Just wondering I heard this on the fatshark discord. Is it true that Fatshark only has the license to use the Chaos Thrall of Nurgle and the Skaven?
The two questions I have around this are
1.) If Vermintide 2 gets popular enough, and lasts long enough, would Fatshark consider buying the licenses for other factions to add, or is that likely going to be a third game?
2.) How was Creative Assembly able to acquire the license for every faction? Was it really a price point by faction?
I was unaware of this, it seems to me like, the more games and content that contain their universe the better it is for them.
I wish someone at Fatshark would just set up a gofundme or something for other factions. I would pay more if it went towards adding other factions to this game.
i did not know this well am looking forward what fatshark has to offer if they even think about it i hope maybe will see in time when the dlc hits on what they will add for now i can only pray for the best.
Despite the current state of things I have confidence FS will get this turned around and Iām already very hopeful for an End Times 3. I want to see, more than anything, Greenskins and I eventually hope we get to be involved in larger scale conflict with allied NPC units. Iām hoping the heroes continue to ālevel upā until reaching the point of legend and that we, the player, effectively retcon the End Times and preserve the Warhammer Fantasy universe, because #% Age of Sigmar.
I think that in general greenskins are bland but Shadows of the Horned Rat set precedence that the Skaven can/will manipulate greenskin clans through warp magic to do their bidding. In that context, I think it would be very interesting.
I think beastmen would be a cool addition since they are present throughout the Empire and are a Chaos faction. That being said at the end of Vermintide 1 the voice over states that before it is all said and done the Empire would be overrun by Skaven, Chaos, and the Undead. I know eventually Nagash turns to help the good guys but I think CS might add Undead later on in V2 or possibly in V3.
I personally look forward to a Brettonian new player Character.
I think that Vampire Counts would be a perfect initial enemy, because I think after a Brettonian, they should add a Vampire player. In the Lore, at the end, the Vampires to come around to fight chaos.
Beastmen would be a really good āone shot missionā enemy, which is great because they donāt necessarily need a storyline purpose to be there.
It would be interesting to play a level where the players are thrust in an active battle between goblins and skaven, maybe fighting over riights to squat in some Karak.
that is a great idea i really want see the other demons from the other ruins power and a great unclean one as a boss to fight along with different chosen warrior from their respected gods they worship if they go that far for new enemyās like Flayerkin, Forsaken, Plague Ogres and so on if they go that far. hope they bring out a Brettonian too i would like to see some new classes
Well they must have atleast partial Orc license too, else the Preorder bonus Sigmar statue in your Keep could cause trouble.
(In case you never really looked at one - Sigmar holds an Orc head in his left hand).
Hmm now that I wrote this, the preorder statue actually is kinda similar to the big one at the end of Righteous Stand, but I never looked if that one also has the Orc head or not.
However I think licensing more enemies in a game like this would be a waste. Or youād need to triple the content of a game, as youād need to multiply the maps for it.
Also, seeing that people always tend to go for the easiest thing in games, if the enemy faction would be randomized for maps, people would figure out which one is the easiest, and simply restart a map until they get that one as the enemyā¦
Well, Iām glad if this āepidemicā didnāt reach the second game yet, but one of the reasons I quit the first one was that everybody was playing the easiest levels, and there were some (levels I mean) you basically couldnāt find a group for, unless you had a full premade.
I believe the pre-release stream also had some Q&A that you can look up on their twitch account if itās still on there which addresses the topic as well; they added that they would like to request modders to stay within their licensing as well e.g. please donāt go adding beastmen because they simply dont have the licensing and GW would no doubt come bearing down on them if they condoned it.
From what Iām aware of in terms of reading and rumours Fatshark has generally been quite a small team and VT1 was a passion product that even surprised GW with itās sales, now that they had the funds they purchased Nurgle license and hopefully with the initial sales going so well for them theyāll look into buying more in the future. Iām also certain VT2 will continue to be tweaked and improved c:
I never thought there was any credence to this stuff about them only having the rights to specific factions. They actually mention the Beastmen a few times in the first game, donāt they? In fact, they mention quite a few other factions.
I canāt really buy it, tbh, without seeing some kind of official statement that they donāt have the rights to other factions. I remember them saying the thing about not going outside the licensing, but Iām pretty sure they meant like ādonāt add in World of Warcraft or Lord of the Ringsā into the game.
In fact, as I recall they talked once internally about Beastmen, but just worried that theyād seem too similar to Skaven since theyāre both animalistic humanoid factions. Which I can get, but I still think that besides maps and weapons, a new enemy faction of Beastmen is probably the most likely thing we can expect to see in terms of game content we directly interact with (ie, not cosmetic). New playable characters seem less likely, but I still reeeeally hope they will add some new ones eventually (especially a Lizardman, like my idea of Eztli the Skink).
