Queen Zenobia was added as part of the last year's Empire Divided expansion. Queen Zenobia will be joined by Cleopatra and Teuta who will be fully playable faction leaders and generals, with their own custom visuals and voice-overs. Total War: Rome 2's free Female Leaders update will add some historically significant female characters to all campaigns and across all factions. A penalty to research rates makes up the other side of the same coin. On top of all that, the four new factions will share the same Cultural Traits, which will in turn provide a bonus morale boost in desert battles as well as a bonus income from agriculture. The Kingdoms will have new building chains and technology trees and come with their own unique Faction Traits. 'While culturally similar, each faction boasts unique new unit rosters which offer different military strengths', says Creative Assembly.Īs it usually goes, each faction will bring something new to the table. The new factions will represent the Kingdoms of Kush, Saba, Nabatea, and Masaesyli, all of which are native to the deserts of Africa and Arabia. Total War: Rome 2 - Desert Kingdoms expansion The most important addition that'll launch with the new expansion are four new factions.

The upcoming Desert Kingdoms expansion follows on the DLC pack, Empire Divided, that came out in November 2017. At the same time, a freebie in the form of the Female Leaders update will launch for all players. Total War: Rome 2 is getting a Desert Kingdoms Culture Pack in March.

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