00:00Hello and welcome to episode number 21 of Rally Point.
00:02Welcome, it's been a busy time for us and this episode is full with information so tell us what we
00:08got there.
00:08Well, we'll be looking at the next big thing in Total War Rome 2.
00:12And it's actually so much that we asked Jack Lusted to help us out and give you some information about
00:16it.
00:17And we'll be telling you how you can get involved with the beta.
00:19Yeah, but before we do that we're going to give you a recap of all the things that we've been
00:23up to since the last episode of Rally Point.
00:25Clue, spoiler, it's a lot.
00:26It's a lot.
00:30It has been a busy time since the last episode of Rally Point.
00:33Absolutely busy.
00:33Yeah, we had a big patch coming out that brought loads of improvements especially to the Siege AI, to the
00:39Battle AI.
00:40So if you haven't tried from 2 in a while then check that out.
00:43Pop back in there, play a Siege battle, a lot of fun.
00:45We had James join aka CA Dogbert aka CA Hoodie and he's been handing it to a few of you
00:50guys on stream so...
00:51Yeah, we've been doing a lot of streams lately actually on Twitch.
00:55So you can meet all of the community team on there.
00:59And we had the free roster update to the Swaybe faction.
01:02Yes, the Swaybe got a nice overhaul so if you haven't played with them for a while, jump back in,
01:06play a bit multiplayer, have a look at some of the units they've got.
01:08Yeah, they've been buffed quite a lot.
01:09And finally we had the Daughters of Mars DLC with some kick ass ladies.
01:15Some kick ass ladies handing it to guys on the battlefield.
01:17But Matt, the next really big thing we're doing for Total War Rome 2 is this.
01:23And that is the Total War Rome 2 Emperor Edition.
01:26And it comes with a heck of a lot including all of the FLC that we've made and released since
01:31launch and also all of the updates since launch as well.
01:35So everything we've been working on for the last year basically.
01:37Yeah, and you can have it as a PC version or as a Mac version.
01:40We've revamped the way that building chains work as well.
01:42Also we have a lot of balancing changes to the campaign, to land battles and to naval battles.
01:47But the really big new bit of content is the single player campaign that we're throwing in there.
01:52The Imperator Augustus campaign which throws you right into the Triumvirate Wars.
01:56Yeah, between Octavian and Marc Antony mainly but other factions as well.
02:00And it's basically the fight over who becomes the ruler of the Romans.
02:04The one Roman to lead them all.
02:05Yeah.
02:05Last but by no means least, politics and civil wars.
02:09The way that they work is changing in the game.
02:11Yeah, and because it's quite a significant change we asked Jack Lustred to tell us more about it.
02:16So here we go.
02:17Take it away Jack.
02:20Politics and civil wars have been improved in Emperor Edition.
02:23And I'll start with civil wars.
02:24They're no longer unavoidable.
02:26Multiple civil wars can occur throughout a campaign.
02:28And it is your own armies, generals, regents and agents that will swap sides dividing your empire when they happen.
02:34So instead of it being once you've reached the top level of Imperium you're guaranteed a civil war regardless.
02:39It is now based on your political influence for your faction.
02:43So that if it gets too high the other families aren't going to be very happy.
02:47And there are now low, medium and high chances of a civil war occurring per term based on how much
02:52influence you've got.
02:52And you'll get warning messages about this so it's not completely out of the blue.
02:58Yes, and we have put in the tools to do this.
03:01So the political promotions you can get give gravitas.
03:04Gravitas is a big influence on how much influence you have.
03:07And also now some general skills give influence as well via gravitas.
03:13So that the best bet is to have generals from all families leading your armies so that they're all gaining
03:18gravitas so you can keep the parties in balance.
03:21But of course, being a total game we make it hard as the campaign goes on.
03:25As you expand you're now getting effects from Imperium so that it will cost more to do political actions so
03:31you have a harder time keeping things in check.
03:33And you'll also automatically gain influence per turn.
03:35And that amount will go up and up and up as your Imperium does.
03:38So that by the endgame you're going to have to do a lot of work to avoid civil wars.
03:45Well that is it for Rally Point episode 21. Thanks for joining us.
03:48Yeah, thank you.
03:49But if you still want to see our faces then why not join us on one of our streams on
03:55Twitch?
03:56Yes, we'll be playing the Emperor Edition in a lot more detail.
03:58And we'll also be streaming the Mod Awards on September 12th which Joey's been working slavishly away on.
04:04Absolutely. You can still get your votes in so get on the forums and vote away.
04:09Check it out. Don't forget to subscribe to us on YouTube and also follow us on Facebook and Twitter
04:13because then you'll see when we're going to stream stuff.
04:15Absolutely.
04:15Best way of following us and keeping you tuned.
04:17And don't forget to sign up to the beta for the Emperor Edition.
04:20Absolutely.
04:20But that's it for Rally Point episode 21.
04:22See you next time for episode 22.
04:24See ya.
04:25Goodbye.
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