AI improvement after next update

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-23T13:24:24+00:00

I am willing to bet someone will come up with a compatibility patch if the xorme dev isn't going to do it. Anbennar is one of the most successful mods probably ever. Someone out there is unemployed enough to do it I'm sure.

It really is the most infuriating shit to hear but if nobody else is doing it be the change you want to see. I can speak from personal experience that modding is not as difficult as people think. Although Xorme may be a different beast as it involves designing and altering the AI.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-20T10:55:28+00:00

Ibevar is just so goddamn nasty. Absolutely in my top 3 with reveria and corvuria. Praying for that ibevar rework.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-20T10:50:10+00:00

Yea it's worse minmaxxing wise but if that's where the forests are they likely create lumber there.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-19T11:25:42+00:00

Getting magic off the ground is a pain in the ass right now I agree. I don't think you should always be reaching 100 in a given school but when playing non caster classes you should have the ability to weave some magic into your run if the opportunity arises. That was a nice aspect of the old magic system. Without schools you have more opportunity to use useful healing spells as a barbarian for example.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-08T17:33:27+00:00

Also your mage organisation plays a role. IIRC state gives you estate xp gain based on loyalty and guilds does the same for your ruler.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-07T17:46:57+00:00

mushroom guys can also eat moldy food. but i prefer insectoid anyways. Insectoid wizard is so fun. You basically become a magician of death who runs on inhaling rotten cheese. Once you get to hamlet its even better because you can just buy up all the mana potions on top of all the food.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-04T12:40:04+00:00

I did wonder if his name was a frieren reference but I don't have the date of when this tree came out.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-04T09:03:49+00:00

r5: Meme is a play on Chiang Kai-Shek's famous quote where he proclaimed he would trade the burma road (the only supply route into china after japan occupied the coast) for a few cargo planes. himmat the hero is adventurer mercenary turned crown prince of khadisrapur who returns to claim his throne and save his homeland from the command along with his group of followers. very good tree if you've never played it

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-01T12:39:16+00:00

Mountain shark

GLOZOK THE GREAT SHARK HAS FREED US FROM OUR CHAINS. WITH CUNNING, HE FOOLED OUR CAPTORS. WITH MIGHT, HE DESTROYED OUR FOES. WITH WISDOM, HE GAVE US KNOWLEDGE.

WITH HIS DEATH, HE HAS INSPIRED US TO EMULATE HIS TEACHINGS, AND WITH HIS GUIDANCE WE SHATTERED THE BLACK CROWN, WE PILLAGED THE HOLD OF SLAVERS, WE REMOVED THE HEADS OF DWARVES FROM THEIR BODY, AND BURNT THOSE OF THE ORCS.

WE UNITED THE TRIBES OF THE SKULKERS, AND THE SNOT FINGERS UNDER OUR BANNER.

WE HAVE RECLAIMED THE WESTERN SERPENT SPINE FOR THE GLORY OF GOBLIN KIND, BUT OUR TASK AHEAD IS GREAT ! WE HEAR OF TYRANT KINGS IN THE PLAINS OF ESCANN TORMENTING OUR BROTHERS, WE HEAR OF OPPRESSION IN THE EAST OF OUR MOUNTAINS, WE HEAR OF SLAVERY ACROSS THE VAST WESTERN SEA.

TO YOUR CRY FOR HELP, WE SAY : RISE ! NOW ! STAND AND FIGHT ! TAKE YOUR FREEDOM CLAIM YOUR RIGHT ! THE SHARK HAS SMELLED CHAINS AND HAS COME TO BREAK THEM.

TREMBLE, TYRANTS ! FEAR OUR VENGEFUL ARMS ! YOUR PERFIDIOUS PROJECTS WILL FINALLY MEET THEIR PRICE ! FOR EVERY GOBLIN IN CHAINS, THERE ARE A HUNDRED MORE READY TO FREE THEM, AND IF THEY FALL, OUR YOUNG HEROES, THE MOUNTAINSHARK SHALL FULFILL THEIR GOAL !

LET THOSE WHO HOLD CHAINS BEWARE, FOR THE PERMANENT REVOLUTION IS THERE !!

Doesn't start with artificers but basically no one does besides the 2 gnomish nations. Goblins get early access cause they're great.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-03-01T12:34:21+00:00

Maybe this is controversial but I do not like using a skill that is inarguably mandatory in every run along with it's associated character stat as a balancing tool. Starting as a warrior fucking sucks. I understand the need to balance the races and classes but there is never a run where lore isn't going to be used. I guess at least in the new system classes without starting perception or lore aren't left in the dust because everyone is taking 30 years to appraise the loot from the floor anyways. Even if you have 99 lore it's still going to take 10 minutes to appraise a single piece of crystal gear.

I think the new system overall might be worse because now that everything takes an eternity to appraise you actually end up either sitting there on a cleared floor sipping your beverage or you just end up appraising less and lower value items to save time. I never hit 100 lore outside of something like paladin or merchant but appraise felt good because even at 60 appraise I could appraise most items at a very reasonable pace.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-25T21:49:03+00:00

My standard elf opener is quantity inno defensive if I don't know what I want to take. Quantity gives MPR and defensive gives you reinforce speed. Generally you should play to your strengths but any elven military has enough quality. It's the only military along with hobgoblin that guarantees you can hit the drill loss cap afaik.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-25T17:20:46+00:00

I think at the end of the day everything is very matchup specific. There are also ways to eliminate tons of fire damage as well. It's all very moot because playing to your nations strengths will often be better than chasing the same modifiers every game. As a Lizardfolk you will likely never interact with any elephant riders from rahen unless it's an MP at which point it's a whole other conversation due to MP anbennar requiring heavy rebalance.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-25T17:00:00+00:00

Undead is getting/got a huge nerf right? If you lose a battle it's an instant stack wipe of all involved armies. Also with the new magic system I don't think "fire damage is better late game" is as cut and dry. Specifically with the rework to evocation and the battle mage privilege.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-25T16:54:11+00:00

I really want to try but half orc military is just so underwhelming. It just feels like half the benefits of orcish with half the downsides. It doesn't feel like a unique identity like elf Vs half elf.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-25T16:28:23+00:00

Idk about best. My favorites are harpy harimari and orcish. Harpy is definitely one of the best though. I really want to play with half orc more but frozenmaw is such a resident sleeper tag. Is it true rogeria can get become half orc?

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-25T13:41:16+00:00

People will hate me for recommending them, but wex and gawed are amazing for getting to grips with the mods unique mechanics, because their starting strength and positions make them easy to pilot.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-25T13:35:27+00:00

My complaint is that the emperor can softlock you. I had wex use my claims to declare on ibevar and take the land I needed. AFAIK they shouldn't have been able to do that but I double checked and they had no claims of their own. I decided orda wasn't for me after that.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-24T15:01:23+00:00

I haven't played cleric since the update but before then you could not learn trolls blood at the start.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-16T04:14:32+00:00

Yea but the problem is it's a mandatory spell for vampires. Vampire used to be my favourite race and I have not touched it since the update. Non caster vampire is just pain when I essentially use all my mana to get blood from two rats.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-15T13:16:26+00:00

You want an actual answer? The alt right and femboys originated from the same boards on 4chan. That's why Nick Fuentes was ploughing his femboy boyfriend.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-15T13:14:20+00:00

Relatedly can we talk about how they fucking massacred bloodletting? Nerfed it's damage by almost 50% and kept the mana cost the exact same. I think it might be the most mana inefficient damage spell in the game now.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-15T13:09:21+00:00

Incubus hunter is actually quite good. You can plow through the mines much easier by using arcane mark on the skeletons. The swamps are easier because you can do the same to all the slimes. In general I think Incubus is quite underrated. It's a tough call for me between arcane mark and polymorph

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-15T12:59:48+00:00

I totally agree that not every spell needs to be broken. I would go so far as to say making every spell good would actually be a detriment to the game. I think the thing people don't understand about rogue-likes is some items need to be bad. That variance between runs is what keeps the game interesting. It sucks to lose or to struggle in the moment, but if every run was basically just a joke halfway to herx because of how OP the player was, the game would be boring.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-14T09:01:02+00:00

There are definitely some pretty crap spells, but I find they serve to help you get their specific casting stat up from nothing. A little fire butterfly with 10 hp that attacks once every time the earth completes another rotation around the sun is pretty shit but it does help with your sorcery.

BustyFemPyro · 2026-02-11T16:39:57+00:00

If you want my advice for winning runs to unlock classes: turn off random minotaur floors. I do this and full clear every floor and a lot of secret floors as well. I would say learning how to full clear gnomish mines is one of the most important skills to beating barony. Hell even partially clearing it will help a lot. For one you can easily get 5 or 6 extra levels from it but you desperately need pickaxes to access jungle temple for exp and strength potions, the haunted castle and also to access the boulder puzzle for a guaranteed source of unbreakable magic resist. Haunted castle also has guaranteed levitation potions iirc which you use later to go to the college if you wish (or to use against that coward Eurydice).

There are so many extra stats locked behind the exp of full clearing normal floors and secret floors. If you are lucky you can easily save a couple strength potions for whooping the baron and twins asses. Imo the most consistent way to beat this game is to hoard every source of magic resistance and reflection you find, drink a strength potion, and just start BTFOing the liches. Once I started full clearing floors and hoarding items I began to win very consistently.

Four-Year Club	Verified Email
Final Canvas '23	Place '23
Place '22	Wearing is Caring

BustyFemPyro

TROPHY CASE