Head here for the full patch notes from Creative Assembly, and take a look in particular at the before and after shots of the world and battle maps – looks like the game is about to get a lot prettier, with MSAA anti-aliasing and improved shadows and reflections. You also get more household ancillaries and character traits. There are 24 potential ‘Intrigues’ – special character interactions – in the game, of which each character has access to a certain number depending on their roles or stats (generals have different Intrigues than politicians, for instance).Įlsewhere in the Ancestral Update, agent skills have been “completely reworked, rebalanced, and are now culture-specific.” Agents have more actions, some with significant new effects, and generals’ skills are also now culture-specific. Their name means helpers, and they assisted the Roman legionary troops by providing extra manpower.

There’s another panel on the left for Important Characters who are members of other parties – and thus may turn hostile. Auxiliary soldiers were recruited from non-Roman tribes. Your family is given in the central panel, while characters who are members of your party, but not your family,are listed in the ‘Other Nobles’ panel on the right. Rome II’s family tree looks pretty intuitive for anyone who’s played a historical Total War before. Requires Roman Auxiliary Barracks and Marian or Imperial Reforms for most units. Area of Recruitment for All Factions Some units are not available until that faction type has reached their Worldwide reforms.

Its omission in Rome II has been a steadily rumbling source of frustration for players, since it exists in almost every other historical Total War game, and since political intrigue is such a hallmark of the Roman period. In pre-Marian reforms, Rome’s auxiliary barracks will recruit Italian allied troops.

The Family Tree is a visual representation of the character relationships within your faction, and an interface through which you can mess about with those characters for your own ends.

Rome 2 auxiliary units