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vyelkin posted:I got pretty lucky in my current run and around the time I needed to transition my shieldbros away from using flails I happened to raid a necrosavant lair and get like six khopeshs, which made the transition extremely easy. There’s a point where this becomes my main priority, especially if you can find those groups with like 3-4 dogs padding their numbers. Mercs are a great way to get from mail to better if you can find some of those more manageable groups. Also a good time to use any nets you’ve built up.
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 14:55 |
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# ? Jun 10, 2024 10:30 |
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You can attack even friendly caravans and merc companies if you press some... button or something... first right? Been thinking picking a fight with the smallest house's forces and doing some raiding might actually be kind of profitable.
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 15:07 |
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I assumed attacking mercs would have a renown impact but apparently not. cool
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 16:14 |
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:I assumed attacking mercs would have a renown impact but apparently not. cool It does. When you mouse over mercenaries you can see who currently employs them, which'll be either a town or a noble house. That's who will be pissed at you for killing them.
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 17:33 |
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Count Uvula posted:It does. When you mouse over mercenaries you can see who currently employs them, which'll be either a town or a noble house. That's who will be pissed at you for killing them. I kinda wish they weren't always employed 100% of the time. Let me gank those fuckers after they've just turned in a contract and have a bunch of gold in their pockets, goddammit.
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# ? Feb 6, 2020 15:43 |
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Or the employer hires you to the job of the chumps you just trounced.
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# ? Feb 6, 2020 17:17 |
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I always like it when the game just randomly picks just the right bro for an event. I took one of the decisive battle contracts during the noble war, was sent to go after some deserters, and went with just trying to intimidate them into going back to the camp. The game could have picked just about any bro here but it went with Mad Ortwin, the Raider in full Fallen Hero armor wielding a Skull Hammer. Unfortunately, the battle didn't go so well for Ortwin. It says Gutted by a Billman but what happened is that I went up against a Champion Knight with a unique hammer. Who at some point went after Ortwin, which I didn't expect because there were allied Footmen I relied on as bait closer to him. Sadly, Ortwin lost the hammer duel; his armor was gone in an instant and he died before I could Footwork him out. In the end, that Champion was not only responsible for Ortwin's death but also caused two injuries. At least he dropped the hammer: It'll do I guess.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 02:41 |
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Any recommended YouTube channels to watch to git gud at this game? I'm so bad
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 04:07 |
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GlyphGryph posted:You can attack even friendly caravans and merc companies if you press some... button or something... first right? iirc it's ctrl-click
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 05:03 |
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Gyshall posted:Any recommended YouTube channels to watch to git gud at this game? I'm so bad I've gotten some mileage out of FilthyRobot's clips on YouTube, never watched him stream live. He's got a whole playlist dedicated to Battle Brothers. I didn't find his guides super useful, as most of the guides for specific enemy groups are his ridiculous lategame company against lategame challenges, but he does a lot of analysis on perks, backgrounds, etc. that I found helpful once I got a hold of the basics. He does also have a guide for the very early game that was pretty good too.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 06:35 |
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Jade Stars LP is what got the game on my radar but I don't know if I'm good. Only beaten beginner three times and then moved on to veteran twice. Now I keep getting killed trying to get Poachers origin afloat. I thought barbarians was hard....
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 07:19 |
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https://twitter.com/OverhypeStudios/status/1225745103085604864 Well, this could be a fun fight, or a goddamn nightmare if they deal as much damage as schrats.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 17:39 |
So criminals and dissenters are exiled to the desert and become rock assholes. You can kill the rock assholes and distill their essence into grenades (assuming that the grenade is alchemical component in the wallpaper).
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 18:22 |
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Donkringel posted:So criminals and dissenters are exiled to the desert and become rock assholes. You can kill the rock assholes and distill their essence into grenades (assuming that the grenade is alchemical component in the wallpaper). Maybe instead of a grenade it's a pokeball that releases a pet Ifrit when you throw it.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 18:27 |
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My bomb wizard is going to be named Bernie and he's going to introduce ifrit prison reform (free them by turning them into grenades).
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 19:35 |
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Gyshall posted:Any recommended YouTube channels to watch to git gud at this game? I'm so bad Retcon Raider has some pretty good series of Battle Brothers Let's Play's on Youtube.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 19:43 |
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Donkringel posted:So criminals and dissenters are exiled to the desert and become rock assholes. You can kill the rock assholes and distill their essence into grenades (assuming that the grenade is alchemical component in the wallpaper). I choose to believe we will be assemble pieces of the ifrit to craft a merkin of chest hair. Experienced eyes will catch this small detail towards the right of the referenced wallpaper.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 20:16 |
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So these Ifirits seem like they're meant to be elite nachs, almost, what with the growing up through three stages and needing to deny access to fallen bodies when fighting them.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 20:20 |
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ShootaBoy posted:So these Ifirits seem like they're meant to be elite nachs, almost, what with the growing up through three stages and needing to deny access to fallen bodies when fighting them. They're similar in some ways, but the ifrits require other living ifrits so you deny them by either killing them at all or making sure they're separated and unable to leave your dudes' zone of control. Sounds like the fights will be a race to kill the larger ifrits before they reach critical mass and start making ifrits faster than you could kill them.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 21:52 |
vyelkin posted:Maybe instead of a grenade it's a pokeball that releases a pet Ifrit when you throw it. If this is true then I will have all the pokeballs and all the dogs. Watch my fights go from 12 brothers to 36.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 22:01 |
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I'm getting the distinct feeling that the Ifrits are gonna be an unfun nightmare to fight.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 23:23 |
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Nordick posted:I'm getting the distinct feeling that the Ifrits are gonna be an unfun nightmare to fight.
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 00:01 |
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Feels like two handers will be mandatory.
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 00:11 |
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Finally going to find a use for all those pick axes
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 01:02 |
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tried to fight the kraken and holy cow that did not work out well.
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 10:03 |
Were there any survivors?
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 17:40 |
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Helical Nightmares posted:Feels like two handers will be mandatory. This changes nothing, then
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 18:03 |
So I just got the spider fire event. I was pretty shocked with the outcome and sped through the follow up prompts because I was so surprised. After checking my roster I saw that I didn't suffer any consequences from the event. I checked the steam forums to see what the heck just happened and apparently I'm not the only one who lacked reading comprehension for that event!
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 19:04 |
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Speaking of seeds and poachers maybe one of you guys can make something out of this, because I sure as hell can't. All the 1 skull missions have been ancient dead, so I've only found 2 fights that I can actually survive: BUBIPFKCJO Hunter starts with Iron Jaw and Iron Lungs, 56 RATK. Poacher 1 with Optimist and 49 RATK. Poacher 2 with Determined and 49 RATK. I'm not sure if starting contracts are in the seed or not so might restart, only on Day 6 but haven't even gotten the Friendly amibition because there's no contracts poachers/newbies with spears can accomplish. EDIT-screwed up Poacher 2, he's determined not optimist Scaramouche fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Feb 9, 2020 |
# ? Feb 9, 2020 01:06 |
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Donkringel posted:Were there any survivors? oh lord no, even after a few attempts. i dont think my bros are built for end game content, just getting through crises. maybe i will try with a lone wolf.
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# ? Feb 9, 2020 02:01 |
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Donkringel posted:So I just got the spider fire event. I was pretty shocked with the outcome and sped through the follow up prompts because I was so surprised. After checking my roster I saw that I didn't suffer any consequences from the event. I checked the steam forums to see what the heck just happened and apparently I'm not the only one who lacked reading comprehension for that event! That event's cool cause it's there to make ironman cheaters like me alt-f4 immediately
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# ? Feb 9, 2020 05:49 |
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Donkringel posted:So I just got the spider fire event. I was pretty shocked with the outcome and sped through the follow up prompts because I was so surprised. After checking my roster I saw that I didn't suffer any consequences from the event. I checked the steam forums to see what the heck just happened and apparently I'm not the only one who lacked reading comprehension for that event! Yeah that event got me cold. I was like "well gently caress this run" until I read carefully.
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# ? Feb 9, 2020 06:36 |
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Scaramouche posted:Speaking of seeds and poachers maybe one of you guys can make something out of this, because I sure as hell can't. All the 1 skull missions have been ancient dead, so I've only found 2 fights that I can actually survive: Actually I was thinkin, do these seed traits carry over to other games/origins? I wouldn't mind trying and iron jaw/lungs lone wolf hedge knight.
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# ? Feb 10, 2020 21:46 |
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Scaramouche posted:Actually I was thinkin, do these seed traits carry over to other games/origins? I wouldn't mind trying and iron jaw/lungs lone wolf hedge knight. Each seed has a fixed starting setup for each origin.
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# ? Feb 11, 2020 02:38 |
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Scaramouche posted:Actually I was thinkin, do these seed traits carry over to other games/origins? I wouldn't mind trying and iron jaw/lungs lone wolf hedge knight. A list of good Lone Wolf seeds, the one you want is third from the bottom.
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# ? Feb 11, 2020 10:03 |
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lesson to self: when you engage a squad of 11 orcs in open terrain, including six warriors and a warlord, it really does not matter if everyone has 230 armour, heads are going to fuckin roll
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# ? Feb 11, 2020 12:06 |
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:lesson to self: when you engage a squad of 11 orcs in open terrain, including six warriors and a warlord, it really does not matter if everyone has 230 armour, heads are going to fuckin roll Their heads I should hope; unless you took them on way too early; or you whiffed majorly on the orc strategy. 6 warriors, a warlord and 4 young is a fight you should be able to do very comfortably with no casualties (unless you got super unlucky) by the time the first crisis comes around. (I’m also assuming you’re playing on veteran and not playing Ironman) Give us some more details and we can give you advice.
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# ? Feb 11, 2020 12:33 |
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The Lord Bude posted:Their heads I should hope; unless you took them on way too early; or you whiffed majorly on the orc strategy. 6 warriors, a warlord and 4 young is a fight you should be able to do very comfortably with no casualties (unless you got super unlucky) by the time the first crisis comes around. (I’m also assuming you’re playing on veteran and not playing Ironman) By the time the first crisis starts? I wouldn't consider that fight a good bet until like the tail end of the first crisis on average. Now you have me worried I'm loving up the early game somehow.
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# ? Feb 11, 2020 12:51 |
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I mean; as an experienced player I’m probably advancing more efficiently; but certainly by day 80 I’d be actively going after camps with the numbers described. If you have 12 guys; and they’re at least level 9-10, I’d go for it.
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# ? Feb 11, 2020 13:02 |
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Going after orc warriors is always cagey tbh
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# ? Feb 11, 2020 13:12 |