Empire Divided and the Power & Politics Update FAQ + Patch Notes
Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided
Q) What is Total War: ROME II –
Empire Divided
A) Total War: ROME II –
Empire Divided is a campaign pack DLC that focusses on the crisis of the 3rdThe year is 270 AD. A string of inept emperors and usurpers vying for power has led the Roman Empire into near-total economic collapse. This is its gravest crisis yet.
Eager to capitalise on Rome’s instability, barbarian tribes gather like a storm on the borders, to plunder the riches of civilisation.
To the east, the Sassanids set out on a grand conquest that culminates with an assault against Roman lands. They are held back only by a staunch defence led by Palmyra. Queen Zenobia holds fast – but for how long?
The once-glorious legions are forced to assume a defensive posture as their strength wanes; time is not on Rome’s side. However, there is yet hope. Aurelian stands ready to take the reins in Rome, though the task he faces seems insurmountable…
Will you unite an Empire Divided, and return Rome to its former glory? Or will you become the arbiter of its final downfall?
Q) What new content comes with Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided?
A) Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided brings a brand new grand-scale Campaign Pack to Total War: ROME II with brand new campaign features such as cults, banditry and plagues. Ten different playable factions across five cultures including new heroic factions with elaborate victory conditions, custom event chains and famous leaders from the era. New period specific events, dilemmas, missions, restructured technologies and unique new buildings.
Q) In descriptions of Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided, some factions are classed as ‘heroic’. What does that mean?
A) Heroic factions in Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided will have different win conditions and specific event-chains that explore the stories of those leaders from history. These narrative focussed campaigns will also have specific tech trees built around those characters and you will also be able to recruit specific units for them as well. On top of all of this, these characters will not die in battle and will only be reduced to the wounded state. These create rich, narratively focussed campaigns to build your empires around.
Q) When will Total War: Rome II – Empire Divided release?
A) Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided will be available on Thursday 30th November; and you can pre-order now here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/694880
Q) It’s been four years since Total War: ROME II was released. Why release content now?
A) We want to support our historical fans with some content for what is arguably our most popular historical title to date with hundreds of thousands of players still actively playing every month. Not only is Total War: ROME II worth expanding with incredibly interesting periods we’ve not yet covered, like the crisis of the 3rd century, it’s also a perfect opportunity for us to go back and address some of the areas we felt we could still improve, like we have with the Power and Politics update.
The Power & Politics Update
Q) What is the
Power & Politics Update?
A) The
Power & Politics Update is a large piece of Free-LC content that completely overhauls the politics system and adds a variety of new political actions for your campaign to give a far greater meaning to how you deal with other politics parties and government types. Your party can gain influence and political support by completing missions and winning victories on the battle field. The re-worked political system will allow the player to exercise direct impact on the campaign gameplay through their political actions.
Q) Will the
Power & Politics Update apply to DLC?
A) Yes, the
Power & Politics update will apply to the base game of Total War: ROME II, and all DLC except for Caesar in Gaul as that DLC has its own political system as part of that content.
Q) Why are you doing a public beta of the
Power & Politics Update?
A) As this update applies to the base game of Total War: ROME II and the vast majority of our DLC, we thought it was important to broaden our testing just in case we discover any big issues with certain iterations of hardware. That way we can aim to address any issues before the patch goes fully live on the 30th along with the Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided content.
Q) When will the
Power & Politics update release?
A) The
Power & Politics update will be available to play in public beta today. The full release will be on Thursday 30th November alongside Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided.
Q) I’m a modder, will the
Power & Politics update break all my mods?
A) Yes… yes it probably will. But fear not. If you’d rather not break your current save game and give the mod creators a chance to upgrade, then you can opt into the PATCH_17 beta that is the old version of the game without the
Power & Politics. More details are available below.
Q) Is the
Power & Politics update available in all languages?
A) Yes for all supported Total War: ROME II languages on full release, but the
Power & Politics beta will only be in English for the 1st We expect localised versions will be available after the first week or so of the public beta starting.
Q) How do I opt into the
Power & Politics Update beta?
A) The instructions on how to opt in will be below the FAQ.
What about Mac Users?
Q) If you have Total War: ROME II on Mac, will you be able to purchase Total War: ROME II –
Empire Divided?
A) Unfortunately not at this time; owners of Total War: ROME II on Mac will not be able to purchase Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided.
Q) Can I download the
Power & Politics update if I have purchased Total War: Rome II on Mac?
A) No, the Po
wer & Politics update is linked with the release of Total War: ROME II –
Empire Divided and will not be available for Mac App Store, or via steam copies for Total War: ROME II
Q) Will you bring Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided or the
Power & Politics update to Mac in the future?
A) Unfortunately we have no plans to bring new Total War: ROME II content to Mac for the time being.
Q) Is there anything I need to do as a Mac user to keep my game working?
Your game will work as normal after Total War: ROME II –
Empire Divided releases, however due to the way the Mac version works, it will require most of the data to be re-downloaded as we are de-linking the two platforms. If you have Total War: ROME II currently installed, you can avoid this by opting into the PATCH_17 beta which will keep your game as it currently is. For anyone re-downloading the game, or purchasing for the first time there will be no noticeable difference and you will just download the game as normal.