Following final yr’s costly Shadows of Change DLC, the Complete Warfare: Warhammer 3 group’s Public Order rating dropped till it was just a few turns away from outright rise up. Redditors and YouTubers folded in a bunch of perennial complaints about bugs and replace cadence and communication and the way they need one particular form of beastmen to have beaks, kicking up a stink till Artistic Meeting promised to provide gamers higher worth for cash. Now, the studio has began to element how that may occur with a weblog submit outlining a few of the adjustments to Shadows of Change in replace 4.2.
“I am going to reduce straight to it,” writes recreation director Richard Aldridge, “we did not provide you with sufficient new characters and models to play with on the authentic launch of Shadows of Change.” After the replace, it will have two extra Legendary Heroes, two extra generic heroes, two extra lords, six extra models, and a brand new lore of magic—the Lore of the Hag. There can even be an additional “FreeLC” out there to everybody, including a brand new mount for Ice Queen Katarin—the Ice Court docket Sled.
The largest addition, by way of in-game stature, is a Legendary Hero referred to as Saytang the Watcher. The Sentinel of the Heavens is a big terracotta assemble with a siege bow and wings that permit him leap across the battlefield. Different additions embody a Gate Grasp hero and two flying monsters who can double as mounts: Celestial Lions, which could be ridden by Celestial Generals, and Nice Moon Birds, which could be ridden by Astromancers.
That is a major injection of huge monsters for Cathay. “Earlier than I finish immediately,” Aldridge writes, “I needed to cowl an omission that you will have been hoping for in Grand Cathay’s roster replace; an Elite Core Infantry unit. There’s a superb motive for this and belief me we aren’t monkeying about.” That reads to me like a nod towards a future DLC including the Monkey King to Cathay, and a reference to a “Hotpot” elsewhere within the weblog is presumably hinting at Warhammer’s traditional Halfling Scorching Pot likewise being on the way in which, presumably as a mercenary unit.
“It is essential to all of us right here that we get Patch 4.2 best for you,” Aldridge finishes, “so we cannot rush it out earlier than it’s prepared.” In the meanwhile it is loosely scheduled for a mid-February launch, although a affirmation of the date will come subsequent week in a submit that additionally particulars the models being added to Tzeentch’s roster.