Total War: Warhammer

[Gusington]

The last TW Warhammer free-LC is released today: Bretonnia.  CA are moving on to the 2nd big Warhammer installment as well as their next big historical release, a according to RPS. On my phone so cannot link. Would Bretonnia be a good first campaign to play?

[undercovergeek]

The last TW Warhammer free-LC is released today: Bretonnia.  CA are moving on to the 2nd big Warhammer installment as well as their next big historical release, a according to RPS. On my phone so cannot link. Would Bretonnia be a good first campaign to play?

Bretonnia equals France/Arthurian legend lots of knights and suits of armour - their place on the map is next to the wood elves and the empire - apart from the elves it's who I was waiting for

That same article alludes to them been balls deep in a new total war of an unvisited era too

[bob48]

I hope its either the TYW/ACW or ACW :-))

[Destraex]

The last TW Warhammer free-LC is released today: Bretonnia.  CA are moving on to the 2nd big Warhammer installment as well as their next big historical release, a according to RPS. On my phone so cannot link. Would Bretonnia be a good first campaign to play?

Gus I would say they are not a good faction to start with. Empire is the most conventional.
Bretonnia seems to be a hard faction to play. They use some sort of honor system combined with the medieval need not to recruit too many peasants off the land.
For the most part their troops are outclassed on the field because they are peasants. Couple that with their only really good troops being cavalry that cannot dismount and will not use anything but lances and
it makes for a very different faction and I would say one not easy to master on the field of battle. The lance armed cavalry look ridiculous in melee.
The closest thing to good foot troops you get are foot squires... who appear not to like wearing helmets. Their are no foot knights. Because apparently the Bretonnian knights have a problem with dismounting.

P.S. The knights coats of arms seem to be missing so they are left looking like simple circus jesters wearing tents.

[Gusington]

^That is one helluva screen shot though. Beautiful.

Just fired up my copy and Bretonnia is available. It must have been installed automatically because I didn't do anything to get it.

[mikeck]

For the first playthrough go with the "Empire". It is modeled after the Germanic Holy Roman Empire from the late Middle Ages. It is the most "traditional" total war nation and therefore, a good way to learn game mechanics without also having to learn odd requirements here and there. The Empire has a decent balance of everything. Their foot troops are pretty good although their cavalry isnt close to a match for Bretonnia. Decent amount of magic

[Gusington]

Should I be that concerned about starting factions, etc.? Is this game that different from every other TW game?

[jomni]

Should I be that concerned about starting factions, etc.? Is this game that different from every other TW game?

Each faction played differently. It's quite fun actually.

[Nefaro]

Should I be that concerned about starting factions, etc.? Is this game that different from every other TW game?

Each faction played differently. It's quite fun actually.

What Jomni said!


Also - I think the Wood Elves and Greenskins are some of the more difficult to get used to, for varied reasons.  I'd warn against running a campaign with either of those until you're somewhat familiar with TWW. 

The Vampire Lords are pretty easy to begin with, too.  Just keep in mind that you're going to be staring at some very dark & bleak environments for long stretches of time, so try not to hang yourself after long Vamp Lord campaign sessions.  :P   

Come to think of it, the Dwarves may not be overly difficult either.  As long as you can keep the flanks of your slow ass dwarven steam roller protected on the battlefield.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Should I be that concerned about starting factions, etc.? Is this game that different from every other TW game?

I'm not that far into it but I'm finding this one a lot tougher than other TW titles.  The AI seems much more aggressive to me and they seem to be able to build massive armies on a whim.

[mikeck]

Should I be that concerned about starting factions, etc.? Is this game that different from every other TW game?

Yes you should. There are already new game mechanics not present in other TW games that require you to make decisions early on affecting later game play. For example, the corruption put upon land by the vampire dudes and "chaos " by...well...chaos. Both of those can be mitigated by building a hero or agent that has the power to reduce corruption. You can also build buildings to do that. But if you don't realize how much corruption can screw up your plans late game, you won't have built/designed properly and will struggle.

So better to learn stuff like that without also having to deal with concepts like chivalry

[undercovergeek]

I'm not sure I could go back to these spearmen are slightly better than these spearmen - the faction diversity in the tww game is awesome and just like the table top you choose your favourite and learn how to play it right

[Gusington]

You guys are speaking my language now. I really want to start a Vampire Lord campaign but will start as the Empire first to cut my teeth.

[bob48]

You guys are speaking my language now. I really want to start a Vampire Lord campaign but will start as the Empire first to file my teeth.

FTFY

[Gusington]

HA! Bawb you cad!!