with 3 kingdoms next month, warhammer 3 won't release in 2019. I think at best it would release late 2020 but i'm more inclined for 2021. For 2020 CA could release another saga game.No more campaign packs could mean that Warhammer 3 is closer than we think. Maybe. Or maybe not.
The patch notes look great, lots of AI improvements as well!
I really want GS and empire to be updated; From the lroe i read grimgor should be similar to tyrion/hellebron in battle yet he feels closer to queek/wulfrik.Those patch notes are very exciting. I like that they are buffing Grimgor more and more with each patch, hope he gets some goodies with the Greenskins overhaul as well.
Yeah that was interesting, for example with no autoresolve bonus for played factions i wonder how many LL are planned for WH2-3. I'm afraid big minors will eliminate the famous factions (looking at kislev, red fangs,etc.) but if CA can find a balance then the game will have a lot more of replayabilitythe ai changes sound huge. should make the gameplay a LOT more interesting
I'm going for tehenhauin! Nothing will stop my skink army from fulfilling the great planHello! New player that got back on the horse after owning the game for a couple years. So excited for the new DLC and updates - which lord are you guys going for?
Zoidn i'm sure you mean you will go to ikit claw first after finishing two or 3 lizardmen campaigns. I'm sure not one can resist the new skinks!I think I might go for Ikit Claw first. I love the high-tech focus he has and I really want to see how strong you can get that stuff with the Forbidden Workshop and all the buffs.
For the great plan!I haven't played either but I'm thinking of going Tehenhauin in a Vortex campaign to start, and then maybe try Bretonnia in a ME campaign later.
Thing is, now, all WH2 factions have 4 lords. Anymore lords to them would mean that the WH2 factions would be amongst the more stacked factions in terms of lords (only the vamps have more than 4). Because let's face it, they won't add anymore lords to the WH1 factions at this point. They might add some to Norsca but it would be rather unlikely for the others.
IMO CA would waste an opportunity to not do at least 1 lord pack which consist new world race vs old world race. While for some it might be considered DLC for DLC I think most players would accept it since it gives an opportunity to fresh out the features and the rosters of the races.
I completely agree that with what we know wh1 Lords are unlikely, however i disagree with norsca receiving more LL. Any addition to norsca will probably be from WoC roster and thus i think CA will not do it until wh3 DLC plan is defined.
Now that i think of it, Bretonnians and Chaos Warriors could be an option. Being free factions, they could potentially be made available to WH2 without needing to own WH1. You could have for instance a pack adding a new Chaos lord starting somewhere random in the Vortex with a tweeked Mortal Empire campaign objective. And same with the Bretonnians with a possible new Lord starting in the desert (Origo).
When wh2 released i "stalked" steamspy numbers, wh2 was selling around 55-60% of what wh1 did in the same time frame. Which i was disappointed by, i wish companies told the numbers because i wonder:Chaos is free? I thought you had to pre-order WH1 to get 'em.
As weird as it would be to release DLC for 'DLC' I think most people would be fine with it, but I would be curious to see the purchase rates compared to other traditional packs.
When wh2 released i "stalked" steamspy numbers, wh2 was selling around 55-60% of what wh1 did in the same time frame. Which i was disappointed by, i wish companies told the numbers because i wonder:
Do note that wh2 might have sold less in the same timeframe, wh1 was heavily discounted a few months after released with its inclusion in humble monthly. Wh2 hasn't received that type of discount despite been released more then a year ago.
- How many people bought wh1 then bought wh2
- How many people bought wh2 THEN wh1
- What is the DLC buy rate for the owners
IMO warhammer business model is the best in the industry. It has not only allowed for the game to receive support for years but kept the quality content very high. Even PDS has "crappy" DLCs yet total war has kept the new content interesting and fresh.
IMO the biggest flaw of the warhammer trilogy is the lack of information for new players. As someone that started in WH2 what do you thin of my OT? is it good enough for new players? if not what do you think i should improve?Yeah I got WH1 with the humble monthly and played 5 hours as Dwarfs before getting bopped by Greenskins and then dropping the game. My friend convinced me to grab WH2 sometime last year with the promise of a co-op campaign and Mortal Empires, but we were both super confused. I think we played Bordeleaux at the time and just slowly died.
I somehow have a bunch of the faction DLC for WH1, missing Beastmen, Chaos and the Lord DLCs. I'm so satisfied with the state of WH2 and I think it's a pretty great achievement to meld the two games together so seamlessly by continuing to support the old races and bringing them up to the level of the new ones.
IMO the biggest flaw of the warhammer trilogy is the lack of information for new players. As someone that started in WH2 what do you thin of my OT? is it good enough for new players? if not what do you think i should improve?
Just want to add that the game needs around 60Gb for updating and it takes a while. Even if you see 0 Mb/s of download look at the HDD writing speed.Don't forget you'll need to go hit download on TicTaqTo as well. Restart Steam if it doesn't start updating.
Skinks obviously! All are part of the great plan!
been playing Vampire Coast, having fun with the guns and artillery, but I have a couple questions
- I've heard that Vampire Fleet Captains can establish Pirate Coves, but I created one and she can't interact with cities at all. What's the deal? e: oh, woops, that isn't a port city. it's right on the coast. heh.
- I'm trying to play the 'float around, establish lots of coves' playstyle, but I feel like I overwhelmingly come across coastal cities that have a fully-stacked lord squatting on them with better units than I have. I usually just keep sailing, but pretty quick 10 turns have gone by and all I've done is sailed up the coast and upgraded my ship a few times, basically accomplishing nothing of value. what am I missing? am I just getting super unlucky with enemy lord positioning?
been playing Vampire Coast, having fun with the guns and artillery, but I have a couple questions
- I've heard that Vampire Fleet Captains can establish Pirate Coves, but I created one and she can't interact with cities at all. What's the deal? e: oh, woops, that isn't a port city. it's right on the coast. heh.
- I'm trying to play the 'float around, establish lots of coves' playstyle, but I feel like I overwhelmingly come across coastal cities that have a fully-stacked lord squatting on them with better units than I have. I usually just keep sailing, but pretty quick 10 turns have gone by and all I've done is sailed up the coast and upgraded my ship a few times, basically accomplishing nothing of value. what am I missing? am I just getting super unlucky with enemy lord positioning?
Is the dlc worth it? the FLC lizardmen lord kind of sucks because it only has access to terradons and his bonuses are to flying units
Me too i had to restart my ME campaign because i was crushed by harkon...New Skinks start is haarrrrrrd. 3 stacks of ratmen at the closest settlement and I cant break through :(
like all Lord packs it really depends if you want to expand the roster of the races (in this case lizardmen and skaven).Is the dlc worth it? the FLC lizardmen lord kind of sucks because it only has access to terradons and his bonuses are to flying units
been playing Vampire Coast, having fun with the guns and artillery, but I have a couple questions
- I've heard that Vampire Fleet Captains can establish Pirate Coves, but I created one and she can't interact with cities at all. What's the deal? e: oh, woops, that isn't a port city. it's right on the coast. heh.
- I'm trying to play the 'float around, establish lots of coves' playstyle, but I feel like I overwhelmingly come across coastal cities that have a fully-stacked lord squatting on them with better units than I have. I usually just keep sailing, but pretty quick 10 turns have gone by and all I've done is sailed up the coast and upgraded my ship a few times, basically accomplishing nothing of value. what am I missing? am I just getting super unlucky with enemy lord positioning?
i'd try to ambush, if there's no other option. or lure them out by leaving a settlement undefended. anything to split them up.welp my tehenhauin campaign is dead
hard/hard is seriously rough, had back to back pyrrhic/close victories I managed to establish two provinces. But then I didn't have a great option to expand, since everything had been partly taken over with huge strongholds on the capitals. Maybe this is too dependent on variables but how do you guys approach sieging when they have a mustering/full stack and a big garrison to bolster? Normally I just try and overwhelm them with two or even more full stacks and just bulldoze them that way, but my economy was in a terrible spot this entire game and I couldn't really get anything going. Would you try and take the capital in a last ditch desperation move, or is it best to just wait it out and slowly tech?
welp my tehenhauin campaign is dead
hard/hard is seriously rough, had back to back pyrrhic/close victories I managed to establish two provinces. But then I didn't have a great option to expand, since everything had been partly taken over with huge strongholds on the capitals. Maybe this is too dependent on variables but how do you guys approach sieging when they have a mustering/full stack and a big garrison to bolster? Normally I just try and overwhelm them with two or even more full stacks and just bulldoze them that way, but my economy was in a terrible spot this entire game and I couldn't really get anything going. Would you try and take the capital in a last ditch desperation move, or is it best to just wait it out and slowly tech?
i'm pretty sure they shoot straight, yeah. anything directly between them and their target will obstruct them.Do the ratling gunner teams have the same issue with Empire/Dwarf gunners in that they refuse to shoot over/through friendly lines, even if there's only a couple of units in between or one unit is surrounded by enemies?
Do the ratling gunner teams have the same issue with Empire/Dwarf gunners in that they refuse to shoot over/through friendly lines, even if there's only a couple of units in between or one unit is surrounded by enemies?
Re you playing in vortex or me?welp my tehenhauin campaign is dead
hard/hard is seriously rough, had back to back pyrrhic/close victories I managed to establish two provinces. But then I didn't have a great option to expand, since everything had been partly taken over with huge strongholds on the capitals. Maybe this is too dependent on variables but how do you guys approach sieging when they have a mustering/full stack and a big garrison to bolster? Normally I just try and overwhelm them with two or even more full stacks and just bulldoze them that way, but my economy was in a terrible spot this entire game and I couldn't really get anything going. Would you try and take the capital in a last ditch desperation move, or is it best to just wait it out and slowly tech?
The under-empire also helps dealing with the food problem making it easier to have positive numbers. It is really cool.ikit claw can do some truly evil things. like, infinite ammo on gunners is amaaazing; they just melt people.
the vermintide is a go
They behave similarly, however do note that if you have a unit sorrounded by enemies direct line ranged troops will fire into the mix. what is important is whether there is a friendly target in direct LoS.Do the ratling gunner teams have the same issue with Empire/Dwarf gunners in that they refuse to shoot over/through friendly lines, even if there's only a couple of units in between or one unit is surrounded by enemies?
Consumo units now are supposed to last only X ammount of seconds. I think clan rats are supposed to die in 1 min or so. It is one of the few changes of the patch that I am a bit sceptical.i dunno when it changed, but from below clanrats seem to expire a lot sooner than before. makes using them a much more strategic choice.
i'm pretty sure they shoot straight, yeah. anything directly between them and their target will obstruct them.
those types of units are worth accomodating--they're all very powerful.
Consumo units now are supposed to last only X ammount of seconds. I think clan rats are supposed to die in 1 min or so. It is one of the few changes of the patch that I am a bit sceptical.
You absolutely can play like that. I just won a Vortex campaign (normal/normal) as Count Noctilus doing exactly that. The only land I held for the entire campaign was the Galleon's Graveyard. Of all the Pirates, Count Noctilus seems perfectly made for opportunistically sacking port cities and setting up pirate coves because of his isolated starting location. Between sacking and my income from pirate coves, I had a good enough economy to field 2 "ships" with elite units, and a 3rd with more common (but decent) units by the time I won.been playing Vampire Coast, having fun with the guns and artillery, but I have a couple questions
- I've heard that Vampire Fleet Captains can establish Pirate Coves, but I created one and she can't interact with cities at all. What's the deal? e: oh, woops, that isn't a port city. it's right on the coast. heh.
- I'm trying to play the 'float around, establish lots of coves' playstyle, but I feel like I overwhelmingly come across coastal cities that have a fully-stacked lord squatting on them with better units than I have. I usually just keep sailing, but pretty quick 10 turns have gone by and all I've done is sailed up the coast and upgraded my ship a few times, basically accomplishing nothing of value. what am I missing? am I just getting super unlucky with enemy lord positioning?