Is it worth to buy TWW 2 now, or wait for TWW 3? Also some questions about TWW2 now

[ripcurll]

Well I have always wanted to start playing, specially multiplayer and I wonder what the experience is like now.

1. If I buy just the base game can I still play multiplayer vs someone with DLCs?

2. How does multiplayer work? I got a bit disappointed with TW3K because I couldn;t find people to play against... is it the same here? Can I just press play and find opponents in a reasonable time?

3. Do I need TWW1 + TWW2 to have all the content? And same goes for when game 3 releases, having TWW2 makes any kind of difference or would I just abandon the previous and have to purchase the new one which would include all content?

Sorry if some questions are obvious or answered elsewhere but I felt it would be a good idea to get the opinion of multiple people here.

[Dr_Kira]

1. You can play against anyone who owns anything.

2. No clue i only play coop or versus campaigns sorry.

3. See the games as Races packs, if you liked races of game 1 it's worth picking it up on sale to play them on the combined map of game 2. Same for game 2 when game 3 is out, but game 3 is not even teased in trailer yet so its still 6 months+ away (at least) Game 2 is quite worth it if the game interest you NOW.


*Edit* I personally don't think it's worth picking it up if all you wanna do is PVP battles with no campaign tho but that's just my opinion.

[dyne2alex]

1. yes, pretty much everything is available for multi
2. multi community is more active in warhammer because the series has the best combat total war has to offer atm
3. Having all 3 gives you access to 13ish factions, the whole mortal empires combined map of all 3 regions and such. Personally I'd recommend getting each base game at the very least because of this. You can always delay getting game 3 though till it's pretty cheap on a sale.

But yea, get warhammer 2 and warhammer 1 imo, along with any dlc for races you might enjoy. All the races and their updates will be in the game for you to fight, so you still get the content. You just pay for the dlc if you also want to play as them

[Garatgh Deloi]

1. Yes.

2. No idea, i don't play multiplayer.

3. Depends on what you mean. If you only own game 2 you get the vortex campaign, all the units from game 2 DLC and stuff is present in said campaign, you can just not utilize them yourself without the DLC. If you own game 1 and 2 you get access to the mortal empires campaign combining the maps from game 1 and 2 into a mega campaign, all the DLC and stuff (from both games) will be present as enemies but once again you can't utilize it yourself without owning the DLC. If you want to be able to utilize everything you need game 1 and all its DLC and game 2 and all its DLC.

I should also mention that they have stated that they are planning to make a mega campaign for game 3 as well that will likely require game 1 and 2.

[Ysthrall]

Most questions have been answered above, but to clarify a few points:

The content in game 1 funnels into game 2. The content in both is expected to funnel into game 3. So having them all is worthwhile.

All content is in game, the DLCs unlock it for player use. So if you don't want to play AS the Wood Elves, for example, there won't be a big empty space on the map: the AI will be running them just fine.

[Psycho DogeLoaf]

since other people have already gone over 1,3. ill go over two, from what i can tell the way multiplayer works, is that you join a lobby and pick your units, and wait till the lobby fills up, and for them to pick their units. there is a quick battle button, which will most likely work in the instant way your looking for, but i personally have not used it.

[Andrewbh2003]

most of the real multiplayer peeps either play dedicated tournaments "yes there are casual tournaments as well all skill levels are welcome" or they play QB "quick battles" now QB are the wild west of warhammer you encounter any level of skill and just about any army pretty much so your experience will vary a lot

3K MP is dead cause CA did not bother with it at all and most of the heroes are straight up broken OP so it died WH2 is very different it has the largest multiplayer community of any total war game "maybe rome 2 can compete? not too sure on that one" but either way its very active with many thousands of members in the community of all skill levels

with that in mind its worth playing if your willing to learn and as for how it actually works pretty straightforward

go in to quick battles from the main menu enter a lobby build your army "or load a preset" using the alocated funds "In this case 12400" and stay within the unit caps "even with CAs unit caps you can still do quite some cheesy stuff if you want" and go in to a battle may the best man win and after the battle rince-repeat

oh also in the case of QB specifically theres a leaderbord so have fun with that

[dollars202]

Your best bet is the buy TWW1 and TWW2 while they are on sale so you can get mortal empires map, all other maps are small and puny besides it. Playing the base races from those two maps will give you several hundred hours of fun, buy some DLC when you see a faction race or faction you want to play, buy them all on sale so it'll be like 75% or 66% off(i got both 75% off) buy DLC when it's 50% off and this game will still be really expensive, but it's less of a nightmare with sales.

[Lady MacBeth]

Didn't we just have this thread?

Yep thought we did: https://steamcommunity.com/app/594570/discussions/0/2999925876005548973/#c2999925876005725458

I'll just give my same answer then.

Buy.
All.
The.
Things.

[Phalange]

it's best to buy now, TTW franchise takes years to get 75% off discount so now is the right time. I have never thouched the mutliplayer yet on TTW2 the campaigns are too good, although I almost only played multiplayer on the first one.

[ripcurll]

Thanks for the answer :) Good to know the multiplayer is active, and how the game works like race packs and I don't need ALL of them to be able to play.