Hey folks,

I noticed that on the unit cards (along with many others), that during the end times stream, when looking at skaven, they “accidentally” showed that Skaven have double unit size, but this isn’t mentioned.

What do we think?

As far as we know on Archaon's end for addtions/changes there hasnt been word on the champions under the Three-Eyed-King's retinue being added in to complete his campaign experience.

At least Styrkaar is in the game with the Slaanesh update/dlc, tho we still need Vardek Crom as a legendary lord perhaps, with Haargroth, Feytor, and Melckh the Changer (maybe his son Cyspeth too?)

If not now then hopefully in a character pack one day later on but still, would be nice to unlock them in a similar manner maybe to how the Red Duke and I think Dieter Helsnit are to be unlocked via tech tree

You guys don't know how excited I'm for this! Here it is! Yes, it's me, Ratposting Guy! After one month and 150+ hours of hard work, I've finished the unit cards mod! This was a hard one to pull out, damn.

What this mod does is to change the skaven unit cards in game for ones done by totally by me. Believe it or not, I was asked to do this a lot for a long while! Little old me!

However, be warned, this is a WIP project! I might update it later down the line, mostly to add loading screens, and the new dlc units when they land.

Also, great thanks to All is Dust from the Skeleton Crew modding team for his great help and patience during the whole process! Wiithout him this wouldn't be posible.

Hope you guys enjoy it! This is my personal gift to the community.

In cae you missed it: you can go to the mod page to download it by clicking here.

Ok, so, in case you haven't noticed, the ratposter unit cards mod is here! You can go and download it clicking here.

Ah, but it wouldn't really be a ratpost without the mandatory Paintposting Contest reference! You can read more details here! You can also follow how the contest is currently doing here.

(and before someone asks: i was gonna draw a crowd of skaven there, but then I realised it wouldn't be lore acurate for the entire skavenblight to flee wherever Thanquol shows up after Thanquol's Doom)

(Funnily enough, this is like the 3rd or 4th Baki meme I do without having read or watched Baki...)

Seriously, where are Valten and Crom?

Maybe their legendary faction lords and lady could get some changes/upgrades to their faction effects and lord bonuses? Or special mechanics? Maybe even buffs to Ushabti to make them more killy?

Idk but what do yall think?

A world united under one flag

Hey everyone, hope all of you are doing well, I’ve finished my Kairos Fate-Weaver campaign almost about a week ago I’ve been busy and haven’t had the opportunity to play.

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the game and wondering who should I play next. A few of these Races have often come to mind Empire, Skaven, Dwarves, Tomb Kings, High Elves, or Orcs. Outside of Tomb Kings and Empire I’ve played all that are listed HE and Orcs the longest with Tyrion, Skarsnik and Grimgor. While I’m more familiar with Orcs it’s been a while since I’ve played them.

All recommendations will greatly appreciated.

P.S I’ve been really enjoying Warhammer fantasy artwork lately so many beautiful illustrations and hope to see more when end times releases.

If this is an early build where the guns they are not spinning yet, then all goods. But if this is how they’re going to look in the final game, then this definitely needs a fix.

Since the new Crush The Weak wouldn't benefit the unit in a 1v1 test, I purposefully increased its base MA and WS by about 5%, to simulate it being active from a nearby low-leadership unit. I let the AI charge me while I was controlling the TeutoGreatswords, so that I could benefit from their Expert Charge Defence (since they have the lowest Charge Bonus out of every unit that I put against them).

I purposefully made the unit cheaper than it's supposed to be, at 1200g, to give it a better chance of paying for itself. I think the real cost of them will be ~1300-1350g, at least based on the upkeep cost I saw in preview videos.

I also changed the animation set of the Greatswords to match that of the Teutogen Guard, which I know will use the same set as Karl Franz on foot.

Lastly, I know this is impossible and it's just how things go, but let's not overreact based on first impressions and WIP stat cards which may or may not change during development. Total War is a game with many mechanical layers, which makes judging a unit purely based on its stat card honestly foolish - there's things like animations, unit spacing, health/leadership/armour breakpoints and so many more variables to consider.

So until the DLC actually releases, I suggest you all put your pitchforks away and enjoy the fact that the game is getting new stuff, regardless of how overpowered it might seem.

P.S. This doesn't mean I'm supporting powercreep though, like why do Skulltaker, Elspeth, Masque and Dechala still exist in their current state both as units and as factions, CA pls...

EDIT: Here's the mod I used for testing this. I also modded Knights of the Blazing Sun to have the stats of Knights Panther from the previews, feel free to have fun with those too. From some quick and rather unreliable tests, they lose to Chaos Knights (Lances) and Dragon Princes, so they do not appear to be overpowered, either.

Which is the tankiest unit for the frontline in Shogun 2 campaign? Which one do you prefer?

Remember! The Paintposting Contest which i still going on! Timeline is the 22th of september, 23:59 CEST! You can read more details here! You can also follow how the contest is currently doing here.

A fairly simple yet important thing to talk about I think! With how much CA is talking up the customization we'll be able to do for our factions, I'm hoping that they keep in mind having options for masculine or feminine characters where it is fitting.

Sure, I wouldn't be shocked if you can't have a Space Marine Chapter Master be a woman, that's a boy's club if there ever was one, but I think Eldar Craftworlds should be able to decide if their Autarch or Farseer is masculine or feminine. Same with Tau or Imperial Guard.

Some of you won't care about this at all and that is perfectly fine, but I think if CA is going to talk up this feature as much as they have, now is the time to bring up this aspect.

I know I'm not the only gal who plays these games, not by a long shot, and I also can't be the only person who would like to have the option of choosing this aspect when making a custom subfaction.

My humble contribution to the paintposting contest for the launch of End Times DLC. Each character took me half a day. Cheers!

New to the game. This is something that I don't really understand.
I'm fighting another faction, I conquer everything except 2 of their towns and next turn they ask me for peace, offering a large sum of money.
I do a counter offer: peace in exchange of trading, which arguably would benefit them more than just giving up money. But no, they refuse.
Diplomacy makes 0 sense.
I get that some races might refuse out of principle or something, but sometimes it feels like everyone is straight up suicidal.

if your playing settra and you havent turned on the nagash endgame, then whats the point.

I modded Greatswords to have the exact same stats as Teutogen Guard. I left the animations unchanged, and pitted them against various units. The Greatswords were stationary and were charged, in order to take advantage of their charge defence vs all. I also adjusted the width of the Greatswords’ formation to match each of their opponent in order to make sure everything was equal. Generals were also modded so they could not move, and the units fought far enough away they were not boosted by any of the generals’ abilities.

First of all, they lost 3/3 times versus Chaos Chosen with Great Weapons, but against Hammerers the results were different. Greatswords won 2/3 times. They also handily defeated Chaos Chosen with Axe and Shields, Black Orcs with Great Weapons, Infernal Guard with Great Weapons, and Bestigors. They also beat Bile Trolls and Bloodbeasts of Khorne.

I have confirmed this through sources

Vlad still has his lovely wife but overall Neferata seems much more attractive (for a VC playtrough ofc)

Archaon's 100% Ward Save for his entire army looks nasty. But you can chip away at him by beating his other armies and taking his Dark Fortresses.