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>>143681485
Convince me to play Vampire counts
>>143706186
Fetchez le vache
IF OUR DAIMYO IS TO BECOME SHOGUNMILITARY RULER OF ALL NIPPON
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are the mounts for manny worth it?
Oy wut's dis den?
What's the greatest day Karl Franz ever had, /twg/?
Anyone tried Beginning of the End Times mod for Medieval 2? Any improvement over Rage of the Bugs?
Post battles.
>>143706372
bes boi
>Tfw late stage of the game
>Tfw retiring units that I've been with since the start of the game
>Tfw disbanding Gold rank veterans of Swordsmen to replace them with Greatswords
>Tfw they made it
>>143706343
Yes.
>>143706416
The Third Battle of the Black Pass of course!
>>143706462
i cri evry time
>>143706416
the day he died and got cucked by chaos when khorne started fucking his wife and he enjoyed it because he's a cuck and also secretly gay
>>143706416
The day Deathclaw let him ride him through Altdorf for the first time.
>>143706439
Any advice for playing Chaos?
I really don't like the ranged cavalry.
Galrauch WHEN?
I mean the Knights of the Blazing Sun have been modded in so why not him?
>>143706416
Karl a qt! A QT!
>>143706462
>every man in the unit died at some point but not all at once so the regiment was never disbanded
>>143706320
>>143706416
The day Deathclaw rode him
>>143706560
Gotta say, that had to have blown his fucking mind, How to Train Your Dragon-style
>>143706627
>savage_orc.jpeg
>>143706420
If the rise of Islam time period interests you
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=662742714
might be worth checking out, seeing as how Attila is unlikely to get any more AoC/Last Roman style expansions.
KHAZUKAN KAZAKIT-HA
>>143706687
They wouldn't be veterans if that were the case, now would they?
Ok so I'm aamature, shittyDrawfag. I was thinking of doing a propaganda style poster for the Empire or maybe the orcs.
Ideas?
>>143706598
>Cant have the lord of change be in your army
shit game
Glad I didnt play Chaos.
>>143706498
Help, start an Ork campaign is too hard. How do I win?
Just dont expand and just send armies out to loot shit while building a massive stronghold?
>>143706753
>literally nothing but cannon fodder
>cannons sub 300 kills between two
Nigga what?
>>143706817
>can't have a Lord of Change on a boat
1/10 it's okay -IGN
>>143706793
>Gold Rank just means suicidal enough to join a regiment with near 100% death rates
>>143706687
It's still the same regiment.
Legio Invicta!
>>143706817
There's a mod.
Third online game and third win.
Seems like an average player has troubles dealing with ork melee rushes.
>>143706673
>Knights of the Blazing Sun have been modded in so why not him?
How the hell did I miss it?
>>143706901
>>literally nothing but cannon fodder
>>cannons sub 300 kills between two
>Nigga what?
Cannons suck vs hordes, especially on ultra. Look how many kills the Flame Cannon got in comparison.
>>143707046
>ork melee rush
What a nice name for blobbing
>>143706953
>have to mod a game to fix is biggest issues
still shit.
>>143706559
Sup Vlad
Reposting for dorf fluff because I feel like it and didn't see it's already next thread. We're burning through them so fast.
ELVES WHEN?
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>>143707281
Next year.
>literally turns its head to face you
Spooky
>>143707125
Because they're in withDismounted Reiksguard Halberdiers
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=691664240
>>143707281
never
>>143706462
>Those 3-4 guys that have actually been there from the beginning of the campaign and passing on the battle knowledge to the new recruits
Dudes must have been grizzled as fuck veterans.
"This is nothing, did I ever tell you the time when our regiment was beset by two Terrorgeists and Mannfred Von Carstein himself?"
>>143707448
I most sincerely want to slap the shit out of the fucker that started the
>Dismounted X
meme.
>>143707513
>Remember lads, never trust a marienburger
How the fuck do the Dwarfs stop Grimgor?
>>143707727
Cannons
At point blank range
>>143707513
how the hell do skeletons pass on knowledge?
>>143707647
Probably Radious considering some of the things his mods offer.
>Tetsubo Ninja Cavalry
>>143707647
Dismounted Reiksguard is actually accurate lore wise, giving them greatswords and halberds not so much
>>143707727
In combat? Either with miners or sick your LL on him and shoot at him with thunderers.,
Why are flying mounts like dragons so shit?
>>143707513
>That time when we stood there in a field and Orcs threw axes at us while Franz fucked about with Deathclaw
good times
>>143707727
Armor Piercing.
Miners do an ok job early on if you don't have anything better.
this shit just happened
>first run, playing empire
>by turn 90 around 2/3th of the provinces have been reclaimed
>some small chaos invasions in the North so I send Franz there with my best army
>out of fucking nowhere 3 full stacked Moussilon armies invade Reikland
>meanwhile a chaos army also manages to sneak into the heart of my realm
>I can't defeat both and lose 4 cities within 10 turns
Didn't save so I'll just have to start over again. Does Moussilon always get so strong on normal difficulty because I really didn't notice them before they invaded.
>>143707816
It's just the name that really triggers my autism. No self-respecting military unit would ever call itself Dismounted. You're either cavalry, infantry or dragoons. Fuck the bullshit hybrids. Would it really be impossible to just call them Reiksguard halberdiers?
>>143707907
>Does Moussilon always get so strong
out of my 4 playthroughs as empire mousillon
only got strong once every other time they got melted pretty fast.
>Flying Slayer Outrider (Fanatics)
>>143707864
Bigger model size for enemies to crowd round, stuck for ages once surrounded and slow/janky attack animations.
>Everybody's asking me for a defensive alliance
Being #1 in strength is sometimes annoying.
>>143706462
This unit has been with since the beginning. Sniped a lot of monsters and they are far from done.
Why is the AI always so hungry for player cock, in my dorf campaign I litteraly got orcs chill next to human armies to get to me, or wade through vampire corruption just to intercept my army.
Next campaign I play VC and both orcs and dwarfes just migrate up north to get upset at me.
>>143707261
>doesnt even stand up to kill a dragon
What a lazy cunt holy shit
>>143707417
>>143708203
>renaming unitsI actually give custom name to every single unit, like for example 4th Spear Regiment
>tfw orc
>tfw people pay me to leave them alone
>tfw I can lose half my raiding warband and the faggot Bretons would still give me 6000 gold to fuck off
>>143706627
Always keep 2 to 4 poison warhounds, give them the banner of swiftness, should you ever come across it, and marauders are useless for anything but being meatshields
And no matter what you want to do with your lord, invest the 4 first points in Growth (blue line)
>>143708021
MEDIUM CAVALRY
>>143708198
Factions with the shield of civilisation trait will try to ally with others that have the same trait.
>>143708423
It seems like the AI does it sometimes too. Seen a renamed Orc unit.
kholek got fucked by night goblin archers, went down so quickly.
>>143708423
I wanted to do that with the Orcs, but I didnt know where to start with names or how to keep them creative.
I may do it with the Dwarves tho, but dont know how the orcs go about naming there units.
>>143708203
>That first unit of Handgunners that marched with Franz into the depths of the Norsica
>That unit of Spearmen that held the gates against the undead hordes
>>143708423
I do it to every unit that makes it to silver grade.Silver gets names like "first Handgunners", Gold gets names like "Prince Franz own Greatswords"
>>143706753
>Those flame cannons and irondrakes pulling ironman numbers
Whats the best artillery unit in the game and why is it the doom diver catapult?
>>143708354
>>doesnt even stand up to kill a dragon
>What a lazy cunt holy shit
Or is it:
>doesn't even NEED to stand up to kill a dragon
THORGRIM STRONK
>>143708627
Technically the steam tank is, so its the best
>>143706627
Fuck marauders the only good ones are the great weapon variant. The only redeemable things about them is that they are cheap and that they can get a good flank in because they're fast.
Above marauder tier chaos gets some of the best infantry in the game imo, abuse dat shit.
>>143708354
he is standing up...not that it matters
>>143708627
>Steam Tank
Just name 'em by the size of their 'gits yu stupid humie
I think I can finally call this campaign finished.
Every Dorf conquered, all Dorf achievements done, Chaos eliminated, Norse eliminated and every non-dead faction loves my dick (except kislev)
Dorfs are pretty fun, but feel broken vs the AI
>>143707727
Thunderers and LL
Alternatively, Hammerers if you have them
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=692827422
>This mod
>Those units
Wut. Looks pretty professional though
>>143707647
I'd rather CA kept the "Dismount" button instead of removing it
>>143708702
>>143708756
Anyone pissed off by how retarded its "melee" attack animation
A fucking tank
Has a melee attack
This game is retarded
>>143708881
Runs people the fuck over
Jesus christ, fantasy Spain DLC when
>>143708957
Probably never.
>>143708881
Well a Tank is roughly 50-100 Tons of metal. basically a massive self propelled ram.
>>143708571
holy shit, teach me your ways grobi-san
HOCHLAND LONGGUNNERS WHEN
STIRLAND RANGERS WHEN
TODBRINGERS HEAD ON A PIKE WHEN
>>143708841
Those are some big ass cod pieces.
566 turns later and I finally win. And I razed every fucking non-habitable settlement possible.
I got a confession lads
I dont own total war and I can guarantee you I make a ton of shitposts in every iteration of the thread, spreading misniformation and claiming x faction is OP based off the youtube videos and lets plays I watch. I know enough to be a shistirrer, but not enough that I can comfortably say I would do good in the game
I need an intervention im also aussie ama
What do I do about this Chaos Rift?
>>143709060
EMPIRE ARCHERS WHEN?
I want cheap spammable ranged units to bring against the fucking Undead, crossbows are too good for them
>>143708881
What's so weird about a ramming animation.
>>143708881
While a Tank running plebs down is fine, I do wish it used the gunports more.
>>143708571
Is this Campaign? Wouldnt mind doing an all night gobbo campaign
What's some good music to remove greenskins to?
>>143708948
>>143709048
>>143709156
Except it would never get enough momentum that quickly, and look at the animation dude, it literally looks like a horse jumping, mechanical vehicles DONT MOVE like that
>>143709087
Resettle it.
Holy shit, this was absolutely amazing!
The Top Knotz sieged me for a couple of turns and actually attacked Barak Var! The meat grinder was absolutely radical.
>>143708957
That's almost the same Estalian borders as in my game.
>>143709207
I get you anon.
The animation looks a bit silly, even if the concept is fine.
>>143709250
Wait a minute, is that TWO walls?
>Lord of Change keeps pushing my shit in
I fucked up around 120 and I think I'll have to restart
>>143709315
GEE MOM, HOW COME BARAK VAR GETS TWO WALLS TO SIEGE
>>143709207
Yeah but calling the whole game retarded because of that is kinda stupid. It's like that one TWC post about collapsing towers.
Dark Lands expansion when?
>>143709082
are we just gonna ignore this?
>>143709250
Here's my deployment in detail. They had 2 siege towers on the left flank so I put a mix of Longbeards and Great Weapon Dwarfs there to contain the threat. Luckily I never had to face the siege towers as they got killed mere inches away from the walls.
I was planning on using the cannons to flank the orcs when they burst through the gate but they never fired a shot at them, unfortunately. They did snipe some orcs on the top of the wall though, funnily enough.
>>143709315
Heck yeah it is! And what a fun siege it was.
>>143709189
yeah its campaign. I don't think doing the entire campaign with just night goblins is viable atm, lack of squigs and snarsnik sucks.
>>143709536
yes
So...
Verdict on WARHAMMER TOTAL WAR?
I literally have Steam open right now and my credit card on my lap.
>>143709510tomorrow
>>143709080
>566 turns
>566 turns
>566 turns
RRRRRRRRRRRRAT SCUM
>>143707907
Mousillon always disappears very quickly on my campaigns
OST rip when?
>>143709510
When the Chaos Dwarfs faction DLC comes out
>>143709662
Is Saltzpyre hunting modern skaven?
>>143709536
>aussie is good at shitposting
What else is new?
>>143709203
>that panzergruppe
Obviously a German militarynemesis' song, The Sacred War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK2lNuiD7gM
>>143709614
Better than M2
>Diplomacy:
>Chance of success:
>Moderate
"Moderate" here meaning "fucking impossible"
>>143709614
Obvoiusly depends on you anon.
If you like total war - yes, its one of the best in a long time.
If you like warhammer, again, yes, its a solid game and loyal to the lore.
I wouldn't buy on steam though, there are a few stores doing legit sales already.
>>143709713
Still going at it about those ratmen that crazy delusional old fool.
>>143709549
And this is the end result. To no one's surprise the Thunderers and the Quarellers were the absolute kings of this siege. I flanked the gates with them oh boy what carnage they delivered.
Some anon gave a tip a while back to put Miners with Charges above the walls, so I did. They instantly routed 2 Troll units that were going for the second gate.
>>143709686
In my Legendary Empire campaign they've managed to take about half of Bretonnia without Louen giving a single fuck, now I'm forced to battle them back and forth in that pass. Chaos hasn't even showed yet and I'm already experiencing some epic battles
Finally done this, I would kill the dwarfs but they are surrounding their holds with full armies now so it's just a chore.
Has anyone made an army of just mosntrous creatures for vc?
Mainline of varghulfs + terrorgheists and vargheists, crypt horrors, etc
>>143708813
personally not enjoying dorfs myself
thought they would have high damage technology, but really the empire has better shit
my next game will probably be vampire cunts 2.0 as I really enjoyed playing them
>>143709779
>soviet songs
>tanks
>not posting Echelon's Song or Three Tankers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtf80AoJkAk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuysoNnRiwk
>>143709842
>its one of the best in a long time
I wouldn't say that. I consider Attila one of the best in a long time. Still, I really like TWW, maybe even more.
>>143709898
How did you deal with Lord of Change and what turn did the fuck show up for you?
Be careful out there anons, seems like Milan found it's way into TW:WH.Honga is a nice page.
>>143709829
Depends on what you ask probably. I have gotten a lot of success with moderate.
>>143710008
Yes, the problem with dwarf is that all their cool units, like slayers or organ guns, are really underwhelming, so you end up just using your crossbowmen and catapults.
>>143708551
Orc Warboss Burtuz Biggagit. He got promoted to Da Bossygit.
>>143709662
I really like the atmosphere and characters of Vermintide but I don't like hack and slash gameplay.
Any reason why I can't confederate the Top Knotz? They're much, much smaller than me.
>>143709898
>Bring the the End Times upon the world
>The world doesn't actually end for all races.
Get to it lad.
>>143710093
115
I had Archaon and Sigvald right beside him when he turned up, also Archaons entire army was made up of Chosen. He got minced.
Fug.
>>143710196
pretty much
ranking from coolest units to most boring
>vampire counts: skeletons to giant winged monstrosities to ghosts
>orcs: giant spiders to big orcs to little orcs to giants
>chaos: chaos giants to marauders to chaos batteries
>empire: cannon fodder infantry to steam tanks and griffins
>brittonia: peasants to knights to Pegasus knights
>dwarves: dwarves to slightly angrier dwarves to shitty artillery
>>143710325
they're savage orcs, so I think they count as a different race, so you cant confederate
>>143710347
>siege defense
Give them hell, anon.
>>143710325
Can't confederate just after confederating
>>143708957
>>143709273
In my VC campaign Estalia cucked Bretonnia hard and took ALL of their territory, Bretonnia literally had to run away and re-build in Middenheim at a single city (only to be destroyed by northern raiders shortly thereafter).
I was amazed Estalia did so well frankly.
>>143710325
Confederating has an 8 turn cooldown.
>>143710441
>Poor little chaos guys
>>143710345
Did you fuck his sub-army before or after?
Can't fight him cause of his sub always being next to him
>>143710213Somebody actually called it Bloodborne meets Left 4 Dead. I wanted to die
>>143710469
>>143710501
the debuff is gone so I guess it's >>143710458 thanks
>>143710339
I'm hoping that CA releases a proper end times crisis with the next expansion with simply ungodly units that are unbeatable without 4-5 stack armies going at them one after another.
I want to basically have an end game where It's more a case of "how long can I last" rather then "can I win?"
>>143710483
The Border Princes, Kislev, Estalia, and Tileia all do well because they have the Empires strong ass roster.
Should I be speccing into movement and morale as grimgor?
>>143710536
He was the only army there.
I don't think he gets any support armies when you fight him as chaos.
>>143710606
>Border Princes, Kislev, Estalia, and Tileia
when do these get unique units and aesthetic?
it has been four days already and i am growing impatient
>>143710347
Hold the lines firm. Use magic on those fatties. Your greatswords should be able to keep the walls safe.
Neat. Organized. Lines.
Heroes put in work. Kill their heroes and keep your monsters away from those slayers.
>>143710606
border princes do well until end game, then the unified greenskins start blobbing and the dwarves and princes get genocided
>>143710682
spec into melee, you'll need grimgor to sponge the main orc battle force and keep your units from routing
How can vamps even compete?
>>143710592
I would prefere not to actually. It would be too stressful and I want to do other stuff that just prepare for and kill chaos every game. I want some other conflicts. The end game they have now is fine.
>>143710712
Why don't we just pull some units from Medieval 2 and give them some fluff from lore?
>>143710592
Thats my biggest problem too. Chaos isn't a threat, sure you might lose a few armies and cities. But its never "I might lose the game if I dont start doing better" and thats how it should be. Chaos should burn down everything, and I do mean everything. No leaving Kisliv or Nordland with 2 territories and just sitting raiding near Talbalcland. They should burn everything between them and Altdorf and they should have way more stacks.
>red fangs have 1 settlement left
>run at iron rock
>See Grimgor coming at them
>Sacks iron rock instead of running
>Gets massacred
So this retard sacrificed his entire army just to hit my settlement once.
>>143710763
I have yet to see Greenskins not just get fucking trounced by Dwarfs but maybe it'll be different in my Legendary campaign
>>143709708
>Chaos Dwarfs faction DLC
lol
>>143710441
You've never played Dwarfs if you are ranking them last. Between Irondrakes (the flames look so good), Ironbreakers (blasting charges) and Gyros, they are easily higher than the Bretonnia.
I'd also rate Orcs lower.
>>143710830
Would geedubs even let them? They can be incredibly petty cunts.
>>143710786
That's basically an entire army of earlygame vamp units
>>143710802
the end game right now isn't even end game, it's a mid game crisis that effectively end all ongoing rivalry and wars from then on out as world peace is established to fight chaos.
the crisis event should either happen later on or when you get to a certain size ala realm divide, right now it cuts a lot of the middle game cross-faction warfare down to the nub
>>143710712
Aughh can't come soon enough honestly. I want to play humans, but don't wanna deal with Chaos's BS. I wanna be the crusading force that saves the empire not the cuck that gets saved by Estalians.
>>143709080
>566 turns
Jesus fucking Christ anon, was this on Legendary difficulty?
Did you take like 100 turn breaks where you just did nothing but develop infrastructure and expand vampire corruption or something?
>>143710541
I'd probably enjoy it more if it played like a cooperative Bloodborne tbqh.
>>143711002
long campaign as vamps does take ages because of attritiion
>>143711002
>Did you take like 100 turn breaks where you just did nothing but develop infrastructure
it's so easy to end up doing this, which is why I stopped my Empire campaign at 80 turns after I killed off Bretonnia and had NAPs with the east.
>>143701196
A-anyone? Just please tell me how undead work.
Are there any unique buildings to improve Gyrocopter's? Like Gunbad's artillery or Karak Kadrin's Slayers.
Crossbows have a reload animation,
Why the fuck don't handgunners?
Just imagine how glorious TWW will be when its complete
>In the old world, bretonnia is beset by beastmen and wood elves raiding their lands and fucking their shit up
>Skaven appear from time to time in distant lands to fuck with the local inhabitants, pillage a few buildings , kill some people and vanish soon after
>The empire and vampire counts are plagued by beastmen and civil war, the entire fucking land is literally hell.
>Kislev hussars and cossacks roam the northern plains bullying vikings and eventually archaon till the eventual chaos invasion besiege a moskow-like kislev
>Greenskins fight a two front war, on one side they have their ancient enemies the dorfs, while on the other the undead legions of the tomb kangz creep towards the north always seeking to fuck some vampires
>Dorfs are besieged from the south and from the east by ogres and their meme kin
Meanwhile in the dark lands
>Meme dorfs try to enslave ogres in a perpetual war against the fat fucks, meanwhile lizardmen try to establish a foothold in the dark lands from the dragon isles
And lastly on ulthuan and not-america
>A shitload of navies in the sea fighting for dominancy, the occasional high elf/dark elf fleet that manages to land on a shore raids indiscriminatedly until its met with resistance, fucking off back to where they came.
>>143710702
He constantly spawns with a full stack of Chaos Uprising for me
I'll try reload an older save and hopefully he spawns by himself
>>143710950
playing them now on veryhard, the longbeards feel really underwhelming, the thunderers just handgunners that can do some mild melee, and the cannons feel fairly unthreatening for a technology-focussed faction
everything about dwaves should make them feel unique, but instead they just feel like the mild turtle faction, like the greeks or Spartans in rome total war
>Does this work with Radious?
>Does this work with Radious?
>Does this work with Radious?
>Does this work with Radious?
>Does this work with Radious?
Why do people apparently like this shit so much, just from a quick look
>Nothing ever breaks
>Most of the factions are entirely immune to fear
>Dwarves mathematically cannot rout
Boy this sounds like some fun shit if you ever intend to play VC even a little bit.
>>143711134
Dunno if they are but gyros are always rubbish, even if you like multiply their damage by 100 they still suck
>>143710982
Yeah maybe moving it way later would good, but that need 4-5 stacks to fight(and lose) against god units is just stupid. Everything doesn't need to be about Chaos and the end of the world. It's total war. You change "history".
>>143711130
Its not-gold.
Yes.
Late game you'll have enough money to just spam elite units.
>>143710830
I don't think CA or GW would like that.
Although I would use it released by some unofficial means.
How does the gobbo fightiness work? Do I control the free stack that spawns or are they ai?
>>143711301
I just want a challenging end game, and I feel like after a certain point in every total war game it becomes a case of autoresolving and waiting for unrest to settle down while you continue cleaning the map.
>>143711303
Ok. Could you elaborate only on how killing your enemies/resurrecting them works and I'll fuck off? Thanks.
nth for pls fix the Empire being better at melee than Chaos ty
>>143710904
Don't remind me anon.
>>143711475
Win a big battle and turn later your spooky not-mercenary pool will get bigger. If you get one of those battle site markers like for "Heroic Victory" you'll get really good shit. VC is really strong because they are the only faction that can instantly recruit units.
>>143709510
>Dark Lands expansion when?
When they decide to add Ogre Kingdoms, Tomb Kings, Chaos Dwarfs and in all likelihood Lizardmen. (Lizardmen exist in the Southlands and this would be a convenient way to have them be involved in the action in the Old World.)
Does anyone else have trouble with finding a fucking strategies?
All I know is have one big army run into their own big army and then flank with a small group
is there any strategy guide I can use based around actual battles?
>>143711252
The steam Gyros are fine, they do the job they are supposed to do perfectly.
The brimstone Gyros are ass and the Gyrobomber is pretty underpowered too, especially versus Vampire counts (one group of Bats will kill it).
>>143711475
Instead of global recruitment you can raise dead (don't need to be encamped)
From this you can revive the corpses of units that died in the area (doesn't even have to have been from your battle), it costs a bit of not gold but that's it
So lategame vamps are very hard to wear down because they just keep reviving entire armies after the battle
>>143711113
I got the same borders and beat the Long Victory conditions for the Vampire Counts in 350 turns, so again, I ask...
was this on Legendary difficulty? or did he/you take absolutely MASSIVELY breaks or something?
That is an absurd number of turns to get that result. Even spreading Vampiric Corruption shouldn't take that long, anon...
>>143711471
The victory conditions do make it so it ends basically after the end game(for Empire at least). Making dynamic end game threats(after the chaos invasion) might be a fun idea though. Like Orc horde from the east and skaven invasion(everywhere).
>>143711167
>The Empire and Vampire counts plagued by beastmen
>The Empire plagued by anything
>Run over Beastmen with Chosen Great Weapon equivalent Greatswords
>Run over Beastmen with Demigryphs that are worth triple their price
Please.
Pontus when?tfw I would actually pay 5$ for a Pontus DLC in Warhammer.
>>143711167
It will be glorious. By then I should even upgrade from my current toaster and run it at glorious 4k ultra.
>>143710347
>notgonnamakeit.jaypeg
>you cant eat captives for replenishment since you have none
>but you can execute these imaginary captives for leadership bonus
Okay then
>>143711732
>being this butthurt for getting trashed in MP
>>143711741
It would be so surreal that everybody would probably buy it.
>>143711502
>nth for pls fix the Empire being better at melee than Chaos ty
It's fucking horseshit
They're supposed to be jack of all trades and instead they're the fucking masters of everything
Vamps and Dorfs don't even get cavalry/artillery yet they get no major advantage over the empire for this loss
>>143710441
Ranking from best to worst
>Empire
>Orcs
>Dwarves
>Chaos
>Brettonia
>Vampire Counts
>>143711475
Oh yeah for some reason Kislev always has a ridiculous amount of units in the raise dead pool. I guess they die by the thousands stopping chaos.
>>143710904
It's possible later on, they said 16 factions across three games which doesn't seem ambitious considering that the first game + DLC will have 7-8.
>>143710961
>>143711409
It's easy to make and share mod files, right? Don't need to use Steam workshop for everything (like every other game in existence?) Unless this game's a big cunt and does weird shit.
Is Kislev in the game? Like are they an npc faction? If so, do they have unique models?
Convince me to play Dwarves or Empire.
Chaos a shit
VC a shit
>>143711938
No unique models for now
However they will be DLC
>>143711938
Yes.
Yes.
No.
>>143711525
Thank you anon, I was actually looking for that earlier.
>>143711938
Just an empire clone with unique voices for now, but it's heavily hinted they are a future DLC
>>143711817
I just want the game to be fun and fair so that the multiplayer might have a little life instead of being dead in a month :D
Not that it doesn't fuck up the campaign too, The Empire is boring to play because your units are just better and cost less. It's the only faction that isn't really that hard on Legendary
>>143711620
>>143711892
>>143711664
Sounds cool, thank you.
>>143711971
You can blitzkrieg everyone with 19 tanks as the empire
>>143711938
Only Unique voice lines and a hidden entry in the encyclopedia. Estalia, Teilia, and Border Princes share the same lines.
>>143711971
play empire for fairly challenging early and late game
great hero
great units
great feeling of desperation when coming across monster and giant opponents
also, anyone seen the increased chaos horde mods on the workshop? are any of them any good? I'm looking for increased chaos army stacks for the warriors of chaos faction and endtimes event
>>143712032
Yeah I wanted to like the empire because of actually having to do diplomacy and all that jazz but they're so strong it really doesn't need to be used
>>143709849
But what if they are real?
>>143711637
History.
>>143711790
>I didn't even get more kills than them
Shamefur dispray.
So whatever happened to the Morion helmets from the Black Fire pass video? Do the Tileans and Estalians where them now? I don't remember seeing any Empire units wearing them in my two playthroughs.
>>143711525
man, I know nothing about Chaos Dwarfs or other Warhammer lore, but I find this pic funnier every time I see it
>playing as bretonnia
>you can make an airforce composed of pegasus knights
Im playing modded bretonnia in my next campaign
>>143711867
Well VC does get Cav, they just suck.
All of the VC units suck including their monsters. They're just big and throw units around so people get the impression that they're actually doing something(they aren't, and they die much more quickly than other monsters).
Dwarves suck but at least Hammerers and Iron Breakers are good. Gyrocopters are one of the biggest disappointments this game can offer. The other being how much Chaos underperforms for what you pay.
It all comes down to Melee Attack and Defense being worthless stats but you still have to pay for them, basically.
>>143711234
It's pretty much just popular because it's popular at this point.
>>143712119
WTF are the Bjornling doing?
>>143706416
When he summoned the elector counts.
>>143712334
>they aren't, and they die much more quickly than other monsters
Because you need to micro them out of combat to regen, if you aren't a retard they last much longer than other monsters
>>143712119
>great feeling of desperation when coming across monster and giant opponents
honestly this only happens when you're still learning and being impressed with the size of monstrous stuff.
demigryphs will straight up 1v1 any monster in the game, especially if they have halberds. it's a non issue t b h
>>143712398
I swear they do that shit every fucking campaign. It was pretty fucking annoying when they came around with their three full stacks of marauder shit.
"Dude bjorn let's go raid in the badlands that'll please the dark gods!"
>before launch, been looking forward to play empire and dwarfs the most
>not even interested in touching greenskins or chaos
>play empire day 1, don't really like it
>start new game as dwarfs, don't really like it
>start as chaos, have a blast, finish campaign
>next campaign, greenskins, have a blast, finish campaign
that was unexpected
>>143712287
Chaos dwarfs were an army of well, Chaos dwarfs. And were kind of Babylonian influenced. They weren't popular at all and were basically removed from the game as an actual faction. There's a very, very small fanbase of them remaining, but I think its a meme at this point. Either way, Chaos dwarfs as an actual army has been a long running joke.
>>143712253
>they razed Drakenhof
>THEY RAZED FUCKING DRAKENHOF
>AFTER THEY SUDDENLY BACKSTABBED ME WHILE I WAS OFF FIGHTING BRETONNIA
YOU BETTER FUCKING BELIEVE I'M GETTING MY OWN BOOK OF GRUDGES FOR THIS
AND IT WILL ONLY HAVE ONE PAGE IN IT
AND THAT PAGE WILL ONLY HAVE ONE SENTENCE ON IT
AND THAT SENTENCE WILL BE "DO NOT REST UNTIL EVERY MOTHERFUCKING LAST DWARF COWARD IS DEAD"
RACE WAR NOW GAS THE DAWI
>>143712253
Too many Vargeists, you mighta held out longer otherwise.
(Those don't do shit and they suck, the Frenzy bonus is literally 8 melee attack, which is worthless)
>>143712419
>try chaos dragon in custom battle to see how fast it can kill a unit of zombies
>it fucking died
It couldn't fucking outdamage the shitty passive heal aura of the necro, I don't even
When Dark Elves arrive, they will come with a slavery mechanic yes?
>>143712679
kek
Based dwarfs, one less grudge in the book
>>143707647
Dismounted shit has existed since vanilla M2
>>143712798
Youll probably be able to turn prisoners into growth
So my first Legendary empire campaign went bellies up because I conquered Brettonia in the first 70 turns and that caused everyone to hate me and for my tech/economy to be lacking due to spending all money on armies.
I thought I had to rush to conquer as much land as possible before Chaos arrived? This game has no turn limit and Chaos onky arrives once you have x number of towns? Anyone know
>>143712687
That wasn't even an army, it's just the default garrisoned shit.
My armies were off on the other side of the map killing Bretons when suddenly King Cuck decided it was time to give me a reason for Dwarf genocide.
>>143712679
We smelled your smelly cunts upwind and we couldn't stand it.
>no cool duels between commanders like in MoC
why
How to overcharge spells? And how can i take a look at the victory conditions mid-campaign?
>>143712461
>Sitting out of combat with your monster for 10 minutes is viable
I wish they didn't suck because I think VC is pretty cool, but they suck.
>Less time in combat
>Less effectiveness
>Lose HP more quickly when in combat
>Lower HP Pool
>Vargulf intentionally bad Leadership
>Others rely on Leadership to function
>The moment they start losing a little bit they start cooking their own HP
It just isn't any good. They aren't strong enough to make up for how much they get fucked.
>tfw 32 global recruitment slots
>>143712989
Crumbling is way better than routing tho
>>143712860
chaos arrives between turn 80 and 100, some mods push it back to turn 130
surviving chaos is more a case of migrating south and making sure there's a big old buffer of smaller states between you can the chaos wastes for the chaos warriors to get bogged down in
>>143712927
The only cool thing about it was the ring of fire because the animatios are ass
>>143708021
They'd be light horse, actually.
Dragoons turned into regular cavalry by 1700. Light horse is the contemporary name for infantry who fight dismounted and use their horses to transport themselves.
Infantry, light horse, cavalry.
>>143712973
You can overcharge spells by double clicking them if they have the little arrows beneath their icon.
And you can see victory conditions by clicking the objectives button on the bottom right of the interface somewhere
Do I have a problem lads?
I was playing today as the greenskins trying to unite the badlands and the Dwarfs kept rolling in and fucking up my cities, always running away before I could retaliate. I got so mad that I spent 8 hours playing non-stop until I had genocided every last stuntie fucking shit.
>>143712687
>Enemy army has 4 units of Vargheists
>they skirt round my gunline and attack my unprotected back, take ages to kill off
>feels like they were MVP of the battle for VC
>check kill stats
>average of 20 kills each, on Ultra
>youll never be one of grimgors immortulz
>>143713156
>Killing stunties
>bad
Time well spentI spent 10 hours the other day WAAAGH!ing
>>143713156
Well that's actually one of your victory conditions.
anyone have the warhammer roll chart?
>>143712757
The Dragons are terrible and are basically shit versions of Gryphons
The stat cards in this game are becoming questionable, because they areterribleindicators of how effective something actually is. The only way to know if something is any good is to test them out because the stat cards will ruse you.
>>143713093
Are you sure? In my legendary campaign they arrived around turn 64.
>>143712334
Look at it this way, it's all balance stuff and easy to fix
Anyway VC sucks complete dick, I started carrying a vampire in every army to spirit leech enemy lords and go mass zombies/hexwraiths, everything else is worthless
WHY ARE VAMPIRE COUNTS SO SHIT
UGH
GUH
GHU
>>143713205
it's more the terror they inflict
playing vampire counts is all about numbers and tiring out your enemy before throwing in another wave of their formerly alive companions and another crypt hoor for good measure
Is the dwarf legendary campaignfun?
>>143712875
Now we're square for thane Orgrimm and Aliathra's honor guard, Manny.
There's a few grudges left for you too.
>>143713319
Depends on your imperium score iirc.
>>143713093
I've gotten really lucky in my Orc and VC campaigns, Chaos didn't bother me at all. Empire and Dwarfs ground them down pretty badly and I was able to mop them up around Kislev/Altdorf while they were sieging.
>>143713319
The first Chaos wave arrived in my VC playthrough by turn 60.
The second Chaos wave with Archaon arrived by turn 100.
I wish the FPS was reduced to 30 or something when you alttab. CPU and GPU contiguous use is irritating.
>>143713065
Is it?
Is deleting yourself instead of running away and coming back 15~ seconds later better?
At best it's pretty equivalent, at worst it's probably robbing you of troops you could have kept using
>>143713280
>>143713283
I was more concerned that I refused to leave the house until it was done. The WAAAGH! was part of me.
>>143713550
How's that calculated?
>>143713531
Too bad you won't be able to settle any of those grudges, because in 2 turns my armies will arrive and they won't stop until every last of you misbegotten runts lies broken.
>>143713554
It's completely better for tarpitting, but yeah it costs you more troops. Which is why VC gets free revives after battle.
>>143713553
alttabbing this caused my graphics card to overheat to insane levels which nothing else has ever done
I'm too scared to do it again
How do the factions rank when it comes to battles?
It seems to me Chaos>Dwarfs>Orcs>Empire>Vampire Counts>Bretonnia
>>143713673
Dorfs stronk, you traitorous cunt.
You'll make the orcs fight for you like the last time too?
>>143713554
Look at it this way
You last longer at fights, roughly the same amount that a unit that has routed and came back would last, and if a unit has routed already chances are it will take even more losses as it runs away, effectively making it weaker by the time it runs back.
And if you lose your lord it means that the battle is not on your favor to begin with, so the odds are that you will lose with or without crumbling.
Most undead units shouldn't feel fatigue IMO.
How are unit descriptions like Anti-Infantry actually coming into play? Is it some hidden bonus on their weapon damage or something?
The tooltip of the regular Demi Gryphs just talks about normal and armor piercing damage, the halberd version is almost the same and lists the expected bonus against large.
>>143713671
I'm not 100% but I think it's area captured/razed. You can sit in one or two provinces and build up pretty much forever without Chaos getting the party started.
>>143713762
Empire is top by a big way
>>143713762
Have you even played the game?
Empire > POWER GAP > Dwarves > Orcs > POWER GAP > Counts > Chaos
>all these faggots crying about greatsword
Did you think that "Anti-Infantry" was a big meme?
Stop being retards and pick them from afar or with cav charges
>>143713861
Tempted to do that as vamps
Just build up an insane amount and then expand
>>143713804
This is really the big thing that bothers me about VC, that skellingtons and ghosts get winded (other than the general auto-resolve and magic scaling bullshit). Fucking really? At least Chaos gets a fat bonus to stamina from their lord.
>>143713762
Chaos feels brutal as fuck, I always lost a good amount of units during those quest battles because these Chosen just carve each other but like there's no tomorrow (which there might not be).
Dragon Ogres seems to be really powerful at just breaking everything around them and taking out big targets. It is too bad how absolutely awful they are at autoresolve so you have to fight every god damn garrison.
Healing as chaos is just suffering.
>>143713205
>>143713369
Vargeists literally do not do shit.
>Damage dealer
Yeah my fucking ass.
>Frenzy
Oh, that 8 melee attack that the game almost doesn't care about? How USEFUL
Also, Vampire counts should be about numbers, but they aren't. If they had an extra 10 slots over other armies they might be. You could take a bunch of zombies like that. As is, you're filling slots with zombies and if you go past a certain point you're wasting time because your army isn't going to have any killing power. Your units already have below average stats across the board, so filling it with actual-filler units too much makes them even worse.
>some fag told me savage big un boar boyz are best
>do hardly any damage
>have low leadership
>die super quick
What a mistake they were
>>143713782
>I don't think I'll need any orcs to finish off a rabble of cowardly backstabbers
>>143714027
That could be easily changed too, though? Just give every undead a gigantic bonus to stamina.
>>143713980
How do black orcs look in comparison to greatswords?
They are in the same price range.
>>143713980
>Empire is a faction that's established to not have the best infantry
>has the best infantry of the game
The whole fucking point of chaos warriors is their exceptional infantry, it shouldn't be worse than empire's cheap units
>>143714008
You kind of have to since your early troops are made of paper mache before lord/research/building upgrades.
>>143713794
>And if you lose your lord it means that the battle is not on your favor to begin with
Or they had 3 Witch Hunters rotating Accuse for free on your Lord the moment he tries to support the battle
>>143714167
Just get great weapon Chosen and fuck shit up.
About to start a Greenskin campaign, had a question about their Legendary Lord quests.
Are there any quests I need to focus on doing ASAP for the Greenskin LLs that will be forever locked out if I don't do it early enough?
Was really disappointed when I couldn't progress further with Kemmler because he wanted me to siege and raze Empire Territories despite all the Empire Territories being long since dead.
I don't even care if I have to start with a shittier LL or army composition, I want both my LLs to be able to reach their maximum potential.
>>143713554
>Slayer King and some Dorf vs Orcs.
>Fighting the good fight.
>Dwarfs all route.
>They come back only to be hit by catapults.
>Route again.
>Reform and try to run all the way up to king.
>Route again.
>Essentially running up like.
>I have returned.
>Oh shit no.
>Wait maybe.
>Okay definitely not.
>Meanwhile the Slayer king is fighting alone for the whole battle.
>While the dwarves run around the field completely indecisive about whether they are staying or going,
>Would rather have them die on the spot to be honest senpai.
>Die at least with some honor intact.
>>143713971
Not even listing Bretonnia anon you're killing me.
>>143714167
>greatsword
>empire's cheap units
Total Warhammer either runs or looks awful
No in between
>>143713838
Its a hidden passive something like "+10 against infantry" I'm pretty sure.
>>143714168
Nah because you can expand into other vamps and still cause chaos to pop up
And troop matchups isn't a real issue there
>>143714248
They dont count because they arent even finished yet
>>143714291
I don't know what you're talking about. It runs better than Rome 2 or Attila ever did, even at max settings.
>>143714220
>playing MP
>expecting to not get cheesed
your fault really
>>143713980
>>143713838
Anti-Infantry gives 10 weapon damage against infantry.
What's pathetic is a super-elite unit like Chosen /w Shields have 90% more melee defense than the Greatswords have melee attack, and have much more melee attack than the Greatswords, but will just get absolutely shit on.
If anything the Greatswords should win the fight but it should take them 5x longer because the Chosen should seriously almost never get hit.
This game's engine is fuckin busted
>>143714257
As in Empire as a whole has cheap units
And greatswords are superior to more expensive options for other armies
>>143714085
>not having 2 units of Fell Bats and 2 units of Vargheists in every army
Dude, I've never once felt the pain of not having ranged units as a result of this army composition. I can ALWAYS lock down their ranged or artillery units with them.
Not only that, when all 4 work in concert and are upgraded they can basically take out the enemy general on their own.
Their benefit is in their mobility, not their damage.
>>143714104
They're quite good in comparison to everything but Demigryphs
Stop crying about empire
The day total war gets balanced based on MP is the day this franchise becomes a total meme
> Tomb Kings still not announced
>>143714240
You kinda need to rush azhag because he's dogshit without the crown
>>143714239
GW Chosen randomly sometimes lose to Greatswords(possibly depending on a better charge or downhill, etc.)
But for the most part they barely win and still lose like 66%+ of their unit.
Greatswords and Demigryphs are pretty broken
>>143714257
Greatswords are 45%~ cheaper than Chosen, and WAY cheaper than Great Weapon Chosen.
They're cheap in comparison. But on the Chosen you're paying for fluff stats that don't do anything.
>Playing mp
>total war
Why would you do that?
Even worse
>taking total war mp seriously
>Bored of my Orc campaign
>Cant bring up the interest to play as any other faction.
>>143714604
Theres balancing OP units and then theres balancing beyond OP units
Demigryphs and most importantly witch hunters both fall under that category
Stop crying because you wont be able to cheese battles with the press of a button anymore
Idk how this is going to work out for you Archi.
>>143714617
I'm less worried about Azhag being less viable than I am about him being completely locked out from the wind of death entirely due to some arbitrary quest bullshit.
What I mean is that is there any point in his quest-line that has something along the lines of "raze 3 territories in Sylvania" or other VERY specific things that you could be locked out from entirely if you don't do soon enough.
>>143714814
They can't expand into your lands so that don't really stop them from raiding your shit
>>143714549
Fell Bats are cheap so throwing them away as a distraction isn't such a big deal.
Vargeists honestly probably do less damage than Fell Bats though, they need a huge buff.
All this talk about Greatswords
Dont like Grave guard GW have almost similiar stats?
>>143714814
Norsca is such a shit place no wonder all the tribes go south to raid.
>>143714784
>Not feeling the motivation to create a truly eternal Empire with death/dread incarnate as its Emperor.
Step it up, son. Both of the VC Legendary Lords are lots of fun design-wise and they have a great starting position.
Only starting position I like better than the VCs is Bretonnia.
>play GS on hard
>Pick Azagh
>get demolished everytime i fight against Dwarfs early game because they have superior units
What do
>>143715115
I imagine Norscan woman are also pretty fuglyor thicc
>>143715146
Beat up gobbos to get waah stacks and then raid humies
>>143714979
I agree that Vargheists could probably use a buff, they do their job right now but just barely.
Considering their price-point comparative to Fell Bats, they should be substantially stronger.
Upgraded Fell Bats are at times almost better because of the armored piercing component as sad as that is to say.
>>143714783
Some of us enjoy playing against another army that will actually react or have a plan because it's more of a challenge andfun
Watching the AI be shit and let you roll over them isn't interesting after the 50th time. The exact same thing works on the AI every single time and they will never not lose to it. Kind of like how picking Demigryphs and Witch Hunters and Greatswords will win every single time no matter how bad you play. Your units will make up for how bad you are.
>>143714840
Pick Grimgor as your starter, he's better staring off trying to unite the tribes with his melee skill. To get Azhag you need to build a shamans hut which isn't too bad. By the time you have him leveled enough to do his quests, you should have control of most of the mountains that lead north. Just make sure you have an absolutely ELITE army, because the final battle to get his crown is fucking tough.
Wulfrik the wanderer and the gang's wacky adventures with his magical teleboat dlc when?
>all these faggots complaining about empire in MP
>they never saw what abomination that corner phalanx spartans were in rome
>>143711234
It's the first big modpack.
That's about the only reason.
Everyone says you get way too much money with it, which I could definitely see breaking this game. A lot of the fun is scraping by while being so fucking broke.
>>143715001
They have similar but worse stats and for whatever reason aren't fucking retarded.
If you look at the Greatsword stat card it doesn't make sense why they're so ridiculous, but it probably has something to do with Melee Attack and Defense being incredibly low priority on deciding what happens in combat. They almost don't matter.
I wouldn't be surprised if Greatswords had a stat bug or something and they actually have like 70 weapon damage desu
>>143715639
Fuck that mary sue
>hurr I killed half the entire fucking world and never lost a single battle
I would rather have calard of garamont or gotrik & felix
Can anyone give me a confirmation that you can sit with a few provinces and not spawn Chaos invasion? I don't want to put 100 turns into a campaign, incrementally managing my diplomacy with every faction, only to get invaded with just Reikland and Marienburg.
>>143715770
>hurr I killed half the entire fucking world and never lost a single battle
I wished he tried that shit with Abhorash.
>cant help my vampire allies because of vampire corruption
>>143715990
The first chaos invasion comes at turn 59 or 69 or imperium level 6.
>>143715647
Spartans are cute, but they can't beatlevy pikemen
Extra, extra!
Dawi coward not so tough when facing someone who fights back!
Read all about it!
Alright /twg/. With mages should I focus on buffing my units, debuffing the enemy, or damaging the enemy? Some spells are shite, but for example the bright wizard has a really nice fire ball spell and nice buff spells.
Jesus christ what a fight, got ambushed by four armies of these faggots
Thank god spiders are so good
>>143716513
Later, homo.
Why is it that skeletal warriors aren't that much worse than swordsmen on paper but they end up getting destroyed?
>playing as dwarfs
>Averland asks me to give them fire technology
The options show only -5 or +10 diplomacy, anyone know if there are consequences?
Do Followers randomly leave or is there a condition for their departure?
>>143716746
Literally no reason not to
>>143716664
>25 kills from the doom diver
step it up
>>143715770
>I would rather have calard of garamont
Shit man, I'd be so down. I know we'll probably end up with Louen, Morgiana, and the Green Knight as our three LL but I hope if they ever add some more minor characters from the black library they add Calard.
I mean, he even got to be on the cover of the most recent Bretonnia army book.
Thoughts on Empire Total War? I've only ever played Shogun 2
>>143716603
depends on unit size, damage doesn't scale apparently. they all have nice buffs. I like the celestial wizard, huge debuffs to the enemy.
>>143716664
Wow vargeists really are shit, those 3 were flanking my black orcs and got almost no kills
>>143716865
They rushed that one with all their fell bats, caused them to fully retreat
Other one made up for it tho I think
>>143712536
Then don't use fucking Demigryphs if they're ruining your enjoyment.
Did a Demigryph murder your dog?
>>143717006
Clunky, but fun if you can get past that and never player fort battles also the widest scope of any total war game. 2 minute Ottoman turns time.
What do you think the leaders/mechanic/resource will be for the Skaven?
Personally I'm hoping Queek Headtaker will be a leader.
What bretonnia mods are avaible?
Im thinking about starting a bretonnia campaign and I want to heavily mod it
>>143716703
Everything the Empire has is just better for no reason. It's really weird.
A few more stats over Grave Guard let Greatswords shit on Chosen/kill 2/3 of GW Chosen
Sus as fuck
>see everyone finishing campaigns super quickly
>killing my motivation to finish my own
I miss the comfy ongoing greentexts of the older titles, its barely been a week and it feels like everyone has rushed through this TW
>>143717006
Fun, lots of disappointments with various factions, stat cards generally meaningless
>>143717141
>leaders
Thanquol the Magnificent is the only option.
>mechanic
underway and RNG abilities
>resource
Slaves and warpdust.
NAVAL COMBAT CONFIRMED, UNIT CARDS FOR NAVAL UNITS ALREADY IN-GAME.
3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHIPS FOR EACH FACTION.
>Bretonnia
Buccaneer
Corsair
Galleon
>Chaos
Bloodship
Deathgalley
Norscan Longship
>Dwarfs
Dreadnaught
Ironclad
Monitor
>Empire
Greatship
Wargalley
Wolfship
>Greenskins
Bigchukka
Drillakilla
Hulk
>Vampire Counts
Direwolf Ship
Grief Ship
Vargalley
SOURCE: http://imgur.com/a/fjAjA
>>143717141
I don't know about leaders but
>mechanic
Tunneling that allows you to quicktravel to a certain region, they might have penalties for using armies the ordinary way, like getting attrition after staying in foreign territory for longer than 3 turns or some shit
I want skaven to be really sneaky and being about quick take-overs rather than all out war
>Resource
Warpstone, what fucking else?
>Play Orks
>Can't win through force so go diplomacy and unite the tribes
>We all put aside our differences and ally with each other
>We wreck the Dwarves
>Hordes of greenskins pour from the southern lands
>Empire and chums getting razed to the ground
>Vampire counts drowning in Orks
>Chaos not even shown up yet
This is fine, this is good but... I can't help but feel there is more to WAAAGH than this.
It feels like such an empty victory somehow despite being glorious to watch. I liked playing vampire counts better even if they couldn't pull off something this crazy and game changing.
>>143717381
>art-style is very different from the actual game
You are either bullshitting me or this is some proof-of-concept shit
>>143717381
Interesting to note there is also a placeholder empty unit card for a "Kislevite Boyar".
>>143716603
Dont forget you can overcharge too. I was testing celestial and the debuff duration doubled to 48 seconds when overcharged for only 3 more magic. If it miscasts the spell still goes off it just hurts your guy a bit (1 shots on small unit size tho)
Anyone else think Garrisons should come with a hero level character? Half the time it feels like the Lord plus one unit could solo anything without walls.
>>143717381
Dorf ships would be OP as shit
>>143717510
How is the art-style different? Are you looking at the actual card images?
And there are currently no other in-game cards for ships so what precedent are you basing this assumption off of?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0RVf_511Eg
Chaos variety when?
>>143717680
The unit cards are all drawn art
Those ships look to be rendered on 3d
>>143717565
They should all come with at least one AP unit to deal with lords
>>143717101
?
You're strange
I kind of wish autoresolve were restricted to 90%+ fights so I wasn't so tempted to skip everything.
>>143717381
Naval combat in battle engine or auto-resolve only?
I thought auto was already in...
https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/175587/balancing-vampire-counts
torrent where
>>143717960
My first total war was shogun 2 and I autoresolved most everything. Didnt like the game much. When I tried rome 1 I made myself fight every single battle and had a lot more fun, so thats how I play every total war now. If i wanted to just play campaigns id play a paradox game.
>>143718285
When they release Kislev
is there a mod that slows down the battles yet?
Man, I think one of the only major killjoys for me thus far is how often the yakkity sax run-arounds happen with leaders and other similar stuff in fights. It kinda sucks the fun out of some fights when eventually you have to play this retard roundup with demigods.
>>143717764
All of the heroes and lords are captures of renders from what I've seen.
These fuckers love to spam heroes
>>143717960
Agreed, I miss when auto-resolve was a somewhat viable (although not 100% efficient) way of solving battles for people who didn't have the time to play out every battle or were more interested in a civilization-style game.
Now they've made auto-resolving more viable than actually playing out the battle. Previously, auto-resolving usually lost you enough that you would be better off playing out battles in order to min/max your/their losses.
Now you can auto-resolve and only lose like 5 troops while you kill every single one of theirs. There is no real incentive to play out the battles anymore because doing so usually results in you losing more troops than simply auto-resolving.
This was not the way the feature was initially intended at its introduction but this is what it has become.
Fucking lame.
>>143718220
He's spot on.
>tfw tempted to install bretonnia mod
>don't want to spoil myself with a half-baked faction when I could wait and get the full deal
>>143718285
When you get a job.It took a dedicated team of expert chinese hackers to Crack denuvo 2 months for a single game
Am I the only one really disappointed by VC skeleton animations?
Grave Guard are fine, those guys look professional. But I would expect basic skeles to be lurchy, like zombies with more energy. Instead I got whole units doing a synchronized fucking monster mash into battle. It doesn't even change when they run, they just dance faster.
It's morbid in all the wrong ways.
Are the mounts for Karl a straight upgrade? What does a gryphon add that a pegasus don't?
It sucks that I have to invest in all of the mounts to get the gryphon.
>>143718763
I asked where not when nice try faggot
>>143718731
In Pre-Shogun 2 autoresolve was pretty brutal, it would usually make you lose heavily
Now it usually means a decisive victory, its just too good
Altho, if I didn't have auto-resolve, I would lose 90% of my troops every siege
>>143718824
Atleast I'm playing warhammer, faggot.
>>143717381
>Bretonnia
Do their ships use cannons or what
>>143718220
I have absolutely no gripes with his critiques, they are all very accurate and it is very apparent the guy has actually played extensively with the VCs before arriving at those conclusions.
This game is tons of fun, but not at all balanced.
SO WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT FREE UNIT THEY PROMISED, HUH?
>M-MUH FREE ELLL CEEE
WHERE IS MY FREE SHIT YOU FUCKS
>>143718980
You get to beta test, I get the full game for free in a month
>>143718557
I think there are two right now: "Proper combat mod" and "closer to the tabletop mod"
Haven't tried either, but I agree vanilla is faster than Shogun II sanic speed.
>>143719001
Good question honestly, I don't know.
Gameplay-wise it would make sense, Lore-wise not so much.
>>143719001
they don't even have any people with guns what the fuck they gon do with canons
>>143719183
>in a month
>>143719109
Anon, it hasn't even been a full week since launch yet. Take a deep breath.
I'm sure within 1 month of the launch we will get something.
>>143719297
I know and thats why I'm asking, ya git face
>>143719109
Probably when chaos dlc stops being free
>>143707864
You sacrifice your armor for it. Its really broken right now. Chaos lord goes from like 130 armor to 40 when he takes a dragon. Manticore is better because you retain your armor.
So..how long till they announce bretonnia FLC?
>>143719183
>in a month
alright bud, check in with us in a month
we'll laugh your ass out of thread just like we are doing now
>>143718810
Deathclaw outclasses them all
>>143719109
Darren said on stream that CA got burned by all the negative reaction to DLC close to release so they are going to wait a long while before they do anything.
>>143719001
One word "Trebuchets" on a real note it's probably going to be peasant bowmen and boarding boats.
Brunner, Bounty Hunter, as hero unit when?Why does no one remember him? His stories were cool.
>>143718794
>Instead I got whole units doing a synchronized fucking monster mash into battle.
Sorry, I know you are frustrated but holy shit that was funny.
>>143718794
I love it, honestly. It's amazing.
SAVAGE BOYZ
>>143719772
He is basically like the Jango/Boba Fett of the Warhammer Fantasy universe.
He just doesn't do much outside of his own little stories so people don't know much about him.
It isn't terribly surprising.
>tfw Fall of the Samurai has made me used to artillery-spam armies with a few spear levies to get cavalry to fuck off and a regiment or two of elite rifle units to mop up whatever actually makes it to firing range
>try it with empire, 10 rocket artillery and 2 great cannons, with the rest being halberdiers and great swords
>rocket artillery going all fucking battle and the enemy army is totally exposed on the march
>lose the battle massively
>rocket artillery has about ~100 kills between all 10 units
Welp.
>>143718794
I actually like it. It kinda shows that the skeletons are just puppets of a single puppet master who is moving them based on his own will.
>>143719595
>tfw having to wait weeks or months for release 2.0 with brettonia, balance patch and blood&gore dlc
Hard to keep playing this iteration when the updates will make it so much better
>>143719948
Artillery and magic are broken right now
>>143719595
They're playing a victim, because after pissing off people with releasing fucktons of tiny, cut and expensive DLC to Atilla and Rome 2, they finally got what they deserve after trying to shove down throat day 1 DLC? What a fucking disgrace
>>143719560
woah epic kek meme dude. enjoy spending $60 and more on jew DLC
Why am I constantly losing Followers?
I'm not bankrupt. My army is full and health. Allies are all Very Friendly and none of my settlements have been attacked, sacked or razed.
>>143719998
>Hard to keep playing this iteration when the updates will make it so much better
>>143719948
You should just go all the way and create a Panzergruppe.
>>143719772
>Why does no one remember him? His stories were cool.
Because they're the hardest to find downloads of out of all the warhammer novels
>>143720120
Atleast in Attila I remember followers/households would die off randomly, or from old age
So I guess its the same in Warhammer aswell
>>143720120
They just randomly come and go
>>143719948
>"We don't want to give units abilities they don't have on the tabletop" -Ca (paraphrased)
>Cannons don't have grapeshot
>there are no skirmishing units in loose formation
>bretonnia don't have the special formations or abilities that they're known for and which actually made them a potent force.
thanks CAloving the game desu though
>>143720243
Why is this? I actually have his omnibus, and its decently written, for a Warhammer book.
>>143719494
>you sacrifice your armour for it
Thats actually how it is in tabletop.
If you hadnt guessed they werent used
So....
how long until DLC?
Asking for a friend
>>143720321
>get told we cant have seasons because theres no time passing
>but followers come and go because reasons
Can CA at least be consistent with their bullshit.
>>143720321
>>143720403
I see. It's weird though, I just lost my Barbarian Follower that adds +10% weapon damage but when I inspect Archaon's Followers, I can reassign the Barbarian.
>>143717381
>VC naval units are just re-skinned empire naval units
That's bullshit but I believe it
What the fuck is with warhammer total war crashing all the fucking time?
>>143717381
>Bigchukka
I wonder what they do
Ironbreakers or Hammerers?
Great weapon Quarrellers or Thunderers?
Regular Longbeards or Great weapon Longbeards?
Cannons or Dorfcopters?
>>143721037
Both
Quarellers
Both
Cannons
>>143720938
Ave a big chukka dat chucks tings dat ar big
>tfw no arachnorok spider ridden by a giant
>>143711741
>mod that ports rome from R2 into estalia
I am consistently disappointed with the lack of mods like this in previous total wars.
>>143721092
>Both
Shiett
>>143720884
And why the fuck doesn't magic scale with unit size?
>>143721159
They are technically illegal which is why you don't see them.
lads can I play coop campaign with a friend on a modded game?
>watch replay of a close battle I won against the counts
>right from the start I notice something's a bit different
>whole fight shows me getting my shit wrecked and proceeding to lose the fight
The fuck? Is this a known issue?
>Total Bore: Snorehammer
>>143721220
>tfw you will never massacre Chaos with Royal Marines and Armstrong guns
>>143721486
Replay is not a video , its just a simulation
goodness, spirit leech shreks lords
>reading through this endhammer stuff
Wow, this is way better than what GW came up with
>>143721561
The fuck is the point then? It wasn't even a good simulation, the battle setup was totally different.
So where should I conquer next as Karl Franz? I just retook Reikland. Not sure where I should head next. I was thinkin...Wissenland, or fuck with Marienburg or something.
Where did /twg/ go once they reclaimed Reikland?
>>143721913
Marienburg, their capital has a unique port that gives you loads of cash.
>>143721913
Take out those Marienburgs cunts and then build up for a little bit. After that you want to try and remove those Vampire shits, before Chaos comes to make your life so much easier.
Marienburg has a port that lets you have so much dosh.
This game plummets in fun when Chaos invades.
It's a fucking joke and I don't think anyone playtested this.
>>143721913
Marienburg is a fucking cashcow it pretty much funds your entire early campaign.
>>143721037
Ironbreakers
Quarellers
Both
Mostly cannon but a couple copters to fuck up arty/ranged units
>>143720439
dunno, they just are
I found the fucking Angelika Fleischer books with more ease
So how the fuck do you beat a big Dwarf army full of quarrelers as Orcs? Your archers can't do dick to theirs and I was just mowed down when I ran at them. I had mainly Big'uns and Orc Boyz
They had Miners and Warriors.
>>143722257
Dwarfs have tough lines.
You have tools to break lines.
Use the tools.
I need to sleep but want to play more
ahh
Orc campaign is a lot easier than the other faction's
>>143722315
Such as? Anytime I play as Greenskins I usually quit pretty early in but my campaign is doing well this time. What would you recommend? I was thinking of making some Trolls.
What Wizard, /twg/?
Bright, Light or Celestial?
>>143722440
Trolls, Giants, crazy good cavalry, anything that disrupts the Dwarven lines will let you shit on them.
Also if you have Savages yet, use them. They take -20% less damage
LOL
>>143722574
Alright thanks. When you say crazy good cavalry are you referring to the Boar Boyz or the spider riders? I'd assume Boar Boyz.
>>143711636
As far as I know the lizardman in the old world aren’t as functional as the ones in Lustria, all the big names in the lizardman army are in Lustria as well, like Lord Mazdamundi the most likeable leader for the faction IMO, Skaven are my guess, they are big and popular enough to carry the expansion without the elves and skavenblight is already in the map
>>143720567
Seasons will be added with wood elves.
>>143707864
Sorry I can't hear you over how badass Deathclaw is
how do i stop the spread of chaos as the vamps
>>143706186
Guys, how do I win Sigvalds battle for sliverslash? The chariots just crush my units
How do I win with Dwarfs again? Empire wasn't this hard
>>143723141
Out corrupt them
>>143722673
Boar Boyz. Specifically Savage ones if you have them.
Goblins are trash, they can't even run off archers.
>>143723141
On every agent and lord you can get something that reduces chaos corruption. At least for Empire/Orcs you can. You really have to plan ahead and be prepared for the Chaos invasion by having Lords/Agents tuned to fighting off their bullshit.
>ostermark map
>no visual cue to mordheim at all
>talabheim crater is so subtle that you can barely distinguish it form the vegetation
A bit disappointed desu
>>143723257
Through alliteration
>>143722574
Savage orcs have no armor so theyre shit vs quarrelers
>>143723141
Soul leech Archie back into the chaos wastes.
>>143723141
>playing empire
>wasn't expecting the strong corruption wave and immortal agents roaming the land
>chaos invaded 40 turns ago and im juggling unrest in almost all of my regions
Serious question, what skills should I be putting points in early on?
I normally spend most of my points on campaign skills early on, and then start to put some points in to combat stats (I generally auto resolve)
Am I bad?
>playing as VC
>Empire is defeated
>Allied with Greenskins, attempting to subdue the growing Dwarven legions as they confederate with every other dwarven nation
>Meanwhile, Chaos
>Human nations panicking, being slaughtered while the strongest three nations fight amongst themselves instead of stopping the ancient evil
Feels like Game of Thrones, desu. Enjoying the chaos of it all, no pun intended.
I did eliminate Kholek Suneater's army. Guy went down like a bitch.
>>143723141
get a bunch of agents to spread more vampiric corruption
kill chaos fuckers
bale a bunch of balefire hearths
>>143719001
Their Buccaners have catapults, everything else has cannons. Only place they seem to use blackpowder is on the high seas.
>>143723361
Its not that bad
I really want to make a balancing mod but the game is probably going to get patched soon so there probably isn't any point
>>143723802
When the city is at level 4 or 5 it barely becomes distinguishable from the city walls
ALL I FUCKING WANT IS A MOD THAT SLIGHTLY INCREASES YOUR CAMPAIGN MOVEMENT IN YOUR OWN TERRITORY
THATS ALL I FUCKING WANT
IT'S SO FUCKING BORING TO JUST WATCH AS 7 CHAOS STACKS RUN THROUGH YOUR LAND AND RAZE EVERYTHING WHILE REFUSING TO FIGHT YOU AND YOU ONLY HAVE TWO ARMIES DESPITE OWNING 4 PROVINCES ALL BUILT TO MAKE YOU SHEKELS AND YOU CANT EVEN CATCH UP TO A SINGLE FUCKING STACK
Can I get Thorgrim off his stupid throne? I'd like if he was carried by it on the campaign map but fighting on it is ridiculous.
>>143706869
>cannons
>getting lots of kills
Pick one. Normal dwarf cannons and empire greatcannons are for fucking up characters and big monsters, not killing like three Zombies per shot, if that.
>>143717381
>Dwarf ships are made of iron
>Everybody else's ships are made of wood
How the fuck is this going to be balanced?
Is it worth replacing all of my warriors with chosen or just the halberd and greatweapon varients?
>>143723998
Its a dwarf thing
All dwarfen kings have the tradition of being carried into battle, preferably in their thrones
And dwarfs really care about traditions
>>143724097
Dwarfs have a single port. You aren't going to be messing with them most of the time. Also probably really expensive.
>>143723998
Just wait till we get Greasus.
He's going to be a real shitshow.
>>143724097
it isn't supposed to
Dwarf ships are unmatched
>>143724059
Hellblaster and organ gun can get plenty of kills if left alone
>>143708423
>mfw giving all my units German names.
>mfw Leibstandarte Karl Franz has been with me since turn 1 and I'm now on turn 220.
>mfw They have always been at the forefront of the fighting, suffering horrible losses everytime for Franz, Sigmar and Reik.
In all of history, never before was more owed to so few!
>Go balls to the wall and attack all 3 main Dwarf settlements with all my troops (2 20 stacks)
>Rebellion starting up in 2 turns and it'll be close to a 20 stacks by the time I get there
>Make confederacy with one group, and create a lord and recruit 10 big boyz
>fight off rebels with my new shit army, then disband everything except a few valuable troops
>Made another confederacy 2 turns before this
>just got 10 settlements over the course of 2 turns, as well as about 7k income
Holy fuck, I just went from a small group of powerful settlements, to controlling the entire south east corner of the map. Now I just need to mop up the Karak Azul.
If I had lost one of those battles my campaign probably would have just ended.
What should your typical Empire forces consist of for say a Defensive Army, Siege Army, or Offensive force?
If I can should I bring a secondary army made almost purely of Cavalry alongside my main force?
At what turn should I consider building my second army? I took Reikland and did that Quest Battle, was thinking of going for Wissenland or forcing Mariniggers to declare war on me by raiding their lands.
So are Dark Elves going to come by on Black Arks or something?
>>143724097
slow
expensive
dwarves don't have a lot of ports
>>143724715
That's not going to matter much if one dreadnought can wreck the entire Imperial Navy.
>>143724807
Well just auto-resolve.
>Greenskins have a bad economy
I'm richer as the orcs than I have been with any other faction 50 turns in
>>143724924
>tfw 10k a turn
>with two arachnaroks and two giants in all three of my armies
>tfw I make headcanons about where my units come from
Some of these are
>The Estalianese Band
>Helmsgartian regiment
>Nuln loose canons
>Sylvanian Sigmarite Partisans
>Altdorf first-borns
>The 6th of talabheim
>Merry helga(this one is a mortar unit)
Am I autistic?
>>143724807
It probably won't
also, magic
>>143706753
>896 kills on the flamecannon
HOLY SHIT HOW?
Do I need the reliquary/alter in the same province (represents three settlements) or can it be in different provinces entirely, across the map for example?
>>143725061
Having fun doesn't make you autistic. Posting on a gook board makes you autistic.
>>143724681
I hope so
I mean, they are gonna make an entire expansion to cover what, 2 factions?
They better really deliver
>>143718794
I don't think you understand
>>143724623
A bunch of Greatswords, 4+ Demigryphs, a couple Witch Hunters
For everything.
>>143725384
>not including steam tanks
Have a hard time figuring out which are cooler, dwarves or Empire. One is a reincarnation of the HRE with medieval and church stereotypes set to maximam. The other is tolkien dwarves with less greed more vengefulness and craftiness.
I always had a hard time deciding in Warhammer online whether I liked Ironbreakers or Knights of the blazing sun more.
How many giants do I want to stomp dem humies?
>>143725747
20
Full giant stack
the teleport button for my quest has vanished. why? do you only get the choice to teleport to a quest once? :/
>>143706439
>>143725739
It's a shame neither of them have a profound morale effect on your fellow players.
When you see a Black Orc charging there's this noticeable effect of always having more players behind 'em.
Because he's big and tall.
>>143725841
You can only teleport to quest battles.
>>143725861
I had a Black Ork RR80 or so before the game got shut down. Full sovereign unpainted. People definitely rallied behind me.
Might try out the private server, it seems populated.
>>143725841
You can't be inside a settlement, that might be it.
>>143725979
Id love to play the private server but i just cant deal with the grind
Especially on the tank class.
>>143726103
You can level through pvp so how is it a grind?
Half the pve doesn't even work last time I checked
>>143725948
>You can only teleport to quest battles.
nigger that's what i just said. i cant teleport to the quest battles ive got now. i had the option once now its vanished. works in all my other campaigns fine but this one it seems fucked for some reason.
>>143726006
but im not ;_;
>>143725861
Destruction always had the menacing effect, you looked at them, you didn't feel like jumping at the middle of the group.
With order however it was more of a bait thing, you looked at those manlets, elves and wimpy humans and thought "they look weak", but then you realized that bright wizards had nukes and warrior priest was immortal
>65% success chance
So basically "Impossible for success"?
>>143722506
Wizards are pretty meh, but Bright is better than the others.
>>143725747
all of 'em
>>143726145
Are you sure it is not a deploy X hero there quest?
>fighting Sylvania
>>143725747
Fuck giants
Giant spiders are better
>>143726220
>>143726434
Really? I've never gotten far enough to get either. Are the spiders actually really good?
>>143719001
Yes. See, the law against gunpowder weapon states they're forbidden to use 'em "on Bretonian soil". So of course they rules-lawyer'd the shit outta that.
>>143726172
No, but the game doesn't regenerate its random seed so you're 'fated' to be able to succeed or not.
UNLIMITED SKELLYS AND ZOMBIES
>>143726132
It's probably a grind if they don't enjoy Tier 1-3, or if the only battles going on are the abhorrent cycling of castles for maximum XP.
>>143725979
>>143726146can't wait for camelot unchained desu, same guys but without the EA strings or half-assed PVE content because there is no PVE content
Are Dwarfs fun?
What's the best Dwarf start? Blitz the first province and then turtle up till you have a 20 stack to kill Grimgor with, then steal his crag?
>>143719948
Rockets are great for morale lowering and busting up big groups of lightly-armored infantry, but they struggle against heavy stuff. I atually got a banner in cmapaign that gives a unit extra AP damage and it made the rocket battery in that army notably more killy against anything heavier than low/mid-tier line infantry.
So if I have a building like the Black Orc Forge, that reduces the recruitment cost of Black Orcs, it has to be in the same province as the building that is actually making the black orcs, right?
I just captured a settlement with one of these but its one province away from Black Crag which is about to start churning these guys out.
>>143727397
yes, also cute
>>143727437
sack and raze all the orcish shit near you until youve killed the factions' full stacks, then rush north to get mount gunbad before zhufbar does
>>143721913
REMOVE MERCHANT!
>>143719001
Bretonnia's navy is pragmatic as shit. Comes with life on sea. Out there you aren't a lord or a peasent, just a crewman. Least that's how I remember it.
>>143724097
See this? that hammer is fully functional IIRC.
>>143725803
>>143726353
>>143726434
just gonna start me a giant army
>tfw no Fall of the Samurai-Total War: Warhammer crossover mod
>tfw can't blow the everloving fuck out of orks with Armstrong guns and Royal Marines
The last two Estalian survivors of Grimgor's onslaught in their homeland sailed half way across the world and marched into the Badlands to find the weakest orc settlement they could, weakest but still too much for them, they just wanted the best chance to kill as many orcs as they could.
>>143724309
Yeah, I was talking normal cannons. Hellbalsters and Ogan guns are a bit more all-purpose.
When the new world expansion finally gets released, I'm interested in how they'll do the navy. like, you'll have an actual reason to build one. The dark Elves can't raid your coast if you fuck 'em up before they get there.
>>143726132
Low level pvp is pretty poor. Again, especially as a tank. Not to mention it doesnt give a lot of xp
>when humans move underground into a dwarf settlement
absolutely vile
>>143726145
You can't teleport if your legendary lord is in a stance or garrisoned in a town.
starting a campaign as orcs. who should I choose as my main lord?
>>143728070
>people actually wanted this
>>143726264
Theyre fine as long as you cast buffs and debuffs
Also remember to check what overcasting does for a spell. Some are worth always overcasting
>>143727616
PLEASE HELP ME IM BEGGING YOU
>>143727616
Unless it says "global" then it only effects the local province.
WHY IS AUTO RESOLVE SO FUCKING BROKEN
I got destroyed when I tried to play this normally but auto resolve just fucking wins
>>143728137
b-b-bls resbond...
is grimgor the go to? the other guy looked kinda kewl....
>>143726828
They have a weak ranged capability, they're way faster, seem to be tankier, and are better at shutting a regiment down
>>143728137
GRIMGOR IRONHIDE YA GIT!
EE'S DA BIGGEST AN DA STRONGEST!
>>143728461
Thanks, I don't see global anywhere so I guess I'll demolish this one.
>>143728598
Because auto resolve only pays attention to certain stats, and also overpunishes certain units, like monsters
>>143717381
I knew naval combat would eventually make it in because in the greenskin campaign walkthrough they had a dwarf dreadnought but when you send dwarf armies into the water they only make dwarf nautalus submarines and not dreadnoughts.
>>143727953
RIP.
>>143728695
Smash the stunties and the chaos boyz for me.
>>143719001
She's the lady of the lake.
LAKE
not the ocean.
What she doesn't know won't hurt her. So cannons are okay on ships.
>>143728730
That explains why my army crushes the VC towards the end.
I just want more DLC. I've managed to put in 36 hours so far. I am sitting here imagining fighting High Elf armies, Skavens, Tomb Kings, Dark Elves, Daemons, and so much more.
pls CA release DLC as soon as possible this game is amazing.
>not sending a band of greenskin adventurers into Sylvania to purge it of skellys and spookys
>>143728818
Just mustered up a couple of Trolls and I'm about to make the building to pump out some black orcs, as well as recruit Azhag. Most of the orcs have been dealt with so I'm about to mop up the last of the stunties. Thanks for the tip.
>>143724310
>ripping off Churchill a speech he made while fighting the Germans
That's some good irony desu.
On harder difficulty, can you comeback from a wipe from your main army?
>a t5 city
Border Princes are gonna be borin'.
>>143729283
Guess it's just a huge tech difference.
>>143727760
>tfw was really tempted to buy a box of that game from a game store
>Never did because I cant paint for shit
>all these marauder horsemen
Thank fuck they attacked me in the underway
>>143727760
I really wish GW weren't so ridiculous about their games, so much of their tabletop is fun, but the kinds of prices they routinely ask that only go up, while their actual quality keeps sinking, is just something I can't do.
>>143729901
Wait till top tier quality 3D printers come out.
>>143726432
Every single battle with slyvania is a skeletons gangrape
>>143729651
Are Night Goblin Archers good? I don't use goblin units often, and when I confederated with one of the orc clans I got a few of them but I disbanded them because their upkeep is a little high.
Does the Assembly Kit not work for anyone else? I'm trying to start up TWeak but nothing's happening. The program's icon pops up in the taskbar but that's it.
>>143730254
I just use them for poison
>>143723561
>Drop Kholek with a dwarf cannon to the face.
Feels extremely satisfying desu.
Official faction rankings
1. Empire
--------POWER GAP--------
2. Orcs
3. Chaos
4. Dwarfs
5. VCs
>>143718731
Agreed, and freaking siege battles don't even seem to do any extra calculations with auto resolve. Have a bigger army and don't want to wait to build siege equipment or risk taking lots of losses from enemy towers? Just auto resolve and you'll lose next to nothing and can take over even the most well fortified city in a single turn.
>>143718794
Took me a while to get used to it. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I first saw 500 of them marching in sync.
The grave guard move like normal troops though, so like others have said I think the skeletons are more like machines maintained by a simple spell.
>>143730407
Which kind of blows because Mannfred is by a good leap the best actual leader character.
>>143730407
VC has by far the hardest campaign objectives. All of the rest has take over X amount of territory while VC has you eliminate all 3 fractions, 2 of which will become a super power. Either Orcs or Dwarfs in the south and Empire in the north. You better pray that Orcs win the south because the Dwarfs and Empire are going to be at least defensive allies.
Best Dwarven comp: Organ Guns, Thunderers, Quallerers, and Ironbreakers to hold the line.
I saw one anon say that Spiders are better than Giants and I was wondering what you guys thought about that? I'm on turn 42 as Orcs and I'm pretty close to making the decision on whether or not I want to go for one or the other. I have a Troll Cave in this city that I took a while ago.
>mfw people think 'rat-men' exist
>Terrorgheists are OP
Granted my group were no slouches, but still
Learn to buff/debuff
>>143730756
Why even bother with reiksguard when you have demigryphs
>>143730632
Can't VC have a "sort of" alliance with Chaos?
I can't tell whether Chaos threatens them or not. I thought Chaos was within the VC's goals but I saw the Chaos armies fighting each other in my campaign where the Empire got so entirely fucked that the Dwarves were the ones that actually saved the day.
>>143729028
>this game is amazing.
Ehh... not really. Is this your first total war?
Why do Norscans have so many damn settlements
>try to root out a fucking piece of shit turtling neighbor that has army stacks on their capital
>suddenly fucking army from them appears in my territory and starts raiding
>send 2 lords after them
>fucking fags switch to march and I'm always like 2 pixels out of reach
>send lords back to the siege on capital
>McFuckface shows up again and makes circles around my settlements
>send lord back
>same fucking shit happens again
>stage an ambush eventually
>they fucking run around it
I'm losing my fucking mind.
I know the Vampire Counts have shitty units but I can't help but love them
What happens if I try and take Karak-Kadrin with some vamps?
any tips for a new player on Empire?
>>143730832
I am not sure.
>>143730859
I've been playing the Total War series since the Medieval:Total War demo you could download from Gamespy.
Warhammer and Shogun 2 are tied for the best in the 3d series. Shogun 1 and Med 1 are in their own categories.
>>143730989
Do you have any agents that slow movement speed?
At the very least be aware that you're stopping them from razing things too much, because attacking a settlement ends the available movement points
Also try a pincer move instead of just chasing
Okay. Did anyone at CA playtest the VC campaign before deciding it was a good idea to implement it? How the fuck are the VC supposed to go through Dwarf/Orc land when they can't spread corruption or stop attrition because they can't take the lands. What the fuck was CA thinking? Has anyone been able to win with VC so far?
>>143730953
how else they gonna invade this far south?
>still cant decide which faction to play for a second playthrough.
>>143731106
Pick a direction and then head south or north. Try to make alliances with anyone who isn't on the land you need to conquer. It is that easy.
>>143731265
Aren't those event stacks?
>>143731265
Thats not from the north, thats a spawned faction just for the orcs/dorfs
>>143731238
Raiding stance doesn't get attrition. It still kinda sucks but it can get you to quest objectives without losing half your army.
>>143731372
>thats a spawned faction just for the orcs/dorfs
Please explain why they then avoided orcs and dwarfs and went straight for me in the Empire
I'd like Pfeifeldorf back please
MAKE IT STOP
>>143731425
>>143731238
>they dont know
>>143731425
You could teleport too, if you're willing to burn 5K gold.
>>143731425
Do you know how fucking big the south is?
And that is without the ability to reinforce with your strongest units.
>>143731238
>>143731609
You don't need to walk to quest battles dipshit
>>143731238
I haven't played VC but I know that for the empire encampent replenishes units, even in heavy attrition land like the chaos wastes
Try forced marching one turn and then move half distance (see the bar on the left, hold down r-click to see how much it's using before letting go) and encamping the next turn
Get creative, fuck
>>143731563
I mean for the objective to raid that province in Bretonnia and stuff, you can't teleport to that.
>>143731563
You can't teleport if you want to raze the south and you have to since your objective is to eliminate the other factions.
Anyone got any tips to use chariots? When the AI use them they blast through my line of spears to get to my archers, but when I use them they just get stuck and die.
>send 20 stack on a single lord with no army I defeated previously
>auto-calc battle
>lose
what?
Are getting non-LL lords for Chaos worth it? I'm trying to save my extra growth for Sigvald when I awaken the tribes, but I'm really feeling vulnerable with just one doomstack.
>>143731849
This is why you quick-save before auto-resolving.
>we'll never get Total War: Lord of the Rings
>>143731669
I had to fire up my game to take this screenshot to shut your punk ass down.
Do you know what happens when the Dwarfs take the south and you have to march down there to eliminate them? Are you fucking stupid? Can you teleport to objectives? When did I remotely mention quest battles in my post? Fuck off retard.
>>143727397
Dwarfs are like playing a FotS army.
So yes.
>tfw having no less than 6 pieces of artillery in an army
>tfw helicopters rape their artillery
>tfw flamethrowers get a perfect enfilade shot against a group of enemy infantry pinned in place by a line of ironbreakers.
>>143732109
Shut the fuck up and use raiding stance.
>>143732209
>Hurr durr raiding stance
>When the south is so fucking big
>When you have no ideal way to replenish or reinforce
Eat shit retard. You are better off mouthing about teleporting.
>>143732160
>FotS army
>Using melee units
>>143732109
is right, VC are fucked. CA didn't play test shit.
>>143732209
nub
Wait, what. You can teleport to Quest battles?
>>143731818
Don't click attack with them, just have them drive straight on through units. Click behind the unit you want them to kill and they just run them down.
>Dorfs near me declare war on one of my neighboring states
>only way to get to them is through me
>offer me military access pact every turn
>refuse
>see 3 of their lords on that small gap that leads to my boarder
>they just keep offering me military access
>at some point they offer me huge sums of money
>increases as well every turn
>eventually accept and let them enter
>cross near capital
>send 5 lords with 20 stacks after their armies
>dorfs lost 80% of their troops
>offer me peace treaty with a bunch of gold since I'm too big of a threat
are Dwarfs retarded?
>>143732383
I'll try that thanks anon.
>>143732383
is there a way to tell troops to encircle the enemy stack?
>>143732517
Nope, just gotta position them yourself.
Should I plat Arch or the Dragon Ogre for Chaos warriors? So hard to choose....Arch seems better in the long run.
>>143732517
If you hold shift then drag+r click you can sweep around and attack.
>>143732334
obviously they didn't when Greatsword beat Chosen and the chaos campaign is stunted overall
WOOOOOOOOOOOOoooOOOOOOOOOOO
>>143732610
What does holding shift do?
>Dwarf engineers get a skill that increases campaign movement of a friendly army
Do all factions have this?
>Confederate with two different factions to give me majority of the south west
>Take Karaz-a-Karak and surrounding settlements while doing this
>Clean out Karak-Azul
>Have an amazing relationship with Top Knotz so they don't fuck with me
>Get 3 20 stacks full of Trolls, Big'Uns and Black Orcs
>Set up all my armies
>Declare war and kill every Top Knotz army in one turn
I'm not sure if I'm working fast or if this is normal but I'm playing on Hard and I have every Orc settlement except for the Bloody Spears and the guys to the far west, and I have every dwarf settlement except for Karak Kadrin and Zhufbar, and I'm only on turn 50
>>143732683
You can draw on the map, it allows you to swing cavalry/fast troops around in a more precise manner.
>>143732605
bls resbond
Auto resolve is broken as fuck this game.
I almost always auto resolve 40 match battles because there is almost no way for me to properly micro all of my units to be effective.
>>143732707
My bad, I meant South East* not South West.
>Be me
>Playing orc campaign as Grimgor on hard
>Beat and subjugate redfangs
>All other greenskins turn on me
>mini dwarf factions all become confederates of main dwarf faction
>Pincered between Dwarfs and Greenskins
>Whenever I try and do anything I always get buttfucked by a force where I don't have armies defending.
Fuck this I'm starting a new campaign on the hardest difficulty, I'm not even going to try and win, I'm just going to scrap with stuff and level up Grimgor while having fun.
Is there a level cap for heroes or can I get everything?
>>143732867
Level cap is 30.
>>143732741
Archeon is much better, Kholak can't duel for shit and in the early game you shit on Marauder units easily without needing Kholak, is a good choice for a LL for a second or third horde.
Lords nerfed when? I'm sick of losing garrisons because those overpowered fucklords can magically block 200 fucking swords hitting him and 200 arrows shooting him in the face.
>>143732765
Why not just play a paradox game? I dont really get people who dont play battles
>>143733095
Welcome to Warhammer.
It's better than in Med 1 or Rome 1 where the fucking general would be surrounded and still fight for the next several minutes.
Missile cavalry are the worst and should be deleted from the game.
>>143733171
20 vs 20 is fine. 40 vs 40 is a clusterfuck which normal just ends up with you taking way more losses then required.
>>143733289
Every single Warhammer Lord has like the "Armour of Generic Fantasy Name" so they are all OP on purpose.
>>143733291
How are you going to delete something that's been in every TW game?
>>143717381
>yfw we're going to get Black Arks eventually
sli support when? Or can someone show me how to get it working properly. I keep getting flickering textures on the campaign map.
>>143733459
>SLI support
>in any game ever
I think Vampire Counts may be the least-fun faction I've ever played in a TW game
Threadly reminder that Sigmar would want you to buy me this game.
>>143733520
>there is for rome 2, and shogun.
>>143733567
>he isn't exclusively a man of da boyz
Finally Grimgor has cucked the world
>AY' BOYZ THE HUMIES OUT HERE WERE WEAK, LETS GO KILL SOME OF DEM' SLANT EYED HUMIES
>>143733681
How do I git gud with chariots
Literally any enemy I seem to charge just tar pit them and mob them to death.
>>143733567
I like their unique set up, but just like in tabletop, they're extremely hard to use correctly andTomb Kings have better lore.
>>143733747
niiiiice
>>143733567
They're probably the most unique in terms of roster and how their Lords work. I don't like undead spoobyness, the armies feel lifeless (kek) and without character for me.
They brought 15 heroes just kill me now.
>the doomdiver noises
This is more hilarious than it should be.
What up little guy
>>143734170
I still like general + bodyguard
>>143734324
Nightmare fuel.
>>143734324
>having fun
>reach a certain point in the campaign where you know you already won and nobody can even fight you with another 20 stack anymore
>start a new campaign
I've now ''''finished'''' a campaign with every race but never actually finished. Help me.
>>143732867
Use the Waagh armies to capture settlements quickly. Confederate whenever you can. I owned the entire badlands by turn 30
>>143734581
Harder difficulties is all you can do, or swap to multiplayer/custom battles.
The campaign isn't all that interesting.
>>143730832
In my chaos campaign I allied and eventually made vc into my vassals
>playing dwarfs
>leveled up a thane and got the +exp per turn ability
>the lord of the army and thane now have 2 chevrons of experience
Is this a bug?
Also, the master engineer is bugged, he adds reload time to the units near him instead of decreasing it with his passive.
Right then, let's do this
>>143725979
>>143726103
>check out returnofreckoning
>notice order is underpop
>feel obligated to play order
>no longer want to play
feels bad man
>>143734802
>Also, the master engineer is bugged, he adds reload time to the units near him instead of decreasing it with his passive.
Kek
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEARGH
>>143734883
>Not making it the Seven dwarves
>>143734989
If it makes you feel any better all the order classes are superior to their chaos counterparts
>>143734709
There's just not enough factions to make the mid/late game interesting right now.
AAAAAAAH PROTECT THE KING
>>143735119
Does it even make sense in the lore that Dark Elves would align with Chaos?
>>143735216
I always feel bad for the guys holding up the throne, imagine holding up that heavy ass guy and only having one arm to fight with.
Such a disappointment
Dwarf """"morale"""""
Dwarves are hard. Grimgor came out of the Badlands and took my capital at turn 8 with a fullstack + WAAAGH group.
I'm only on hard what the fuck is this
>>143735362
>>143735216
Is there any point in having a melee Hero if you already got a Lord?
>>143735362
This is why you play the Empire and use steam tanks.
I suck at building MP armies in this game - seem to get rolled early on no matter what faction I pick. What sort of comps are good for empire/VC in mp?
>tfw playing Orcs
>>143735241
Not at all.
Even the fucking vampires hate chaos.
Not only would nobody ally with chaos. Chaos allies with no one. For chaos there are only subjects and corpses
>>143735421
To fight
How do I into The Empire?
So now I'm getting swarmed by Chaos ships from somewhere in the south as Orc?
Where are they coming from so I can stop them?
>>143735556
Spam steam tanks.
Some heretics say you should use demigryphs and greatswords. Don't listen to them.
>>143735469
I'm making 7,000 a turn not to mention pulling like 30,000 from sacking the god damn border princes. This is an insane amount of cash.
>>143735556
Go south and east. Conquering the north early is 100% not worth it when you start getting wrecked by norscan doomstacks landing in the north and chaos in the north east
>>143735467
Greatswords Demigryphs Witch hunters
Have fun
>mfw I lose a battle I should obviously win
>mfw the routing enemy units comes back right where the gate is
>mfw my garrison was enough to take care of the trash units unit the lords army but not the lord himself
Are Amazons an actual thing in Warhammer or are they just a fan thing?
>>143735596
Nowhere. The faction invading the south literally did not exist until those ships appeared. Defeat the three or so groups that appeared and that faction will be gone.
>>143735421
If you dont spec the lord into combat and have a bunch of items that have cool effects that are short ranged.
>>143735652
>2 full stacks of Black Orcs + Boar boyz big'uns + night gobbo archers + archanarok + doom divers
>Still making 6k a turn
>Haven't even killed the Dwarfs yet
>>143735694
>you will never drink Milwaukee brew and play XCOM and DOOM with Rich Evans
>>143735469
I had 2mil by the end of my orc campaign, they got a ridiculous economy and upkeep
>>143728070
Now lets see an above ground dwarven or orc settlement
>Even Steam thinks Warhammer is an odd choice for Total War
Kek
>>143735696
They're real and irrelevant
>>143734802
Wait really? You sure about engineer? Is that the skill that affects your entire army?
Kholek sure is a big guy...
>>143735476
>playing empire
>tfw Vampire Counts and Schwartzhafen were trying to pay me 7,000 gold for military access and alliance
>keep refusing
>feel kind of bad because apart from Ostermark they've been really peaceful
>Schwartzhafen has been at war with literally no one all game except Stirland for a couple turns
>send a captain to spy on the Vamp border
>Kholek runs past my settlements and heads straight for Vamp territory
>immediately gets swarmed by 5 stacks of vamps
>tfw I really want to ally with them and get a qt vamp waifu but I have to take Sylvania sooner or later
>kill Archaeon, they go back to hating me
>2 turns later they declare war on my ally and the fight is on
All I want is an Isabella von Carstein to call my own
>>143706306
Nothing quite like creating five armies of nothing but skeletons and zombies and losing everything.
>>143735960
For you
>>143735873
huh
Is it ever worth vassalizing your enemy instead of just occupying as much land as possible?
>>143735985
>youll never get a vampire blowjob
Now THAT'S how you do it
Dwarfs? Not even once
>>143736192
Allied agents will distract enemy agents?
>>143736192
NOPE, its only useful for RP purposes or if you're chaos
>>143736260
SPOOKY
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>>143736192
>>143736320
I used to do it to create a buffer zone where I don't have to micro everything.
In Warhammer I wanted to ally bretonnia but we fought, so I made them a vassal in order to keep their race in the game.
Why is the cannon "Anti-Large" and the Grudge Thrower "Anti-Infantry"?
Does this mean the GT is better at dispatching infantry than the cannon?
>>143736427
Obviously
>>143736427
Hmm well anon for such a complex question as this we must analyse the language they've used
>anti-infantry
I think this might perhaps be a clue in our endeavor!
>>143736427
Anti-Large and Anti-Infantry explain themselves, what is it that you do not understand?
>>143736452
>>143736502
>>143736560
common sense you memers
cannon > catapult
>>143736427
BRAVO anon.
BRAVO
>>143736616
k-k-k-kill yourself my man
>>143736427
Think of cannons as snipers in this hame. Good against lords, monsters, and enemy artillery
>>143736654
it's also further in the tech so one would surmise that it might outdamage any singular benefit from a previous tier
>>143736083
Pussy ass bitch didn't even do anything just sat there jerking his dick off.
>>143736616
You realize this is a fantasy setting based off a tabletop game? How do half naked manlets with mohawks do well against trolls and giants?
>>143736242
Yes they had miniatures and rules once.
>>143736452
>>143736502
>>143736560
One throws rocks and one fires balls of cast-iron steel. Am I supposed to assume that for some reason, infantry in this game are less resistant to rocks than steel?
>Breton army is nothing but spears and bowmen
>>143735985
VAMP WAIFUS ARE THE BEST
>>143736616
A cannon is like a giant gun, you shoot a person with a gun, you shoot a giant with a cannon.
In the table top stone throwers had explosive radii, based on the stone fragmenting and sending shrapnel or something. so stone throwers while capable of high damage on a single target were better against massed infantry formations while cannons capable of high damage were more accurate and able to snipe monsters but weren't as good against massed infantry. (though they could be great against armored elite infantry)
>>143736778
>cast iron steel
Just stop
>>143736751
superstrength dummy
>>143736825
next you'll tell me mortars on top of galleons will outperform ironclands
>>143736770
Meant for
>>143735696
How bad is the performance hit going to Ultra unit size from Large?
NEW FUCKING THREAD WHEN?
>>143736968
idk click the button
I didn't feel anything going from Large to Medium
>>143736995
>page 6
>midnight
kill yourself my man
>>143736798
I hope they add more infantry for the brets
>>143736823
Wait for Morathi, Alarielle, witch elves, handmaidens and waywatchers.
>>143736690
Fuck that.
Canister shot mod when.
>>143736798
>>143737056
>brets naturally can't win castle battles
>heavily armored knights will let them autoresolve victories
good game CA
>>143737175
>>143737175
>>143737175
New thread boys
Can't see shit boss. Chaos is cheatin' they turned off the sun!
>Vampire counts somehow get into war with the Greenskins
>This apparently means they're tied up and do nothing all game
That's what I get for playing on Normal, I guess.
>>143715221
>>143717141
A political mechanic should be necessary complete with a council of 13 that is essentially the pope from M2 if he was from milan and on crack replace family with clan and having a wife with gaining breeding rights that essentially makes clan rats and stormvermin cheaper or quicker to replenish. On top of all of that add a mechanic where if you don't keep your lords and heros happy (LL not withstanding) they'll join up with rival clans.
what are the most reliable Empire units in your opinion?
>>143734581
Not even chaos?
>>143735195
the issue is that all factions just intentionally act like dickheads no matter what. And after you beat them to a pulp you'll get 10 turns of peace treaty offers. Rinse and repeat
>>143707125
LEWD
>>143714158
Greatswords have higher weapon skill but the black orcs are naturally tougher
>>143724251
I cannot fucking wait for Ogre Kingdoms. That shit is going to be great
>Monstrous Infantry for basic units
>Fuckers carrying CANNONS as ranged weapons
>MONSTROUS CAVALRY
>Gnoblar carpets everywhere
>>143738209
Panzergruppen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivP1qYG_tLw
>>143741161
>tanks
>not rocket artillery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8UMTOVRUDI
>>143723726
>Bretonnians are the best human sailors in the world
Stopped reading there.
>>143707417
>>143707417
Kind of wondering if it's billboarded. Looks too good though.
>>143732645
>75% resistance to physical attack
>This is basically what armor does
>Hexwraiths have no armor so this is basically in place of armor
>This means Hexwraiths are basically identical to other heavy cavalry and actually more vulnerable to physical attack than normal heavy cav with upgrades
Yes I mad.
>>143706186
If CA didn't record the trebuchet crew saying 'fetchez la vache' when you switch to that ammunition type, I shall be disappoint.
Why are sieges in Shogun 2 so fucking bad
>>143721220
Rome isn't copyrighted dumbass.