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orangelex44 posted:Twitchcon tournament going live now: https://www.twitch.tv/totalwarofficial Just caught the TK vs VCounts game, pretty nailbiting considering the crappy start. Sotek did well considering his position. Edit: Oh poo poo, Turin stepped in for a game and just got blown the gently caress up by bloated corpses! Nephthys fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Oct 27, 2018 |
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I've fallen off SFO a long time ago but Ventris seems to be doing some extensive reworking on it. The new update that just came out brought on some mechanics reworks and additions to the Greenskins and Dwarfs, and a cool thing is that the new Greentide mechanic (basically some momentum-based system that causes dilemmas and buffs/penalties for your performance) has a standalone version. Works with C&C too! The Runes system in the Dwarf half of the update is pretty drat cool as well: basically you spend a huge chunk of money to buy an exclusive upgrade for each Dwarf unit using the technology screen, selecting from 4 available options. For example, judging from the screenshots, Longbeards can get a 25% weapon damage boost and a +10 bonus against large units in exchange for -5 melee attack. A more risky trade is artillery gaining +40% missile damage in exchange for losing half their range, which is pretty wild. EDIT: Hah, they got a Thunderers variant that packs Grudgerakers instead of handguns. Those are basically shotguns, so they're goddamn terrifying at close range and apparently can gently caress poo poo up in melee too. toasterwarrior fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Oct 27, 2018 |
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Oct 27, 2018 21:54
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is sfo still run by neo nazis?
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Oct 27, 2018 22:13
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BIG MEATY SHITS posted:is sfo still run by neo nazis? Neo Nazi left a while ago iirc
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This Twitch tourney has been pretty great, there's not anything really on the line so the players have been pulling out a bunch of exciting toys. Grimgor got rocked by Royal Hippogriff Knights, Turin had to jump in to replace a player and lost because of Exploding Corpses, Sartosia now has pistol pirates and their previous axemen now duel-wield swords because CA Cares About Us, Queen Bess got >150 kills against Empire (but lost)...
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Oct 27, 2018 22:26
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I also like that Turin got a pretty clear win with dwarfs against pirates while still commentating at like 85% efficiency and getting in a few cinematic shots for good measure. Shame his hand is messed up, I’d like to see him play normally in the tournament.
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Oct 27, 2018 22:30
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Don Gato posted:Neo Nazi left a while ago iirc Yeah it was just the one nazi. If I was the dude now running it I’d change the name as a “do not want my mod named after a neo nazi” message and tell him to gently caress off or get back into modding.* *let it be known that steel and faith are not things nazis are known for, it’s an Empire thing and an alt righter who spams nazi messages alongside things like crusader imagery would definitely not let his political leanings influence the choice of THAT particular username over any other warhammer empire name
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Oct 27, 2018 22:30
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Do vampirates seem pretty weak in multiplayer right now? Is it just that people aren't used to using them?
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Fangz posted:Do vampirates seem pretty weak in multiplayer right now? Is it just that people aren't used to using them? They have a very obvious counter that nearly every other faction can do, which is "go wide". No one on the VSea end seems to have quite figured out how to overcome that yet. I *think* that's mostly a familiarity thing, or perhaps just that there's no real meta yet and the VSea side keeps just hoping they won't have to hard commit to dealing with millions of chaff.
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Oct 27, 2018 22:56
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Yeah it was just the one nazi. It's funny because the quote is basically the Empire version of "waaaagh" or "ere we go" so it's not exactly something that isn't 100% an appropriate name for a huge overhaul that has as much emphasis on the Empire as SFO does. But the loving nazi had to gently caress everything up by existing.
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Oct 27, 2018 22:56
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SFO was a pretty good overhaul but I feel like C&C has even better magic and lord skills.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Yeah it was just the one nazi. I really don't understand your point, or why this discussion keeps running the same circle every time it comes up. Nazi left. "Steal Faith" [Overhaul] is a Warhammer thing, not an actual Nazi thing. Why would they feel a need to change a name that is a Warhammer thing, now that the actual Nazi no longer works at the project?
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Oct 27, 2018 23:09
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Queen Bess just got 743 kills in a FFA.
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Oct 27, 2018 23:11
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Can anyone please link me to a tournament match with Bess in it? This is very important.
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Oct 28, 2018 00:22
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BIG MEATY SHITS posted:is sfo still run by neo nazis? No but be sure to avoid their General channel in Discord lol. Lots of Alt Right creeps.
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Oct 28, 2018 00:41
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Turin casually winning a BO3 against a pretty good tournament player while casting lol
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Yeah it was just the one nazi. Can't wait for the new vampire overhaul, Blood & Soil
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Sodomy Hussein posted:Can't wait for the new vampire overhaul, Blood & Soil 
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KazigluBey posted:I really don't understand your point, or why this discussion keeps running the same circle every time it comes up. Nazi left. "Steal Faith" [Overhaul] is a Warhammer thing, not an actual Nazi thing. Why would they feel a need to change a name that is a Warhammer thing, now that the actual Nazi no longer works at the project? "Steel, Faith, and Gunpowder" is a Warhammer thing. "steel and faith" or "steel faith" is an open alt-righter neonazi who loves Hitler videos as well as images of steel-clad knights invading muslim countries for righteous christian vengeance, IDK that it's that hard to get. People can and will insist that someone who adheres unflinchingly to the national socialist ideology of Adolf Hitler would not use "steel faith" as a slogan but it's almost as if modern neonazis do not perfectly adhere to Hitler's ideology and use things, including both historical and Warhammer imagery, to invoke their beliefs, and incorporate other ideas into their poo poo. Looking at the dude as a whole it's very clear that the specific choice of username has meaning and there's a reason his name is "steel faith" and not "grudges beards" or "for bretonnia" or "ELOI LECHI" But really just change the name because the dude is an rear end in a top hat and I don't really want to play a mod named after him. I wouldn't like the Star Trek mod for Stellaris if it was called "Aatrek Overhaul"
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It's actually "Faith, Steel and Gunpowder".
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Can we as a thread come together and accept that nazis are bad and that this bellyflop is amazing?.
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Krazyface posted:Can anyone please link me to a tournament match with Bess in it? This is very important. 152 kills https://www.twitch.tv/videos/328194551 Start: 01:03:00 End: 01:15:15 special close up of Free Company Militia turning into Free Company Salsa: 01:07:40
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Raygereio posted:Can we as a thread come together and accept that nazis are bad and that this bellyflop is amazing?. yes
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e.: You know what, not worth it. Play or don't play wherever you want. Goes without saying: Nazis bad, just in case it needed saying.
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Raygereio posted:Can we as a thread come together and accept that nazis are bad and that this bellyflop is amazing?. Auxiliary army of nothing but Bloated Corpses. 
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Raygereio posted:Can we as a thread come together and accept that nazis are bad and that this bellyflop is amazing?. My favorite part is there is a bit of a delay between the dude face planting and then exploding.
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RBA-Wintrow posted:152 kills Yeah
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From that video surely bloats are your tool for handling wide enemies?
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DOCTOR ZIMBARDO posted:From that video surely bloats are your tool for handling wide enemies? Only if they a) don't pay attention and bunch up and b) have zero ranged units.
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DOCTOR ZIMBARDO posted:From that video surely bloats are your tool for handling wide enemies? They might have a niche against Chosen, Ironbreakers and Swordmasters, but people in MP tend to prefer deploying their units as wide as possible, so the explosion probably won't hit that many dudes, on the other hand, keeping a Bloated Corpse in reserve for the final lap of a battle where armies tend to bunch up might be a killer move, and the possibility of their deployment should dissuade most death star builds vs VP. They should be pretty good in SP, as the AI often bunches up a lot. Turin did win against a super-wide Chaos army by going monster and air heavy with only a hero and a few Deckhands for a line, but it was a close one and Chaos lacked Halberds or Shaggoths.
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Do you guys refuse to drive or ride in volkswagens, Mercedes, and BMWs too or use any technology that relies on rockets?
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f_c_ posted:Do you guys refuse to drive or ride in volkswagens, Mercedes, and BMWs too or use any technology that relies on rockets? steaming take here, now tell a vegan that insects and rodents die during a grain harvest.
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toasterwarrior posted:I've fallen off SFO a long time ago but Ventris seems to be doing some extensive reworking on it. The new update that just came out brought on some mechanics reworks and additions to the Greenskins and Dwarfs, and a cool thing is that the new Greentide mechanic (basically some momentum-based system that causes dilemmas and buffs/penalties for your performance) has a standalone version. Works with C&C too! I really wanted an ironbreaker variant that carried drakepistols and a ranger unit that carried grudgerakers. The rangers would be an amazing hybrid infantry that would sneak up to the enemy with stalk then fire point blank volleys before mopping up in melee.
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f_c_ posted:Do you guys refuse to drive or ride in volkswagens, Mercedes, and BMWs too or use any technology that relies on rockets? people have their predilections. at this precise moment i find it extremely hard to fault someone for saying they'd prefer to do as little as possible to support people like that guy. anyway the Red Duke particularly owns because of how the rest of Brettonia handles Mousillon, which is mostly pretending really, really hard that they don't all know the Red Duke's a vampire. because accusing him of being a vampire is an insult punishable by duelling. and the Red Duke is really, REALLY good at duelling. on the bright side the people he duels tend to end up his best friends afterwards! also they tend to become a lot paler for some reason.
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What do you think the conceit for game 3 will be, besides DEMONS!!! The Vortex story was actually pretty ok by Total War standards, especially how they wove the Skaven in. I'm curious if they do something akin to the Eye of the Vortex with an expanded Dark Lands/Mountains of Mourn map, but that leaves me scratching my head as to how you write a story revolving around Daemons of Chaos, Chaos Dwarfs, and Ogres exclusively if you want your non-Mortal Empires map to feature the new races in the most prominent fashion. The secret is that they'll use tweaked Three Kingdoms assets and you play as Cathay holding off 3 simultaneous invasions a la the Western Roman Empire in Barbarian Invasion/Attila. A nerd can dream.
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It'll be that except Kislev.
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If Cathay is a base faction it'll most definitely be the totally not obvious secret faction like skaven were, not the central campaign focus. Also there is waaaaaaaaaaay more to do with Chaos mortals than GW rosters did, and the CA Chaos Warriors roster is all but confirmed to be a placeholder. Then daemons. Plus it'd be an absolutely obvious time to go back and add Boris and a lot more Empire poo poo, alongside Kislev, annnnnnd you can draw a perfect rectangular map from Norsca to the cathayan Xinjiang including vast chorf and ogres territories as well as empire provinces from Middenheim, and Kislev. Assuming a rectangle where the top isn't perfectly facing north. Edgar Allen Ho fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Oct 28, 2018 |
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im wondering if they will do all 4 chaos gods at release, cause thats a looot of factions if you want some non-chaos poo poo on top of that edit: although it would be extra weird to release certain chaos gods as dlc factions juggalo baby coffin fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Oct 28, 2018 |
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I assume that Chaos Demons will be in the last game, as they got a proper Army Book, but they'll probably be a DLC hoard faction as including them in the main game would leave the rest of the world pretty scarcely populated.
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Holy poo poo manfred on a dragon in C&C with huge unit size has 36,000 hp's--he shrugged off 2 units of giant slayers with 1 unit of slayers beating on him. Going to try 2 thunderers with grommy and see if it works out better--i know ungrim barely beat him with help 25 turns ago i can only imagine the beast he is now. Also wtf is up with bloodknights 18 of them somehow survived 3 miners, 2 warriors, and ulthars raiders throwing axes at them for nearly 3 minutes. Magical attacks are so loving mandatory late game C&C--tons of endgame units have an absurd amount of physical resist. I thought my ironbreakers would be tanky enough without the defensive skill but holy crap they get wrecked against chosen even with the offensive skill haha.
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