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>FAQs & General Info (Updated November 8th, 2015)
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>Attila
TWC Mods -- http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2105-Total-War-Attila-Modifications
Patch Notes -- http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Lakhmids_Update
CHARLES THE MENG ANNOUNCEMENT ARE YOU FUCKING READY GUYS GIT HHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPPPPEEE:
[YouTube] Total War: ATTILA - Age of Charlemagne - In-Engine Cinematic
>Warhammer
Dwarf "Let's Play" -- [YouTube] Total War: WARHAMMER Gameplay Video - Dwarfs Let's Play
Dwarfen Artillery -- [YouTube] Introducing... Dwarfen Artillery [ESRB]
Chaos PreOrder DLC -- [YouTube] Total War: WARHAMMER - Chaos Warriors – In-Engine Cinematic Trailer [ESRB]
Night Goblins -- [YouTube] Introducing... Night Goblins
>Not best boy edition
I want to try hotseat in Medieval 2 but can't get it to work.
I edited the medieval2.preference.cfg like the guides told me and set it to read only but i can't select multiple factions in the menu at all.
Anyone knows this problem?
Third for I miss her
>wiping out 3 full stacks of Sassanids with a single stack on an uphill battle
OUT OF MY WAY SASSYKID FUCKING SHITS
>>123996957
I SHED BLOOD OF SAXON MEN
I SHED THE BLOOD OF 4000 SAXON MEN
So anyone know what's going in the the FOTS setting ?
Im know my shit pretty well in regards to R2 and attila, been playint about 600 hours combined ,but I know fuck all about the FOTS setting
Have they released the faction info for Charlemagne? I'm hoping there is a playable Croatian kingdom in there...
>>123997692
Kingdom like this didn't exist in that time period
Who will you be playing first lads? I'm going Asturias.
>tfw EB2
12000 orcs on Western shore
press F to pay respects to Gondor
>>123997946
A Croatian duchy that fought against Franks existed in 800AD.
When Charlemagne incorporated much of Central Europe, he brought the Frankish state face to face with the Avars and Slavs in the southeast.[43] The most southeast Frankish neighbors were Croats, who settled in Pannonian Croatia and Dalmatian Croatia. While fighting the Avars, the Franks had called for their support.[44] During the 790s, when Charlemagne campaigned against the Avars, he won a major victory in 796.[45] Pannonian Croat duke Vojnomir of Pannonian Croatia aided Charlemagne, and the Franks made themselves overlords over the Croats of northern Dalmatia, Slavonia, and Pannonia.[45]
The Frankish commander Eric of Friuli wanted to extend his dominion by conquering Littoral Croat Duchy. During that time, Dalmatian Croatia was ruled by duke Višeslav of Croatia.[46] In the Battle of Trsat, the forces of Eric fled their positions and were totally routed by the forces of Višeslav.[46] Eric himself was among the killed, and his death and defeat proved a great blow for the Carolingian Empire.[43][46][47]
Charlemagne also directed his attention to the Slavs to the west of the Avar khaganate: the Carantanians and Carniolans. These people were subdued by the Lombards and Bavarii, were made tributaries, but were never fully incorporated into the Frankish state.
The tooltip really needs to explain where religious influence is coming from
I have a province held entirely by me with buildings converting it to my religion and no enemy agents in sight and yet my religion is falling, I don't even get it
Mundane as Danes preview is, I really like the new mail pattern CA is using. Looks more mail-like than the really terribly loose light mail, but is less shiny than the heavy mail.
>>123998049
Cordoba.
>>123998352
Is this mod good?
>>123997692
It's very likely going to be
Kingdom of Charlemagne
Kingdom of Asturias
Avars
Emirate of Cordoba
Kingdom of the Danes
Kingdom of the Lombards
Kingdom of Mercia
Westphalia
>>123998735
Most popular TW mod out there. With DaC submod, the mod is incredibly balanced and bugfree. Easily one of the best mods ever made, but if you don't like lotr don't bother.
What a fucking terrible OP. Truly deserving of all possible bullying
>Only 2 types of wizard
>No engineer
>No unique named regiments
>No free company
>No flagellants
>No archers
>No knightly orders
>No hurricanum
>No mortar
DEEP RATHER THAN WIDE
IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT
>>123998876
Damn... at least I can still kick Frankish ass with Avars I gues...
>>123998876
They confirmed that people had already figured out the whole list in today's stream. It is that.
>>123999251
>>123998876
I found a map, no idea if you guys have seen it or not yet.
Maybe Croatia won't be playable but at least it's probably going to be in the game?
>>123997478
Boshin War nigga.
Emperor has no power at all, Shogun still holds power.
Western nations give both sides a chance to take over. Emperor wants to shut foreigners out due to bad trade deals that were signed when they threatened to shell coastal cities. Shogun wants to modernize and put Japan on the global map (which by 1900's they have a fuck huge empire). War declared. Shit happens, Shogun BTFO.
It's the best TW setting hands down and the only Victorian one we have.
>>123998601
I dont think they can do EU4/Ck2 borders with this engine... or that they would even bothered to. Plus i dont remember the map going that far east, might be mistaken though
>>123999181
This game is going to bomb so fucking hard.
>>123999181
>Fuck all units
DOA. DOA.
>>123999504
We already seen a map, there was a stream and i think Croatia is independent, but i'm pretty sure its not playable
>>123999924
Oh, are there any screenshots of the actual map maybe? I can't find any.
>>124000059
I don't have any pics but here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMFD5fEIybI
>>124000428
Or even better CA stream
twitch tv/totalwarofficial/v/27921006
What the hell, playing FOTS with trom 3
Why are the bodies disappearing ? That's unacceptable for total war
>>124000809
Are your graphics settings on low?
>>123998352
How do you gg with Gondor? I tried once and Haradrim came in from the south, which i had little to defend from. Although TBF, the last time I played was the version before the custom cities
>>123999504
B U R G A N D Y
>>124000912
All of the factions are quite easy to be honest. Rohan and Isengard have somewhat hard early game but every other faction can hold enemy at bay with the garrison scripts.
>>123999181
Absolutely disgraceful
>>124001361
Since when were there garrison scripts for the player? I thought it was just for the AI.
And if there are garrison scripts for the player, which settlements have it?
>>124000709
oh shit i'm so fucking glad that they used roman voices and music for the franks
>>124001871
We take this settlement for ROME!
>>124001754
I think most custom settlements have it. My Mordor playthrough got garrisons in both Minas Morgul and Black gate.
Why is the twitch playback player so shitty? I can't even play the video on low without buffering.
Would anyone mind reminding me of the name of the mod thatgives new generals pre-existing traits?
thanks in advance
>>124002668
Right now something wrong with twitch servers twitch itself barely works
>>123998876
>The inevitable butthurt about the lack of an ERETo be perfectly honest I would have replaced Asturias with the Theme of Sicily or a Celtic faction but I don't mind too much either way. I've got the ones I wanted - Charlemagne and Cordoba
I SHED THE BLOOD OF THE FRANKISH MEN
>>123998876
>ðfw no Norþanhymbre
>>124003635
Such a fucking shame he couldn't voice in this dlc. RIP.
>>124003156
ðe ERE would be hard to do properly anyway tbqh. Unless ðey did a reinforcement mechanic from ðe rest of ðe empire
>>123998876
No Saxons is pretty weird
>letting the thread die
THE AIR WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE AND BLOOD
>>124004573
it didn't even pass a fucking minute
>>124004803
NO EXCUSES
>>124004467
Attila/Belisarius/Charlemagne homosex DLC when?
>>124004906
>not "guaranteedreplies.gif"
you disappoint me
>>124003156
>No Asturias
>at the birth of La Reconquista
shit taste, no common sense
The least necessary factions are the Avars and Westphalians
>>124004467
Westphalia are the Saxons I think
Damn, they're really making some good DLC for Attila, aren't they?
Do you guys think Charlemagne is going to be good?
>>124005262
as soon as i'm done with a campaign as charlemagne i'm going to reconquista the shit out of the sandniggers
>>124004467
>westphalia
>>124005262
>no saxons in a Charlemagne dlc
go fuck yourself
>>124005646
Saxons exist to have their blood shed
>>124005503
Why they never take Bretons?
>>124003635
I SHED IT AT PARIS
>>124006189
Much easier to have people subservient to you but retain their own autonomy so you don't have to deal with their issues
>>124006359
Looks like he don't really care about Saxons issues though
>>123998876
>fucking Mercia shitters
>not Wessex
>>124006189
they were fine paying tribute and all that to the franks. Franks didn't really want to take them in since they are dirty celts.
>>124006641
Wessex didn't really become relevant until much later, this was the time of the Murcian Supremacy.
Though I agree with you, Wessex is GOAT
> first time playing FOTS
> beseiging a fort
> outnumberd badly but still winning , sniping them with my cannons
> "naval bombardment incoming sir!"
Huh?
> nothing happens , resuming cannon sniping
> 30 seconds later half my army is wiped our by cannon fire from the sky
> tfw
That's new
> Tomb Kings still not announced
WHY AREN'T THEY TAKING ATTRITION?
Since when are Huns playable in Atilla?
I remember the shitstorm about them being not playable at release with CE saying they are more of a force of nature than actual faction.
>>124007785
They were always playable.
>>124007420
Close to the sea I think.
>>124007785
Always. You just don't get the mad bonusses the AI gets so it feels pretty underwhelming
>>124007785
People just got informed wrong and just kept shitposting about it. It has always been playable.
>>124004279
I think it could work, after the Exarchate of Ravenna fell the Byzantines couldn't really do much in Southern Italy and Sicily until Basil I. Wouldn't be too far-fetched to have the theme be essentially autonomous from the Empire and attempt to regain control over Italy itself. The quest system could represent token financial and military support from Constantinople.
so is there now a historic dev team and a sci fi team at CA?
someone mentioned that and I want to know if it's true.
PRAYING FOR MEDIEVAL 3 NIGGA
>>124008709
Medieval 3 and Alien Isolation 2/The Thing Isolation please.
>>124008474
I could see the Theme becoming FreeLC a few months down the line when it has enough units to be more than an NPC faction
>>124005262
Reconquista is pretty irrelevant until Sancho the great and the 11th century. This is the era of Charlemagne. His man foes were the Andalusians, Avars, Lombards, Danes at the end of his time, and Saxons (Westphalia).
>>124008709
>>124008916
Dont forget about Halo wars 2
>>124009076
The Reconquista was not hugely relevant on the world stage until then, sure, but it was very relevant in giving Charlemagne legitimacy and illustrating the future of Christian/Muslim conflict. It would be like leaving out Canada or Brazil in an eighteenth century campaign in the Western hemisphere -- not relevant in one narrative doesn't mean it isn't important.
I just want to see an Ancient China game, man.
>685-221 BC
>start off as a hegemon struggling to assert control in the power vaccum left behind by the crumbling Zhou Dynasty
>end as the largest empire the world had ever known
>covers the Warring States Period
>>123996596
>Horsefucker edition
Really /twg/?
>>124005262
>Westphalians
>Unneccesary
> Charlemagne game with no Saxons
>>124010018
You know there are 2 historical game in the works
One of them is Medieval 3 and other may be china/asia but dont think its in ancient era
>>124010262
Keep reading; Saxons are meant to have their blood shed, not to shed blood
>>124010287
I thought CA said no sequels for a while
Can we all appreciate this fucking Crown?
>>124011170
Maybe they're working on Genghis Total War?
>>124011375
I wanted Wessex :(
>>124005445
Don't forget what we learned several threads ago: La Reconquista is a silly, racist, anti-Semitic canard created by Fascists :^) Everything would have been fine if Iberia was still Muslim ;^))))))))))
>>124011170
yes for a while it's probably coming something like 2017
>>124011170
When did they say that?
Must be a recent thing with Attila being Barbarian Invasion 2.0
>>124011893
They didn't exactly say "no sequels" more that they didn't want to call a game M3 or Empire 2.
God I need Charlemagne now, the balance changes and new mechanics look great
>>124012460
so...RENAISSANCE?
>>124012460
Well, its kinda obvious why.
People get scared off by huge numbers.
>Game X
>''Can i really start here?''
Still: The next game is going to be Medieval 3 or ''Total War Dark Age'' or ''Total War Fuck the Pope''
>>124012460
Which,Frankly, is good. CA has always began shitting the bed when a campaign map gets too large. Their smaller-scale campaigns are best. Let them rest and accumulate resources for a while before pouring the entire studio into another worldwide campaign.
>>124012547
I don't know why they didn't do it ages ago. Standardizing the crunch saves so much effort on their part and pushes the player to focus on unit quality over quality, meaning there will be less units that are practically unused because a weaker horde can do a better job.
Shamelessly self promoting because i want recognition for my hard work. At least im honest.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?704397-The-Kingdom-of-Kush-PREVIEW
>>124013519
more niggers?
>>124013725
Time to culturally enrich.
>>124012709
Also if you don't call it M3 you don't get the same backlash R2 got from nostalgiafags. Not that R2 didn't deserve the backlash but it would've happened anyway if it shit diamonds and blew you because muh nostalgia.
>>124013889
LOOK AT THEM
PRETENDING TO BE WHITE
>yfw the next mainline TW game after Warhammer is Total War Africa with Songhai and Mali campaigns
>>124013519
>Kush faction mod
>Kent, UK
WE
So I've just gotten Attila and Rome 2. Rome is pretty good so far but I loaded up Attila yesterday and I just feel a little... lost? Shit just doesn't feel right and I'm not sure what to do. Maybe it's because I don't play filthy barbarians ever?
>>124013989
Medieval 3 is basically confirmed at this point.
>>124014715
Learn to use the Family tree.
Keep religion and culture in mind before you conquer something.
>>124015170
Is Rome seriously the only civilized faction? Kinda regretting getting Attila, I wasn't a fan of BI in the first place.
>>124015395
Eastern factions also
The war weariness is kinda bad made
Wouldn't it be better if the fatigue was greater for levies since they are levies and less for the elite soldiers that have war as a vocation
>>124015395
Sissyboys is also civilized.
Empires of sand DLC have some Civilized factions aswell. Barbars is more fun than you think once you get into them.
>>124012964
>Standardizing the crunch
What ?
>>124016180
Units of the same class all have the same health, differences between health are smaller, armor becomes the deciding factor of unit endurance.
>>124016180
Infantry, Archers, and Cavalry all share the same health respectively. Armour now makes a much bigger difference.
>>124016345
>>124016450
Fuck yeah this sounds goodI haven't played TW since Shogun 2
>two civil wars in one campaign
Wait what
I thought you could only have one
>>124016586
Charlemagne looks to be great, they've even slowed down the combat a ton, and according to the the lets players it's more challenging.
>>124016669
The fuck?
Post campaign
>>124016728
>according to the the lets players it's more challenging.
LMAO
Is there artillery in Age of Charlemagne? I didn't look at much of the leaked unit list.
>>124016959
I think I saw an Onager unit once during the stream.
>>124016760
The game crashed two turns later but I'll describe what happened. Playing Rome 2 Imperator Augustus campaign as the Iceni, I defeat one civil war, then about 30 turns later a brand new one happens. I could have sworn after one there were no more.
>>124016852
They aren't all terrible, half of them play the game constantly every week.
Why the fuck is the pathfinding so terrible through gates in Shogun 2?
I just lost eight hundred men because those stupid fucks can't walk around the corner and took twenty minutes to properly form up while they were getting shot to pieces.
Who do you guys wanna see tomorrow?
I wanna see Cordoba!
>>124022261
Avars
>>124022261
Mercia or Cordoba would be neat.
>>124022261
Asturias, I want to see if they found a way to make the roster interesting or if it's Saxon infantry + Muslim cavalry
>>123998330
>>124000060
Isn't the delayed Autumn release coming out on Friday?
>melee foot soldiers that have the ability to move at cav speed in campaign map.
Neat.
>>124013889
Video related.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOm_2dGzqp0
so what kind of late period heavy infantry did Charlemagnes time have?
anything cool like medieval 2 with the crazy as fuck knights?
or is more chainmail and leather?
will there be two handed swords?
I JUST WANT ZWEIHANDERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ztOV2wrrkY
>>124025069
>zweihanders in 8-9th century
lad......
>>124024669
>he likes EPIC XDDD rap battles
Go back to reddit
what was that australian youtuber someone linked here yesterday?
You chucklefucks. Why the fuck is it Mercia and not Wessex.
No-one gives a shit about Offa or Offa's Dyke. He fucking sucks.
I want to play the ancestors of Alfred the Great. Wessex men are the true English, not those motherfuckers from Birmingham.
>>124025706
https://www.youtube.com/user/PrinceofMacedon/
>>124025730
Because Mercia was running shit when the campaign starts. It wasn't until after the great viking invasion, that Wessex kicked ass and took all the glory.
>>124026215
Mercia is for twats.
Wessex is best Korea.
>>124016450
>archers with armor now takes as long to kill as similarly equipped infantry
>>124025874
no he was like really good at TW
>>124026787
Good thing they don't have shields and have terrible morale
>>124027094
legendoftotalwar
>>124027219
>legendoftotalwar
awesome thanks anon
may the DLC gods shine upon you.
>>124027438
yeah fuck you too.
CA needs to fucking develop a sequel to Empire already. Empire was a mess, but they made leaps and bounds with rifles in FOTS. Just imagine having the entire world as the map, conquering and enslaving natives, technological advances that require foreign resources, killing hundreds of thousands of black people as the British Empire as you develop new trade ports
>>124026787
They also have shit melee attack, defense, and morale.
>>124027857
you're not a TW fan if you dont want this anon kun
>>124026787
Archers have less health
>>124026787
Worded that poorly,
All infantry have the same health, all cavalry have the same health etc...
They don't have the same as each-other
These picts are giving me a warm welcome
>im tired
>my feet hurt
>is that fucking roman wearing chainmail?
>chainmail will go out of style in about 3 years, fucking poser plebian
>I wish I were at home, fucking my goat
>>124029121
your memes aren't funny
>>124027778
>Just imagine having the entire world as the map, conquering and enslaving natives, technological advances that require foreign resources, killing hundreds of thousands of black people as the British Empire as you develop new trade ports
I'm violently fiddling with my balls in anticipation
So I'm new to Atilla. What's a solid starting faction to get my feet wet? Not my first TW but not familiar with Atilla really.
>>124030685
Definitely the Oda clan.
>>124030685
Franks are in a pretty good position.
>>124030685
Sassy Kids are ez mode, Saxons or Franks are a good intermediate starting point.
>>124015595
>total WAR
>punished for being at war
shakingmyheadtobehonestfamily
>>123998876
>NO WESSEX
>>124015595
>>124031595
Punished for dragging ass and taking losses
>>124032332
fuck off we get it already
>>124032469
vikings please leave
>>124013889
Looks real good AE guy, fantastic work.
I might ask in a bit if we can borrow those painted faces/bodies and shields for FOTE's Aksum African irregulars. But not right now as I'd rather get the release out than go back to them.
>>124032454
This, they confirmed you can hover just below the first tier that has drawbacks as long as you don't lose. Winning always restores you.
>>124034784
Then it's fucking pointless
How do I get onagers as a migrating tribe? Is it a camp building that allows construction or are there mercs I can hire somewhere? I haven't found any artillery mercs so far, they were available in the tutorial but not in the grand campaign apparently.
I've resorted to autoresolving my sieges until I find one, the WW1-esque casualty rates of those towers is a little bit too much for me and their insane kill counts are apparently overlooked during autoresolve.
I don't want to settle until I have a lot of money and I'm doing it in Italy, so I really need some onagers before then.
>>124035262
Yes, but they'll fuck around with it for a year like every other new feature. At least now the game won't be broken on release because of the new feature.
>>124030685
Franks
>>124034784
When did they say that? In the Charlemagne campaign they got it on turn 2.
>>124035262
I assume you would have to winning battles every turn or it would increase.
>>123999046
>balanced
>>124035930
They were losing, that's why it went lower. They stopped losing, and it repaired itself.
>>124029885
Yeah its called Victoria 2
>>124038151
/gsg/ here
>>124027438
;)
Cheeky cunt. Thanks bud he gave me great tips.
>>124035320
bls help
>>124040984
>>124035320
There should be mercs everywhere
>>124041086
I've been all the way through greece and thrace and illyria and italy and gaul and I haven't found a single mercenary onager unit. It's really starting to become a problem.
>>124035320
you could git gud and capture the tower
>>124041149
Do you have any mods installed?
>>124041315
Does a unit exist that can capture a tower without losing 3/4ths of its men or flat out routing?
>>124040984
the carpentry tent chain provides you with onager.
>>124041315
anon it's like 50-100 people dead before each tower is taken, that's like as much as you take just autoresolving. Furthermore, it's not going to be a devastated unit, it'll be spread out across your army and replenished next turn. Without an onager to at least get me a foothold in a settlement, I can't hope to have any success against walled cities when even the towers in settlements are a hassle.
>>124041334
nope. I'm hoping I've just been really unlucky and they haven't updated the game to remove mercenary onagers.
>>124035320
>>124040984
>>124041680
http://www.honga.net/totalwar/attila/building.php?l=en&v=attila&f=att_fact_visigothi&b=att_bld_barbmigs_industry_wagonmaker_2
every migrating faction has one of these
>>124041676
thanks anon, should have rushed that tech immediately. oh well, hindsight's a bitch.
>>124041680
They still exist, you are probably not where they are available. They exist everywhere, but the Roman empire areas.
>>124041461
Yes.
>>124041461
Raider units, or units with large shields
>>124041461
Archers with fire arrows can take them out from a nice distance
>>123996596
that picture reeks of fedora
Is there an updated version of this with the sand factions?
>>124043551
thanks for shitting up the thread
> tfw Alcibiades shenanigans
> leader of Athens
> convinces the people to go to war with sparta
> on his way over to tje battle conspiritors have him kicked out of office and send guys to arrest him
> he talks his way out the situation and runs and hides in sparta
> talks his way in and hides and lives in sparta for awhile while it is at standstill war with Athens that he started
> eventually kicked out of sparta and talks his way into the Persian court
> convinces Persians they can defeat both Athens and sparta in the current situation
> shit happens and he ends up an Athenian general again
> proceeds to defeat sparta and Persia together
>>124042249
Thats probably why, ive been exclusively raiding through roman territories from the start.
Did we see anything cool about the Danes?
>>123999527
The funny part is that even though the emperor's faction won the Shogun's original aim was pretty much still fulfilled.
>>124045806
big axes
>>124011381
>play Mongols
>win
Wow what a great game.
>>124028525
Picts are absolute niggers. I scrub them off the map as soon as I can afford to campaign that far north.
>tfw lost one of my best generals because the Sassaniggers launched one final charge before getting btfo
>>124045806
BIG
VIKING
AXES
there was this mission to sack 4 settlements, and until then you suffer some public order/loyalty debuffs and bonuses to income from sacking. Not anything too major but it looked neat.
Just getting into Attila. I fucked around a bit with the Geats but didn't get very far.
Which faction is the most fabulous, and more importantly, which should I play?
>>124047598
Western Roman Empire
>>124047598
Sassy Kids are pretty fabulous
>>124047483
Do Frankish knights still yell shit like 'FOR DA TRIBE'
>>124047865
They yell roman stuff
>>124048020
Wasn't that a bug that was fixed?
>>124048051
No, they have the same voice set.
>>124047865
no they have the roman voices, so you can have your franks yell "FOR ROME" and "LEGIO PARATI"
>>124048051
I thought the bug was CA leaving in the roman specific lines? I thought the roman voices sounded fine otherwise, kind of bummed karl himself doesn't get a unique VA
>>124048051
It should be, during another part of that stream I heard 'I am ready to serve my people' when the line would've been 'serve Rome'.
>mfw the vast majority of my income by now is compounding interest
So why is an ice age slowly coming in from the north in Attila?
What did I miss in history class?
>>124050936
There was massive global cooling during the fall of the western roman empire. It was warmer before this time than it is today. It is the driving factor behind the mass migration of the huns and germans. It is probably the number one cause of why the WRE collapsed.
>lay siege as Hojo because outmanned
>everything burns
>killed their general
>killed a big chunk of their troops
>go in for the kill
>forgot i'm playing darthmod
>still get overwhelmed because increased unit sizes
Sometimes I fucking hate this mod.
>>124050936
Global temperatures dipped around the time the WRE was falling apart, though CA goes a bit overboard with even Egypt and Mesopotamia suffering mass crop failures from the climate.
>>124051418
So it's like global warming?
Is there any way to fix this? It's really shitting me off. They are in a brilliant position to fire upon half a dozen units but they can't because the stupid fucks won't turn the guns around.
>>124051629
Well, the opposite really. The climate in the 'dark ages' was a bit cooler than during the Roman Empire and the Medieval period.
>>124051089
This is what you get for modding perfection.
Game was fine before you fuck it. Now is trash.
Just stick to the classics.
Play Shogun 2.
>>124051723
right click hold and then make them face teh way you want them to
if that doesn't work try limbering then unlimbering them
>>124052142
That's the problem. They are unlimbered and the option to limber them is greyed out. They are stuck in some kind of half limbered limbo.
>>123999181
Are you guys ready for the following DLC
>Heavy metal
Adds mortars
Different knightly orders
A couple other variants of the steam tank or go old school with a war wagon
Engineer hero
>People of the empire
Adds several other elector counts
Provincial unique units
free company, archers and flagellants
>Wizards
Adds the rest of the wizard lores and that other wizard chariot thing
All for the very low price of 10.99 each.
I've played the everloving shit out of Rome 1. I've finally picked up Rome 2 now that the myriad of bugs have been mostly fixed and I'm enjoying it a lot. What's the concerns people have over it that I keep hearing about? I hear "casualization" thrown around but I'm not seeing specifically what's been casualized.
>>124053395
They will sell you single units for 5.99 each.
>>124052259
I've always had the same problem with artillery in FoTS which is strange because even in unmodded empire it was never as bad. In empire you might lose one gun to a glitch but the rest were more than capable at being redeployed and i never had any qualms about moving my guns up if necessary.
In FotS once i set my guns up in deployment. I rarely if ever move them and just try to bait the enemy into their range if i have to.
Wonderful, artillery really makes the relentless sacking of the last bastion of western civilization go much more smoothly
thanks for the tips f a m
>>124053485
family tree
personal traits
unit mass
artifical army limit
blatant cheating AI
victory points for field battles
magic boats
Fucking hell, just saw the Empires full roster and im fucking disgusted
>no Longgunners
>no riflemen
>no mortars
>no bowmen
>only reiksguard no other traditional melee cav
>no engineers
>no flagellants
>no free company
>no Ulfric anything
>no modding allowed to fix this shit
Sigmar preserve us. Time to go back to my rooskie snowsigil mod.
>>124054312
Theirs no victory points for any field battles though m8
>>124054565
Yeah didn't they remove them? I remember when the game came out they had them. I played my first battle, absolutely wrecked the enemy army and still lost because they had a unit on the point.
Stopped playing till Emperors addition.
>>124054565
There used to be.
Which is better for Shogun 2; TRoM or Darthmod?
I plan on doing a FoTS campaign
>>124054392
Deep rather than wide my friend.
>>124054690
Why not stick to the classics?
Play Shogun 2.
>>124054869
Agrippa does not approve
>>124055036
>i am greedy and want everything at release
>>124055029
>playing vanilla
how does it feel to have an inferior experience, pleb?
>>124055221
Game was fine before you fuck it. Now is trash.
Just stick to the classics.
Play Shogun 2.
>>124055221
Teethman likes to stick to the classics
Youll get used to it
>>124055331
Teethman died years ago
>>124055221
>responding to le toothy hispanic man
So my first campaign of Attila, and the huns are basically little bitches who haven't ventured west at all 200 turns in.
Pretty disappointing with the objectives and cutscenes popping up like "better get your shit together, Attila's comin."
>>124054392
Actually modding can fix it. DB modding is still possible with Warhammer, and that's really all you need for new units.
>>124056934
>Huns actually go to war with or are at least fucking with the Sassanigs
Wish this would happen on some of my playthroughs 2bh
>>124028525
>plays Langobards.
>only fields generic Germanics.
come on man, Langos have a fuckton of interesting units.
Are Ostrogoths worth a playthrough? The whole 'inheritors of Rome' seems interesting but I don't know if it actually works out in practice.
Any ideas here on what the Free-LC faction could be? Darren said it's an offshoot of an existing faction that doesn't exist in the GC yet.
>>124057896
Going by that description I'm guessing Hepthalites, aka White Huns.
>>124054690
I´d say go TRoM
When is CA going to fix their engine so I can actually run their new games?
>>124058268
That's a smart guess anon. I think the Nomadic group is the only faction group in Attila that only includes a single faction so far.
>>124058551
optimized for future computers ;)
>the consequences of your choice are not yet clear...
w-what
>>124054392
So what's wrong with this? Fantasy always have poor diversity. It's not CA fault, its IP fault, just wait when they will make game with normal setting.
>>124058630
IIRC Sassanids are by themselves in 'Eastern Empires' as well. Armenia could fit in there but they're already on the map and they were also already an FLC during a time when they were much more relevant.
>>124057125
Hello GW.
>>124059206
Naa, Armenia are already in the game.
>>124059237
>Talking about fixing a shit game with mods.
>That makes you a shill.
>>124034587
Yeah you can do i have the file ready now, who should i send it to.
You should use these shields too, they've accurate for Blemmyes from about 200BC to 1900AD.
>>124059089
You find out next turn.
>>124059371
>b-b-b-but guys mods will fix it, please stop talking bad, there still a chance that some of braindamaged WHFBkid will buy this thrash.
>>124060360
What so bad about it?
>>124057896
Throw a proto-slav into one of those empty regions or just as a horde starting out.
>>124057896
white huns
>>124054392
>no riflemen
what the FUCK link to roster?
>>124060360
It's like you read an entirely different comment from mine.
>>124060360
>braindamaged Age of Sigmarkid
ftfy
Is there something I don't understand about diplomacy in Attila? It seems like no one ever accepts any of my proposals unless they have 100+ relations with me, even stuff that should be IMMENSELY helpful to them they will straight up deny. The only thing they don't deny are fucking gift offerings but it wouldn't surprise me if they had denied those too, I just think it's hardcoded to be undeniable
>>124061620
Most WHFB players i've met seem to all be going over to AoS now, they aren't a direct opposition to eachother.
I think that guy is just a history autist.
>>124062075
At least "history autist" have more than 4 faction per game +1 pre-order DLC, unlike fantasy kids who have "1 infantry unit", " 1 shooter unit", "1 cavalry unit" in army.
>>124062498
It'll probably be about 6 or 7 races in the game if you include potential DLC lol
Snackbar: TW when?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCKVVqP2foY
How do you survive first 20 turns as WRE in Atttila? Do you leave regions ans stabilize Italy like barbarian invasion?
>>124062615
>It'll probably be about 6 or 7 races
Oh wow, Attila have more without any DLC.
>>124062498
The actual table top has lots of units if only because its believed to drive sales.
This is just megajewry by CA and GW. Expect the mother load of all DLCs with each instalment.
>>124063119
Deep rather than wide ;)
>>124062973
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY8cZUL4pfEC1erQuYiYh_7F2LYafR-wH
He plays quite good, but has shit taste. He says thatrome 1, med 2 and rome 2 are the 3 best TW games
>>124034587
So meloncat y'all decide to skip the sassynids for now and do the nords and celts next or what?
>>124062973
Burn everything down and move to Britain. Kickstart glorious British Empire in Europe and remove BarBar.
>>124063171
>The actual table top has lots of units
Yeah, that's why rosters so poor.
>>124063186
>deep
>same gameplay + warcraft colours
you are funny.
>>124063329
>>124063329
I really want the radiousfags to leave and then kill themselves.
>game cannot be modded
>>124013889
>Ancient Empires
>>124013989
If its not set during European Colonialism I ain't fuckin' playing it.
>>124063481
>hurr mods better then good quality
Bethesda-drone detected.
>>124063535
>good quality
well unlike bethesda games, TW games have gone up consistently in quality since med2.
>>124063329
>Warcraft.
>>124063583
>TW games have gone up consistently in quality since med2
While I agree on the consistent increase in visual fidelity and overall game-play improvements, the DLC whoring is a bit much.
>>124063583
>TW games have gone up consistently in quality after M2
>>124063690
I don't recall Shogun 2 not having AA or piss fitlers.
>>124063583
>TW games have gone up consistently in quality since med2.
Before Warhammer shit with poor rosters, lack of map and factions but with shitton of DLC.
>>124063791
I don't understand. It was AA and no piss filters.
>>124063329
The roster is poor because SEGA and Games Workshop is probably the most unholy union in all of entertainment gaming.
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer/Tactics/8th_Edition/Empire
8th edition list. Doesn't include kislev and all that jazz.
>>124063870
There's no piss filter in Shogun 2.
>>124063197
I kinda get R1 and Med2, if you consider nostalgia goggles and that he probably hasn't played either without mods for a long time.
But R2 is just shit. Unless you really love the timeperiod I can't find a reason to even like it.
>>124063903
He is full of shit. He literaly said that rome2 is more challenging than attila
>>124063898
That's what I'm saying.
Why do TW games post Shogun 2 hate colour?
>>124063676
Based CA, kucking blizzdrones.
>>124063690
>DLC whoring
well face it, if kingdoms were to be released today, everyone would say CA was dlc whoring.
>>124063701
>empire adds god tier trade mechanics and naval battles, along with a techtree
>poopan adds a rudimentary attrition system
>s2 vaselined gooks
>r2 adds the imperium system and confederations
>attila adds more dynamic political systems and razing/colonization mechanics.
>>124064016
>warhammer removes all of that
just don't feel right.
>>124064073
Other than naval combat and confederation what else is missing?
>>124064073
>warhammer adds magic, flying units, questlines, monsters, switchable mounts, agents on the battlefield
>suddenly everyone wants their 40 unit battles.
>then they realize their potatoes will melt because CA takes forever to optimize their games.
>>124064243
he is probably butthurt and thinks telling pikemen to brace for impact manually was the pinnacle of tactics.
>>124064251
>magic, flying units, questlines, monsters, switchable mounts, agents on the battlefield
>implying it will be different from med2 mods.
Will Warhammer TW have an army painter?
There is only one correct answer to this desu.
>>124064431
>tfw Shogun 2s army and unit painter isn't available in single player
What is the fucking point?
Those Ashigaru LEGENDS have been with me since turn 1. They deserve a swag ass new uniform, baller name and dope new flag.
>>124064395
>med 2 magic
>literally javelin throwers using siege weapon projectiles.
>flying units
>get hit by melee and die
>agents on the battlefield
>never done before
So there's me, and one other Wessex bro in this thread.
You motherfucking chucklefucks.
Wessex is best Korea. Fucking Mercia.
Wessex bro #2, I'm calling you Alfred. I'll be Cerdic.
So, Alfred, I just realised something. There are story events for the main factions right? We can form The Kingdom of the English.
Plan of action:
>play Mercia
>marry into Wessex family/adopt
>make heir
>kill Offa
FORM THE MOTHERFUCKING ENGLISH KINGDOM OF WESSEX.
Yes, yes. I, Cerdic, am doing god's work.
>>124051839
I want the faction picking from Shogun 2 back. As in, you picked a faction and it had perks. But those perks changed your strategy of the game. Takeda focuses more on cavalry, Date gets units that benefit from charge, so on, so forth.
It feels like that the bonuses in Rome 2 and Attila are too small, and too insignificant to matter. Units matter more now, than the faction itself.
>>124059089
its pretty obvious. why the fuck would you let outsiders worship your rock? grow some balls and kill them.
>>124064821
Wessex will be modded in a couple days after release dw
>>124064431
Yes, for one additional transaction of only $9.99
>>124054392
It's pretty shitty, but at the same that empire roster has more variety than all the factions combined in games like S2 and R2. So at least it's understandable.
Still though I feel sorry for our NEET friends who won't be able to afford the torrent of DLC after release.
>>124064898
thats not true at all, the rome 2 faction bonuses are major game deciders. the lack of diversity in shogun 2 units is what makes you think the faction bonuses are more important. but when you realize that you can conquer the world with every single faction in rome 2, the unit differences arent a factor.
>>124065202
You can't be serious.
>>124065259
S2 had what, 2 different skeletons, and a handful of different animation sets for the various weapons.
R2/Attila maybe had a couple more than that?
when will CA finally die
>>124065220
Rome 2's bonuses are far more commonly a percentage bonus, which means at the point where you're conquering the world, those bonuses kick into full gear - when they don't matter anymore.
Shogun's bonuses are static, and you can strategize to build around them - or more commonly, you need to build around them or you'll get shit on - rather than pretty much ignore them until much later.
>>124065259
3 Heroes + the two wizards (assuming they share animations)
Griffon
Pegasus
Horse
Halbediers
Spearmen
Swordsmen
Greatswords
Crossbowman
Hand Gunners
(Not counting Reiksguard because I assume they will share animations)
Demigryphs
Pistoliers/Outriders
Outriser with grenade luanchers
Luminark
Steam Tank
Great Cannon
Hell Blaster
Hell storm
That's at least 21 units with unique animations. And 11 different model skeletons. And most of that will be unique to the Empire and won't be reusable across the other factions. Maybe there will be some crossover with Chaos Warriors.
>>124065731
Rome alone in RTW has 30 different types of melee infantry and 56 ships.
>>124065162
dont forget dlc colour palettes
>>124065731
Good thing they're removing kill moves
>>124065957
And how many of them are just reskins with stat tweaks that share the same animations and model skeleton?
>>124066048
What's your point? It's still variety.
>>124065957
>30 different types of melee infantry
All with the exact same model skeleton and maybe 5 different animations between them? (spears, swords, pike, axes, 2h)
>>124066203
>variety
Reskins of the same unit aren't variety.
>>124066207
I'm sure having only 1 (one) unit for each class the whole game can never be boring
>>124066207
wow not horses that walk funny, great variety, nobody could ever get bored of using that only unit the whole game. +0.5 cents for you my friend.
>>124066324
I'd rather 10 different units with unique animations and models, than 30 reskins of the same unit with a stat tweek, but maybe that's just me.
Head far enough east and I at some point you'll literally find Horsefuckers who have become part horse, part man.
Asia truly is a fascinating place
>>124013519
This ain't my AXUM.
This is so cool! I fucking love the Stainless Steel mod
We 14th century now!
We Late Middle Ages now
Gunpowder and full plate armour here we come!
>>124059162
>Fantasy always has poor diversity
>its not CAs fault its the IPs
Excuse me sir, are you brain damaged? Do you require medical aid?
The post your responding to has the units cut out, they are all diverse and fill different roles. WFB has an incredibly diverse roster of units for all armies.
>>124067985
> Responding to trolls so obvious everyone else ignored them
>>124059162
>Fantasy always have poor diversity.
>it's not CA's fault that so many Empire units are left out
What the hell are you smoking Anon?
It's so weird that Empire Archers isn't available. I guess the rich Reikland only focuses on crossbows and gunners. but archers should be available to poorer elector counts if they ever become playable.tfw no Stirland
How's it going with FotE melon cat? Still waiting on release before playing Attila.
>>124069384
Other counties will be DLC, I'd bet my life on it. Not that I have a problem with that.
I think I literally heard some brit in parliament shout
>sit down you old fool!
Brittish parliament really is the most amuzing thing to watch on tv
>>124069384
>I-It just didn't feel right!
>>124069649
I heard an Australian minister say to another "You're such a cunt". I wish US congress was more entertaining.
>>124069649
i miss the politics of berlusconi's time, everything was a lot funnier.
>>124013519
>kingdom of Kush
i was going to say something about the game turning into a montage parody in AD 420 but then I realised it's for Ancient Empires
>>124069979
>>124069565
Empire archers will probably be added in some way after they have made archer animations for the Bretonnia dlc.
>>124025069
>late period heavy infantry
lots of schildburhs
>>124070324
>Bretonnia dlc
No wants an Elf Kek DLC desu senpai
>>124070735
Well some people didn't want Pontus either.
>>124070120
US congress is too much clapping. I don't get it. I watched when Nethanyahu was there and when the mexican president was there and they keep interrupting them to applaud every other sentence. it's really annoying
>>124065957
no it didn't. There were what, 5 different ships in RTW? And 10-15 types of melee inf at most?
>>124070894
Peasants
Hillmen
Eastern Infantry
Heavy Spearmen
Armenian Legionaries
Warband
Woad Warriors
Swordsmen
Chosen Swordsmen
Druids
Town Militia
Iberian Infantry
Libyan Spearmen
Poeni Infantry
Sacred Band Spearmen
Spanish Mercenaries
Naked Fanatics
Falxmen
Nubian Spearmen
Nile Spearmen
Desert Axemen
Pharaoh's GuardsScreeching Women
Berserkers
Night Raiders
Spear Warband
Chosen Axemen
Militia Hoplites
Hoplites
Armoured Hoplites
Spartan Hoplites
Levy Pikemen
Phalanx Pikemen
Royal Pikemen
Numidian Legionaries
Desert Infantry
Hillmen
Silver Shield Pikemen
Silver Shield Legionaries
Scutarii
Bull Warriors
Falxmen
Bastarnae
Town Watch
Auxilia
TRIARII
Hastati
Principes
Early Legionary Cohort
Legionary Cohort
Early Legionary First Cohort
Legionary First Cohort
Praetorian Cohort
Urban Cohort
Samnite Gladiators
GLORIOUS ROMAN NINJA
>>124070891
It's a tradition to clap to express emotions. We're taught from a young age to clap to show happiness, anger, or annoyance so that we don't say something rude.
>>124070894
>>124071378
but yea, only 5-6 ships
>>124071378
>Town Watch
So shitty but that fucking cape. UNF
>>124071642
Only the shittiest of units would bring a cape to the front lines.
>>124071378
Those aren't types you're just listing every unit.
>>124071681
GLORIOUS ROMAN NINJA?
>>124071378
All reskins of the same model with maybe 5 different animation sets between them.
>>124071689
oh sorry. then yea
sword inf
spear inf
legionary
axemen
women
hoplites
>>124004042
I blame CA for delaying too much in developing it.
they could at least told him "Hey mr. Sir Christopher Lee, could you make some voice acting for our total wae game set in the carolingian era?"
>>123999504
are you fucking shitting me? this is the map? disgusting
what's my motivation? no crusades...no jerusalem...no africa
>>124072859
Yeah where is the americas?!?I want to colonize!
>>124072859
>no crusades
You have the Reconquista which is close enough
>>124072979
I assume you're referencing the fact that the Crusades were out of this time-frame. I understand that, but I would still pretend. I just don't enjoy tromping around Europe much, can't motivate myself without religious divide.
>>124073012
Yeah. I think I'll just play the Muslims and take over Europe instead. I assume Cordoba is playable?
>>124073268
They are. We figured out the playable factions earlier in this thread or the last thread. I cannot remember how long this thread has been up.
>>124073268
The full list is
Charlemagne
Cordoba
Danes
Lombards
Mercia
Wesphalia
Avars
Asturias
>>124073374
I want to play as raiding viking hordes!
>>124073268
>can't motivate myself without religious divide.
4000 MEN ALL DEAD IN ONE DAY
THEY WOULD NOT RENOUNCE THEIR HEATHEN WAYS
Nothing can stand in the Reichs way
Faction profiles:
http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/The_Kingdom_Of_The_Danes
http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/The_Kingdom_Of_Charlemagne
We're getting another one later today. Who do you think it's going to be?
>>124073737
Fingers crossed for Mercia
>the objective of the dindus in attila is to become spice lords
this campaign is amazing
>>124073737
>Huns getting shot up
Holy shit, that was satisfying.
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1dRKZwmgQyQGB
>>124073737
>http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/The_Kingdom_Of_The_Danes
I guess we more or less get our Viking faction in the Danes.
It would probably be a smart tactic to go horde mode and try to raid england.
>>124015101
how so?
>>124074981
They literally form the Kingdom of the Vikings when you reach imperium 5. You also get a mission turn 2 (Restless Warriors) which gives you a massive faction wide public order penalty till you sack 5 settlements in England.
>>124073963
Fuck you.
Wessex.
>>124075346
We already know it's Mercia
>>124075381
I don't give a shit. Fuck you. Fuck him. Fuck Mercia.
>>124074779
that is some kinky shit right there
>>124074779
They better have fangs.
So i guessing at this point we no going to have Alexander expansion for Rome 2/Attila
Too bad
>>124075381
We don't though.
>>124075651
Nah. Rome: Alexander was never that popular anyway.
Instead we got a Peloponnesian War campaign pack for Rome 2.
>>124075743
We've got a pretty good idea of the playable factions. Whenever you end a turn, the playable ("major") factions get to make their moves before the unplayable ("minor") factions. We know that there are eight playable factions for Charlemagne, so when CA were showing off Charlemagne and The Danes, we just looked at which factions got their turns immediately after. We absolutely know that it is Mercia, not Wessex.
>>124075870
That's not true at all though, Baktria was one of the first factions to take their turn in Rome II since release, and they weren't a freelc until much later.
>>124076102
They confirmed during the Danes stream that people already figured out the faction list and asked people not to spoil it for others in chat.
>>124076168
There have been lots of people sharing lots of ideas for faction lists.
>>124071378
tfw you realize Rome 1's unit roster was never modded by Radious becase it came that way out of the box
Stream is up. Lombards today.
stream is on
Lombards today
>>124079757
>>124079748
>shills
>>124080157
ebin
>Lombards have the same faction traits as the Sassykids
Easy mode faction confirmed.
>Stroke Pope.
>Having a crown.
nice one CA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMFD5fEIybI
Actually looks bretty gud.
>no slavs in charlemagne
being a slavboo is suffering
>One of the existing factions is getting a massive balance, appearance and unit overhaul
WHO IS IT
>>124081939
There are slav units in the leak.
>>124081939
There was no relevant slavs in that age
>>124082006
Alans forsure
>>124082006
probably just mercs
>>124082023
just like how the norse tribes weren't relevant in that age, haven't stopped CA from adding them to the game.
>>124082280
cha_slav_ambushers
cha_slav_archers
cha_slav_champions
cha_slav_dragonship_elite_boatmen
cha_slav_large_shields
cha_slav_longship_boatmen
cha_slav_longship_light_boatmen
cha_slav_onager
cha_slav_raiders
cha_slav_royal_cav
cha_slav_skirm
cha_slav_spear
cha_slav_tribesmen
cha_slav_warriors
Seems to be quite a few desu.
>>124066767
Can everybody stop asking for fucking Axum?
Axum just straight up did not exist in 200BC, not even until around the 1st century AD. It just happens to be much more famous, i don't know why, they didn't do much, the Kushites build tons of pyramids, temples and cities and worshipped a lion God.
>>124082006
I'd like the viking forefathers roster to be made less shitty and interesting to play, but he said one faction so it's probably the Alans. I don't think any other faction that needs a roster overhaul.
>>124082360
>Worshiping a lion God instead of the TRUE GOD
This is why AXUM dominated.
>>124082481
Yea that is actually true, Kush fell because Christians didnt want to buy their exotic shit anymore.
>silky smooth 33 fps
hm so Charlemagnes forces have roman voices from Attila and Rome 2? slightly dissapointing but oh well
>>124083080
oh how stupid of me, they're Lombards. I guess they could sound more roman esque now that they're more civilized.
Is it Darren streaming? I've never seen him but it sounds like him
>>124083190
His face is on the stream right now
>>124083080
>>124083190
Charlemagne's forces also have Roman voices.
>>124083080
>>124083652
What voices should they have? The shitty barbarian one or some french accent?
>>124083652
that sucks, I can understand if Charlemagne does but I doubt the Franks would sound like that. I expected more bar bar like voices with a hint of Christendom
>>124083586
yeah he looks different than I imagined
>>124083752
see>>124083759
>I expected more bar bar like voices with a hint of Christendom. I honestly have no idea what they would sound like irl but I'd like it for immersion purposes if they didn't have the original roman voices
Okay Darren said we can spoil the factions.
This is the list.
Franks
Lombardy
Mercia - Yes Mercia
Avars
Cordoba
Asturias
Danes
Westphalia
>>124083863
There's nothing wrong with using the Roman voices desu, It's going to be the same "in the name of God lines" in the end.
>>124083996
but wouldn't it be neat with a new voice that sounds quite bar bar but is trying too sound more civilized?
>upkeep goes up with imperium
JUST
>>124083982
It's not Mercia, stop spamming the thread with this shit list.
>>124084125
yeah they should have the "shitty" barbarian voice actor but have him spout the stuff the roman guy in Attila says. would show how the barbarian tribes are becoming more civilized kingdoms and emulating Rome
>>124084218
It is though, it's in the first part of the turn order, as all playable factions are. No matter how much you want it, it's going to be Mercia not Wessex.
>>124084218
It is though. I've played Charlemagne already. It's fucking Merica for fucks sake.
>>124084416
>Implying I wont mingle with the wessex family and eventually get a wessex leader for my faction
>>124084512
My dad work at CA and he say it just a ruse
>>124084624
My dad is ur dad boss and he say ur dad is alcoholic
>>124084624
oh yeah well my grandpa works at CA and he says its mercia and the next TW game is pike and shot
>>124084416
That turn order thing isn't true ffs.
>>124084512
Yeah, and my nan works at 4chan.
Twatmonger.
>>124084218
Die Wessexshitter
Mercia Stronk
>For God in heaven!
Man this Charlemagna DLC makes me so pumped for a Medieval 3
or pike and shoe/30 years war. I want some Christian fanatical armies ffs
Holy christ Darren is so shit at this game.
I hope AoC is as difficult as his performance makes out to be,
>Praise the gods
>dedicated sword/axe units in low-tier barbar armies
every total war does this and I'm sick of it. Yes yes, it makes your little rock paper scissors infantry balance work so well, but ultimately it's stupid. It makes sense for a civilized faction to have dedicated infantry/sword/axe etc. units, but a barbar peasant horde? The majority of their infantry should be "general infantry" with a mix of all those weapons, with maybe a dedicated spear unit but that's about it. As barbars become more elite, they should specialize in that region's favorite weapon, like Celts should get elites with longswords and northmen should get 2hand axes, thracians the falx, etc. It really doesn't make any sense for the majority of barbar units to be uniform and have standardized equipment. Those chucklefucks brought whatever the fuck they wanted.
I just think it's dumb that every faction's infantry is just copy+paste and the only difference is a certain civilized faction that can do testudo.
>>124085251
>Those chucklefucks brought whatever the fuck they wanted
kek
But doesn't that depend on the type of barbarian? I thought all Dacians had falx or spears for example
Dogbert just let slip about how fun Sicily are.
So they're a confirmed faction.
Greek fucboi colony confirmed as playable?
Who is by far the stronkest?
>>124085601
As expected of glorious greek master race so they can bring lit of civilization to tribal barbarian germans
>>124085874
>when you and your whole crew looking on point
>>124085771
>>124085913
Reminder that byzantine have nothing to do with greek sub humans
I have a shit laptop atm, I want to try shogun 1: total war and already played the shit out of rome. Good idea? Did it age okay?
>>124085443
Either way, having every single barbar in a unit with the same weapon is silly. Its not like they all grab from a standardized armory or anything, their shit is either stolen, personally crafted, or in the rare case of barbar nobles, forged specifically for them. There definitely needs to be a stark contrast between the low tier barbars and low tier civilized units, the former is like a "bring your own snacks" party and the latter is a regimented garrison unit.
>>124086129
No it aged bad, play medieval 1 instead
>>124086201
yeah I actually agree with you. Would love it if your lower tier units picked up equipments from armies you defeated. Like say you play Suebi and defeat a greek army, then some of your units should have greek equipment and be a little stronger. would be really cool
>>124085601
>>124085771
When did he say that? I'd be surprised if there were two playable factions in italy
>>123999181
>Chaos Warriors list shown
>has almost every unit from the tabletop
>"Hey guys, this looks pretty promising, maybe the game won't be complete shite."
>This happens
Blunder of the fucking century.
So sword beats spear and loses to axe, spear beats axe and loses to sword, and axe beats sword but loses to spear?
Just wanna know if I got that right, or if spears are actually shit against axes and only good against cav
>>124086765
wat gaem?
>>124086834
Wouldnt it be the same in every game with this setup? Im talking about attila but im sure this applies to rome 1/2 and medieval 2
that's cool. when you're excommunicated teh other catholic factions get a buff in combat against you if I got that right. I like it
>>124054392
>No Imperial Dragon
>No Bright Wizards
>No Gold Wizards
WHAT
H
A
T
>>124059162
>People list all the units they wanted, all of which are present in Fantasy
>"Durr it's the IPs fault"
I know you're baiting, the Age of Skubmar picture is enough to establish that.
I'm still mad though.
>>124084624
>>124084792
Get mad and don't believe me all you like but i have. When Mercia is revealed you'll eat your words.
>>124087237
>youll eat your words
Maybe if this wasnt 4chan
He'll keep posting like he never said anything and youll never know
>>124054392
>No Mods
DB modding can still be done, and that's all that's needed. So at least modders can fix it, so just torrent and use mods.
>>124087362
>He'll keep posting like he never said anything and youll never knowyou're him aren't you?
>>124087362
He'll know anon, he'll know.
>>124086574
Dogbert suddenly came in, saw Sicily and started going on about how cool Sicily as a faction is and all the mixed Arab/Byzantine units they have.
You don't put that much thought to a nonplayable.
> I'd be surprised if there were two playable factions in italy
There'll be two factions playable in Spain, and probably more than one in Britain, the map's not that big.
>>124087410
Nobut i may have used the tactic in the past...
>>124087413
Because accountability is high on a 4chan shitposter's creed
>>124087529
They aren't playable though.
This is the correct list.
>>124083982
>>124087589we all have anon, we all have
>>124086765
2H Axes like hetaireia guards and huscarls beat every infantry, but they have no missle block chance so they get obliterated by missile units
Spears will always lose to swords and axes
>>124087529
The thing is, they've already made mention of how other minor factions are interesting because they have completely unique units and mixed rosters.
They said the same thing about the non-playable Saxons in the Dane play-through and the Frank play through.
No Byzantine.
>>124087815
>spears always lose to swords and axes
But which is better against spear? Roman armies have massive contingents of heavy spear infantry, i want to know if swords or axes are the right medicine
>>124087643
Please stop speculating like you know exactly what it's like. Only CA and like three youtubers have played the DLC.
>mfw God strikes down Darrens faction leader after he attacks Rome
DEUS VULT
>>124088350
>you will never man the walls of rome in the defense of the last bastion of western civilization
Why live?
>>124088350
>God
>not Satan and his evil minions for destroying his puppet
>>124088029
Both of them, swordsmen and axemen fill the same niche of being anti-infantry soldiers, axemen are generally better for heavy armour though due to armour piercing.
>>124013889
tfw ancient empires for DEI has factions spawning with 0 units, and fights that literally dont end .
>>124088474
>that horrible feel
>>124088507
go away Orthodox heretic
>>124088068
All 17 of us played the DLC at the CA modding and youtuber summit. We also played warhammer. Watch out for tomorrow, there's going to be a trailer for WH.
>>124088582
I once put two elites against each other in a custom dei battle.
They say theyre still fighting on my harddrive to this day, some speculate that they transcended mortality and have risen to the stars to fight an eternal battle like the great gods of old.
>>124088748
>Watch out for tomorrow
>tfw at work to 8pm tomorrow.
FUCK
>>124088748
>there's going to be a trailer for WH.
Vampires??!!!or Tomb Kings?
I miss will
>>124088803
>>124088978
They said we are only allowed to talk about what we saw after the trailer is released. But the shit we know you'll probably find out anyway.
I think it's 2pm UK time as well but maybe im wrong.
>>124089104
>They said we are only allowed to talk about what we saw after the trailer is released
ok fair en0ough. Hoping for a damn Vampire reveal
Were horse stirrups used in Charlemagne's timeline?
>>124088474
>rome
>the end of western civilsation
Well memed
>>124089217
yes. Didn't the huns make them popular in europe?
>>124089217
Yeah but it doesn't make the difference you think it does. That guy who claimed it changed warfare forever has been debunked, but for some reason his bullshit is really popular. I think its because its one of those concepts which sounds cool even though its total bullshit.
>>124089217
I think so
>>124089356
no
>>124089092
So do I .
>>124084792
>the denial is real
>>124089356
I think it was the avars who did, not the huns
And I havent seen any of the horse units in the stream so far with any stirrups sadly
>>124089104
Answer just this then mysterious stranger.Is the trailer good?
>>124089092
>tfw the good old days.
>>124089813
>>124089648
>>124089092
but /twg7 used to hate him. Only now od I miss the gingercunt
>>124089682
It's also important to note that after Westphalia, the load order starts in alphabetical order again.
>>124089092
What happened to our favorite little fire-cunt?
>>124089813
Who is Trish? i dont remember her
>>124089813
>Is the trailer good?
Everyone in the room was speechless for a while after.
It's not a trailer it's more like one of those guides where they show you and talk. Except for us it was the guy, in the room, doing the live commentary, not a recording.
FOTS is a little too easy , should I crank up the difficulty ?
In R2 or attila it was a rare thing that I won when the auto resolve said I had no chance at all
But it's happening every other battle in FOTS
>>124089213
>>124088978
>Vampire reveal
It's going to be campaign gameplay with the Greenskins.
Vampires maybe next yearI guess
>>124090382
Ah, you're talking about the campaign walkthrough. Did they tell you it was tomorrow then?
Hoping that speechlessness was a positive thing haha.
>>124090519
>mfw campaign as Saga
>mfw HELL
What faction are you playing as?
>>124090519
FOTS is the easiest Total War game if you play gunpowder. It's not for understanders of strategy.
Campaign soon fellow understanders of strategy.
Who /Bracing for Disappointment/ here?
>>124090713
They said we can talk about it after the 3rd of Dec as thats when they will show the public.
Fuck very hard on MOS scout archer stakes reign supreme.
>>124090519
I once sent a wooden cannon against 4 militia units that had no more movement points because I wanted to get rid of it.
It got credit for killing the whole army and went up like 5 ranks.
>>124091032
already disappointed with the Empire roster to be honest
>>124063976
i mean, challenging no, but the time period is much more enjoyable, and with DEI there's what? 3x as many factions to play as.
I keep on trying to enjoy attila but it's just not that great i can't find a reason to LOVE it, i can enjoy it a little bit sure.. but whats great about it?
Even with tuskmod the combat is still fairly SHIT.
Holy shit, watching some of the streams, CA is basically made up of a bunch of kids fresh out of college?
>>124091991
at least the people they choose to put in front of a camera
>>124091991
>>124092143
Most of them are 25+, the lead designers are mostly in their 40s. One of the lead designers is a Dutch woman. The people they have to do the community stuff are young for obvious reasons.
>>124091991
well only kids and manchildren play total war so it makes sense
>>124067873
>jerusalem
>no longer accessible
Kek
>tfw you hate the direction TW went after Shogun 2
>tfw no more gunpowder TW
>tfw Warhammer is a complete mess with lots of units locked behind DLC
>>124093196
>tfw no more gunpowder TW
We will eventually, there are just way more plausible settings without it. What did you expect, Empire 2 after FotS? Next historical game will probably be Medieval (possibly under a different name since they said they don't want a 3) with late renaissance/early modern campaign DLCs
Damn this bitch killed two of my bishops and a Cardinal
>>124093385
If I captured that eagle, would your unit rout?
>>124093652
It would be extremely shameful...
>>124093714
That's an expensive unit.
>>124093443
It'll just be another Rome 2 reskin with DLC out the ass. Late Medieval would be pretty cool to see with some early colonial action.
I've lost all interest in TW post-Shogun 2 anyway, ded franchise, ded games, ded thread.
>>124093813
For you.
SPEAHS
>>124094063
I enjoyed it.
>>124086404
>you will never show up at the gates of rome with a barbar horde of peasants wearing dirty roman armor they stole from the legions they slaughtered
No fun allowed.
>>124088770
i honestly dont have this problem at all with DEI.
units dead everywhere, if they get charged/attacked from behind they rout with like 20% casualities.
but fuck me, ancient empires seriously fucked up their latest release.
A full minute of fighting and both non elite units are still 150/150.
attack from behind as well and they lost about 1 per 10-15 seconds. durrrr
you know what lads? i'm afraid to play the Charlemagne campaign on launch day, since they'll probably patch, fix and add more stuff a few weeks later. I don't like to play the unpolished version of games.
at the same time i cant hold my hype.
>>124097506
One of the things that has always seemed strange is how some people fucking swear the slowed down battles make more for enjoyable and difficult experience. The problem with DeI prior to the big rework with more dynamic combat, morale, and significantly increased speed, was the fact that battles were easy as shit since you had a year to react to basic movements.
Total War: Samurai Jack when?
>>124098689
Total War: Imjin whenTotal War: East Asia when
>tfw going to have to wait months after release for the based Skaven.
>tfw it'll be missing out on Doomwheels, Rat Ogres, Warp Lightning Cannons, Plague Priests, Assassins and Abominations.
>>124098689
>mfw new season announced
>>124099206
>Months
Try a year, at least.
>Zwei Handers!!!! JA!!!!
finally, and hand gunners and halbediers. I'm so excited
>>124092849
yeah I know. I've had it for over a 150 years now. So stupid
>>124098327
Have you ever fought AGAINST the romans in dei? That shit is difficult. DeI is easymode for rome because you can testudo and make them waste missiles then grind them into dust. Dealing with rome's superpowered infantry is just as hard as some of the battles in attila
>>124095602
>you will never show up with a stinking band of bar bars at the gates of Rome carrying the eagle of the 13th legion clad in roman arms and armour
>>124099342
That's why I said prior to the rework. Also, I fought Rome all the time (when Carthage or even Athens didn't take over). I always found them fun, but nothing excessively difficult as the Getae and as the Suebi.
>>124098280
>just me and all this and
>and
>>124099206
Nico is such a slut.
>>124099321
Call me when you get arquebusiers you pleb.
Gunther and his crew preparing to ambush that bitch ass nigga Martin
>>124100051
that's probably another hundred years
>>124099309
Holy shit it's real.
>>124103832
GOTTA GET BACK
>>124106342
Is it particularly difficult or easy to cut clean off someone's head with a one-handed strike?
>>124106473
That animation didn't chop off the head in rome 2 with the blood pack. Weird change.
>>124106342
Can civilians kill soldiers?
>>124106473
Pretty hard especially on someone that isn't restrained
>>124106473
mans been doing his pullovers clearly
>>124106875
It's rare. It will mostly happen to your archers and other units that are shit at melee. Civilians can also help killing/capturing fleeing soldiers
>>124106342
>practically always zoomed out and never see this shit
CA has the CoD audience in mind
>>124107105
I have always liked them since medieval 2 and I don't play CoD.
>>124107105
Personally I hope the next Total War is entirely in ASCII. And no spritepacks like some casuals use in Dorf Fortress, either - just pure symbols.
Advanced charge and receive animations was a great addition in shogun 2.I am glad they are kinda still there in Warhammer Total War.
>>124107720
You also get to see some of the more juicy kills.
>ashigaru throws his spear at an oncoming samurai
>spear levy dodges a line infantry and cuts off his head
Metal as fuck.
>Europa Barbarorum 2 modders said that the big unit update was coming for summer 2015
>Changed the date for fall 2015
>Still have not released the big update, three weeks before winter
JUST
How finished is Fall of the Eagle?
Anyone knows how to export the models from a mod to another?.
I want to add the muskets from North&South II to the regular levy and line infantry of FotS but i don't know where to start.
What are some good documentaries to watch? Particularly about medieval times, and maybe the dark ages.
I watched Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire, but got annoyed at how much they skimmed over a lot of stuff. They didn't even mention the Second Punic War at all in that documentary.
>>124111867
Second Punic War isn't that important.
>Hurr, Hannibal goes over Alps, loses some troops, but kills a lot of Romans
>Hurr, Scipio defeats Hannibal and Rome wins
All that we need to know is that Rome needed three wars to completely crush Carthage.
>>124112043
My point is, it is far more important than half the irrelevant crap they shoved into that documentary. I don't need to know about 3 emperors that were replaced in the same episode of the series, especially when they never elaborate on the stuff those emperors did.
>>124111185
I'm curious about this too. I'm dying to move some Napoleon assets to FotS.
>>124112043
>One of the best commander of all time
>not important
>Lose half of his army in alps but still destroy >much bigger romans army
>not important
>Almost destroy fucking Rome
>not important
I wish he kill all those fucking romans and burn Rome to the ground
>>124112970
Not as important as Flavius Honorius Augustus.
>>124110906
>my fucking sides when there's a 2-page argument on what Winter means on their forums
>>124112970
Honestly, other than "Rome wins, Carthage permanently crippled (and set for later destruction), Rome becomes hegemon in the Mediterranean" most information about the Punic Wars is pretty much trivia - interesting, but only important for someone studying the subject. If you're doing a broader overview of Rome (or of the Ancient world, or of Western European history and so on) even something like "The life of Julius Caesar" is way more important since the influence and ramifications of actions and events are far greater.
Then again, I guess most events can be reduced to a few bullet points if we're talking about larger scale history. "Accrues power, wealth and influence, becomes dictator for life, is assassinated for tyranny, leaves power vacuum that leads to civil war and the rise of an even greater tyrant"
>great battle, wipe out 3 stacks with one
>game crashes on campaign map
>no auto-save
SAVE ME
>>124074004
Im almost exactly where you are except I conquered the Himyars instead of the 2nd spice town. Im too afraid of the sassanids
>>124074004
yeah, except it eventually tells you to get spice ports owned by sassanid satrapies and then you get the most overpowered faction + 35 satrapies against your levy armies.
>>124114305
>Sillykids
>could have stopped Roman expansion
I am laughing so hard that I am unconsciously drawing lines in the carpet
>>124115456
he already conquered a Sassanid satrapy
>>124086580
>This happens
Empire roster is a lot bigger than every other faction in Warhammer though. 26 units, 21 with unique animation, and 11 different model skeletons is a fucking lot already.
>>124114305
Jesus christ that post makes me so mad. What a shitty reason to vote. Why did he even bother jesus fuck. I really fucking hope these kind of posters are just kids.
>>124114305
Seleucid bully not so tough after being raped!
>>124084218
That's basically confirmed as the final list, fucking deal with it
Oh man how to beat a dude standing on a hill? Oh man I'm no good at this game(shogun 2)
>>124118097
That's one of the few moments when bomb throwers/kisho ninja are amazing. Flushes them right the fuck out.
>>124118097
>It's over Anakin I have the high ground!
>>124118097
Feign retreat and hope they break formation
>>124118335
Surprisingly enough there is a lightsaber form that deals with height advantages, Obi wan was a master in it too.
>>124118097
charge the hill, duh. What are you, some kind of pussy?
Why does anyone give a shit about Shogun 2 again?
>>124120534
Most polished TW release combined with babby's first TW for many.
>>124118952
That's just the decades old tradition of EU writers and fans writing excuses for George's shit writing
>>124120926
it's a 5 year old game, who gives a shit about release? Unless you mean nostalgia has carried it into relevance even today, but anyway:
>4 classes of units, 8 including cavalry
>worst sieges in the series
>can't trade regions
>EZ mode campaign
>small ass map
I'm sure theres more
>>124121340
This, just look up the autism they wrote for the Kessel Run instead of simply going with 'Han's just using terms he doesn't understand to look like hot shit'.
>>124121610
>Unless you mean nostalgia has carried it into relevance even today
Pretty much. Empire and Rome 2 being such hot messes on release probably did a lot to strengthen it as well.
The only thing that's really bothering me about the Charlemagne DLC is that you have access to high tier stuff right at the start, seems like it doesn't give you much to work towards.
>>124120926
>>124123094
Speaking of Shogun 2, when I use Darthmod, how come my units stay the same size while everyone elses is like 375+?
>>124121340
Or it's another example of /tv/ having mastered gestalt magick from under /x/'s nose and turned memes into reality.
>>124123165
It's probably going to be a very short campaign, man.
>you have access to high tier stuff right at the start
What do you mean? Everyone has a single low tier unit for each role (Charliememe having Levy Archers, Levy Spearmen and some kind of heavy cavalry). They don't even have armor. I'm guessing the early game will rely a lot on mercenaries.
>>124123814
I'd guess around 200 turns. 4/year, and it ends before Charlemagne can die of old age.
>>124074004
>>124115251
>>124115456
>>124115637
so how do we proceed after rekting himyar without getting completely obliterated by the sassies?
Is anyone playing total war arena?
>>124118097
If you have range unit superiority then kill his ranged units with yours. When you finish with his ranged then the AI will rush you since it won't want to just sit there and get shot. So you can flee and draw his forces into more favourable terrain
>>124124221
I made a post either in this thread or the last about ruining their relationship somehow, but Im not sure how to do that.
Someone said something about bullying the ERE, but I don't remember why.
Im thinking maybe just raise taxes and get at least 3 stacks going and just weathering the storm and suing for peace after repelling some sassykid attacks? Not very creative but it might work
>>124124004
They said in the first stream Charlemagne can die of old age.
>>124124221
Upgrade holdings so you can have a decent army (2 or 3 stacks) and good defensive positions (tier 2 or 3 cities). Expand northwards towards Alexandria if you didn't yet, mostly for money but also because the city itself serves as a good defensive position covering the north from a land invasion - ERE rarely puts up a fight at all in this area. I started fighting the Sassanids as the Himyar at around turn 65 when they declared war, and have been mostly fighting them off, finally going on the offensive since I wiped out some stacks.
playing as ethiopia and i didnt get the spice cities mission. perhaps it is affected by mods?
>>124127137
How did Celts minimize rashes and other discomforts and ailments of having metal wrapped around their skin their entire lives?
>>124127272
By not having a metal allergy?
>>124127481
Wouldn't you still get rashes and infections from having your skin constantly rubbed by metal?
>>124127602
You'd wear some cloth underneath for cushioning and to minimize abrasion right?
>>124127720
They're always portrayed as wearing it naked against them. It'd be one thing if it was tight, but it seems loose enough to rub and bounce around.
>>124128218
I think it was relatively tight. Skin probably chafed early, then got rough enough for it, much like your hands get calloused.
>>124128669
That makes enough sense. Wanna be Greek together?
i pulled up classic TW games, Rome 1 and Medievl 2.
i'm playing lategame now, have lots of territories but my "production rating" in the rankings scroll starts to drop sharply for some reason and i loose a lot of income, but after some time it gets back up.
why does this happen every game?
i don't even have low public order or plague
>>124082280
Or fucking the whole of British Isles including fucking Ireland but they don't include the Balkans where the Franks actually focused their south-western expeditions.
>>124129764
unlike the newer games the classics have complex trade and production economies that go beyond simple supply and demand.
>>124053485
Rome 1 was the casualization of Total War. Medieval 1's better.
>>124130651
>implying
i didn't notice any of that
build better trade buildings=better income
but explain if im missing something (source?)
>>124130838
>le internet contrarian
what features did they remove in Rome1?
>>124131072
Dismounting before battle, Falling back to walls when attacked, giving titles to units, named officers with their own stats, traits and loyalty for every unit, betraying allies mid battle, picking who you side with during a civil war, and some other features that were never seen again.
>>124131390
Also the old map system was much better and let to larger, more decisive battles instead of small skirmishes everywhere.
>>124131575
>>124131390
Not that guy but I might have to get the last two TW's I don't own, M1 and S1 if theyre that good
Attila faction rolling chart pls
>>124131748
Just rebind your controls and get used to left click being both your select button and move button. MTW is an improvement from STW on all fronts so you might as well play that one.
>>124131915
grow up and make your own decisions instead of shitting up the thread.
>>124131936
is autocalcing all battles acceptable?
Does FOTE remove Ostrogoth pikes?
I just wanted some pikes
>>124133050
it's never acceptable
>>124118097
mass bows on 1 flank, bait out some of their archers and destroy those units with local superiority. repeat until the AI realizes you have too many bows for it to just sit on a hill and charges you
>>124130950
he is shitposting
TIGAHS TIGAHS TIGAHS
>>124075651
pretty boring campaign desu
>be macedonia
>have pikes
>destroy everything without pikes
>>124131390
>traits and loyalty for every unit
what?
>>124138006
Every unit has a named officer with stats and traits and they can rebel and cause civil war.
>>124090519
>auto resolving in total war
Dis-honourable commander
>>124090824
>you start with a fucking parrot gun
I became imperial vanguard in around 100 turns
>>124090854
>not for understanders of strategy
implying theres no strategy in that kind of warfare
>>124091124
yea cannons are just a little bit too powerful. shouldnt be able to kill 20-30 guys consistently with 1 shot. computer uses them too tho
>>124138102
I can't remember this from Medieval 1 at all desu. All i remember was how funkily purple Byzantine was and varangian guard were cool.
I'm playing Rome 2:DEI with the 4 turn per year mod, but is there any mod that tones down unit movement on the campaign map somewhat?
I did it lads. I finally killed Attila and finished all the remaining hordes. All that's left to do is take out the remaining barbars, and retake the ERE from the Sassys.
CHARLEMAGNE FACTIONS WHEN
WHEN
H
E
N
>>124106342
>nothing personnel, gurl
>>124139676
purge the barbers
>>124139676
Playing as WRE? If you take ERE territory, can you liberate it back to the ERE?
>>124115785
Yeah, you see, the thing is though, they wouldn't have needed to put in THAT much fucking work to make people happy.
Carroburg greatswords, knightly orders, engineers, free company, fucking ARCHERS. Not units that would take a tremendous amount of work, most of them could be borderline reskins.
>>124141628
Shutup anon deep rather than wide DLC will fix it don't be so entitled think of all the skeletons they have to make for regular soldiers.
>>124141581
Yeah, as the WRE. The ERE still has one city left but no way am I helping those boyfuckers after they dragged me into a war with the Sissies and abandoned me when I called on them for help.
>>124141179
I actually purged all the barbars except the Langobards whom I foolishly left alive since they never bothered me and they only had one city. Now they've recolonized all the barbar lands I razed and will probably wreck my anus soon. Thankfully they have a high opinion of me for now thanks to all my battles against the huns, so I have time to rebuild, but I'm not making the same mistake twice.
>>124141628
>most of them could be borderline reskins.
Better that they can just focus on units that will unique animations and models. Missing units which are just reskins can be modded in pretty easy anyway. It's better than the other way around.
Plus Empire has the biggest roster in Wahammer Fantasy so including everything would be pretty unfair to the other factions.
The only thing I'm super pissed about IS NO FUCKING BRIGHT WIZARDS WTF
>>124142057
Modders are talentless hacks who can only retexture or create very simple assets.
>>124142401
I agree completely.
>>124142401
You also forgot that they steal assets from other games which barely match up to the models and still manages to look like garbage
>>124142057
I agree, deep rather than wide my friend. CA did say they plan to do all units eventually as DLC so what's the problem? I have already set aside a small sum of money in anticipation for the DLC.
>>124142057
>Missing units which are just reskins can be modded in pretty easy anyway.
Except you know it's not gonna go down like that.
It's gonna be the $5 Knights pack for orders and the $10 Stirland pack for archers and the $2 Nuln pack for Engineers.
There's nothing like massacring your enemy on a bridge chokepoint to start off the day.
>>124141581
You can't, I tried to help the WRE liberate Italy, but they wouldn't recapture any of their lost settlements even with full stacks around. Eventually the rest of their cities started to get burned down so I just started snatching up their razed territory.
>>124142809
So? It's still cheaper than buying the models yourself.
>I am greedy and want everything for free
A friend told me that the Orc campaign reveal is supposed to happen tomorrow? Can anyone here verify?
Also, are they gonna have a AoC reveal tomorrow as well, I really hope they show off Cordoba or the Avars.
>>124143224
On Instagram they said that the orc campaign playthrough would happen "next week", that was last week when the orc trailer launched
>>124143040
>I am a shill and like getting fucked in the ass
>>124143642
>being poor
s︂︂m︂h t︂b︂︂h f︂︂a︂m
>>124143642
>le shill meme
fuck off moron TWWH still has the most variety in the Empire ALONE than all other total war factions COMBINED.
>>124143748
>being poor
As strange as it seems, the DLC for warhammer will be so much fucking cheaper than actually wanting to get into the tabletop. Hopefully the MP will be active.
Not to mention it's harder to get into Fantasy battles with Age of Shitmar around.
>>124143813
>4 races
>each one with around 20ish genuinely unique units
It really does have more variety, I just hope DLC price/quality ratio stays on the level of AoS and at the level AoC looks like it's going to be.
>>124141628
There's no way free company aren't in as mercs, has CA said anything about mercs in warhammer yet? Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but it'd be neat if you could levy unique units like carroburg greatswords or other knightly orders from like how you can levy units from client states in Attila.
>get into Arena beta
>shit constantly black screens
bravo
>>124063256
>>124069536
Am working on desert people right now, not sassy-nids. Land unit stats are almost done, which was probably the biggest work load - the other 'big' tables to worry about are unit recruitment and then a bunch of lesser tables (like unit abilities, recruitment priority). Cannot give date, prob after Charlemagne release so it'll be a double whammy of 4.0 Desert Kingdoms & making FOTE compatible with Charlemagne. Compatible - not 'integrated', that is to say not with the new textures/models and our old work integrated together.
What I'd then do after 4.0 is probably skip to both overhaul the Nordic and Celtic rosters in the main campaign and to overhaul just the unit appearances and -not- stats in the Charlemagne campaign. I am hoping to god CA went with the R2 system of most units persist through the campaign with some upgrading rather than "once you upgrade levy spears to armored spears you can never recruit levy spears again". As if they went with the R2 system all I'd have to do is worry about unit VMDs, not stats. Hate working with stats.
>>124133946
I thought we kept lower end Ostro pikes. However what I will do eventually is what I am doing with the 4.0 camel catas - the main release will omit them but if you download a mini mod released simultaneously it'll enable them with new appearance, new stats, new icon, full recruitment ect. Just to satisfy both the autismal accuracy crowd and those who want a bit more fun. But I am going to do that for the earlier removed units (Ostro Pikes, Heitarea Guard, Menulatoi, ect.) in a later release. Armored Himyarite Shotelai being one such example of the mini-mod unit.
Night battles, in valleys with mist are comfy as fuck.
Are you happy, /twg/?
>>124145470
NO THEME OF SICILY IN AoC
NO BRIGHT WIZARD IN WARHAMMER
YOU FUCKIING TELL ME
>>124145626
You look pretty happy. Like a Frankish soldier charging in to shed the blood of Saxon men.
>>124130651
Wut if anything the warscape engine improved on the trading/diplo model
S1/M1 had almost no trading model. M1 was especially dire since the game was total poverty: medieval europe
R1/M2 had a trade model, but it was automatic (routes) or flat (merchants/buildings) and basically hands off.
>>124145470
That's a very interesting question.
I wouldn't say I'm UNhappy, when I'm just walking around I'm generally positively disposed and have a natural smile and stuff.
On the other hand my life is a big old pile of nothing, I have literally a single friend, I'm avoiding my family and I fucked up my education to the point where I'm currently just flying under the radar, still living on the money I banked up while I was studying, waiting for the government to notice and give me a big old financial bitch slap.
I have absolutely no ambition or drive, I can barely think of a reason to get out of bed in the morning and sometimes I just don't. I have contemplated suicide, but never in a painful "I need to escape" kind of way, more in a "Killing myself would probably be less effort than continuing to breathe and feed myself and I'd probably get just as much done" kind of way. I think the only reason I haven't is that it would cause a lot of grief for my family and friend and because I don't want to miss my next Shadowrun session.
I'm just floating along on a sea of distractions in the form of video games, porn and cartoons. It can't sustain itself much longer and I'm not sure what I'm gonna do once the well runs dry and I have to face the music.
So am I happy? I don't fucking know really. I have nothing to live for and I know there's a bunch of bad shit coming up, but I have no emotional reaction to it, it's like none of it is real.
>>124146234
You sound like you need to shed Saxon blood.
>>124145470
Michael Fassbender's Macbeth isn't playing anywhere near me
>>124131390
Warscape shills = blown the fuck out
>>124146234
>I wouldn't say I'm UNhappy, when I'm just walking around I'm generally positively disposed and have a natural smile and stuff.
oh god I know exactly what you mean
Sometimes I think I'm depressed, but then I think I enjoy life too much to be depressed
you should start exercising, it helps
>>124146234
Simply end it. Why live another 40 - 60 years, with nothing but boredom, annoyances and anger at various entities. You'll have to figure out what to do once your parents die, and your friend eventually abandons you. Grief of your parents, is nothing you have to care about in death - it is the sweet release. You have the freedom of will, thus the natural solution towards fixing your life, is to end it.
>>124146689
He's saying only pre-Rome 1 games were good, though.
>>124146745
But if I kill myself I'll never know if our Runner team manages to rig the biker street race and win a billion dollaridoos
>>124114305
>makedonian
>greek
>>124146745
Because, happiness is not a measure by which you should measure your life
good night /twg/
don't kill yourselves
> only 2 roman cities remain, Rome and Florentine
> decades of decent and destruction has brought rome to its knees, but no more
> yes I'm I'm outnumbered and surrounded, but in this little half coliseum like building it ends.
> theres no way in hell those savages are winning without serious losses
> this is where rome will begin again and those filthy goths are doomed
>>124147656
start packing your bags
>>124144712
Report it. Thats why you are in beta fagget. To autisticaly search for bugs and report them, so after release game will work smoothly
>>124148583
>any CA game
>working smoothly at release
>>124147656
Victory!
though that was one of the hardest battles iv ever played in total war
I decided to try doing a horde campaign in the middle east and boy, is it terrible. Who the fuck thought Save Scum Until the Sassanids Stop Declaring War Simulator 2015 was a good idea? Fuck CA.
>>124149470
Tanukhids are some of the most fun you can have in the game, git gud
>>124149759
i'm not playing tanukhids though
>>124149820
not the same guy, but I played as the Alans on VH/VH and almost immediately started taking over the Caucasus. Me and the ERE became friends and fucked the Sassykids.
>>123996596
Hey does anyone know I can unfuck ETW's graphics options limitations?
I used to run it on High - Ultra
I upgraded to Windows 10 and now the game insists that the max I can handle is Medium settings on everything.
Does anyone know the solution?
>>124150145
>I upgraded to Windows 10
>>124150307
>All your old programs will run just fine! This is the best Windows EVER!
Believe me, the irony is not lost on me.
Any ideas?
All I could find was this, I hope it'll work.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?235211-Can-t-Set-Graphic-Level-above-quot-Medium-quot
>>124150145
have you tried going into the cfg files
>>124146539
Looks like a video game movie, all flash and edge, no subtlety or art, and the fact the director is also making a video game movie at the same time doesn't help.
>>124150703
Doe it look like video game movie, or is it just not exactly like throne of blood?
>>124152191
Honestly, I think it does. Heavy filters, action-oriented aesthetic, hyperbolic presentation, uses meme music in the trailer, all have a childlike kinetic energy that screams in your face "I'm making big boy movies now!"
>>124152191
nah anon is just being a fag
>>124149323
One more victory like this and Rome will be doomed
>>124152737
I feel like you're being a liiitle bit jaded, but I have heard it was kinda actiony.
Doesn't come out in the US until Friday though, so I'll just have o wait and see
will there be baller as fuck crossbows in age of charlameme?
>Playing FotS
>Geisha seduces Son
>Seduce son back with my own Geisha
>couple of turns pass
>realize that he's no longer considered my son, but a general.
>Look to see if i can't adopt him
>Realize that I can marry him to my daughter instead
PERFECT
Why does Empire have the best combat?
What the fuck is with the upkeep in Attila?
One research in military done and suddenly every fucking unit costs an arm and a leg to maintain.
>>124158283
is challenging comrade
get gud :^)
>>124158283
I never had any problems with that because I'm not bad at video games.
Remember that mercenaries cost a billion dollars each so you should really only hire them for a turn or two, and that you can put armies into raid stance so that they start paying for themselves
I autoresolve about 95% of all battles in all games. How scummy am I /twg/?
>>124159772
I autoresolve most multi stack battles and save scum when something goes wrong, so not as much as me.
>>124145626
I'm far more salty about no Life or Beast magic. Fire is just more and more templates that we would get from Heavens anyway.
Charlemagne factions when?
Orc campaign when?
I'm about to play Med II. It's my first total war. Which faction should I play? What should I know?
>>123999447
How do we know it's that exact list?
Specifically, the leaked unit lists give very few Spanish units, leading me to think that Asturias won't be playable.
Either Celts or Byzzies, probably Celts.
As for the specific sub-group of the Celts that we get to play... all of the Irish unique units exist in the Celt culture pack for the GC, while the Picts and Welsh both get new units. Teulu's are a specifically Welsh thing, and although they could have just taken the name for generic Celtic units, those along with the Welsh longbowmen makes me think that the playable Celts might even be Welsh.
>>124161346
You can reasonably pick any of the first five factions. Don't use mods yet, learn what vanilla is first. Focus on farms and roads, and take your first one or two rebel cities quickly. Keep us updated with screenshots and storytimes if you want.
Which factions have been revealed so far?
I saw something about Danes
>>124161802
Charlemagne, Danes, Lombards
>started a new campaign as Parthia on VH
>expecting MUH HORSE ARCHERS wrecking infantry-heavy army Carrhae-style
>starting army has no horse archers, only horse javelin skirmishers with shit range
>everyone around has horse archers and cavalry-heavy armies
>their economy base is larger, so they have more of them
It wasn't as fun as I expected it to be.
>>124145626
>NO THEME OF SICILY IN AoC
>>124161597
I don't know if you'd be interested in watching some awful scrub play, but okay. I picked the French, because apparently they have good heavy cavalry and that seemed fun. First turn was uneventful. England wanted to trade, but fuck the English. I built some farms and roads. Went bankrupt. Here's my first battle.
Hope this goes well.
>>124113572
>no ancient civilizations have armour that fucking swag
I'd love a fantasy-esq Rome with that kind of over the top armour and combat. Think Red Cliff but with Romans and Gauls.
>>124163029
It's fantasy.
>>124162819
You don't turn down a trade offer unless you're on the verge of attacking the faction in question.
>>124163336
That makes sense. The English are gross though. Don't know if this is a good result, but we won the day.
>>124161597
>Focus on farms
may i ask why? I always though that it makes city rebel faster
>>124163590
money
>>124163590
Food and money
>>124134903
>units can only fight in line formation
>no option to employ advanced infantry tactics of the time
>sharpshooters and light infantry are the only ones that can spread out, even then have less men
>no option for fire and advance tactics
>no option to fire and retreat
>no option to let units take cover behind trees etc
Victoria TW better be coming out soon.
>>124163637
>>124163706
but is it worth it? You need to maintain additional army to take off rebeled cities
>>124163706
There's no food in M2 dumb warscape scum
>>124145019
>get a daytime map in FotS that's hilly as fuck and has dead trees everywhere
Got some good WW1 feels from that map.
>>124163760
it wouldn't be there if it wasn't. the garrison will pay for itself with the additional income.
As long as your fronts are secure you can just hold the city with the weakest cheapest units and keep your strong units in with your main force.
>>124163874
ok, thanks. I need to revaluate my strategy in old TW games then
>>124163714
if my memory serves me correctly the cover thing was tried in empire and as usual was a disaster
Anyway else playing LME4 for Napoleon finding Cavalry to be way, way too strong?
>>124164362
I think its present in Napoleon, if you place units near a wall they'll run to hid behind it when enemies are near. I'm not sure if line infantry do this or if its unique to light and skirmishers.
>>124164362
it wasn't all bad. but once you get fire by rank the cover actually slows your rate of fire down so its better to just stand out in the open.
>>124163714
Wasn't it considered dishonorable to take cover? I might be wrong on this but that's one of the many reasons why france suffered so many casualties early on in WW1.
>>124161549
Some of the earlier lists here didn't include Asturia. We started to say Asturia because of the whole "Factions at the start of the changing turn out of alphabetical order are playable". If Theme of Sicily is playable then it throws that conclusion out of the window and would suggest Asturia isn't playable based on that low roster option. However there are those cha_gen_ units which since there's no faction or culture that can be said to be "gen" are probably "general/generic". Though I am not quite sure who uses them - I'd figure all the factions except Asturia either fall into Saxon, English, Celt, Muslim, Longobardi, Greek, Slav, nomad, Viking, or Frank. And I don't see why other factions would need those gen(eric) ones since all of them already have levy_archers, levy_spears, ect.
The only thing is the cha_gen could be used for those minor factions & Asturia that CA would usually lump in with the larger culture (think all the Iberians of R2 being the same). So the mostly Gallo-Roman Aquitaine Duchy, the Basque dominated Gascon Duchy, Asturia, emergent Pamplona, Papal states, Provence Duchy and so on would use cha_gen.
>>124161549
Because they are in their own alphabetical order and take their turns before everybody else.
>>124164601
Maybe in the first ten seconds of the first ever combat in ww1.
Mostly it was due to aged generals who just couldn't comprehend the idea that you cannot overwhelm entrenched machine guns and the constantly defeated belief that artillery would flatten all opposition and infantry would just be for mop up work. They just couldn't get that men+machinegunfire=hamburger
It was a war with technology that far advanced the accepted military strategy, the common soldier learned quick the rules of this new type of war while the 60+ year old high command officers wondered around looking for bits of string and wondering why the units on the map table weren't moving.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c20-fm_WNew
Do we have a Attila the Hun pepe?
>>124146234
I hope to Christ this is a Copypasta.
Otherwise try to at least a low paying job.
It's something
Why are all the barricades only place-able in shit locations in so many settlements?
You can rack up impressive kills if you have a barricade that the enemy actually might have to run into, but it never happens.
Someone over at CA is laughing.
>allied with Hirado since turn one
>Satsuma go full turncoat but still remain allied with Hirado
>want to war with Satsuma shits but risk breaking alliance with Hirado
DECLARE WAR ON ME YOU TRAITOR SHITS REEEEE
>>124167176
Actually arty was incredibly important. The french neglected their arty in favor of a more mobile armee and got fucked by the German's superior howitzers.
>>124168901
Bro I'm not saying it's unimportant. The belief however, that enemy positions would evaporate in the face of heavy bombardment leading to minimal resistance is utterly wrong, it's right up there with the LZ is clear, or the check is in the mail.
Time and time again this thinking was proven wrong, to disastrous results. Artillery is extremely effective, but the idea that it would break the front wide open and lead to the fabled big push just isn't true.
>>124170151
The french had the exact opppsite way of thinking and they got fucked over for it. You NEED an bombardment of some kind if you're gonna take a position where the enemy is dug in.
>>124170294
Am I not properly explaining to you what I'm saying? Honestly I'm getting confused here.
I'm saying that the idea, that artillery and artillery alone will break the enemy leading to little resistance and a broken and fleeing enemy is not correct, that no matter how much shelling you do you will face resistance. The idea that the artillery will break the enemies defenses and the infantry will walk over them is not correct.
Artillery is extremely important and yes bombardments were very successful, but the original point was casualties and I will insist again and again that the idea that artillery would leave the enemy in ruins and easy meat for a massed infantry assault lead to massive casualties. You need concentrated artillery, mechanized forces such as tanks and infantry with them to effectively break such a defensive line as found in the western front of ww1 and until tanks or barrels as they were originally referred to were made they lacked the ingredients to truly break such defenses.
Artillery is great, massed bombardments are great, I'm all for artillery, Rex regio retum and all that. But as someone who was in the military trust me on this. When your commanders have it in their head that artillery or air support will flatten the enemy and it will be an easy push no better then a mop up they are wrong beyond a shadow of a doubt. We saw it in ww1 at the Somme, we saw it in ww2 during the pacific campaign at almost every island, we saw it in Korea, we saw it in Vietnam.
I'm not sure how I can make myself clearer
52 minutes guys
>>124171839
Till what?Orkz?
http://strawpoll.me/5025531
New thread when?
>>124172047
> States
>page 10
goodbye /tg/
>>124089682
I find the lack of a slavic faction disappointing.
>>124089682
I find the lack of playable slavs disappointing.
>>124089682
Who are the Avars? Were they remnants of the Hunnic hordes?
>>124173109
No, they are Eurasian nomads that settled in eastern/central Europe during Charlemagne's time.
>>124043551
fugg LDDD
Orkz campaign gameplay in 2mins
So CA mentioned a Free-LC faction that will be released with Charlemagne. Anyone got an idea of what it might be? It'll probably fall under one of the barbar factions.
1 minute, fellow understanders of strategy!
>>124161549
Asturias was always going to be a generic roster, in history they were Gothic infantry and Gotho-African cavalry. Spain doesn't even exist yet, let alone justification for that many distinctly Spanish units.
>>124174257
> Not for him
Told you fags it would be 2pm 3rd dec. Maybe now you'll believe me that it's Mercia for AoC
ERE WE GO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJUWImJUZrU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJUWImJUZrU
>>124174290
>being a greenkek
Enjoy fighting my neverending zombie hordes
>>124174323
Also you'll see SOME vampire counts. Basically when they take over a region it graphically changes to become black and dead
>>124174395
>when they take over a region it graphically changes to become black and dead
YES!
Make the new thread WAAAGH related
> Attila style settlement management
Nice! Some people are going to be very mad
>>124174395
new thread when?
No more greenskins please CA
Yo that skill screen though.
Well, at least they kept the building browser, but something about the look of the tech and skill tree throws me off.
New Thread
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>>124174969
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