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The looming excitement that might be TW warhammer II

HeirofCarnage said:
Or do you mean "cycle charge"?

Because cycle charging is when you charge the enemy, and then pull out after 10-15 seconds. Then you charge again.
This keeps you from losing your charge bonus. It is known as cycle charging because there is a "cycle" if you will, of charging.
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You don't just pull out, you reform then rush headlong in again
 
Managed to keep Chaos at bay. Two very hard fights against armies that the game said were stronger than mine.
In one case I managed to assassinate one of their heroes. That certainly helped.
That and the great tips I got here. The Grave Guard with two handed weapons are great combined with some summoned Zombie chaff units and Black Knights flanking. I even made a circle charge once or twice.

The game called both Pyrrhic victories but I recovered well because of my good heroes and commanders healing.
The third and fourth big Chaos armies were defeated by Karl Franz and the Dwarves. And fun fact: everyone likes me all of a sudden!
My fight against Chaos and the Greenskins (thoses Greenasses started a Waagh in the west while I was fighting Chaos in the east so I killed everyone) helped my reputation so much that I now have a lot of treaties with almost all of my neighbors.
So a little bit of breathing room is there and now I am moving into the former empire provinces that Chaos left empty.
...so they actually helped me, in a way. I didnt have to fight the Empire and their allies. I merely moved into the ruins of their cities. :D

Btw what is Mannfreds best mount? The flying horse looks kinda meh. Fast but a lot less armor and less attack... The Dragon looks cool but it also is slower... The best hitting and armored for melee fights is the first horse it seems? What am I missing?
 
Also: Black Coach or not? I am not sure what it even does for my army...
 
Aginor said:
Btw what is Mannfreds best mount? The flying horse looks kinda meh. Fast but a lot less armor and less attack... The Dragon looks cool but it also is slower... The best hitting and armored for melee fights is the first horse it seems? What am I missing?
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The flying horse is fast and has great maneuverability and pretty good to assassinate lords with, but if you get caught by infantry or other cavalry, you tend to die pretty fast.

The dragon is pretty damn good. It is a bit slower and a larger target, but it makes up for it by being a monster on the battlefield. It decreases your stats a bit, but you get a much larger area of effect on your attacks and it is great against close to anything.
 
Aginor said:
Also: Black Coach or not? I am not sure what it even does for my army...
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The black coach is a little weird. It functions like a chariot, so you can run right through infantry, but it need a lot of micro management to be any good. It's main goal is to run over infantry, but against spears it ain't that good. It is godly against dwarfs, they have no way of stopping it, but i would keep it away from slayers.
 
Aginor said:
Managed to keep Chaos at bay. Two very hard fights against armies that the game said were stronger than mine.
In one case I managed to assassinate one of their heroes. That certainly helped.
That and the great tips I got here. The Grave Guard with two handed weapons are great combined with some summoned Zombie chaff units and Black Knights flanking. I even made a circle charge once or twice.

The game called both Pyrrhic victories but I recovered well because of my good heroes and commanders healing.
The third and fourth big Chaos armies were defeated by Karl Franz and the Dwarves. And fun fact: everyone likes me all of a sudden!
My fight against Chaos and the Greenskins (thoses Greenasses started a Waagh in the west while I was fighting Chaos in the east so I killed everyone) helped my reputation so much that I now have a lot of treaties with almost all of my neighbors.
So a little bit of breathing room is there and now I am moving into the former empire provinces that Chaos left empty.
...so they actually helped me, in a way. I didnt have to fight the Empire and their allies. I merely moved into the ruins of their cities. :D

Btw what is Mannfreds best mount? The flying horse looks kinda meh. Fast but a lot less armor and less attack... The Dragon looks cool but it also is slower... The best hitting and armored for melee fights is the first horse it seems? What am I missing?
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Very good, I like it. Yah what the game considers a pyrrhic victory is a bit odd. I really like it when you convince factions that should hate you to like you. In one of my Lizardmen campaigns I've been kicking so much Empire and Dwarf but that the Beastmen love me. Also the dragon is definitely Manny's best mount.
 
Aginor said:
@Papalugy that's pretty cool!
Looking forward to playing the Lizardmen as soon as the price gets a bit more resonable.

@Captaniser Thanks!
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Well it didn't help the Beastmen much cause I exterminated them as they are blights on the Great Plan. Also they were spreading tons of chaos corruption everywhere which was annoying.
 
Yes I did you mean. Cycle charge. How do you reform? Can you only do it if you're a multiple combatant?
 
discomute said:
Yes I did you mean. Cycle charge. How do you reform? Can you only do it if you're a multiple combatant?
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Reforming refers to pulling out of a fight and having the unit reform their ranks before charging again. More specifically so that when the unit reengages it has the largest number of models possible fighting.
 
discomute said:
Yes I did you mean. Cycle charge. How do you reform? Can you only do it if you're a multiple combatant?
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You don't need a second unit (the anvil) to pin down the enemy, but you will be able to pull out your cav faster, and you will take less damage. You will also be able to perform another rear charge with your cav.

And to reform, just pull out of combat. If you pull the unit of cav back, it will automatically reform.
 
I also have a question today:
How do you fight with more than 20 units in a battle?
I did it accidentally once or twice but haven't figured out when it happens...
 
Aginor said:
I also have a question today:
How do you fight with more than 20 units in a battle?
I did it accidentally once or twice but haven't figured out when it happens...
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If you're being reinforced by a second army, or a city, there is a box called "control large army" in the pre-battle screen. If you mark that one, you control all the units, otherwise you only fight with the main army.
 
Captaniser said:
If you're being reinforced by a second army, or a city, there is a box called "control large army" in the pre-battle screen. If you mark that one, you control all the units, otherwise you only fight with the main army.
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Ok, good. So my second army has to be right next to the main one? Or how far can it be away and still work?
 
Aginor said:
Ok, good. So my second army has to be right next to the main one? Or how far can it be away and still work?
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Your second army has to be pretty close. When you're hovering over an enemy army or city, a yellow arrow will come from the second army, that points at your attacking army, to show that it's within supporting range.
 
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