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 Mr Morden wrote:

 Argive wrote:
Im not sure to be honest... The location kind of just sucks and the starting troop quality and no easy acess to magic sucks. Maybe I've been spoiled by chaos lol.

You have Suneater/chaos immediately to the north and attrition if you try to push in to remove them.

Maybe im just not aggressive enough.

I've just finished Alarielle in TW2 so might give him a try in TW3 - he should play a bit like Valkia who I enjoyed

Had a quick go and seems to be ok - turn 4 I confederated the nearby orcs and now have 4 settlements and full stack of Boyz with a smaller stack starting to build - might try to push Kolek and try and get him done early but he has allies....

Yeah, I think i made the mistake in and got bogged down in dealing with chaos... as you remove him more allies keep getting involved. As soon as you try to push south they come in from the north. Menawhile the north just isint relaly worth developing or holding. The attrition and the settlement maps make the whole thing a massive slog and as soon as I got past the tzeench and took the Cathay wall im now stuck fighting 2 cathay factions sending stack after stack.

Im putting this on pause until the new patch comes out.

 Argive wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:

 Argive wrote:
Im not sure to be honest... The location kind of just sucks and the starting troop quality and no easy acess to magic sucks. Maybe I've been spoiled by chaos lol.

You have Suneater/chaos immediately to the north and attrition if you try to push in to remove them.

Maybe im just not aggressive enough.

I've just finished Alarielle in TW2 so might give him a try in TW3 - he should play a bit like Valkia who I enjoyed

Had a quick go and seems to be ok - turn 4 I confederated the nearby orcs and now have 4 settlements and full stack of Boyz with a smaller stack starting to build - might try to push Kolek and try and get him done early but he has allies....

Yeah, I think i made the mistake in and got bogged down in dealing with chaos... as you remove him more allies keep getting involved. As soon as you try to push south they come in from the north. Menawhile the north just isint relaly worth developing or holding. The attrition and the settlement maps make the whole thing a massive slog and as soon as I got past the tzeench and took the Cathay wall im now stuck fighting 2 cathay factions sending stack after stack.

Im putting this on pause until the new patch comes out.

Patch is out - all battles so far (7) have been field battles with two being sallies out by settlement garisons. Yeah you gotta get stuck in - just finshed off Kholek on turn 7 and all seems to be going nicely. The ogres nearby should be useful and just rebuilidng my second army. Grimgors army is mostly Boyz and a few archers

Yeah I restarted the campaign. Smashed my way south as soon as khodlek and his vassals were dealt with. I think I managed to kill he whole region inside 9 turns.

The settlement battles were much easier in early game now.

Immediatly pushed south and just bettered everyone confederating the two orc faction in the area and been rampaging through ogre kindom territories.

Made more progress in 40 turns then I did in 100 turns previously. Pushing for war economy worked out. Got a full stack of black Orks with some magic and doom divers sprinkled in.

 Argive wrote:
Yeah I restarted the campaign. Smashed my way south as soon as khodlek and his vassals were dealt with. I think I managed to kill he whole region inside 9 turns.

The settlement battles were much easier in early game now.

Immediatly pushed south and just bettered everyone confederating the two orc faction in the area and been rampaging through ogre kindom territories.

Made more progress in 40 turns then I did in 100 turns previously. Pushing for war economy worked out. Got a full stack of black Orks with some magic and doom divers sprinkled in.

You dun the Boyz proud Boss

 Mr Morden wrote:

 Argive wrote:
Yeah I restarted the campaign. Smashed my way south as soon as khodlek and his vassals were dealt with. I think I managed to kill he whole region inside 9 turns.

The settlement battles were much easier in early game now.

Immediatly pushed south and just bettered everyone confederating the two orc faction in the area and been rampaging through ogre kindom territories.

Made more progress in 40 turns then I did in 100 turns previously. Pushing for war economy worked out. Got a full stack of black Orks with some magic and doom divers sprinkled in.

You dun the Boyz proud Boss

I smash dem good. Skelly boys, humies all sorts. Coz we is da biggest and da baddest

I have to say gian spider stack doest appear to be as effective as it was from what I recall. But then again ive been testing it agains bunch o slayers...
Im going to try high elves next once i wrap up this campaign.

Nice

Caravans are also a wonderful gift in any camapign - loot that comes to you

Finally did a Cathay campaign. Was fun exploring parts of the map that I never been to before and there was no shortage of enemies to keep it interesting. The hardest part was that I was subsidizing and constantly expanding Goldtooth's empire as it was the friendliest faction and I didn't want Grimgor, various Chaos facions and Helmann on my border.

With that said, I feel like Ogres need a buff. Every campaign has them (the AI) getting rolled in short order by Helman or Grimgor and the AI doesn't seem to effectively use Camps. Their tier 1-2 units are pretty weak too, even after upgrades.

 nels1031 wrote:
Finally did a Cathay campaign. Was fun exploring parts of the map that I never been to before and there was no shortage of enemies to keep it interesting. The hardest part was that I was subsidizing and constantly expanding Goldtooth's empire as it was the friendliest faction and I didn't want Grimgor, various Chaos facions and Helmann on my border.

With that said, I feel like Ogres need a buff. Every campaign has them (the AI) getting rolled in short order by Helman or Grimgor and the AI doesn't seem to effectively use Camps. Their tier 1-2 units are pretty weak too, even after upgrades.

I agree. Seem like a pushover. Their auto resolve sucks big time. I have to say i think because its pretty much entirely monstrous infantry/cav it must be very difficult to balance.

I have found that vampires are just an endless wave and just stack after stack..

New patch is out..

Greetings! The WARHAMMER III rollercoaster continues this month with Update 2.3 which, while not as hulking as last month’s mahoosive update, still offers a decent chunk of fixes, changes and improvements. Barring potential hotfixes, this is the last update we’ll have for you in 2022.

Before we get going, we wanted to mention the State of the Game post that dropped last month. We were delighted that many of you found it interesting, but are also aware that there are concerns and questions you have that weren’t touched upon. Fear not, brave adventurer – although we can’t always talk about everything we’re working on, we are listening, and we have another State of the Game post planned before Christmas that will take a broad look at the topics you’ve been talking about.

So, without further ado, here are some of 2.3’s highlights:

Customisable Endgame Scenarios make their way to multiplayer. 
The eight original WARHAMMER I Lords receive brand-new selection videos.
Landmarks from Mortal Empires and the Realm of Chaos maps arrive in Immortal Empires, along with some new landmarks and 10-slot settlements for select factions.
Further tweaks to the victory objectives of several Legendary Lords including Kislev, Tomb Kings and the Ogre Kingdoms.
A sweep of balance changes to Tomb Kings, Vampire Counts, Skaven and more.
Changes to how the AI dodges spells, artillery and other ranged attacks, along with new difficulty adjustments. 

War never ends and we’re always keeping close eye on your feedback – so please keep it coming. Everything you tell us helps us best decide where to focus our efforts for the next update, so let us know your thoughts and feelings about Update 2.3 and WARHAMMER III via our official channels:

https://www.totalwar.com/blog/tww3-update-230/

What mods do people recommend?

Currently Im using quest battle auto resolve because.... tedious.

Any interesting mods dakka dakkians ?

I use about 12.

Off the top of my head, here are the ones that I never play without :

Recruit defeated Legendary Lords - So that if you are playing as Karl Franz and any of the empire LL's get their faction destroyed, they'll join you if you want.

Unit Rarity/Cap - Limits units based on their Core/Special/Rare status from the 8th edition of WHFB. An Empire final tier barracks will only allow (x) amount of Greatswords to be recruited. There are variations of this mod that are all imperfect, but they still give us hard choices on how to build our armies.

Land Encounters - Much like how there are encounters at sea, this puts little markers on the map where you can fight various random armies. Most are thematic and make it possible to receive really good rewards. Some are pretty damn hard, like one where Skarbrand has a full stack of Bloodthirsters. They are mostly avoidable and out of the way, so if you don't want to partake or can't, they can be avoided. Its also one way where you can get the perks for defeating LL's that might be way across the map.

Tier IV minor settlements. I like options, so being limited to just tier 3 buildings is kind of a bummer, particularly with the Unit Cap mod listed above. Doesn't work for all factions as Ogres are built around camps instead.

Chaos Confederations - If you beat a Chaos LL, he can join your faction, much like Norsca and O+G factions when you defeat their faction leader. Honestly not sure if this is a mod or a feature added in a patch, now that I think about it.

One button respec - Resets your Lord or Hero skill selection. Particularly useful for when you confederate an AI faction and their skill choices are all over the map.

Various AI difficulty and army composition mods.

Thanks for the tips. I think some skill tree mods would be nice. Mage heroes end up with lots of unspent skill points which is kinda lame

2.4 update happened. Its kind of whatever. Vague promises of exciting things later.

https://www.totalwar.com/blog/tww3-update-240/

If you were deeply offended by cloak animation problems and Karak 8 Peaks not being a 10 slot settlement for skaven, this is the patch for you.


Also Immortal Empires is available to everyone, but you still don't get access to any race from games/dlc you don't own, so...
I guess this is really exciting for someone, but not sure who.

Some sweet, sweet Chaos Dwarf tease at the end of their video.

Voss wrote:
2.4 update happened. Its kind of whatever. Vague promises of exciting things later.

https://www.totalwar.com/blog/tww3-update-240/

If you were deeply offended by cloak animation problems and Karak 8 Peaks not being a 10 slot settlement for skaven, this is the patch for you.


Also Immortal Empires is available to everyone, but you still don't get access to any race from games/dlc you don't own, so...
I guess this is really exciting for someone, but not sure who.

If, unlike me you don't have all the games / DLC its a very good day.

Only if you're set on sticking to the TW3 armies. If you want to play anything else, you still need to buy.

Voss wrote:
Only if you're set on sticking to the TW3 armies. If you want to play anything else, you still need to buy.

Yes but alot less - if you say just want to play some Dwarfs just need the dlc.

Or wait until one of the regular sales when Warhammer 1-2 go down to much lower prices.


But yeah getting access to the open play map even just with W3 armies is still a massive boon for those who want the open play and to fight against other races without having to own them; but of course the best value is having all 3 games and dlc in one massive single game

Honestly, high time considering that WH3's normal campaign was poo. So poo infact that the main gimick had to be modded out to be enjoyable at all as a sandbox that TW is.

Congrats, took only a year for CA to fix that issue.

 nels1031 wrote:
Some sweet, sweet Chaos Dwarf tease at the end of their video.

Not sure 10 seconds of a mine is 'sweet,' but the several minutes recreating the Council of Rivendell with warhammer characters didn't do much for me.

Overead wrote:Or wait until one of the regular sales when Warhammer 1-2 go down to much lower prices.

I was surprised to find the old games are still $60. That's kinda absurd.
But I expect they'll be discounted of the Steam Spring Sale in a month, so people should probably wait for that.

Not even that long, they will likely one or both be on sale during Easter. Sales are so often on Steam that many developers don't lower the price of the main product because there's a sale around the corner and a good portion of people who will only buy if something is on sale.


So its better to have a higher base price and more profits between sales and then more people grabbing the game during a sale because its 80% off; than it is to have a lower base price and the either no sale or only a small percentage during a big sales event.

 Overread wrote:
Not even that long, they will likely one or both be on sale during Easter. Sales are so often on Steam that many developers don't lower the price of the main product because there's a sale around the corner and a good portion of people who will only buy if something is on sale.

Er, the spring sale is March 16-23. This isn't a rumor, steam announced the change last september- https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/3282583269823858400
Easter is April, which is almost another month after that.

So its better to have a higher base price and more profits between sales and then more people grabbing the game during a sale because its 80% off; than it is to have a lower base price and the either no sale or only a small percentage during a big sales event.

I don't agree with that at all. Years old games have no business still being at release list price. That isn't, for the most part, how this industry functions.
Keeping them that way is a trap for customers oblivious to sales.

For some reason I mixed up spring and summer

https://www.totalwar.com/blog/tww3_thechaosdwarfs_astragoth/

April 13

3! LLs out of the gate and some hobgob hobo as a legendary hero. (And this will be the model going forward)

Don't care for the mechsuit (but then, the FW remake was something that passed me by. I know the old stuff). Most of the old staples seem to be there. Characters seem to have Proper Hats, but not all the units do.


Looks like political infighting and slavery faction mechanics. Not a lot of real information.


Also, just for the hilarity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kFlQSvHz4Y
Loremaster of Sotek goes full fanboy (and also does a unit breakdown of what's in the trailer)

Also some outlets have spilled that:

There’s also some free content with the Total War: Warhammer 3 Chaos Dwarfs DLC, as both Kislev and The Empire will have access to Legendary Hero Ulrika Magdova, a vampire excelling at hybrid melee and ranged combat, and even some spellcasting too.

grumbles that she is not available for vampires....

Also up for pre-order on Steam already.

For _$25_ (tho 10% preorder discount), which is pretty hefty jump in DLC pricing.
Champions of Chaos was 16, Ogres were 12 (if you didn't preorder the game).

Older race packs are showing up as $19 if you're buying them for TW3.

I think one difference is that they are putting more lords into this back so potentially its more to get the pack, but there might not be an expansion tier later. So you get more of a package up front .

 Mr Morden wrote:
Also some outlets have spilled that:

There’s also some free content with the Total War: Warhammer 3 Chaos Dwarfs DLC, as both Kislev and The Empire will have access to Legendary Hero Ulrika Magdova, a vampire excelling at hybrid melee and ranged combat, and even some spellcasting too.

grumbles that she is not available for vampires....

Can't wait to put her in an army with Gotrek and Felix!

Also, I've been getting CTD every time I try to load up TW3 for about a week and a half now. Reading the steam discussions, the 2.4 update jacked something up. My game became gradually more unstable until now I can't even load the game up. I've done everything that they say to prevent crashes, but once I get to the first loading screen... CTD. Hoping a hotfix is coming or that its not something on the hardware side on my end.

Unit cards have been revealed, including RoR variants: