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kidkissinger posted:i kinda wish the bards could actually play the lute in combat but maybe that's too RPG for this game Barbarians get drummers. 
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Not sure if it's been said but the Lone Knight start gets the noble house war music. Im trying to buy perks and its like distractingly good.
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May 15, 2019 21:08
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Fun story, i'd avoided hexen because they sounded like unfun bullshit. I actually decided to fight one tonight and remembered the advice of "just unequip your weapons, then your men won't kill eachother". They brought along a loving unhold.
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May 15, 2019 21:19
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dylguy90 posted:Not sure if it's been said but the Lone Knight start gets the noble house war music. Im trying to buy perks and its like distractingly good. The combat music in this game is just right. It's strong enough to work but slow paced enough to fit a strategy game.
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May 15, 2019 21:44
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just picked up this game, had a first tense fight against a bandit leader and got through with one (bullshit, a marksman turned into a complete loving ninja and killed a full-health bastard with like 40 melee defence and a big honking shield with his hatchet) casualty then i forgot to actually grab the loot i'm contemplating loading from the autosave but god drat it i was so pleased with how that battle went
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May 15, 2019 21:58
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V. Illych L. posted:just picked up this game, had a first tense fight against a bandit leader and got through with one (bullshit, a marksman turned into a complete loving ninja and killed a full-health bastard with like 40 melee defence and a big honking shield with his hatchet) casualty You want to turn on the always take the loot button and never turn it off
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May 15, 2019 22:12
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They might lack for AoEs, but drat are two-handed maces satisfying when they just send someone to the mat.
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RabidWeasel posted:You want to turn on the always take the loot button and never turn it off yes, i do where is this button
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May 15, 2019 22:31
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V. Illych L. posted:yes, i do Buried in the Gameplay tab of the options menu somewhere, IIRC Somebody discourage me from trying to make a Nimble sword Duelist. I've looked at all the numbers, it's guaranteed to be a lovely build that wastes a bro who could have done something actually good, but every time I see a high HP/Initiative/Defense guy part of me goes drat he would be a cool as hell swordguy
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May 15, 2019 22:56
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Your username is literally "en garde motherfuckers" Why would you not make a duellist?
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En Garde Motherfuckers posted:Buried in the Gameplay tab of the options menu somewhere, IIRC it can do respectable damage and you can leap frog off enemies to hit squishier ones in the back. the new dlc also added a perk that makes your initiative lower slower.
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May 15, 2019 23:22
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Lone wolf is basically Sandor Clegane mode. It's pretty awesome I've decided
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dogstile posted:Fun story, i'd avoided hexen because they sounded like unfun bullshit. I actually decided to fight one tonight and remembered the advice of "just unequip your weapons, then your men won't kill eachother".  had that happen yesterdayalso veteran has gotten a lot better, just had to get over that early game hump. Started picking up mail piece by piece and it snowballed okay. I'm probably speaking too soon but I'm definitely in a lot better shape than a couple hours ago.
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May 16, 2019 00:44
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kidkissinger posted:i kinda wish the bards could actually play the lute in combat but maybe that's too RPG for this game Besides the barbarians in the game gaining fatigue and morale from their drummers, historical armies have always had musicians, both for morale and for relaying orders, so there's definitely precedent for the lute to give boosts. One of my favorite bros in this game is a Minstrel that got to 11 with melee in the 80's. Pretty great for a non-combatant background, in my opinion.
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May 16, 2019 01:00
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Trying out Raiders origin, I gave the Monk a staff sling and he proceeded to kill 4 men in his first battle.  Welcome to the team, Oswald the Calm.
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May 16, 2019 01:44
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I wish you could buy holy water as it makes Gheists complete chumps.
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dogstile posted:Fun story, i'd avoided hexen because they sounded like unfun bullshit. I actually decided to fight one tonight and remembered the advice of "just unequip your weapons, then your men won't kill eachother". Whips are your friend, especially if you have a dude with Cleaver Mastery. One of your dudes gets turned, just yoink their weapon away. If the whip dude gets turned, no biggie, he won't do poo poo to his armored buddies. Also unholds have no armor so you can stack some ludicrous amounts of bleed damage on them with a couple whippers. Night10194 posted:The combat music in this game is just right. It's strong enough to work but slow paced enough to fit a strategy game. I love that one of the bandit battle tracks is actually called Thug Life.
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Expansion is amazing so far. Barbarians fill the threat gap I thought this game sorely needed - something to break the day 25-60ish monotony when you're probably overqualified for raiders but not ready for schrats, unholds and big orc/goblin groups. The new origins are amazing too, I've had a lot of luck with the beast slayer start - even though I'm probably mitigating the downside (less gold) by playing on a seed where I know where the golden goose is and getting it ASAP. By day 30 I'm rocking a company of beast slayers, barbarians and wildmen mostly and the difference between these guys and the mishmash of thieves, brawlers, farmers and fishers I usually have is becoming quite stark. New music rocks too!
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May 16, 2019 02:53
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Wow necrosavants are some real assholes
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Mazz posted:Wow necrosavants are some real assholes Welcome to the fold, brother
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Nothing feels better then watching an Orc Warlord fail his morale checks so badly that he breaks before even reaching the front line.
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terrorist ambulance posted:Lone wolf is basically Sandor Clegane mode. It's pretty awesome I've decided Hear hear. Bet no one can guess what I named my bro  Nordick posted:Whips are your friend, especially if you have a dude with Cleaver Mastery. One of your dudes gets turned, just yoink their weapon away. If the whip dude gets turned, no biggie, he won't do poo poo to his armored buddies. Also unholds have no armor so you can stack some ludicrous amounts of bleed damage on them with a couple whippers. Oh yes. Still haven't tried out the whip proper as I'm focusing on Lone wolf, but it does sound abusively awesome. My Militia run shall definitely have a good bunch of flagellants with whips 
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Nordick posted:Whips are your friend, especially if you have a dude with Cleaver Mastery. One of your dudes gets turned, just yoink their weapon away. If the whip dude gets turned, no biggie, he won't do poo poo to his armored buddies. Also unholds have no armor so you can stack some ludicrous amounts of bleed damage on them with a couple whippers. Yeah, I kept my archers (both of them) and one guy with a whip who has the mastery, but its not enough to take down an unhold unless they hit every shot.
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Picked up the expansion, having a decent (if struggly) start to my merchant game. Lucked out with a spawn that plopped me just north of a huge seaside city that was being raided by bandits, with a wine and dye producing large city less than 10 minutes up the road. Dumped all my starting gold on dyes, went back and sold themfor a nice start with fat stacks of cash. Also spotted a trait I've never seen before, Weasel. Gave the dude a big, big bonus to melee defense, but only when retreating.
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 Can recommend hovering over the morale symbol for new recruits, especially ones you get from events, as you can find some funny or character building stuff. Edit: Event or starting characters also usually have unique backstories related to how they joined the company. Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 10:40 on May 16, 2019 |
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What was the goonsensus on Nimble again? I'm starting a new campaign after a while and besides "they changed it a couple of times" I'm not sure whether it's good or not. Good for bros in the second line, but front liners still go heavy tank?
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rideANDxORdie posted:Expansion is amazing so far. Barbarians fill the threat gap I thought this game sorely needed - something to break the day 25-60ish monotony when you're probably overqualified for raiders but not ready for schrats, unholds and big orc/goblin groups. The new origins are amazing too, I've had a lot of luck with the beast slayer start - even though I'm probably mitigating the downside (less gold) by playing on a seed where I know where the golden goose is and getting it ASAP. By day 30 I'm rocking a company of beast slayers, barbarians and wildmen mostly and the difference between these guys and the mishmash of thieves, brawlers, farmers and fishers I usually have is becoming quite stark. New music rocks too! Where are barbarians available to recruit? Is it only by some sort of unique event? Mazz posted:Wow necrosavants are some real assholes There's a location in my current game which holds 9 Necrosavants. No other enemies, just those 9. It's appalling. I savescum and I tried several times to do it for fun, but they are just so savage. Even against the quality melee bros their bleed damage is so drat high.
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Necrosavants are gearchecks. They can't bleed you if they can't get through your armor. Bringing nets can also help a lot in letting your bros get a hit in on them.
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I'd use nets a lot more if I didn't have to go buy them again after. I'm very lazy
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They're very worth it for certain elusive enemies that you need to burn down fast, like necrosavants. For 90% of fights you can just keep them in storage.
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I had a battle vs 3 and like 25 skeletons, I didn’t know they just pop up and murder your back line till after they did it. I got out of there with my better 6 guys alive but it was late last night so I’ll try that again later today. are you ever allowed more than 12 guys in combat in a natural start? I feel like that would be a cool late game unlock thing, like a noble commission or something. I know the militia get 16. Mazz fucked around with this message at 13:12 on May 16, 2019 |
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Unholds, shreks and necros deserve nets. Sometimes brigand leaders or knights and poo poo too. About 16 bros. Wish the commander got a skill tree too where he could buy perks that affect the entire band. Like pick between pathfinder or +2 bros. Affi fucked around with this message at 13:15 on May 16, 2019 |
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Broken Cog posted:They're very worth it for certain elusive enemies that you need to burn down fast, like necrosavants. For 90% of fights you can just keep them in storage. Oh sure, but its mostly a case of they'll hold on to it for so long i'll literally forget that the guy has a net in a fight where I would want to use a net. If I had my way i'd just make nets require ammo but require like 10 per throw so you don't lob them literally every fight, but you can still use them without all the annoying micro.
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What's the recommended armour levels and HP totals for Nimble bros nowadays? I've never actually made one, since the idea of not having your bros decked out in the heaviest possible metal suits is scary to me, fatigue be damned. Also, does anyone know how the Anniversary achievement (play 365 days on veteran difficulty or higher) works since the game split combat difficulty and economic difficulty? I assume you'd need to play on Veteran/Veteran, but I usually prefer playing on Beginner economy since that lets me buy cool poo poo earlier and more often. ALSO, another patch hit another hour or so ago: quote:Changelog for 1.3.0.15 Shame about the disarm nerf 
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Genghis Cohen posted:Where are barbarians available to recruit? Is it only by some sort of unique event? Yes there is an event where a dude refused to kill his brother and is willing to join you. I have had it on at least two occasions - one after clearing a barbarian camp and another while walking around the northern parts (or maybe after a battle, I can't quite remember). EDIT: I have no idea if you can only get it once in a given map or not. Jinx fucked around with this message at 14:26 on May 16, 2019 |
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Disarm nerf was warranted, it was kinda nuts being able to disarm two people per turn.
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quote:Changed 'Disarm' skill to cost 5 Action Points, up from 4. Anyways, even still, whips are great against Necrosavants too, I found. The reach makes it real easy to get in range to smack the assholes when they relocate.
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Look at this beautiful monster.....and then I got a super-crappy map and had to re-roll.
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I don't care how bad the map is, I'd play the poo poo outta that You didn't note the seed did you?
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