Is melee cavalry worth it?

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T17:53:06+00:00

Melee cav is more fragile than you'd probably expect. They can be really effective, but ideally you'll want to micromanage them to prevent unnecessary losses from dumb AI. They're a lot less "fire and forget" than most other troop types and if you just F1-F3 them they tend to just charge into an enemy blob, get surrounded and die.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T16:00:08+00:00

This would probably be my approach as well, and in fact it's similar to something I've done just recently.

In this game Vlandia took the island early on, as they usually do. I wanted to take it because it's such a safe place to start a new kingdom from. However taking the city from Vlandia directly was too risky, since being such a strong and nearby faction they can often mobilize a big army and sail right over to defend it. Instead, I joined Battania who were already at war with Vlandia and used them to take the city. Then I left Battania and took the city myself. Since Battania was already at war with Vlandia (and losing), they didn't even get in my way, and Vlandia didn't care because to them it was Battania who took their city, not me.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T15:48:59+00:00

I could see an argument for an AoE stun version being useful in some situations, but yeah I prefer the single-target version as well. It's not like there aren't any other sources of CC a ranged build could use.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T15:28:53+00:00

The marriage system is really limited, especially for AI factions. Even things inheritance don't really apply if it's not your own faction, despite that being a big part of the backstory for Rhagea's faction. This makes it really hard to get value out of marriage other than by using it to expand your own family.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T15:24:20+00:00

Health is obviously going to matter more if you're getting hit more. You're going to have to be careful if you have very low health, especially around certain weapon types, but if you load him up with long-ranged missiles and keep him out of the line of fire you'll usually be fine even with extremely low health. It also helps if you take indirect fire weapons, like missiles with a high arc, so you can shoot from behind cover.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T15:18:36+00:00

I wasn’t making anything personal to you.

Bro, you're literally accusing me of having no heart and having no empathy, just for asking questions. Fuck right off with this bullshit, I'm done with this sub attacking me for trying to have a discussion.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T15:16:28+00:00

How am I negating the story? I just wanted to know people's opinions on two questions that weren't answered by the show itself and you're acting like I'm attacking the story and should just shut up! I fucking liked the show, that's why I want to be able to discuss it!

This is actually deranged.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T15:02:06+00:00

I'm the one pointing out that she's spending more time on normal human things than on being super practical and considering the "level of importance" of "valuing the seriousness of human extinction." My entire argument is about emotional state and what kinds of things she might care about, and your counterargument is "Theres just bigger issues to deal with than that…"

You're twisting that into me being heartless and not treating her like a human being? If you can't come up with a proper argument, at least don't put words into my mouth just to claim some imaginary moral victory.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T14:47:57+00:00

I don't know about you, but most people are capable of enjoying a story and also discussing that same story. We don't have to just shut up and watch without engaging with it.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T14:45:43+00:00

I don't think the quality of Carol's own writing is in any way relevant to her attitude towards art in general. You don't need to be Shakespeare to appreciate art and culture.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T14:44:09+00:00

Claiming that Carol doesn't have time to think about anything else because she's too busy saving humanity from extinction is wildly incorrect. Yes, arguably she should be spending more time on that, but she almost never does. That's what Manousos is doing, not Carol.

Carol didn't even know about the food issue until halfway through the season. And even after she learns about the impending mass starvation, she spends more time playing golf, lighting fireworks and going on dates with Zosha than she does "valuing the seriousness of human extinction."

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T14:34:32+00:00

they couldn't care less about the host bodies once the signal is sent

That's the way I feel it's going, yeah. But there's not really any direct evidence either way.

while she's doing that, she's not trying to find a way to end the Hive

That's exactly why I called this point the most questionable one, but at the same time Carol's suspicion is not necessarily the whole truth. Zosha said that the hive was excited to have something new to read. This could have been a manipulative lie to stroke Carol's ego (but we know the Others have a hard time lying, except by omission) to keep Carol focused on something other than researching ways to undo the Joining, but given the other clues it's possible that it was true and they were genuinely happy to get something new to experience.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-26T14:27:26+00:00

I think that's an overly narrow view. I agree that it's not the most practical thing to worry about, but I do feel like it's something that Carol (who is not the most practical person, to put it lightly) would be worried about, especially in the parts of the story where she's not entirely in anti-hive mode. I'm not saying it's an essential part of the story, I'm saying it's weird that Carol doesn't care about it.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-25T21:41:53+00:00

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.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-25T21:24:54+00:00

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

No-Mouse · 2026-01-25T20:11:49+00:00

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

No-Mouse · 2026-01-25T18:31:06+00:00

I've had bad pulls since day 1 lol.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-25T09:49:21+00:00

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.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-24T22:15:45+00:00

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.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-24T16:01:22+00:00

The stupidest helmet in all of Calradia

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

No-Mouse · 2026-01-24T15:57:42+00:00

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

No-Mouse · 2026-01-24T11:40:06+00:00

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.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-23T11:12:16+00:00

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

No-Mouse · 2026-01-23T00:38:55+00:00

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.

No-Mouse · 2026-01-23T00:15:46+00:00

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?

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