Immortal Empires is the quintessential experience of the trilogy and currently requires the purchase of Warhammer 1, 2 and 3 in order to have access to it. Any dlc for associated lords also has to be purchased. This is not a problem for those of us that have been with the trilogy since the start but to people looking to get into this game a very hefty pay wall is created and to some the barrier to entry is far too high.

Since Warhammer 3 is the newest Total War game the likely experience that a new player will receive is the Realms of Chaos campaign, which is almost universally despised. This campaign leaves a sour taste in the mouth of new players to the extent that they do not seek out the far superior experience of Immortal Empires even if they may have actually loved it.

What is proposed here is that Creative Assembly make Immortal Empires more accessible and allow players that only purchase Warhammer 3 to have access to it but lock out the lords from game 1 and 2 until purchased. Even with only the game 3 lords available the Immortal Empires experience is vastly better than what is currently on offer with the Realm of Chaos. 

Doing this should also benefit Creative Assembly. If people play the Immortal Empires experience with the game 3 characters they will be far more likely to purchase game 1 and 2 and the associated dlc than what is currently on offer.

This is a move that should benefit everyone and hurt nobody as none of us that have purchased all the dlc will be affected by it.