Total War: Warhammer's First Update Adds DirectX 12 Opt-In Beta, Blood Knights & More

Creative Assembly has been working hard on the starting time mail-launch update for Total War: Warhammer. The patch is available at present and volition introduce the following gameplay changes: five new battle maps in multiplayer, unit rebalancing beyond the Old Globe, harder sieging against the AI, nerfed agents and... Claret Knights.

Blood Knights

Update 1 likewise introduces our first FreeLC content: the Claret Knights shock cavalry for the Vampire Counts.

Once the order of The Knights of The Claret Dragon, these noble warriors were dominated and given The Claret Buss past the vampire Walach of the Harkon family. In undeath, their skill is no less potent: they are among the most powerful cavalry in The Sometime World.

Tier five Stupor Cavalry, Claret Knights arerecruitable from the Vampire's Go along building (forth with the Black Coach). Heavily armoured and shielded with a high Charge Bonus, they smash into infantry with ease, and with the Anti Large ability, they are apt to accept on larger foes. They besides accept the Frenzy ability, meaning they bargain more impairment equally long every bit their leadership is loftier. Blood Knights can as well be directly improved with 2 technologies: Turning Knightly Orders (bonuses to Melee Attack, Melee Defence and Charge Bonus), and Delusions of Grandeur (Upkeep and Recruitment Cost reductions).

In that location's good news for those who take been waiting to effort DirectX 12 in Total War: Warhammer, too. This update adds an opt-in beta for those interested; Creative Associates clarified that there are still some outstanding problems that need to exist resolved before it's fully integrated in the main build.

Yous can read the full changelog here. If yous're still on the argue almost the game, read our review and find out why our Chris idea that "Full State of war: Warhammer is the most exciting strategy game to come out in a long time".