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FIRST FOR HALBERDIEEEEEERS
Thanquol soon, friends!
NO MORE SPERGING ABOUT MEDIEVAL HISTORY PAST THIS POINT
There is no new engine. It's just another iteration of Warscape.
>>570147887sandal maker baby kicker hypocritical piece of shit
>>570147887what happened to liu bei anyways
>>570148665problem? real ones know that a valued general >>> some infantthere's the Han dynasty at stake fool
Big rumours that CA is going to showcase a 40K gameplay demo in June at a gaming event in China.
>>570148825>loses all his gay ass peach tree garden butt buddies>dies
>>570149182july I think
>>570148840what's his fucking problem?
Factions that we will never get to play as in a Total War game:World War 2 GermanySoviet UnionIndPygmiesNorth KoreaIsraelLeagues of VotannStormcast Eternals
considering what an ineffective emperor the son that Zilong saved was, Liu Bei was literally right
>>570149373based liu bei knowing he gets to make another if the baby dies
>>570149570well maybe dropping him on his head as a baby had something to do with that, have you ever considered?
>>570149373>the woman's expression when he throws the baby awaylmao what the fuck is this
Troy has Achilles and HectorThree Kingdoms has Guan Yu and Lu BuWarhammer has Tyrion and MalekithWhat will 40K have?
>>570149873nothing, it's soulless
>>570147887Reminder to get your lore straight
>>570149873Yvraine and Guilliman
>>570150214Mogged by Primaris
>>570150472TRVKE
>>570149549And thank sigmar for all of that.
>>570149873Gazghkull and Yarrick
yo
>>570150331
still the best cutscene in total war history:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LxbcMOUlR0
>>570149873the store page for 40k TW goes on and on about how customising your warband and leader is central to the experienceso why do people keep yapping about LLs in 40k so much?
>>570153042People got too used to TWW and look at TW40K through those lenses.I really don't believe people will be so obsessed with LLs when they can make any donut steel leader or self insert even instead.
A hidden gem!
>>570153042>>570153257customized LLs are lame as fuck compared to named ones lol oh boy Dickbutticus that looks just like 100000 other anons characters with the face of a generic inf unit is soaring through the ranks of the mechanicus
>>570152739Franz the french whore had no right to abolish it. It follows that legally, it still exists, and if you're german, austrian or czech, you owe rightful allegiance to his imperial majesty the emperor of rome and king of germany (as soon as one is elected).
>>570153625(I say this purely and only because I was part of an HRE themed clan for mount and blade warband. Good old times.)
>>570153406WrongHonestly those premade immortal LLs was the worst thing that ever happened to TW. And ruined TWW too in turn. At every step you have those immortal superheroes who come back from death constantly like in a comic book. It's to the point there is no reason to ever use generic lords anymore. Terrible design.Generic lords in preTWW titles were better, more immersive and were perfectly suited for creating cool stories in this sandbox gameplay. Superheroes ruin it.TW40K returning to generic lords AND improving them so you can customize them is so absurdly good it's surreal.
>>570153897this lowk reads like chatgpt
>>570153042immortal LLs are the gayest shit everI hope they completely remove the concept and make everyone killable, no more respawning after a couple turns bullshit
CA owes me Nagash news tomorrow.
>>570153982I'm too esl to be chatgpt. AI does not make mistakes like this
>>570153625It's becoming increasingly difficult for the Germans to pretend that the EU isn't just the 4th Reich.
>>570154523Ah yes, the 4th reich where you can just decide to leave. The 4th reich where poland GETS money from germany. The 4th reich where votes from larger states count less in parliament than votes from smaller states. The 4th reich where every state gets veto rights. That 4th reich.If it wasn't going to be so disastrous, I would really enjoy AfD leaving EU and NATO and shacking up with russia. The response of the polish right alone would be marvellously funny.
>>570154914>gets moneyLOLpoland has provided literally over a trillion euros worth of value by pumping the rest of EU with highly educated highly civilized cheap labor in all fields for decades, any pittance the EU throws back is not enough (nevermind what Germany owes in ww2 reparations)
>>570154523the entire fucking problem with the union is that it isn'tif madam von der Leyen announced tomorrow they were sending all nafris to internment camps, kicking out all amerimutt soldiers, sending a million drone and tanks to the ukraine front and flooding the atlantic with drone u-boats, then I'd become the most ardent EU supporter overnight
>>570154914>The 4th reich where every state gets veto rightsI thought they were getting rid of that to protect democracy?
>>570155314If they want to be a pseudo government it certainly makes more sense if it were more hierarchical.Pretending that all members are equal is just nonsense.
>>570155203>what Germany owes in ww2 reparations
>>570155703why would any country willingly join a union where they would be second-rate partners?
>>570155838it's 1.3 trillion
>>570155859"willingly"?
>>570155859Good question.The answer is you lie.
The Bretonnia rework is coming friends. Trust in The Lady.
>>570156097We'll pay you 200 zloty to fuck off.
>>570156245what's in the rework?
a post about the HRE cause the thread to derail into /pol/tardnessHRE = The Empiretherefore this is the Empire's fault
I need a game to play with a controller because my hand hurts too much
>>570156245>>570156464Can any tabletop chads confirm or deny that Bretonnia basically already has everything they are ever going to get
>>570156464A snail I found in the garden, half a bottle of wine, and photos from my Burgundian vacation.
>>570156767still plenty missing!
>>570153897It´d be less of an issue if they didnt get "comes back from the dead almost instantly" cheats and some sort of thematic armies they´d try to follow. When everyone in (faction A) just spams (whatever gives best AR value), you get boring mismash where every Empire/Greenskin/Whatever faction is the same. If you had, say, Thorek building just traditionalist troops (and thus leveraging his buffs), you'd have much stronger sense of place in the world, you'd fight a lot more diverse armies instead of everything being muddled and killing that lord that buffs their typical army so heavily would feel more significant, since you'd cripple their #1 army buffed. Assuming LL would stay dead for ~10 turns of course, not this "he is back the next turn!" nonsense.
>>570156838post the photos
>>570149752Its a blooper scene made for fun
no don't post the photos enough off topic shit
>>570147998FOR FRENS
grudgebringer frens... how we feeling?
>>570157857
>>570158141
>>570157364
>>570157747I just killed Thorek
>>570156916Snails...
>>570159139don't be mean, giant snails were a huge problem back then
Tfw you realize the dwarfs are the spainards during the reconquista
>>570159343Now very official from CA next dlc
>>570160757what's the face?
>>570156916>Bretonnian war altarNever seen that thing before. I suppose that is what the grail reliquae evolved from>>570156767>Can any tabletop chads confirm or deny that Bretonnia basically already has everything they are ever going to getThey still need foot knights.
Estaliawhen??https://youtu.be/jj7xV7ORw24?si=1cBohSY1vETiH9rX
>>570163963neverwhich is a shame
>>570156464My copium-fuelled take?New mechanics for every faction.Move Repanse's faction. Her skills should focus on fighting chaos, not undead.Fey Enchantress get fey path movement stance. Instantly recruitable pool of battle pilgrims.New heroes - Sergeant-at-arms, yeomen captain, abbot.New legendary lords - Bertrand the Brigand, Bohemond Beastslayer, Tancred II of Quenelles.New legendary heroes - Reynard the Hunter, Amalric of Gaudaron, Calard of Garamont, Hugo le Petit and Gui le Gros.(these 2 should be unique to Bertrand's faction), Hermit Knight of Malmont, among others.New regiments of renown - The Skyhost (pegasus knights) Sir Dagobert (grail reliquae) Ennar's Outlaw's (peasant bowmen) The Rapscallards (men-at-arms)New units- foot knights, herrimault, holy carts, carcass launcher
>>570160878that feel when
>>570164568>yeomen captainWould be a great buffing hero as I imagine it
>Gather your mightiest warriors. Meet me. Die. A tale as old as I am>You are but a whetstone to my axeArbaal has God-tier diplomacy lines
>>570166038>yeomen captain>Would be a great buffing hero as I imagine ittbhwy I imagined them as a 1 man mounted yeomen archer mixed with a skink chief hero.They could start with a mount of a basic warhorse and they'd be good for sniping away at lords and heroes, distracting enemy units, pulling them out of formation and making them chase him.They could buff more mobile (but non knights) units like herrimault and mounted yeomen units. Give the mounted yeomen vanguard deployment, extra charge bonus, bonus v. infantry and the like.I imagined the sergeant-at-arms as being a buffing hero too. They'd be more static, best used in amongst the melee infantry, peasant bowmen, and artillery. Probably no mount options for them though.
>>570167630I RISEARMIES FALL
I wonder if Medieval 3 will make the Teutonic Knights a playable factionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxO1nHKeaKEthey were very cool in Med2 Kingdoms
>>570169256I bet they'll be DLC.
>>570169256>Baltic pagansLiteral chudshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chud
>>570169256all the cutscenes n such gave med 2 so much characterespecially agent attempt cutscenesthat kinda stuff is really missing from modern TW
>>570169256id love DLC like atilla and rome 2 gotspecifically i want one where you play byzzies during the crusades and have to deal with peasant shitter crusaders raiding your lands arabs and legit crusaders fucking with you all at once
age of charlemagne had a really sexy political map
Is spamming zombies as Ghorst fun?Might be time to give him a try. I'm guessing no AR because most of the zombies value comes from spamming magic
>>570173663I guess it depends on what you find fun. It's not very exciting gameplay but you get to use the cinematic camera.
>>570173663>Is spamming zombies as Ghorst fun?Yes, but with AI general
>>570169142Sergeant-at-arms can be like Ogre paymaster with a baffs like "shoot him to the death" for bowmen (+100 accuracy + 40 armor penetration)
Any tips for Franz? Last time I tried a Franz campaign it felt like smashing my balls with a hammer. All I know is Im supposed to go absolutely apeshit and delete hostile LL's one at a time as fast as I can, but I can barely beat Festus
Viking factions any fun in Attila? thinking of trying out a run for the first time in yearsssI don't own the viking dlc but its cheap in key shopsalternatively I'll just play slavs not feelin like huns or romans for the first run
>>570175113Don't worry too much about trying to save anyone except elspeth, there are no longer any permanent penalties to letting them die. If you are really having a lot of trouble with the AI growing faster than you and shitting out lots of armies then just turn the difficulty down.
>>570156245May as well post the old Dave Gallagher concept art from 2004 for the nth time.
>>570176592
>>570171037too bad it was so expensive it became a unit of currency for CA
>>570176975
>>570177210How many charlemagnes will each TWWH40K dlc (3 reskin units) cost?
>>570177291A bunch of Bretonnia activists
>>570177291
>>570177471Last one, i have more but I don't want to dominate the thread.
>>570177471This might be my favorite piece of warhammer art
Me and any new WH dlc
>>570177953>not the simpleton and turnipdyel?
>>570176592I wanted a unit like this for Bretonnia, but apparently it's a kit bash.
>>570176447Thats funny I didn't know there were ever any permanent penalties. What ewere they?
Which faction is the india of Warhammer Fantasy?
Should I ever use this dudes outside of pvp? Or better to get more vampire heroes?
>>570179746Skaven
>>570179746Raroo!
>>570169256Teutonic Knights should start as a horde faction.
>>570178829For multiple years reviving an elector count gave you a +2 bonus to authority but letting one die gave -3, so if you let a few die you would never get the bonus and if you let too many you would always have a penalty. It wasn't too bad at the time but they realized they had to change it after they upped NPC aggression and added a bunch of new hostiles to the empire area.
>>570182168those are germans
I can't tell why Ghorst can't move except maybe that agent trapping him. Real shame too Im about to lose the initiative in trying to get rid of Kugath
>>570179746"Thanquol" means victory, Hans.
>>570147887Its been 6 years since I played it, and just got back cause I wanted to try some TW before I hop into Warhammer. Got a Ma Teng game where I used all my kids to seduce the daughters and sons of the other factions and now I have more than 10 grandkids ready to hit the fields with free horses in 16 years. I actually quite enjoy the diplomacy and spy stuff in the game, as long as I'm not fighting caocao.
>Wulfrik managed to stomp the empire, dwarfs and greenskinsWow this has to be first time I've seen something like this happen.
My biggest problem with 3 Kangdoms is that if you're not a Romanceaboo, you have no idea what is happening or who all these people are.At least with European history there's some comprehension just through proximity.
My biggest problem with Warhammer is that if you're not an Old World Boomer you have no idea what is happening or who all these people and elves are.
My biggest problem with Napoleon is that if you're not a Francoboo, you have no idea what is happening or who all these frogs are. At least with British history you have some comprehension just through proximity
My biggest problem with 40K is that if you're not an American you have no idea how guns work.
my biggest problem with /twg/ is that you're all annoying faggots
>>570185134Wanna make Slaanesh proud? UwU
>>570184698>>570184863>>570184947I'm serious. The setup is basically "big fat guy is bad, three other dudes have to stop him, you know who these people are because you're chinese and already know this."Warhammer runs on "Humans good, demons bad."Most historical games are "your nation wants to conquer other nations."Only Three Kingdoms assumes you already know the story.
I'm literally too shit to play as Franz unless the campaign is on Easy. LL's for this feel?
>>570185451>three other dudesit's actually like 20
>>570185560I'm talking about the peach orchard oath specifically, but yeah it is 20 other guys. Who the fuck are they? I dunno. Go read a chinese poem o algo.
>>570185492just reload your save until you win broIt's not that hard
>>570185492Try a trecio with war wagons. The wagons are tall and can fire above your frontline. Have small gaps between your halberdiers so your regular muskets can fire through as well. 3 knights should be flanking.
What does this button do?
>>570185492>empire losers instantly trying to convert anon instead of giving him a good lordPlay Aislinn. It's quite impossible to lose with him.
>>570185492>LL's for this feel?Arbaal
Ruler of the Your HouseMaster of the Night NoiseSupreme Catriarch of Nyan Gau
So I tried Vampire Counts. Honestly what's the secret? Because I feel I'm just stuck dealing with low tier units, and having zero ranged units.That said on the latter, I am spoiled since Nuln is my favorite faction.
>>570187059use raise dead in provinces with big battles to get grave guard and other good units early
>>570187059Vamp counts take a while to come online. At first glance, zombies and skeletons are worthless, but zombies especially grow in power such that they have utility in the mid game.But VC's real specialty is cavalry and flyers. Also spamming single target damage magic on heroes. I beat Skarbrand's ass with that.
>>570187373>>570187059Also, if you are frustrated by the lack of range, just imagine bats are your arrows. Them dying isn't an issue because they're supposed to be replaced, their purpose is to flank and harass.
>>570187059Well if you can play that low tier faction u can survive vamps.You need to get your lord to wind of death as soon as possible. And give the army a necromancer. Once the necro has wind of death too you can put him in a new army to carry that.And then you just play infantry blob with a few monsters, corpse carts and mortis engines inside the blob while your nexro or lord cast wind of death on CD.Till you get there tho, mass makes it work. Just bring a 2nd army of skellies.
>>570187206>>570187373>>570187484>>570187586I should be specific and say my first was with Kemmler since googling says he's new VC player friendly.
>>570188007Noob friendly is ghorst. 19 zombies.
>>570188007Try manlet instead. Don't be intimidated by Volkmar, most of your units have terror and fanatics have no armor. Don't be intimidated by Skarbrand either, slow him down with zombies and spam single target damage. After that the game is pretty much yours to do whatever. He buffs the wight knights, which are respectable by themselves even if they are mid-game units.Zombies, grave guard, and cavalry units are all your friends.
>>570188349>Play MannfredI'd sooner castrate myself than play the guy who killed Old World.
>>570188470He's a good kid, on his way to college, just needs more money for them programs.
>>570188470Your neckbeard is showing.
Loli. Legendary. Lords.
>>570188349corsets are pure sexo
>>570186175Well whatever it is I switched it off and I think it's whats been ruining all of my campaigns
Just when I started thinking I had gotten the hang of this campaign
When legend returns I know that /twg/ will support him and watch his videos just like in the good old days.
>>570190831I will have his back
>>570185492Changeling
What difficulty is played here
>>570190982N/H reportan
>>570190831I won'tmotherfucker fucked up bad>ohhh booo hooo I have problems in my headtake meds then>im tiredtake a sabbaticalThrowing a tantrum and going "hey im quitting guys" for over 6 months was cancer
>>570190982Easy/Easyand then we still complain how the empire sucks
>>570190982my elspeth campaign is on hard/hard with no stat boostsit's been going poorly
>>570191948That's to be expected from the empire. Shit sucks.
What is with the Empire hate? Are you mad you actually have to fight battles and can't build a doomstack?
Don't worry bros, once you get your Chosen of Ulric you'll have everything you wanted!
How do I turn swordsmen into Chosen of Sigmar?
>>570184387>>570184698>>570184863>>570184947>>570185134The men are wavering...
Not me, i'm unbreakable.
We need Canterbury Tales: Total War
>>570192750Always been a pathetic joke of a faction. Luckily we have Cathay now.
>>570193221we need food: total war
>>570193403>But I don't want to play as Poutine!
>>570193403I suggest Delicious in Dungeon
>>570193467>holy I can't believe how overpowered sushi is, it's only three ingredients but it beats lasagna? japanese is OP>bro forget japanese, szechuan and it's spicy + sweet synergy absolutely destroys north american cuisines>india is better at spicy though>yeah but they get -50% output to meat so that balances it
>>570193714>murica>cuisineHAH
LegendOfTotal Waaa here width a jew disasta campaaaign>cheeses AI with exploit>uses lightning strike>winsGuess what fuckersINEVERHADHISBACK
news when
>>570194443Ungrateful curThere is a RIOT going on in the UKDo you know how hard it is to dev when the immigrantinos don't get free HOUSING?Do you really think...Do you really think I can get the details on this brapcannon (image related) correct when Abdul is suffering?
>>570194647Shut the fuck up, some of my relatives lost their flats.
>>570194982don't think they did mate
>>570194982Kek
>>570194982don't think th->>570195128you beat me to it you shitter
>>570195250Not even Bri'ish
Did you guys see Legend's new leaks?They're scrapping the latest DLC to make Hyenas 2.
>>570195296
Yeah, but, seriously how far into the game can you push an Empire frontline for your ranged and arty?
Are Ogre settlements just stuck at 4 slots? Is that a bug or intended?
>>570196612greatswords are pretty good honestly>>570197038yeah, ogres are supposed to use camps as their "main" settlements
>>570197197Figured as much. I'm late in my Golgfag game and I'm re-conquering the Mountains of Mourn from the undead.Also as an aside, what does that setting that allows minor factions better chances, really do under the hood? Seems it gives any faction that has some main character more of a chance that they did if it was off; ala Festus having more mileage for once.Unless that's just faction potential in general; which remind me, is rng right?
>>570196612Empire doesn't need a default strong frontline. Their entire gimmick is supporting that frontline with diverse magic and support weapons. Their frontline is intended to slow, not kill, enemies.
>>570197474I think it's faction potential + giving them major faction AI
I’m the worst faction in the game.Who am I?
>>570198720The French in South America.
>>570198720rictus
>>570198720empire
>>570198803NTA but Rictus as a idea just disappoints me greatly. Skaven are a really cool and fun race with different ideas and theme going on in each faction.>Queek and Mors: Stormvermin, and a beat stick if a LL>Ikit Claw: Best Boy, Best Weapon Teams, NUKES>Throt: Frankstein mechanics and monsters>Skrolk: Ugly Fuck and Plagues and buffing of plague units>Snikch: Ninja Rats>Rictus: Coward and has a shitty skull hat.Booo
Can I talk about real life races? Or just fantasy ones?
did volkmar and gelt get moved in WH2 or 3
>>5701991173. I think Volkmar was dealing with Vampires since his DLC was fighting Ghost, and got moved to the Desert when Tomb Kings became a thing, and then Gelt was the Elector Count of Solland since WH1, but got moved in 3 to Cathay once Elspeth became the Wizard that loves guns
>>570198803We do not do this IN GERMANY
>>570199075Queek has nothing to do with Stormvermin. Tretch buffs them to all hell. Tretch is about melee infantry masses. Just endless hordes of hyper buffed, really fast melee infantry.
don't reply
I really need to
pass party :3
I'd never really fucked with the lore of light until I got stuck with a Light Wizard as Franz, and I've been missing out. What other lores have I slept on?
>>570148665>hypocriticalJudge a man by his actions, not by his intentions
>>570200220IDK the wild probably, since it's exclusive to poopoo peepees
>>570200313Empire also gets beast.
>>570200313God I miss day 1 devolve like a a tomboy close "friend" you spent an entire summer with.
>>570200380the lore of beasts is not the lore of the wild>>570200425something you want to share, anon?
>>570200540Are Beasts and Wilds really two different lores?
>>570200540I never did see her again.Sometimes I wonder if it was all real.
>>570200756yes you fucking retard>>570200760did you bang?
>>570200198
>>570199116There are no races in real life
>>570202105Wrong
>>570202351Science says none of those things, stop listening to trumpian propagandists.
>>570202351Are the Irish white? What about Italians?
>Are the Irish white?
>>570203381/pol/ would say yes because they have political reasons for pan-Europeanism.A quick trip through a history book will tell you 'no'.I'm quite fond of Irish racism, personally. Have a collection of anti-Irish political comics. A shame few people these days appreciate it.
>>570203603Honestly, makes them seem based as hell.Wish they still lived up to this legacy.
Whites are just albino Indians
>>570203707There's a lot of history that most people just ignore. Our current era of anti-immigration rhetoric is very similar to that of the late 19th century.I don't even hate Irish or Italians, I just find it interesting.
>>570203603>the landlord killing industrynever realized the irish were so based
>>570203603>landlord killing industry
>>570204251In this case, it's local Irish tenant farmers killing British landlords. So there's some IRA elements to it.
>>570204251It's always astonishing to realize there are people who don't realize that working class is a euphemism for low class, despite the other two categories being middle and high.
