To complement this, the High Elves and Lizardmen now join the other notionally ‘good’ or ‘orderly’ factions (ie Empire, Dwarfs and Bretonnia) in gaining the Shield of Civilisation trait when the main Chaos invasion occurs. This should make for a more varied invasion, as the player’s faction will not be alone in warring with Chaos, and further supports the sandbox design of Mortal Empires. And while the player may well start at war with Chaos, they will no longer be targeted by all Chaos armies which appear. In addition, invasion waves now begin at war with a whole range of factions, barring Chaos and Beastmen. As a result, Chaos invasions are more likely to happen later than before, in-keeping with the scale of the campaign. Invasion waves trigger when the player’s empire reaches a certain scale the threshold for this has been revised for all invasion waves. We’ve changed the manner in which Chaos now invades the world. If you’re in this category, we highly recommend commencing a new campaign to feel the full benefits of the Chaos Invasion severity reduction. Please note: If you didn’t opt into the beta version of this hotfix, and have campaign saves in which the Chaos Invasion has already commenced in earnest, the hotfix will not reduce the Chaos presence in those game or modify which factions they’re at war with.

A handful of other fixes and changes are also included please see below for full details. This hotfix chiefly addresses the severity and nature of the Chaos Invasion mechanic in the Mortal Empires campaign for WARHAMMER II. The Mortal Empires hotfix comes out of beta today and will now be integrated into the full retail version of the game via Steam auto-update.

Total War: WARHAMMER II – Mortal Empires Hotfix

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