to the Immortal Empires campaign, new rift networks can be created as well.

[orchid depot]

Do you have any intentions on releasing any IE specific DLC - such as it actually wont interact with the Realms of Chaos campaign - or will all future DLC be intertwined with that map in someway?

[spiral merlin]

Are quests for unique items in IE still present (WH1/WH2 style) or is it similar to WH3 where you immediately unlock the quest battle/item as soon as you reach the respective level?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Sigvald has already reached his most perfect form! But no Legendary Lords cannot become Daemon Princes.

[runic coral]

Is there any plans to make Boris Todbringer and the Red Duke playable in the campaign in the future?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Not for the release of Immortal Empires. Though they have been brought up in discussions about improving them and personally would really like to improve them as I've been listening to their audiobooks.

[lost shore]

Will we get vampire coast dlc or they are done :?

[molten forge]

Will the legendary lords from game 3 get their own high quality portraits, like the legendary lords from game 2 have?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: We have done some investigations into respec functionality and have identified the key blockers we'd need to resolve to make this a possibility. So not any time soon but hopefully one day.

[graceful dock]

Khazrak starts near Middenland now, surely that's no coincidence. Toddy must be getting closer, right? I can feel it.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Archaon and the other Warriors and Champions won't be able to confederate, however, they will be able to vassalize each other.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Not all Dark Fortresses vassalize a Norscan faction and not all Norscan Homeland Capitals are Dark Fortresses, the majority are though. When you occupy a Norscan's Homeland Capital you will vassalize that Norscan faction, becoming their new master.

[tight peak]

What is your most anticipated race to send out as dlc and why is it fishmen?

[turbid elk]

Any chance to see wallcrawler for spiders (and other potential candidates like assassins) some day?

[remote parcel]

Unless i missed it in the blogpost/reveal where does Azazel start on the map in imm empires (Chaos realm, seems to be next to the Bastion) ?

[near echo]

What is beeing done with the Dwarfs (regular)? The change in magic resist is going to hurt them and how are they suppose to defend 2 capture points with their slow units? Is runemagic going to be buffed?

[atomic patio]

Will each of the 4 dlc lords have thier own mechanic or the only unique thing is just thier devoted chaos God and units?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Not for the release of Immortal Empires and I've not heard any plans to change them for the moment but if you do want them please keep letting us know!

[remote quartz]

Can you guys buff or help in some way the frost Phoenix from the high elf rooster?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: All garrisons have been looked at and changed to a strength level below the current Total War: WARHAMMER III garrisons but above the WARHAMMER I and WARHAMMER II garrisons.

[supple lion]

The legendary factions of Norsca can be vassalized with the black fortress? (I hope not)

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Playing co-op on the Realms of Chaos campaign with any of the champions and one of the base races will mean the Ursun storyline is disabled and instead you will have a different set of victory conditions.

You most certainly can!

[kindred loom]

Do you plan to do more unique Legendary Lord mechanics in the future (think Vision of the Old Ones for Oxyotl, or Schemes for Eshin)?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Nurgle gets access to the Marked Chaos Knights but no Daemon mount cavalry.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: All races will have access to similar buildable defenses for the release of Immortal Empires. Expanding the options is not off the table but is not a priority at the moment. We always try to add new siege and minor settlement map layouts, there are a number of new ones released with Immortal Empires.

[gaunt swan]

Is there any chance for changes in how diplomacy works? The thing I am most concerned about is confederation where now you can have standing of +300 and still being unable to confederate.

Maybe giving us option to bribe faction with HUUUGE amount of cash or anything like that? Because confederating now can be a huge pain ;/

[ivory estuary]

Alex: There have been a lot of balance passes over various areas of the game, the difficulty in confederating has been noticed and has been looked at.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: We always look to improve areas of the game that need it, it just comes down to where we can fit the work in and having a design that clearly improves upon them.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: No plans for Araby, no.

[small star]

Is there a chance to see the return of the old treasure hunts pre-Vampire Coast update? The ones where you must decide between 4 paths to take and each brings to a random result. It would be nice to see them along the current ones because it's a bit weird that in WH2 every settlement seems to be a lizardmen temple when looking for treasures.

[viral sky]

For monogods the new mortal units and lords (like Azazel) will be awaible in MP?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Each of the 4 Champions will get tweaked mechanics from their respective Daemon factions but not as powerful as the Daemon factions. Azazel benefits from Seductive Influence but cannot vassalize through it.

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Azazel's position has been updated on the Immortal Empire map, as will all the other Champions when their blogs go out. But to confirm Azazel starts in Norsca on the Immortal Empire map and outside the Red Fortress on the Chaos Realms map.

[leaden current]

Have you considered moving the port building slot to the main settlement building? I know that this has been a request among many in the Community since the first game in the Warhammer Series

[ivory estuary]

Sadly I can't pin anymore answer so from my last one, you'll have to keep an eye on them.
-shakes fist at discord-

[devout widget]

With the chaos invasion no more, how have you made sure AI Archaon and the warriors of chaos present a real threat in the IE campaign?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: They cannot, only minor Norscan factions can be vassalized through the Norscan Homelands. However, you can subjugate the factions outside the Norscan Homelands vassals.

[plush cave]

Do you guys take notes or inspiration from earlier titles in the franchise? For example, did you go back to Empire TW to see how the sea lanes feature was implemented there? Any Rome: Total War enjoyers?

[rotund badge]

Are there any plans to include unique buffs/rewards for "what if" scenarios, like possessed Snikch, or Settra defeating Surtha Ek? It seems the usual answer is to give a unique landmark building, which can feel underwhelming, particularly with Nagashizzar.

[paper sparrow]

What about Belakor tech tree?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: Yes, they will be available in multiplayer.

[hollow owl]

Will Sathorel the Ever-Watcher be made available to all players and not just those who completed the challenge to unlock him in the first game?

[solar steppe]

How does it work if you play a RoC coop campaign with one person playing souls race and another the Champions race?

[rose kraken]

Are performance/frame rate issues related to high resolution being investigated? Ultrawide performance seems to be significantly lagging behind standard resolutions.

[livid pebble]

Already answered above, the roc race is replaced with other win conditions

[worthy swift]

Don’t think he’s a legendary lord

[barren tartan]

Is 4 lords per pack going to be the new normal or is this more of a unique situation and we’ll see the 1v1 style packs return?

[fading ridge]

Do all WoC factions/lords have access to all Chaos Marks or do lords like Azazel only have access to undivided and the mark of their god?

[nimble echo]

Given the overall reaction from the community and the games current success, how long is the current road map to support warhammer 3 and by extension immortal empires?

[frosty geyser]

Any new Wood Elves content?

[trail sinew]

Will you reconsider your stance on WoC confederation? I feel like playing as Archaon you should be able to build up a super faction of Warriors whilst vassalizing other relevant factions.

[upbeat thorn]

How effective will the vassals be regarding the Chaos DLC? Will they be able to effectively field armies and take territories on their own without player help?

[modest magnet]

Is there any reason for monogod factions to be separated from WoC? Its all Chaos and would be lot cleaner to have it under one roof, with varied mechanics for specific LLs.

[tulip jungle]

Can you set those different victory conditions on singleplayer playing as n'kari for example?

[vague bobcat]

What are the chances of minor races like the Gnomes happening, if at all?

[molten anvil]

Are there any plans to expand Domination multiplayer to support more than 1v1 and 2v2? 4v4, FFA etc would be amazing.

Will norscan faction’s name be updated to reflect the expanded scope to all of the northern tribes (kurgan, hung)?

[ivory estuary]

Alex: The Warriors have become really effective at encouraging their Norscan vassals to take over the settlements they have razed.

RIGHT! Thank you everyone for all your amazing questions! We're going to wrap up I'm afraid but we will be back next week for another RPI!
All answers are in the pinned section (some extra which I couldn't pin, thanks Discord)
I'll keep this up till tomorrow morning so people can go through the answers 🙂

[hot plover]

Thank you very much, Yuey and Alex!

[molten anvil]

Thanks a lot guys, see you soon ! ❤️

[copper venture]

One literally a minute too late

[ivory zenith]

Any plans on updating norsca since choas gods are now a thing? I know in wh2 there is a alligience mechanic that involves gifts if you please a specfic thing/god

[fresh tendon]

The Q&A ended already, but this answer was given to a similar question: #999662267983466546 message

[errant fractal]

I would love to see the chaos lands in immortal empires. As starting positions for the main lords or so

[arctic timber]

Will we see more "unique" or "Sudo" legendary lords (Allistar the white lion, tomb king tech tree lords, green skin tech tree lords etc.) or at least legendary heroes for various factions, now that most of the official characters have been fully spread out on their own devices? Ya know lords that aren't justified new mechanics but still make the cut potentially for unique bonuses and skill tree?

[daring terrace]

https://www.reddit.com/r/totalwar/comments/w4k6sy/would_you_like_the_chaos_realms_to_be_part_of_the

[golden plume]

History news?

[obsidian jasper]

I have a question. With the new DLC format of having 4 LLs in a pack, will there be a possibility to apply this to rival packs? As in the usual lord vs lord packs, but in this case each side having two LLs? This would work well with the likes of the Dwarfs who still have...A LOT of stuff in lore and other Warhammer media. Like their crazier engineer stuff, runic units, the rest of the Slayer Cult...also hoping for something like a Witch Hunter of Gazul that wields a runic sword like his patron Ancestor God.
Edit: AND YES. Gazul's weapon of choice is a runic sword.

[ruby viper]

Will we have DLSS/FSR? Could you possibly add more cool animations to asur and asrai dragons? …….Also I have this idea of fire breath in an arc on the ground, maybe you could do that? …………………………………………………….Or wind thingy like the griffin in Troy….I would love dragons to be stronger and harder to get. To feel more lorefull. Not like half baked lizards 🦎 …………………………………….
Also would be great to get more cool animations and mechanics for teclis (and more asur mages animations too) any plans? Thanksssssss…..hope I get an answer my third week asking!! 😅

[rapid pike]

you might get better luck if you actually ask during the event. it ended over 7 hours before you asked.

[silk basin]

Will there a chance to remove the out of control imbalanced Bamboo Arcade Towers from all Siege Maps? Its killing the point that a magical tower made out of no where kills my Lords and Monsters out of the sky before I can get to any capture-point. They should not be able to be constucted during the battle/siege itself.
Second - Now that you have answered that the Warriors of Chaos can't Confederate with each other, is it possible that you'll change that? So we can have the REAL Everchosen experience of mastering all Lords? (Same thing can be said with Old/Future content, like Settra and Nagash.)
Wouldn't it be a great idea to have an event of which you get the option to recruit defeated Legendary Lords? Or as Archaon beat them in battle and earn them as his Slaves of Darkness?