Battle Brothers Pre-Release Thread

[Elim]

The combat with the new injury mechanics just feels brutal. Hits have so much more weight behind them.
Even if the numbers did not change, the feeling sure did.

 

[Helly]

Indeed. I've had several bros come back from the dead after a fight but traumatized, with only one lung and a broken knee. I had to make some of them retire, but some still man a crossbow or a pike from a distance. Nicely done and terribly immersive.

 

[Lurker King]

What? Do we have dialogues about these traumas now? Because that would be awesome. The last time I played, I had a mercenary who was brilliant with his sword, but was getting weaker as the time passed, getting old. I even had some dialogues about it, it was awesome.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Lurker King]

They need news coverage, Infinitron. Posting this here will not help them, since only owners of the game post here. By the way, you don’t need to insult our intelligence with the “I don’t post mere updates” excuse, because you posted every single update from Tyranny, Bard’s Tale and Numenera on the front page.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

since only owners of the game post here

Or the guys waiting to buy it full price.

 

[Elim]

The more I play the more I think this game needs a time acceleration button. Yes, I know, I repeat myself. But this is the only gripe I have at the moment.
Nothing is more boring than traveling from one corner of the map to the other corner. Or running around for ten minutes not finding a fight.

There is already time acceleration when you camp. I would suggest that you add a x2 time acceleration when you press/hold shift while travelling.

 

[Agesilaus]

The new banners are very fancy, perhaps a little too fancy. I like the plainer banners; they might not look as impressive, but they just seem more realistic to me. I imagine a mercenary band having a banner with a single-tone background, and then a few relatively simply designs. Not a complex, shaded, multi-coloured picture and backdrop.

You're aware that medicinal supplies are now used to treat injuries and no longer required for healing hitpoints, so their number isn't indicative of any hitpoint healing, right?

Oh, no, I didn't realise that. When I noticed that the medical supplies weren't being used, I decided to stop playing and report what I thought was a bug.

 

[Reinhardt]

I imagine a mercenary band having a banner with a single-tone background, and then a few relatively simply designs. Not a complex, shaded, multi-coloured picture and backdrop.

But how new recruits and clients will find out that my band more successful than others?

 

[Old Hans]

I just picked this game up and it is very nice! Reminds me of old school warhammer fantasy roleplay. I picked the most complex banner I could find!

 

[Zdzisiu]

Also, as we are discussing banners. I demand that you include The Black Company banner, the silver skull with fire on black background. You know, like in the books. It is absolutly vital to my larping needs!

 

[Dr Skeleton]

So I just recruited the monk from the Let's Play:

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And again

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And here he is again

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Is the game using pre-generated characters instead of rolling randomly on each new game now?

 

[vonAchdorf]

The new banners are really cool.

 

[Ninjerk]

Damn, haven't played in awhile and I can tell this si going to be like playing yet ANOTHER awesome game the next time I do.

 

[Zdzisiu]

Well let me tell you a story of my first contract. We were only 6, because the money was tight, nobody wanted to join (Well, except some beggars and thieves), and a mayor of a run down shithole asked us to kill some bandits that were ambushing caravans nearby. Well, what can you do, money is money, we went in search of the bandits' camp. We found it, but after seeing some bandit raiders there, we promptly decided that we are tough, but not that tough. But as fortune would have it, the camp was quite close to a road, so we decided to just wait a couple of hours because we knew that there are armed patrols guarding this road. Luckly, there was also a caravan nearby. So with a bit of luck, we managed to initiate combat in such a way, that our good friends from the militia and the caravan guards were able to help us.

You can imagine the look on the faces of the 6 poor bandits when we knocked on their door with 36 people.


Another instance of it happened when I was asked to patrol some road and was told I would be paid for each enemy head I manage to get during the patrol. So, I used two groups of militia on patrol to help me murder some poor goblins. You get the heads even if you did not kill the enemies yourself. And also some loot!

 

[Agesilaus]

The new patch just doesn't work on my system. There's these long delays when opening and closing town screens. Assuming the town screen opens at all. I've reverted back to the old version and will try again when it's working right.

 

[Beowulf]

The new patch just doesn't work on my system. There's these long delays when opening and closing town screens. Assuming the town screen opens at all. I've reverted back to the old version and will try again when it's working right.

Are you playing Ironman by any chance?

 

[Agesilaus]

The new patch just doesn't work on my system. There's these long delays when opening and closing town screens. Assuming the town screen opens at all. I've reverted back to the old version and will try again when it's working right.

Are you playing Ironman by any chance?

Yep

 

[oscar]

Some awesome new events and battle variations in this one. Good work guys.

 

[Beowulf]

The new patch just doesn't work on my system. There's these long delays when opening and closing town screens. Assuming the town screen opens at all. I've reverted back to the old version and will try again when it's working right.

Are you playing Ironman by any chance?

Yep

Then it might be the autosave feature.
Your computer sucks if the delay is really long.

 

[Lurker King]

The base mechanics are solid. The only thing that is lacking in this game is a way to build upon your loot and satisfy our OCD progression urges. We can receive more popularity and this affects the combat and the quests you can receive in some ways, but that is about it. The map world looks much more rich and inviting than the combat and text interactions deliver. We should be able to have a place for our mercenary company, like a stronghold, a place that we could conquer, defend, put some heads trinkets in the wall, banners, etc. Other mechanics, like attacking peasants, and be hunted for doing this, would be cool too.

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

Hah, the only thing this needs is this laundry list of stuff! I agree by the way, that type of thing would be the cherry on top. They are hinting at the sentiment by having some homage features to remember fallen Bros, some of which the player may really miss.

 

[Lurker King]

The laundry list reflects my confidence in the developers talent. They make game design seem like a walk in the park, bra.

 

[Helly]

Well, you can attack peasants once your standing with a city goes low enough. I betrayed my employer once during a caravan event, and the whole town became hostile. I couldn't attack the village or pillage the buildings, but I did attack trading caravans, peasants and militias that belonged to this specific town. I wonder if that did lower my order/chaos status though, since it stayed neutral even after some caravan massacres.

 

[Dr Skeleton]

Bug/discrepancy in description of injuries, guy has 100+ max fatigue no penalties anywhere but only 49 max fatigue in practice.

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