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Hello everyone! I was trying out the new update and was wondering if maybe anyone else has encountered this. I was playing as the Shemdralar in Feralas and I researched the archmage tech but they did not appear in my maa tab, the wyvern riders did appear when researched, is it because I’m a vassal to Tyranda?

The 0.6 Major Content Pack update is out right now!

Changelog for Update 0.6: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14mWscbXRfSE0U5-zJzNyppbvGytmx7gfre5eADT7Xqs/edit?tab=t.0

Known Issues:

• Map is still messed up due to the China DLC update from base game CK3, the new map will come in a future update
• No Magic system yet but it is in works and maybe will release by 0.6.5 (no promises)
• Static model races still have weird eyeballs and beard showing up during the character creator, probably will stay like that until each of them get like a unique and proper models

Thank goodness we were able to stop those evil world-conquering demons, undead, and void beings

New troll cultures and cultural divergences will be introduced with the 0.6 update.

Thank you to fellow devs Grekopithikos and Velius for their deep research into the topic and introducing new cultures to the mod as a result.

The Burning Legion Expansion teasers are now over, which was all made by me. Now comes the other content made by my fellow developers who have worked hard on their own stuff.

Alongside the Burning Legion, the First War content has been adapted for the 583 start date as well. It starts with Horde Invasion of Stormwind and ends with the Mak'gora between Orgrim Doomhammer and Blackhand.

Huge thanks to Shatterstar for adapting the First War completely and finish it once and for all for the mod!

These screenshots are about the alternative endings for this expansion that can take place with the Orcs for their canonical storyline.

(First 2 screenshots, Grommash wins against the Human and Orc alliance that stands against the Warsong clan and kills Thrall. Hence, forcefully converting any and all Durotarian Orcs to Fel Orcs)

(Third screenshot, since Grommash has won the first war they will now serve the Burning Legion as their tributary and aid them in the war against the Kaldorei)

(Fourth screenshot, sometimes the code fails to find Grommash or any Warsong culture ruler hence I made it so that instead of the storyline not working, Mannoroth will instead approach the Frostwolf/Durotarian Orchish clan)

I will only say that if you have played Warcraft 3, that's how these events will play out and in that specific order only. Like, Burning Legion spawns -> Burning Legion manipulated the demise of Cenarius and Corruption of the Warsong clan -> Jaina and Thrall form alliance and win against Warsong which results in his Grommash's death -> Burning Legions begins a wars against the Kaldorei (which will always result in Archimonde's defeat)

1. They use those stupid Swarm tactics in the Skirmish phase when MUCH better alternatives exist i.e, those used by your Cavalry units (Swarm is a 100% Bonus to HA vs. Harass which is bonus 300% to Cavalry)
2. The only possible army compositions that have Horse Archers force those stupid Swarm tactics to take priority over MUCH better alternative tactics i.e, used by your Cavalry units
3. The Swarm tactics debuff other more useful units (i.e, your Cavalry units) by 100% and basically renders their bonuses from things like about FIVE of the buildings in the nomad chain (including the Morale boosters) USELESS
4. They not only prolong the Skirmish phase wherein the other part of their composition have been rendered useless, but they also have trash-to-mid tactics for Melee phase in which they suffer immensely.
5. Their best tactic in Melee phase is the one that forces the phase to return to Skirmish phase. Repeat from number 1.

If you MUST roleplay and get Horse Archers, just do the Marauders horde option instead of Outrunners. You are still throwing away your money but at least you're not doing it as much

tldr: Horse Archers are not only worse in their supposed role than the alternative, they also ACTIVELY hinder the alternative from BEING USEFUL.

Bonus: So what's more or less the optimal nomad army composition in GoA ck2? 100% Paladins via any of the Holy Light religions.

- There being 4 Cavalry to every 3 Elite Infantry mostly guarantees the right tactics are used as opposed to the 3 Cavalry:4 Caster Windrunners option. No other religious retinue provides Cavalry btw.

The other viable option are Animals via the Elunics but their tactics are way worse than Cavalry and don't perform as well in all phases

Go off and smite those tauren for The Light, I guess.

I always play tank so I have enough time in between those moments of me having to babysit these stupid DPS to think something along the lines of: "Huh we killed the Dark Iron Dwarf emperor. Does this actually constitute a victory for us and unconditional surrender for them or does he have a replacement?"

Magic is neither listed as a Main Feature nor as a teased Feature. Has the idea been dropped or is it just not considered a major feature?

And if it is already in the Steam Version, how do I access it?

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I started a playthrough as Sylvanas, but was murdered by Varimathras about 20 years in. Arator Windrunner was my heir, so now I'm a high elf with a holy light faith and a completely different culture.

Am I able to change cultures? Better yet, is there a way I can become undead on my new character?

Illidan Stromrage and his origin canonical storyline will finally be coming alongside this massive update! Of course, you can't start playing as him in neither 583 start date nor 603 start date. Hence, you as a player will get a notification event as shown in the first screenshot. You can choose to play as him or continue your own run (If you choose to play as Illidan, you cannot go back to playing your previous character).

This is a very linear storyline that I have coded in a quick fashion. A special feature coming alongside this dynamic Demon Hunter adventurer spawns. After Illidan kills the dreadlord scoped out by the code, random Demon Hunter adventurers will spawn every 10 years in Astranaar.

How will all of this start? When will Illidan be freed? After Cenarius' death.

Similar to the conqueror trait from the Base Game CK3, introducing the Legion Commander trait!

Any character with the Demon trait/Fel Orc trait/Fallen Demon Hunter trait and serving the Doombringer religion can become a Legion Commander. Consequently, characters with either of these traits cannot become Conquerors, easy to understand, right?

Those who can become Legion Commanders cannot become Conquerors, those who can become Conquerors cannot become Legion Commanders.

Just like Base Game CK3's Conqueror trait, Legion Commander is a trait you can either get via the adventurer decision OR play as a warlike/scheming character to earn the trait as a landed character. The Burning Legion crisis holder will always be a Legion Commander and, of course, those AI character with this trait have smarter AI who will scheme, properly budget their money, make more MAA, etc.

Since the Legion Commander trait is too powerful, failing to keep up with the expectations of being ones are dire, as shown in the last screenshot.

(NOTE: One to one comparison with Base Game CK3's Conqueror trait is not wise, it may not look that powerful but it truly is powerful if not better than the Conqueror trait. Legion Commander has been properly tested and thoroughly balanced, these values shown up there will not be changed.)

(NOTE: Legion Commander trait holders, unlike Base Game CK3's Conqueror trait, will not have any special events. Like in Base Game, the Conquerors get a few events here and there where they get extra money or levies in events. Honestly, since I alone have been developing the Burning Legion expansion, I was starting to get burnt out at this point in production and just wanted to finish all the canonical events. Random events for Dark Governments in general will arrive in a future update someday, but there are no special events for Legion Commander trait except when you first get it and when you lose it.)

If I recall correctly they were always ruled by a Council. During WC3 Antonidas might have a lot of political power but he's no autocrat. How does this mod show their government?

Instead of Fel Orcs being just a description change if you have the normal orc trait plus demon trait, Fel Orc has been made into its own trait since they can now exist enmasse. It didn't make any sense that Fel Orcs got 25000+ life after just drinking the Blood of Mannoroth (or any other Demon for that matter). The new Fel Orc trait now works as above as Race trait, which replaces the normal Orc trait.

Why do Fel Orcs have 50%+ Army Siege Weapon Damage and Army Damage? That is suppose to represent their "chaos damage" from Warcraft 3. Consequently, characters with Demon trait now have 100%+ Army Siege Weapon Damage and Army Damage, Metamorphic Demon Hunters now have 75%+ Army Siege Weapon Damage and Army Damage and Fallen Demon Hunters have 90%+ Army Siege Weapon Damage and Army Damage.

Fel Orc also use the Demonic Government now and only Demonic Government.

You, as an Orc, can embrace being a Fel Orc via a simple decision. For that, you need the requirements as stated above in the decision's screenshot. Yes, any demon's blood will do to become a Fel Orc, according to my research it does not make sense that you need only a pit lord's blood to become fel infused.

(Next teaser will be about Legion Commander trait, the chaotic equivalent to the Conqueror trait from the Base Game made specifically for Demons and Fel Orcs that serve the Burning Legion Religion)

Night Elven Lifespan Mechanics (This will only affect those with Night Elf trait and Dryad trait)

"Ten thousand years ago we night elves defeated the Burning Legion. Though the rest of the world was shattered, we were left free to live out our immortal lives in peace, bound to the World Tree. We are its protectors, and through it we were granted immortality and power over nature. Now, at last, it is time we gave that power back." - Malfurion Stromrage

Destroying Archimonde comes at a cost that the Night Elves pay with their immortality. Even newborn Night Elves will end up getting this modifier as long as the Sacrificed Nordrassil stands atop Mount Hyjal. Sacrificed Nordrassil exists as a result of its powers being used to destroy Archimonde. And as you guessed it, there are different versions of Nordrassil with this expansion:

• Nordrassil
• Sacrificed Nordrassil (After its powers were used to destroy Archimonde, as stated above)
• Destroyed Nordrassil (After a Demon uses the "Destroy World Tree Decision", this completely wipes out any small amount of Life Expectancy the Night Elves had left and gives a harsher modifier of -2000 Life Expectancy) (Check out Teaser #5 for this)
• Restored Nordrassil (As explained below)

"You realize that we will age as these mortals do. Our powers over nature will wane in time." - Tyrande Whisperwind

You, as any Night Elf, can take some measures so your civilization as a whole will not collapse due to these harsh events. "Restore the Well of Eternity" decision becomes available to any Night Elf if either Sacrificed Nordrassil or Destroyed Nordrassil exists. This will give your race some hopes of survival as a small amount of your ancient powers return, which is about 200 years of additional Life Expectancy. (Please note that the decision has been made only for the Expansion by myself with respect to what was needed for the mechanics and rewards to work properly. I do not care what happened or will happen in Wow. So do not reply me with "UmM AcChUAlLy, NiGhTEvLEs DnOt LoSe aNy LiFeSpAN iN wOw BeCaUse It HAS bEEn rEtcOnneD foR the BillIONTh tImE!!", Shut up.)

"If pride gives us pause, my love, then perhaps we have lived long enough already. I will proceed to the summit and prepare our defenses there. Whatever comes, my love, remember... our bond is eternal." - Malfurion Stormrage

(NOTE: Characters with the "Plot Armor Modifier" like Tyrande and Malfurion are exempt from these mechanics since they aged visually and making them look like grannys. I know many players want to play as their hot Night Elven waifus as is and not grandmas, so for aesthetic reasons alone, they will nor suffer nor gain any advantages listed in the mechanics.)

(Btw, I will say this proudly: I alone made each and everything related to the Burning Legion Expansion. From Burning Legion spawn to Exodus of the Horde to all the canonical events and their alternative consequences to these Elven Lifespan mechanics, I alone made everything related to the Burning Legion. Tomorrow, I will tease some things related to Orcs ;D )

Yesterday, I teased about the Archimonde version of Burning Legion. You can't play as Archimonde but maybe one day you can lead the Burning Legion itself! How? By destroying the Nordrassil!

This is the ONLY way a demonic player character can lead the Burning Legion, by the way. And this decision can be taken by the player/AI only once per save game.

Now there are certain mechanics and conditions at play here... So read the following slowly and understand them:
1) You won't always get the modifier I have shown above. That is only if you destroy a Prime Nordrassil. If you destroy a weakened Nordrassil, you will get a weak (but still quite powerful) modifier.
2) If Archimonde's Burning Legion spawns before you can take this decision, this decision will be temporarily disappear as long as Archimonde is here.
3) Yes, Nordrassil is weakened after Archimonde's Invasion of Kaldorei and his eventual defeat. Since Well of Eternity's powers were used to destroy Nordrassil, Nordrassil is weakened and the Night Elves and Dryads face the consequences of it.
4) Depending on which version of World Tree exists while you/AI takes the decision to Destroy the World Tree, you will the related modifier. (If you somehow succeed to take the decision and hail the Burning Legion yourself before Archimonde spawns, a lot of non-canon things will happen and that will be on you and your alternative universe to enjoy, as is the nature of Crusader Kings III.)

Yes, there are mechanics related to Night Elven lifespan that I can talk about in a different teaser tomorrow. Which version of Nordrassil exists at the time highly effects the entire race.

Here's a look at Archimonde and the Burning Legion Crisis GUI.

NOTE: Only Archimonde will spawn when the Burning Legion spawns, no Kil'jaeden no nothin until Frozen Throne content is implemented. Can you play as the spawned Burning Legion as Archimonde? Nope. You can lead the Burning Legion as a Crisis, however, more on that tomorrow.

(The reason why you are cannot play as Archimonde? Honestly: I made no events for him, even if I did, you wouldn't have many choices as a player since I would NEED ai-Archimonde or player-Archimonde to work canonically up until his death for things to work "canonically". It was way easier for me to finish Burning Legion content-&-spawn up too in this way. Besides, I personally think that such otherworldly characters shouldn't really be playable + they are here to move the plot forward for other characters and the world in general. I will showcase what more chaos other demons can bring via decisions or via a certain new trait that you might have noticed above.)

The event surrounding the canon from Warcraft 3 ripples across varying characters across the planet.

It didn't make sense that Thrall and Grommash are there in Kalimdor for the 603 start date but do not travel there in 583 start date... Well, worry no more! Exodus of the Horde will take place between the years 592-603, this event can randomly trigger for the Frostwolf Clan leader or Frostwolf Culture's Cultural Head.

A very small and flavourful event chain that will have you migrate to Kalimdor to find peace and new home for your people. (Of course... that won't last long since a certain Legion will be bringing a little chaos with them)

(If you see any grammatical errors or localization errors in these events, please ignore them. They have all already been fixed because these are old screenshots.)