Well, it ends up being a lot like X-Com: you just have to be really conservative and unbearably slow all the time. Never take 3-star assignments (except with the intent to swindle), largely abstain from close combat with two-handed weapons until late, approach the enemy very slowly in battles with randomised positions, generally never close ranks, never investigate random sites. Meanwhile, 1-star battles are about as easy as they are on Beginner - the main obstacle are the eyeroll-inducing random critical hits from archers.
Nah, you can take on three stars contract related to bandits, gobos and undead without problem. The only time I'd agree would be with orcs, three stars contract for orcs are a suicide (many orc warriors, some berserkers AND a chieftain! All on day 40!)
Then attack those bandits at night or wear a damn helmet.
Except that unlike ADOM it's not game over when you have a death from oversight, you just do a quick prayer to the fallen bros and move on. And even if you fail to equip everyone optimally as long as you point something sharp and solid at the enemy chances are they'll die anyway.
Dev Blog #93: Achievements & Trading Cards
We return from the holidays with our first dev blog this year. As announced in our roadmap to the finish line, Battle Brothers is about to receive Steam achievements and trading cards. Let’s take a look at both this week while we continue to work hard on the late game crises we’ve talked about last time. Onwards!
Steam Achievements
You may have already spotted some Steam achievements for Battle Brothers popping up over the last few weeks – that’s because we’ve been testing them. There’s currently a total of 70 achievements in the game, although that number may still change slightly in either direction. We wanted the achievements to be a good mix between short and long term challenges, some more serious and some more fun, as well as some rewarding the natural progression as you play the game. Here’s a few examples of different achievements you’ll be able to unlock once the next update is live.
Swingin’
Kill 3 enemies with one AoE attack.
Who Let The Dogs Out?
Kill an enemy with a wardog.
How To Berserk
Kill an Orc Berserker in melee while high on mushrooms.
Outgunned
Kill a Goblin Overseer with a ranged weapon.
King Of The Hill
Defeat another mercenary company.
Explorer
Uncover 2/3 of the map.
Campaigner
Reach day 100 on veteran difficulty or higher.
Never Give Up
Lose 10 campaigns in Ironman mode.
Bane Of The Undead
Defeat the Undead Scourge at any difficulty level.
Trading Cards
Battle Brothers is also about to receive some Steam trading cards with the upcoming update. Each trading card is for one of the different types of factions currently in the game – the Mercenaries, the Noble Houses, the Bandits, the Ancient Dead, the Undead, the Goblins and the Orcs.
The full-sized trading cards show the faction with their selection of banners and a variety of units with different gear in wallpaper format. Of course, you’ll also be able to unlock badges, profile backgrounds and emoticons.
Smart money bets on most achievements being important metrics for a developer to track how users are playing the game. So hopefully they thought about that while designing them.
"How to berserk" surpised me. Now i must try it.
Yeah, that's messy.
Maybe - it's on our lengthy nice-to-have list.
Took us a few days to get everything done, since it's using mostly existing assets.
FYI, don't invest in spear + shield perks on all your melee guys. You'll eventually want to branch out with them if they live long enough.
