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

[PorkyThePaladin]

Axe to the dick > wooden branch up ass

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Anybody complete the Arena quests? I did a bunch of fights with 3 of my best bros (the knight and 2 sellswords), got to arena fighter status, beat 2 gladiators, then got the fight against 3 gladiators in heavy armor. Holy shit, those fucks were brutal. I did win, but lost one of the bros in the process, making me question continuing the arena line.

 

[Eyestabber]

Arena has pretty uneven difficulty, but you can read what you're up against and refuse. You cant really "finish" it, but I did win the tournament once. There is no additional story.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Day 492, the campaign continues...

I didn't realize at Invincible renown (8,000) your world map look gets updated again to heavy armor dude. Hhmm, should I retire or continue....

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Decided to retire, as I've done most of the base stuff (ended all 4 crises, gained a shitload of fame and gold), and the rest is probably insanely tough, so maybe later:

Almost 500 days...

 

[Darth Canoli]

If you didn't kill Jirok and the Kraken, you didn't win.
And that old library fight...

I might dive in again someone made a new solo start mage background with new skills, it's tempting.

Rise of the Usurper

Also, The Red Court; start with 3 Necrosavants; was updated.

 

[Mud']

Gonna play for the first time on the Switch since I get a lot of free time at work.

What settings should I use (eg Ironman) and first timer tips?

 

[Teut Busnet]

Gonna play for the first time on the Switch since I get a lot of free time at work.

What settings should I use (eg Ironman) and first timer tips?

The most important thing in BB is the knowledge of what you can fight when. A new enemy can fuck your company up and that might come 10, 20, 50 hours in - if you can accept that, you can play ironman. I can easily see how that might get frustrating though, especially because it can happen multiple times.

• Use swords (+10% to hit) and spears (+20%) in the beginning to help your Bros deal damage.
• Don't spend too much money on expensive backgrounds: good gear > good Bros at the start.
• Stick to 1H weapon + shield for your frontline until you can give them 'nimble' or 'battleforged' - with fitting armor.
• Equip headgear on everyone to avoid one-shots.
• Don't hire more than 6-7 Bros until you can give them roughly the same gear your others have.
• Ranged Bros are helpful to make the enemy advance towards you, but don't expect them to hit many shots in the beginning.
• Look for damaged equipment on the town's markets to repair and use.

 

[k0syak]

Gonna play for the first time on the Switch since I get a lot of free time at work.

What settings should I use (eg Ironman) and first timer tips?

The most important thing in BB is the knowledge of what you can fight when. A new enemy can fuck your company up and that might come 10, 20, 50 hours in - if you can accept that, you can play ironman. I can easily see how that might get frustrating though, especially because it can happen multiple times.

• Stick to 1H weapon + shield for your frontline until you can give them 'nimble' or 'battleforged' - with fitting armor.
• Don't hire more than 6-7 Bros until you can give them roughly the same gear your others have.

Alternatively, give shields to 1-2 worst bros at max and have the rest of the frontline double gripping. Also, hire as much dudes as you can to swarm the enemy and maximize the amount of fights.

 

[Shaki]

Gonna play for the first time on the Switch since I get a lot of free time at work.

What settings should I use (eg Ironman) and first timer tips?

The most important thing in BB is the knowledge of what you can fight when. A new enemy can fuck your company up and that might come 10, 20, 50 hours in - if you can accept that, you can play ironman. I can easily see how that might get frustrating though, especially because it can happen multiple times.

• Stick to 1H weapon + shield for your frontline until you can give them 'nimble' or 'battleforged' - with fitting armor.
• Don't hire more than 6-7 Bros until you can give them roughly the same gear your others have.

Alternatively, give shields to 1-2 worst bros at max and have the rest of the frontline double gripping.

This is the way. Shields and spears shit is noobie advice. BB fights are a dps race, especially at the beginning, where both you and enemies die incredibly fast. Double grip or good single target 2-handers if you can get them early (barbarian ones destroy early game hard af) + some sacrificial shitty brothers to take the heat off the ones you want to keep long term. Alpha strike raiders before they can do the same to you. Most early fights can be won on 2nd turn if you hit hard enough. Smash everything you can and snowball fast. Good strat is to pick one shitty noble house and raid its trade caravans/peasants etc, it's easy af and great money/exp in the early game, then as soon as you can beat them start hitting patrols/supply caravans. Can easily end up with good af gear very early, and go smashing camps and farming named items before enemies get buffed due to time and camps grow in size. Gear is everything in BB, and racing to snowball and overgear early, is the best strategy.

 

[k0syak]

Gonna play for the first time on the Switch since I get a lot of free time at work.

What settings should I use (eg Ironman) and first timer tips?

The most important thing in BB is the knowledge of what you can fight when. A new enemy can fuck your company up and that might come 10, 20, 50 hours in - if you can accept that, you can play ironman. I can easily see how that might get frustrating though, especially because it can happen multiple times.

• Stick to 1H weapon + shield for your frontline until you can give them 'nimble' or 'battleforged' - with fitting armor.
• Don't hire more than 6-7 Bros until you can give them roughly the same gear your others have.

Alternatively, give shields to 1-2 worst bros at max and have the rest of the frontline double gripping.

This is the way. Shields and spears shit is noobie advice. BB fights are a dps race, especially at the beginning, where both you and enemies die incredibly fast. Double grip or good single target 2-handers if you can get them early (barbarian ones destroy early game hard af) + some sacrificial shitty brothers to take the heat off the ones you want to keep long term. Alpha strike raiders before they can do the same to you. Most early fights can be won on 2nd turn if you hit hard enough. Smash everything you can and snowball fast. Good strat is to pick one shitty noble house and raid its trade caravans/peasants etc, it's easy af and great money/exp in the early game, then as soon as you can beat them start hitting patrols/supply caravans. Can easily end up with good af gear very early, and go smashing camps and farming named items before enemies get buffed due to time and camps grow in size. Gear is everything in BB, and racing to snowball and overgear early, is the best strategy.

Fully agree!

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Shields and spears work wonders for me at the start, but then i am role playing a mercenary company, not trying to speedrush of min/max stuff. You can do pretty well against brigand thugs and nachos with shield wall and spears. Which is really all you should be fighting at the start.

As far as settings, you definitely have to play on Ironman and Hidden map. BB is a sandbox game that's mostly about managing the mercenary company (not winning any particular battle or doing a story). Without Ironman, that element is killed, since you can always reload any bad decision and do things differently, but Ironman keeps things real and it becomes kinda like a survival game, all about making the right decisions most of the time. I think Veteran/Veteran is best difficulty, it's very hard but not as annoying as Expert, where the economic equations just kill the fun, and too many enemies are thrown at you.

 

[rojay]

Gonna play for the first time on the Switch since I get a lot of free time at work.

What settings should I use (eg Ironman) and first timer tips?

Teut Busnet's advice was sound.

 

[k0syak]

Shields and spears work wonders for me at the start, but then i am role playing a mercenary company, not trying to speedrush of min/max stuff. You can do pretty well against brigand thugs and nachos with shield wall and spears. Which is really all you should be fighting at the start.

As far as settings, you definitely have to play on Ironman and Hidden map. BB is a sandbox game that's mostly about managing the mercenary company (not winning any particular battle or doing a story). Without Ironman, that element is killed, since you can always reload any bad decision and do things differently, but Ironman keeps things real and it becomes kinda like a survival game, all about making the right decisions most of the time. I think Veteran/Veteran is best difficulty, it's very hard but not as annoying as Expert, where the economic equations just kill the fun, and too many enemies are thrown at you.

Fighting brigands and nachos is a path to nowhere. And more enemies equals more XP and loot.

 

[rojay]

Shields and spears work wonders for me at the start, but then i am role playing a mercenary company, not trying to speedrush of min/max stuff. You can do pretty well against brigand thugs and nachos with shield wall and spears. Which is really all you should be fighting at the start.

As far as settings, you definitely have to play on Ironman and Hidden map. BB is a sandbox game that's mostly about managing the mercenary company (not winning any particular battle or doing a story). Without Ironman, that element is killed, since you can always reload any bad decision and do things differently, but Ironman keeps things real and it becomes kinda like a survival game, all about making the right decisions most of the time. I think Veteran/Veteran is best difficulty, it's very hard but not as annoying as Expert, where the economic equations just kill the fun, and too many enemies are thrown at you.

Fighting brigands and nachos is a path to nowhere. And more enemies equals more XP and loot.

What do you fight when you first start out?

 

[k0syak]

Shields and spears work wonders for me at the start, but then i am role playing a mercenary company, not trying to speedrush of min/max stuff. You can do pretty well against brigand thugs and nachos with shield wall and spears. Which is really all you should be fighting at the start.

As far as settings, you definitely have to play on Ironman and Hidden map. BB is a sandbox game that's mostly about managing the mercenary company (not winning any particular battle or doing a story). Without Ironman, that element is killed, since you can always reload any bad decision and do things differently, but Ironman keeps things real and it becomes kinda like a survival game, all about making the right decisions most of the time. I think Veteran/Veteran is best difficulty, it's very hard but not as annoying as Expert, where the economic equations just kill the fun, and too many enemies are thrown at you.

Fighting brigands and nachos is a path to nowhere. And more enemies equals more XP and loot.

What do you fight when you first start out?

At first, sure, but you need to start raiding caravans and fighting mercs for better gear ASAP, occasional brigand leaders and hedge knights just don't cut it.
This is day 9:

 

[Joggerino]

Is there a must have mod for this that improves the game drastically but stays true to the vanilla experience?
For first playthrough?

 

[Joggerino]

Wow, this game is fun??? Not really made for traders though.

 

[Modron]

Some seeds are great for trading, yours won't be.

 

[thesecret1]

I always make tons of money from trading. Straight up one of my largest sources of income. Just gotta find a good spot to buy cheap, places to sell high are usually plentiful. Then just pick up missions along your "trading routes" and you're all set

 

[Joggerino]

I find it very hard to make even 200 per stack even if I go across the whole map.

 

[k0syak]

I find it very hard to make even 200 per stack even if I go across the whole map.

Merchants are for robbing, not taking advice from

 

[thesecret1]

I find it very hard to make even 200 per stack even if I go across the whole map.

It doesn't matter if you go across the map or just two towns over, the only thing that matters is that you buy from somewhere that has low prices (because it produces that item) and sell it somewhere that's has high prices for said item (usually any big town that doesn't produce said thing, or a town that has a shortage or higher prices by events, etc.). 200 sounds like an alright profit for non-luxurious goods – as I said, there's no need to go across the entire map. It's also meant to be supplementary income (this ain't a trading sim, after all), not the main source of it. It's basically free 200 (per stack. If you convert more of your spare change into resources, you can multiply it quick), which is nothing to scoff at.

 

[Joggerino]

Great advice, thanks. I'd made the most profit with uncut gems at 500 gold/stack. Sold at over 700.

 

[thesecret1]

Yeah, it won't make you rich, but it's a way to make your money make you more money, and is basically risk-free once you know where the best places to buy are. Definitely better than just keeping it all in coins. Plus, if you manage to make a really good deal with several stacks, it can net you quite a sum. Keep your relations high with wherever you're buying and selling for even larger margin (definitely don't do bussiness with places that hate you for some reason), and keep your eye out for events that fuck with prices. Sometimes, the best course of action is to do a quest or two to clear the shit making things expensive (as well as getting a large relation boost) and only then buying. Or just fleece them while the trade routes are ambushed, only to resolve the ambushes right after, lol.