Warhammer: Total War

Remouad · 01-02-2018 03:37PM

Breakdown by Party elite.

Both upcoming titles are looking really good but think I'll be going for thrones of Britannia first.

Apparently there are siege battle improvements which will hopefully carry over to the warhammer games

Shiminay · 01-02-2018 10:40PM

I've been properly stuck into the Tomb Kings DLC this last couple of days (also, finally shifted the game over to an SSD so it's actually playable and I don't have a 5 minute wait time for fights to load). Started around ten last night, suddenly it was 8am... (obviously I'm off work atm

) Game still suffers with a bit of annoyances, can't keep it in "Fast Forward" mode and clicking on the arrow crashed the game just now. Really enjoying the Tomb Kings stuff though, their mechanics are quite an interesting rejig on the established systems.

Outkast_IRE · 02-02-2018 03:27PM

Playing Tomb Kings for the last week.

As someone who previously played, Elfs, dwarves, empire, lizards i find the new mechanics with the Tomb Kings interesting and results in some interesting game strategies. For some reasons the wood elfs are really friendly with my tomb king faction. Standard units are nothing more than meat for the grinder, the chariots and monsters are what makes the tomb king army workable. I still struggled with them against greenskins when the army was mostly high level attack units.

Shiminay · 02-02-2018 06:28PM

I've got 8 armies stomping around - 2 up in the North taking out Elven cities, 3 in the South starting to make inroads into the newly formed gigantic Lizardman alliance and 3 more on their way to fight what I believe is the last mission at the Black Pyramid. Naturally, everyone has declared war on me except Clan Mors for some reason, so I'm helping them with their newly found lizard infestations. It's been very enjoyable though, gonna start a full map playthrough after this

Generic Dreadhead · 02-02-2018 08:20PM

Look at Mr. Moneybags over here...

Dave_The_Sheep · 02-02-2018 11:08PM

Generic Dreadhead wrote: »

Look at Mr. Moneybags over here...

No upkeep / recruitment cost for armies for Tomb Kings. They are dead after all.

Shiminay · 03-02-2018 06:48PM

What need have I for money when the remains of thousands of years of servants litter the sands as far as the eye can see

But yea, there's no army upkeep for the Tomb Kings (and conversely, you make money much more slowly and its only spent on building settlements).

I finished the campaign last night, annoyed I could only have one of the 3 armies I brought to the fight, but the AI provided 2 allied armies which it controlled to help.

Generic Dreadhead · 05-02-2018 10:56AM

But my Vampire Counts dudes are undead and I have to pay them wages. F**king Von Carstein Union Reps

Shiminay · 05-02-2018 06:35PM

The Von Carsteins didn't run a quarter of the planet some thousands of years ago and leave a limitless supply of servants waiting to be reanimated :P

srsly78 · 12-02-2018 06:50PM

Shiminay wrote: »

I've been properly stuck into the Tomb Kings DLC this last couple of days (also, finally shifted the game over to an SSD so it's actually playable and I don't have a 5 minute wait time for fights to load). Started around ten last night, suddenly it was 8am... (obviously I'm off work atm ) Game still suffers with a bit of annoyances, can't keep it in "Fast Forward" mode and clicking on the arrow crashed the game just now. Really enjoying the Tomb Kings stuff though, their mechanics are quite an interesting rejig on the established systems.

Ignore fast forward mode, instead click on camera settings and set all factions to fast. Set the ones you actually want to see (certain enemies maybe) to normal.

Remouad · 13-02-2018 10:22AM

Make War not love is back.

They're giving away the grim and the grave free tomorrow.
I had to sign up using my steam Id so might redeem directly.

ancapailldorcha · 13-02-2018 11:06AM

I'm a little bit bored of Rome 2. It seems a bit lifeless. Might pick this up in the evening.

Outkast_IRE · 13-02-2018 12:56PM

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I'm a little bit bored of Rome 2. It seems a bit lifeless. Might pick this up in the evening.

Rome 2 is tough to play after warhammer 1 or 2.

ancapailldorcha · 13-02-2018 12:59PM

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Rome 2 is tough to play after warhammer 1 or 2.

Is Warhammer quite tough then?

Outkast_IRE · 13-02-2018 01:01PM

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Is Warhammer quite tough then?

No i just mean if you go back to the older total war games after playing warhammer, they feel really unpolished and you will miss a lot of the improvements.

The skill trees for the lords and units in warhammer is excellent . The building tree works really well too. You can have some really interesting and fun battles compared to rome 2.

ancapailldorcha · 13-02-2018 01:03PM

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

No i just mean if you go back to the older total war games after playing warhammer, they feel really unpolished and you will miss a lot of the improvements.

The skill trees for the lords and units in warhammer is excellent . The building tree works really well too. You can have some really interesting and fun battles compared to rome 2.

Ahhh...

I'd a rough start as Sparta but now I have quite a few provinces and am able to steamroller pretty much anything. I feel like Warhammer could be a breath of fresh air.

Potatoeman · 13-02-2018 02:42PM

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Ahhh...

I'd a rough start as Sparta but now I have quite a few provinces and am able to steamroller pretty much anything. I feel like Warhammer could be a breath of fresh air.

Some things are not explained very well though. The empire’s income building looks like it loses money when you upgrade it but it actually stacks. You lose standing with factions that are allies if you make peace with their enemies. Merge orc armies and you lose massive fightyness. You need to keep an eye on slaves as dark elves as it will lower public order. The tips are a bit OTT and don’t highlight some of the more important things. You can be pretty far along before you realize some of these are an issue.

Outkast_IRE · 19-02-2018 09:38AM

Having played the tomb kings a bit more now. I find their campaign is a big pile of meh !!

Because you are the only one really pursing the objective it feels like whats happening elsewhere in the world means very little to you, only your immediate neighbours take an interest in you. Very detached feeling compared to the normal campaign.

I like the new units and how they play a bit different with regards to campaign mechanics.

ancapailldorcha · 19-02-2018 09:41AM

Unfortunately, I gave up games for lent...

Kiith · 19-02-2018 11:30AM

I think i'd rather walk through the desert for 40 days than give up games :P

ancapailldorcha · 19-02-2018 11:38AM

Kiith wrote: »

I think i'd rather walk through the desert for 40 days than give up games :P

It's... trying...

Samuel T. Cogley · 20-02-2018 09:01PM

What's holding Warhammer II back for me? I'm running a 1080@2Ghz, 4790K at stock (can't OC it anymore) 16GB 1600Mhz RAM and sometimes it will just die in terms of frame rates - running with ultra unit sized and high detail.

ancapailldorcha · 20-02-2018 09:02PM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

What's holding Warhammer II back for me? I'm running a 1080@2Ghz, 4790K at stock (can't OC it anymore) 16GB 1600Mhz RAM and sometimes it will just die in terms of frame rates - running with ultra unit sized and high detail.

I recently discovered that disabling V-Sync dramatically improves framerate.

Outkast_IRE · 21-02-2018 08:40AM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

What's holding Warhammer II back for me? I'm running a 1080@2Ghz, 4790K at stock (can't OC it anymore) 16GB 1600Mhz RAM and sometimes it will just die in terms of frame rates - running with ultra unit sized and high detail.

For me installing it to an SSD has helped in general gameplay alot, so much so that they should nearly make it a requirement !

Samuel T. Cogley · 21-02-2018 09:28AM

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

For me installing it to an SSD has helped in general gameplay alot, so much so that they should nearly make it a requirement !

Oh yes learnt that from previous iterations and going to make a cuppa while it loaded

Gunmonkey · 21-02-2018 04:01PM

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

For me installing it to an SSD has helped in general gameplay alot, so much so that they should nearly make it a requirement !

Yup, going from 2 minutes of loading to 15 seconds per battle is a Chaos God-send.

Samuel T. Cogley · 21-02-2018 04:03PM

Any more tips on frame rates?

killanena · 25-02-2018 12:48AM

I get 60+ fps with 8gb ram, a RX480 4gb and a fx 8350 4.8ghz installed on an ssd with med / high settings at 1080p

killanena · 25-02-2018 12:52AM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Any more tips on frame rates?

The 3D portholes, disable them, saves like 10-15 fps. I find the debug camera is nice when fighting massive battles because you can zoom out far enough that you can see what's going on and not have massive lag because there isn't as much detail to render, but you can still zoom in for some of that slow mo cinematic clips

Oasis1974 · 08-03-2018 10:35PM

Just got this from cdkeys for €23 very disappointed in the graphics optimization. Seems like a few gremlins under the bonnet. Down to 2d porthole also lost shadow detail completely even low setting drops frames turned SSAO off couple of other things off as well. FFXA is the preferred AA I read. Even going from ultra to high in some settings. On a Ryzen 1700 32g DDR4 32000mhz Gtx 1080 running at 27" 2k resolution albeit. Forum's are moaning about issues as well which I was unaware of when I bought it

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