Incline Battle Brothers + Beasts & Exploration, Warriors of the North and Blazing Deserts DLC Thread

[Jrpgfan]

so all the fuss around battle brothers was for a turn based, limited mount & blade with level scaling?

Ciucciami il cazzo, figlio di buona donna.

 

[sser]

A little tip about shields: be mindful of the turn rotation when doing that to enemies. You don't want to destroy a guy's shield and then have him go next, because he'll just attack you twice with 25% extra damage potential riding on his swings.

Battle Brothers actually has a lot of its tactical nuances buried in sequencing turns correctly, but that's just one of them.

 

[udm]

Alright, if those wankers at GOG still aren't going to take Battle Brothers by the end of next week, into my Steam library it goes.

 

[oscar]

so all the fuss around battle brothers was for a turn based, limited mount & blade with level scaling?

No level scaling, but the world gets deadlier with time.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Pretty great game, started playing today.

Getting Black Company vibes, was it an inspiration?

 

[Skittles]

Ever watched the combat log during the opening battle, Great Deceiver?

 

[Invictus]

I restarted with a bigger company and the extra men do make quite a difference in both spreading the damage and surrounding enemies
Had a couple of "snatch the holy relic" and I fleed both times instead of fighing hehe
Loving the game cant stop thinking about it

 

[Antigoon]

Does anyone else have some screen flickering at any refresh rate > 100Hz? Its just flickers briefly after each loading screen...still annoying

 

[Mr. Pink]

RIP Lothar, lv 9 greatsword companion, killed on turn one by a goblin stack.

 

[Thonius]

Does anyone else really like the "rotation" perk/ability? Being able to swap front and back-liners pinned in a ZOC is so critical. And the enemy AI seems to use it pretty regularly too.

I use it as a bait. Move crossbowman forward, shoot, enemy approaches on all of their 9 ap, rotate, hit em.

 

[Reinhardt]

Looking for raided city...

 

[Darth Roxor]

rustic armor

i dont think this word means what you think this word means mon cherie

 

[Reinhardt]

 

[Berekän]

Ever watched the combat log during the opening battle, Great Deceiver?

I didn't, that's pretty cool!

 

[Haba]

I have to say, the events are pretty clever sometimes.

 

[JudasIscariot]

So I just started playing this and I am having my butt handed to me even on beginner. Any tips or anything? I can barely keep any money on me so no chance in hell of getting decent mercs. Also, it it just me or does the enemy seem to have better armor penetration than my mercs do? Seems like I can't poke through guys in armor whereas the enemy kills my dudes with no problem while they are wearing the same armor.

I guess, for me, it would be nice to have some sort of AC or something to know how much protection the armor actually provides..

 

[oscar]

Pretty great game, started playing today.

Getting Black Company vibes, was it an inspiration?

Need to find me a 'Historian' background merc and call him 'Croaker'.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Pretty great game, started playing today.

Getting Black Company vibes, was it an inspiration?

Need to find me a 'Historian' background merc and call him 'Croaker'.

Croaker in the books was actually a doctor.

 

[bataille]

The crippled army has healed considerably. We are peg legged, as fast on the march as a crawling child in its pen, and ready to demonstrate our skills in maintaining balance on poor footing that are stone roads. There is no need for crutches anymore. We live as we fall: fast and with considerable impact.

Spoiler

 

[Haba]

Pretty great game, started playing today.

Getting Black Company vibes, was it an inspiration?

Need to find me a 'Historian' background merc and call him 'Duiker'.

Fix'd.

 

[Kuattro]

So I just started playing this and I am having my butt handed to me even on beginner. Any tips or anything? I can barely keep any money on me so no chance in hell of getting decent mercs. Also, it it just me or does the enemy seem to have better armor penetration than my mercs do? Seems like I can't poke through guys in armor whereas the enemy kills my dudes with no problem while they are wearing the same armor.

I guess, for me, it would be nice to have some sort of AC or something to know how much protection the armor actually provides..

Armour protection is just quantitative. 200 is more than 100 and less than 300, nothing more.

As for the enemy cutting through your armour, it might be that you are fighting raiders. They have better weapons, and thus, their armour damage and penetration is better. Stick to thughs and the low level nazchwhatervertheyrecalled for the early game.

It has been said already but: quantity over quality, at least at the beggining. Hire cripples, beggars, whatever is offered to you, until you have 12 men. Equip them with any helmet (even hats), any cheap armour, a spear (until they get some points in melee, because it gives them bonus to hit chance) and a shield. Maneuver to surround enemies (it also gives bonuses) and poke them until death. Take easy contracts.

And if everything else fails, remember, you are a mercenary. Run away, or try to lure the enemy to an ambush with militia or noble armies, or join ongoing fights and take some of the loot. Bully, trick, fight dirty.

 

[bataille]

I don't know what a black company is, but I have met a band called The Black Company on the road once.

 

[vonAchdorf]

The game is really addictive like a Civ game. Just one more contract / visit one more place / upgrade one more weapon and armor.

 

[JudasIscariot]

So I just started playing this and I am having my butt handed to me even on beginner. Any tips or anything? I can barely keep any money on me so no chance in hell of getting decent mercs. Also, it it just me or does the enemy seem to have better armor penetration than my mercs do? Seems like I can't poke through guys in armor whereas the enemy kills my dudes with no problem while they are wearing the same armor.

I guess, for me, it would be nice to have some sort of AC or something to know how much protection the armor actually provides..

Armour protection is just quantitative. 200 is more than 100 and less than 300, nothing more.

As for the enemy cutting through your armour, it might be that you are fighting raiders. They have better weapons, and thus, their armour damage and penetration is better. Stick to thughs and the low level nazchwhatervertheyrecalled for the early game.

It has been said already but: quantity over quality, at least at the beggining. Hire cripples, beggars, whatever is offered to you, until you have 12 men. Equip them with any helmet (even hats), any cheap armour, a spear (until they get some points in melee, because it gives them bonus to hit chance) and a shield. Maneuver to surround enemies (it also gives bonuses) and poke them until death. Take easy contracts.

And if everything else fails, remember, you are a mercenary. Run away, or try to lure the enemy to an ambush with militia or noble armies, or join ongoing fights and take some of the loot. Bully, trick, fight dirty.

I have been trying to stick to caravan guard duty but even brigands with little or no armor just wipe the floor with me whereas my guys constantly miss. Just getting annoyed that I have to beat on one thug so much whereas one dude has been known to wipe out two of my guys.

 

[Reinhardt]

Greaaaat. Great time to play a hero, dumbfucks...