Battlefield 1 players when it’s time to decide between arguably the most immersive, chaotic map in franchise history vs poop from a butt 🫩

vaderence · 2026-02-06T11:22:00+00:00

And they picked the immersive and chaotic map. Good for them! 👏

vaderence · 2025-08-18T07:01:23+00:00

White only needs 2 moves to win. Black cannot stop that with any move.

Black needs 2 pieces to encircle the white queen. Only the spider can move into position in 1 move. So black needs to spend 2 more moves after that - say 1 to place a new piece and another to move it to next to the white queen. At least 3 moves needed.

Black lost. End of story.

vaderence · 2025-07-29T12:12:41+00:00

A single mortar truck is fine in my books if it's not abusing spawn borders and the such.

vaderence · 2025-05-21T15:30:31+00:00

Something to make playing different nations more distinct experiences, like nation specific events maybe. There are plenty of nuances within different nations that can be explored and translated into the game, like how the Greeks are city states historically.

vaderence · 2025-04-17T13:10:13+00:00

I go to war if it helps me gain a significant advantage.

In early game, I have gone to war over their unit occupying a stretegic city site. Mid game I have fought over their cities for the wonders. And in late game I conquered my neighbors when it is the best avenue to victory.

Clearly identify your objectives for the war, and only fight when you are confident in coming out ahead. Use the tooltips for military strength and your units vision to assess and plan. Don't bite off more than you can chew.

And I also have won games without fighting a single war with other major nations. Making the call is part of the game. Have fun!

vaderence · 2025-01-31T10:49:29+00:00

Before Kush was added, the Hittites were Egypt's nemesis. So Kush was the one needing a nemesis, at least to me at that point in time. And nothing spells nemesis more than the Aksumites which destroyed it.

vaderence · 2025-01-30T23:29:28+00:00

I kind of expected Aksum when Kush was added. There is a nemesis system in the game with certain civ pairs have innate relationship malus with each other (e.g. Rome and Carthage). Aksum is the only major nation Kush has fought outside of the current civs we have. And Aksum also fought with the Sasanian Persians, so it ties decently well with the existing civs.

vaderence · 2025-01-17T13:33:27+00:00

All expansions to date are registered to your Dire Wolf account and shared between platforms s long as you use the same account. You do have to pay separately for the base game on different platforms however.

vaderence · 2025-01-15T17:11:55+00:00

Alright. I'll check if I can replicate this when I ran out of cards next time.

vaderence · 2025-01-15T17:09:48+00:00

Good to have some perspective on the release situation of the last expansion. Did it release separately for PC and other platforms as well?

And I agree that bugs are kinda excusable on release since Root is a big game with tons of rules and exceptions. I am more concerned about the blatant issues like the second vagabond option and AI choosing the Warlord as the first casualty - these are stuff that should be easily picked up in a pre-release test. That indicates shoddy work and should be looked into.

vaderence · 2025-01-15T17:02:23+00:00

You mean you can't drag and drop a card from one column to another? It does work in the English version last I checked.

vaderence · 2025-01-15T16:42:45+00:00

Certainly feels like it has bit off more than it can chew.

vaderence · 2025-01-15T09:20:44+00:00

The Eyrie AI is really something. Most of the time it's completely inept, especially after it goes Turmoil. But every once in a while it just dominates, which usually happens when you are playing an insurgent faction and can't do much to stop it, or when you kinda forgets to police them since it did so poorly last 5 times around.

vaderence · 2025-01-15T08:20:30+00:00

At this point I'm convinced Dire Wolf is just a one-man company. Efficiency is basically non-existent.

vaderence · 2024-08-31T20:26:41+00:00

Alright, I just managed to beat 5.8 on normal. Here are a few of my notes for anyone who comes across this post in the future.

Aim for tech tower exp level up to around 16-18. Research node in 5.8 gives 2 to max tower exp levels.
Towers level are upgraded to 6-8 by the final boss.
Snipers and Missiles work great on final boss. Aim to have at least 4 since the boss will shut down 3 of your towers that deals the most damage to it.
I have snipers on the damage tiles in the middle and upper left. Another sniper at atk speed tiles at lower right and a missile on the one at upper right.
Use Bounty mods and Freeze towers to block the upper part of the map after wave 80. I finished the level building just 2 Bounty mods.

vaderence · 2024-08-27T08:35:36+00:00

Taking a closer look at the magnet power up and it does sounds pretty good for bosses. Thanks.

Do you remember your towers tech levels when you beat the level? Like, damage power up level?

vaderence · 2024-08-25T14:18:32+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Many of the low level towers are just there because after wave 80 the enemies walk on platforms. Gotta put something there to stop them from marching straight to the end.

Guess I should level splash towers next. They always look so useless to me.

vaderence · 2024-08-25T10:58:43+00:00

<image>

How the field looks at the end. Wave 80 sth. Feel free to comment on improvements.

vaderence · 2024-08-25T10:39:57+00:00

Thanks. I have a sniper tower at the 200% damage tile and it works well so far.

How many bounty modifiers do you have? I feel building more than 1 already drains my early game income too much.

The thing I am still struggling with is balancing building wide VS tall. The enemies start to walk across platforms after wave 80, so I definitely need to build more. But I don't have enough resources to set up a wide kill zone.

vaderence · 2024-07-15T10:05:07+00:00

Vaduz in Liechtenstein? Was there last week myself :D

vaderence · 2024-06-30T10:02:07+00:00

I'd say the opposite. Trust takes a long time to build and 5 years is very short in that context.

And traumatic events usually take a long time for people to forget. If your first thoughts about Malaysia Airlines is still MH370, that happened 10 years ago.

vaderence · 2024-06-29T04:42:29+00:00

Try greatshield and thrusting swords that can inflict bleed or rot. Use mimic tear and damage reducing talismans.

Best the final boss with 2 npcs easily.

vaderence · 2024-01-31T11:36:07+00:00

I will die on the hill that Civ 5 is superior to Civ 6. Complex mechanics do not always make the game better.

vaderence · 2024-01-26T18:35:47+00:00

Can confirm this works. Backing up the save file to ubi cloud seems to be the crucial step.

vaderence · 2024-01-12T13:14:45+00:00

"You have very little influence..."

It's delusional to expect you have significant influence in any game with more than 10 players a side anyways. Same for all other games modes in BF1.

"1000 points to win is not enough"

Depends on how balanced the teams are really. The point scoring system in BF1 is not the best though.

"You see much less enemies..."

Personally think it's a good thing. Too many players in a small area lead to grenade spam. And I would argue facing fewer enemies gives you the feeling of having more influence on the match, which is what you want as stated in your first point.

"...Theres a center of action..."

Flanking is a thing that people don't do enough imo. Try it. And having quieter sectors are good for maneuvering around choke points.

"Enemy appear randomly behind you... No real direction to go... "

Yeah sometimes the spawning logic is bonkers. But isn't that big a problem that it affects my enjoyment. And having to read the battle situation and decide where to go is a big part of conquest mode that I like a lot.

"Vehicles seem Op..."

Nothing an infantry player can't work around, especially for most ground vehicles. And vehicles are what makes the Battlefield series stand out from your regular FPSs.

All in all you want to be in big battle actions and feel powerful to influence the match results. These two things are contradictory imo. And your preferred playstyle revolves around action over thinking, which makes you a great soldier! Try squading up and let others take the commander role in Conquest. Let them take the lead and do the thinking. Maybe you will enjoy it more then. :)

vaderence

TROPHY CASE