Incline Battle Brothers + Beasts & Exploration, Warriors of the North and Blazing Deserts DLC Thread

[hivemind]

like fuck off this is not even an argument honestly

you use flail like against bandit raiders at best in hopes that they dont have a helmet and you can like get some easy chain or whatever to get a headstart

or I guess if you have fearsome perk you can meme around with the three-headed flail but generally you are better off using anything else

 

[Jimmious]

Flails are pretty awesome in the hands of a bro with Brute trait and decent melee score.
Also don't forget that head injuries are usually much worse than most others, so whenever you cause one you get a good advantage.
It's true though that late game they lose a bit of momentum

 

[hivemind]

yeah dude brute juggler with a flail is the meta midgame build that you should totally build towards

 

[hivemind]

i dont talk to zionists

 

[Parabalus]

I tried making dedicated (as in spending the perk point on WM) flail-bros and they're just not worth it. They're only useful vs some brigand raiders pmuch, everything above usually has decent head armor. Best just to have flails in backpack with quickhands for the double lash.

Dedicated dagger bros are pretty good though, if you can land a triple puncture you can route orc warriors immediately.

 

[hivemind]

based aod crew sticking together forum wide

 

[Strange Fellow]

I tried making dedicated (as in spending the perk point on WM) flail-bros and they're just not worth it.

No they aren't, but that doesn't make the flail a bad weapon. The ability to strike around shields and to hit heads are both hugely useful tools when a) your bros suck at hitting things (meaning they suck exponentially more at hitting shielded things), or b) you face enemies with no/shitty helmets, which you very often do.

 

[hoothoot]

havnt played this for two years but it looks great now. wont run on my comp for some reason. [viruses lol]

do slings pwn skeletons?

 

[Payd Shell]

Idk, flails seem much worse now. I rarely get a raider without a helmet, so they haven't been that useful so far. Speaking of raiders, did they get buffed? Even if it's just six of them, they mostly are fully armored and have shields as well as 1 or 2 backliners with polearms. Fighting against them feels kinda scary now, even if your guys are running around in 110 gear. I don't like using axes because early game most of your bros have shit melee skills and axes don't give any bonuses to hit like spears and swords do. But against raiders, they just shieldwall all the time. They really need to go over the fatigue mechanics for NPCs now that they generally act much smarter. I'm fine with Barbarians having high fatigue, but raiders take a lot of punishment before they get exhausted.

 

[Murk]

It's a real shame you can only have 12 men and no reserves on Lone Wolf. Having an avatar feels so right... but no reserves kills it a lot

Yeah you lose out on a lot of backgrounds and events, plus you need to basically walk around with only 11 guys if you want a shot at an assassin, to recruit horse/melon buggerers, a pimp, et cetera.

*Looks at his meager group of 4 men*

Yeahhhhh.....

 

[AwesomeButton]

Just got a Reinforced Mail Hauberk (210) and Padded flat top helmet (150) (among other things) as loot! This took some very careful knife work!

 

[Darth Canoli]

Just got a Reinforced Mail Hauberk (210) and Padded flat top helmet (150) (among other things) as loot! This took some very careful knife work!

Not sure this is necessary, i often get 0% armors as loot.

By the way, did the Alps get nerfed ?
Without the mod, just fought 4 (against 7) of them surrounding my party, it was a piece of cake, although they got one doggy, they only summoned 2 shadows per turn each and nothing else for 4/5 turns, dumb luck ?

 

[Parabalus]

Champions are a nice touch, just downed my first one.

Whips get nerfed already .

I tried making dedicated (as in spending the perk point on WM) flail-bros and they're just not worth it.

No they aren't, but that doesn't make the flail a bad weapon. The ability to strike around shields and to hit heads are both hugely useful tools when a) your bros suck at hitting things (meaning they suck exponentially more at hitting shielded things), or b) you face enemies with no/shitty helmets, which you very often do.

The issue is that flails don't ignore shieldwall, so usually the THC will still suck early on.

 

[hivemind]

using daggers on anyone but a specialized dagger user is a sign of inceldom

 

[hivemind]

however having a specialized dagger user is a sign of refinement and class

 

[Agesilaus]

using daggers on anyone but a specialized dagger user is a sign of inceldom

Everybody point and laugh at the poor people who don't distribute back-up daggers. No effect on fatigue, stylish, and a clear indication of your band's superior economic status.

 

[hivemind]

loser incels with tiny daggers

 

[InD_ImaginE]

Is the new xpac worth getting? From what I read the north barbarian just feels like Orc but human. The only unique aspect I think is the beast tamer whose beasts can get out of control?

 

[AwesomeButton]

however having a specialized dagger user is a sign of refinement and class

When the last guy is cornered on all sides and his white flag is fully raised, it's a matter a little more time to take him down.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Is the new xpac worth getting? From what I read the north barbarian just feels like Orc but human. The only unique aspect I think is the beast tamer whose beasts can get out of control?

There's also different company backgrounds to choose from which mix things up a bit.
Most notably "lone wolf", where you start with 1 dude whose death means game over.

 

[hivemind]

When the last guy is cornered on all sides and his white flag is fully raised, it's a matter a little more time to take him down.

and it's a matter of honour to cut off his head with a cleaver or cleaving him in half with a two hander instead of doing a million little tiny stabs

 

[AwesomeButton]

BTW, I find maces more useful than flails. I stun more often than I hit with flails, and the guy wasting one turn can be the difference between losing one of my guys and killing that guy.

 

[hivemind]

me when I behead a necromancer

Spoiler

 

[AwesomeButton]

My combat music:

 

[Reinhardt]

I think i will start buying named daggers for everyone just to show my wealth to dirty peasants.