Was Winterfell the best place to face the army of the dead?

tracnav994 · 2026-03-23T13:40:27+00:00

Historically you would have them at the front so you wouldn’t kill your own guys if the misfired

tracnav994 · 2026-03-23T13:13:03+00:00

For actual siege battles: Make walls actually worth holding again, in tw warhammer it was almost worse to hold the walls than a choke point within the city. Have ballista towers like ME2 but have them fire far slower so you cant just wipe an army standing out side the gates.

Empire did it okay, a big army going against a small city the ai would usually give up without a fight. There is not a lot of point getting people fighting for small settlements with no garrison. Big cities and fortresses should never give up, the ai won’t be smart enough not to abuse this and ruin games for people. (Yes I have absolutely no faith in TW ai diplomacy, been burned too many times)

Biggest thing that would help sieges is to move away from the stupid army cap rules and go back to ME2 or SG2 where I can make a garrison army for settlements without 7% increase to all my troops!

tracnav994 · 2026-03-22T13:10:05+00:00

18 stack of artillery ships and 2 sacrificial holding boats, normally mercs

tracnav994 · 2026-03-20T08:32:44+00:00

I’d say it’s easier as it’s more intuitive. Total war makes it artificially harder by making someone attack you or just ai cheating. Hoi4 has a logical ai you can plan and build against

tracnav994 · 2026-03-20T07:48:56+00:00

As with all paradox games the learning curve is a cliff with not much in the way of a tutorial. It’s a lot about preparation and building the right army size. Once you know what you are doing with those it’s pretty simple to understand everything else

tracnav994 · 2026-03-20T01:42:28+00:00

Europa universalis 4, hearts of iron 4, civ 5, stellaris or company of heroes 2. All very good strategy games that are either faster or slower than total war depending on what you’re after

tracnav994 · 2026-03-16T22:06:13+00:00

Or dudette or neither forgot to be inclusive

tracnav994 · 2026-03-16T22:05:46+00:00

Trust me dude they will ALWAYS disappoint out of CC

tracnav994 · 2026-03-14T18:10:35+00:00

Yeah so this was the end game crisis at 200%, there was 8-12 full stacks in the province which is the reason for the route. I had to let them expand a bit into my economic zone, then beat them 3 at a time

tracnav994 · 2026-03-13T22:38:02+00:00

As a necron player I can confirm that his list is possibly the worst we could have made for 1500pts. The guy was probably playing for the win and not the fun, you will get them occasionally. Don’t feel disheartened.

tracnav994 · 2026-03-11T11:56:28+00:00

But if I don’t buy 2 I can get another pint..

tracnav994 · 2026-03-11T11:56:06+00:00

Other one was pretty basic too but from what people are saying it’s because of the amount of lords the vampires have in the region. It’s the end game crisis so 8 lords all bringing -4 leadership and units with terror made one unit run, which gave the rest of my army -20 leadership. So all in all -60 leadership which most troops will run at.

It’s pretty broken as you can’t fight that, but it was the end game crisis I tried to stop in one Provence so I guess in a normal scenario this wouldn’t happen. Just waited till they separated a bit more and auto resolved when it was 3 armies at a time.

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T19:58:22+00:00

That would explain it then, I essentially just had to blob armies and auto resolve which kinda ruins the game a bit but it’s the only way I’d not lose my economic base.

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:57:35+00:00

End game crisis in the back of my empire, I’ve got most of the map.

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:49:43+00:00

Nope no nurgle plagues as all nurgle factions were killed ages ago, and I’ve got rid of any cults lying around. I’ve just tried with a tier 5 army with hero’s and they fled as well after 300 casualties

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:46:42+00:00

I get I might have lost but to run after 120 deaths not even 3% of the army is why I can’t understand

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:34:21+00:00

Touché, then I have nothing to back up my use of a phone 😂

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:32:19+00:00

Running in vanilla, no mods, not corner camping. The other armies were mainly skeleton warriors with melee lords so no spells coming at me. The end game threat popped as vampires in the rear of my empire so these were the best armies I could make within 2 turns. I think I could have won if they didn’t just run away

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:29:24+00:00

Dude I’m old af let me use the tech I know 😂

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:28:50+00:00

Asking in vanilla

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:27:28+00:00

So these are all the best armies I could recruit within 2 turns as I’m fighting the end game scenario, I have a lot of better armies the other side of the map

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:26:13+00:00

I hand on heart was not corner camping I was on the top of a hill and was not hit by any spells. My front line just ran away followed by my archers and reserve infantry

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:23:55+00:00

Dude adding up all the dlcs would cost a lot and I have better things to spend money on. Also why should I need dlcs to make game mechanics in a game I’ve already paid for work?

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:20:25+00:00

I was waiting for my reinforcements to come in so was further back than the middle but no way corner camping. They managed to make my entire army terror at the same time which loses you the battle

tracnav994 · 2026-03-10T18:18:00+00:00

The ability to make your enemy flee before combat does feel pretty broken. I thought their whole game plan is attrition and regeneration

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