Choosing Faction | Campaign Map Gameplay Total War: Warhammer II Guide

Before you begin a campaign, you will have to choose a race and its faction that you will be playing, as well as the Legendary Lord that will be leading your nation. The races differ mainly with units and some mechanics, and the Lords - with different abilities and effects they have on the entire faction.

• Good factions for beginners
• Difficulty level and gameplay options

Good factions for beginners

You begin the game with choosing a faction.

The optimal faction for the beginners seems to be Lotharen, led by the Tyrion of the High Elves. The High Elves have a great army consisting of archers with great range (and also having hybrid units available - they can handle themselves in melee combat as well), very good warriors such as Hoeth Swordmasters, and supported by ancient dragons. Additionally, the High Elves can easily influence the relations between other factions, which facilitates establishing alliances.

Tyrion himself is an awe-inspiring warrior and his effects, reducing the maintenance cost of basic units and the time needed to recruit new armies, can make things a whole lot easier for an inexperienced player. Additionally, his starting position in Lotharen on the Ulthuan Island means that he has few enemies at the initial stages of the game, since his lands are surrounded mostly by High Elves.

Difficulty level and gameplay options

The difficulty level determines a few different elements of the gameplay, such as how aggressive the other factions are or how likely the population is to rebel. Consider these details when choosing the difficulty. The Legendary difficulty also prevents you from making manual save games and turns off the active pause during battles.

Apart from changing the level of difficulty, you can also customize a few other things. If you click the icon in the corner, next to the difficulty selection, you will be able to do just that. The things that you can change include:

1. Tutorial advice - you can turn on an advisor, who will explain and suggest different solutions during the game.
2. Cloud autosave - Warhammer II saves the game only on your local drive by default, so you might want to turn this one on if you're planning to play on a few computers.
3. Auto save-game - useful for forgetful players. This automatically saves the game for you in intervals. The game, however, saves the game at the end of each turn regardless.
4. Realistic mode (this option is automatically enabled on Legendary difficulty level) - during battles, camera controls are restricted to the area of sight of your units; there's also no minimap, and you cannot issue orders during pause.
5. Battle duration - you might want to set this parameter to 60min. If you ever need to just wait the opponent out, you're always able to speed the game up during battles.