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[u/Nanlin1]

I have several key questions regarding the upcoming Patch 9.0.

1. Will Archaon and the Undivided Warriors of Chaos receive dedicated technology lines for elite special‑champion units such as Wrathmongers and Putrid Blightkings? The current Warriors of Chaos tech tree barely grants any bonuses to these two units, leaving these top‑tier infantry in a rather awkward position.
2. Will Warriors of Chaos gain the ability to confederate Norsca? Within the old army‑book lore, Norsca belongs to the Warriors of Chaos, yet the game currently keeps them as separate rosters. The new patch should open mutual integration between them. Also, will units like the Two‑Headed Giant and War Mammoth Shrine become available to Warriors of Chaos through some special recruitment mechanic?
3. Some daemonic legendary lords obtained via confederation will end up with useless, redundant skill lines tailored for their original monogod factions. Will CA revise these dead‑weight skill lines after they are absorbed into the Warriors of Chaos?

[u/Nanlin1 → u/Nanlin1]

One more thing to bring up: Lords like Kairos and The Changeling have skill trees that buff daemon heroes and cultists. But Warriors of Chaos don’t have access to those two hero units at all. Once you confederate them, will those useless perks get reworked to boost Exalted Heroes and Chaos Sorcerers?

[u/Atomic_Axiom]

Looking to get back to TW and wanted to commit to a long play through for Miao Ying. Should I wait for the upcoming DLCs/patches or just get right to it? And what is her strategy now as I know she had different iterations over the years.

[u/Zefyris → u/Atomic_Axiom]

The only factions I would avoid playing until the 24th are those affected by the new patch. So, WoC, Nurgle, VCounts, Tomb Kings, Skavens, and Empire. Anything else is fine. Especially a LL like Miao Ying starts far away of all the new factions, so her campaign will not be affected by the patch.

That is to say, outside of the added end time scenarios, but that much would be true for all factions anyway, so I wouldn't bother taking this in account unless you want to wait until the 24th to start ANY campaign.

So yeah, good choice while waiting for the patch.

[u/AdVegetable1160]

People so rarely talk in these. But anyway

I played the Changeling today, I finished the Empire theatre and I wanted to make Sylvania conquer the entire Empire. As I destroyed Wissenland & Nuln and the rest of the minor Empire factions, Vlad and entirety of Sylvania just stayed ganged up at Castle Drakenhof.

I had told them to occupy Castle Templehof which I had razed 10-20 turns earlier. They didn't do anything, they just camped. I was super disappointed because I get the AI bug so rarely. Didn't they say they fixed it.

At turns 100-ish, Kostaltyn had began to descend to South taking out Drycha. Orthodoxy and Sylvania were now sharing the border. Even though Sylvania had been at war with all its other neighbors (Zhufbar, Karak Kadrin, Wissenland, Averland), forcing them to war with Orthodoxy activated their AI. In the next turn they immediately occupied Templehof and started fighting Kostaltyn. Damn I was happy

No question here, I just don't think it deserved its own thread. But I'm wondering what is the cause of the activation - the AI fixes they did or if Orthodoxy was a worthy foe for them to activate.