Incline Heads Will Roll -- AUTHENTIC MEDIEVAL DATING RPG

[PsihoKekec]

Makes sense, Roger is yet another former PC, just like Ruffin, it's just that his game ain't out yet, probably Welsh campaign.

 

[Bibbimbop]

I just started playing, but I'm already in a BROmance with Bartholomew.

 

[Modron]

Going for every single ending?

 

[Luka-boy]

I finally purchased this game after seeing the discount.

Loving it so far. Loving the many ways I've died already and I haven't even reached past Chapter 3 yet.

My only real complaint so far is the writing due to the modernspeak, but that might be due to the translators.

Is it the same in Russian?

 

[Jrpgfan]

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or unappropriate for viewing at work (partial nudity, sexual themes)

Boooo I expected porn, what is this bullshit?

A friend told me one of the DLCs has it. I don't know if it's true, just bought it and haven't got to play it yet.

 

[PsihoKekec]

Nudity is a free DLC, you have to enable it in the settings, but if you bought it for this reason, then you will be very underwhelmed. Also, it might be good idea to go through Heads Will Roll: Downfall first, a free prequel which introduces you to some of the characters you will meet in the main game and makes some backgrounds more understandable.

 

[Jrpgfan]

I'm on lvl 700 rn(playing HWR difficulty since day 1) and can't stop playing it.

I'm currently figuring out different builds to kill Ruffin on first encounter. This game is triggering my autism really hard.

So far the strongest build I've tried is the estoc without a shield with that hood trinket that gives +10 evasion and hit chance if you use one handed weapons without shield, the 50% evasion amulet and either the +3 melee ring with feint immunity, the -15 enemy evasion dagger or the death card(I've been avoiding the later because it kinda feels like cheating tbh).

You pretty much one shots everyone with the skill that bypasses armor and triples base damage and are untouchable(ive managed to beat the game naked a couple times with this build).

 

[PsihoKekec]

Too bad that German cunt interferes...

 

[Bibbimbop]

I tried to go back home after the war and lead a humble decent life as a civilian. But these tax-levying bastards just wouldn't let me drink strong ale and smith my armor in peace. Now we about to get all Jacquerie up in this shit.

I know this looks bad, guys... but we aren't just another group of highly skilled and heavily armored thugs beating up all you peasants to enrich a tyrant. This time it is different. We're actually beating you up for the proletariat. That's a fancy word that means filthy peasants like you.

AAAAAND.... it's gone. The miller at the second village hired elite crossbow mercenaries who slew me quick with an aimed neck shot. These f'ing peasants just don't want to be freed from tyranny, I guess.

But I'll be back.

 

[PsihoKekec]

If you have a high craftsmanship, why did you not make a custom helmet with decent neck protection?

 

[Bibbimbop]

I had high dodge. I wasn't even getting hit on my torso or head.

Who could have foreseen a freak crossbow bolt finding its way into my trachea?

 

[oscar]

If you have a high craftsmanship, why did you not make a custom helmet with decent neck protection?

Crafted armour and helms (and holy cow how the hell did you get it so high compared to other stats) are way better than the standard stuff once you get craftsmanship to the early 20s. Combine a fauld with a gambeson with and you get great protection with very mild stat penalties. You might as well craft together every armour and helmet combo you find with high craftsmanship as you can sell it for a good profit even if you don't use it (while saving precious inventory space).

 

[Lucumo]

Is the game complete, by the way? I played it years ago but it ended when you had to defend a town on the left side of a map and I think there was also a witch's hut somewhere on the right?

 

[PsihoKekec]

Never played the old version, in the new version is complete and you have two mayor story branches after Cambrai. I guess you are referring to the Rennes branch, where you can defeat the mercenaries and either marry the Karen ruling the city or move on to further adventures in Outremer. Marrying the alchemist (her sister) is also the possibility.

There is at least one more DLC incoming.

 

[Lucumo]

Yeah, none of that was in the game back in the day (like ~3 years ago (Don't think the saves were put outside the game directory, otherwise I could date it better.)). It was incomplete which was rather unfortunate. So no marrying or moving further. No branching either IIRC.

Ahh, okay. Thank you.

 

[Bibbimbop]

holy cow how the hell did you get it so high compared to other stats

I was a humble smith, so I spent all my time in Cambrai just working at the forge and drinking all the strong ale that I had lugged from home with my ox-like strength.

In other words... Role-playing™

*Bows theatrically to the applause of everyone reading this*

 

[Lucumo]

No branching either IIRC.

Ahh, never mind. It did branch back then. Just everything was unfinished. It's also still pretty broken. Playing the game on "normal" to get into it again and I beat that twat that wants your new shiny 2h sword that the monks gift to you for being virtuous (it just took forever - only guy so far that I couldn't beat was Ruffin). Just decapitated the sheriff with it. Would do the same with the wench but I probably have to go for her and torture that poor guy...unless some other woman turns up later?

The repair armor option seems broken. Nothing turns up in that list, despite two pieces being damaged now.

 

[oscar]

I think damage to 'extra' armour like neck gorgets and mail leggings is permanent.

 

[Lucumo]

I think damage to 'extra' armour like neck gorgets and mail leggings is permanent.

But I think the first one that was damaged was a shield (which I then replaced) and now it's been the helmet for a long time, in addition to the neck gorget recently.

 

[Bibbimbop]

You're unequipping them to be repaired, right? I haven't had problems with shields and helmets yet.

 

[Lucumo]

You're unequipping them to be repaired, right? I haven't had problems with shields and helmets yet.

....no? So apparently you have to do that, for no reason. It would make total sense if repairing a piece took X amount of time but since it doesn't and is instantaneous, I expected it to work like any ARPG. Well, thanks for the hint, lol.

 

[Lucumo]

it takes time to do it yourself and doesn't at a blacksmith's

Weird. I haven't trained any craftsmanship, so eh.

Hmm, seems like I got unlucky with an enemy. Currently assaulting that British city and killed Goliath and a bunch of other guys with my trusty 2h sword which the sheriff was so nice to give to me (one can thrust with it). However, one guy spawned that has no weak points. So thrusting is pointless and all I got are the 5% to get past the armor from my talents. The enemies basically can't hit me or if they do they fail at my (not-even-good) armor. One crossbow shot has damaged me though. The question is...what to do. His helmet is "broken", not that it does change anything. Bonking him unconscious is pointless too. Currently at round 6XX...makes me wonder whether it gets capped at some point.

 

[notpl]

The only build in this game that really works is a giant 2-handed hammer. Every other neat idea you come up with will eventually get hard-countered by something like you describe, in my experience, because "breaking" enemy armor doesn't actually stop it from negating damage.

 

[Lucumo]

The only build in this game that really works is a giant 2-handed hammer. Every other neat idea you come up with will eventually get hard-countered by something like you describe, in my experience, because "breaking" enemy armor doesn't actually stop it from negating damage.

Well, I like swords (would use another weapon in another run though). They are aesthetically pleasing. As for the guy, maybe it's a bug? Visually, it looks like I should be easily able to thrust my sword in his wide-open face, but nope...

/edit: Beat him easily then. For some reason, the overhead strike always hit...possibly because the helmet was broken? Not sure, it shouldn't have 100% hit and dealt full damage with only a 5% (talent) chance to get through the armor. Oh well, the taking of the city took me a whopping 1060 turns. Really made me wish fighting would go quicker. Got close eventually too, when some elite knight got two clean hits in, after a shield bash, IIRC. Those were the most dangerous which is why I always went for the shields first.
The question then is whether an excellent armor is worth it or not. I bought the one for 1k gold from the Italian guy but didn't use it because it would have heavily drained my stats. And those seems to be pretty important, considering how it's been relatively easy (on normal difficulty though). And the stat-boosting trinkets certainly help. Also don't feel like the squad members are worth the money. They cost a ton and die in one hit against the tough guys, get beat up by the standard opponents but can at least hold their own against weak ones. Probably spent 2-3k and they didn't help at all. Could have bought more items from the Italian trader instead and horded them in my inventory/chest.

 

[PsihoKekec]

If you have decent crafting, then you can make helmets and armors with good stats and low maluses. Each piece of armor has coverage and armor value, if coverage is 100% or more, youll have to go through armor, not past it.

As for enemy armor, some axes have chop armor attack, so you can first destroy the shield, then the armor and thus kill the heavily armored enemies. Spears also have attack that has a higher chance of bypassing armor and some maces can injure through armor. There are also trinkets that increase the chance of bypassing armor (fencing dagger - works great with estoc).

Mind you, most of us play on HWR difficulty, gradually building up characters through deaths and victories, so starting with a charter with 25 crafting and building ourselves the best armor possible is a common move.