Warhammer: Total War

Varik · 21-02-2017 03:18PM

eeguy wrote: »

I'll take it!

Which one.

Varik · 21-02-2017 07:34PM

https://dashboard.totalwar.com/home

You can apparently get the Betronia DLC a day early. Still free.

degrassinoel · 27-02-2017 02:39PM

Yep it's on there now, 2.1gb

gonna give it a blast

Ahh, goes live today at 4pm, 3 new Bret factions

Remouad · 27-02-2017 03:45PM

degrassinoel wrote: »

Yep it's on there now, 2.1gb

gonna give it a blast

Ahh, goes live today at 4pm, 3 new Bret factions

2.1 Gbs
Be tomorrow before I'd get that down anyway!:D

Varik · 27-02-2017 04:29PM

Donwload wouldn't start for a bit.

No word on when early access for the DLC to Total war forum members, meant to be a steam code but they're saying they're having technical difficulties.

Varik · 27-02-2017 04:29PM

degrassinoel wrote: »

Yep it's on there now, 2.1gb

gonna give it a blast

Ahh, goes live today at 4pm, 3 new Bret factions

3 new for bret and 1 for VC

degrassinoel · 27-02-2017 04:42PM

Apparently technical problems with the early access are prohibiting everyone from actually playing the dlc xD

https://twitter.com/totalwar/status/836248020706480128

Varik · 27-02-2017 05:13PM

degrassinoel wrote: »

Apparently technical problems with the early access are prohibiting everyone from actually playing the dlc xD

https://twitter.com/totalwar/status/836248020706480128

Up for me now

degrassinoel · 27-02-2017 05:17PM

Can you actually play the Bret factions or is it just updated to the 2.1gb patch with the bretonnia main menu screen and updated factions list?

Spear · 27-02-2017 05:28PM

I have the 2.1 gb update done, the Bretonnian DLC is listed, on my DLC as being acquired, but it doesn't seem to switch the state to installed.

degrassinoel · 27-02-2017 05:33PM

Spear wrote: »

I have the 2.1 gb update done, the Bretonnian DLC is listed, on my DLC as being acquired, but it doesn't seem to switch the state to installed.

Yeah that's the same as me atm too. That's the technical difficulty they were on about

Spear · 27-02-2017 05:37PM

degrassinoel wrote: »

Yeah that's the same as me atm too. That's the technical difficulty they were on about

I suspect it's because Steam reckons the release date is still the 28th, so it won't install.

degrassinoel · 27-02-2017 05:51PM

Could be, i'd say if it's going to be fixed it'll be one of those 6pm things, if not, then it'll be tomorrow.

Varik · 27-02-2017 06:37PM

Sorry was on way back from work so didn't see, ye it's up as installed.

degrassinoel · 27-02-2017 07:24PM

lol, i think they seriously botched total war access with this

still showing as not installed for me.

Varik · 27-02-2017 08:04PM

degrassinoel wrote: »

lol, i think they seriously botched total war access with this

still showing as not installed for me.

Did the update install first

27-02-2017 08:25PM

Just got a 2GB update which is installed, no sign of that DLC though and the store says it unlocks in 19 hours or something.

Varik · 27-02-2017 08:55PM

Alina Nutritious Coyote wrote: »

Just got a 2GB update which is installed, no sign of that DLC though and the store says it unlocks in 19 hours or something.

You needed to sign up to their forum, and that's where you get it.

degrassinoel · 27-02-2017 10:10PM

Varik wrote: »

Did the update install first

Yeah, they've posted about this and how to fix there about an hour or so ago.

Get this, to fix the problem, (this is the official what to do if you're in the same boat as me) i have go into steam, click help, click warhammer, click "i want to permanently remove this game from my library", choose bretonnia and click okay..

when ye get that far it gives a dialogue that says "are ye bleedin' sure?" "are you sure you want to remove Total War:Warhammer from your library", which is kind of scarey.. but click it anyway, and MAKE SURE you choose bretonnia ffs..

then start your TW access link clicking from scratch.

Ffs. What a mess, and here..
from their post about 2 hours ago.

Bretonnia is now available for everyone who is signed up to Total War Access! (And sorry for the delay.)
EDIT: If you got a bad key earlier and can't play, in Steam click Help, Steam Support, select Total War WARHAMMER, click 'I want to permanently remove this game from my account', select Bretonnia, confirm. This will remove the Bretonnia DLC from your account at which point you can acquire a new key from Access.
We're really sorry that we are more than 3 hours late with the start of the Early Access for Bretonnia, it should be up and working now if you visit your Total War Access Dashboard (https://dashboard.totalwar.com).
There’s a chance you might still run into trouble if you were one of the people who grabbed a key already, right when we went live originally. This may mean that you are blocked from getting a new one (Steam thinks you already have it) and will have to wait till the official go-live time tomorrow at 4pm to get it working. Though we are working with Valve to see if we can sort this out faster for you.
We can only apologise if that’s the case, and we're really sorry that you will have to wait a bit longer, especially when you must have been so keen to grab it.
What went wrong:
What happened earlier today was that we pressed the go button a little earlier than 4pm GMT to flush out any bugs and found a big one; Access was dishing out some codes that didn’t give early access, these would just download Bretonnia as normal tomorrow at the full release time.
So we quickly turned off the button in the dashboard that granted keys until we could figure out what was going on. Thankfully, it only took us a couple of hours to secure fresh, correct keys and load them into the system. So all should now be fine and the keys will unlock Bretonnia early as intended.
So why bother?:
You might rightly wonder why we’re going to all this trouble, to frankly just annoy people as it might seem.
We’re testing Total War Access at the moment, but the idea long-term is to create an account that connects you with our official website and forums and gives you a bunch of free Total War stuff over time. In return we get your email address so we can contact you (if you let us, you can decide not to).
Of course, we’re intending it to be a good thing, and this was supposed to be a neat test of it, so clearly I’m pretty annoyed that it’s not got off to the best start and I’m furious we’ve let you, our biggest fans, down.
Even for those guys having to wait till official launch time tomorrow to play, we do hope you enjoy Bretonnia in the end. A huge amount of work and love went into it, so we hope you have a great time with it in the end and that makes up a bit for the false start today.

https://www.facebook.com/TotalWar/

Spear · 27-02-2017 11:12PM

I just restarted Steam and it fixed itself, no need for scary permanent removal stuff.

degrassinoel · 27-02-2017 11:52PM

i wasn't so lucky

It's working now though, that chivalry system is interesting.. and i learned that declaring war on other bretonnian factions is not the way to go, at all

Varik · 28-02-2017 08:55AM

Didn't even start them yesterday.

Tried to finish off my dwarf campaign, just have to somehow clear some grudges that require heroes to assassinate people lvl 20 thanes and i can't manage it (think I may just wipe the faction out as that also get's rid of it.)

Been getting a lot of traits since the update, a lot of them bad.

Had a mission for an item that I simply couldn't do as I never had the trade amount required and now no one else is alive. Just simple razing cities and getting asked for peace each turn by AI.

Still not got the hang of monsters or monstrous infantry/cavalry/whatever. With the empire I'd have demigryphs with halberds.

degrassinoel wrote: »

i wasn't so lucky

It's working now though, that chivalry system is interesting.. and i learned that declaring war on other bretonnian factions is not the way to go, at all

You research confederation with them and then you've a bonus to that.

Varik · 02-03-2017 09:01AM

How are people finding siege gameplay with bretonnian, managed to double fake out marienburg and laid siege but had to attack straight away.

Won in the end by using a unit of Pegasus knights to cross the wall and start to capture inside so then infantry followed to stop them capturing. Had my army at the gate out of the tower reach and had to use 2 trebuchet and my lord to break the gate down. then with the enemy separated I managed to use 2 men at arms and 2 other in with the lord and a damsel and a few rear charges from the Pegasus.

All my knights were useless other than arrow fodder at the start.

Dave_The_Sheep · 02-03-2017 04:14PM

So, I utterly broke my latest playthrough, but completely without intending to, and completely 'legally'. I've a few mods installed but none that I can see caused this.

Started a campaign as Bordeleaux. As it happens, I always destroy the infantry side of things and focus Cav when playing Bretonnian factions (yes, I know all of a few days). So I had the cavalry building which let me recruit two paladins.

Within the first three turns, I got the event "Orc incursions" which was -20 per turn control - not sure if this happens every game. So I was fighting ****ty Orc armies every turn/second turn which levelled my first LL Alberic de Bordeleaux up very fast. I went all the blue skills to get to Servants of Manann fast. Took me maybe until turn 10? What it gives you is +5 levels for Paladins recruited in the local province.
The really really lucky part was ... "Military Training" random event (training the children myself) gave me +4 for Paladins across all regions for ~10 turns.

So I could recruit two automatic level 10 Paladin agents straight away. One of the late tier Paladin skills is Exemplar, which gives you +1,+2 and +3 per skill point in it to every unit recuited in the local region.

So straight out the gate, I was getting rank 6 exp and above units (three silver chevrons+) Coupled with a few region bonuses that I got later on, and basically all my units are more or less rank 9 (three gold chevrons). Nothing can stand against a charge from masses of rank 9 Bretonnian cavalry. Absolutely nothing so far has proven to be anything but a speed bump for these bastards.

It's glorious.

Certainly wasn't a deliberate tactic on my part, I just got really really lucky I think. Still going to annihilate all before me though.

Beefy78 · 06-03-2017 01:49PM

I finally picked this up over the weekend. I know the Warhammer universe but have never played a Total War game. Is there a basic strategy guide anyone could point me towards? failing that are there any real high-level beginners tips you'd give?

Dave_The_Sheep · 06-03-2017 03:16PM

Beefy78 wrote: »

I finally picked this up over the weekend. I know the Warhammer universe but have never played a Total War game. Is there a basic strategy guide anyone could point me towards? failing that are there any real high-level beginners tips you'd give?

The campaign stuff isn't really explained very well in-game, so I recommend watching videos online. You'll learn a lot just watching, etc.

Here's one for example that I sent a mate a while back when he was starting.

Remouad · 06-03-2017 03:19PM

Beefy78 wrote: »

I finally picked this up over the weekend. I know the Warhammer universe but have never played a Total War game. Is there a basic strategy guide anyone could point me towards? failing that are there any real high-level beginners tips you'd give?

I found these very useful

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A few personal tips start with

On your First campaign go with Empire or Dwarves.
They seem to be the easiest to get to grips with
Fight the first couple of battles even if the auto resolve is massively in your favour.
It will help you get used to the controls.
Try to get a full stack (20 unit army) as fast as possible.
Don't worry too much about the quality of the units. You can replace any crappy ones later.
However try to keep some balance to the units(ranged, anti-infantry, anti-large, etc.)
Prioritise growth buildings at the start.
This will help you later on as you need higher tier settlements to build the buildings that give you access to the more elite units.
Higher tier settlements also have better garrisons so you don't have to worry as much about protecting them.
One army at a time.
Only create new stacks when you can afford to.
No point in having multiple stacks if it puts a strain on your finances.
Be Diplomatic.
You can get a good income from trade and confederation is the easiest way to expand.

degrassinoel · 06-03-2017 03:24PM

For your army.

Try to have a good mix of melee infantry, ranged, and mounted units.

Melee units with shields are your front line troops - anything else should attack the flanks.

Ranged units are crap at melee fighting - keep them close to the front line but not on it.

Mounted units always flank. Attack theirs, protect yours.

For your cities.

Provinces are split up into 2/4 or 5 zones, once you've captured or occupied all of these you get a province bonus - you cant end turn without it having a popup and you get to choose which.

You dont have to build all the buildings.

If you're being attacked mercilessly - build a wall/s and upgrade them as much as you can.

You dont need to garrison an army (although it helps sometimes)- each city and town has it's own.. fairly crap ones to start with, but as you build your cities they become fairly large.

Building "growth" building like fields will increase how often you can upgrade your town or city, and increase the amount of replenishment for your armies.

Military buildings unlock specific military units - like archers or cavalry, or even artillery etc.

Your first province should have a money maker - like a gold mine or some other form of income. A military building like a barracks or whatever for general purpose bog standard infantry, and whatever else you see fit.
This all depends on which faction and what way you want to play.

Personally, the best way to play for me is to go defensive at the start - sort out what buildings you need or want. Have your army standing by close to your main city. Take a few turns to see what's going on, make a bit of cash, then head out once you're confident - dont be afraid to retreat and rebuild an army. Also, if your legendary lord dies.. you'll get him/her back in a few turns if you can manage to survive that long.

Just take your time with it, it's it's own reward.

08-03-2017 09:18AM

I have this game from the last humble bundle monthly, its not really my kind of game so I'd be willing to swap it if someone has a good offer on it.

Remouad · 16-03-2017 11:58PM

All DLC (excluding wood elves) 25% off on steam.
Base game is 50% off.

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