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 Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2, unsurprisingly, is the sequel to Battlefleet Gothic Armada, which I LP'd (here) two years ago. A lot is the same, so let's look at what's changed. BFGA 1 changes posted:Battlefleet Gothic Armada is a tactical fleet battle game based upon the Warhammer 40k miniature game, Battlefleet Gothic. It was developed by Tindalos Interactive who previously made a spaceships MOBA which plays oddly similarly to this title. Its campaign oversees the events of the The only major complaint I have, is the Orks aren't a playable race in the campaign. The voice acting and presentation remain stellar, and this is directly tackling the currently ongoing events in Warhammer lore, so it's pretty exciting even if it's non-canon. It also has full campaign co-op, so if you're looking for a strategy game to play with a friend, this isn't a bad choice at all. Thread participation and format? Like last time, ship names are greatly appreciated - Again, this one features multiple fleets, so that's even more ships. The format this time, will be a little different. The game is far more lore rich than its predecessor, and I'd like to make sure that gets across. So, the general gameplay videos will remain at around a 30 minute length, like last time, but I'll be releasing general lore videos as well - mostly highlighting the flavour text found in-game, along with general explanations of events referenced. These'll probably take a little longer than the gameplay. What campaign are you starting with? The game has three campaigns: Imperial, Necron and Tyranid, as well as a prologue campaign, acting as a tutorial and setting the scene. The Imperial campaign also acts as a tutorial for the campaign layer, so it'll definitely have to be covered first, but the choice of who comes next is up to you. Guess it's time to engage those tactical cogitators again. HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Feb 14, 2019 |
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  Prologue, Part 1 Prologue, Part 2  Imperium, Part 1 Imperium, Part 2 Imperium, Part 3 Imperium, Part 4    
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Feb 14, 2019 16:33
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And also reserved.
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Feb 14, 2019 16:33
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The Expendable
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Feb 14, 2019 17:03
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Ship name: A battleship (any non-carrier class) named Cestus Fortius Magnus Imperator (The Emperor's Big Mighty Fist), please! And Imperial campaign first, as well, though I'd request a lot of Mechanicus ships if possible, thanks!
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Feb 14, 2019 17:16
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Ship name: Welcome to Terra Are you going to record all your battles? With all the invasions, attacks and whatnot it's a lot of non-important battles.
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Feb 14, 2019 17:21
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Purgamentum, a word for trash. It sounds like a 40K name, but it could have been a garbage scow in 30K or something, fixed up for space battle because that's all they've got now!
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Feb 14, 2019 17:24
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A fast ship that's real good at running away (Like light cruiser with the microwarp jump) should be named afterCIAPHAS CAIN EDIT: Also, do imps first, then necrons, then finally the bugs
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Feb 14, 2019 17:32
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I'll suggest the Bitchin Camaro because I have a warped sense of humor. Also start with the Necrons because they could use some love.
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Feb 14, 2019 18:42
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Prologue, Part 1CommissarMega posted:And Imperial campaign first, as well, though I'd request a lot of Mechanicus ships if possible, thanks! The Imperial campaign will definitely be first, since it introduces all the campaign mechanics. Mechanicus ships, I tend to rate fairly poorly. They're only really good for nova cannon swarms. We'll definitely have a couple of those fleets. Angry Lobster posted:Are you going to record all your battles? With all the invasions, attacks and whatnot it's a lot of non-important battles. I'll record them in case something interesting happens, but will probably mark or edit out pointless battles. HerpicleOmnicron5 fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Feb 14, 2019 |
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Feb 14, 2019 18:52
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For ship names, might I suggest In faciem tuam a Exteriores Spatium? Last time I went for the HMS Pinafor, but something more Latin is acceptable. Edit: Or if that is too long, something a bit shorter. Like Pax Hominibus.
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Feb 14, 2019 19:00
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Mechanicus ships, I tend to rate fairly poorly. They're only really good for nova cannon swarms. Aw man, really? I was hoping for some Ark Mechanicus 'Laws of physics? More like polite suggestions of physics' shenanigans  Samovar posted:Edit: Or if that is too long, something a bit shorter. Like Pax Hominibus. Pax Ex Bellum sounds good. EDIT: Did anyone have problems with watching Herp's video? I didn't get any sound other than his voice. CommissarMega fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Feb 14, 2019 |
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Feb 14, 2019 19:09
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Prologue, Part 1 Yeah, Herp, you forgot to put the game audio in.
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Feb 14, 2019 19:19
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CommissarMega posted:EDIT: Did anyone have problems with watching Herp's video? I didn't get any sound other than his voice.  I don't know how that was managed, but it shouldn't be too hard to just rerecord less than an hour of footage.
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Feb 14, 2019 19:19
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To honor the two greatest sons of Mars, who have sadly fallen, can I request you name two Mechanicus ships Pneuma and Eukairia?
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Feb 14, 2019 19:31
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bunnyofdoom posted:Yeah, Herp, you forgot to put the game audio in. CommissarMega posted:EDIT: Did anyone have problems with watching Herp's video? I didn't get any sound other than his voice. NGDBSS posted:
 I don't even have to re-record it. For some inexplicable reason, Vegas decided to just not merge the tracks for the game audio and my audio, and Youtube only listens to the first track. So I just have to re-render. And it did this for my whole first batch.
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Feb 14, 2019 19:41
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:
You have failed the Emperor for the last time! *gunshot*
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Feb 14, 2019 19:45
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:
Welp. I guess I'll be watching this at work tomorrow instead of now.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Welp. I guess I'll be watching this at work tomorrow instead of now. Prologue, Part 1 but fixed. Sorry about that.
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Feb 14, 2019 20:25
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Prologue, Part 1 but fixed. Sorry about that. Hooray! I get my spaceship pew pew fix!
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Feb 14, 2019 20:29
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You should definitely make your first Space Marine fleet the Salamanders, and name their ship Hand of Prometheus.
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Feb 14, 2019 21:08
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Going back to the first thread, let's get the His Divine Overcompensation back.
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Feb 14, 2019 23:11
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I'm glad to see you covering this game as well, and also doing the Prologue campaign: it might be the tutorial to the game but it would be a crime to skip the Battle of Cadia. As for ship names, I have to suggest The Litany of Ramming, which could work as either a IN cruiser with a power ram or a SM ship. 
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Feb 14, 2019 23:44
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In loco parentis. For the Emprah! Also, find your teeniest ship and name it Iuncta iuvant.
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I would like to see a return of the Totally Legit Hummie Kruizer, kitted out for maximum ramming - naturally.
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Feb 15, 2019 02:49
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Fabricati Diem is a great name for a ship.
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Technowolf posted:Going back to the first thread, let's get the His Divine Overcompensation back. I really like this one. Nice to see Herp back! I *might* have to fight you for calling this the best Warhammer game instead of Total War: Warhammer 2, but oh well. For a name, how about drat the Damnations? Also, someone should have told Sven that Chaos kinda *likes* it when you make things painful for them; what they hate is quick and easy. thetruegentleman fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Feb 15, 2019 |
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Feb 15, 2019 18:59
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An old one but a good one, The Litany of Litanies Litany
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thetruegentleman posted:Also, someone should have told Sven that Chaos kinda *likes* it when you make things painful for them; what they hate is quick and easy. And also bloodless.
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Prologue, Part 2thetruegentleman posted:Nice to see Herp back! I *might* have to fight you for calling this the best Warhammer game instead of Total War: Warhammer 2, but oh well. For a name, how about drat the Damnations? It's nice to be back! And as much as I do love Total Warhammer 2, it's just more of the usual Total War fare - it lacks the flavour, even if it nails the battles. Give me a Shadow of the Horned Rat or Dark Omen using Total War's combat, and now we're talking. It'll still be a little while yet until we get to being able to name all of our ships, but we're going to have a lot of them to name all at once, so keep those names coming in! Of course, I'll be bringing back the greatest hits from the previous LP, so don't worry about suggesting His Divine Overcompensation and the Totally Legit Humie Spess Krooza (I think that was it's old name).
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Nominating Dick Turpin for the worst piece of crap we get.
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Let's have a spacebote named the Questionable Decision.
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Feb 15, 2019 23:34
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I'd like to put a vote in for a ship called the Rammstein
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Of course the first female admiral to show up in 40k fluff gets tens of thousands of people slaughtered for no purpose. Dammit, 40k. So looking forward to the Necron and Tyranid campaigns slaughtering the space Nazis.
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Well, dang, who taught Abaddon about Colony Drops? And please tell me the Imperial Fists' big golden Dorn Star made it out okay 
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Cythereal posted:Of course the first female admiral to show up in 40k fluff gets tens of thousands of people slaughtered for no purpose. For 40k, killing a few thousand of your own troops out of stubborn pride is pretty much standard operating procedure. You have to make sure the troops fear what is behind them more than the enemy in front of them.
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Also 40K writers put "and then [LARGE NUMBER] troops died for no reason" in every 5 minutes just out of habit, in case you've forgotten how GRIMDARK everything is in the 5 minutes since they last did it.
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Cythereal posted:Of course the first female admiral to show up in 40k fluff gets tens of thousands of people slaughtered for no purpose. Look, I'm pretty sure most of us would've given the exact same order to attack the Vengeful Spirit. And I definitely would've given that ramming order. The key is, they saved millions through the evac order - they're a good admiral.
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I do like the design of the Pylons - obviously there's the obelisk aesthetic to them - but the fact that they go from giant, to incredibly giant, to stupidly giant, to LAUGHABLY giant and then back to incredibly giant just makes them seem properly alien. It's like the limo from Windowlicker.
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Still, interesting that they have the Phalanx, Honor of Macragge, and Vengeful Spirit - all the flagships of those legions during the Great Crusade and Heresy eras. The other Legion flagships from that era that might show up, then: Dark Angels: Invincible Reason White Scars: Swordstorm Space Wolves: Hrafnkel Imperial Fists: Eternal Crusader (Gloriana class, they kept it after they found and claimed the Phalanx) Blood Angels: Blood Tear Iron Hands: Iron Fist Salamanders: Flamewrought Raven Guard: Shadow of the Emperor Emperor's Children: Pride of the Emperor Iron Warriors: Iron Blood Night Lords: Nightfall World Eaters: Conqueror Death Guard: Endurance Thousand Sons: Photep Word Bearers: Trisagion (Furious Abyss class, almost as big as the Phalanx... and they had another one, the Blessed Lady) Alpha Legion: Alpha Cythereal fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Feb 16, 2019 |
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