I haven't played Karios since changeling so i can't comment on that.
I don't have the DLC so I consulted the Total War discord and yeah, it's possible either way.
I mean they have never done an LL for a skulls event before and we just got a DLC with four LLs less than a month ago. I don`t think that was ever happening.
But hoping for a type of free content they have never done and then getting dissapointed when it does not happen feels a bit irrational and like you are just setting yourself up for dissapointment. I feel like there is a difference between legitimate criticism and scepticism and that. Like I feel like a free LH is undeniably a positive thing.
Idk about that Maneater was datamined and Monkey King has been hinted at forever that I imagine that Cathay vs Ogres will be one of the two next dlcs.
We have datamined stuff years before they were relased before and as you say they have been hinting at the monkey king since before Warhammer 3 was released. I don`t see any reason to believe we will get a second Catahy DLC before Slaanesh or Khorne with the information we currently have.
I assume Daniel (daemons of chaos) and the neutral Warrior of Chaos factions will get him as well. I am fairly sure they got both Aekold and the Blue Scribes before. So he will be aviable to a fair amount of factions.
Honestly, imo it will be a long time (if ever) for it to even get another $5 discount, look how long Ogres took to hit 50% off. At some point, if you are interested in the dlc, is it worth waiting another year for $5 more savings? IMO if the dlc looks good to you, and you can afford the purchase price, go for it.
I agree with this.
You won't regret it. The new units, lord and LL are all fun to use.
Did you play the prologue tutorial campaign? It's a really good primer if you are unfamiliar with the game. Otherwise Nurgle is also a pretty hard faction to start with on top of them being a weird faction in how their buildings and recruitment works.
Now you have access to the Immortal empires which is the sandbox mode that previously required all 3 games.
What battle difficulty are you playing on? Lower difficulties give you bonuses to auto resolve results to the point were you will never get as good results playing them manually no matter how good you are. Even normal can sometimes be generous with your auto resolve, so playing on lower battle difficulties like easy can mess with your mind a bit about your own skill level.
OOTL - what's this take that CW is being forced to run with?
Ahhh, right, I'm remembering that now. Yeah, I see why they went that way, but it is a bit disappointing. Probably because it won't tie well into whatever plans they have for The Old World, yeah? Bit of a shame.
Yeah. I can respect GW wanting the game to reflect their updated lore, but GW also seem like they can be really petty at times. For as fluid as Warhammer lore is it they seem like they can get pretty hands on with changing small details about stuff in the Total War games (like Tzaangors not having beaks for example.)
Like Anno says it can be really good if you have the ability to deploy behind the enemies to either shut down their ranged or set up units for charging into the back of the enemy frontline. Even if you can`t deploy them completly behind the enemies it can be usefull to get units into flanking positions while your main army moves up. You do always have to be carefull, so your vanguard units don`t get isolated and wiped out on their own though.
It really depends on how many of your units have vanguard deployment. If it's a skirmisher or flanker or two, have them hide or just out of range and move to flank the enemy when your main host engages. If it's the majority of your army (or you're Vlad von Carstein) you can just move all them up and rush the enemy; a lot of factions aren't prepared for this so even if you're outnumbered it can be powerful without being reckless.
If I have only 1-2 fast vanguard units (dogs, cav), they can still be useful. If I start them in vanguard position, I can use them to draw away at least a few of the enemy units, and just delay them by keeping them chasing my units around. Thus way when the enemy front line arrives, at least they are not at full strength and you have a few minutes until the other units catch up.
