Warhammer Total War: Warhammer 2

[Fedora Master]

Bullshit.

 

[Average Manatee]

I had to disable all of my mods (56) just to be able to launch the game after the new DLC. I tried disabling all "outdated" mods and major overhauls but no luck. Had to disable every single one of them. Some of them were just cosmetics but a lot of them really made gameplay better. Anyone else has the same problem??

Obviously mods aren't going to be updated yet. Mods that aren't marked as outdated probably just aren't testing for the version or something.

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Bullshit.

I don't know what you are expecting. You're only a little bigger than them and they have both more xp levels and better quality imo. Your archers do nothing while their crossbows murder you. They have the settlement which gives a massive advantage. Autoresolve is only supposed to be for fights where you significantly outmatch your opponent.

 

[Fedora Master]

The bug where units will just stand around instead of chasing fleeing enemies, as if they were on guard mode, seems to be back. Good job CA.

 

[A horse of course]

The bug where units will just stand around instead of chasing fleeing enemies, as if they were on guard mode, seems to be back. Good job CA.

Back? I didn't play the last patch so I didn't even know they'd """"fixed"""" it.

 

[Jaedar]

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New autoresolve working great...

To be fair, the normal beastmen units suck ass in real combat as well, so it makes sense they'd have bad results in autoresolve.

Also, Taurox seems to have slightly buggy movement? Feels like the indicator for how much movement you'll get if you switch stances doesn't correlate with reality, re-selecting him can change the movement you have left, etc. Probably it happens due to some combination of the bonus movement from his raid stance, the bonus movement from razing and the automic post-raze movement.

 

[Dwarvophile]

I had to disable all of my mods (56) just to be able to launch the game after the new DLC. I tried disabling all "outdated" mods and major overhauls but no luck. Had to disable every single one of them. Some of them were just cosmetics but a lot of them really made gameplay better. Anyone else has the same problem??

Yes, it was to be expected. But personally I don't mind checking how vanilla tastes once in a while.

Thorek might have the perfect anti-greentide start pos. I don't know how it will play with the TKs but I chose not to turtle and hurry north to stop Grimgor from painting the map. Lately it's been tiresome to see him always on the first strenght rank, every damn campaign.

 

[Fedora Master]

Send help

 

[Dwarvophile]

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Send help

1247 hrs here, I'm shocked.

 

[Olinser]

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Send help

Pshaw, I did 100% achievements in only 800 hours.

 

[Fedora Master]

The "Grants vision over region" effects are great. So far the Oxyotl campaign feels more involved than the Taurox one.

e: Looking at the other start situations, especially for Thorek, I guaran-fucking-tee you the devs never played the battles at anything past normal. Same shit as with the Rakarth starting battle, completely overtuned.

 

[Average Manatee]

Thorek is pretty gud. Don't even have any special equipment on him other than seed of rebirth. You just stack on +20% weapon strength +25 melee attack, add some constant rune castings and shit dies. You can stack the Rune of Speed if you cast it both normal and overcast for a temporary +48 melee attack. For fighting lords and heroes my runesmith has Helm of Discord. So lord vs lord fights end up with the enemy having like 20 MA/DA and Thorek having ~130 MA and 60 MD and 530 weapon strength. Master Rune of Spite and Rune of Wrath & Ruin takes out mobs pretty well, though Thorek also does that just fine on his own.

Still, fucking hate dwarves for their slow as fuck growth rate. Turn 74, already taken out Grimgore, my original settlement still won't be level 4 for 10 turns. Despite Thorek already being level 34 I'm not wasting red line points on Longbeards when I could have a full Ironbreaker stack. Also sucks that you can't raise your hero caps at all till tier 4, I have 4 stacks that need a lot of bonuses.

Also Grudgeraker on the Engineer is finnicky as fuck. He tries to shoot right at the center of mobs and will be constantly obstructed even if its only Thorek in the middle of it. He also has a small shooting angle so any moving enemy at close range requires him to turn and interrupt his firing animation to face it constantly.

 

[Average Manatee]

Fedora Master and you thought you were getting screwed by autoresolve

I guess I technically don't have AP damage while they are all heavily armored but still.

 

[Jaedar]

Turn 74, already taken out Grimgore, my original settlement still won't be level 4 for 10 turns

That's pretty standard these days I think. You really have to stack growth/order buildings to get high tier settlements in a reasonable time now. Or confederate them from the ai.

 

[Average Manatee]

Turn 74, already taken out Grimgore, my original settlement still won't be level 4 for 10 turns

That's pretty standard these days I think. You really have to stack growth/order buildings to get high tier settlements in a reasonable time now. Or confederate them from the ai.

Not for other races. You'd normally get level 4 around turn 40-50 or so.

Unless you are Skaven and just summon a level 4 settlement on turn 1 lmao xD so balanced.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

The patching process for TW games is so goddamn retarded. A 6gb update for a DLC that's just a bit of art, a handful models* and statistics changes.


*AND ONE ENTIRE CHARLEMAGNE

you got it good. bluescreen while downloading, nuked the whole installation. i have to redownload it all.

 

[Jaedar]

Unless you are Skaven and just summon a level 4 settlement on turn 1 lmao xD so balanced.

Yeah, or a level 5 settlement on turn 10. Much balance.

 

[GloomFrost]

Am I missing something? But what is the point of Ogre mercenaries when you play for beastmen (no upkeep charges) . I mean Ogres are good but not nearly that good for the price they are asking. Also Jesus Christ but Taurox and an entire beastmen system is well OP. Have they even tested it? Playing the Vortex campaign and haven't lost a single battle once yet.

 

[Dwarvophile]

Also Grudgeraker on the Engineer is finnicky as fuck. He tries to shoot right at the center of mobs and will be constantly obstructed even if its only Thorek in the middle of it. He also has a small shooting angle so any moving enemy at close range requires him to turn and interrupt his firing animation to face it constantly.

Ranged heroes or lords (on foot) are too easily obstructed. I only take them for the buffs.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Playing Malus right now on Mortal Empires.
His start is really shit.
>Immediate threat is in Gnoblar county
>Gnoblar County is unpleasant climate
>Gnoblar County also has 3 settlements that have no roads, two of which in forests, meaning it takes ages to get anywhere
>Imrik is also nearby
>Both Eshin and Imrik will declare war on you, meaning that you have to spend the first 60 turns dealing with them
>Very few coastal settlements to raid with your black ark, so hardly any slaves or loot
Feels bad man

 

[Average Manatee]

Malus is pain. You want to figure out a way to get through the lizards in a minimal amount of time, land on the coastline next to the minor settlement directly south of Eshin's start, then snipe Eshin's starting settlement. Eshin is the biggest threat by far with how fast they spam stacks and how shit it is to get ambushed. If you can decapitate them and then clean them up the rest is pretty chill. But Eshin is hell to fight if they get out of control.

 

[Fedora Master]

I forgot why I hate VH...

As I said, I guarantee you none of the devs play on anything above Hard. Probably not even that.

 

[Dwarvophile]

Malus is pain. You want to figure out a way to get through the lizards in a minimal amount of time, land on the coastline next to the minor settlement directly south of Eshin's start, then snipe Eshin's starting settlement. Eshin is the biggest threat by far with how fast they spam stacks and how shit it is to get ambushed. If you can decapitate them and then clean them up the rest is pretty chill. But Eshin is hell to fight if they get out of control.

Is it harder than Imrik's campaign ? (where you're stuck between Grimgor, Eshin and Malus and with a shit economy)

 

[Average Manatee]

Thorek Done

Spoiler

Whole campaign was kind of easy and pointless once Grimgore was wiped out. With him gone and me taking out dancing orc boy Thorgrim started the order/dawitide. He wiped eshin out and then it was just hunting for the stupid artifacts because forging them is a grudge and you need low grudge to win. But when you get armies of with ironbreakers and irondrakes its easy to just spam end turn and autobattle most of it.

Rune system is good. It honestly feels a bit too cheap, you can unlock everything you want in around 30-50 turns or so.

Malus is pain. You want to figure out a way to get through the lizards in a minimal amount of time, land on the coastline next to the minor settlement directly south of Eshin's start, then snipe Eshin's starting settlement. Eshin is the biggest threat by far with how fast they spam stacks and how shit it is to get ambushed. If you can decapitate them and then clean them up the rest is pretty chill. But Eshin is hell to fight if they get out of control.

Is it harder than Imrik's campaign ? (where you're stuck between Grimgor, Eshin and Malus and with a shit economy)

Hmm...

I like Dark Elves a lot and I fucking hate high elves with a passion. High Elven public order used to be so shit that you couldn't even leave your home province for the first 30 turns or so without a rebellion coming. That's better now that you get public order from being at low PO. Imrik is probably harder overall but you can snipe Eshin really, really early just spamming a shit ton of archers and walking to his capital. The problem is that sniping Eshin doesn't immediately mean you've won since you still have to deal with two separate fronts of Malus and Grimgore where once Malus has beaten Eshin he's pretty much secured against any threat.

 

[Jaedar]

I forgot why I hate VH...

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As I said, I guarantee you none of the devs play on anything above Hard. Probably not even that.

Why is your elven faction heraldry different from mine?

The problem is that sniping Eshin doesn't immediately mean you've won since you still have to deal with two separate fronts of Malus and Grimgore where once Malus has beaten Eshin he's pretty much secured against any threat.

Shouldn't fighting eshin give you approximately infinite slaves for a pretty strong starting economy though? Also I don't know his start, but considering ai imrik usually dies by turn ~8 if left to his own devices, couldn't you try to make sure to not discover that part of the world until he's died so you just have to fight eshin?

 

[Average Manatee]

Shouldn't fighting eshin give you approximately infinite slaves for a pretty strong starting economy though? Also I don't know his start, but considering ai imrik usually dies by turn ~8 if left to his own devices, couldn't you try to make sure to not discover that part of the world until he's died so you just have to fight eshin?

Well on normal that's probably fine. On VH the enemy spams enough stacks that you have more slaves than you know what to do with pretty quickly (also can just loot and fight rebels). Eshin is just so damn bullshit with how he can summon multiple stacks out of nowhere on no economy and a bad ambush can delete your stack.

I've never had an issue with AI Imrik playing as Malus. He's either dead or completely impotent. High Elves suck pretty hard until higher tiers and AI Imrik isn't likely to get those higher tiers with the spread out settlements in his region he has to defend against all the orcs and skaven razing him. And Dark Elves especially can fight any high-tier enemies like armored cavalry or dragons with their low tier crossbowmen since they have massive AP damage.