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Previous thread: >>531192786

Thanquol soon, friends!

>>531350637
>>531350779
bro fucked up his ritualpost

>>531351130
Be a Tyler the Creator person

I love Bretonnia.

be a stim person

I clicked on one of the OP links for the first time in ages and now I'm tryin to figure out how Tercios actually worked
It's one of those things that never made sense to me, my mental image of a phalanx with guns doesn't quite work in practice

Ahhhhhh... to die in battle.

Be a good person

i can only stand to listen to dungeon synth these days, LL for this feel?

Why are there provinces with only one settlement? I can understand for magical forests, but why does Kislev, for example, need 4?

>>531351834
that dwarf is like 5'7''

>>531351970
Kislev only has 4 cities in the lore so it represents that
fort and gate settlements are purely defensive
other places like skavenblight or sartosa are other places of lore significance like trees, or small countries

>>531351834
Are the tattoos mandatory for slayers?

>>531351834
Where's his armour?

>>531351970
GBecause Kislev (the country) is a frozen tundra so population is concentrated on huge cities. CA gave in to demads of shitters and added major settlements to kislev provinces. Normally it was all supposed to be minor settlements + Kislev + Erengrad + Praag.

Same should be a thing for Nagarrond as well. 6 major DE settlements + bunch of minor settlements because North Aemrica is a hellhole.

she's playing the tomb kings and disbanding skeleton warriors, it's not that serious

>more and more vtubers are picking up Warhammer 3
At this rate it won't be just Clio that brutally mogs Current Year +10 Legend when it comes to viewers, there will be like 10 other vtubers that do so as well

>>531353249
someone made a mistake in a video game, it IS serious

>>531353249
mfw when my favorite streamer might waste 2 minutes by making a mistake instead of just letting me backseat game the entire time

>>531350893 (OP)
>watching someone react to video about warhammer fantasy factions
>video maker is some chudjak that cries about Bretonnia
Uh oh, sounds like a peasant!

>>531351130
Dreadfu, my beloved Druchii tyrant.

>>531353249
>VTUBER SAARLADY
>DO NOT DISBAAAAAND
>DO NOT DISBAND SKELETON WARRIORS
>unless you show pusi feetsas and bobas then I can accept
>BUT DO NOT DISBAAAND
>EARLY GAME TOMB KINGS TOO WEAK SAARLADY
Why's she not expanding anyway? You have to conquer, you can't just sit at Khemri for 50 turns, even at whatever difficulty she's playing Skarbrand will send several stacks at her I bet

>>531353249
>sergeantastr0id moments before falling to Khorne

>>531353249
>DO NOT

>>531353614
she's very new to the game and thus, doesn't know KANGZ need to expand

>>531353249
>>531353614
kek

>>531353614
she doesn't seem to understand that the ai will actively recruit things faster than you, it's ok she will learn sooner or later

>>531353249
>dont disband
>DONT
>DO NOT

It's sort of unfortunate she chose what is probably the weakest race as her first try, just a month before CA reworks (?) them. If Thorek messes with her, her campaign's over, he can solo her army.

>>531354245
She'll get bored long before that dont worry.

>>531354206
>she didn't listen to me

>>531353249
Women making stupid mistakes is human nature, not something to sperg about

>>531355184
I hope one makes the mistake of dating me

>>531355456
they are dumb, but not that dumb

Why do chicks gravitate to tomb kings?
It keeps happening.
Also why the FUCK are we talking about and fucking watching ecelbs/vtuber whores?
Streamers are scum and vtubers are the internet celebrity equivalent of those phone game ads that look nothing like the actual slop game. Actual bottom of the dumpster tier ‘entertainment’

/twg/ already has a king (Legend) we now need a queen

>>531355456
you're too ugly, stupid and fat. quite frankly you very certainly do not deserve a gf, you useless piece of shit.

>/twg/ already has a king (Legend)

>>531355643
>Why do chicks gravitate to tomb kings
by nature, all women have a desire to be dominated. No one is more dom than the KING OF KINGS
>Also why the FUCK are we talking about and fucking watching ecelbs/vtuber whores?
nothing else to talk about until something actually happens
>Actual bottom of the dumpster tier ‘entertainment’
better than lorespergs LMAO

>>531356005
spearman > warriors

Kislevite Warriors > Spearmen

>>531351831
Pikewall hardcounters all infantry and cavalry with shorter weapons. Only viable melee matchup is another pikewall, but they are slow-moving and unshielded, so the guns do nasty work on them and cause huge losses and at worst a rout before the lines can even clash
Tercios were finally broken by artillery and checkerboard formations. /twg/chads win again

>>531356005
perfect

>>531355969
Ty for posting his queen

>>531352404
>CA gave in to demads of shitters and added major settlements to kislev provinces
They did? When? I only get major settlements in Empire territories.

>>531356478
Mass artillery, checkerboards and more effective cavalry skirmishers. All Swedish inventions by the way.

40k waiting room

if i like kairos which other LLs might i like?

>>531356748
Since SoC or 4.2.

>>531357341
do you like him because he's a spammy mage who can fly?
if so, you might like Malagor

>>531357025
actually the egpytians invented all of that

>>531357534
actually they got all that from aliens

>>531357341
Vilitch is a solid Tzeentch caster

>vtuber’s director tells her she’s scheduled to play total warhammer because CA licensed them to shill it a bit after a delay announcement
>she throws a shitfit off stage because wtf is this nerd shit she barely gets by playing normieware
>/twg/ eats it up
SOOIE PIGGIES, COME GET YOUR ‘ANIME GIRLFRIEND THAT PLAYS YOUR AUTISM VIDEO GAMES’ SLOP
MEMBER’ HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE GAME? AND CA?
LOOK AT THE CUTE ANIME GIRL
HAHA SHE DISBANDED THE SKELETONS WHAT A SILLY MISTAKE

>>531357818
and your proof of this is?

>>531357961
I made it up

>>531357818
it wasnt a mistake to disband warriors, spearmen are far more useful at that stage

>>531357818
How can she disband...

>>531358003

what cheat added this midget fuck I don't remember that

The real redpill is to understand that /twg/ is also a corporate american fascist product run by deep state employees who pretend to be real posters but actually are just here to make me waste my time.

>>531358028
It is a mistake because she didn't have a full stack.

>>531358198
it's not optimal

>>531357961
Prove me wrong
Why the fuck would an e-whore play a niche old (as in not released in the last 2 years) game outside of being paid specifically to?

>>531358413
not a mistake

>>531358458
because its fantasy and has bright colours, it is also easy to play

>>531358413
she was disbanding to make space for a casket of souls

>>531358458
>see it's popular
>see other vtubers get decent views/engagement when playing/talking about it
>why would they play it too?
you aren't very smart

>>531358458
because it attracts menchildren

>>531356478
I get that, but what I don't get is the weird fucking way these formations are laid out
I assume the big walking cubes are rows and rows and rows of dudes with fully erect halberds, while the smaller groups around the corners are dudes with guns, but how does that work in an actual battle?
Wouldn't a single cannonball (I get artillery wasn't as common during the 15/16th centurties but I see cannons all over the place regardless) demolish 60% of the meat cube?
Wouldn't they be extremely weak to skirmish tactics or flanking, since I doubt the dudes in the middle have a lot of manoeuvrability with their extremely long pokey sticks?
Wouldn't a unit of gunners in line formation obliterate the gun squares, since it'd be real hard to miss?
It's one of those things where I can perfectly understand why it works (phalanx but shootier) but for the life of me I can't imagine the actual logistics of it

Sweaty mating with saurus women for the Great Plan...

>>531358798
At least I have one honest response.
God I hate the modern age of manchildren and digital thots.

>>531358458
>>531358772
Clio had said recently that Warhammer content is basically like a cheat code for vtubers

>>531358329
onahole

>>531358834
Where do I sign up

>>531358834
all lizardmen are male

>/twg/s newest obession after G*ace is a chainsmoking failed wrestler turned vtuber whose taken steroids and sounds lika a tranny
el oh el

>>531358976
clio seems so fuckable, her meek voice coupled with being an educated woman really activates the ancient caveman rapist dna in me

>>531358834
Reptiles dont sweat.

>>531355643
>tfw girls would rather fuck a mummy than you
Feeling so mummypilled bros

>>531359170
They are actually all female by definition

>>531357642
No it was remnents of the Atlantean civilization.

>>531359342
How?

>>531358976
I can believe that. What is the single greatest common factor among warhammer fans?
>lol nerd shit no chicks ever ahaha
So of course neckbeards seeing an anime waifu pander to their loredump game pretending to be interested in it is a wetdream

>>531359330
broootal

>>531359407
They are sexless and therefore by definition classified as females

>>531358379
Umm no, they changed their logo to a rainbow for pride month, they're the opposite of fascist.

So what will the update bring for kangz? Dare we hope for more than one generic lord?

>>531359968
reminder that CA phrased it as a "quality of life update"
i will bring this up every time i can

which faction is the most mathematical

Pelvis-shattering mating sessions with a whole grand cohort of kroxigo girls...

>>531360126
Chaos Dwarfs.

>>531359968
they said it's a simple qol update, you fags continually get your hopes by making up shit in your head and then sperg and doompost when it doesn't happen

I have faith in CA.
I remain optimistic.
I shall continue to be positive.

to those who don't know luetin is one of the biggest shills in the 40k scene, she definitely has inside ties

>>531360652
what is the "40k scene"? just youtubers that talk about 40k?

>>531360403
>faith in CA
>after the le costs are up fiasco
>after le discussion is a priveliege
>after Hyenas
>after every shitty release and abandoned game
absolute STATE of /twg/

Khalida WILL get access to G&F
Khalida WILL get a mapwide range buff
Khalida WILL get more landmarks
Khalida WILL get a more substantial faction mechanic/buffs
Khalida WILL get a fix for her dogshit attack animations
It is known.

>>531360747
yes but he gets contracted by gw like how the ca shills do

80% chance that Total War: Warhammer 40K is being revealed in December 2025.

>>531360938
Only after Teclis gets a campaign mechanic, can confederate saphery and gets human maidens.

>>531361751
I dont speak squidgame, what does it say?

>>531361850
It says that Kairos has never been with a single woman whilst Changeling has been all of them.

>>531361926
is the changeling an agp?

>>531361850
that there was no client list and you should stop asking

>>531361850
i dont know

>>531360938
A-and a Rhupesh LH r-right anon?

Tomb King (Dwarf)
Tomb King (Saurus)
Tomb King (Ogre)

>>531362474
No He'll be a unique dynasty Lord

>>531358829
cannons and gun lines working with flanking cavalry is what eventually defeated the tercio but it took a while for people to figure it out. regular skirmishing didn't work though because you would just get shot by the gunners.

>>531353249
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8Ln1yqeJE

I just got shaken down for 4k by Gorbad as Drazhoath. I feel so wangli now, fellow Dhrath :/

>>531353249
>watching vtubers
kill yourself.

>>531359314
but i do

>>531364383
Really makes you feel like a bitch doesnt it.

>>531364990
I could have taken him, I'm just need a break from fighting Greenskins cause I just did Grimgor.

>>531365504
i ended up abandoning my recent cathay campaign because after securing all of cathay and the eastern chaos wastes, i look over and everything to the west is just different flavors of greenskins

>>531358329
Mixu's Legendary Lords.
Seems to have been a bit of stealth addition, the mod page credits an artist for making their flag, but doesn't mention them in the list of characters it adds.

>>531365883
I gave two settlements to Greasus cause I do not want to spend 60 turns clearing out Cathay yet again. I want to go west this time, but all the dwarfs seem to have been cleared out already. I never get to fight Dwarfs as a Chorf! Greenskins and Queek is what's on the menu.

>>531358829
That picture is one of the more complex ones, usually it was just few squares. Spanish mostly fought with turks, whose cavalry-heavy armies couldnt close in on the tercio and whose bowmen were outmatched by the typically heavily armored hangunners in front lines of the tercio Holy shit Spanish were cheesing with Nuln Ironsides
However even the picture you posted isnt that complex in the end - gunners in the front, with hole in the middle so pikemen can come front and gunners retreat quickly if enemy manages to close in. Cavalry is on the flanks to intercept any attacks that come in too quickly. This same basic formation is repeated couple times: even if flanking happened in significant numbers without tercio reacting for some reason, they'd still face massed gunners and cavalry+pikes from backlines that could be brought to bear quickly. As for cannons, they were generally fielded in very small numbers during that period around Spain and would be subjected to counterfire from Tercio's cannoneers who were protected by both gunners and cavalry, so inflicting massive casualties was very difficult.

>>531352148
Have you seen the dating markets? 6ft barely makes the cut from short king status nowadays

>>531367103
>be 6'4
>girls post tiktoks listing 6'5 as part of their wishlist
its ogre
6'4 is gonna be bare minimum by 2030

>>531367456
I'm 6'3 and already phased out.

LL for this feel?

>>531368710
Astragoth.

>>531351831
Your image of phalanx is probably wrong. And image of legions too.

>>531366246
>Mogs Ostankya's mechanics and makes Mazdamundi's life even harder
Neat
Probably just pushed it out now since Tides of Never Ever

Thoughts on Astragoth Ironhand having:
7000 health
130 armour
60 melee attack
50 melee defence
480 armour-piercing weapon strength

>>531360806
Sunken cost fallacy is a helluva drug

>>531368779
>Shunned by soiciety
>Culture of contempt
>Isolated in deep underground dungeons
>Just wants to oppress griggers all day

When a TRVECEL like Astragoth speaks, I listen and learn.

>>531369226
kek

>>531369093
>mechanical overdrive

>>531367456
at some point women have to realize that increasing their standards to absurd levels doesn't actually increase the height of the population r-right?

>>531364383
Why are you telling us this, while his people are yet not dead or in chains?

>tfw you perfect the mythical checkerboard formation with gun factions
Its...its so fucking beautiful
Checkerboard fags were right all along

>>531369525
you wish fag
guys think we're gonna fembots
in reality female demand will usher in the gigachad robot future
TICK TOCK MEATBAGS

>>531369786
go back to /ddlc/

>>531359170

>>531360806
Don't forget that time they tried to infantilize their audience for demanding them to do their fucking job for the product we bought from them.

Am I truly willing to pay $10 for Neferata?

>>531371526
NEFERATA WILL GIVE KHALIDA HEAD!
I mean... uh...

The only Empire campaign I've played was during Warhammer 1 and I got bored pretty quickly

>>531372579
volkmar is fun if you play him as a melee zerg rush faction

I am new to Warhammer Fantasy. What great controversies have I missed and what were they about.

>>531369525
They will just form harems and share. True return to tradition.

>>531370112
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMYDSyqNpQo

90% of the time if a Lord gets a non-(huge ass monster that wins battles by mass slaughtering infantry but also with anti-large bonuses for killing cav/other enemy monsters) mount, you should just forcibly dismount them, right?

>>531372973
What, like the game or the setting?

how do i switch units between retinues in 3k? i have some archers in my vanguard's retinue that i want to move to my newly recruited strategist's' retinue so i can recruit better cavalry

>>531372579
>I'm a retarded brownmerican, spoonfeed me the drama that I should be outraged about

>>531373292
Depends entirely how you're using that lord. If you're just gonna throw it to infantry moshpit, keeping it on foot makes it a smaller target and it cannot be hit by ranged. If you use your Lord/hero to kill large targets or mounted lord, you want it on horse or it'll spend half of the fight on its ass. Mounted lords can also be used to catch mages and skirmisher lords/heroes who would otherwise flee from you.

>>531373292
no walking just got nerfed bigly

>>531371526
Only if they add a bunch of interactions with her Khalida and rework Khalida a bit.

>>531375930
What if you're in lesbian love with a vampiress?

>>531375981
Be silent, or by Nagash I will hit you with a shoe.

>>531375930
she's wrong of course

Long victory on kostaltyn done, comfy campaign desu, the high point was when Arbaal was striding and had 6-7 stacks, had to play real careful, it was fun. After arbaal got btfo it became map painty though.
>29 battles fought manually of 111
Meh
Honestly, I could go on, but the ultimate crisis is in 5 turns, order is consolidated, and the only resistances are grimgor and malekith left, and I don't see the point in going further.
What do I play next? I want to play more battles manually, so no one near rats please.

evens tyrion
odds wulfric
both are shit campaigns i never really got into that are being overhauled soon and im not missing out on anything by playing them while burnt out

>>531375981
what are you suggesting anon? there's nothing of the sort happening here. why are you even bringing such an idea? Anyways, that would be disgusting, but it would still be less bad than turning into a vampire. Laying with a blood sucking beast might be immoral, but turning into one is way worse... in practical terms.

This fucker just throwing infinity dwarf stacks into the forest, completely ignoring the green/rat tide surrounding him from all sides, because doood anti player lmao

>>531374489
shit, meant for
>>531372973

>>531378297
Picrel*

>>531378297
Was it Belegar Ironhammer?

>>531377758
Chorfs. Use settlement move mod to start in Brass Keep. Tons of fun battles with Empire and Undead since everyone around hates your guts. I'm in the middle of one and its one of the most enjoyable campaigns I've played.

>>531378109
Ah, I see.

>>531378550
He must have his map to Karak Eight Peaks the wrong way round.

>>531378614
this is gayer than gay sex.

"Remember to accept the ally mission before attacking an enemy army" Challenge. (Difficulty: Impossible)

>>531378554
Yes, and I'm tired of pretending having Ikit and Belegar teaming up to attack me isn't incredibly stupid

>>531379367
you haven't been pretending, you shit your pants about it every time someone mentions diplomacy mechanics

The fuck are you doing out here? You're supposed to be standing on the victory point until I route you to army losses.

>>531379773
Wot. Meds

>>531350893 (OP)
Okay so it's been a while since the delay was announced what do we think of the 3 Legendary Lord were going to be paying for in the next DLC now that we know who they are all? Also what do we generally think of The vampire lover of two other four tomb Kings legendary Lords possibly being at DLC for herself. And by two lovers I do mean High Queen Khalida and Arkhan the Black for the very first vampire.

>>531378594
You should have done a migration campaign instead of cheating like a snot-nosed kid.

Dechala = anti-infantry expert
Sayl = spellcaster who can summon a melee-focused abomination
Aislinn = Well-rounded melee character
The Masque = Glass cannon duellist

What we calling it, Tides of Delay?

>>531380447
>And by two lovers I do mean High Queen Khalida and Arkhan the Black for the very first vampire.
>actually accepting reynolds meme writing
grim
grave even

>>531380674
I'd prefer Aislinn be support focused. We don't need another "Well balanced melee Helf"

What units are needed for:
High Elves
Norsca
Slaanesh

>>531381427
>actually accepting reynolds meme writing
What?

>>531381442
High Elves: Lothern Sea Guard (Halberds) ((Crossbows))
Norsca: Valkyries
Slaanesh: Daemonettes (Armoured) ((Shielded))

>>531381835
>Norsca: Valkyries
https://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Valkyrie

>>531379981
Based Aranessaposter.
Your posts used to annoy me, I'd see your all-Sartosan compositions of your armies, and I'd think "Why the FUCK doesn't he recruit more varied units?", but they've grown on me.
I now like seeing your campaign update posts and admire your dedication to make thematic Sartosan armies/autism.

>>531381736
Arkhan and Neferata were lovers only in Josh Reynolds novels

>>531382071
Thanks, King. My devotion to autism and tomboys and sick ass pirates is absolute.

>>531382071
aranessafag is even more cringe now that enticity did the meme but without cheating with casters and even *lf units.

Does weapon strength buff ranged weapon strength

>>531383354
no

>>531381428
>I'd prefer Aislinn be support focused.
In what way?

TIL without the opaque fart cloud the rat siege map has big stupid rat heads made of stone. So warpstone turns people into rats but it also turns stone into rats? It shouldn't we warpstone then it should be "Rock that turns shit into rats".

>>531383223
Nice try but I'm not that autistic. I will continue to use fun units while boycotting boring ones. I only play with all difficulty settings on max so I feel like an actual bandit faction.

>>531384025
Like my favorite pirate queen. Mediocre in combat, but brings a load of unique campaign buffs and support abilities.

>>531382071
There are many posts that aren't his. Like when I campaign posted the past couple of days I was called "that poster". And as I said, there was that turbo-autist that kept naming his army "tomboy mafia". Stop assuming that all are the same person. I've done themed runs with her a handful of times. Latest was with some ogres for example; of which others haven't done.

I'm the Alberic, Khatep and Cylostra poster.

Ariel seems too op
Now I'm confused and have decision paralysis

https://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Liselle_Emeraldsea
>Lady Liselle Emeraldsea is a High Elf and the cousin of Tyrion and Teclis.

>Liselle went to Tyrion's room and the two became lovers.

>>531384714
>Stop assuming that all are the same person.
I won't stop.

>>531384249
>I will continue to use fun units while boycotting boring ones.
in other words anything less braindead than sending swarms of piratemanii in human waves until the enemy dies. you're playing a challenge where you can only use 4 different units but then you don't even bother to recruit 3 of them most of the time.

Can a possible total war warhammer age of smegmar suceed if they cant have karl franz playable?
even if they have his children?

>>531384714
Nope, it's me. It was always me. I have no idea why people notice my presence though but I think only ~8 people have ever frequented this thread so that might be why. I always use a different name to keep all the screenshot folder distinct. (And, of course, autism)

>undead in "sartosa" army
This is how you spot a fake. No wonder so many posts from and about this shit are retarded.

Hell yeah I got Gaean Vale
I thought the entire island got fucked up but there was just one chaos army there which was easy to deal with
Time to rake in the money
God I wish CA would make dwarfs more like wood elves
Dwarfs are my favourite race but the campaign isn't very fun for me

>>531379981
He's come to mortis engine your blobs

>>531385954
>>531386948
How can spend any time on this site and be so bad at bait. You have to try way less hard.

>>531373292
No, riding into battle on a mount is cool and if you turn that down to try and squeeze out the most optimization possible you're a faggot.

>>531386194
Age of Sigmar has 0 appeal for people outside the tabletop hobby, GW has completely failed in marketing it.

What happens if the faction(s) that spawn for endgame crisis aren't anywhere near you? Do they still come after you specifically or is it just not your problem?

>>531388234
I was gonna say something, then I was watching something and this rolled up
jesus christ

>That no AOE feeling

>>531388487
>posts a screenshot of his army just sitting there in the single line they were deployed in while his undead units that break the rules of his challenge use magic to snipe the enemy lord and make the ai do stupid things

>>531388928
What are you gonna do about it?

>>531388280
They bee-line for you. I made the mistake yet again of trying an end-game crisis and got the wood elf one. They ran all the way to Norsca/wastes just for me. Nobody else at all. Endless 20 stacks from all welf factions over and over. Complete waste of time. Amazes me the TW2 end-game was infinitely better than TW3's garbage last-minute attempts.

>>531389207
call you a fag, you prancing homo lala boy

Total War: Endless

>>531390241
HoratCHADS rise up

>>531388416
Why is she black?

>WHOOPSIE >_>
>Wooks wike yew fought a wrat awmy >^<
>Gonna haev 2 put yur campaign on hold-eru fow 10 tuwnsy-wernsies ^-^
>Gonna dweete ur units nao ;3
>Bedder luc nex tiems :^) <3

>>531390718
>wtf why is CA so fucking lazy? They had one single VA do the whole voicework for an entire faction. What, was it too many Charlemagnes to let each unit stand out at least a little?

just cum already

>>531390987
No way I've been edgin for hours

>>531391124
you really start to notice how long the loading screens are when you have to fight all the battles

>>531389921
Wtf? Since when does craving fish-girl futa cock make you gay? The worlds a fucked up place these days.

>>531392113
homosexuals have to self-insert into everything, a man can't choke on his big realistic veiny dildo while jacking it to sweaty unwashed futa slavesex without being labled as "faggy" or "homo"

>>531392626
But he can feed (You)'s to pirate serial autists on /twg/ apparently

How much better will I be at the historical titles when I finish this?

>>531393817
You'll be better at making fake podcasts about finance and self-improvement

>>531393817
more like the fart of war lol

>>531394238
But I just wanna win fake wars :(

>>531393817
That only helps for 3Kangdoms i'm afraid...

>>531393817
Not good at all because it was written for retarded nobility who needed to be told that feeding your army is important

Tell me anons
Have you learned about checkerboard formation yet?

>>531394521
My food production is -2k in my Kurunta campaign rignt now so maybe he was onto something.

>>531394693
no whats that

>>531393817
>attack when you are strong and enemy is weak
>pikes in front, archers behind

>thorek ie
>just confedded karak azul (kazador dragonslayer) via his event
>imrik was sitting in sump pit but neutral
>decide fuck him fer' now I got bigger problems and look at finishing off gorfang rotgut and securing that province
>underway kazador towards crooked fang fort
>end turn
>imrik cold war decs me, the arrogant elgi fuck
>attacks kazador
>retreat surprised at the elgi betrayal
>regroup next turn
>attack back
>live up to the dragonslayer name
Holy shit most lore accurate sounding kino bullshit that ever happened. I take back saying this campaign was bad.
FUCKING GROOGE

>>531386194
Idk how but GW managed to make the most corporate design-by-committe by the books setting in existence
Its almost impressive how uncanny age of sigmar looks and feels

>this one aranessa fag that posts battle after battle with the same stack full of the same unit
idk how I feel about this

>>531395253
I know how I feel

I hope as fellow understanders of strategy you all cried too

Reading the new Cothique book and suddenly getting the itch to play helves for the first time since WH2 released. But Aislinn isn't in the game yet so I can't do my Nelson LARP.
I sure love being a good paypiggy for GW. I love findom.

>>531394861
>pikes in front, archers behind
What about catapults in front, pikes behind?

>>531395885
the only time i will ever let GW findom me is when they start their own vtuber branch, employed full time to stream warhammer content and erp

>>531395698
His days are counted, he is only relevant as long as warhammer is relevant, because he is "le lore guy" of a zombie setting (no TOW won't be the same)

>>531396243
who?

>>531396146
>tfw no sob or eldar vtuber

>>531393817
Does it teach about the almighty checkerboard technique?

>>531397105
What else would it teach? It's all you need

>>531397179
based and checkerboardpilled

>>531386194
>WHFB
>But 90% of your favourite characters are dead and the 10% that made it in are different now and not the way you remember
>Also nobody cares about it at all and the WHFB fans blame it for destroying their great setting

I have a better idea...

>there are anons itt right now that can't perform a simple checkerboard deployment
>they are spearmanii in the front, archermanii in the back chuds
>some of them, god forbid, are hero in the front, archermanii in the back
Have eyes, but can't see Mt. Tai

News?

I prefer taxemanii in the front and axemanii on the flanks, personally

>>531397326
>CA
>making a playable starmap
Nice joke.

>>531397710
Taxmen?

>>531397710
Taxes?

>>531397951
>>531397982
axemen FUCK

>>531397820
good point, there is a HUGE possibility that the whole TWWH40k will take place in ONE planet conflict

>>531397710
>taxmanii
j word

>>531393817
Not at all. It's a grossly misused, misunderstood, and yet simple and overrated book. I have it (different version than the pic). It's an okay read, but also very, very repetitive (even word-for-word sentences are repeated).

>>531398172
>>531397820
>press M
>shows you 3 planets
>select one
>zoom in into another map
How is that any hard?
Obviously there won't be voidships because that is battlefleet gothic IP

Damn this is the most fun I've ever had in 600 hours of Total War Warhammer
It's just surpassed my FOTS campaigns as well

>>531398417
Its repetitive like the tao te ching is repetitive, because it was not written as a book, people compiled letters and notes these faggots wrote over time and published it.

>>531394935
why did you recruit so many gw variants?

>>531397105
sorta

>>531358379
>employees
you guys get paid?

>>531399263
You should be receiving a paycheck, contact HR

HE
LL - Sea Lord Aislinn
LH - Caradryan (Can't speak so CA will 100% love saving shekels from no VA)
Lords:
>Anointed of Asuryan
>Stormweaver
Heroes:
>Sea Helm
>Mist mage
Units:
>Lothern Sea Rangers (Shadow warriors, might get retconned into sword&board)
>Ship's Company (Lothern Sea Guard with AP or some other gimmick)
>Sky Cutter (Elf Thunderbarge with Bolt Throwers)
>Merwyrm

His schtick will be juicing up Lothern units and bolt throwers

>>531398875
they were confedded and I didnt waste time re-recruiting the army. I noticed and figured 'fuck it, when will ever use this unit otherwise?'

>>531399620
Really hope for caradryan, god knows we need ANYTHING to buff phoenix guard

>>531399780
what's bad about the benis guard?

I don't enjoy playing high elves, they feel generic but powerful

>>531399949
I like white lions, swordmasters and phoenix guard, the rest of the roster can get fucked though, spearmanii and archermanii spamming

>>531399949
i didn't enjoy them until eltharion, only because of the lions and his campaign is cool too with the dungeon mechanics

>>531399949
Dragon princes are cool but they are quite generic, yes
I love white lions (the unit not the animals) because they are the most unique thing in the roster.
I haven't used them since WH2, back then they were absolute shit and it disappointed me immensely

>>531400468
they're decent mostly only as Alistair's army
you should use the war lions and the chariots though, they're strong

>>531399858
I suspect he's being snarky

>>531398463
Are you going to expand on that?

>>531398437
>they'll make a map with three planets
yawn...

>>531399949
I enjoy going back to generic armies like Empire and HE after all the DLCs we've gotten usually being centered around specific playstyles or focusing hard on linear progression

>>531396031
if you have heroes to kill the enemy lord so their army crumbles its a good strat

>>531399858
They aren't Sisters of Avelorn.

Which faction benefits the most from allied recruitment?

>>531398463
But enough about Tretch.

>>531399620
LSGs need a sword and board variant and a dual sword variant

Since this is a DLC and highly likely their last I can see them getting roided double AP melee/ranged Sea Guards with the RoR having AP magical/fire damage on both melee and ranged

The monkey paw is that Aislinn will be placed in a shit start position

>>531399858
They are kinda of a metal ass unit
>Sees their own death, still fight
Imagine knowing you will die to a shitty ass skavenslave shit smeared spear, yet you fight them all the same
They deserved a better treatment in game 2, don't know about game 3 though

>lothern sneed guard
is there a bigger crutch unit for shitters in the game?

>>531402983
everything kislev has

>>531402983
They made an entire faction of lothern sea guards so...

I wish Tzar Guard had pistols

>>531402983
if you recruit anything higher than tier 1 units you didn't beat the game

>>531403219
They would be the best unit in the game if they did

>>531403219
they do though

booted up Pharaoh and it tripped the breaker

>>531403441
You are thinking of armored kossars, tzar guard lose hybrid to be tankier

>>531402524
Odds of him starting on that colony southeast on the map? Tor Elasor?
>>531403238
You just lost the game.

>>531403574
Tor Elasor makes too much sense for him, but not as start pos, more like a remote base, like hag graef and imrik has

white lions with dual axes
white lions with an axe and shield
white lions with throwing axes
white lions with a massive 2h axe
white lions with an axe, shield and throws magical explosives
white lions with a bow and axe
white lions with a bow, axe and shield

>>531396243
TOW is going to be better than WHF because it's going to fix a lot of problematic issues that was dragging WHF down, like a lack of female Imperial soldiers.

(90)
Armoured and Shielded
Anti-Large
Armour Piercing
Armoured-Piercing Missiles
Charge Defense against All
Good Range

(90)
Armoured and Shielded
Anti-Infantry
Armour Piercing
Armoured-Piercing Missiles
Damage Dealer
Good Range

>>531405038
hmmm how about we add Frenzy to both sweetie?

if they do add super sea guard they'll cuck them to aislinn's roster just like the sword board infantry is locked to yvresse

>August blog
>Sorry Aislinn isn't ready yet, here's a concept sketch of him and also Tides has been delayed until February 2026 so sorry so sorry
>But don't forget to join us in December when we'll reveal 40,000 new reasons for you to get excited for the future of Total War!
Soon

>>531405217
Is an Eltharion campaign worth playing these days?

>>531405241
I expect Sega to announce huge layoffs at CA (again) and the next TW to extensively use AI.

>>531403574
I don't think even CA is dumb enough to have him stay there, it'd make a terrible campaign. A start location where you can never really lose but have to spend multiple turns to get anywhere else would make for one of the worst campaigns in the game.

>>531406080
easily solvable by having some "currents" bullshit near tor elasor that allow you to go to multiple corners.
I don't think he will start there, however, its free real estate in a increasingly cramped map

>>531406285
>easily solvable by having some "currents" bullshit near tor elasor that allow you to go to multiple corners.
It would still be an invincible start location though since it's not like CA could program the AI to use them.

>>531406389
meh, its not much different from not-antarctica.

Buffs and debuffs lasting for like 32,5s (depending on the spell, some only last 19 2/3s) was an idea of the retards who play MP, wasn't it? Because it seems to me every reasonable dev would just make them last 1 minute.

>>531406669
Yes
Most numbers are tweaked to appease MP fags

>>531405876
B-b-but they said learn to code...

>>531405876
Grim.

>>531406885
You vill write the code of the AI that replaces you.
And you vill be happy.

>>531406885
Boy I feel bad for people who learned to code back in 2012 because it was "the career of the moment".
I almost fell for that.

>>531407059
It's still a good idea, but only if you are willing to be an entrepreneur and make the product that Google or M$ ends up buying out from under you. If you thought you'd just coast for the rest of your life at some cushy FAGMAN job, lol you deserve it.

>>531407059
The best thing to do with coding now is to sell courses/mentorships to other retards who think coding is still in

is it just me or does Karan Kadrin (?) become a superpower in every game? Every time I discover that mountain range, it’s just swarming in slayers. Armies of doomseekers as far as the eyes can see

>>531406669
mpfags have been asking for buffs to last longer because they're tired of burning head and spirit leech being the only spells you can take without throwing the match

>>531407059
To be fair, it's 2025, they got at least a decade out of it.
Though I have no sympathy for the ones that sneered at blue collar workers losing their jobs to illegals thinking that they were safe and sound at their tech desk. The illegals might be deported but the AI is going no where.

>>531393817
>If you outnumber your enemy you'll probably win
>If you get ambushed you'll lose
>If you don't know how strong you are you'll lose fights
>If you know how strong the enemy is you can decide whether to fight him or not
>Don't fight an enemy stronger than you
waow

>>531407059
Programming is one of the best hobbies out there and is one of the few real skilled trades/crafts out there
These days all you have is artistic fields and mcdonald's tier slaving as a carpenter, plumber or electrician, no real love of the trade

>>531408873
You forgot the classic one
>Don't fight an enemy with no retreat option

>>531406557
Yeah, which sucks.

>>531407235
>it's still a good idea but only if you'll be the one in a million who luck out

>>531398603
Not surprised at all. That's another book I've recently ordered, but have yet to start. By what little I've heard of it by trusted people, it sounds 'better' than Art of War. Hell, even book of five rings is more worthwhile too.

>Endless stacks of grail knights, unbreakable cav, and unkillable paladins
Anyone who says Bretonnia is weak deserves a bullet

>>531409562
All ancient literature (as in, from the ancient times BCE) are pretty much compilations of letters, songs, notes, or transcriptions
>Meditations
>Tao Te Ching
>Art of War
>Seneca
>Odyssey
>Iliad
>Gilgamesh
etc
Hence why they tend to be very eliptic

How do you guys plan out your Franz campaigns? Been so long since I last played him I had a bunch of half-assed/wasted turns. After first province I took out the greenskins North, then attacked Festus but didn't wipe him out so I spent time basically waiting around and then finally took him out. Norsca and VCounts are very strong and heavily encroaching.
>>531409820
Good point and true; also relates how in Art of War there will be messages about the same concept by multiple generals/officers, simply consolidated to the same page (multiple people saying the same thing basically). Meditations is a favourite of mine, which may seem bizarre how I sort-of scorn Art of War. I suppose it's primarily due to my first post on how seemingly most people get the wrong idea of it.

>>531409820
Depends on the work, the histories of Polybius or Xenophon were planned as one work and edited just like a modern book and later epics like the Aeneid were written as one work.

>>531409820
Takes me back to reading The Conquest of New Spain and Letters from Mexico. Both are interesting, but Bernal's account feels more down to Earth, while Cortes' has a lot of him humblebragging to the Spanish Throne.

>>531353249
Ind confirmed in TWW ???

>>531408669
>losing their jobs to illegals thinking that they were safe and sound at their tech desk. The illegals might be deported but the AI is going no where.
It's OK anon, we can say it. Techfags are losing their jobs to Indians

Long Rifles are pretty silly. A lot more hands-off than handgunners.

>>531385258

>>531409312
You don't have to make a billion dollars, you just have to make yourself useful. You can be useful to other people and not need someone to tell you how, right?

>>531395698

Why does Legend hate borrowing units?

>All members of the Amethyst Order are clean-shaven from their scalps to their toes -- they are as hairless as bleached skeletons.

Ah didn't know elspeth was bald

Why didnt CA make ironsides just better gunmanii
Now they are in a grey area if they are better or not

>>531413857
That just means she doesnt have a jungle.
She still has lucious locks.
Trust me

>>531413857
She is not.

>looking through 3 kangdoms faction unique units
>liu chong has darkshards (shields) (chinese)
>they also have spears as a backup weapon just in case cavalry tries to fight them
beyond your comprehension

>>531403469
Stop pissing off Baal

>>531413857
>All members of the Amethyst Order are clean-shaven from their scalps to their toes -- they are as hairless as bleached skeletons.
They are not.

>>531378550
>belegar grom and ikit alive
>turn 29 of orion campaign
what the fuck have you been doing all this time?

>>531415045
Anon... he's not Orion

>>531378893
yeah, Neffy wanted a piece of Khalida's coochie HARDCORE

>>531415195
fuck

The Elector-Countess of Nuln gets to fuck this?

>>531414360
Yeah Liu Chong singlehandedly made Dong Zhuo's already hard start almost unplayable. He also comes at you in that fucking valley of ambushes

>>531408873
amazingly people here still don't understand what the units they're recruiting actually do or act surprised when the game gives them decisive defeat against an enemy that out values them by 200%.

>>531414323
>Cuckicle7 trash
lmao

>>531415297
that would be just gay. she's all toxic yearning GF, that's like another layer of gayness.

>>531413143
Anon, we play total war, we're the brainlets of strategy gaming

>>531416870
Her miniature gives no indication one way or another and the source for Amethyst Order wizards being bald is from an even earlier edition of WFRP than the image I posted comes from.

>>531359407
because she looks like she fucks human men

>>531369525
>women have to realize
No.

>>531417320
I am not as blackpilled as some people but the things women of varying ages (from 20s to 40s to fucking 60s) have said IRL to me about height is really grim.
Grave even.

>>531385258
Elves being inbred degenerated is a feature

>>531416517
literally me thinking im going to cuck every man in china as the ugly bastard only to find some darksharts blocking my way

>>531369525
>women have to realize

>>531417320
>17% of women have fantasies of being raped by other women
Damn

>>531417576
Not blackpilled on the looks so much (BPfags exclusively focus on dating apps and not real life, where looks obviously are the only factor), but I'm definitely blackpilled on the behaviour component. I've been on both ends of the shut-in quiet guy to the low inhibition extrovert and have seen it with my own eyes. Basically just be a zero attention span psycho and you'll do well

Sadly the shit-stack is the one to initiate the attack. The units of the other armies weren't so shit. Very fun manual battle. And yes the outrider GLs feasted. Also my army started damaged (was in encamp stance after killing an army of theirs that turn).

>>531418461
Campaign is slowly turning around but of course Thrott, Wulfrik (who has declared war on me now), and Azezel are on my borders.

>>531417868
hot desu

>>531417320
>get no attention from women at all every time i match with one on tinder I get ghosted
>just for the fuck of it i install grindr slap my picture on there
>inbox gets FLOODED with Dms and messages of people complimenting me
>it feels nice
>never respond cause i dont want to have sex with men
this is how emboys are created

>>531418819
oh and Total War

>>531418819
Just be gay bro is only half a joke, even the most effeminate gay men expect less of you than the average woman does in terms of having to jump through forty hoops and tons of shit tests to satisfy her. Unfortunately the issue with gay dudes is that they all have STDs so even if I didn't find men disgusting I still probably wouldn't sleep with them.

>>531419239
nah im not gay i find feminine boys cute and shit like Ralsei and Astolfo but the idea of having sex with a man disgusts me
Total War Empire is underrated btw

How bad of an idea would it be to turtle on hellpit and the starting province with the deeps and then have malakai go out and do the adventures?
It seems more viable because you can get replenishment and recruitment anywhere with him
How many provinces would you recommend if I did do this?

>>531418461
why is your army so weird? are halberds good against crypt horrors? why life wizard when the only thing you have worth healing is karl and the one demi knights?

>>531419626
Btw I should add that my problem with going about the campaign the usual way is that I ended up at war with practically every chaos faction and couldn't defend myself and do the adventures at the same time

Is there a way to find where Grom's Hag Merchant is hiding on the map?
I forgot about her for a few turns and now I can't find her anywhere. No prompt to locate her on the map or anything

>>531418819
My advice as an oldfag is to not beat yourself up over the female choosiness epidemic man. I got to live through the pre smartphone era and can tell you it wasn't always this bad. You were simply born in an era with powers out of your control that work against you, and for all you know you'd have 2 kids right now if you were born 30 years earlier. Just sit back and embrace your inner chud with the fact that women are their own worst enemy with hypergamy leaving them miserable on the hedonistic treadmill. Enjoy the civilizational ride down

Oh and Neferata only chooses the chadiest grail knights to seduce into her bed chambers to keep this TW related.

>>531419839
Working with what I have and bothered to recruit. Only very deep into a campaign do I try to make armies particularly neat. The life wizard is what I was given on like turn 3 or some shit from an event. He has an AoE heal, too, not just the single. And his small AoE burst has been great. Great army, good fun.

>>531418819
>>531419239
distant sodomites and reckless faggotry my lord

>>531420716
Did "gay dudes all have gross STDs and I would not have sex with them even putting aside the fact that I am not attracted to dudes" not tip you off to the fact that I'm not homosexual or are you just mad at seeing women get slightly insulted?

>>531419626
>>531419980
honestly i would rather just go take azghas starting province it has a gold mine and is easy to defend + has access to trade with other dwarfs
you could take hellpit on the way and sell it to katarin for treaties and a nice jump start for your economy

>>531420716
>wojak poster cant comprehend words
wow im shocked dood

>>531420618
why recruit halberds at all though? they're only good against armored large. spearmanii (shields) are better frontline units.

>>531420592
we'll just have to settle for being the pets of her handmaidens until they get bored and neferata has us kill each other for their amusement

>>531419626
I personally juice up Katarin as much as possible by killing moulder and helping her snowball her territory. Malakai's campaign is pretty hectic with all the OP chaos fuckers around if you want to actually empire build though.

>>531420906
i just wanted to make a shtpost about distant kings and bestial lords

>>531421105
halberds are about 50% cooler

>>531421928
Flat chested witch elves are an eyesore after playing with coomer mods

>Also thot spotted
C'MERE

I think I would be a lot more into WH and forgiving of its' shortcomings if the majority of lords didn't look so fucking goofy

>>531422360
As a fan of Warcraft I kinda like the goofiness desu

>>531421105
spearmanii shields dont offer anything against nurgle and vampires desu
beastmen and greenskins barely have any ranged to worry about either and those are what you will fight for your entire campaign basically

>>531421928
>>531422256
kinky psycho sex with witch elves on khaine altars...

>>531422952
What happened to her left arm?

>>531422838
they have shields and higher melee defense while costing less gold. it's not like halberds are going to be super useful against poopmanii or skeletons. you just need a unit to occupy space and die slowly while your real units can kill everything and spearmanii (shields) are the best on the roster for that.

>>531423080
Good thing that army has cavalry, a fuck load of guns, and 3 units of greatswords. Halberds are anti-large which guess what, VCounts have. What are you even arguing over.

>>531422952
This

Also I don't upgrade my knights to skullcrushers because they're just too fkn cool and nobody can stop me

>>531423025
>looking at her arms and not that glorious tummy
anon you gay maybe artist got horny and forgot about it
>>531423205
based

>>531423205
And keep Kormak on foot because RRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGHHH

>>531423080
poopman starts with a giant in his army and he often has trolls aswell
vampires spawn black knights and vargheists out of the ground constantly
greenskins will have cavalry and trolls by the time you reach them
drycha will also have giant wolves and bears and treekin with some treemen aswell

>>531423205
I'm very happy they fixed the chaos ponies in WH3
they looked so fucking stupid in 1 and 2

>>531423171
they're anti large but 5 hochlands should be enough for that. you really just need melee infantry to block so your guns can shoot and halberds don't seem like they're worth the increased cost compared to spearmanii and swordmanii in that role.

>>531420592
Bretonnian knight be like: "AHHHHHHHHHHHH DON'T SUCK MY BLOOD! I'M FOR THE LADY YOU FUCKING CRAZY BITCH! NO DONT SUCK ME DONT SUCK ME NOOOOOOOOO!"

>>531423383
And the Valkia with hair mod because I really mess with the feathered wing look
>>531423479
Same, no more tiny ponies with men larger than them on top. Chaos warriors/chosen are also now finally massive figures that tower over most men as they should be

>>531423739
>NOOOOO DON'T SUCK ME PLEASE MY 20% PHYS RESIST BLESSING WILL BE LOST PLZ DON'T SUCK AAAAAAAAAAA

>>531423454
empire has tons of tools to deal with giants and cavalry and he already has them in his army. halberds are fine of you have like 2 of them in your back line to screen for shit, but that comp is clearly using them as a front line.

>>531423952
spearmen and halberds are basically the same unit with the difference being shields which are pointless against the enemies you fight in karl campaign and armor piercing which is very useful no matter what
literally the same use for both units and halberds are just better

>>531423764
>pic
Very kino and fitting image anon

>>531423205
I keep both in my armies. Love skullcrushers, and more-so love juggernauts. And knights are cool and actually good. They often outperform skullcrushers BUT I give them easier fights generally too.

>>531424595
you still have ungor raiders and arrer boys that could shoot at you, and if they're basically the same why pay for the more expensive one? the ap is also mostly wasted when you are using them as a front line unit.

Rome Remastered or Rome 2?

>>531424869
>ungor raiders
khazrak most likely dies before you even have access to halberdiers so i guess you have shielded spears for this anyway
>arrer boys
so inaccurate that you dont need shields
>if they're basically the same why pay for the more expensive one?
because the expensive one is still considerably better and the upkeep difference is like 200 per turn for 5 of them so not enough to make any kind of a difference
>the ap is also mostly wasted when you are using them as a front line unit
what in the actual fuck are you talking about

>>531425179
neither. Play 3k

>>531425179
rome 2 has more stuff

>>531425582
lol

>>531423080
Both have same MD, but Halberdiers have 10 more Leadership and can get Charge Defense Against All from tech, so they last significantly longer as long as there arent any arrows flying around. They also have 6 more MA and armor piercing so they deal more damage too.

>>531425915
also a small increase in health

>>531422952
and handholding

To what degree do you guys tailor your armies for the foes you will face?
Also why don't they release a Medieval 2 remastered with a modern Total War camera?

>>531427309
>To what degree do you guys tailor your armies for the foes you will face?
I might take some units (for example if I know Im facing large monster Ill take anti large) but for most factions the meta is ranged and magic, so I always make sure I have those and it works out.

>>531427309
Hardly. It might sway one unit choice, in particular like a RoR if I feel like bringing one.

>>531422952

>Ikit's nuke
>It has a mere 3 second wind up
>Even if you pause the game at exactly 45 seconds to make an order the pico second it's activated, 95% of infantry units in the game get fully wiped
>The AI will also not use it on lords or heroes
>The only way to avoid it is to cheese your entire army into a pocket in a minor forest patch and have a cav unit ready to flee

I challenge anyone to find a more cancerous mechanic in the game. Even the chorf dreadquake thing has a longer wind-up, and the dark elf explosion can be activated with heroes.

>>531429007
Hey, Ikit, check this,
>auto-resolves that faggot every time

>>531429007
Nothing is more cancerous than the teleport ambush

>>531431136
I forget that's even a thing, has been quite a while since I last played Tzeentch. Does the AI use it?

Gonna start up a mazdamundi campaign, any advice for mein froggy or the lizards in general?

>>531431269
Yes. Especially when you’re in ambush stance. The ai knows where you are but has to pretend it doesn’t know. So Kairos will use teleport ambush right on top of you which not only cancels your ambush but also forces you into being ambushed

>>531431636
>but also forces you into being ambushed
What in the fuck. Does this work as the player if you know where the ambush enemy army is?

>>531429007
Fighting Skaven in general is just utter shit
>gotta protect your artillery/ranged units otherwise units can just spawn on top of them non stop free tarpit tool tool
>oops warp lightning just decimated one of your units oh we can spam that non fucking stop too
>ambushes in general
>sieging their settlements is fucking TERRIBLE their towers are strong and the pathfinding is just fucking awful
>oops tried to snipe my artillery or heroes? Howling Warpgale eat shit

>>531429007
Chorfs and their infinite nukes
Ikit has one per game

>>531431709
Yes, though I don’t know how accurate you need to be
>>531431636
Also it is a guaranteed ambush, so no amount of ambush defence chance is going to save you

>>531431491
Lizardmen update in a month (2 more weeks), so don’t bother

I'm most excited to play
>chaos dwarfs
>warriors of chaos
>wood elves
>dwarfs (mostly malakai)
Also maybe
>Tehenhauin
>Nakai
>Oxyotl
>Deathmaster Snikch.
>Ikit Claw.
>Taurox
Any other fun campaigns I'm missing?
Btw I tried the oxyotl campaign and I couldn't win the first battle without massive casualties lmao

>>531386194
>>531388416
>got into minis this summer
>Smegmar minis are cheaper, more varied and actually look pretty fucking good
>majority of TOW is overpriced as shit (try guessing how much picrel costs; it's $60.00) and its models are undoubtedly much much lower quality
Smegmy may be the least soulful setting in existence but at least their artists are actually able to make creative sculpts without the retarded rules and limitations that hold 40k and Fantasy down
Anyway Tone, $4 a pound

>>531433073
at this point I'd rather play more TWWH
or lose my mind going insane about how to make my own codex with my own faction
I do have a different set of minis, but they're 1:24 scale but they're still larger then WH minis

>>531386194
If they confirmed that Celestant Prime is the resurrected Franz, the autists would come

>>531432886
Taurox

Yep it's time for another dwarf campaign.

>>531434161
Which lord?

>>531434194
I don't know yet. Don't want to play main protagonist so prolly Ungrim Ironfist.

I played a ton of Tomb Kings in 2 but to hear that they're the same and have none of the strengths that they did in 2 sucks

>>531434334
he's fun

>>531434761
thx! good to know!

>>531434845
T6 garadrin if you steadily recruit slayers, grab mixu's slayer traits

>>531432886
greenskins are a lot of fun, I would recommend either skarsnik or wurzzag depending on if you prefer goblins or orcs

>>531433073
youre forgetting inflation, those models used to be like $40 20 years ago

>hyper fixate on wh3
>get burnt out
>try to play other games
>last 20 minutes before going to wh3
>every day
maybe it's time to start adderall

>>531436269
Play Rimworld I keep bouncing between the two
>play Rimworld
>get tired play Total War Warhammer 3
>get tired of it play Rimworld
>buy new singleplayer game that I drop after 5 minutes
>play Rimworld
rinse and repeat

>>531436571
Rimworld filters me, I get bored early or rage my fucking shooter gets mauled by a squirrel

>>531436571
I have had an interest in Rimworld for a while, might be worth checking out
for a while my secondary was Satisfactory but that started to get old after a while

>>531436879
stop using vanilla combat it makes the game 90x better no joke
>>531436950
the new dlc is out and its pretty fun desu

>>531437034
I know but even if it improves I don't have the will to judggle between setting up defences and growth. And don't get me started on pawns being timewasting retards. This game is only fun being watched

>>531437034
this might be a question for the rimworld general but are there any essential dlcs?

>>531438009
biotech for actual children to have some sort of an actual society, it absolutely should be in the base game but alas

>>531438009
pirate them

>>531438009
if you arent gonna yo ho fiddle dee dee then Biotech is the dlc you should get it no thought and no contest the rest is up to you but most will tell you to skip the Anomaly dlc (I personally really like it)

Total War Empire 2 with a Rimworld mod when?

>>531396031
Also don't use your walls OR the big fire pit you carved out to funnel enemy troops. 90% of your army should die without ever seeing you use the defences you have available for the battle. Don't worry though, like half of those men will just spontaneously come back to life after the battle as if nothing had happened anyway.

I'm still astounded even now how they could fuck up the most climactic and relevant TV medieval battle ever so hard.

>>531438714
they didnt fuck it up they just didnt give a shit thats what happens they thought about spectacle not even realism or logic or anything just "well it looks cool so *shrug* and had no thought charging light cavalry directly into the darkness would be a stupid idea to literally anyone you asked but it looks cool when their arakhs are on fire so do it!!!

>>531409732
>>Endless stacks of grail knights, unbreakable cav, and unkillable paladins

LL for this feel?

>>531409820
>BCE
Ahh, so good to see a fellow intellectual *tips fedora*

>>531391124
SHE'S NO MERMAID!

>>531439583
Gelt

>>531439583
Kurunta in Pharaoh is close. I can't think of a WH one.

>>531417868
>>531418765
Which female LLs would want forced sex by a woman, and which would be the ones to do it?

>>531440080
Alarielle.
Morathi.

The answer write itself, anon.

gonna try tomb kings for the first time who should I play

I kind of miss mini campaigns

>>531441728

>>531440080
>want forced sex by a female
Elspeth
Repanse (only by Morgianna)
Khalida (only by Neferata once in game)
>would force sex on a female
Valkia
Hellebron
Morathi
Dechala (once in game)

>>531395085
At the very least they improved the art and models over the course of 10 fucking years. I think the realms actually have maps now instead of whatever the fuck pic related from is from 1st edition

>>531441728
Arkhan is the most forgiving at the start because he gets 2 armies instead of 1
I personally like Khatep because I'm boring (and he gets an artillery mount)

>>531442638
>Khatep
Isn't TK magic a joke?

>>531442579
You may not like it, but this is what peak SOUL looks like

>Bertrand the Brigand or Bohemond Beastslayer
Which one would you pick if only 1 can be a new Bretonnian LL?
Where would their starting locations be?
What faction mechanics and armies bonuses do they provide?

>>531442638
not really, they get death and light which are both solid lores for them, and shadows later on (which isn't as good on them)
lore of nehek isn't as good but it still has some decent buffs and debuffs, and a vortex spell

>>531443046
I'd rather have Vardek Crom

>>531442579
>river magmus

>>531443161
>I'd rather have Vardek Crom
For Bretronnia?
I don't think the Lady would approve, he doesn't sound very chivalrous.

>>531443046
Tristan the Troubadour.

>>531444560
Only if he has a quest/rap battle with Cholestera.

>posts pic
>LL's for this feel?
nigga just go read/listen/watch/play the actual thing wtf?

DONG'D

>>531445597
Dong Zhuo is the face but it is Lu Bu who actually does all of the work.

>>531380447
Okay so it's been a while since the delay was announced what do we think of the 3 Legendary Lord were going to be paying forTides of Torment?Also are you hoping we'll get a mini DLC with the original Vampire as an LL?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj_VMvsG7G0
Dong Zhuo spends this entire trailer standing in front of his palace and smiling at his subjects whilst Lu Bu duels fools and leads the Dong's armies to victory.
Maybe Lu Bu should have been the emperor.

>>531445667
lu bu is in another army so this one was all dong
im playing records

>>531369525
It's okay when women perform eugenics programs

I can't "transfer" the crown to Arkhan, right?
the entire campaign is about to collect all the possible artefact (Sword of khaine, all book of nagash, ect ect) avaible, what could i miss?

>>531445667
this irl except the exact opposite for any event that involves Lu Bu

>>531443046
Cassyon is the strongest and most promising. rest are old men.

>>531361994
He was totally going to fuck Yuan if he didn't see through the deception

>LL's for this feel >>531445567 ?

>>531446120
Books of Khorne status ?

>>531446120
Not 100% sure about transferring but maybe you could lose to an enemy lord and then jump in and steal it with Arkhan.
Make sure to save beforehand just in case the AI can bury the crown.

>>531443046
Foot Knights (shielded)
Foot Knights (halberds)
Foot Knights (greatswords)

Crossbowmen-at-arms
Crossbowmen-at-arms (shielded)

Herrimaults

Bombard
Blessed Bombard

Mangonel
Blessed Mangonel

Catapult
Blessed Catapult

Ballista
Blessed Ballista

Questing Beast
Feral Questing Beast

>>531446120
>>531446567
nta but how do you even get the books of khorne? i have yet to find them.

>>531444560
>le jongleur

>>531447454
Sadly a random drop. Got one just now in my Franz campaign on turn 60. Sometimes I get it very early.

>>531447037
>Foot Knights (shielded)
>Herrimaults
I like the idea of these. Not sure about the greatsword and halberd variants though.

>Crossbowmen-at-arms
>Crossbowmen-at-arms (shielded)
>Bombard
>Blessed Bombard
I don't want these. I don't think Bretonnians should be using crossbows or gunpowder weaponry. I won't pretend I have a good reason for it other than "they just don't ok?"

>Mangonel
>Blessed Mangonel
>Catapult
>Blessed Catapult
>Ballista
>Blessed Ballista
Could be fun I suppose, if they could be made to have a differnt function to the trebuchets. I'd like it if they had some kind of artillery to launch cow carcasses. They could could explode like a bloated corpse on impact and deal poison damage to the enemy.

>Questing Beast
>Feral Questing Beast
What would they be like? A single entity monster?

>>531448243
>I'd like it if they had some kind of artillery to launch cow carcasses.
Only if they point in the right cardinal direction.

>>531447979
ghey

>>531447037
someone has been playing stronghold crusader

LL's for this feel?

Medieval 3 will have the best sieges of any Total War game.

>>531384025
Boosting the shit out of LSG and Bolthrowers.
Maybe giving the bolthrowers shieldbraker or a slowing effect while the guard gets bonus AP if there are bolthrowers nearby.

>>531451151
uuuuuhhh shit uhhh queek headtaker

>>531451151

>>531451696
what's with the retard batman voice anyway

>>531451498
Sure it will buddy! Medieval 3 will be the culmination of all experience CA has gathered throughout the years with its various releases and will be a combination of all the best features they have ever done combined in a finely tuned synergistic package and it will run buttery smooth on release at the end of this year!

>>531446567
Huh, there are books of Khorne? He doesn't seem like much of a book guy.

can we get news yet

>>531446120
weren't they supposed to add more artifacts like crown or sword?

is there a mod that lets me steal legendary items yet

>>531451151
Kroq-gar

So they're delaying it to add Ind and Khuresh, right? I mean they'll need somewhere to put the new lords and surely they aren't having this much trouble just adding a few new lords and units, right?

https://community.creative-assembly.com/total-war/total-war-warhammer/blogs/76-total-war-warhammer-iii-siege-proving-grounds

NEWS THEY'RE GETTING RID OF POCKET LADDERS

>>531451151
Jackie Chan

>>531453038
I don't even understand why are they redoing ToT stuff and what did they mean that latest two blogs are now irrelevant? What exactly this is supposed to imply? Some content changes? Reworks?

>>531453416
No fucking way

>>531453038
Please understand, Hyenas cost a lot of Charlemagnes. TCAL = shambles.

>>531453416
IT'S REAL
IT'S FUCKING REAL
I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW I COULD KISS SKROLK ON THE MOUTH

>>531453416
>no mention of reworking walls to make them less retarded

well it can't be worse than it is presently, right

NEWS NEWS NEWS
https://community.creative-assembly.com/total-war/total-war-warhammer/blogs/76-total-war-warhammer-iii-siege-proving-grounds
Siege beta july 24
Butt ladders dead

>>531453416
ladderbros... we're finished...

>>531453416
>You can turn on/off ass ladders

>>531453416
WHAT THE FUCK

>>531453416
>copy paste mod
>that's 9 months for you goy
kekkeroo

>>531453804
Shut the fuck up retard

>>531453416
They also nerfed wall towers range

>>531453416
>Removed 50 bugs from sieges
I wonder what those bugs were

>>531453416
They are actually gonna improve siege maps

>>531453850
gullible idiot

AS SOON AS THE FUCKING SLAV TEAM CAME WERE GETTING ACTUAL FUCKING IMPROVEMENTS

>>531453694
there's a setting for it

Bulgaria won!

>>531453416
>you can always turn the pocket ladders back on in the options menu
That's a relief, I will be doing this because why the fuck would I want to remove a feature that makes sieges slightly less miserable

Warriors of Chais are gonna hate this beta because they all have to attack major settlements on turn 1

>>531454080
Some possible future changes, like buildable ladders, imporved pathfinding, impoved garrisons for all factions, tower defense things and impoved autoresolve.

>>531454080
this part genuinely surprised me, I never cared about ladders and the size of the siege maps as well as pathfinding have always been the real issues with sieges so this is a good sign, we can hope they will do all the maps but we will see

IT'S UP!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_X_gr7AhqA

>dlc delayed because bulgarians work on a million other things
Based or retarded?

>>531454280
oh fuck my words

>>531454427
def based. We have enough LL's to play with and base game needs improvements.

Your reaction when the enemy legendary lord now comes to meet your forces during a siege?

>>531454427
Game is 10 years old, I guess sooner the better. How higher ups even allowed this? This is their only goose they have right now. I guess everyone there believes in slavs, especially Sega.

>>531454280
Sound fun.
Honestly, I'd be okay with ladders getting scrapped altogether; towers look way cooler anyway.

>>531454580
>ass ladders: off
>i siege enemy
>ass ladders: on

what is the point of sword units over spearmen?
you use them if you're going to charge at the enemy i guess instead of standing still and holding?

>>531454538
BUT I WANT TO GIVE THEM MONMEY

Stream tomorrow to preview the beta

>>531454798
Compare stats between the two. Typically more str and ma

>>531454798
Spearmen if you want your backline to win for you.
Swordsmen if you want your frontline to win for you.

>>531454735
The higher ups are probably busy jacking it to the 40k sales predictions.

>>531454821
YOUR TIME WILL COME ANON!

>>531454867
This takes me back to Warhammer 2 days.

I'm so used to playing CA's abandonware that seeing actual updates and meaningful game improvements feels.... good? I'm jelly of WHbros.....

are we back?

slavs saving the day YET again why are slavs so heroic anons?

>>531455072
but hischads didn't have assladders since day one
good hischad games that is of course

It might actually be worthwhile to put units on the walls. My Attila senses are tingling.

>siege butt ladders gone
Didn't Mandalore say several times he will make more WH3 vids if they remove them?

>>531455246
who and who cares?

The Sofia era of Warhammer will be one for the history books.
Can't wait for them to also work on Medieval 3 and Warhammer 40K.

>>531455246
I don't think so. I just recall him saying at the end of one of his videos that the reason he didn't make videos on it was kinda silly, but didn't elaborate.
I do hope they follow his advice from the Warden and Paunch video and give factions unique types of siege abilities they can 'build' in the pre siege screen. Would go a long way to making sieges less samey.

>>531453416
It isnt possible...

Will they add the Testudo formation?

>>531436238
You gotta admit, 40 buckaridoos for those beauties is still an impressive amount
I guess metal casting must've gotten exponentially more expensive since these little plastic dudes are 30 buckaridoos (2025) or maybe TOW players are easier to milk

>>531455568
Honestly, I'd just like them to get a shot at a historical game with sufficient development time to release in a decent state.

they should make a faction with all missile units

>>531455763
Why do their scythes have flails in them?
Is Nagash retarded

>about to do an offensive siege
>save
>turn on ass ladders
>about to do a defensive siege
>save
>turn off ass ladders
simple as

>>531454783
>>531455926
>play like legendoftotalfaggot
>’wah wah the game is too easy’

>>531442579
what do they eat?

How is Katarin going to conquer that major settlement on turn 2?

>>531456318
With her mouth.

>>531455889
Why not? It's not like they'll hurt when they flail the wrong way.

>>531456318
Rimjobs

>>531455889
>arm ghosts with crossbows
>they have nowhere to store spare ammo
He's a special boy

I must confess that in my extensive (10h) playtime of warhammer 3 it never once even occurred to me to try and move my units up the walls. I've just been assaulting the maingates and dealing with the choke point all this time....

>>531453416
>Units now have to wait in line like in Troy or Pharoah to go up the 2 ladders you were able to build
>You can't go anywhere else so the defending AI will just slaughter everyone at the forlorn hope
>You can only do the same thing when defending
Sieges will get even worse. Nobody likes Troy or Pharaoh sieges.

>>531456664
nigga just bring artillery and range

>>531453416
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH

>>531456664
>towers now build in a turn
>get towers to walls
>stand inf outside now shortened tower range
>towers clear out much faster than ladders
>once the tower clears out, run an inf unit across the killing field to the tower
>repeat until walls taken
Sounds ok

>>531455763
those 47 dollars, not 30 pounds
i think its because its a demand issue, low demand means theres not much incentive to sell it cheaper than other products, remember aos sells a lot and uses plastic, so they get you with expensive character, to recoup mold costs, and then buying bulk is better economized, spend $100 to save $30. also most tow models are made to order

Doomsissies are quiet.

>>531456524
it's not really any better that way sieges suck all around

New siege maps for Skaven, Empire and Orcs & Goblins.

>>531455926
Just mod yourself a big red 'I win' button you can press that gives you instant long victory plus all achievements before sending you to the main menu. Simple as.

BVLLgarians putting this much effort into wh3 can only mean 10 MORE YEARS OF SUPPORT NO 40K NO MED3 FUCK YOU FANTASY FOREVER FANTACHADS RULE SUPREME WH4 WITH NIPPON CONFIRMED

>>531456941
That's fair, but still
It's just a universe of difference in terms of actual accessibility for newfags and people wanting to jump in alike; I really really wanted to get something from Fantasy to celebrate my combined 5k hours across all TWWH but it was just not viable

>>531456953
You already know my predictions
I will collect my winnings in the end

>>531457135
Slightly tweaked*

Warhammer 40K
Medieval 3
Age of Sigmar
Empire 2
Star Wars
Rome 3

formations in 5 years
naval battles in 10

>>531457394
its just inflation thats getting you really, like 5 chaos knights used to be $45 like 15 years ago, which is $66 today, but you can get 10 for $84 now, which is technically better because its not $130.
battalions and battleboxes are pretty good deals honestly, like the lizardman is $145 for 1 $95 kroqgar, 10 $65 sauruses, and 3 $65 kroxigors

Behold, the glory of the Eight Peaks!

>>531393817
No, becauae it's about strategic planning, logistics, intelligence, and deceit
Total war does not have any of these things

>>531458403
I ended up getting myself used to the hobby with a bunch of AoS stuff since it's way cheaper on the second-hand market and boxes are a bit more interesting to paint in terms of poses and weapons and designs (Chainrasps are pretty fugging neat, and I ended up paying 20 buckaridoos for a whole box of 10)
I was looking forward to something like Grail Knights since I'm a huge Bretonniafag but even the new sculpts are really disappointing, was hoping for a bit more flair and fanciness considering their status, but I guess the "old school wargame" shackles are hard to throw away

>>531393817
useless, read Von Clausewitz

>>531459217
Do manlets really?

>>531453683
It's essentially dealing with the outside half problem with walls which is the assladders. The next step is the insider half problem which is the teleporting. I imagine it takes much more time to install the staircases or something.

>>531454080
I guess they'll be releasing new fixed maps every so often, much like they did with the tree acne back in the day.

Total War Starcraft
Zagara monster girl sex

>>531459325
well youre sol with bretonnia, theyre using 30 year old sculpts still, i think the only new ones are the foot knights ironically, and thats mostly catering to second hand nostalgia

>>531454427
>Fixing issues plaguing every faction and every campaign
>Add couple more lords when we have over hundred
Is this even a question?

>>531453416
I believe in Bulgarian superiority

>bulgaria adopting EVRO
>suddenly WH3 becomes good
I see

>>531456664
pharaoh sieges are actually good though

>>531461862
ur m0m is actually good tho LMAO

>siege AI fixes
So is this just a change to ladders or did they make the AI actually competent in them?

IEE not showing AI options

>>531463084
The went out of their way to mention that the changes include other things beyond the ladders, so you'll sill see a difference even if you put assladders back in.

>>531445802
Real talk why dont the ching chong ni hao ying yong bong dong make their own games instead of having europeans make them, ffs just make your own strategy games you slant-eyed yellow rice eating chong chong chong chongs

>Buildable siege ladders
They mean the big ones like in ROME ?

I still think it is funny that the British abandoned Warhammer and left it to the Bulgarians.

How will Astragoth deal with Neferata?

>>531463574
To be fair they just kept fucking it up. Besides, Whatever new project they have going (be it 40k, AoS or whatever else), they probably have all hands on deck trying to make sure it's not another fucking disaster.

>>531453416
once again, modchads stay ahead of the game and winning

>>531463375
But stealing and reverse-engineering and appropriating Western culture IS Eastern culture.

>>531413857
Sooo... What about celestial wizards?

>>531453416
This doesn't really mean much unless the AI stops taking walled settlements in one turn.

>>531413857
I believe that was either retconned or never true. It's most likely that the whole shaving thing is a ritual of sorts. A rite of passage or done for graduation, after which you can let it grow back if you want.

>>531463762
Probably by shooting the shit out of her.
You should be asking the inverse.

>>531464605
So Elspeth does still have her bush then, good.

>>531463305
It should show now since I started IEE with Kostaltyn. You need to resubscribe probably.

>>531464910
Early game Vampires can definitely deal with Hobgoblin spam. Neferata will probably be a great duellist so Astragoth might not want to 1v1 her.

Is Neferata strong on the tabletop?

>>531465781
I've never played tabletop, why are you asking me?

>>531466526
There is no one else around.

>>531466616
fair enough

Think we'll ever get more chorf content? More lords to play with would be nice.

>>531466771
Doubt it.
Maybe chaos siege giant flc unit.
Would like a generic hobgoblin khan lord, but thats not happening.

>attack enemy army in ambush stance
>valiant defeat
>retreat and attack again in stalk stance
>pyrrhic victory
>autoresolve
Skaven are a high iq faction

>>531466771
I don't think we'll get any more content at all. We are lucky if Thrones of Delay gets release.

>>531463574
Bulgarians are always cleaning up their messes, also did it with Rome 2

>>531461398
they're losing their edge, becoming soft>>531467719

>>531467960
thank you based fat gypo nigger

>>531465314
doesnt work for me boss
but then again i have like 100 mods

>>531466771
The map is already crowded enough as it is. The issue with chorfs isnt the amount of lords, its their starting position. Everyone starts in Dark lands and fights more or less the same enemies. Changing start positions is what makes it interesting. Start in Naggaroth? Darksharts make your dorf infantry melt and Shades mean your artillery gets to do fuck all before they are in shooting range so instead of arty+blunderbuss you bank on Bull Centaurs to disrupt the backline. Start in Lustria and you HAVE to get fireglaives (and blunderbusses) asap so your backline wont melt to dinospam. Start in Empire and you need hobgoblin + chorf mix to beat mainline effectively (goblins lose to them just barely) but since everyone around hates you and your ranged cant compete even with Crossbows you need wolf riders since they are the only affordable option to disrupt their backline on 3 different fronts.
What I'm saying is that the Chorfs replayability isnt issue of amount of lords, but that they all fight same enemies currently.

>>531468069
Please, fat gypo nigger was my father! Just call me nigger.

>>531465781

>>531417320
>I can't read studies, but I'll post this anyways
Every fucking time. The same thing happened with the 41% meme.

>>531466771
The chance to get Chorfs contents actually increased with the last anouncement.
It would have been hard (but not impossible) to find enough Chorfs content for a 3 part DLC with 1LL / 1LH / 1 Lord / 1 Hero / 5 units. But since CA seems to want to make smaller DLC now (like the teased Neferata one) why not.

>>531469051
gaslight man, you're not joining the ratfags tonight?

Placing bet, removal of ladders will cause situations where the attacking army is literally incapable of getting past the gates and walls, but there won't be a mechanic to make them auto-shatter when this happens, so you'll have to wait for the clock to run down on fast-forward instead

>>531453416
You know what they need to change in sieges? Wizards shouldn't be able to cast vortexes without LoS, so no more standing at the side of the tower in front of the wall and spamming burning head. That'd KILL cheesers and make them quit the game in tears.

>>531350893 (OP)
All rise for the skaven national anthem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEatoF5ys08

>>531469401
You can still attack the gates with everything, it will just take longer. I can imagine a situation where a shitstack of Ghorst's zombies just attacks those for 15 minutes before getting past.

>>531469480
Yes, what we really need is more tedious micromanagement around janky buildings

>>531469401
My bet is all these changes are removed because the player can not wait any amount of turn siegins settlements when the AI just ignores walls and takes them all in one turn.

luthor shoots offtopic posters

why don't they just make custom start positions a thing? In fact why wasn't this a thing in every tw game ever? Seems.like a no brainer "fuck around" game mode for this type of game. Doesn't even seem that hard to make either.

>>531468479
everyone has to fight Grimgor because he effectively has 6 stacks by turn 5. Otherwise DA BRAAAAJ fights Cathay, Chaos, Dark Elves and Skaven, Astragoth often fights Chaos and Dwarfs, and Draz fights High Elves, Skaven and Ogres. The Chorfs are still the best race everrr.

Eh it's about what i expected
By changing the maps i would think they mean widening some roads and simplifying the layouts

I should be able to recruit siege towers in advance rather than having to build them on-site

>>531469401
that literally happened in the old games already btw

>>531470035
Yeah it's called recruiting some canon, boltthorwer or trebuchet in your army.

>>531469651
Not being to cast spells without LoS is a basic change they need to implement anyway, so that if your wizard flies and is able to cast anywhere he wants he has the drawback of being exposed to enemy missiles or fliers, and also because wall camping with wizards looks retarded and slows down the pace of the battle.

>>531468836
She will have access to an ability that can obliterate infantry and convert them into zombies.
Neferata might also be able to convert enemy lords/heroes.
Her unique dagger can debilitate enemies when hit, probably reducing their melee attack/melee defence.
Her unique wands probably gives her regeneration.
She might have a unique cat follower that reduces enemy leadership.
No idea if her stats profile is good but her abilities seem interesting.

>>531469793
>In fact why wasn't this a thing in every tw game ever?
This has never been a thing in any TW game ever.

>>531466771
Morghur was originally an FLC lord added for those who had the Beastmen DLC, released alongside the Wood Elf Factions. It's not out of the question that they might add another FLC-but needs Faction DLC Lord in the future.

Or just a single Lord DLC for Chorfs but I'm not sure how limited the unit range would have to be to not completely disincentivise buying the main DLC, which in turn makes the Single DLC worthless

>>531470163
I'm a vampire counts chud

bandit pussy bros...
another ugly bastard gets his part of the pie this time

>>531470163
What if I am playing as Slaanesh?

>>531469401
>The Siege Equipment availability has been rebalanced and players will now be able to field more Siege Towers and Battering Rams in siege battles to compensate for the lack of ladders. Stats like speed and durability of that equipment have also been changed to make them more effective at their intended functions.
I love this, battering rams look amazing and fighting on the walls is fun. Legend must be in an insane asylum by now, having lost his mind at CA finally removing most of the cheese from the game.

>>531469051
>second study is about "adolescents enrolled in the 7th to 12th grades"
>it uses PPVT, not IQ
>implying fantasies are the same as wanting it to happen irl
>first study says "It has been suggested that the Dark Triad (DT) personality constellation is an evolved facilitator of men's short-term mating strategies"
>"short-term mating strategies"
>sample size is 128 women. non probabilistic as fuck
Based on the abstract of each of the studies (fourth is a book so I can't comment on that), I can say with full confidence that chudy was wrong again and he needs to learn to read studies before posting.

>>531469757
who tf is luthor?

>>531470417
Blow a Chaos Dwarf so he'll sell you some Hellcannons.

>>531469757
STARTING WITH THIS ONE

also, they should finally put in the work and make race-specific models for buildable towers. The ones there are now look like they're out of AoE 1.

>>531470776
Yeah.
Seems like it'd be pretty easy too; all the assets already exist.

>We adjusted the stats of defensive towers and gates. Towers will now be slightly deadlier but have a much shorter range while gates will be more durable when it comes to attacks from regular and some monstrous infantry but less so against battering rams.
This just keeps getting better. I'm gonna ROON SCROON all over my pants if this keeps up!

>>531470748
lmao you can do that?

Khalida will gain a unique defeat trait for defeating Neferata.
Guess what it will be called.

>>531470268
>>531470417
Your ally / vassal recruitment ??

>>531453416
Grim news, perhaps Grave even

do you guys think this is winnable? the amount of dogs make me think yes but theres probably noway I can take down Skarbrand

>>531470163
But I don't want to use gay ass artillery and afk from the keyboard. I want to swarm the walls with soldiers.

Ok but why don't Zhao Ming start in Shang Yang?

Whenever Owlkeks show Zebre, people fill the comments with Gelt shitposts, TCAL really perfected the SUPREME mind virus

I'm 100% for them removing the ass ladders.
But in the same time i'm 100% for some units being able to climb walls by themselves.

>>531470203
that's what I'm saying. Why hasn't it been? What tw game wouldn't have been better off having that as a start option?

>>531471525
That’s literally a stormcast

>>531471525
ZEBRE WATCH OUT THERE'S A BABY WITH A SWORD BEHIND YOU
shit he can't hear us he's got airpods in, oh god, oh fuck

>>531451508
>Boosting the shit out of LSG and Bolthrowers.
>Maybe giving the bolthrowers shieldbraker or a slowing effect while the guard gets bonus AP if there are bolthrowers nearby.
Sounds cool.
Do you think he will boost Great Eagles too? Unless I'm mistaken I don't think there's any High Elf LL that buffs them, which is a little disappointing.

>>531471067
>Your ally / vassal recruitment ??
On turn 10?

>>531471501
he went on a massive warp crack bender and the alchemists are getting sick of running a narcotics lab

>>531471457
You are so fucked. Khorne is going to melt your infantry, and that's almost all you have.

>>531472302
fug :DDD guess im doing a belagor campaign since Wurzzag attacked me with like 4 stacks of waaagh units and I was cleaning it up

>>531471992
Could be, though I assume he'll also boost skycutters, so there might be some redundancy there.
Honestly, I feel eagles just need a boost in general, maybe bumping them up to three entities or something. It's hard to justify spending a slot on them right now.

>>531471486
Then use an agent to open gates before the battles.

>>531471052
>Khalida will gain a unique defeat trait for defeating Neferata.
>Guess what it will be called.
I don't know....

>>531471052
"Turns out it was just a phase."

>>531471052
"kiss kiss bang bang" ?

>>531472746
You know what else is a phase? LIFE!

>>531472581
You know what's more realistic than training and sending in an ubermensch to solo a settlement's defenses? Carting around some damn towers. The question loops back around to why I can't build siege towers in advance.

>>531473234
Nobody, in the history of humanity, have carted around siege towers. They have always been built on site.

>>531471052
I was going to say "vampire bat" but I'm guessing lesbians aren't referred to as bats in languages other than Finnish

>>531473234
Because they're slow and cumbersome as part, same for stuff like trebuchets.
That's why you only bring some essential parts and cut the wood/assemble the thing on site.

>>531472113
You should not leave your first settlement until turns 25.

>>531473509
I am sorry, but I do not play on easy mode like you do.

>>531470184
no

>>531473234
fair enough, but you should get a -25% debuff to your movement range for carting siege towers around with your army.

>>531471525
Welcome to the Calixis sector gentlemen

>>531473656
>I do not play on easy
Then explain how you can already siege a city T10 ?

>>531472494
eagles sadly only have one really specific niche: low(ish) upkeep, high mobility mount option for characters who want to avoid direct combat

I have tried to make them work in both high elf and wood elf army comps out of curiosity, the only times they felt OK were when they were being used to bully isolated mages or shut down artillery, but they still died instantly if the enemy sent reinforcements in. more entities might help, maybe a redesign to excel at fighting other flying units - not that elves struggle with fighting flyers

Wait they are buffing auto resolve?
why?

>>531474067
You march to it, and then siege it.

>>531474136
They literally say why in the blog post you fucking retard.
To let brainlets paint the map without fighting battles

it was a valiant attempt I tried taking out skarbrand at least but for some reason my archers kept trying to walk through the barricade into the enemy the siege rework will fix this

Alleged TOW leaks (stuff for Cathay and DoW)
>>96103441
>>96103546
>>96103760
>>96103813

>>531473234
Mark Antony dragged siege engines around Parthia, you know what the horse fuckers did?
Burned em.

>>531474735
We (at least, I) can't see those posts.

>>531473921
Want to cast during a siege? Just bring a battering ram, take down the gate, make an assault with your infantry and then bring your mage in so he can cast on the enemy. This would have the added bonus of penalizing cheeser builds that don't use infantry because you'd need a blob to protect your squishy mage. Also, archers shouldn't be able to shoot across walls because they wouldn't be able to target the enemy without LoS.

>>531474081
Pretty much my experience as well; in early game theyÄre outclassed by Reavers in the harassment role and once you get Phoenixes, they're just obsolete. I found them useful in Aleaf's campaign, but that's about it.
I do like the idea of giving them a dedicated prey though; maybe a bonus vs large or a "go for the eyes" skill that debuffs monsters' melee stats.

>dogs of war
Are chaos mercs a thing?

>>531474784
Skill issue, his siege towers weren't made from metal or daemonic vagina

>>531474735
What was it?

>>531475113
Theres a RoR that's a bunch of Marauders led by a Werebear that's one tentacle away from being chaotic.

>>531474735
>he doesn't know how to link across boards

>>531474735
>doesn't know how to crosspost
lol dummy

>>531474735
Oh well... just check /tg/ warhammer fantasy thread .

>>531475338
>tyeddi bearson

Probably never gonna happen, but I hope some races have gates that can drop boiling oil from them, or something similar.

Skaven could have gates that launch warpfire at units trying to pass through them.
https://totalwarwarhammer.fandom.com/wiki/Covert_Chokepoints
>Should the things invade, devious tunnel design forces them to chokepoints, where Warp-fire emplacements scorch the intruders to death.

Maybe dwarfs could have a rune of spite on their gates.
https://totalwarwarhammer.fandom.com/wiki/Runic_Gate
>Runelords inscribe these gates with runes fashioned by Valaya, the Goddess of Heath and Home, herself!
https://totalwarwarhammer.fandom.com/wiki/Master_Rune_of_Spite_(ability)
>First embedded in the gates of Karaz-a-Karak, the damaging aura permeating from this rune is enough to turn most enemies away.

Lizardmen could have this:
https://totalwarwarhammer.fandom.com/wiki/Ark_of_Sotek
>Sotek's crawling, swarming allies surround the bearer, affording them further might and protection in the struggle to come.

I think it would be better to have these things as technology to be researched rather than just getting it as standard though.
In Rome 2 it was always a good feeling when your barbarian settlement finally gained the ability to drop boiling oil, your garrisons had that little bit more of a chance to fend off an assault that previously would have caused you to lose the settlement.

>>531475113
To certain factions, yeah(Dark Elves employ Norscans, not just enslave them), and I guess you could construe that all forces of Chaos are mercenaries more in it for the loot than duty or obligation who will turn on you at the drop of a pin if its convenient

>>531474580
There was nothing you could have one. Tomb Kings are super outdated, and Khorne is the new(ish) kid on the block with all the OP toys and whistles.

>>531474956
>>531474081
>>531472494
>>531471992
They should buff Eagles base stats and add to the DLC the Roc birds (the same one that pull Skycutters) as the shitty early game flyer unit.

>>531475113
Chorf mercs in Chaos armies are canon. They bring their hellcannon and they get paid in slaves.

>>531475113
There is generic Norse Marauders mercenaries and the famous Bearmen RoR.

>>531475338
>The Count of Talebecland claims to descent from the son of a Chaos bear

>>531476406
What's stopping khorne warriors to fuck off to the south and start their own merc warband?

When it comes to fighting a strong lord in a situation that you are at an AR disadvantage(see >>531474580 where it's garrison vs. good combat LL) is it better to ignore the LL as much as possible and aim for army losses victory or should you just hailmary throw everyone at the LL and then clean up the trash?

>>531475835
>Lizardmen gates not protected by this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6XHLe94SJA&t=98

>>531476702
Brains. Khorne followers do not have any amount of brains. They just move forward and attack anything in their way, until they die.

>>531474081
>eagles sadly only have one really specific niche: low(ish) upkeep, high mobility mount option for characters who want to avoid direct combat
I liked using them to attack hellcannons and other artillery.
And swooping down on advancing units of enemy infantry. Granted, this takes a lot of attention to pull off and isn't an efficient tactic at all, but it can be fun when you're in the mood for eaglemaxxing.

>>531476750
I wasn't expecting to see Banner Saga's react pic. I wasn't around 4chan when the games came out, I guess there was more of them ?

>>531476702
Why ? I mean why would Khornates not just take the skulls off their nearest neighbors tribes ?

>>531477103
Yes, unfortunately the gameplay only ever marginally improved and the story was so rushed that a major character death is revolved around a seemingly irrelevant choice and most of your choices don't matter. They ran out of money in the third game and any subtlety regarding the nature of the robot alien stone guys is thrown out the window and you all join forces and sing kumbayah and total war

>>531477568
Maybe theyre seeking war not just random murder

>>531476889
>30 seconds in
They could have parts of their settlement have choke points where the buildings shoot poisoned darts too, like with their skink units.