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In the first game the SP was more or less a set of linear key missions padded out with filler. Now it's key missions padded out with a substandard version of a total war map. However there are three different campaigns and that's cool. The MP is just like first game, really bad and really dead.
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the campaigns do let you have a friend join in with you on campaign battles, with one person running the whole strategic show I believe, and the players splitting the fleet.
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May 18, 2019 07:50
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It's great in singleplayer and well worth the sale price. Don't buy it for multiplayer though. Co-op exists and would be fun if you got someone to play with.
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May 18, 2019 11:34
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Chomp8645 posted:In the first game the SP was more or less a set of linear key missions padded out with filler. Now it's key missions padded out with a substandard version of a total war map. However there are three different campaigns and that's cool. Sad but very accurate. I still loved my gimmick Ork multiplayer. I just really love ramming and being green. Single player is drat fun though I liked the smaller scale of the first game. Really want Ork campaign.
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May 28, 2019 17:21
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It appears the next paid DLC will launch on June 24th, 2019, which will be a Chaos Grand Campaign: Teaser trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMMc890hQu0 The developers will also release at the same time a free game patch with several new game features for the campaigns. They explain some of new free features in their community update posting: quote:Releasing at the same time as the Chaos Campaign will be the no-less major Campaign Update. Free to all players, this update enriches every campaign with additional secondary objectives on each map, diversifying gameplay significantly.
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Jun 5, 2019 03:41
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There's some more info in the Steam page.quote:Cadia has fallen, but this is just the start of your Black Crusade. At the head of a fleet of Word Bearers, the most fervent servants of the Ruinous Powers, Malos Vrykan begins his campaign of chaos and destruction across the Aegis Occularis. His path is yours, how will you bring the galaxy to its knees?
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Jun 5, 2019 09:27
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Chaos? Boooring, give me Orks! Still, good to see that, as predicted, DLC campaign races seems to be their development plan and hopefully this does well enough to encourage it to continue.
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Jun 5, 2019 10:00
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Chomp8645 posted:In the first game the SP was more or less a set of linear key missions padded out with filler. Now it's key missions padded out with a substandard version of a total war map. However there are three different campaigns and that's cool. I tried it and was immediately destroyed with no clue what happened every time so I blame the matchmaker being garbage.
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Jun 5, 2019 10:06
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drilldo squirt posted:I tried it and was immediately destroyed with no clue what happened every time so I blame the matchmaker being garbage. Any RTS with low player count is like that, can't really fault the matchmaker when there's no new players to match together. Anyways, MP is basically dominated by cheese that you automatically lose against if you don't know about them so it's extra brutal for new players. Unless you are one of the faction that usually has initiative like one of the Eldars.
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Jun 5, 2019 11:37
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If a match isn't totally skill mismatched or dominated by stupid gimmick fleets it's pretty fun. When 80% of games are like that though it's hard to recommend. Organizing matches with people you know would probably work to alleviate some of it. That would require people buy the game though.
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Jun 5, 2019 14:15
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Nickiepoo posted:Chaos? Have to imagine any Chaos campaign would involve unseating Abbadon, which is always fun. I will buy the expansion immediately if they proceed to really piss off the 40k grogs by making the protagonist a woman.
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Jun 5, 2019 14:20
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I was honestly hoping for Tau so they could actually show up on campaign. As it is they remain doomed to skirmish-hell.
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Jun 5, 2019 15:25
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On the Steam forums one of Tindalos's producers put up more details on the free patch-version coming out at the same time:quote:Hey guys, I'm slow to play this game but may start a new campaign to try these new features if required. Sounds like welcome variety to the gameplay since the Domination was getting stale.
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Jun 5, 2019 15:41
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Does the co-op work properly yet?
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Jun 5, 2019 15:48
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Mordja posted:Does the co-op work properly yet? Yes.
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Oh thank god ship swapping
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Would anyone be up for some co-op once those changes get implemented?
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Jun 8, 2019 18:37
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Tindalos posted the new game mechanics added for the upcoming Chaos Grand Campaign DLC: https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791462412105/announcements/detail/1603759333257389206 The new Chaos campaign adds features, missions and abilities that involve the four main Chaos gods. You can earn "Gifts of Chaos" points by completing secondary objectives in missions after you reach Renown Level 3, or you can offer up captured planets to each god, which causes an evolutionary penalty for developing on the offered planet. The accumulated Gifts of Chaos points allows you to disrupt the enemy faction fleets on the Strategic map or cause invasions to selected enemy system, depending on which Chaos god you have earned points for. You can also use the gifts to purchase "Marked Fleets" that have special bonuses and abilities associated with the respective Chaos god. I'm not clear if these new Chaos God mechanics have impact on the other faction's Grand Campaigns or not.
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Is there a guide to how to get started as Eldar? Every time I try a skirmish I get crushed, can't figure out how to take advantage of their maneuverability.
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Jun 19, 2019 21:49
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More announcements from Tindalos on the paid DLC Chaos campaing (i.e a new Grand Campaign), and some more details and small screenshots showing some of the UI screens with the game's new quality of life features and AI feature additions. Chaos DLC store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1032370/Battlefleet_Gothic_Armada_2__Chaos_Campaign_Expansion/ Another announcement for the Chaos Campaign: https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791462412105/announcements/detail/1610515364760784607 Announcement and screenshots for the free Single-player Campaign Improvements update: https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791462412105/announcements/detail/1610515364760251996
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Jun 22, 2019 04:22
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Can't believe this is out so soon honestly. The improvements look very good.
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Jun 23, 2019 11:25
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Yeah, the campaign settings menu is huge.
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Jun 23, 2019 11:50
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The patches for the Chaos Campaign DLC and Quality-of-Life Campaign improvements are out. However I'm reading there's a minor bug where the ships selected to go first into a campaign battle are ignored, and the game follows some other order for appearance of your front-line ships. I'll wait to start a new game until that core mechanic is fixed.
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One day later the Devs released a hotfix for a few glaring issues in the recent Quality-of-Life patch release.Jellyfoosh posted:Hey everyone! Also here's a link to the recent new features and detailed patch notes: https://steamcommunity.com/games/573100/announcements/detail/1610515364771982127
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Jun 26, 2019 04:19
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Welp, it appears there's another bug with the free patch: if you start any game with customized options from the new Custom Difficulty settings then the Enemy AI crews will all start at the maximum skill level of 4. I will watch and see how soon Tindalos will patch this bug, since the Difficulty Customization was supposed to be a major feature of the free patch.
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I appreciate how many buff naked dudes in chains there are in the chaos campaign however I'm having the unfortunate issue that I have no idea how to play Chaos beyond staying at range and cutting people up with Lances. I've been having some decent success with carriers - the bomber damage and speed buffs are great. What other ship/fleet compositions are y'all running?
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The Iron Rose posted:I appreciate how many buff naked dudes in chains there are in the chaos campaign however I'm having the unfortunate issue that I have no idea how to play Chaos beyond staying at range and cutting people up with Lances. Another common Chaos fleet is slaughter/carnage Nurgle fleet. Just stay within AP range and bath everyone in the cloud for damage and heal. I quite like all the QoL features they've added. The new secondary objective and events also liven up a lot of the non-story battles. Maybe it's time to actually do a coop campagin. pedro0930 fucked around with this message at 08:44 on Jun 27, 2019 |
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Am I imagining things or they added a few new Chaos ships? Haven't bought the expansion yet.
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Azran posted:Am I imagining things or they added a few new Chaos ships? Haven't bought the expansion yet. Yeah, I think there's 1 new escort, Apostate, 1 new GC: Hellfire, and a new cruiser: emasculator.
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Just to make sure, there's still no way to retire/change just the admiral short of suiciding him/revoking an entire fleet? And the skill customisation only applies to the lvl 4 skills?
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Aumanor posted:Just to make sure, there's still no way to retire/change just the admiral short of suiciding him/revoking an entire fleet? And the skill customisation only applies to the lvl 4 skills? Skill customization is for everything which I'm a little disappointed in cuz I liked that you couldn't always have an admiral with the right skills. No clue on retiring changing or revoking tho
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Aumanor posted:Just to make sure, there's still no way to retire/change just the admiral short of suiciding him/revoking an entire fleet? If the admiral to dismiss happened to be on a high level ship you would want to buy a light cruiser, make the LC the new flag ship, then transfer out all the bigger/more experienced ships to a new fleet. The revoke the remaining LC flagship to remove the admiral. I don't think that's the "Remove Admiral" feature players had in mind, but at least you have a way to keep any experienced ships. Aumanor posted:And the skill customisation only applies to the lvl 4 skills? The developers posted that, "as you level, you will now be able to pick your Admirals’ skills. The first skill will be locked, but the rest are yours to choose." At level 4 there are new skills added you can pick, such as, " an extra galaxy map movement point, increased troop regeneration, or improvements to the evolution of Points of Interest." I'm not sure how these features work, yet. I'm waiting for another bug-fix patch before trying the campaign again. nnnotime fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Jun 28, 2019 |
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I finally found someone on youtube who did comprehensive hard difficulty walkthroughs of the campaigns (and he's currently working on the Chaos one), and the Necron campaign made me giggle. No one in the Imperial campaign had any discernable personality, but the Necron campaign is full of ever-so-polite robots snarking at each other and at everyone else in the galaxy. And Huron Blackheart as the final boss? After you killed Abbadon? Really?
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Cythereal posted:I finally found someone on youtube who did comprehensive hard difficulty walkthroughs of the campaigns (and he's currently working on the Chaos one), and the Necron campaign made me giggle. No one in the Imperial campaign had any discernable personality, but the Necron campaign is full of ever-so-polite robots snarking at each other and at everyone else in the galaxy.
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Is there a way to upgrade from a LC to a C in the campaign? Want to change the ship from a Kopesh to a Harvester but it won't let me.
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Stanley Pain posted:Is there a way to upgrade from a LC to a C in the campaign? Want to change the ship from a Kopesh to a Harvester but it won't let me. Nope, gotta get new ship. A huge pain for Necron because the price difference of your ship is quite large.
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A new patch is out that fixes many of the new Chaos DLC campaign bugs, and also a few other misc. bugs. The Campaign Customization bug with enemy AI having crew skill level 4 has also been fixed, though not listed: a separate developer chimed in the update thread that issue was fixed, too. https://steamcommunity.com/app/573100/discussions/0/1640915206476648725/ quote:Patch 04/07/2019
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Oh, the game is also on sale now for 33% off, which is a pretty good deal considering all the single-player content and all the additional features and fixes added since the initial release. Store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/573100/Battlefleet_Gothic_Armada_2/ $27 sale price for the base game, and $13 for the new Chaos DLC.
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How far into the Imperial campaign am I if just got attacked by 10 or so tyranid invasions at the same time? I can't say I'm a big fan of this having to fight a dozen identical enemies in a row if that'll be a recurring "feature".
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