These four will each have their own factions, unique start positions, quests-chains, epic gear, benefits and playstyle.

'.the biggest change we'll be making with the first large DLC for Warhammer II is to swap out the mini campaign for two more additional Legendary Lords, for a total of 4 playable Lords in the pack. When the game's actually out, there will be free DLC as well as paid content, but it'll focus on beefy new rosters rather than mini campaigns, as we saw for Warhammer 1. 'Don't forget that this Race will be added to the game as AI-controlled opposition and there's free-LC alongside this release, so expect the Old World to be pretty refreshed even if you don't get the new DLC.' And the new race will, like Chaos, exist as an AI-controlled faction whether you pay for them or not. The bonus race will most probably slot into the game alongside the others, with a similar end-goal, rather than being differentiated to the extent the Chaos Warriors were in the first game. In Warhammer 1, the Chaos incursion was the central event driving the action, whereas Warhammer 2 focuses on a magical Vortex, which punctuates the campaign in unique ways for each faction. That probably means we can expect a faction that isn't essential to the core narrative of the game. All of which is designed to increase the replayability and distinctiveness of the new Race. So, legendary lords with unique start positions/factions, lots of new units, plus unique, flavourful and strongly differentiated Race mechanics.

The early-adopter Race Pack that we'll reveal this week will be more along the lines of the content in Bretonnia than Chaos Warriors. 'What we've done is take on board the criticism of our earlier DLCs, and Chaos Warriors in particular. The exact nature of the pre-order content hasn't been revealed yet but Bartholomew says it'll be more like the Bretonnia release than the Chaos Warriors. He also says that there are 'more historical releases planned in the next twelve months than fantasy'. Acknowledging the negative response that the Chaos Warriors DLC stirred up in some quarters, Bartholomew goes into detail about the reasoning behind 'Early Adopter Bonuses', both in terms of delivery and content. Brand director Rob Bartholomew has written a blog post explaining all (except what the actual preorder bonus will be, natch). In response to fan feedback and to avoid some of the criticism that the Chaos Warriors stirred up, Creative Assembly have outlined some changes to their pre- and post-release plans for Total War: Warhammer 2.

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