/twg/ - Total War General

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Genevieve Dieudonné legendary hero when?

first for mod authors are lazy cunts

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first for chaos is shit

>>153574168
>what happened to the last thread addition
That's what you fucks get for constant shitposting.

WE LIVE AGAIN! HOT POCKETS CAN'T MELT DANK MEMES!

>>153573848
Played around with them in a custom battle just now, already loving them. Gonna look forward to getting them in the campaign.

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I want to be dominated by a best elf!

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oh shit nigga chaos BTFO

>>153574481
She ugly as fuck too so yes

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>>153574423
update on chaos shits situation

>>153574573
how are you fighting Archaon on turn 5?

>>153574481
Bretonnians are French dummy.

>>153574635
I don't know, but hes gone thats all i care about

gimme a sitrep on the brave and the bold /twg/

>>153574423
>Archaon the Underprepared

>>153574423

>level 1 archaon
>1 chaos spawn

>11 dwarf warriors
>2 miners
>grudge thrower
>2 thunderers

>still lost more

How?

>>153574779
>Archaon the Everekt

Doesn't getting Vlad flat out PROVE we'll get Nagash since they're more concerned with cool than canon?

>>153574864
Hard difficulty?
I recruited every turn and had me garrison

>>153574681
He's going to come back eventually

Archaon the Evererect

>>153574864
Not him, but Archaon is pretty badass even at level 1, the Chosen will kick ass, and the Chaos Spawn are pretty much trolls that fight until they die.

>>153574864
he auto resolved

>>153574930
I hope so, especially if he comes with his own Undead Legion roster and acts like Archaon, but from the South.

>>153575121
You're a hopeful guy

>>153574930
I doubt we will get any more VC lords or units

>>153574258
>tfw you jokingly suggested Genevieve as an Empire hero in a thread months before the game was released
>tfw someone is perpeutating this stale meme still

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so after I kill varg and skaeling will I go after these fuckers?
/twg/ may decide my campaign choices as long as its rational

>>153574930
Well in the letter that teased him they mention that it must be the ring that brought him back. Plus Vlad was the only codex vampire count lord left.

I think CA are doing their own thing in regards to the characters, but still sticking to what is in 8th edition.

>>153575208
Nagash wouldn't be a VC lord though.

>>153575229
You think you're gonna kill Varg and Skaeling?

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Guys, will we ever get the best characters in WHF, Gotrek and Felix?

Im almost done with there books and its making me sad that its almost over. I admit, they arent the pinnacle of literature, but damn if I don't feel like i've been on an adventure with them.

>>153575335
how to spot a manchild

>>153575229
Send a stack after them now because you can't take any more land in the north. You will need the money for the multiple armies it will take to raze the entire north.

>>153574423
>Battle won
>1 Chaos spawn alive
>Chaos spawn are Unbreakable
smells fishy...

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>>153574168
Rollan!

>>153575309
Reread the post.

>>153575405
What? they are a fun, brainless read.

>>153575431
He autoresolved obviously, dwarf autoresolve is OP and has no problem winning against high tier chaos units, especially if they outnumber chaos

>>153575319
I dont know my lore at all. Maybe he will get put in with tomb keks.

>>153574273
>>153574423
>>153574573
Would you be so kind to provide me with your steam ID? There is something on that >>153572708 screenshot that I'd like to mend

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i wanna let you know that i cant battle the battles for some reason
also
vargfags btfo

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G O B L I N S

karl franz or volkmar?

>>153575598
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198063090058/

>>153575475
To rephrase just cause Vlad is there doesn't mean Nagash will make it. CA are doing there own explanation for why he's back, plus he's a fan favourite.

>>153574930
>Doesn't getting Vlad flat out PROVE we'll get Nagash since they're more concerned with cool than canon?
Sure, but then give Sigmar to the Empire and don't forget all the divinity level heavy hitters either.
It will be just like AoS but with the beloved, old flavour.

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It's not a phase mom, this is who I am

Anyone here use SweetFX, reshade, or GemFX for Warhammer? Just curious as to what people are using. If you are using any of these, any user preset or setting that you can share and some shots?

>>153575835
>gee elbert, why does your mom let you have TWO maces?

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kislev wont even trade with me :(

Haven't seen the reviews for GrimGrave yet. Are they baseless whiners again?

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>>153575181
בשבילך

>>153575973
Kislev are assholes. They won't accept even a NA pact from me (empire) as I watch their settlements get razed by chaos one after the other.

>>153575431
>>153575529
Look closely, it was a navel battle sillies.

>>153575973
They hate trading with you even on normal difficulty.

>>153576104
I had the same experience when I played dwarfs. They refused to let me save them and didn't even want almost 1k free money from trading with me.

>Have porthole on 2D 'cause 3D eats frames

but

>2D portholes look like absolute trash.

They need to either just put the unit's art as the 2D porthole, or fix them. Fuck my crypt ghouls/horrors are bright red in the 2D port

>>153575962
>what do you mean? i have a mace and a bell...

>>153575405
G&F are great fun.

>>153575973
>very friendly relationship
>AI refuses trade
>throw in 120k gold on top of the deal
>FUCK OFF STUNTY
Diplomacy was a mistake. Enjoy my iron boots up yer arse.

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I cant get to the orcs in the mountains guys without tresspassing kisfags
what do?

When do we get the mods that turn the corps cart into a dancing skeleton band with trumpets and bone xylophones?

>>153576329
> RING RING BITCH I'M THE FUCKING ICECREAM MAN

>>153576358
>>153575508
how to spot manchildren

>>153575746
Buckle up

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Wait do i need a new campaign to access the new shit

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update my mods or the cat dies

>>153576495
> UNDERWAY/RAPE THE SLAV KEKS

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>>153576692

>>153576737
What are you blabbering about you dumb fuck? Just start the fucking game.

>>153575791
>just cause Vlad is there doesn't mean Nagash will make it. CA are doing there own explanation for why he's back
Are you really this much of an illiterate fuckwad or are you just trolling me?

>>153576495
Ask them nicely if you can walk across their tundra.

>>153576796
Also, sorry for no Beastmen, I don't have it my self since I refuse to buy them.

And thank you for the mod, I really wanted to play Kraka Drak

Fall of the eagles when?

>>153576770
That's a kitten

>>153576891
What's the problem exactly?

Nagash is end times, Vlad is not. Just because Vlad is in doesn't mean a thing in regards to Nagash.

>>153575335
>can't even spell "their"

>>153576964
after AE, before 1212

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

>>153577030
No one said anything about Vlad being in Total War because of Nagash you illiterate fuck.

>>153577089
take the gold and attack them next turn

>>153577197
He certainly won't get treaties with Kislev if he trashes his reliability like that,

>>153577029
ill fucking do it I swear

>>153577165
Neither did faggot.

>Doesn't getting Vlad flat out PROVE we'll get Nagash since they're more concerned with cool than canon?

The only one illiterate here is you, nigger.

>>153576737
yes

>>153577197
ill take the gold and focus on getting some more settlements, kislev is getting a bit angry with me because i trespassed, so maybe ill jsut sack the shit out of them

>>153577314
Kislev will be shitty no matter how good your reliability rating is. Fuck 'em.

>>153577353
Yes, faggot did you illiterate scum, right here
>>153575309
>>153575791

You are flat out stating "Vlad isn't back because Nagash but because the ring" to which no one said or implied otherwise but you argue it for multiple posts.

You are god damn illiterate as well as retarded.

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FUGGGGGGG
Should i kill my brethren for more settlements?
karak kadrin took all the shit from the orcs

>>153577642
Are you autistic?

Explain so why just because Vlad is in, that Nagash will turn up?
Why did you think so in the first place?

>>153577692
No. Only alliances unless they attack you or trespass.

>>153577692
if you can confederate do that

>>153577874
>le ad hominem
Epic.

>continuing to be an illiterate fuckwad
Read the first post.

>>153577927
so then i have to kill kislev? I cant do anything else, money is on -1 per turn, and got peace with varg 4 cash

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>>153576770

>>153574930
>Doesn't getting Vlad flat out PROVE we'll get Nagash
No, it doesn't prove that. Wishful thinking is a bad drug.
All it proves is that they are willing to bend the lore.

>download stuck at 70 percent
>changing download location does nothing
wew

>>153578010
Then go kill Skaeling until you can kill Varg again. Also shouldn't have accepted peace; kicking them while they're down is the best policy.

>>153578123
got the same issue

>>153577030
Vlad is as much an OC End Times character as Nagash. Since your grasp on English is limited I'll spell that out for you. They're not at all.

>>153578000
Not much to be gotten from reading the post of a dumbass.

Vlad is in 8th edition, Nagash is in end times, there's not much else to say.

>>153578260
>literally so BTFO all you do is ad hominem now
Thank you so much for the much needed laugh.

>>153578224
That's the point I thought this guy was making, Vlad in the context of showing up in current Warhammer is OC and all I said was that CA have made up their own explanation for why he's back that has nothing to do with Nagash.

>>153578472
>he's back that has nothing to do with Nagash.
Literally no one ever said or implied otherwise. It's all in your mind.

Holy shit, this autism. Learn English.

>>153574930
>>153578018

Nagash is a world ending event

>>153578656
The guy said since Vlad is in, there may be a chance for Nagash too. I just assumed he thought this because Vlad got brought back by Nagash in lore.

>>153578932
So is Archaon.

>>153578932
>Nagash is a world ending event
Yes, I know. Why are you telling me? Fuck's sake, stop arguing with the retard wanting his skeleton dicked husbando in the game and kick Mannfred's ass with Vlad in a custom battle.

Mortis Engines are so awesome

>>153578947
>I just assumed
Which is why he called you an illiterate fuckwad, you argued with him for something he didn't say or imply, which pretty much makes him right in that.

>>153578947
>I just assumed
Not them but that's your fault. It's right there in his post that he based it on CA willing to change the lore in favour of rule of cool.

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>mfw karak kazdrin has war with dwarfs

>>153579171
Fine whatever, but why assume just because Vlad is in that Nagash will show up too. Nagash would have to be in his own mini expansion or something.

>>153579089
>the retard wanting his skeleton dicked husbando
Literally who?

>>153579207
>It's right there in his post that he based it on CA willing to change the lore in favour of rule of cool.
B-but le not much to be gotten reading the post of a d-dumbass!

>>153579439
The dumbass is still a dumbass though for assuming that that's proof of Nagash being included.

How do you do pike and shot? With Estalia I created what I guessed was a pike and shot formation, but it probably isn't. Any TW videos showing how it's done?

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Guys why doesn't my guy level?

>>153579883
Faction unlocker? Seen some people complain about the same shit.

So when are we supposed to get some FreeLC/ unlocking factions that are already in the game?

Ability to play as other counties/clans fucking when

>>153579956
yeah faction unlocker

>>153579572
>I still have literally no grasp of the English language
Okay, retard.

>>153579883
it was one of the biggest complains in the faction unlocker's comments

>Drivers out of date now
???
Do I really need to update them again?

>Playing Attila
>claw my way up to the number one power
>by the time I have the power to just take a massive shit on everyone and sack literally everything, I already have to move my armies thousands of miles to get anywhere important because half of northern europe is abandoned

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L M A O

kinda annoying how it's Karl talking and not based Volkmar. Like come on.

>>153580038
>>Doesn't getting Vlad flat out PROVE we'll get Nagash
Anon, please.
>getting Vlad flat out PROVE we'll get Nagash
>flat out PROVE we'll get Nagash
>PROVE we'll get Nagash
Anon. Seriously, fuck yourself in the ass with a white-hot iron poker.

>>153580219
>still this butthurt about getting BTFO
Let it go, retard, let it go.

>>153580152
normally not, should still work as the same as before

>>153580353
Ironic shitposting is still shitposting.

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did you guys knew there are northern lights in the game?

>>153580152
>need
It's just a reminder anon. There's no need to do anything as long as stuff works. I'm operating with drivers from March just fine.

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>raze half of the vargs
>skaeling just clogs it up again

>>153580190
Letting Manny handle diplomacy instead of based Vlad is worse.

>>153580432
Why don't you have more money? Sacking Norsca gives lots of money, even when you're not Chaos.

>>153580190
>kind of annoying this thing that's existed since the game dropped is new
lol

>start as based Vlad
>get 500+ kills with Blood Knights every battle
this is way more fun than a death star

>greenskins teef currency mod updated
Good to know the important ones get attention.

>>153580190
Mannfred is still leader.

VLADLET BTFO!

>tfw one mod you use probably wont be updated any time soon since the author doesn't really seem to be active for it anymore

>autoresolve battle as volkmar
>pyrrhic victory

Did they change autoresolve to make it even more likely to fuck you? That's kind of annoying since I don't want to have to lead every single battle myself because my computer starts to lag once things get into the thick of combat.

>>153581868

my general rule in any total war game is to only use autoresolve when you're doomstacking troops

>>153575557
If he's ever added to the game he would have to be in his own horde faction rampaging everything, even chaos. He's not a jolly and agreeable dude

>>153580181
I guess you're king in the north now

>>153581868
Maybe the army compositions were not in your favour? Some units are vastly more useful for autoresolve than real battle, and vice versa.

>>153582147

pretty much

i was gonna put the romans under my heel but my king died at 82 years old on campaign and I feel like I should go home soon

>>153580020
No one knows, the only FLC faction announced is Bretonnia

>>153581014
I know but this is the first time i've used a non-faction leader LL in a campaign, so i haven't had the opportunity to be annoyed by it until now.

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>denuvo

FUCK EVERYTHING

>>153582178
I'm guessing it's the flagellants and the fact that they don't have armor which fucks up Volkmar's autoresolve chances

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hey guys

guys hey look

have you ever

guys listen... have you ever heard of the headless horseman?

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>there will never be another ruler on (let alone near) the level of Sigmar

>>153582425
it got cracked for a short while some weeks ago

give it some more time

>>153582475
That's certainly it. It's the same issue as slayers, among others had before they fixed it.

>>153582537
>not horseless headman
missed opportunity

>>153582132
That's what the other guy was saying- that Nagash rising up would be his own faction and an endgame event like the tides of chaos invasion

>>153582425
It's been 3 months, just buy the fucking game already

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what the fuuuuuug is this lord

>>153582537
This >>153582654

What a faggot.

>>153582698
S T R I G O I
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>>153582698
Why are you retarded?

>>153580020
>Next DLC is revealed to be wood elves
>FLC will flesh out human factions (Kislev, Estalia, Border Princes, Tilea) instead of getting Brets

>>153582590
Karl is a way better emperor

>>153582425
You can always use uhm, the bypasser?

Fuck denuvo though, i hope it got cracked for good soon.

>>153582603

It's not just this...
It seems every motherfucking game that gets released these days has fucking denuvo.

I'm a poorfag, this is killing me.

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guys I got blown the fuck out

Is the DLC worth it?

>>153582698
A Strigoi, one of the Vampire bloodlines in WHFB. Notable for not only a thirst for blood, but for flesh as well; they don't bite your neck, they just straight up fucking eat you. And that includes other bloodlines, or even other Strigoi. They're almost universally despised as a result, but they don't give a fuck because they know they're plenty powerful and can just eat anyone that gives them shit.

>>153582994
Get a job, kiddo.

>>153582654
This

>>153583005
You shouldn't have wasted resources in the south. When you take on Norsca you have to go deep, and you have to go hard.

>>153582913
Brets are also human

>>153582590
>He's just a warmonger from some barbarian tribe
>So short he has to use a dwarf-made hammer
>Abandons his people for no reason
shit emperor/10

>>153582590
Magnus was pretty based though. Fuck the rest.

First battle of a new empire campaign with Volkmar over. Flagallents performed better then expected. Both units (hero and regular) got over 60 kills each. They appear to be a tier 1.5 unit rather then a full tier 2 unit. Similar to crossbows. Frenzy appears to be good on them as it changes them from -7 melee attack vs swordsman to +1. Further they have a decent charge bonus for that part of frenzy. With unbreakable I assume they always have frenzy bonus.

They are fairly weak defensivly. No armor, low melee defense, and no shield mean they take good damage vs everything. Though their open formation may offer some solace vs ranged bombardment not reflected in their card.

As for their strengths. They seem like the best early game recruitable hammer empire has. Speed 37 is actually really good for infantry and the combination of their weapon strength and charge bonus can inflict a good amount of damage. At only 8 more gold per turn then swordsman I could honestly see 1-2 units of them being a consistent inclusion in early game campaign empire armies for chasing enemy ranged or flanking.

>>153582698
Here come dat strigoi!

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>>153583385
ill try this campaign

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Can regiments of renown be re-recruited if they're destroyed/disbanded?
I started a new VH Empire campaign as Gelt and grabbed Sigmar's Sons as soon as they unlocked, only to have them get wiped out when I took Helmgart. Their recruitment icon's now grayed out ('Cannot recruit unit').
Are they gone for good?

>>153575508
>>153576358
Nah, it's really awful even for genre fiction. The only worthwhile stuff to come out of the entire Warhammer franchise are some books from Dan Abnett and even he shits out garbage like Malus Darkblade from time to time.

>>153583026
This Empire campaign is my favorite campaign so far. If you like Empire or Vampires then yes.

>>153583912
You can get them again but I think it takes a turn or two.
Lost the first two VC RoR's at the beginning of the campaign but re-recruited them a few turns later

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well second campaign going almost exact same as first

>>153582994
I feel you bro, classics will be there forever tho

Denuvo is one AAA-flop away from being trashed, who can be blamed for poor sales when piracy is not the scapegoat?

>>153576285
>>Have porthole on 2D 'cause 3D eats frames

Is that even noticable? What is it, like 1 frame you save?

>>153582859
Why are you rude?

How often does the AI use the shiny pokémon versions of units? Every army has at least one or two?

>>153583912
they have a chance to replenish, at least, the data points to such

15% chance to come back for recruit each turn

>>153583712
>Both units (hero and regular) got over 60 kills each.

Roughly the same thing happened to me

How did the knights of the blazing sun do?

>>153584361
Because I can read.

Holy shit. Vlad's VA is fucking awesome. It's gelt tier. Love how he speaks in a deep, Romanian accent.

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>>153584075
>>153584385
Thanks brehs; appreciate it.

>>153584225
That is kind of hard to predict, they are not stupid. Besides having the ability to keep updating/upgrading the mechanic to obfuscate, they also price it well so that indie games up to AAA games can use it without leaving a burning hole in the developer's budget.

About the only thing that can hurt them is if someone found a golden key that will render their obfuscation useless, even for future version. Then we will go back to the days where the cracked game come out a day (or hours) after the game is released.

That, or some form of bypasser is released to public (maybe people starts hosting these fake servers), or ability to host fake servers yourself so basically the denuvo is just unlocking itself (if you follow what I'm saying).

Then again, we have saints like GoG, which honestly I have no qualms paying just because how they treat their customers.

>Altar and corpse cart have no attack animations
>Putting them in a 1v1 results in damage with no animation playing

BRAVO CA

>>153584368
You mean the regiments of renown?

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are they fucking serious

>>153584664
I don't believe you

>>153584803
What do you expect, mang? If only they can charge you more so they can work on some new animations that some people here argued over last few days before the dlc is released.

> Muh new animations
> Muh new skins
> Muh new texture/mesh
> Muh $7

Yeah, they're lying lazy shits.

>>153584906
What's the problem?

>>153584806
Yes,

Corpse Carts are so fun to use! Just pop em by a line of skellies and zombies, and just watch them buff up your units!

>>153584647
Didn't check too closely. As well as Cav usually does. Kept doing back charges on things and bringing them in and out of combat. They feel decently speedy to me and flame attacks are a huge perk. Oh I did have some success in a second battle using a free company militia unit. Enemy moved one unit of spears out to go after them which I promptly charged with Knights while they where not braced. Then I charged the militia in and that seemed to kill the unit really quick.

Actually Volkmar having fire + magic is big too.

I have noticed that I'm using more spearmen without shields to reduce the cost of one part of my army to make up for using other stuff.

I wasn't aware that Free Company Military was a new standard unit. Let alone a tier 1 ranged unit. Not really sure how to judge them and I'm really unsure about them. I think 1 unit may serve to help get the enemy moving. What's your experience?

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So this guy on Youtube is going back and doing a Venice campaign on vanille MTW2. But he is going full atheismo. He is not just ignoring the pope, he is destroying churches wherever he sees them too.

Is it even possible to win that way? Won't it just be endless revolts without religious conversion?

>>153585136
Level 8 quest requires you to capture settlement that is far as fuck

>>153585102
I feel like videogames aren't your thing

>>153585831
>he thinks Bechafen is far as fuck
lmao, 2 regions away from Sylvania, it's a shitty place if only because it gets pounded hard by Chaos

>>153585831
You make it seem like it's down in the badlands. Sure, you might not be able to do it immediately, but it shouldn't take that long. It's fucking nothing compared to the gyrocopter requirement for Thorgrim.

>>153585790
For what reason is he doing this? Is it to make the game more challenging or is he just being a faggot?

>>153585790
he will get fucked in the ass by the inquisitors and basicly every faction

>>153585831
A lot of the quests are like that.

Thorgrims first quest requires you to have 2 gyrocopters in your army.

Stupid question as I am new into this: How do i effectively use direwolves or fell bats? Seems underpowered and not sure what they are used for (besides chasing routing units).

Also same question with axe thrower cav or other ranged cav...

>>153585831
That's actually pretty close, plus you get two campaign movement range increasing skills by that point if you really want to get there faster. Plus march stance.

How good are Free Company?

>>153584806
>You mean the regiments of renown?

Don't dignify CA by using this name; it's supposed to refer to special units with their own special heroes and look.

Call them what they are in reality: palette swaps. Just use the terms 'ghoul palette swaps', 'demigryph palette swaps', etc.

I don't mean to imply that the DLC is not fairly priced cause the lords seem to be kicking so much ass...but regiments of renown? Nah m8, all I see is a bunch of purple wraiths with one new skill tacked on.

>>153586134
Fell Bats are basically to keep units busy, take out arty/missiles or get an easy flanking bonus. Direwolves are basically the same, but better at combat at the price of not flying. Both get significantly better if you get tech and skills to buff them, especially the wolves. Fully upgraded they can dart in, chew up arty and dart out again before you know it. They also do well against basic units like empire swordsmen assuming they get a flank.

Man I really like these Regiments of Renown. Adds a lot of character.

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>norcucks warring on eachother

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Come on and slam

>>153586134
>ranged cav
Set them on skirmish mode and point them to enemy melee units, especially usefull against Chaos and vampires

>fell bats
cheap and fast, they will kill artillery crews or keep ranged units busy (which you need when playing as VC)

>diredoggos
they are great for chasing ranged cavalry or munching on fleeing units to make sure they don't rally back and prevent them from fleeing the battlefield

also decent at hunting ranged units and hitting the back of engaged enemy units

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>>153586832

And welcome to the jam

>>153586661
They should do that more often imo instead of sending all their stack spam south immediately. Lots of infighting, awakening dead tribes, and subsequent backstabbings from those tribes might make the region more interesting.

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>>153586134
Somewhat disposable fast attack spam. Hit enemies early to disrupt their positioning before more powerful units hit then pull them out. Keeping ranged units busy or outright killing them (varying with how good in melee the enemy ranged is)

Direwolves can also perform way better in melee then you might expect. Two units of wolves using pincer attacks can chew through quite a few low tier units one at a time.

>>153586336
Still feeling that out in campaign. I'm not expecting them to replace crossbowmen for ranged damage though.

>>153586019
>>153586086
He seems to want the challenge. Venice was a republic so he roleplaying as it following law over god? He is not being an edgelord about it. Seems mostly aware of the consequences.

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So what spells does the ghoul king have?

>>153587037
but now i think its too easy to kill them

>>153586336
A hybrid between swordsmen and handgunners, they work at both roles, and can also vanguard for gorilla warfare

however, they are outclassed at the specific roles

>>153587074
https://youtu.be/pdq2wizNOMY

This is it by the way. I think he lurks here, he posted his first video here a while back, that is how I found him.

>>153587104
Invocation of Nehek
Gaze of Nagash
(custom spell that summons crypt ghouls/crypt horrors)
Spirit Leech
Doom and Darkness
Soulblight

3 Vampires / 3 Death

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>Start new campaign as big daddy Vlad
>Unite Sylvanias by turn 15
>Dorfs next to me are already down to one city
>They are dead by turn 17
>Grimgor has confederated with the orcs by turn 19

Well this looks like its going to be a fun ride. Question is do I fight him now or do I make a pact, conquer the humans next to me and hope that corruption takes these provinces from him?

Fucking stunties you had one fucking job fuck

>>153587104

Lore of Vampires

>>153587338
Cheers, anon.

>>153587104

Lore of Vampires

>>153587353
>>153587441
It's been known for a long time that the ghoul king uses a mix of vampire and death lores.

>>153586560
>>153586914
>>153587064
Thanks, people. As you might have guessed, playing vampire campaign and besides replacing these units with better ones (direwolves with poison variants, fellbats with varghulf? not exactly the same class i know), eventually replacing them with something better.

I'll try the arty crew strategy, it just seems they usually sit in the back and protected by other units, so I will end up moving in my infantry/zombies, etc first to get the 'protective details' engaged before deploying the bats, and by then the arty already can get a few rounds on my troops.

>>153587554
They are expendable, assume that you'll be replacing them every few battles

they will hold ranged units and artillery long enough to get your main line close enough, worth considering once your army becomes mostly expensive units, not that useful when you have mostly zombies

Since when are there poison direwolves?

Can a non-shill give his verdict on the DLC?

>>153588287
It's shit.

>>153587350
Raze their towns once the corruption is >50%, making it a buffer attrition zone (attack the underway armies that will come for an easy wiping)

Or build relations with gifts and ally them, nobody likes the VC anyways so the diplomacy hit is irrelevant

>>153588202
Well chaos have poison doggos or whatever they are called. I was playing vampire in tandem with that, so there's that.

I'll try the strategy anyway, better than filling the army with all expensive units.

>>153587350
Do not, I repeat, do not trust Grimgor. If you let him snowball he'll show up on you doorstep with a bazillion stacks sooner or later.

>>153588287
Ghorst, Vlad and Ghoulie are amazing.

Volkmar and flagellants are shit, but at least Volkmar looks cool.

Mortis Engine is all around great, corpse cart also pays for itself.

There are no new cutscenes and playing the new LL's from the very beginning doesn't feel right cause all the speeches are reserved from faction leaders and muted for the new LL's.

Regiments of renown are useful and good but they're represented by tokens rather than by new units.

Also, there's no new Ulric units to go with Volkmar.

Verdict: a lazy cash grab (this is a given with anything CA does anyway) that actually adds value to the game.

Do free company skate around in melee for anyone else?

Why the fuck am I crashing with mods I've used together before that have ALREADY apparently been updated for the new game version

>>153589290
It just came out, I'm sure they updated it but didn't fix all the potential incompatibilities. In other words, work in progress.

>>153589139
>no new Ulric units to go with the SIGMAR grand theogonist

oh wow really?

Also i think flaggies are ok, stick a few with the main line to soak, die, and eat up some squishy enemy line units, late game and MP they are shit but so is everything tier 1. They should not be T2

>>153589290
Maybe someone didn't update it quite right, maybe some are incompatible, etc. etc.

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skaeling completely destroyed varg
noice

>>153589402
>>153589476
I think it was just all the diplomatic ones or something that edited how the AI acts, because once I unticked those (even if they were up to date) and now I dont really suffer anymore crashes

>all the mods I use but the most important one (better AI recruitment) have been updated
>still waiting to start a campaign

If I find out where the mod author lives I'm going to burn his house down to the gwound

>>153589445
Are there any red skills that buff them? Some units stay useful well past their normal expiration dates with red buffs because it's such a large %-increase.

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all give a thanks to kislev for razing red eye cities and leaving them for me

>>153589505
>Kraka Drakk - 12
>Skaelings - 4

Uh oh

is there any way to turn off ui spell circles like for the lord abilities? I'd also like to turn off unit glowing when they are affected by something

>>153587350
I find it easier when dwarfs start winning against the orcs. I simply go down south and cut the dwarfs down a little thus making the orcs love me and preventing powerhouses from propping up. You just make peace after you sack'n raze some settlements.The only one you can always expect to backstab you is that big savage orc faction to the southern-western most settlements. Worked for me in very hard after taking border prince lands.

>>153588287
meh, not a total ripoff like the beastmen but leaves something to be desired for it's price

Vampire Counts got most of the cool toys to play with, if you like the Cunts, it may be worth it, and the recolors of renown are a decent aid in battles

I'm liking it, for what little that matters, then again, the point of reference are the fucking beastmen

>>153589139
seconding that veredict, a lazy cash grab, but it actually adds some value

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>>153589554
>gwound

>>153589554
If you do that I'll have to kill you in revenge. He can't update the mod without a house, and I need that mod.

>>153589834
the one true gits, waagha

>>153589692
i pay some cuck money to hi, every turn so he stays happy with me

the best change was making hold the line a passive constant imo


im an empire goy tho

>>153589834
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e-M4WXov2lM

The necromancer on the Mortis Engine is awesome

>BE STILL MY BEATING HEART

>>153589445
>no new Ulric units to go with the SIGMAR grand theogonist

He fights the Ulricans in a quest battle, which pans out pretty disappointingly with them fielding nothing but bog standard imperials. Also, adding some flavour to the provinces would be very welcome imo and factions don't really become overpowered by having a large roster, just more interesting.

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>these dwarf buffs
>greenskins don't get touched

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>>153590163

>>153590048
That would cost a lot of Charlemagnes anon. And if they let people import models they would lose all the dlc Charlemagnes.

Unrelated but I offered Kislev 10 quintillion gold for a non aggression pact as empire and they refused.

>>153590353
Why would you want a na with Kislev? They have passive/defensive trait for a reason.

>>153590353
I'm 90% sure some diplomacies are hardcoded. Nordland will always hate who ever occupies maurienburg for example.

>>153590512
I'd like a defencive alliance so I can assist them in battles.

>>153590048
Too much of that and the Empire roster will be fuckhuge but with the same options spammed multiple times with a slightly different flavor (thats why i didn't mid the lack of knightly orders at launch its all Reiksguards with some twist)

>>153590625
B-but I wanna see the Knights Panther in the game for their pimpin' purple/leopard skin colour scheme. I don't even care about the abilities ;_;

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Blood Bros

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX-7BlRc_a0

>>153590036
besides "Mortis Engine!" those are all reused from the hero level necromancer with the skull face

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What casts/spells should I get with vlad?

Never tried VC so far.

>>153591491

Welp, shows me how often I recruited those.

Talking about necromancers, is Kemmler even worth taking anymore? Saw that he doesn't get the pimp cart.

>>153591349
Someone should make an equivalent to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNK5-uE5JFg with them.

>Vlad is Cheaper than Mannlet and even regular Vampire Lord

Uhm?

>>153591578

Invocation of Nehek + passive upgrade
Gaze of nagash
Wind of death.

Invocation to keep your armies alive
Gaze to put the hurt on enemy heroes
Wind to really fuck over enemy frontlines.

>>153591623
Don't get me wrong, the voice lines are great, they just don't really fit the mortis guy as much as the hero
Kemmler isn't really worth it unless his campaign passive for raise dead cost is alluring enough, but I think ghorst or vlad outclasses completely
>>153591740
Why shouldn't he be?
He doesn't have all of the fancy mounts and spells or stuff like black arts/arcane conduit

>>153591740

In MP he's pretty basic, lore of vampires and some nice regen. He truly shines in a campaign with his vanguard shenengians and giving everything + xp.

>>153591786
Thanks man, should I put the rest in making him stronger or the army?

>>153591740
Isn't that because of spells and shit? You have to compare them with the same loadout.

>>153589767
Yeah but that tactics works when one faction is not wiped out before turn 20, I didnt have time to get my shit together, much less help others

>>153591786
Ditch the Wind of Death for Vlad, in my opinion

Vlad gets no mounts to truly make good use of it

>>153591993

His personal tree looks pretty lackluster. Just get the first point to give him more regen.

Also get lightning strike asap, you'll need it when chaos comes knocking the second time. And buff his army with the units you plan to use. Can't go wrong considdering you can vanguard deploy everything really.

>>153592090
If you put a little thought into placement, it's still easy to use.

>>153592007
Mannfred is still more expensive (Vlad is 950, Mannfred 1050)

>>153592090

He's rather mobile when you get his +15% movespeed buff. But I get what you mean, he isn't as good as manny when it comes to alligning that one good wind that turns the tide.

>>153592206
Hardly a huge difference. It's probably based on how stats are priced. Manny probably has more in an expensive stat.

>>153592206

Is that counting quest items they have equipped?

Also I think Mannfred has more overal potential ingame, with two lores and mount picks. So you'll have to pay for that utility.

bros

is vlad's voice acting any good? is he gelt tier?

gosh there are so many LLs to choose from now/ if i recruite vlad later, will i still get his vangaurd? i noticed its in the campaign effects section

>>153592689
He's transylvanian noble tier.

>>153592689

Romanian accent, he also sounds more aggresive than I thought he would be, but I like it.

>>153592725

Vlad's tacticool jenious is only when he's the LL.

For Vlad you have to take Altdorf.
For Manny you have to control Sylvania
For Kemmler you have to have an library
And for Ghorst you need to subdue 10 armies.

I'd say start with Vlad, the other ones are way easier to unlock.

What are some good lore-friendly reskins for empire that dont just change colours that work after current patch? I used improved state troops but the model changes dont really work anymore and its just the vanilla models for them

Oh wow the bright wizard has a global passive giving enemy units a fire weakness, add in some knights of the blazing sun and VC scum get crushed

>>153592689
Yes and the Ghoul King is also a standout. Volkmar and Ghorst are however just generic lord units by their voice acting, sadly.

Is the wine resource even worth bothering with? If it only adds bonus income from trade as vampire counts, and you never get any fucking trade deals, then I would be better off just getting straight income right?

does anyone know why total war titles have been removed from GMG?

Imagine being Isabella Von Carstein in Sylvania and having to be all like "damn, Vlad Von Carstein, you fuckin' fine, all sexy with your undead body and horrific rotten monster face. I would totally have sex with you, both my living version and the real undead me." when all she really wants to do is suck another 16 year old's blood in her dressing room. Like seriously imagine having to be Isabella and not only sit in that throne while Vlad von carstein flaunts his disgusting body in front of you, the favorable lighting barely concealing his necrosis and leathery skin, and just sit there, war after war, hour after hour, while he perfected that necromancy. Not only having to tolerate his monstrous fucking visage but his haughty attitude as everyone on Sylvania tells him he's STILL GOT IT and DAMN, VLAD VON CARSTEIN LOOKS LIKE THAT?? because they're not the ones who have to sit there and watch his ghoulish fucking zombie face contort into types of grimaces you didn't even know existed before that day. You've been fucking nothing but a healthy diet of WISSENLAND STUDS and PRINCES and later alleged 'disappeared' virgins for your ENTIRE LIFE coming straight out of the boonies in Sylvania. You've never even seen anything this fucking disgusting before, and now you swear you can taste the necrosis that's breaking out on his dimpled stomach as he sucks it in to writhe it suggestively at you, smugly assured that you are enjoying the opportunity to get married to sit there and revel in his "statuesque (for that is what he calls himself)" beauty, the beauty he worked so hard for with vampirism in the previous eras. And then the count of Sylvania,Otto calls for another proposal, and you know you could kill every single person in this room before the sylvanian security could put you down, but you sit there and endure, because you're fucking Isabella Von Carstein. You're not going to lose your future political career over this. Just bear it. Hide your face and bear it.

>>153593756

it gives public order which VC also don't need. useless building. only worth building the wine court in Bordeleaux.

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thgouhts on the DLC?

>>153593795
Go to bed, Manny.

>>153593850
Low effort cashgrab. 2 minute photoshop reskins. Units that don't have attack animations. Vlad is the best thing in it and he's free. Wait for sale if you really want it.

Vlad Daddy is so fucking good.

>>153593795
Go away Mannfed

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>>153594470
I know right? This fucking tactical genius. Stealing the fucking high ground with a line of skeletons against the map border. What could possibly go wrong.
And the best cavalry in the game Almost makes up for not starting with fluffy.

>>153593850
legendary lords and mortis engine are the only outstandings things. Corpse wagon is functionally cool but not as "look at it go!" sorta cool. Mercenary feature is sorta cool.

flagellants are more like fagellants. 420 blazing knights look cool, but still feel the same as generic cav when they fight save for functionality. free company is the same in that it looks cool, but it's just not the same as a mortis engine. The most subpar things in the dlc are the regiments of renown reskins.

>>153593850
the mortis engine and corpse carts are both really cool to me since vc is my favorite faction
however there are some missing animations and things of that nature too

>>153594760
also Volkamer on his mount feels like he's not actually attacking or something. Might be a missing animation or something.

>>153593850
Free Company are fucking great.

whats the point of ghoul king? nigger has 15 armor so can never enter melee combat

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>>153594759
I HAVE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE.

>>153595104
kek

>>153595104
Explain?

>>153595084
How's his melee def? He doesn't need armor if he doesn't get hit.

>>153595084
Gotta rush his mount for armor. He does have 40 m. defense so he'll survive.

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>>153595104

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>released 20 years ago
>contained Volkmar, Franz Bernhardt and Witchhunter McGee for FREEEEE, no DLC required

where did it all go wrong?

>>153595104
Fucking run there nigga

>>153595393
March 9, 2005

>>153593759
Not just Total War. I bought other Sega games from there like Valkyra Chronicles, Alpha Protocol, Binary Domain etc. and now they're all gone from the store page. It seems Sega completely pulled out of GMG. Which is a shame, I love that site.

>>153593795
t.Mannlet

>>153593759
SEGA being SEGA most likely

>>153595393
No KFC, Grimgor, Archie, Gelt and Vlad, no floppy hats and Vampire Chan.

theres so many fucking bugs now holy shit

So in my TWW campaigns, I have not seen Chaos use the DLC units (other than Chaos Warriors). I own the DLC, so why doesn't the AI use the DLC units?

Just started Empire playthrough, what do I do?

whats the life expectancy in the warhammer world?

>>153596393
because the AI is retarded, and they don't naturally spawn in the stacks

>>153596405
survive

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>>153595231
I vanguarded forward with half my army not expecting the enemy to place themselves forward too. So my line of skellies at the back were MILES away and well, >>153595438 was right. Had to run them, vlad and my blood knights a long way before my pincer could actually work.

The other army had 10 zombies, I may have panicked a bit since it really made the army look bigger.

>>153596405
SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS

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>>153596405
Kill those Secessionist sons of bitches. Take over Wissenland. Marienburg can become bros, but for the first hundred turns they are definitely not bros and will try to fuck you up.

Watch Middenland get fucked up. Kill some dwarves. Wonder what Bretonnia will play like as you steal their damsels,

Walls. Every. Town.

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>trying out the new carts
>mfw mortis engine turns chaos armies to dust

shits hilarious. just park that fucker right behind your front lines and just watch the enemies magically die.

And they are fucking impossible to kill.

>>153597390
YO THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH PASTE

anyone else love the VC music?

That piano that sometimes just play false notes, it's just the right ammount of creepy

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>>153597624
Not in the game but this song gets me so hype for vamps.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lzopbk9hhAc

>get flame attack banner on my first battle
>put it on Vlad Daddy's Blood Knights
>400+ kills every round
this is ez peas

Vlad and RoR are free for poorfags right?

>>153589139
>represented by tokens
>all the speeches are reserved from faction leaders and muted for the new LL's.

What do you mean by these?

>>153598147
Vlad is. Recolors are paid.

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It is now September. With the end of the summer months, The sallow season begins. Ros-fothar in the tongue of the Asrai, it is a time of waning. The Consort-King Orion weakens and rages against his fate, destined to be immolated on the pyre in the coming months. The forest undergoes a change of color from the vibrant hues of summer to more subdued and mottled shades of Autumn.

But if it is a time of waning, so too is it a time of harvest. The bounty of the forest hangs ripely, to be plucked effortlesly by the merry wanderers of its vales and meadows. How fitting, then, that in this, the first month of the season of harvest, the Wood Elves will make a bounteous gift of themselves, the latest and greatest of the factions to be released in Total War: Warhammer.

Wood Elves soon.

>>153597624
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJhYB_OWCQ8
Love it when the music kicks in and you know you're winning

>>153591349
Shame the blood on their faces ruins the image.

>>153583995
>/lit/cuck spots fun
>tries to derail it immediately

>>153597624
Best Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P53d1c8SX_8&index=5&list=PLXPcfv0l5VsjwWvVYltJxedikPV_b5GDw

What is the optimal upgrade path for Franz?

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0-4 VOLKMAR
5-9 VLAD

So is the music from the trailer in the game

>>153598525
When the fuck does that play?

>>153598768
No.