I was talking about the first time i fought them. I can't recall exactly how many were but they weren't many. Don't know how many guys I had at the time. Maybe 9 mercs.
Seriously? I'd assumed it would be a sure fire wipe given the way they work. Good to know.
just reload bro
Yeah if I'm going to ignore the results of the game engine anyways it's quicker to just not play in the first place.
heh, it's nothing personnel, kid; besides, the joy is in the struggle anyway
That's the problem though, there wasn't really any struggle. There was mostly easy fights and then suddenly TPK. I honestly had more fun on the first runthrough losing a couple guys here and there and then building back up. This time I basically never lost anyone until the fucking hEdgeknight cut down my entire squad with his katana +5.
I am doing this with my frontliners and it is pretty cool. The extra fatigue from the dagger isn't much so i bring one along in my belt along with some bandages. Are extra slots useful?
Apr
05
Dev Blog #121: Champions
As we’ve talked about a while ago, we’re overhauling how named items work and how they can be acquired. One way to get named items is by fighting champions – and that’s what we’re talking about today. Let’s delve in!
Champions
Hitherto, named items could primarily be found by looting locations – whether you followed tavern rumors or ventured out on your own. Occasionally, but rarely, they could also be looted from particularly strong enemies. And that’s where champions come in.
Champions are particularly skilled and experienced individuals of any non-beast faction. They’re guaranteed to carry at least one named item and have significantly increased stats over their brethren. You’ll be able to easily recognize them by their special base and unique name. They are, in a way, minibosses. They challenge you to fight hard to claim what is theirs, and they shake things up, but prevailing against them will always reward you with the named item they carry – be it weapon, shield, armor or helmet.
So where do you meet champions? The most reliable way is to complete contracts with a difficulty rating of three skulls. Those have always been a high risk proposition for any mercenary company, but they now come with more of a reward for taking that chance: the possibility of getting named gear by facing enemy champions. Another way is to simply play into the late game. The further along your campaign, the more likely that you’ll find champions roaming the world outside of contracts or defending a location.
While champions may prove challenging to defeat, they are significantly easier to beat than some of the battles around legendary locations. This way, they can also fill the gap in challenge between defeating your first late game crisis and starting to take on legendary locations, like the Black Monolith, with your company.
It is a general problem with many of those "tough" games that they reward an overly conservative approach and attention to routine detail, so you know what to do but it takes too long to do boring repetitive things. It is a big issue with BB for me that contrary to its claims, losing there is not fun. This aspect is even less fun than in Darkest Dungeon. What does BB do that makes losing more interesting than any comparable game? The game actually rewards perfectionism more than most games, so it ends up like King's Bounty, where losing any troops at all ends up hurting you disproportionately (because of the huge bonus for no loss fights). Except King's Bounty is less grindy and more diverse.
