shocking, right!
I could normally care less about the armies of the Empire in their silly pantaloons
BUT
I kind of can't not get excited about the prospects of buffing all their artillery and guns to absolutely silly broken levels
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shocking, right!
I could normally care less about the armies of the Empire in their silly pantaloons
BUT
I kind of can't not get excited about the prospects of buffing all their artillery and guns to absolutely silly broken levels
She does look super fun. Will be my second campaign for sure. Can't resist that Thunderbarge.
There was a Q&A on the Total War discord and they just posted the results.
A few interesting tidbits (not an edit: alright this turned into like 60% of the Q&As):
A few interesting tidbits (not an edit: alright this turned into like 60% of the Q&As):
There's some more Q turning into A's but it's some sort of common sense stuff, stuff we already knew, and multiplayer stuff.
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I feel like i should play the DLC LL but ...
- With nurgle rework Kugath will finaly be cool!
- Thorgrim will finally unite the karaz Ankor or whatever that it is needed for a short victory.
- WoC got new toys for their nurgle armies, I wonder if Bile trolls will be an upgraded chaos trolls or an unique unit. Festus would make for a new experience
- Oxy is still the best campaign, despite these new comers.
- Malus now as a plethora of demonic opponents to satisfy his hatred.
- Gelt can now conquer cathay and become a 2nd empire!
Decisions, decisions.
- With nurgle rework Kugath will finaly be cool!
- Thorgrim will finally unite the karaz Ankor or whatever that it is needed for a short victory.
- WoC got new toys for their nurgle armies, I wonder if Bile trolls will be an upgraded chaos trolls or an unique unit. Festus would make for a new experience
- Oxy is still the best campaign, despite these new comers.
- Malus now as a plethora of demonic opponents to satisfy his hatred.
- Gelt can now conquer cathay and become a 2nd empire!
Decisions, decisions.
I wonder what the plan is for the next DLC. A pity they didn't hint at the size of what their are planning.
Based on their QA it seems like the response to ToD is going to determine what they are going to do going forward.
I was thinking of the DLC cadence. I would really enjoy if warhammer DLC was closer to PDS games with a DLC every few months. We have been getting 1 or 2 DLC per year which, for me, feels small.
I get that the scope and budget depends on the ToD performance. But will CA continue with 1-2 DLC per year? (so Slanesh DLC for Nov or December probably.) or will finally scale up so we can get 3 DLC/ year?
I also wouldn't mind if CA did a few other types of DLC like music. After so many hours i wish music had more variety; i'd pay for that.
Stalking skinks as well as Ripperdactyls will make short work of the Thunderbarge. TBH i don't see it as much of a threat. (at least when controlled by the AI)
Rot knights and the buffed up rocket batteries sound very painful for the my cute little dinos and their playful skinks.
I think we will probably get DLCs quicker no matter what. 1 - 2 DLCs a year is not a healthy schedule for the game and I think the reason we have gotten so few are because of all the production issues the game has had the last couple of years. From their original roadmap after the Chaos Dwarfs DLC they were originally aiming for 3 DLC a year.
Not matter what happens I would guess that they will aim for the the around 3 DLCs a year schedule they had during WH2 from now on.
Wether or not that means they have to cut down the size of each DLC or if ToD sells enough that they can convince the huger ups to scale up (if that is even feasible) will probably depend on how well ToD performs.
I think the fact that they are splitting this pack into 3 separate purchases is evidence of this as well. Going forward we can basically expect to pay $8-9 for a single faction pack that includes 1LL, 1 LH, 1 generic lord and hero, and 5 units (with some other things added in when it makes sense, like lores of magic).
3 long days to go...
Is it wierd that the thing I want to do the most is forget about the new lords, and do a Belegar campaign to rain shells down on Queeks head from Thunderbarges?
Every DLC, the added lords are usually good, but my #1 go to is to play existing lords and see how their campaign has changed with the new units and mechanics.
Is it wierd that the thing I want to do the most is forget about the new lords, and do a Belegar campaign to rain shells down on Queeks head from Thunderbarges?
Every DLC, the added lords are usually good, but my #1 go to is to play existing lords and see how their campaign has changed with the new units and mechanics.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ewXLRe3vJw
sounds like there a bug / oversight in the grudge Age of Reckoning system, making its requirements snowball as you either confederate others or complete quest battles (as you usually teleport somewhere, resulting in you meeting new factions which then start incurring grudges and thus raising the amount of grudges you need to settle within the time frame.) hope they find the time to hotfix it quickly (or some enterprising modder comes through)
Cant have grudges if you dont interact with anything
It seems CA wanted to light a fire under the Dwarf's asses and get them moving into a more proactive campaign. But in reality its turned them into a short Khorne faction of constant war with an carrot on a stick that they will never catch up to.
Hope it gets looked at.
It seems CA wanted to light a fire under the Dwarf's asses and get them moving into a more proactive campaign. But in reality its turned them into a short Khorne faction of constant war with an carrot on a stick that they will never catch up to.
Hope it gets looked at.
I odn't think it is weird to play old LL or your favorite LL.
The 4 new factions will expand not only the 3 races but most other faction that play on that zone.
For example my boy Oxy gets new demons to hunt and thus new way to have fun!
I didn't see the video but from the CA's Malakai video it sounded like they haven't figured yet the necessary balance for the number of grudges.
I can see dwarves getting the short victory very quickly!Cant have grudges if there's no-one else left
I always hate the wait for DLC, normally because I want to play the faction getting DLC. Like the Empire is great now, but would it be the same playing it without the landship when I know one is coming?
Finally did get some time to do the OVN Lost Faction mods. The Fimir are absolutely a blast.
Finally did get some time to do the OVN Lost Faction mods. The Fimir are absolutely a blast.
Yeah this is a good time to play mods I wouldn't otherwise. If I wasn't trying to finish up my Stellaris campaign I'd finally be trying the Old World.
Very hyped for tomorrow. I hope this does very well for them (I think it will?).
Very hyped for tomorrow. I hope this does very well for them (I think it will?).
I read a fix for a bug that I reported to CA in September 2022. I'm happyfor the fix, and shocked for the long time needed to fix it.
Surely CA's list of known bugs yet to be fixed goes something like this:
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There are apparently a few notable things that weren't included in the patch notes, including fixes/improvements to ranged units (both gunpowder and traditional). Multiple streamers/early access folks have been saying they generally work better in 5.0, actually firing up at units on walls in sieges and stuff like that.
Unlike previous DLCs you can`t pre-order them on Steam yet. It seems like they have decided to not pre-sell the DLC at all this time, so they might show up on Fanatical after launch.
Apparently you can't take pre-orders for a steam bundle? Hopefully it does well even without pre-orders.
Ah. I didn`t know that. That makes sense then. And yeah. If the DLC turns out as good as it`s looking I hope the hype turns into sales.
Yeah. The fact that the Steam page still just has "coming soon" as the release date is kind of weird.
As someone who doesn't really play any of these factions, and isn't interested in playing them, I just hope we don't have to wait another year before we see similar improvements to other races. It does stick in the thraot a bit that the Empire now has the best spellcaster armies - between Balthasar Gelt getting access to the Cataclysm spells, and the boosts and power of elspeth, feels a lot like Teclis, Arkhan, Mazdamundi and Kairos could do with some help!
I am waiting for the bundle to buy.
Mazda while his spell aren't that impressive still rides a top a gorgeous stegadon that will ripe enemy line apart like they are butter.
I also think they should get cataclysm spells but i don't think those 2 chars are underpowered at the moment.
maybe i remember wrong but doesn't teclis get quite a few free spells and a massive discount to his spells that hev can single handily wipe most armies by himself?
Mazda while his spell aren't that impressive still rides a top a gorgeous stegadon that will ripe enemy line apart like they are butter.
I also think they should get cataclysm spells but i don't think those 2 chars are underpowered at the moment.
bundle on steam
store.steampowered.com
I bought the key from the totalwar.com shop and now it doesn't show in my inventory on steam even though I activated, fun times (patching is still happening so no biggie, probably will be sorted out by then)
Total War: WARHAMMER III – Thrones of Decay on Steam
I bought the key from the totalwar.com shop and now it doesn't show in my inventory on steam even though I activated, fun times (patching is still happening so no biggie, probably will be sorted out by then)
I knew there was no pre-orders buy but I hoping once it went live I could get it from Fanatical, where all the other DLC had come from. They don't seem to even list it :(
Well, bundle here I come anyways! I foolishly thought that the wait for the dlc release felt long, but now I'm going to buy it on my phone and experience the *real* waiting for the workday to end :D
Well, bundle here I come anyways! I foolishly thought that the wait for the dlc release felt long, but now I'm going to buy it on my phone and experience the *real* waiting for the workday to end :D
Up on Fanatical for $20
Total War: WARHAMMER III – Thrones of Decay | PC Mac Steam Downloadable Content | Fanatical
The Thrones of Decay pack introduces 3 new Legendary Lords,...
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Up on Fanatical for $20
Total War: WARHAMMER III – Thrones of Decay | PC Mac Steam Downloadable Content | Fanatical
The Thrones of Decay pack introduces 3 new Legendary Lords,...
Wierd, maybe it's better in the USA, for Canada the individual dlcs are a bit cheaper, but the bundle is more expensive than Steam.
Huh. Yeah must be an exchange rate thing or something, it's showing $19.94 in US vs Steam's $22.92
I decided to go with Elspeth for my first 5.0 campaign and it's an absolute blast so far. The new factions are clearly very strong, but it's still an enjoyable struggle for me. It's the first time I am playing Empire Proper (only tried Markus Wulfhart before), so the playstyle needed some getting used to at first with positioning and all.
Also having a really good time building my friendship with Belegar Ironhammer. His army in Karak Hirn was besieged by a an Army + Waaagh!!! of Wurrzag, so I sent a small contingent of troops to heroically aid him against the Greenskins, we ended up wiping out the army in two battles. Great times!
Some pictures from the second battle, Nuln and Angrund side by side, putting the Greenskins to flight. The snow maps are a bit crummy visually, but still neat.
Also having a really good time building my friendship with Belegar Ironhammer. His army in Karak Hirn was besieged by a an Army + Waaagh!!! of Wurrzag, so I sent a small contingent of troops to heroically aid him against the Greenskins, we ended up wiping out the army in two battles. Great times!
Some pictures from the second battle, Nuln and Angrund side by side, putting the Greenskins to flight. The snow maps are a bit crummy visually, but still neat.
Not a big Empire fan, but she looks super fun. Slay the Urks!I decided to go with Elspeth for my first 5.0 campaign and it's an absolute blast so far. The new factions are clearly very strong, but it's still an enjoyable struggle for me. It's the first time I am playing Empire Proper (only tried Markus Wulfhart before), so the playstyle needed some getting used to at first with positioning and all.
Also having a really good time building my friendship with Belegar Ironhammer. His army in Karak Hirn was besieged by a an Army + Waaagh!!! of Wurrzag, so I sent a small contingent of troops to heroically aid him against the Greenskins, we ended up wiping out the army in two battles. Great times!
Some pictures from the second battle, Nuln and Angrund side by side, putting the Greenskins to flight. The snow maps are a bit crummy visually, but still neat.
Malakai is a beast. You get access to so many cool units early. The sound design of guns/artillery is amazing in this game. The sound of a bucnh of thunderers and canons never gets old.
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The amethyst Hellstorm rocket battery are way too fun , didnt expect CA to still have it in them, infantry gets deleted on the approach