A DIFFICULT ONE! | Battle Brothers Learning Run #1
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Battle Brothers Noob Run - Streamed 11/30/2021
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I discovered this game a few years ago, when I was aimlessly scrolling down the Steam store page for like half an hour. I was bored and not really interested in any game at the time. When I saw this one I thought it looked interesting and bought it, but didn't expect much from some random indie game that I found while digging deep in the store out of boredom...
Today I have about 1300 hours into Battle Brothers and can safely say that it is my favorite game ever. I even bought every DLC and dev support pack (which says a lot, since I am a greedy ahole).
Feels great to see this gem being discovered by other people!
I suck at it :(
This game is INSANELY under appreciated by the gaming community. Probably the best game i've ever played. I found it like you did and didn't know i was gonna fall in love.
I stumbled over it and found the static images and such a bit boring... then I decided for the hell of it to watch a youtube vid... and I was hooked at the bandit-battle theme during the first fight!
Yeah, it doesn't look like much at first, but that first time one of my bros hit a Bandit and messed him up big time I was hooked.
How they made little Russian doll chess pieces look like they've just been beat the hell up, broken noses, missing teeth, black eyes etc is beyond me but it works.
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First of all let me congratulate you on the video quality! And I mean you, not the vid itself. The way you talk, I can't recall a youtube VOD of BB being as entertaining as you made it! Congratulations!
I won't criticize your combat choices and strategies since making mistakes is part of the fun and I don't really like backseating. BUT
Since you literally asked in the video at 22:00 :
Yes, you should've stayed behind. You had more archers than the enemy. Simple as that. 1 vs 0. Therefore they must come to YOU, which spends their AP and allows you to hit first in combat and/or pelt them with arrows. You did move your frontliner 4 squares on the 1st turn, spending 8AP. That put you close enough to the enemy that they could walk (2AP) and slap you (4AP). With planning you can nearly always get the first hit in.
Also, making enemies come to you allows you to setup spearwalls (spears have innate +% hit chance) making it especially useful earlygame.
At 54:00 you literally ask for perk management on tier 1:
- Colossus = always decent. It's the Vanilla flavor. Can't ever go wrong with it. Won't ever be the absolute best either.
- Recovery for planned 2 handers. Useless early on, amazing in lategame where you wield 2 handed weapons. Their fatigue is HIGH AF. Also, being attacked (hit or miss) also fatigues you, so frontliners love it.
- Crippling Strikes: Generating more wounds is always good (except undead) since an injured shoulder, for example, will cut enemy effectiveness by 25% or so, increasing your brothers survivability a LOT. I usually get that on my archers and hammer/mace 2handers. Note that diff weapons cause diff wounds. And blunt weapons are the absolute god-tier wounds like concussions or broken elbows, while bows pierce and swords slash.
- Student is the greedy choice. It's absolutely incredible. But I'd recommend one or two tops. Only the brothers you really want to keep. Leveling up faster is priceless in this game.
- Pathfinder is an amazing perk, even more so with expansions ON, so not exactly your case but still worth considering. Snow, Desert and Swamps are costly to move around. And positioning is king as in any other strategy game.
- Fodder people should get Colossus and a shield to die 1 turn later than planned if they're lucky.
There's also a couple stat sweet-spots (such as Resolve, Fatigue etc) as well as a couple cookie-cutter archetypes that make the journey much more enjoyable. But I won't delve in it unless specifically asked. Again: I don't particularly enjoy backseating.
1:21:00 you were struggling with elevation camera angles.
Numpad + and - change elevations on terrain so you don't have to wonder if that tile is 2 or 3 steps away. ^_^
Also, top right of the screen, there are icons with an arrow UP or DOWN. That's their purpose.
Enough backseating. I'll just shout a bit about mechanics from here on. Read if you want to know more. :)
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Permanent Injuries happen when someone DIES in battle. Any Brother has a 25% chance to survive being struck down in battle. If so, perma injury. Brothers killed by fatalities such as decapitation don't get that chance (Orcs will make you understand what i mean lol!). No need to check if a brother is perma injured unless, ofc, he went down in the last battle.
Prices in town (you complain about food being overpriced early on) are related to their production (wheat fields, for example) AND most importantly, your reputation with the city. You were in a city where nobody knew you, so they'll charge you a LOT for each item and pay you a lot LESS as well. Making friends with a Big City and saving stuff to sell on their markets is sound economic advice.
Enemy difficulty scales based on #days passed.
You were afraid of the 1 skull Bandit Quest early on. Don't be.
Best missions early on are humanoid fights (because loot). You should avoid deliveries (no loot + days passed) unless no other option and avoid Beast Hunts like the plague (high risk, loot = pelts = crafting = lategame).
If no humanoid missions are available, legit consider raiding a bandit camp or undead on your own just for the exp+loot. They'll be balanced to # days so it won't be any harder than a normal mission.
Loot Rules
Loot is based on the item's durability upon owner's death.
If you want to get someone's weapon; kill them as fast as possible, so they can't attack, therefore their weapon won't lose Durability.
If you want armor: Use knives/daggers so you bypass armor instead of chewing through them, making it possible to loot.
Therefore knives should go primarily to frontliners (Melee Skill)
Stars:
Your boys will level 1-3 (couple exceptions) in their stats PLUS however many stars they got (averages ofc. And maximum +5). Since you get 10 levels in the entire game:
51 + 2*10 (levels) + 1,5*10 (2 stars) = 79 ish. That would be final stats for your original archer.
30 + 2*10 (levels) + 2*10 (3 stars) = 70 ish. Those would be final stats for your beggar archer with 3 stars.
Therefore your original Brother was a better archer both now and endgame.
Monks are good backgrounds. Good Resolve stat, baseline. Makes a very good Sargeant candidate.
A sarge passively boosts your Brother's morale by a % of their own resolve.
Also, they can Rally, restoring morale to your squad. That is also based on their Resolve skill.
Egil, the Forkman, has cool stats to become a Sargeant, by the way.
Sargeants keep the Company Banner equipped as their main weapon so backline brothers with a polearm. Resolve, M.Skill and Fatigue do incredibly well.
As of this video coming out i have 473.3 hours in this game, and i look forward to our insightful amphibious friend experiencing the joy of triumph, and pain of defeat only this game can bring. EDIT:Also to anybody new to this game or who buys it because of AA, getting spears and cheaper armor early on really helps, the accuracy bonus of spears makes fairly garbage brothers into somewhat competent combatants until they can level up a bit or be replaced by a better brother. It's still highly likely they'll be killed if you get unlucky or misplay, but the added accuracy increases the likelihood of them dealing damage that can save other brothers down the line.
spearwall can be great on high ground as well
@@jake_russ not to mention there are better spears than the militia spear later on. like the trusty fighting spear.
Spearwall is your friend. Even later on.
Tell me about endgame cuz im kinda getting bored after two crisis's
An original brother at level 1 with 51 ranged and 2 stars IS SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER than a beggar with 32 ranged and 3 stars.
Oh, that was so painful to watch when he switched them around :(
So happy for BB! Love these VODs
it physically hurt me to see it
The cherry on top was leaving the ammo on the wrong guy
God beggars are fun though.
Yeah I really wish I was watching live to have been able to tell him how bad that was.
Yeah that was really hard to not scream at the screen.
A great game to Hold The Line to, excited to see you play it!
Sometime much later, after you get a solid feel of the gameplay and make it to several endgame scenarios (and hopefully win those scenarios) and/or check out the DLC ; you should tab a mod named Battle Brothers Legends, and keep it on the shelf for future use. It adds in so much to running a mercenary company, layers to cosmetics, additional events, and overhauls to base mechanics, that it deserves some eventual consideration :)
This game is amazing. One thing to look out for is markets with damaged equipment. There are parties in the world that sell damaged equipment to towns. Super discounts for highly damaged gear, and since repair stuff can be scavenged from every battle, you get good armor for cheap.
Also, don't sleep on Puncture, lower chance to hit, but no damage to armour. Armour has a higher likelyhood of dropping the less damage it takes, so it is quite useful to get good armour drops
Glad you've found the best turn-based strategy game that exists. 2 recommendations, 1 if you have a brother with 3 stars in melee defence, keep them alive and focus on turning them into a tank. 2 any brothers that you like, always give them the Student perk on their first level up.
"The campaign map of Mount and Blade meets X-Com combat but its the medieval age. so you have swords instead of guns"
This is the description of the game i gave my friend when he asked what this game was about
Havent even watched the vid yet... but with over 900 BB hours myself: welcome to this absolute gem of a game!!! Enjoy and remember: "Losing is fun" hahaha
So glad you’ve discovered this game! Hope to see more.
Fast adaptation, gifted and rotation to make bad brothers slightly less bad brothers.
@@federicofaccendini8532 fast adaptation is only good if you want bow or throwing brothers, IMO. Rotation is insane and just about any front or mid line troop should get it
@@pachiroth7848 Fast adaption and gifted are good to drop on the very early trash brothers you pick up just to fill holes in your line and take hits that might otherwise damage more useful people.
That cheap farmhand you picked up day 2 with all the stars in ranged def that you know isnt worth taking past level 5, but for the first few weeks, a trash brother is still a brother. He gets fast adaption so he can actually hit the odd thing.
AA playing BB, i easnt expecting this. Looking foward to watch this. If ibmat leave a tip, your brothers are just hunks of flesh, dont get to attached to them,l.
Those DD near EE!
No! Be attached! Love you brothers their deaths should weigh on you! Every man deserves to survive. You don't go off to battle to get men killed. If you're bois are dying they'll get other men to die, it cascades. Give everybody a decent chance to survive and grow as a brother. Those that can keep up let them go, let them have another life if they aren't fit for combat. You sound cry when you brothers die, you feel rage when someone hurts them, feel despair at failure and joy in victory.
So it's like Darkest Dungeon? No matter how much you might want to get attached to your characters eventually they will succumb.... to the darkest.. dungeon..
@@gamernotvalid9452 exactly. If you turn them into fodder, they all die and you'll never excel. The Lepper, needs so much help to become the destroyer he can be. If you just took him out got mad that he misses and write him off early you'll never see his true value.
I same, but some of them are really expensive hunks of flesh, those are the guys that actually contribute to the company and are worth keeping alive.
I was a little weary of buying this, like a lot of other people, but it’s extremely addicting very satisfying gameplay and literal depth. Just remember to pace yourself because its easy to get burnt out
Favourite RUclipsr with one of my fave games. This is an absolute dub
Highly recommend the DLCs, not only do they offer new starts and playstyles, but you also get more baller music.
my fave game so glad to see you play it. The first time the Ancient dead wreck you, you think its impossible. So when you solve them the feeling of your 2 handers running wild in their backline is just gold
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so freaking happy you finally found this game!! such an unbelieveable game and once you get the hang of it get the DLC, the extra options are phenomenal as well as the variety in opponents
Quick summary of weapons and tactics, will probably miss something. Axes break shields, Maces stun enemies, Swords get to counter attack, Spears can defend a square automatically attacking anyone that tries to pass, Flails avoid shields, Cleavers get to decapitate enemies. The two handed weapons and polearms have different special strikes that can push, pull, break shields or attack multiple opponents. Bows are usefull against lightly armoured oponents and get an extra attack, crossbows are good against heavily armoured oponents but takes an attack to reload. You should have at least two, possibly three good ranged units to be able to snipe Necromancers, Undead priests, Goblin Shaman and other special units that can change the tides of battles. Spears are good for the beginning, but ideally go for axes and maces and have at least one headhunter specialize in cleavers. Another option is to give your frontline men maces and shields and have your second line with polearms men with long axes to break shields. Though bowmen can be useful in the early game, it's much better to invest in crossbowmen instead, since mid to late game bowmen will be completely useless.
Hard disagree on a couple points. But generally sound advice!
1. Ranged units etc etc and you cite Undead Priests. They're immune to arrows, the best you could do is break their necklaces. The others, top notch advice.
2. why one headhunter spec'd into cleavers? By headhunter I assume you meant a duelist (as in the build, not the perk). I'd say don't specialize him at all and save the perk. When you get the GG weapon, you spec into int. Otherwise gambling for a +Dmg Orc Cleaver is a low chance of paying off, where you could find an OP mace for example and deal both more dmg than the cleaver (because armor effectiveness), plus get better injuries AND be useful against undead on top of it all!
3. Archers are amazing late game. War Bows pierce enough that, with Crippling Strikes, an injury is a practically a given. You can kill one enemy with an xbow per turn, sure, but you can disable two (plus morale checks) with bows. And with Berserk, possibly three.
@@abhuyllongfellow4233 thanks for taking the time to explain some of the minutia. Maybe that's why I had so much trouble late game lol. I did have a brawler with the head hunter perk specialized in cleavers wielding that double handed cleaver from the undead that would decapitate anything that came close to him possibly my favourite character ever.
@@dacedebeer2697 No need to thank me mate! :)
If you had/are having problems with lategame, just tell me which 2 enemy groups are giving you the most trouble and I'd be happy to try to give you some pointers!
By the way the Headhunter perk is lest say.... underwhelming. If you hit someone in the head they'll either be dead or severely injured, let's be honest. Also you only have baseline 25% chance to hit head to begin with.
THEN you get a "guaranteed hit in the head". But the game doesn't tell you that you can miss this attack. It's a hit in the head IF it connects, which may be a problem. AND it only works for hits on the same enemy iirc so you can't farm a hit on a goblin and hit another. (dunno if patched, haven't tested).
Also, assuming you have Warrior of The North DLC, you get access to the Ice Cave.
Trying not to spoil much in case you haven't seen it. But you get a guaranteed 2Handed Cleaver + an amazing armor set. If you loved your 2H Cleaver Brother, then this gear is what you always dreamt of, trust me. ^_~
Also also, beware of undead gear in general. I can guarantee your Brother used to hit things twice and had to Recover or rest for a couple turns lol
Finally, assuming for whatever reason you really really reeeeeeeally want the Headhunter, try to farm an Assassin or Killer on The Run. They have +% to hit head as a background bonus, allowing you to score the 1st headshot a little bit easier. That said, they work great with Famed Three Headed Flails (might be hard to come by unmodded) easily hitting 50% head chance.
Hey, you can totally swap targets with headhunter, it isn't bound to the first headhit, I love using flails to guarantee a headhit, aging to an axe (which has 50% extra head hit damage) to crush skulls
Bro BB is amazing I’m so happy your taking it up, also the dlc is great too but I wouldn’t recommend it until you at least get use to playing and keeping a good group alive.
the soundtrack is lowkey amazing.
My full 12 man force usually is 3 crossbows with sword sidearm, 5 spearman with shields, 2 swordsman with shields, 1 long handled axeman, and the bannerman with reserved sword and shield
Best to start with spears and bucklers. Spearwall is your friend
Holy sh*t he's playing Battle Brothers?!
Grab a historian, 2 cultists & a hedge knight. The events are well worth the time!
One of my favorite games! Highly recommend FilthtyRobot's tutorials if you wanna learn how to play.
As everyone else is saying, I have quite a bit of hours in Battle Brothers and absolutely love it. Can't recommend it enough to people who like strategy.
In the beginning, don't charge people like you did in that first combat. Look for good higher ground and retreat to a defensive position and let them come to you. Use ranged weapons to your advantage and get some pole arms to stand behind your shield wall when you can. Having someone be your second lineman with a pole weapon is also a great way to get XP for future prospects too. Just some basic strategies from someone with over 400 hours in this game. Also, avoid orcs and goblins until you have good armor and weapons.
I agree, getting every little advantage adds up. The height bonus in particular can be a life saver, you just gotta pay attention to the terrain.
I love this game, sunk over 200 hours. It’ll be a treat to watch
Just found this game via Steam sale, and it is AWESOME. So glad I found it, LOVE turn based strategy games.
Yooo nice to see you discover this gem! I grinded many hours on this game and spent times yelling and screeching as a bandit with a stick killed my high tier spearman.
Not sure if it still is something you can do. But you can get armor off killed enemies if you don't break it in combat. So what I used to do is arm all the bros with secondary weapon daggers, find an enemy with good armor and try to kill him without damaging the armor.
Again, not sure if it still is a mechanic, but it used to be a good way to get decent armor in the early game.
One of my all time favorites. Its a real gem.
Good to see people discovering this hidden gem. I hope it gets the attention it deserves.
Ahhhh the Battle Brothers Rabbit hole. GOOOOOOOD LUCK!!
Better make a bunch of series on this
AA I am very glad that you are doing this game so I welcome you to a world of maddening pain, frustration and overwhelming joy. Battle Brothers is much like lady luck, fickle and unpredictable with mercy.
Battle Brothers is excellent.
The Legends mod just takes it to another level.
When you did your light set up, "north and east" junctions are right to left with your timing, "south and west" you did left to right.
I’m losing my mind over these bean people icons absolutely eviscerating each other
Holy crap. AA playing BB.
This is one of those games that keeps trying to push me away, but it's under my skin at this point and I can't stop.
Monks ARE super useful always, they can randomly get you an always-in-demand consumable item.
But a GOOD monk is super rare, as I've never had one and I've tried to get a single good one on over 20 different runs.
Monks are also super useful in a lot of random events that have some of your brothers fighting each other (such as late game hedge knights). Having a monk will give unique options to intervene and literally stop them from killing each other.
What a pleasant surprise. This game is truly fantastical and extremely underrated.
You bringing up Heroscape made me smile😆
On recruiting : don't recruit fodder. Beggars and such are rarely worth it. I've had some bad-ass gravediggers in the past, but you have to play the beginning thinking endgame, don't have bums soaking up your early game XP just to get killed. You should strive not to lose anyone ever. Brawlers, Millers and Farmers in the beginning are the best you can do, then go for people with actual combat experience. They cost more but mid game if you're careful you'll have the finances to pay them. Not really ever worth it to get nobles or hedge knights, your early game guys will probably become as good as any of those and much cheaper. Don't swell your ranks too quickly either, pace yourself in a way you can equip everyone. You can have an amazing company with mostly farmers if you keep them alive long enough.
More Battle Brothers! This has been my favourite game for many years now. Tbh I have been waiting for you to discover it
The DLC make the game a lot better, they add a ton of features and are worth it
I love this keep up the great work. I want to see more Battle Brothers. Hopefully i can catch your steam as well. ^^
I just picked up BB last month and I am having a blast with it! Can't believe ambiguous happens to do the same just now, crazy luck!:D
Looking forward to some amazing content bro
You'd absolutely love Oxygen Not Included!
The moment I discovered this game I thought “man I hope amphibian has a vid of this.”
This game like warband and darkest dungeons got mixed. But I still like it
1:56:18 Yo Heroscape was my jam!! I played so much of that game so many hilarious moments from playing that game
Get three archers, one to alternate between the two others, also have two pikemen to reinforce the back line, the rest all needs shields and spears.
Are you forgetting about undead? You need weapons that can destroy the head of an enemy, so they can't resurrect.
@@SirCrabthe1st oh shit that makes so much sense I never thought about it thought the undead always reanimated anyways, how do you deal with the asps those are my most difficult opponents.
@@54032Zepol make sure to use a whip for the geist's.
They have a hit range of 3
It's still a pretty low chance tho
Theres a big overhaul mod called Legends, it does a lot of things. That mod also lets you play as an undead legion!
I remember the days when caravan jobs wouldn't feed you and I accidently ended a few campaigns by not buying enough food before a caravan job
I love this game, I can't believe AA is playing it.
Oh gosh I love this game. Excited to see you play AA!
3 hours of ambiguous oh frabjous day!
You want your starting brothers to live.
This is such a hard game but if you constantly save and autosave at every town and encounter i will always reload my saves just to save a a few broken bones.
Quick tip for west and east: the word WE. W is left, E is right
First time I've ever heard someone pronounce it brig-and.
2:45:40 You really should read more, AA ^^. There was more there than just Grimald Thicc Boi's morale rising.
Been hearing about this game for several years. Just when I decide to buy it, my gaming laptop goes in the shop for a stuck key on my keyboard. Been in the shop for over 1 month now, because they got the incorrect keyboard, so now have to wait 2-3 more weeks for the correct keyboard to arrive. Can't wait to dive into it.
Yeessess I just got out of school and your streams are what keeps me company doing my homework!☆
"i'll name him as a sign for me that i don't care about him" HMMMMMMMMMM
Amazing that you're playing this game! its a great one, hope you do lots of vids
I've never heard of this game, but I love it so far. Would love to see some challenge runs and such.
The way you say Oregon amuses me
Yo man! The fact you name dropped HeroScape... makes you 10000X cooler. :P it was my favorite freaking board game and I kick myself for selling it all when I was younger and needing money from losing my job.
"you're a brawler, and do double damage while unarmed? well thats pretty good" *proceeds to put a shield and a dagger on him*
so i legit sat here and watched this whole video. loved it, i got this game about 6 months ago played for a about an hour and jus thavn't gotten back into it. now im gonna get in and really dig in. Subbed and liked btw.
Cant wait to see AA making a hobo army in his next vid
Thanks for giving this game some exposure and showing of this gem. Again another great vod, thanks. Also Bannerlord vod when?
This is one of those games that watching someone else play makes you want to play it, because you think you can do so much better.
Wardogs, early game wardogs are absolutely devastating to low level brigands and they are terrible for the enemies morale
Wow, I just started playing this game again and it's awesome to see you play this game too. It was very unexpected and I hope you enjoy it! I would highly recommend the DLC if you decide to play this game.
heroscape was a wonderful game growing up, i still use the minis from it for DnD
I didn't know you were interested in BB, I love to see a series about it cause I'd such a good game but no body seems to be streaming it these days, I highly recommend the expansions since they add so much. However is one of those games that you definitely want access to a wiki or something like that since the games rarely holds your hand in learning how to get better is trail by fire
yeah the legends mod for this game is crazy, unit diversity, diffrent perk trees for every brother, some useless, some good, legendary hunt contracts, magic, extra events, a extreme challange run where you play as a shitty begger that steals combat stats from everything he kills but starts alone and poor
I love the way you describe things, another great video! C:
I just started playing BB again. Remember to get daggers for getting armor. I probably should have waited to the end of the video for advice giving. 😅
A Game like this but with Zombies kind of like Z Dawn would be amazing. Earn rep with other settlements and cities and trade posts. yeah that would be legit.
This game is really good, hope to see more of it, it's horribly unrecognized.
love your vids AA, started playing zomboid because of you. its nice to get a glance at other games through your videos. have you ever played KeeperRL? you've mentioned dwarf fortress a few times and it's similar, I think you'd like it
I love the combat themes for this game.
Battlebrothers is one of those games I prefer watching instead of playing it myself. Too stressful for me haha
I yearn to see more of you playing this. Yearn.
If you have more dudes choakpoints aren't your friend
This game tickles me in good places~
Have you ever thought about doing narration, you have the voice and vocabulary for it, hands down.
Finally tb stratey with taste
I have nearly 800 hours of playtime in this game. It's pretty good.
That’s funny, I picked it up because wartales too. Wanted to play something fully developed while they finish wartales
Hey!! I'm glad you found this game!! I loved your Kenshi videos.
so I just bought this game, watching your stream trying to learn some basics. gonna start playing pretty soon I think :]
got this game a month ago it's difficult but so rewarding hoping to see more
Cant wait to see AA play the Legends mod
A A, This game is amazing, but I'm noticing you're missing the amazing DLC to this game! I would HIGHLY recommend you buying them!
Monks can be good at the start for morale and the only way i know to get holy water.
I wasn’t expecting this, but I was expecting not expecting this so it doesn’t count
Slaves from the south are worth two or three slots in the group too bad you cant sell them either.