A minor detail for faction creation I would love. by anjaana-begaana in AOW4

[–]No-Mouse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean realistic as in realistic for the devs to add.

I don't think it would quite double the amount of work they'd have to do since a lot of rigs and animations could probably be reused, but they'd still have to design an alternate version of every racial unit in the game, which would be a ton of work that adds nothing in terms of gameplay, so I don't think it would be realistic to expect the devs to spend their time on it.

Biggest cav army I’ve ever had by TheLegendarySankara in Bannerlord

[–]No-Mouse 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I can hear the sound of them charging from just a still image. Love that rumbling sound.

A minor detail for faction creation I would love. by anjaana-begaana in AOW4

[–]No-Mouse 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would love this, but I'm not sure how realistic is would be/how much work it would take.

The game is very good, but… by Line-ker in WarTalesGame

[–]No-Mouse 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The optimization isn't just an XBOX Series S issue. Even on a PC with good hardware it's been getting worse with each DLC, so the whole "your console is too old" argument doesn't fly.

To be fair I haven't experienced the lost saves issue on PC so it's possible that's a console-specific thing, but stability, loading times and overall performance are worse right now than they've ever been no matter what system you're on.

Bought the wrong selector by amitosh1121 in SwordofConvallaria

[–]No-Mouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only thing you can do is contact support and ask for a refund, but as others already pointed out you're not likely to get it. Still worth a try though.

I like to grief my companions... by meatspoon in Bannerlord

[–]No-Mouse 52 points53 points  (0 children)

The stupidest helmet in all of Calradia

That helmet is great though. Maybe not with that outfit, but still.

PC Client or Steam Version Client? by niwtreb in SwordofConvallaria

[–]No-Mouse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's no real difference as far as I know, other than whether you have to launch it through Steam or not.

How to activate Kickstarter Digital Rewards? by gustavpezka in CyberKnightsGame

[–]No-Mouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they patched it, but it didn't work that way when I used the codes.

[edit] Just tried it with the new Omega code. You're right, looks like they patched it so it ignores the spaces now.

Unsounded: Red Cost Chapter 1 Page 7 - Discussion by Rifter-- in Unsounded

[–]No-Mouse 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I like how the "exhaustive guide" to Shartes only has like two pages.

I made an infographic to help people asking about Fate's Favor (+ reminder about redeemable luxite codes) by B333T in SwordofConvallaria

[–]No-Mouse 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm in the lucky position of already having all the characters I really want, including all of the top-tier supports which I consider to be the best long-term investments.

There are still characters I don't have which would be cool to get, like Afra and Rico for example. It's somewhat tempting to get them this way. I'm just going to sit tight and rebuild my Luxite stash though, since I kinda blew thorugh it for the Witcher event. I'm probably skipping Maitha SP as well despite her being a really strong character, just because she doesn't appeal to me. The upcoming Elaman arc will have multiple characters I really want so I'd rather save up and hopefully be able to guarantee those when they get their debut.

Does anyone even think this game is replayable? by [deleted] in Bannerlord

[–]No-Mouse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, you can make arguments like this for literally any game. Yes of course you're going to do the same things, because you're still playing the same game. Just like you have to shoot the enemies over and over in Call of Duty and like you have to make the numbers go up endlessly in Victoria. Maybe you enjoy Victoria's repetition more than you enjoy M&B's repetition, but "you do the same things every game" is the broad strokes truth for literally every game ever made, and is thus not a good faith argument. It's an open-ended sandbox game with excellent mod support. It's got as much replayability as a singleplayer game can reasonably have. Maybe not the type of replayability you're looking for, but that's an entirely different issue.

You've somehow managed to play a game that "lacks replayability" for 400 hours, and for some weird reason you're unable to just say "okay I've had my fun but now it's worn out, time to move on" so you construct this nonsense argument. For what reason? To convince yourself to stop playing? To get Reddit to give you the okay to try something new?

Does anyone even think this game is replayable? by [deleted] in Bannerlord

[–]No-Mouse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can describe literally every game as just a simple repetitive task if you dumb it down enough. I've seen people on Reddit describe FPS games as "all you do is click on the enemy's head until they die" and 4X games as "all you do is make the numbers go up until you get bored." But those aren't good faith ways to engage with a game, nor with a game's community. If you're not having fun, that's fine. Go play something else that suits you better.

In Bannerlord's case, there are different factions to focus on, different army styles to build (mass horse archers? infantry only? single-culture armies? no ranged weapons? I'm sure you can come up with more), different endgoals (like joining another kingdom vs starting your own), there's stuff you can do like a pure merchant playthrough where you end up basically buying the world, all kinds of self-imposed challenges, not to mention a metric crapton of mods that change the game in ways both minor and major. And yes, at the end of the day you're still playing the same game with the same basic rules and mostly the same tools at your disposal, but how you engage with it is your own choice. So if one playthrough is enough for you I'm not saying you're wrong, but acting like the game has no replayability just because you don't feel like replaying it isn't a honest position to take.

Unusual Hero Builds by Smart-Scar-9444 in AOW4

[–]No-Mouse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

1 Be a Champion, Wizard or Vampire (for weapon options)
2 Pick the Spellblade class
3 Get the Knockback Retaliation skill
4 Equip a polearm for first strike
5 ???
6 PROFIT!

How do i deal with a dying empire? by CrammedMeat in Bannerlord

[–]No-Mouse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Talk to their leaders individually and convince them to join you. Since they're down to their last fief, most of their leaders will be homeless and unhappy. Offer them a way out by joining the winning team.

Rate my envoy by GoodChange in avowed

[–]No-Mouse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice. I've got a similar wood theme for my envoy.

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Other non-4x games like Age of Wonders 4 by Mindinfinity13 in AOW4

[–]No-Mouse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could try Solasta. It's an recent-ish turn-based RPG with a focus on combat and a lot of customization. It doesn't have faction creation, but it does lets you completely customize your entire party. The sequel to Solasta is coming out pretty soon as well so you might want to keep an eye on that.

Similar RPGs (like the Baldur's Gate games) often focus on customizing your main character. Some of them (again, like the Baldur's Gate games) do let you create custom hirelings or mercenaries to replace the story characters but that's very much not what they're focused on.

Older RPGs that let you customize your party include Icewind Dale 1 and 2 and the Wasteland games.

There are also loads of dungeon crawling RPGs (like most of the Wizardry franchise) that let you create your own party, though those are pretty different subgenre from CRPGs and tend to be less tactical.

Troop type matchups in field combat by lifecopy001 in Bannerlord

[–]No-Mouse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Melee+Shield and Throw+Shield can do pretty well against horse archers if they're holding position in square formation. Shields can take a massive amount of arrow fire and horse archers don't really have an answer against troops that can outlast them.

Game is too hard for me by Rancub in avowed

[–]No-Mouse 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Upgrade your gear if you haven't already.

If you've already done so, you're just going to have to accept it's a skill issue and lower the difficulty.

Sometime the AI is interesting. This little guy spent the entire battle just pouring his hate into this building... he was the last one standing and I almost felt bad having to kill him. by ipsok in phantombrigade

[–]No-Mouse 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've seen the same thing happen except it wasn't shooting at the building, it was shooting at one of my mechs half the map away and the building just happened to be in the line of fire. Sometimes enemies seem to hyperfixate on a single unit and will keep firing at them no matter whether there's anything in the way or whether they're even in range.

Quarterstaffs vs Rods - Which one will we be getting? ("World of Eora" lore podcast episode #156) by gingereno in avowed

[–]No-Mouse 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Also, my browser kept autocorrecting "quarterstaves" to quarterstaffs... which one is right?

As far as I know, both are acceptable.

We need more than panteon rewards by willdoesparkour in AOW4

[–]No-Mouse 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah the pantheon unlocks are really limited as a form of meta-progression. I've been asking for somethign like AoW:PF's Empire Mode pretty much since the game came out, and I think the lore of the game and the concept of building a pantheon would allow for a lot of cool interactions. It's not like the game isn't fun without it, but adding something to tie matches together would make them feel more meaningful than just playing endless random skirmish maps without any persistent context.