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Total War WARHAMMER II |OT| The age of dwarf is over. The time of the Waagh! has come!
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Free DLC in Steam is just super finicky for whatever reason. You'll never need TWW1 installed unless you want to play that campaign.
Total War WARHAMMER II |OT| yoooo lizardmen finally got an update!!!
zone of influence prevents enemy units from moving through an enemy army
iirc, that ring around a selcted/targetted army is the reinforcement range, which doubles as their zone of influence. there will be a line from each army participating. the aggressor and defender(s) each have their own reinforcement range.
zone of influence prevents enemy units from moving through an enemy army
I'm not happy with the free LL because both of his starts are relatively close to Kroq-gar. The enemies you will fight will be similar in both campaigns.
Some people speculated that Nakai could start in Albion because he's a wanderer and appears where he is needed most. Now that would have been a completely different campaign experience.
But now we're getting more of the same.
Some people speculated that Nakai could start in Albion because he's a wanderer and appears where he is needed most. Now that would have been a completely different campaign experience.
But now we're getting more of the same.
Bit of a bank shot, but:
Total Warhammer 2 |OT| What a strange game. The only winning move is RIPPERDACTYLS.
(Tic-tac-toe -> Wargames -> that bit at the end).
Total Warhammer 2 |OT| What a strange game. The only winning move is RIPPERDACTYLS.
(Tic-tac-toe -> Wargames -> that bit at the end).
The new starting position for Tiktaq'to is out on the steam page.
Compare the maps:
Old:
New:
There's a new Massiv Orcal province near Parravon and the region borders in Talabecland, Ostermark and Jungles of Green Mist have shifted, which probably mean new settlements.
Compare the maps:
Old:
New:
There's a new Massiv Orcal province near Parravon and the region borders in Talabecland, Ostermark and Jungles of Green Mist have shifted, which probably mean new settlements.
see that's what i figured, but the in-game tutorial said there'd be an arrow pointing on the campaign map when i hovered anyone that could reinforce another army. and i saw that arrow once, when hovering one lord, but never again
and then i attacked Drakenhof when Mannfred looked to be juuuust outside the range of Drakenhof's ring, and he still reinforced. so what the heck
also i was sorta getting into the endless-undead-hordes fantasy but man, it hurts to lose so many guys even when i know they're not worth much. i'm also still used to MTW2 and have no idea about the best ways to use flying units or spells. i got Drakenhof comfortably but lost all my vargheists doing so
i might just not be cut out for the horde lifestyle. maybe dip back to one of the few-but-elite factions and carve through an army of skaven with three swordsmen or whatever
the Bloodlines thing seems really cool though. i love, and am totally awed by, how many cool flavorful systems this game has
If you have played Medieval Total War 2, Empire/Bretonnia might be up your speed for a familiar yet different faction. They both also employ magic and Bretonnia has winged Pegasi, so you can slowly wean into the more fantastical portions of Warhammer without being overwhelmed by monsters and bats and crumbling units like I assume you are now with the Vampire Counts.
Granted, Empire is still vanilla and hasnt been updated, and Bretonnia is receiving an update next week!
Vargheists are also somehow like the squishiest unit in the game that isn't total chaff. You really need to keep them cycle charging with little time in melee or they'll get carved apart.
Also if you haven't figured it out yet, Invocation of Nehek and your zombie summon can carry the game almost by themselves magic wise. They're arguably the two best spells in the game.
Also if you haven't figured it out yet, Invocation of Nehek and your zombie summon can carry the game almost by themselves magic wise. They're arguably the two best spells in the game.
CA keeps delivering. These map changes are great!The new starting position for Tiktaq'to is out on the steam page.
Compare the maps:
Old:
New:
There's a new Massiv Orcal province near Parravon and the region borders in Talabecland, Ostermark and Jungles of Green Mist have shifted, which probably mean new settlements.
me too. I also hope that "inside" the empire CA adds other races. Do the wasteland, stirland, middeland and averland need to be these big provinces that take 2-4 turns to transverse? with only 1 city?
LOL
It was added last patch so you can already play with it.
First you should know that The reinforcement range usually is equal to their area of influence.
To make sure my armies are in reinforcement range i always do this:
- move the "reinforcement army as close as possible to the enemy red area of influence
- Attack the enemy main army/city with your main army.
Just want to add for benj that you can double click a spell to use the overcast version of that spell. In the case of invocation of nehek it becomes an area healing spell!
Thanks for the tips!
One last question: are there any graphics settings or anything that'd reduce turn resolution time? I want to run Mortal Empires for a few reasons, but even with an SSD + a considerably stronger computer than the game takes, the ~3 turns I had time to play last night all took, like, a full minute to resolve. felt like a bit of a drag, especially since I couldn't seem to defocus the application without pausing it
One last question: are there any graphics settings or anything that'd reduce turn resolution time? I want to run Mortal Empires for a few reasons, but even with an SSD + a considerably stronger computer than the game takes, the ~3 turns I had time to play last night all took, like, a full minute to resolve. felt like a bit of a drag, especially since I couldn't seem to defocus the application without pausing it
gfx options affect fps, not turn times unfortunately. that's a cpu thing as ai resolve their turns.
in mortal empires it will get better as enemy ai factions are defeated or absorbed. but it is always on the long side.
Graphics settings won't help unfortunately. There are some workshop mods, but the most popular one I tried would randomly crash me at the end of the turn.
yeah, I figured that was the case, was just hoping there might be some weird loophole
woof! makes me want to stick to Vortex for the time being
there is something that "decreases" end turn time if you aren't using it. In the upper left corner there is a camera icon where you can define how the in-game camera works when the AI is doing their turns. If you make the camera not follow the AI factions as well as make their lords and heros move the fastest speed it will make the turn times a bit faster.
It makes a similar effect to pressing the >> symbol when you click end turn but its better.
Ah, did not know that. Sorry. I haven't played since the Pirates released because i was waiting for Crynsos to update his mod and it took so much time i lost my hype until now.
I'll still wait but with a bit of luck, he'll update quicker this time.
As karnage pointed out, you can tweak the camerasetting of how much the game follows on turn end. There's a general "speed up" you see at every turn end but you can also tweak it in depth on the upper left to make it go even faster.
Sadly there's no overall setting for this and it's a bit of busywork, but it cuts down turn-end times quite a bit.
Of course, you'll then need a few seconds to see how the enemy moved since you skipped all the animations. But thats a fair trade off imo.
My camera settings:
- My faction: camera off, armies fast, hero fastest
- Neutral factions: Camera off, armies fastest, heros fastest
- Allied factions: same as above
- Enemy factions: camera armies only, armies fastest, heros fastest
I see! in case you also don't know alongside that patch, sudenburg and bowmen of oreon were also added to the ME campaign.
they have to be spreading bretonnia out somehow. four factions in their normal stomping grounds won't work in ME
good taste!
i use the same system, except that owned/enemy heroes are fast rather than fastest.
good taste!
Good preview of the new Skaven stuff from today's livestream. Both the Under-Empire and Ikit's mad factory seem really cool and powerful. Skaven are so much cooler now. Also probably great potential for modders.
The Under-Empire mechanic looks amazing and opens up so many new ways to play the Skaven.
The Workshop seems really strong and might make the late game pretty easy for Clan Skryre. The other Skaven factions could feel underwhelming in comparison.
The Workshop seems really strong and might make the late game pretty easy for Clan Skryre. The other Skaven factions could feel underwhelming in comparison.
Hello! This advice probably comes a bit late and might fall into the "to rudimentary" category. As a veteran player I like to go completely blind about the best way to play a new race and try to live with the consequences but! As a new player I found it really helpful to take the beginning 10-12 turns as a test drive and then start over once I got the mechanics of the race. As a vet it's fun with disaster campaigns but as a new player you can really sub-optimize and get stuck in long, potentially boring scenarios.
The best tutorials online for specific mechanics are partyelites on youtube, but it's been a long time since he updated and it lacks info on the campaign level.
//From a guy who accidentally lined up all his spearmen with their asses towards the cav for numerous battles after going for the debug camera...
While i didn't see the full video I really enjoy the new under-empire mechanics for the skaven. At first glance they seem to do 3 things:
- new source of food that doesn't require you to expand your army
- be able to sabotage your enemies
- New source of income without directly expanding your territory
My only concern is that at first glance clan skyre is an upgraded skaven faction. They have [almost] everything other factions have plus a couple of unique mechanics. I hope at the very least pestilence gets some unique mechanics because, imo, it feels weird to have 1 LL have so much better features them the rest of the pack.
The Lordpack looks so meaty, I can't believe some people are still whining on the forums and the subreddit, it puts all the other Lord packs to shame in both quality and content amount.
It looks like Tehenhauin will be able to set off a Skaven vs. Lizardmen hellwar as he goes up the sacrifice tree. All Skaven and all Lizardmen are instantly at war, and he gets big diplomacy bonuses with other Lizardmen. Can't wait.
Watching a Vortex campaign stream and they changed that map around a bit as well. There are 3 new settlements in the South of Lustria and Provinces were changed a bit accordingly. There is a new settlement next to Lokhir, a new one next to where Tehenhauin starts and a new island with settlement next to the Citadel of Dusk.
ME got some notable changes as well. Two empire provinces went from 2 to 4 settlements, Skavenblight went from 10 to 12 slots and some other stuff.
IMO this change is really needed, a "LOT" of empire provinces were too empty! I still think that stirland, wasteland and middenland still need more settlements. To me it makes 0 sense to have a province has big as wasteland with nothing in it. It is boring game design.
With talebecland and ostermark becoming full provinces both the vampire counts and empire campaigns will be quite a bit different. I'm really enjoying all these map changes!
They mentioned on Reddit that this is just the first of the changes coming to the Empire map area.
I'm guessing they might doing more stuff with the legendary hero mechanic they will introduce soon.
I mean there's only one that had a reasonable chance and can't be put into WH3, and that was always a pretty small chance anyway.
I like the idea of multiple more lord packs personally.
i m starting with tetenheuin! salamanders and skinks FTW!
Part of me is sad about this. I still think that TEB and araby would be good factions to add for wh2. Another part of me is really happy there are more lord packs coming, IMO a lot of races could do with 1-2 LL and new units! specially wh1 races that have a bit of a boring roster, for example empire and dwarfs only have 2 Lords each.
IMO many Wh1 races could use new LL and new units. Not sure how CA will aproach the DLC for DLC problem.