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Rasselon Sep 20, 2021 @ 5:40pm

Co-op - do both players must own DLCs?

I'm going to buy this game on the next sale, with the first one and all of the DLCs, but to play with a friend, is it enough to force him to buy gift him the base second game, or does he need to own all of the DLCs too for us to play together with any races and expansions?

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Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

As I said: no, DLCs aren't shared, he only has access to what he has bought.

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NixAhmose

Sep 20, 2021 @ 5:56pm

Nope. The only thing both players need to own if they want to play together is mortal empires. Besides that, as you own a regular dlc you should be able to play it even if your friend doesn't own it.

Rasselon Sep 21, 2021 @ 3:26am

Originally posted by NixAhmose:
Nope. The only thing both players need to own if they want to play together is mortal empires. Besides that, as you own a regular dlc you should be able to play it even if your friend doesn't own it.

Thank you!

Emilia Tempest has Total War: WARHAMMER II

Sep 21, 2021 @ 3:40am

You can play together on the vortex map too. But in vanilla you can only do races that have the same goal, so only lizardman+lizardman or skaven+skaven.
there are mods to lift said restrictions though (simply type in "vortex" into the searchbar when you are in the workshop on steam for this game).

And, before you get disappointed, Mortal Empires is not an free DLC. You need Warhammer Total War 1 in order to download the DLC. But the DLC itself is free, it was made that way so people who already owned the first game dont have to pay for the same thing again.

Elitewrecker PT has Total War: WARHAMMER II

Sep 21, 2021 @ 4:40am

It'll depend on what you want to do.
The DLCs aren't shared, so if someone only has the base games, they can only play the base content and other free DLCs.
In Mortal Empires (the combined map unlocked by having both games) you can play with any combination of factions. But in Vortex (the base WH2 campaign) what is able to be played together is more limited.

Last edited by Elitewrecker PT; Sep 21, 2021 @ 4:41am

Rasselon Sep 22, 2021 @ 4:37am

Originally posted by Emilia Tempest:
You can play together on the vortex map too. But in vanilla you can only do races that have the same goal, so only lizardman+lizardman or skaven+skaven.
there are mods to lift said restrictions though (simply type in "vortex" into the searchbar when you are in the workshop on steam for this game).

And, before you get disappointed, Mortal Empires is not an free DLC. You need Warhammer Total War 1 in order to download the DLC. But the DLC itself is free, it was made that way so people who already owned the first game dont have to pay for the same thing again.

Thanks a lot!

Rasselon Sep 22, 2021 @ 4:39am

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:
It'll depend on what you want to do.
The DLCs aren't shared, so if someone only has the base games, they can only play the base content and other free DLCs.
In Mortal Empires (the combined map unlocked by having both games) you can play with any combination of factions. But in Vortex (the base WH2 campaign) what is able to be played together is more limited.

Yeah, that it what I want to know. Nevermind Vortex, in ME if I for example have all of the games and DLCs, but my friend owns only two base games, if I host, will he be able to play DLC factions and have other DLC related bonuses?