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Apollyon Mar 28 @ 10:50am

New dev chat dropped - info on Dechala, new Slaanesh units and mechanics

I was not expecting them to reveal stuff today, but I'll certainly take it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avVyfLV6YXI

Dechala looks sick, she's definitely gonna renew my interest in the game and finally do Slaanesh justice. Particularly interested in seeing the complete roster she's bringing, but the new Lord option and the Pleasureseekers are looking good so far. Really hope Druchii Annointed and Dedicated of Slaanesh make it in as mortal damage dealer units, Slaanesh really needs some of those.

Also glad to hear Dechala will be more forceful in her vassalization of factions compared to N'Kari, as I couldn't be bothered playing nice to get factions to submit with him. Hopefully they reveal the other two races that are coming in the Slaanesh DLC soon as well, I need to know if I'll be buying the whole pack or not.

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I LIVE AGAIN has Total War: WARHAMMER III

Mar 28 @ 12:05pm

well for me it's a different story, I did not like the look of anything they have shown for slaanesh so far, looks too safe from both nsfw and art design point of view, looking at what arbaal was I don't think FLC lord will be any different.

Apollyon Mar 28 @ 12:16pm

Originally posted by I LIVE AGAIN:
well for me it's a different story, I did not like the look of anything they have shown for slaanesh so far, looks too safe from both nsfw and art design point of view, looking at what arbaal was I don't think FLC lord will be any different.

Pretty sure they can't show full-on nudity or they get slapped with mature 17+ ESRB rating. Personally, I could not care less about the slight nsfw censorship, since the units are revealing enough as it is and CA can somehow maintain their Teen ESRB rating.

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Amphibian Artillery has Total War: WARHAMMER III

Mar 28 @ 12:25pm

Originally posted by I LIVE AGAIN:
well for me it's a different story, I did not like the look of anything they have shown for slaanesh so far, looks too safe from both nsfw and art design point of view, looking at what arbaal was I don't think FLC lord will be any different.

Dechala has always been depicted in full armor. They’ve made her better than her OG model at least that thing was ugly

Apollyon Mar 28 @ 12:29pm

Originally posted by Amphibian Artillery:
Dechala has always been depicted in full armor. They’ve made her better than her OG model at least that thing was ugly

Which also gives me hope that Neferata and Nagash will be rocking their End Times/AoS models and not those ugly OG models that make them look ridiculous lol.

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I LIVE AGAIN has Total War: WARHAMMER III

Mar 28 @ 12:30pm

Originally posted by The Serpent:
Originally posted by I LIVE AGAIN:
well for me it's a different story, I did not like the look of anything they have shown for slaanesh so far, looks too safe from both nsfw and art design point of view, looking at what arbaal was I don't think FLC lord will be any different.
Pretty sure they can't show full-on nudity or they get slapped with mature 17+ ESRB rating. Personally, I could not care less about the slight nsfw censorship, since the units are revealing enough as it is and CA can somehow maintain their Teen ESRB rating.

they did some serious gore for the last DLC which already made it 17+, but DLC only.

Originally posted by Amphibian Artillery:
Originally posted by I LIVE AGAIN:
well for me it's a different story, I did not like the look of anything they have shown for slaanesh so far, looks too safe from both nsfw and art design point of view, looking at what arbaal was I don't think FLC lord will be any different.

Dechala has always been depicted in full armor. They’ve made her better than her OG model at least that thing was ugly

armor isn't the issue she just lacks any spark that lord usually brings visually so far she looks what a female-snake lord would look like, but not a legendary character in any case.

Da_Higg

Mar 28 @ 1:00pm

Originally posted by I LIVE AGAIN:
armor isn't the issue she just lacks any spark that lord usually brings visually so far she looks what a female-snake lord would look like, but not a legendary character in any case.

Hopefully when her model will have more spark when its animated, the current art is a
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Apollyon Mar 28 @ 1:16pm

Originally posted by I LIVE AGAIN:
Originally posted by The Serpent:
Pretty sure they can't show full-on nudity or they get slapped with mature 17+ ESRB rating. Personally, I could not care less about the slight nsfw censorship, since the units are revealing enough as it is and CA can somehow maintain their Teen ESRB rating.
they did some serious gore for the last DLC which already made it 17+, but DLC only.

Originally posted by Amphibian Artillery:

Dechala has always been depicted in full armor. They’ve made her better than her OG model at least that thing was ugly
armor isn't the issue she just lacks any spark that lord usually brings visually so far she looks what a female-snake lord would look like, but not a legendary character in any case.

Dunno what to tell you, her model looks way better to me than the Tamurkhan and Skullcringer ones. She looks phenomenal and I'm sure she'll look even better when she's animated in-game.

I LIVE AGAIN has Total War: WARHAMMER III

Mar 28 @ 1:20pm

Originally posted by The Serpent:
Originally posted by I LIVE AGAIN:
they did some serious gore for the last DLC which already made it 17+, but DLC only.

armor isn't the issue she just lacks any spark that lord usually brings visually so far she looks what a female-snake lord would look like, but not a legendary character in any case.
Dunno what to tell you, her model looks way better to me than the Tamurkhan and Skullcringer ones. She looks phenomenal and I'm sure she'll look even better when she's animated in-game.

there is nothing to tell, it's a matter of taste. Like as for now I prefer DE Medusa model over Dechala and I don't find that model perfect to begin with.

Apollyon Mar 28 @ 1:24pm

Originally posted by I LIVE AGAIN:
Originally posted by The Serpent:
Dunno what to tell you, her model looks way better to me than the Tamurkhan and Skullcringer ones. She looks phenomenal and I'm sure she'll look even better when she's animated in-game.
there is nothing to tell, it's a matter of taste. Like as for now I prefer DE Medusa model over Dechala and I don't find that model perfect to begin with.

Hard disagree, the Bloodwrack Medusa model doesn't come anywhere close to Dechala's model. Any good faith comparison between the two would obviously conclude that Dechala's model is vastly superior. The Medusa model looks like a children's toy, Dechala looks genuinely terrifying.

Amphibian Artillery has Total War: WARHAMMER III

Mar 28 @ 1:25pm

Yeah I see what you mean I wish they highlighted her high elf features more with the model. Currently she just looks like a daemon with pointy ears but in lore she’s the greatest high elf champion of slaanesh. Would have been cooler if she had a more elegant face with a monstrous body

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Apollyon Mar 28 @ 1:37pm

Originally posted by Amphibian Artillery:
Yeah I see what you mean I wish they highlighted her high elf features more with the model. Currently she just looks like a daemon with pointy ears but in lore she’s the greatest high elf champion of slaanesh. Would have been cooler if she had a more elegant face with a monstrous body

She hasn't been a High Elf ever since she became mutated by Slaanesh. She looks appropriately like a Dark Elf (cause Nagarythe Elves were basically the Dark Elves before the Sundering) - Slaaneshi demoness mix and I really appreciate that they didn't make her just a basic pretty female with lukewarm beastly features like the Bloodwrack Medusa. They really accentuated her monstrous features with the wide mouth, snake fangs and the glowing yellow eyes, which sets her apart from the mediocre model of the Medusa.

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Amphibian Artillery has Total War: WARHAMMER III

Mar 28 @ 1:47pm

I believe in the End Times novels she was described as having the upper body of a beautiful high elf princess but her lower half was a monstrous serpent. However her only official art work and model didn't depict her as a beautiful high elf princess, but more daemonic. I guess that's what CA is basing her on so it still works in the end.

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Apollyon Mar 28 @ 1:56pm

Originally posted by Amphibian Artillery:
I believe in the End Times novels she was described as having the upper body of a beautiful high elf princess but her lower half was a monstrous serpent. However her only official art work and model didn't depict her as a beautiful high elf princess, but more daemonic. I guess that's what CA is basing her on so it still works in the end.

A design that adhered to what you're describing would essentially be a Medusa 2.0, since that's exactly what the Medusa's model looks like in the game. I don't think that would have made her all that appealing as a faction leader and the highlight of the DLC pack.

I think it was smart of CA to not go with that kind of design for Dechala and instead focus on accentuating her monstrous and mutated features. She is supposed to be an immensely cruel and depraved creature who leads a warband called "The Tormentors", giving her a cutesy upper body design would have severely lessened the fear factor she exudes currently.

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