Mordheim - turn-based tactics in the Warhammer universe

[Jimmious]

Highly depends on the Warband you play! For example with Skaven you go full dodge and poisons, with Chaos you aim for damage and...scaring the shit out of others etc

Game is gut but needs "something" to be great. I think that something is probably a bit more flavor in SP

 

[oscar]

Human mercs? I'm also guessing the bow vs gun question is along the lines of weaker bur more mobile firepower to stronger but more stationary due to the reload cost.

 

[Jimmious]

Can't help you there.. Didn't play with them tbh. They so seem to be the most "balanced" with possibly the most annoying leaders :p

 

[Galdred]

I find the combat system very good, and I like the progression and wound rules.
I hate the UI, though.
I had a blast with the game, but I miss some kind of goal (getting the warband to max level only incentivizes you to avoid hard fights).
It feels a bit artificial not having time to loot opponents or wyrdstones after you win, but I can live with that.
I think it is the only thing missing : some goal both on the strategic scale, and on the tactical one (the missions lack variety, and you have strong incentives not to complete the secondary objectives, due to training cost, and them providing only XP, and no gold/wyrdstone).
Multiplayer seems weird : compared to Blood Bowl, you lack the league ranking aspect (there are some leagues, but it is not the same), and you have a much higher casualty rate (given that getting people out is the main way to win), so it feels like you need to grind in SP to get in shape for MP or something like that.
I wish you were proposed a choice of mutations for chaos. Having to fire the archer hero because he got his arm replaced by a sword is painful.

 

[oscar]

Ah found the customisation button, was much better than having my crew of mohawked mercenaries. Damn that sewer explosion mission was a pain, hope the other story missions are less of a hassle.

 

[Darth Roxor]

the lack of animation speed sliders in this game is criminal

 

[Darth Roxor]

but apart from that, (judging by the 3 or so missions i've played, lololo) it seems legit cool so far

 

[TigerKnee]

Does Cheat Engine's frame skip work?

 

[ColCol]

I want a few more desired warbands!

 

[ColCol]

Also, a multiplayer vs campaign.

 

[fastjack]

Honestly, despite enjoying the game a lot I got a little burnt out and I've put it down until one of the two things ColCol mentioned are added. As soon they add a new warband or especially a multiplayer campaign I'm jumping right back into it.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Okay, 4 out of 5 give guys in my warband are out of commission for about five days, does that mean I can do diddly squat with them till they recover?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

you do have reserves, right?

This was my third mission, hadn't acquired reserves.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Figured as much. Too bad I can't transfer personnel across warbands. Or can I?

 

[fastjack]

You can fail some deliveries and still succeed I missed at least the first and I think the first 2 warp stone deliveries in my first game as mercenaries and still pulled through to beat the campaign (started in beta though, so ymmv).

 

[Galdred]

you do have reserves, right?

This was my third mission, hadn't acquired reserves.

In order to avoid this, I always make sure that my henchmen are the first to enter the fray, and I fire them at level 2. I wish we could refuse skill ups, and not just leveling (because you cannot refuse the extra offense and strategic points, can you?). I also never spend resources to heal them, unless I really need to recover their slot.
I haven't got a hero + injured in age this way.
The problem I think is that after 2 (or maybe 4) failed deliveries, you cannot play skirmish vs AI anymore. Your warband can only partake in multiplayer (good luck if you cannot recover with easy AI fights), and maybe storyline missions.
Actually, there is a MP endless mode (I mean, you can bring your warband to MP), that integrates seamlessly with the campaign, so I think it more or less works. It is weird to use the same team for both, though, and I prefer the way it works in BB.

 

[Xathrodox86]

Okay, 4 out of 5 give guys in my warband are out of commission for about five days, does that mean I can do diddly squat with them till they recover?

yeah. hire new ones or wait it out.

or use yer reserves. you do have reserves, right?
this game's warband dynamic is kinda like bloodbowl in that sense

Or like Shadow of the Horned Rat. Your guys took some time to recover, but you had to fight a battle without them and it was a pain.

 

[Darth Roxor]

damn this fucking game is much-much addictive as shit

i'm considering writing a review-advert

 

[Xathrodox86]

damn this fucking game is much-much addictive as shit

i'm considering writing a review-advert

That Skaven slang tho. BTW please do that. I've discovered the Codex, after stumbling upon your LP of WH40K: Rites of War. That was some A-grade stuff.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

It's a shame i'm not a fan of the Valk Chronicles style of play.

 

[rashiakas]

Its nothing like valk chronicles. Why do you think it is?

 

[Jimmious]

The movement and camera angle are kinda similar but in general nothing else.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Fylch Sharptail is down to 45 hp. I figure I should probably stow him away in some safe secluded place when an angry nun ends turn a bit in front of him on ambush. He turns around and does a 90% leap over a ledge

of course it fails

he falls down taking 15 damage

No matter, let's keep going.

Turns out the "secluded corner" was actually the spawn point for reinforcements.

Fylch goes around the bend and eats an ambush charge to the face for 29 damage

he's left with 1 hp

i spent all his strategy points and cant move

...

his offence is still 100% tho, better not fuck it up fylch

okay he kills the cannon fodder nun, ends turn

ANOTHER ONE SPAWNS RIGHT NEXT TO HIM

but for some bizarre reason doesn't attack him, instead she stands right next to him and toggles ambush

next turn

for some reason Fylch starts in melee with the nun

kills her too

I retreat him to an ACTUAL safe secluded corner where he stays till the end of the mission

 

[Darth Roxor]

go find-kill magus in library he said

it will be clever-foolproof he said

and then godfrey ho the night runner gets yoinked away by a surprise teleport and lands right in front of an angry daemonette

 

[k0syak]

The first teleporter on your right leads straight to the Magus IIRCE