Mordheim-ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!

Gusington · June 21, 2016, 05:38:36 PM

^I like it.

Nefaro · June 21, 2016, 09:16:37 PM

Oh damn.. Witch Hunters & Warrior Priests. Definitely need to get this one sometime. Need to finally get a Mordheim campaign going, actually.

Silent Disapproval Robot · June 22, 2016, 02:00:07 AM

It's fun but insanely frustrating because you can progress very far into a campaign only to have a bad mission and then you're pretty much doomed. You can try to progress but if you've lost your experienced, heavy hitters, you're just gonna die.

Oh well, time to start a witch hunter campaign!

Silent Disapproval Robot · June 22, 2016, 08:56:05 PM

Wow, these Witch Hunters are kinda pansies. Don't dish out much damage and can't take much either. Gonna be a tough slog with these nancy boys.

Nefaro · June 23, 2016, 12:08:26 PM

Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on June 22, 2016, 08:56:05 PM
Wow, these Witch Hunters are kinda pansies. Don't dish out much damage and can't take much either. Gonna be a tough slog with these nancy boys.

Don't you get Warrior Priests with that group?

If they keep to the source material, those WPs should be able to melee & heal nearby friendlies while doing so. Dunno how they have it working in Mordheim though.

Silent Disapproval Robot · June 23, 2016, 12:21:23 PM

You've got to build up enough reputation with the higher ups before you get access to those guys. In the beginning you start out with one Witch Hunter and a bunch of rabble. The flagellants are amusing but man do they suck. I've re-started the campaign 4 times already after losing more guys than I could afford to replace. These hunters are seriously weak. They seem to have all the vices of the other factions (glass jaws like the Skaven, no armour like Chaos, not much hitting power like the mercenaries, and low initiative like the Sigmar chicks) but don't really have any virtues. I think they have higher morale but that just means they'll stay in a losing fight longer so more will get cut down and end up costing you money for treatment after which, they usually end up gimped in some way.

Nefaro · June 23, 2016, 01:13:31 PM

A bit surprised.. I figured the Witch Hunters would be Glass Cannons at the least.

I'm sure there will be plenty of player feedback about how bad they are, warranting some buffing, if this is the case. The Solomon Kane-like witch hunters are an icon of Warhammer Fantasy. The fans will go on the attack if they're not up to snuff.

Silent Disapproval Robot · June 23, 2016, 02:02:03 PM

Here's my newest attempt at a warband, The Sentinels of Purity. The witch hunter and the templar knight aren't bad, but the zealots and the flagellant are useless. Note the intelligence stat on the flagellant and the accuracy stats on the zealots. These guys are retards!

Results after the very first mission? Four out of five taken down by Skaven and an inglorious retreat. One dead, one with megalomania, one with open wounds which lowers his stats permanently, and one with a concussion which lowers his awareness permanently.

Nefaro · June 23, 2016, 02:11:55 PM

Do the Flagellants and Zealots get any nice upgrade options if they survive long enough?

Or are they just flesh shields the whole campaign?

Silent Disapproval Robot · June 23, 2016, 02:21:54 PM

I don't know. I haven't had one survive past level 2 yet.

Jarhead0331 · June 23, 2016, 02:30:00 PM

I've been trying to buy this game on steam for the last three hours to no avail.

Silent Disapproval Robot · June 23, 2016, 02:37:04 PM

It's a fun but frustrating game because you can play for days, make great progress and then have a run of bad luck in one mission and you're SOL. The game basically runs in ironman mode so there's no saving and reloading.

They did a UI upgrade with the Witch Hunter DLC but it's getting mainly negative reviews because it makes seeing your selected unit on the overhead map really hard to spot. They said they're going to revert back to the old map view soon. I just bring this up as it'll likely be frustrating when you first start out. I know it took me a while to decipher much of the game's symbology and learn to navigate the maps.

Gusington · June 23, 2016, 08:15:02 PM

This looks totally badass but some of your issues above give me Big Pause.

Silent Disapproval Robot · June 23, 2016, 08:37:57 PM

Which ones?

I hope I'm not jinxing myself but after the disastrous first run against the Skaven, the Sentinels of Purity have been on a bit of a tear. I've had 4 successful missions in a row with only a single man injured, and that just a slight one. Two of the missions were outstanding successes so I got a lot of extra xp and stat bonuses.

I've just hired a smuggler on to the warband to provide some ranged combat with her blunderbuss. We'll see how she gets on.

Silent Disapproval Robot · June 24, 2016, 02:54:33 PM

I did jinx myself. Very next mission was against the Sigmar chicks. My band got randomly scattered across the map for setup and they all seemed to pop up right in front of a PMSing chick with a mace. My band was routed with 4 knocked out. Fortunately, none of the injuries were too bad but the chicks did nick most of my nice gear.