BANNER SAGA THREAD
7 HOURS REMAIN UNTIL 2
>>334798841
I LOST MY FUCKING SAVE.
>>334799176
FUCK
YOU HAVE 7 HOURS TO GET A NEW ONEor there's a save available in the forums that keeps mostly everyone alive but that's gay
>>334799271
link me to the save file? im autistic
>>334799716
Top page in the discussion. perfect save or something. really autistic shit. fucker spammed every war so that he can get an item every one, on fucking hard, without ever going without food or morale going below normal.
Is Ekkil better than egil? because gil's a fucking beast. pop him the middle of 4 berserkers with a lvl 2 stonewall and nobody will ever damage that fuck.
>kill unit
>enemy unit can now attack more
Amazing game design.
>>334800117
It goes both ways. not the game's fault you don't know how to play.
I killed Rook. I fucked up.
>>334800164
Doubtful anyone had a hard time with combat considering it only needed 1 strat.
>>334800029
Ekkil is absolute madman when taking down 4 dredges side by side.
>>334800029
Egil is the single best tank in the game. Ekkill's ability is useful in some situations but Egil can just sit in the middle of a gangrape of dredge and eat their shit.
Ekkill is better personality wise though.
>>334800164
You really don't have to try and defend the combat. It was bad.
and trying to defend it by suggesting you kill your soldats is baffling.
>>334800348
I let Egil died, because I didn't help him when he was attacked by dredge.
>>334798841
Fuck this game.
It was kinda fun, but it was never mentioned that it is only part one and the ending was fuckin retarded.
I wont buy this one, if it isnt the final part of the series.
>>334800657
They've always intended it to be a trilogy. If you did any research whatsoever you would have known this.
If you're so ass-pained, just pirate it.
>>334800183
just reload a save. nobody likes the bad ending.
>>334800512
i know i'm gonna get a lot of flak for that but i really like the combat. first you have the armor vs strength mechanic, which is nice. coupled with how str and attack is the same makes it a really unique experience. hated the turn order at first, but then i realized making it that way makes the game kinda deeper(?) since it's not just a race of killing everything on your side and more taking calculated losses and having strategic placements.
>>334800760
>>334800183
>Rook dying is the bad ending
>implying Alette dying and Rook becoming a broken husk of a man with nothing else to lose isn't the bad choice
>>334800829
It's thematically consistent IMO, at least in my playthrough. i really think banner saga did the strong women thing right.ph and:
>rook becoming a broken husk of a man
>implying he won't be the human bellower fucking every dredge in sight to direct his anger and frustaration.
>MFW looking up my save from the first game and comparing it with all possible playthroughs
I made a lot of fuck ups
>Let Eirik go with the others back to the village because he asked me to
>Gunnulf died because I was worried about the money and tried heling him pull it up
>Egil died because I had Onef join me and he turned out to be the crazy asshole
>Krumr died because I had him in charge of the defense while I went about worrying about the other shit going on in the village
>I have no fighters left, only about 200 clansmen and 100 varls
At least I still have the prince and his two henchmen, the crazy motherfucker that was actually not the real crazy motherfucker, the axe twins, that one woman archer that got trained by the other woman archer and I saved that drunkard so he might join me.
And I'm really glad I gave the arrow to Alette. I didn't know it would kill her, I was just doing it because she wanted to do it. But if I knew the choice was saving Rook or saving Alette, I'd choose save Rook ten times out of ten. He's cooler, better in combat and besides, it makes for a better story.
>>334801023
To be fair with how OP Rook is you're probably right. He has decent armor/strength and his special ability is insanely good if you set it up right. Apparently he's also going to get an ability to activate pillage mode for a turn as well.
should i play the first one at hardest dificulty and not reload if I lose battles?
>>334801187
If depression and pain is your style, sure. The game doesn't end even if you lose some battles, you just lose a shitload of people and potentially even party members.
>>334801112
just fucking redo. it's not that long.i can't imagine playing without Gil.
>>334801187
how many playthroughs have you completed?
>>334801187
The game reloads for you if you lose battles, m8. And characters don't die if they get "killed" in the arena, only injured. (There are a few exceptions)
But yeah, play it on the hardest difficulty and don't reload any bad choices you make.
>>334801305
>just fucking redo. it's not that long.i can't imagine playing without Gil.
That would completely defeat the purpose of his choices mattering.
>>334801264
it like when it's mixed up because I dont want to miss out on too much content just because my followers are all dead
I'd like to lose like 1/3 of my battles, is it possible to lose on normal?
>>334801309
>The game reloads for you if you lose battles
Not always. I myself lost a battle when meeting Fasolt and the game didn't reload, it just went on and I lost some clansmen and fighters.
>>334801305
>Reloading instead of going with the flow
It's a game about dealing with consequences, I seriously hope you didn't reload when something went wrong on your play through.
>>334801305
>how many playthroughs have you completed?
i didnt even play it yet, i just know the game's plot is affected by losing fights instead of getting game over
>>334801361
>is it possible to lose on normal?
Yeah, if you do the harder battles like chasing down the dredge when they run, or bursting into the gates of the one city.
>>334801361
The game is honestly not that hard if you know what you're doing, and even on hard, it introduces you to the strategies pretty early
Don't be a pussy, go for it.
Worth noting: The most important strategy in this game that does not apply to other strategy games is to not kill units but rather get them to real low health and keep them that way.
>>334801354
>>334801391
It's not a roguelike and it's not his first playthrough. i went with the flow on my first and second, fucking minmaxed on my third. guess which run will i be using on part 2?
>>334801456
>The most important strategy in this game that does not apply to other strategy games is to not kill units but rather get them to real low health and keep them that way.
Note: This isn't set in stone. There's some enemies that you're better off killing than leaving alive even with low health, mostly the ones with ridiculously high break (which works completely independent from strength) or with special abilities/channeled shit.
>>334801497
If you're not a faggot, you'll be using the first one.
>>334801497
The first, obviously. Then you can consider using the second or third on your second playthrough.
>>334801418
attacking the cart and then going through the gate, or staying outside frostvellr and doing 3 battles in a row, the third one without iver in a party when he's the only varl are way harder.
>>334801694
I had no idea you could even stay outside of Frostvellr.
so when's big daddy bellower waking up?
in 2 or 3?I kind of want to play a dredge caravan to be honest.
>>334801552
This, I prioritised killing big dredges first and dredges that have willpowers.
>>334801731
multiple ways to do that too. you can either not bother with the gate, and lose one of the trasher twins or crash in, fuck ekkil's shit up, and then choose not to stay in.fucking surprised me on how fucking varied the choice can be.
>>334801850
why the fuck did they not just fucking take more silver when the dredge ran away and then fucking chop the merely pretender into pieces and toss it in the fucking void.
>>334801939
Bellower isn't actually dead and he can't actually be killed. By the end of the game it's stated that you just literally fooled him into thinking he's dead and he will stay "dead" for as long as he's fooled via mind trickery. That's what the silver was for, channeling the trick mender magic. It's most likely impossible to cut him to pieces, or he regenerates them even if you do.
Reminder that Juno's probably going to fuck us over.
>>334801361
Yes, especially if you don't have or lose some good characters.
>>334802090
Why do you say that? She did that to save Hakon from going to Grofheim right before it got burned to the fucking ground. Do you not remember the end of chapter 3?
>>334801361
You won't be missing out on too much content. The most important story-based characters can't die until a specific point where one of them needs to die.
>>334802139
Even if she has good intentions the fact that she keeps fucking with everyone's minds is unnerving. She's using everyone she can like meat-puppets.
>>334802028
But raze died when yngvar chopped her head off. unless she's merely pretending too.
>>334802090
/r/ mogr thinking he can fly.
>>334802231
I think it's mentioned that Sundr don't all have the same powers. Bellower is unique in his complete immortality.
>>334802231
>But raze died when yngvar chopped her head off. unless she's merely pretending too.
I think the implication is that different special-Dredge have different special abilities. Immortality might be exclusive to Bellower.
Also another reminder that the gods aren't dead. You get this event after visiting the Godstone of the party-god.Also I'm almost entirely sure that the serpent is the sun god who looks like a snake.
>>334802434
Could be a helpful pixie or some sort of magical being. Doesn't necessarily have to be a god.
>>334802090
>>334802216
>never get a chance to post this
Well now I am.
>>334802434
I wonder who he is.
>>334802504
It means you're going to be okay.
>>334802493
Yeah maybe, but I really still think thatthe serpent is one of them.The music that plays when you see him is called "Weary the weight of the sun".https://youtu.be/egQlAMeNiWQ
>>334802504
>hey rook, my husband died
>btw lets fuck
>>334798841
The game wasnt good or long enough to have such a huge gap between the 2-3 parts.
I thought it would be episodic like Telltale, having to buy Banner Saga 2 is a fucking joke.
Dont even remember what happened.
>>334802578
That fucking serpent is a goddamn enigma. am i supposed to be scared of it? if yes why the fuck is it so cute and why is the music when it arrived is super campy?
>>334802578
Didn't that serpent say it wanted to eat the world whole?
>>334802746snek
>>334802763
Yeah. What do you think the sun does when it grows too big?
>>334798841
FUCK I NEVER BEAT THE GAME.
Every time I'd lose someone I'd restart.
How long is it anyway, I heard it's pretty short.
>>334802763
Idk, but it said something dark coming from the north, if I remembered correctly
>>334802715
Blame candy crush.
>>334802834
around ten hours
>>334802715
You went in one direction, shot a guy but not to death, and got railroaded into losing a character.
I was pretty happy with how it was like "hey, you fucked up! Way to lose a character!" up until it said "Yeah, you're losing one here no matter what."
>>334802834
Remove your savescum habit.
>>334802909
that's not savescumming since he restarted every time.
>>334802578
I'm fairly sure the serpent is not a god because when you say the gods are dead, it first becomes befuddled and then tells you Juno that she has no idea what the gods have actually done.
>>334802904
>one direction
wrong. hakon's crew went to the right while rook's headed left.
>>334803126
My mistake. Two directions.
>>334803113
It asks her if she is one, like it expects her not to understand since she isn't divine. If it's so knowledgeable about what the gods are doing, I can only really assume that it is one.
>>334803219
It seems more like a foil to the gods, not a god itself.
It also makes no sense why the god of good luck (the serpent) would want to eat the whole world.
>>334803048
sorry, I have bad reading comprehension sometimes.
>>334802909
I've tried.
I've tried so many times
>>334803343
It's okay to lose some characters.
>>334803314
How do we know that Radormyr is actually the god of good luck? All we really know is that people thanked him for random shit and that he was really secretive (which would explain why no-one can really explain the serpent's presence).
I have Banner Saga save on my android tablet, is it compatible with PC version?
