Insane Unit Customization for Total War: Warhammer 40,000 (DEEP DIVE)

Summary by Krater

A video breakdown of Total War: Warhammer 40,000 developer livestream, covering deployment phases, strategic reserves, army abilities, unit cards, range combat mechanics, cover systems, projectile modeling, and battle damage.

From the video

Answers: What are the new details and mechanics shown in Total War: Warhammer 40,000 livestream?

• Total War: Warhammer 40,000
• deployment phase and reserves
• unit cards and customization
• range combat and projectile modeling
• cover systems and destructibility
• firing cycles and line of sight
• unit behavior and suppression
• flanking mechanics
• battle damage and chaotic death

What it concludes

• Fog of war is confirmed in the game with visuals not yet in this build.
• Strategic reserves allow players to deploy up to 40 units from the fleet or nearby armies.
• Bombardments include off-field and orbital attacks that can be guided after deployment.
• Unit cards feature live troop updates and weapon swapping based on combat context.
• Cover provides evasion buffs, which persist even if the cover is destroyed.
• Projectiles are fully simulated with physical tick rates and visual-only ricochets.