/twg/ - Total War General

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>>147085080
First for BFME2 nostalgia

Dorf waifu when?

>>147085080
First for Radious is shit.

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>2 gigapixels for 1 units and blood effects

Genevieve Dieudonné legendary hero when?

So are the dorf lategame units finally useful?

>>147085307
>Radious balanced the game for them
>still better balanced than the new patch
>everyone circle jerking over Blood Knights
>Radious had them a week into release
B-But it's popular so it's b-bad!

>>147085245
I had the opportunity to get this cheap as a kid and was a retard and got a shit game instead, now it's expensive as fuck, have tge first one but it doesn't want to work on my new comp and is in rough shape now.

>tfw Vlad Von Carstien LL not any time soon
>tfw stuck with a Autistc cancer patient.

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Flying jelly update was underwhelming but whatever, give me beastmen

>>147085245
Ah, guardians, officially the most based unit in the entire game.

>>147085562
Radious pls, no one hates your mod because its popular, they hate it because BLACK ARRER BOYZ

>>147085562
>Radious balanced the game for them

>still better balanced than the new patch

Kek no, still trying troll, butthurt virgin detected.

I have a dwarf campaign that's bugged with grudges against destroyed factions still ongoing

Have they patched it yet? I wanna finish it

>>147085562
>Radious had them a week into release
He borrowed them from somebody else and they were just vampire lords with lances, not blood knights.

>>147085802
Where's the problem with Black Orcs having archers, anon?

>>147085839
That's a lot of ad hominem, Anon.

>>147085802
It's hated because its shit

Makes a easy game easier and makes the factions all the same with different skins. No wonder shitters gobble it up.

>>147086029
>Where's the problem with Black Orcs having archers, anon?
Anon, now Its just obvious you are just baiting me.

>>147085709
Those aren't U-RUKES

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>>147086029

>>147086294
Been a while since I've seen that one

just started downloading some 2gb patch
what does it do
any news on the horsefuckers yet?

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This is one of the new events CA added, it's got a unique blood border around it.

Pretty crazy.

>>147085309
>he thinks he's getting the blood with the patch
nothing is for free goy

>>147086431
This should be in OP
http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_WARHAMMER_Update_1

>>147086278
Tell me to my anty-building hammers mate.

>>147086113
>>147086294
So there's nothing wrong with it, you just don't like it?

>>147085709
>>147086278
Wasn't Rohirrim basically the "demi's" of that game?

>playing FotS for the first time ever

WHICH CLAN FIRST AND WHY

>>147086689

makes the game way too easy with it's economic changes and some of the unit addons are just fucking bizarre.

Any interesting mods yet? I'm looking for something that fills the void of the Southlands that makes Dwarf and Greenskin playthroughs so boring.

>>147086689
>you will never be a butthurt virgin like this

Feels good

>>147086643
Oh, it is. We're both idiots for not checking.

>>147086853

radious

>>147086853
TOMB KINGS

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Post screenshots, however shit, whatever game

>>147086853
Not really, theirs a vampire one that's decent I think, rest are shit, especially radious cancer

>>147086698
Yes
>Top level melee cavalry that can swap to bows mid-battle
Rohirrim were not the only cavalry unit that could do that, but quite surely the best one.
I still prefer spider riders and their poison attacks

BTW, has any other strategy game ever had a similar system of creating wildfires? I remember it working wonders in camping and not once in skirmish, but it was fun nonetheless.

>>147086643
BLOOD KNIGHTS

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>>147087043

>>147086657
Tell me where you live stunted one.

I'm gonna shoot up your mine with my high-capacity crossbow.

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>>147087043
>mfw stabbing the Empire in the back during the End Times so you can gain control of Altdorf.

Feels pretty Mannfred in here.

>>147086940
>butthurt virgin being wrong

>update gets stuck at 92%

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>>147087043

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gore soaked chosen

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>>147087029
WHEN?
someone should port the god-awful models from that Mount & Blade mod

>>147087482
I wish the M&B mod was good.

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How do you get your family members to breed with their wives, or adopt people in Medieval 2?
I'm running out of generals and governors just from old age.

>>147087205
Then get yourself a ticket to Poland, and let me beat you back into one of those pits you half-breeds spawned from.

Or, you know, run and get smashed by double flaming projectiles from my catapults, your choice.

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>>147087043

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>>147087043
>when there's only one bathroom in your capital and you have to share

Gotta make sacrifices infrastructure if you wanna build up a military fast enough to take Shikoku.

>>147086873
Why do you keep projecting, Anon?

>>147086810
I can understand that, I guess. I think it makes the game more varied and adds more replayability and fun

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>>147087043

HORSEFUCKERS DLC for Warhammer when?

>>147087474
One of the highest rated negative reviews for this new DLC is that there aren't any blood effects that go on the ground. What gives?

>>147087869
It also adds stupid lore-breaking bullshit like Black Orc Arrer Boys.

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>>147087043

>i bought a DLC that added blood and gore like it was exclusive

The hell is wrong with me.

>>147088337
Gook?

>>147088337
Fuck that game was the shit.
Still #1 soundtrack

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>>147087869

>>147088575
One of these days I'll post a playthrough


Van Dyck was so fucking good in M1, he just didn't capture the grimdark in M2.

>game randomly stopped updating
What do?

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KISLEV STILL NOT ANNOUNCED!

>>147088738
SS adds M1 music to M2 IIRC
It felt amazing to play the mod for the first time and hear that old ass marching music

>>147088810

change DL region in steam settings, To US if ur EUpoo or the reverse if ur a USAcuck

>>147088575
Still favorite tw until everything from warhammer is out so I can final judge it, shame I can't get the steam version to work on my computer..

>>147088918
that did it , thanks senpai

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It's fucking happening now boys.

Loaded up a ton of Marauder unit mods and not I'm ready to descent upon the puny southlanders.

If that pussy Archaon comes knocking I'm going to fuck him up too.

Besides Slayers what else is a meme unit?

>Vargheist

>>147086736
Purely Traditional Aizu Republic on legendary. It's easy for beginners, I promise.

Holy shit, the blood DLC makes the attacks of giants look fucking retarded. Most of the hit units just explode in a 30 gallon blood cloud.

>>147089346
>Still going into battle screaming for chaos
>Not the old gods

What a cuck

>>147090002
Demi-gryphs, Doom Divers and Miners(Blasting Charges)

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>>147087043

>>147089346

What mods?

>>147086736
Tosa, they have a comfy start position and a nice bonus to naval bombardment.

>>147087869
>it makes the game more fun

It makes it the exact opposite of fun

Fun is being able to use what units you're given to achieve a victory, this means accounting for weaknesses such as being orcs and having shitty archers or dwarfs and having no cavalry

Does the patch stop the western dwarfs from declaring war on literally everyone?

>>147087482
>four major expansions
>bretonnia is a FLC
>the other expansions will have five factions each
>expansion one doesn't even come out until may 2017
>will probably be elves

Enjoy ur no tomb kings until 2018 lol

>>147090249
GlacierHeart's Marauder Infantry Pack
GlacierHeart's Khornate Marauders Pack

Plus quite a few other minor things that spice up Chaos play.

>>147086736
Saga.

Neo-Otomo that shoot all the guns. Plus heroic and sharp red uniform.

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>reading about mongols

why dont chinks have souls?

>>147090603
russian leak said Tomb Kings are the 8th DLC, after Beastmen, unknown dlc, wood elves, 2 unknown dlc ( likely units and characters )

So we may have our kangz pals around early 2017

>>147090919
They are a simple people.

>M-mercy
>Man I told you I would raze everything if you didn't accept my rule, my words are literal. Sorry bro gotta kill every last one of you or my words will be worth nothing if I can't back them up

>>147090919
Not human. Little more than savage animals that can wear clothes.

>>147090921
>russian leak said Tomb Kings are the 8th DLC, after Beastmen, unknown dlc, wood elves, 2 unknown dlc ( likely units and characters )

didn't the leak say the beastmen would be out in October?

So is the Charlemagne dlc actually good? I've heard good things on here but its got shitloads of bad reviews

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this was a close call, fug, but at least I memed these guys in one turn

>>147091286
no, but it would be a good halloween DLC, so it's fitting

>>147090919
Baghdad and the middle east in general never fully recovered. Europe dodged a bullet when he died before doing anything more than raids.

>>147091523
>Baghdad and the middle east in general never fully recovered
pretty sure they were being destroyed by islam anyways

>Europe dodged a bullet when he died before doing anything more than raids.
but they returned and destroyed what was left in 1945

>never played a naval battle before

Guys what the fuck do I do, playing FotS for the first time. What are general naval combat techniques? I only know how to fight on the land

>>147091829
get 3 dragons

>>147091829
Like to my boats get tired? I'd assume not so does going fast damage them?

>>147091829
You need to focus fire one enemy ship at a time.

If it's possible try to keep your own ships in front of the enemy's bow, where they don't have cannon.

>>147092035
Warhammer x FoTS crossover fucking when

How do I play greenskins? They just seem to have average everything.

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>3 fucking dollarydoos for blood

>>147092292
>costs less than a meal out
>for something you keep and use forever
>complain about it
just don't buy it you fag

>>147092292
>for blood, animation, dismemberment, decals on ground and models and guts/organs models flying around

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>There will be much Blood for the Blood God™ this day.

What did he mean by this?

>>147092519
its the time of the month

>>147092398
>>147092471
>unironically defending such business practices

>>147092519
He wants about 2fiddy

>>147091829

Form line, approach enemy ships from one side of the area, so they have to approach you head on.

Also if you're going to focus on a navy, rush the copper/iron upgrades quickly and build the larger ships.

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>>147092519
No peace, just Total War: WARHAMMER!

>>147091829
Reading up on some basic naval tactics helps a lot. Crossing the T will get you far.

>>147091653
>pretty sure they were being destroyed by islam anyways
not really, baghdad had a pretty scholarly sect of islam, don't remember their exact name, they believed that the best way to understand god is to understand his creation and all that, pretty supportive of philosophy, science and arts, which is why modern hardliners consider them more or less heretical

>>147092667
I thought franz was supposed to be young, I assumed early twenties, why does he look like a stressed out fifty year old in the cutscenes?

>>147092737
anyone got some light reading? I know fuck all of naval combat

>>147092964
Workplace stress

>>147092964
You'd age quickly too if you had to deal with undead, beastmen, chaos, greenskins and Boris calling you a fag every week

>>147092584

Nothing wrong with the "business practice". It's optional, entirely cosmetic and you can choose to buy it if you want it or not. It's a small enough fee that it's pretty much negligible.

>>147093279
Cameron managed it

Did slayers get buffed yet

>>147093368
kek

>>147093414
They get knocked down less and only take 1 turn to recruit

>>147093368
ayy

>>147093414
they're no longer fucked in autoresolve
but autoresolving is for shitters anyways

>>147092078
Read the tool tip. It increases the chance of random explosion.

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>>147092292
>Paid blood DLC
>Fuck that
>Forgot all about community market
>Sell a handful of random, shitty skins and items from CS:GO and Dota
>Sell those fucking Steam trading cards
>Make $5 in 5 mins
Thanks to the anon in the last thread who reminded me about the Market.

>>147093497
Are you telling me you play the battles where its 20 stacks versus 3

Anyone give me a tldr of the patch changes that actually matter?

Do I let the fucking boats autofire or what?

>>147087581
PLS
RSPND

>>147093775
i guess not
the battles where your advantage bar is much larger than the other guy's with equal troop numbers

>>147093482
>They get knocked down less and only take 1 turn to recruit

Wow its almost nothing

>Lords still take the brunt of the enemies attacks if you use auto resolve

>>147091523
The Mongols could never have advanced into central europe anyway because of the wet, cramped conditions

>>147091286
What's the news on kislev?

>>147091405
Really good actually,it's Ike the napoleon to atilla's empire, smaller map but better campaign, less units overall but the fatuous have their own style and you ain't git bullshit ice age shit.

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FUCKING LIVIES GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY UNDEAD LANDS REEEEEE

>>147094392
They don't get annihilated on autoresolve either.

>>147094597
So why does it have so many bad reviews?

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>>147085709
LET YOUR BEARDS FLOW

>>147094626
>dismembered zombies can fight on

such a nice touch

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>>147093368

lel

>>147092281

They have very good infantry, the only problem is early game they lack anti armor which puts you at a heavy disadvantage against dwarves.

Rush to big UN's and/or spider riders and you can coast on them till you get your high tier units.

>>147094679
Last time I checked it had good ones, dunno maybe kebabs were butthurt you could remove them in it.

>>147094519
Yea, thats what saved the north western Russian cities as well, the paying tribute after hearing what happend to Kiev and Vladimir probably helped too.

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Welcome to Vampire Town mr. Skellyman, this is your hovel, no rattling after 11.

Haven't been around in awhile, what does /twg/ think of the new patch?
Also anyone have screenshots of the new blood knights?

>>147094793
I love this picture

>>147094979
I looked further, apparently it had some game breaking bugs at some point, I guess its been fixed

>>147095040

Helped balance out all offensive magic to equally shit, which is at the very least a nice starting point to work from in the future.

Lots of buffs and fixes where they were needed, very few questionable changes.

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"Welcome to Zombie Joe's Tombstone Emporium, harrabhgharlrrrr..."

>>147087932
when wood elves get released

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FUCKING DENUVO REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>147095040
It was quite a light touch patch, which I suppose is the right direction to go when there's still a lot of stuff to fix that could potentially change balance a lot, like magic or big monsters getting buffed

>>147094793
shit memes lad

>>147095416
So are half the people who live under VC rule necromancers? Like even the farmers and merchants and stuff? You see these corpses everywhere but they dont look like people who just randomly died, more like corpses some necromancer was using to help sell his wares.

Is living in Slyvania really all that bad?

>>147095637
>butthurt piratefags

>>147096189
FUCKING BUYFAGS GET OOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUTT

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>rattling intensifies

>>147096175
>Is living in Slyvania really all that bad?

Yes, don't let memers tell you "it's better than Bretonnia"

Around the dead, watch your tread

>>147091464
What's the banner of the Varghulf?

Starting Varghulf da real MVP

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bloody puppy

>>147096463
looks like banner of swiftness

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OH BOY HERE WE GO

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POO POO
PEE PEE
BORIS STAY AWAY FROM ME
FILL YOUR WOMEN WITH MY SEED
BEASTMEN NOW OR RIOT
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>147096463
swiftness, its the only one I had, since its turn1

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>>147096683
>turn 105
>level 12 manny

>>147096782

There is no lore backing behind beastmen raping anything, and never has been. Please refrain from speaking outside of the lore in /twg/. Thank you.

>>147096814
been a while since I've played a Mannfred start; do you get the banner by default?

>>147090558

Grudges need to be settled.

>>147097020
nah, got it after beating that little stack on my lands

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>>147096683
>Turn 105
>Level 12 LL
>Doesn't control any full province outside of Sylvania

>>147097305
Slow and steady wins the race anon.

Also I have Stirland and will descend on Schwartzstafen and Averheim shortly.

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>>147097194
Word.
Almost all the banners to be pretty useless, desu
>except Mark of Tzeentch
>mfw putting 25% ward-save a on a level 27 melee-specc'd Kholek

>>147097305
Some of us like to play on difficulties higher than Normal

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Are Outriders the GOAT light cavalry? I haven't found more utility in a unit since the Chausseurs a cheval in Napoopan.

>>147097516
15% Ward Save on a high value unit or AP damage on an anti-large is pretty good

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>Hey Bob there's some issues with our wall, should we do something about that?
>Nah just sit on top of the gate like we always do
top tier defense, border princes

>>147097543
No

>literally not a single tutorial on how to do naval combat on youtube

its like this game doesn't exist. Am I supposed to autofire with boats? Everytime I line them up the boat stops fucking moving or I line up the guns and it sits there out of line.

I do this weird fucking hobble back and forth twisting my boat for each fucking volley while it goes nowhere and the NPC boat just sails perfectly

I would watch the tutorial but adobe flash (WHY DO WE USE FLASH) is being a cunt

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>lost two fingers in a lumbering accident recently
>come out of the hospital
>see the new dlc
>boot up Warhammer
>sit and wonder why nothing is happening
>forgot that i lost my middle finger

I was broken by that.

>>147096782

is it true that the beastmen only reproduce with humans?

this shit sounds like my fetish watching a minotaur plow a tight human.

>>147097543
They're pretty great. Handgunners but actually useful. Can just completely replace handgunners with them desu

>>147085245
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9hJhXsIBZU

>>147097536
If you can't manage better than that on VH, holy fuck, you need to git gud.

>>147096683

>empire spearmen
>some other modded empire unit

What

>>147097628
They'll have guys there, you just can't see them.

>>147097873


Handgunners are useful though. Their damage output is insane if you know how to actually use em.

>>147098421
If you bother to micro them perfectly, yes.

Outriders can do the same thing with less micro, however. Their elevation lets them fire from behind ground troops.

Seriously guys I will move my ships to face the enemy on one side and then tell them to attack and they want to do a fucking 180

>>147098196
I'm trying out a mod that allows the Victor Charlies to recruit low-mid tier Empire units with crappy leadership as levies.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=690863663&searchtext=cataph

I'm training to become an expert tactician.

What Empire roster should I practice against? I honestly have no idea what makes a good army and what doesn't.

>>147097689
What game, senpai?

FoTS?

are there any mods that fix the spell damage and morale issues in warfam? balance is a + too

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>>147097747
Human rape is actually only implied. There was some tiny lore tidbit about beastwomen that was never elaborated on. Tzeentch can fart on you and turn you into a beastman, and you could also be born beast-like to normal human parents.

But none of those things except human rape really support the huge beastman populations existing everywhere.

>>147098540


Yeah I agree they're good at just standing behind your battle lines and firing over the heads of their comrades but they just can't match handgunners in damage.

Handgunners doesn't require perfect micro, place them in columns between your high threat units in the battleline and it's easy to pull them out when melee starts, if the enemy even attacks there. Other then that just move em out on the flanks after the melee starts and start firing.

Shit, if you've got a hill behind you just stick em up there and they'll anihilate enemy regiments even during melee with your own troops.

>>147096175
>Is living in Slyvania really all that bad?

It depends on who your lord is. If you're unlucky you could get vampire-Mugabe while if you're lucky you could find yourself under some qt vampiress who at least somewhat cares for her people.

>>147098672
yeah, I've been tearing my hair out for about 2 hours trying to get it right. It just seems like my orders fall on deaf ears.

I try to get them to go forward in a line and then I want them to turn in one direction so they can line up their guns. I line them up and turn them, then tell them to attack and they want to turn in the complete opposite direction.

Also I see the button to fire all guns on one side. Do I have to keep clicking that over and over during the battle for each individual ship?

>>147098889


how does that support their prevalence in naggaroth?

>>147099179
>>147098672
Like, how do I make my ships move in unison if they are different? I keep having to have my smaller two ships (literally the first battle of the game) go from full to half to full to half while the bigger ship lumbers forward. They can't just all go the speed of the slowest boat for some fucking reason

>>147099179
Never give your ships attack orders, just make sure the enemy ships are in their firing arcs and let the magic happen. If you want to you could do a few manual broadsides yourself.

>>147099340
So just literally line my ships up so that the enemy ends up in the read and put on auto fire?

>>147099262
They've got harpies up there.

>>147098972
Their guns do the same damage. The only difference is that Outriders have 2/3rds of the guns. But in exchange you get light cav tier mobility, the ability to fire from behind the lines and the ability to fire while moving. What you lose in pure damage output you gain in time shooting and the ability to move them wherever you want, plus Vanguard deployment

>>147099465
Yes, pretty much this.

>>147099547
that makes sense. Everytime I told them to attack they had collective aneurysms

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Just rewatched King Arthur and I'm feeling like it's time for a Legendary WRE campaign again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38gtusmNXgw

>>147099542
how's the cost differential?

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Mannfred approves of the new DLC

>>147100078
Outriders cost 100 more

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Damn, I had forgotten just how insanely good artillery is in FotS. Armstrongs will probably give me wet dreams. On another note: Didn't they give the insane morale buffs to units on legendary in S2/FotS? They rout pretty easy compared to what I'm used to in Attila and Warhammer.

>>147098889
I mean the map is obviously uncreative, and so are the factions (non-HRE)
But I mean "Kingdoms of Ind(ia)"?
Fucking "Cathay", an archaic name for China?
"NIPPON"?
Fuck GW come on

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>cannonballs now explode enemies into minced meat


oh fugg thats pretty cool

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>Bridge map in FOTS
>Point 4 Armstrong units at said bridge
>watch as it turns into a literal meat grinder.

>>147099542
Actually, Outrider guns deal more damage than handgunner guns.

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>>147099909

>tfw tristan was the coolest character
>he's given fuckall development
>he doesn't even go out in a worthy way
>his blade is fabricated from fantasy despite being one of the best looking blades out there

Wait what the fuck I won the naval battle and gained ships

If I get them to surrendder do I get their ships?! Fuck I continued the battle did I screw myself over by continuing to attack?

>>147099542


One third less damage and 100 gold extra upkeep is pretty significant. Handgunners also get reload speed upgrade which further increases the gap in effectiveness.

Handgunners also seem more accurate to me, although that might just be on the account of me setting them up with good fields of fire while my outriders are always all over the place.

They're both good units but they're for different roles.

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I don't remember VC garrisons being half stacks of crypt ghouls

>>147100747


Handgunners are way more accurate though, they land a ton more shots per volley than outriders and I'm not sure those CA stat numbers are correct at all.

What's DX12 been like for everyone? I have an R9 390 and turning it on gives me ~5% worse performance...

>>147101251
CA changed count garrisons to try and improve their battle capability.

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>>147087043

>the 5 new maps are multiplayer only

I don't understand

>>147101812
What was wrong with them before. I haven't made use of them as VC because I'm always on the offensive, but I seem to remember they gave me decent opposition in my Empire campaign.

Hey guys in FotS after I rout an enemy and win the battle, can I board the ship and capture it? Is there anyway of guaranteeing I capture the ship or what should I do? I'm trying to capture the copper one from the first battle in the campaign

>>147103005
Any ship that's surrendered should be captured (unless it's sinking) if I remember correctly. Getting a copper plated ship isn't that big of a deal though, they're just a bit faster. You need iron plating to get proper armor.

Do you guys think shogun 2 with all the dlc is worth getting for a guy that wants to get in the series? (never played a total war before)

>>147103005
I've never captured a ship in FotS, and I really don't think it's possible. Maybe if you board it.

>>147103482
Yes. vanilla Shogun is the best entry point in all of TW

>be at war with three different minor tribes on the alps
>they all separately ask for peace so not worried about their strength
>move a legion up north while the other one recovers from having taken a city
>two stacks and a city garrison from a single city faction show up and block my movement

The one time I moved without sending a spy first, serves me right, I feel like an idiot.

>>147103482
Shogun 2 is fucking amazing. It's amazing too because if you later want to play a more modern TW with guns Fall of the Samurai (which isn't DLC but an entire game all on its own) basically continues the story.

Absolutely 100% get either of them.

Is it me, or is blood and gore causing big dips in performance, especially when looking at blobs fighting?

Fimir is the only race in WHFB that reproduce via rape in the canon. They haven't been a thing since 3rd/4th edition of WHFB.

Hey lads I've never played a total war game before any suggestions on what I should star with?

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Don't worry guys we'll make it through this.

>>147104437
should i worry about any tutorials or such?

>>147101812

VC garrisons were fucking goat.

Vargeists in among an infantry unit tear apart any infantry unit trying to attack in no time.

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>Blood knight upkeep is 424 shekels

>>147105141
How does that even happen.

Are Helblaster less shit now?

>>147105336
>marginally better than black knights
>way more expensive

What exactly is the point.

>>147105231
Go in balls deep and then come ask questions here later after your troops die a glorious death

>>147105116
Pick your poison
Shogun 2 for a polished and refined experience
Rome 1/Med 2 for some good old fashioned janky yet fun goodness with loadsa mods and interesting time periods
Atilla for a refinement of the modern formula, also arguably the hardest and most complex total war
Warhammer if you like throwing fantasy shit together, which it happens to be good at
If you prefer muskets and cannons, there's Empire which is fairly broken and wonky but has an interesting campaign map, Napoleon is smaller but actually works, Shogun 2 fall of the samurai for the best shooting if you don't mind ARR ROOK SAME

Guys in FotS does it matter whether my trade port is American, Franch, or British?

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mother of god

>>147105595
oh FUCK YES here i go learning the hard way, and the way that pisses off some people in the general :^)

>>147105821
LOL what the fuck?

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>play orc campaign
>hired an orc shaman
>it immediately broke its back during some stupid orc ritual and is wounded from a long ass turn

HA! DATS WHY YOU NED TO LEAVE DA CUNNI'N JOB TO GOBBO SHAMAN, DA LITTLE WAAARGH! NOT SOM' NOT CUNNING DUM DUM ORC SHAMAN BOSS!

>>147105821
>make battles even faster

FUCKING
WHY
CA

>>147105342
it's probs a garrison vs bjornlings

>>147106018
they want you to be looking at loading screens, not playing battles because it exposes how shitty it is

>>147105678
Thanks for the run down mate, I'll pick one up and try not to get all my chaps butchered from the get go.

>>147091523
China too. There's a saying, (I can't remember exactly what they call it), that real China died with the Song

>>147105336

you expect cheap salary for abnorash's chosen?

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Wow, mods have really fleshed M1 out.

>>147105141
>wolf that weak against
>most of the unit don't wear real armor
>troll is the only one that can deal real damage and survive because aoe , some what tough unit and Armour piercing attack, but it runs away

nah, you will do just fine against those poor equip marauder.

>>147100929
Not sure if you're still here, but that's what I use my gunships for. Wait until you win, then tell them to board the surrendered/routing enemy ships. The won't fight back, and you'll instantly capture them

So are the new +300 events only if you have blood and gore? Mod to remove them when? They are not even interesting.

>>147106585
fucking thank you, time to capture me some nippon boats

>>147104653
It'll do that because of all the extra particle effects and shit.

>>147105779
It determines what foreign troops you can recruit. Check out that encyclopedia and it'll tell you what you get

>>147106382
>playing M1

>>147098889
What's up with that many beastmen in Araby?
Don't they need forests?

>>147107283
And the ironclads.

>>147105779
It determines whose troops you can recruit. The French are only available to the Shogunate while the British are only available to the Imperials. US is available to both.

US are best at melee, French are best at range, and the British are in the middle.

As for ironclads, the British one is the best but you can only get one and it can singlehandedly crash your economy, the US one is the second best but you can only get two, and the French one is the worst (despite the fact that it should be the best) but has a ram.

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Hey they made quest teleporting not retarded

>>147100554
>Norsica
>Albion
>Kislev =/= Kiev

Most of their shit is a fantasy version of our world. Fucking Araby which is the Barbary States of the ARABS.

>>147104653
It seems to be way worse if DX12 is enabled, there's something weird going on. Zooming in on a fresh unit of dwarf warriors = 60fps, zooming in on some bloodied dwarf warriors with some splatter and a couple of orc corpses on the ground = 30fps for me

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Also, apparently quest enemy armies don't get the All Factions buffs

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>>147087043
Where are you going Franz?

>>147107343
>not playing M1

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>>147107803
>Players literally could not be fucking bothered to mouse over the only other button on the window
>They have to make the button twice as big with large font text just to make sure your stupid ass will look at it
There were three fucking buttons. It's not a god damn labyrinth of a UI. Modern gamers can be really fucking retarded at times.

>Spearmen are shit in Attila
I really wanted a spear frontline hammer/anvil army...

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>>147087043
>FUCK

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>>147108105

To get his shit smacked by a no-name bloodsucker.

>>147109067
Only tier 1 spears are shit. Play for more than 15 turns dingus. That should be one of the first technologies you go for.

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>>147108019
>A month's worth of work
Nice bugtesting, CA.

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Even when the rest of his minions crumble, Mannfred can always count on his bestest friend Vargulf.

>>147108019
>It will take another month to fix this
>Game is now irredeemably broken.
So what, instead of fucking up on release they are going to fuck up with every update?

>>147109067
Roman tier 1 spears can form defensive testudo. The fuck are you on about.

Is it really worth it trying to expand early as the Empire? Or should I play defensively, taking opportune settlements until chaos comes and everyone wants to be pals.

What the fuck is "spread of influence" in FotS?

>>147110123
I don't know considering you made that up on the spot

>>147106009
That event is amusing a couple times then it starts just getting annoying

>>147097536
You shouldn't, you clearly can't handle it

I'm so fucking bad at these game jesus.

I started a normal campaign for Empire, I've never played a TW game before. How do i know when to make a second lord? What units do i give him? Should i keep heroes in the party or solo running around, why can't i kill this one shitty orc hero who harrasses my main army.

How do i build my heroes/lords fuck this game is almost too overwhelming for a new person.

>>147110182
Not him, but it is a thing. It's referred to as a buff for the propaganda buildings. My hunch is that it relates to how that bar in your Clan Management panel that refers to how close the splitting of the realm is grows

>>147110417
>How do i know when to make a second lord?
First turn is a safe bet most of the time
> What units do i give him?
You don't really get much choice, do you?

>>147110417
answer to all of these questions:
Just play the game and you'll learn automatically.
watch some lets plays if that helps

just get a lord when you have around 1k+ income or more, at the start I mostly used 4 spears, 2 sword and 2 crossbows as his army and use the git as a support army for Karl's Travelling SlaughterHouse.

>>147110123
It is influence that spreads.

>>147110625
>recruiting a second lord on the first turn of the campaign
Why... he is just gonna be standing around being useless, you dont need more than one lord the first 10-20 turns
do you hate having money or something?

>>147109587
Bffs 4 lyfe

>>147110809

I buy a lord on turn 1 or soon after if there is one with the sweet extra income trait.

>>147110926
does that really pay off though?

the upkeep for a lord is really high, not to mention that your main army's units get bigger upkeep too.

>Realm Divide in FoTS as the Shogunate
>basically all of Japan except Kyushu and Shikoku are already Shogunate, we already have the required number of territories

Well that was easy

Is Shogunate easy mode or something, or did I just get lucky?

>>147110809
Because I like fighting and recruiting soldiers at the same time so I don't have to spend turns sitting on my ass at the beginning

>>147111132

Yeah it can bite you in the ass if you dally too long with uniting reikland and getting some basic economy up, but it kinda pays itself in the longer run.

>>147110417
If it makes you feel better I've been playing TW for years and have restarted my normal empire campaign like 8 times.

You really have to build up reikland before you try to expand anywhere. Keep one army in the settlement next to marienburg and another in grunburg. Non aggression pacts are your friends. Don't be too tempted to go for defensive and military alliances as they can drag you into unwanted wars and ruin your relations with other factions. Once chaos invades empire factions will start to like you more.

>>147111280
didn't know that, neat.

>confederate with wissenland to get that sweet gunnery school and 2 resources, also to save the province from Mannfred.
>3 armies of 5 units of pistoliers

jesus why is the AI fixated on that unit, it's garbage.

Brettonia, Skaven, Kislev, and Southern Realms when?

Holy fuck this battle music in FotS is really sad, the prep music. I actually feel really fucking bad. This is fucking amazing.

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How good is frenzy REALLY on blood knights
>+8 melee attack
>4% charge which is like 2-3 extra damage on a charge

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Ded to barbars

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>>147113191

>>147112823
did they died

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>>147087043
BREXIT BEST DAY OF MY LIFE CHUM

>>147112264
>Brettonia
Likely the next faction considering a lot of the content is already in the game.
>Skaven
Skaven don't exist you silly goose.
>Kislev
Maybe sometime, maybe never. They never had an army book but there's some minor stuff unique to them in the game already so who knows.
>Southern Realms
Probably never. Unless you count Dogs of War they never had an army book

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>tfw playing fots for the first time and using modern cannons for the first time ever

Holy shit these things are accurate as fuck! I actually feel bad using these. Like this is what happened in history modernized weapons just fucking raped them. I've gotta build some more fucking cannons, these were just the beginning weaker ones. Seriously they had no artillery and when they finally got to me they had lost hudnreds of units and their general was dead. THey didn't even reach my front line

Jesus christ it was brutal, I fucking love this game but damn. Maybe it's a bigger contrast in Fots because of how fast you have to modernized but holy shit

>conquer talabheim
>it has a tier 1 shrine to taal

Is it just a AI only building for some early anti vampire/chaos corruption or is it a hint of some future dlc/update for province specific buildings?

so does the new patch make the combat less shit, or should I just keep on using KAM's combat mod, with molays magic mod?

>>147112264
Skaven will likely be in the next expansion/game, there's a lot of potential stuff they can do with them.
Kislev seems like it won't happen, although the unique kislev buildings and different VA for their leader teases it. I think there's enough stuff around for them to be an actual faction, and they could be fun to play, but it's less of a priority than the main ones.

>>147114171
Is there a massive difference between Parrot guns and Armstrong guns?

>>147114696
yes

one's shit, the other isn't. I'll let you figure out which is which

>>147114782
THE PARROT GUNS ARE SHIT?!

Fuck I gotta tech to those yesterday

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Don't talk to me or my sons (or my wife and my wife's son) ever again

I wish they made it that your units colours (or some of it atleast) would be influenced by the province it was recruited in, kinda irks me that all the empires guys have the Reikland red and white in the end.

>>147115529
There's a mod for that, look up regional empire recruitment

>>147115585

sweet! thanks bud!

How the fuck do you deal with vampire counts that just heal themselves forever. What the fuck.

So which mods actually work with the new patch? I had to scrap my empire campaign 130 turns in because I was using empire of sigmar and my game kept crashing every time I tried to load it.

>>147115836
they'll run out of magic eventually :^)

>>147115836
Vampire lords? Tie them down with some crappy unit and shoot them with handgunners
Banshees are much more difficult to get rid of

girl vampires sound so qt

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>>147116075
Vampire Chan is best qt.

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>>147116075
theres a mod that makes them look more qt

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>blood knight tech buried in the economy tree

>>147116449
>right, trying to hard to be perfect, looks like the joker
>left, imperfect, somewhat ugly, but still qt.
I want to cuddle vampire chan and tell her that I dont care that she is all disgusting and veiny and smelly creepy looking and I love her just the way she is <3

>>147116579
>not rushing your economy techs every time anyway

>>147116449
Why is the before shot pixelated as fuck?

>>147116579
The two techs that lead to it are essentially mandatory early on anyways, what's the problem?

>>147116592
I think the eyes need work. Maybe make them a bit bigger, a bit rounder, and give them a less angry expression.

>>147116757
because whoever took the pic ran the game on a toaster

>>147116943
Eh, the angry expression suits her. Dont know why, but it does.

>lay siege to marienburg for 5 turns
>siege engines ready, waiting for attrition to weaken full stack inside
>agents at only other marienburg settlement preventing movement of reinforcements
>out of fucking nowhere, a full stack of marienburg troops comes out of bretonia and hits me from behind

How the fuck does a faction with two settlements afford two full stacks and a tiny third army.

>>147116075
>>147116434

Reminder that Genevieve Sandrine du Pointe du Lac Dieudonné is the only acceptable vampire waifu.

>>147117339
Rich province + AI welfare/cheats = Ridiculous army.

>>147117339
They have the highest starting treasury in the game, 20,000.

>>147117514
How did they get the manpower and industry to equip and supply such an army?

>>147117339
>Marienburg is a cash cow
>AI gets free money out the ass

So how does the patch feel so far?
Are soul leech and accuse a lot worse than they were before?

Are Blood Knights as disappointing as their statline would indicate?

Is AoE magic on large unit size worth anything yet?

>>147117513
>rich province

how come when I take it it makes fuckall and has stupid building choices so I have to demolish them all and start over? Does the Ai really get to cheat that bad?

>>147117626
Hiring mercs that count as state troops.

>>147117685
Blood knights are pretty cool and they work great against the AI. Magic is fucking gay and you shouldn't use it anyways so who cares.

>>147117709
The AI does cheat pretty hard but Marienburg should always have the Marienburg docks line which is the best money making building in the game.(Actually the dorfs may have a better one but I wouldn't know fucking anything about the stunties.)

>>147117709
>How come when I take it, it makes fuckall
>Stupid building choices
>Demolish them all
Don't tell me you demolish the fucking port.

>>147117785
You can't hire mercenaries in the game.

Are agents EVER worth putting in your army? I can't help but feel like an extra unit of greatswords, reiksguard, or cannons is a much better option.

>>147118050
You cant demolish the port iirc. It's always been level 1 when I take it though.