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Holy smokes, my late game Valkia rolled Murderous Momentum just took out all of Stirland and Sylvania in one turn. They really learned fast what works for a smaller Realm of Chaos campaign.
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Did you side with WoC or oppose them? I didn't get any option like that. I did read up a bit online and that is a thing that happens but I wonder if it was only in 1 and 2? Since there's no Chaos invasion in TWH3...
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Babylon Astronaut posted:Its been a while, but if there is one it will pop the turn after you win. There were cool plot hooks for wh3 in the wh2 victory texts. I double checked, and unfortunately, this is all you get for the first game. Hopefully there's more stuff for 2. 
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Insurrectionist posted:Is there a mod out there that fixes miscast chance modifiers? I figured the community bug fix mod would do it, but Kairos still has 50% even with his special -40% miscast chance skill (which was a complete waste now). I don't think I've ever thought about or noticed a miscast the entire time I've been playing, it's not really clear what happens differently from a normal spell cast.
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:I don't think I've ever thought about or noticed a miscast the entire time I've been playing, it's not really clear what happens differently from a normal spell cast. Same, yeah. I assumed the issue with miscast reduction skills wasn't that they didn't work, but that they weren't properly reflected in the UI.
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bobtheconqueror posted:Same, yeah. I assumed the issue with miscast reduction skills wasn't that they didn't work, but that they weren't properly reflected in the UI. A miscast causes damage to the caster, otherwise it's just a regular two strength spellcast. It's more of a problem early game, when your casters get some levels under them they can get spell resistance or whatever and it doesn't do too much damage.
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Marmaduke! posted:I didn't get any option like that. I did read up a bit online and that is a thing that happens but I wonder if it was only in 1 and 2? Since there's no Chaos invasion in TWH3... Oh, right, yeah. Idk. Sucks if you can't get the universal 75% upkeep reduction in wh3.
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:I don't think I've ever thought about or noticed a miscast the entire time I've been playing, it's not really clear what happens differently from a normal spell cast. there's a chance your wizard rolls poorly and screws up an overcast with the result that they take damage. There are also abilities that increase the chance or force a miscast, like with runesmiths. It's more apparent in multiplayer but in certain tight battles it can make a big difference.
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Is there a Mordheim thread? I bought it in the most recent steam sale and am having a decent time, currently as the Sisters of Sigmar. Vampires loving suuuuck to fight against early.
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I always rely on mortaring the poo poo out of vampires and fighting their front line with nothing but free company. Then you just need to hope that Vlad hasn't power curved too much before you can get your hands on him, kill him, then get mad he's back the following turn with a more powerful stack lol.
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Ravenfood posted:Is there a Mordheim thread? I bought it in the most recent steam sale and am having a decent time, currently as the Sisters of Sigmar. The one from several years ago? There used to be a thread, but I think it’s long dormant now. If there’s a new one, or they finally fixed up the old one, I would love to know.
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Cranappleberry posted:there's a chance your wizard rolls poorly and screws up an overcast with the result that they take damage. There are also abilities that increase the chance or force a miscast, like with runesmiths. It's more apparent in multiplayer but in certain tight battles it can make a big difference. Ask me how I realized thorek basically forces a miscast when I was playing vampires.
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:I don't think I've ever thought about or noticed a miscast the entire time I've been playing, it's not really clear what happens differently from a normal spell cast. I installed a mod that makes them flashier but also give a bunch of extra effects like - vigor and like -60% speed for a while after one occurs and I also can't uninstall it for this Tzeench campaign so well I guess it's no overcasting or 40 speed Kairos getting hit by Every Missile now. Sucks because the visual miscast explosion from the mod looks great, the main reason I grabbed it
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Sometimes, you can find good stuff on the Total War subreddit. 
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Insurrectionist posted:I installed a mod that makes them flashier but also give a bunch of extra effects like - vigor and like -60% speed for a while after one occurs and I also can't uninstall it for this Tzeench campaign so well I guess it's no overcasting or 40 speed Kairos getting hit by Every Missile now. ya, i have 100s of hours in these games and ive never noticed a failed overcast. Im sure its happened but the feedback for it is so laughably anemic that im willing to bet that most the playerbase doesnt even know that overcasts can fail
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As a teenage tabletop player many years ago, rolling on the miscast table was usually the highlight of any game back when I played. So I was disappointed at how anemic they are in TWW.
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Er, is there any particular reason for a stack of chorfs to be in Naggaroth? It's not even one of the majors, it's Servants of the Conclave. They're just... sitting near Hag Graef. I rolled orcs for the endgame crisis, so I know it's not that.
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They're on vacation.
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Cythereal posted:Er, is there any particular reason for a stack of chorfs to be in Naggaroth? It's not even one of the majors, it's Servants of the Conclave. They're just... sitting near Hag Graef. Convoys. Chorfs have a caravan system like that of Cathay, and it does go over to Delf lands.
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:Sometimes, you can find good stuff on the Total War subreddit. ChatGPT posted:Cor, blimey, gather 'round, me old mates, Edit: Here's a better version asking chatgpt to write as a warhammer orc instead of cockney Gather round, ya grots, listen up good, Me gonna tell ya a tale from da Orcish hood. Long time ago, me and me orcish brother, Wez walkin' down a road, all fierce and smothered. Outta nowhere, a shiny demon did appear, In da middle of the road, wez filled with fear. 'E said, "Play da best song in da world, or ya die!" Me and me brother looked, gritted teef, said, "Aye!" Wez played da first fing that popped in our 'eads, Da best song in da world, wez smashin' da dreads. Look into me eyes, ya see strength untold, One and one makes two, destiny wez hold. Once in a hundred thousand years or so, When da sun shines bright, and da moon doth glow, And da grass grows green, reachin' fer da sky, Dat's when da greatest song sings, wez mighty high. Da beast was stunned, couldn't believe his eye, Crack went his whip, wez givin' 'im da cry. He asked, "Be ya angels?" Wez roared with pride, "Nay, wez da Orcs, fierce and wild, on da warpath ride!" Ah, ah, ah, oh, wo, a-yo! Dis ain't da greatest song, me say so. Dis 'ere's a tribute, a humble sign, Couldn't remember da greatest, dat ain't mine! Dis is a tribute to da greatest in da land, Alright, me boyz, raise ya weapons in me hand! It was da greatest song, no doubt, me lad, Dis is da greatest, feelin' oh so bad! But da funny fing is, me orcish mate, Da song wez sang, dat fateful date, It didn't sound like dis 'un wez yellin' tonight, Dis 'ere's just a tribute, burnin' bright! Ya gotta believe me, dis tale I proclaim, Wish ya was dere, in da midst of da flame. It's a matter of powa, ya grot-faced lot, Ah, ah, oh! Gork and Mork, blessin' wez got! Surprised, can't stop dis WAAAAGH! in me soul, Alright, me boyz, let's rock, make 'em pay da toll! Alright! Da Orcs iz da mightiest, da strongest ya see, Dis da greatest, in da world of da green sea! Squibbles fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Jul 10, 2023 |
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Insurrectionist posted:As a teenage tabletop player many years ago, rolling on the miscast table was usually the highlight of any game back when I played. So I was disappointed at how anemic they are in TWW. I never played and just read the army books. But I would very much like to see a goblin shaman bouncing around like a squig uncontrollably.
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bobtheconqueror posted:Convoys. Chorfs have a caravan system like that of Cathay, and it does go over to Delf lands. Huh, I had no idea it could go all that way. Noted!
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Insurrectionist posted:I installed a mod that makes them flashier but also give a bunch of extra effects like - vigor and like -60% speed for a while after one occurs and I also can't uninstall it for this Tzeench campaign so well I guess it's no overcasting or 40 speed Kairos getting hit by Every Missile now. That mod used to just be visual but it is now trash. I'd recommend just restarting without it, playing Kairos without magic isn't going to be a worthwhile or good experience. Kairos shouldn't give a poo poo about miscasts due to his regenerating barrier. KPC_Mammon fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Jul 10, 2023 |
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Cythereal posted:Huh, I had no idea it could go all that way.
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Chernobyl Peace Prize posted:They can, but until Grimgor dies they usually won't (he squats on the depot and poaches every single convoy you send anywhere pointing towards the top half of the map). So you've either got a dead-Greenskin outlier situation or are witnessing from a lack of anti-player bias against the convoys by not playing a chorf Grimgor is very dead, I killed him. I sent a force up to grab the Eastern Colonies, then kept going and punched out Ku'gath. I had no particular plans beyond just taking the Dragon Isles, but then a Greasus/Grimgor alliance got rowdy with me.
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Lol the age of sigmar game sucks, much like the setting. I remain vindicated in my hatred.
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Learning the convoy routes is key to huge amounts of free money and experience. Like if you get that settlement near Azhag and Kislev, they land right near the garrison so you can have a generic lord with like 2 units and wardec them then pull in your garrison to auto-resolve it. Each one is usually 20k+, it's crazy. By the way I've been doing the Kairos IE campaign again to re-familiarize myself and I forgot just how miserable it is, even with a trick start. You can get pushed from every friggin direction and never get to consolidate for a solid 50+ turns. Just constant lizards and wandering all around the southern wastes repeatedly. I think my next go I'm just going to sell Teclis' settlements to the Skaven minor and use them as a buffer while I finish off the southern continent. For whatever reason Mannfred sucks since the last patch and never seems to go south to fight with the lizards like he used to. This means you get Tictaq'to barreling south at the worst possible time too. I've been going after Teclis first since he comes south 99% of the time and then I get pushed by the slaanesh faction and Oxy. The Slaanesh faction is frustrating because you can gift them a settlement and get a NAP or whatever and they just seem hard coded to wardec you anyway despite lacking the usual betrayal traits. I might use the change starting settlement mod just to see what Kairos is like...anywhere else because it seems like it would be a fun campaign if the first 50 turns weren't 100% lizard misery.
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Yeah the Kairos start sucks cause those Southern wastes are pretty secure once you push off the lizards but it's only four provinces and they take forever to traverse.
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There needs to be a mod that changes Skarbrand's accept diplomacy message to "gently caress! gently caress! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!"
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It's offset bc Kairos and his army are some of the most fun I've had in the game but yea it's a brutal start, Oxyl is strong and hard to beat nevermind all the rest. However his spells are amazing and I was pulling in 500+ kills with infernal gateway. It's one of the campaigns that really helps if you fight every battle and use all his spells, even then your stretched thin.
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Miss Lonelyhearts posted:It's offset bc Kairos and his army are some of the most fun I've had in the game but yea it's a brutal start, Oxyl is strong and hard to beat nevermind all the rest. However his spells are amazing and I was pulling in 500+ kills with infernal gateway. It's one of the campaigns that really helps if you fight every battle and use all his spells, even then your stretched thin. I manually fight every battle but you're often fighting Oxyotl, Teclis and the minors to the east at the same time and Kairos can't be in two places at the same time. I've been down to a single settlement before because its hard to finish off one without getting back capped by the other and fielding a second stack is difficult. Best I can work out is killing Teclis early (by turn 4-5) but you still have to clean up the rest of the wastes which is like 20-30 turns of trudging/misery and hope that the Lizards don't decide to wardec and come over. Heck in my last game Kroq'gar came down to party on like turn 30, what the hell! It's not impossible, I'm through the worst of it but drat I remember now why I never play Kairos.
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Next dlc is kislev cathay and tzeench, which has me chomping at the bit for any release info. They're the coolest armies in the game and I want more.
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Wonder if they're gonna tap into some Age of Sigmar stuff for Tzeentch, they're already basically out of stuff from the Fantasy tabletop iirc. Ogroids and Tzaangors would be pretty cool
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My current game is as Kairos, and my feeling is that the roster is fine, what they need help with is game mechanics and Kairos' rear end-clencher of a starting position. I got very, very lucky when Tiktaq'to picked a fight with Teclis and kept those two assholes busy for a while.
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ninjahedgehog posted:Wonder if they're gonna tap into some Age of Sigmar stuff for Tzeentch, they're already basically out of stuff from the Fantasy tabletop iirc. Ogroids and Tzaangors would be pretty cool The way I see it, I expect a lot of the newer daemon units to just get backported into The Old World...whenever that comes out...and are fodder for the TW games. Unlike a lot of AoS stuff, the daemonic designs are all pretty contiguous with Fantasy's.
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