What changed in Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition in 2013

Three new factions available for free download until October 29th.

The Nomadic Tribes favor cavalry and introduce new buildings, technology tree, and campaign objectives.

Three new factions added, available for free until October 29th.

The Nomadic Tribes favor cavalry and include new buildings, technology tree, campaign objectives, and unique units.

Support for sharing and loading user mods has been added.

End-turn times sped up in situations with multiple allies.

Garrison of armed citizenry will now reinforce friendly armies in battle outside their settlement.

Reduced chance of AI armies standing close to the player in Forced March mode.

Players can see relationship information by hovering over factions on the map.

The Seleucid Empire is now a playable faction in single-player campaign and multiplayer games.

Includes unique units, building and technology trees, Campaign Objectives, and the Paradise of Daphne wonder.

Includes new unique units, building and technology trees, Campaign Objectives, and the Paradise of Daphne wonder.

Improvements to framerates with fog-of-war and when many armies, navies, and agents are on-screen.

Campaign AI encourages factions to form allegiances based on personality, perceived threat, and existing relationships.

Improvements to framerates with fog-of-war and when many armies, navies, and agents are on-screen.

Reduced chance of AI armies standing close to the player in Forced March mode.

The Seleucid Empire is now a playable faction in single-player campaign and multiplayer games.

Patch 5 delivers a large number of fixes, tweaks, and upgrades to the game.

Support for sharing and loading user mods has been added.

Any garrison of armed citizenry will now reinforce friendly armies in battle outside their settlement.

AI encourages factions to form allegiances based on personality and perceived threat.

Speeds up end-turn times in situations with multiple allies.

Tooltips reveal normal and critical success and failure chances for Agent Actions.

Tooltips reveal normal and critical success and failure chances for Agent Actions.

Recommended to start a new campaign to fully benefit from the patch changes.

Further improvements made to diplomacy, missiles, and melee units.

Advice to uninstall mods if experiencing issues post-patch as they may not be compatible.

Enhancements related to construction of new buildings, food supply management, army creation, technology research, and battle tactics.

General performance improvements included in the update.

Enhancements related to construction of new buildings, food supply management, army creation, technology research, and battle tactics.

Recommendation to start a new campaign to fully benefit from the patch.

Support available for performance issues and troubleshooting.

Further improvements made to diplomacy, missiles, and melee units.

Advice on resolving issues caused by incompatible mods after Patch 4.

Reduction in circumstances where victory points appear in battles.

Significant boost in multiplayer campaign speed.

Improvements on some hardware configurations.

Significant improvements to multiplayer campaign speed.

Reduction in circumstances where victory points appear in battles.

Available on the pre-battle panel when attacked while occupying a minor settlement.

Allows players to fight attackers in an open field battle without victory points when attacked while occupying a minor settlement.

Improvements on some hardware configurations.

Optimisations to reduce the time taken for AI to complete its turns.

New options and guidance added for players to tweak game settings.

A comprehensive list of over 100 changes and fixes implemented in this patch.

New options and guidance added for players to tweak game settings.

Improvements made to enhance the performance of the campaign mode.

Enhancements to reduce the time taken for AI turns.

Improvements made to enhance overall campaign performance.

Includes various other changes and bug fixes not specified in detail.