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BETA - Re: Balance - Multiplayer Overhaul

This mod was made in partnership with Balance Assembly, a group of dedicated Total War players focused on improving Total War: Warhammer's competitive multiplayer environment. Between each member of the group thousands of hours have been poured into TW:W and, although we love the game, we feel that more improvements can be made to balance the game, not only for more competitive gameplay but for more overall enjoyment

If you're interested in the group, check out the link above and find other players on our Discord. [discord.gg] More importantly, if you want to be a part of testing out this mod and letting us know what you think about it in a human v. human multiplayer environment, please join our beta testing group! We want to hear from you

After long hours of debate I created an alpha version of this mod that we extensively tested for about two weeks. This mod is a public version of our suggested changes to balance multiplayer. Our goal is to have a much larger segment of the TW:W playerbase use the mod so that we can get feedback on our rebalancing alongside tons and tons of data and hopefully get some really exciting and rewarding games out of the deal


The full list of patch notes can be found in a Google Drive document here. [drive.google.com] If you're a TL;DR kind of person, here are some of the highlights:

• Costs have been standardized across the board! Abilities and spells now have consistent costs tied to their "rarity" and mounts have standardized price points. A horse is a horse, of course
  
  
• Factions like Dwarfs, Chaos, and Beastmen have received some price reductions to make fielding an army a bit easier. You won't be bringing 6 units of Chosen, but you'll at least have enough cash that you might consider them more than you do now
  
  
• Dwarfs have rediscovered the art of their legendary impenetrable shield walls! So long as Dwarf units with Charge Defense v. Large are standing still and facing an enemy, it'll be very difficult for anything smaller than a Troll to push through them. This should help them protect their vital missile units and not be completely at the mercy of units their stubby little legs can't catch
  
  
• A majority of spells have been rebalanced to make them more useful or--in the case of Final Transmutation and Dwellers Below--strong but reasonable. We were unable to agree about projectile spells and vortex spells by the time of the beta, so the basic functionality of those have not been touched quite yet Beta changes to vortexes and magic missiles are live! Projectiles (Gaze of Nagash, Vindictive Glare, Gaze of Mork, Shem's Burning Gaze) now have significantly less spread and should be much more accurate. Vortexes across the board should be a bit more consistent, especially when overcast; they're still a high-risk, high-reward spell class though, so watch out!
  
  
• Wood Elves are more accurate; enter those woods at your own risk!
  
  
• Hit reaction chance is reduced for Grimgor and Dwarf Legendary Lords, along with dragons and dragon mounts. You'll find Grimgor should live up to his name of being the biggest and greenest around, dragons shouldn't flinch every time someone looks at them funny, and Belegar, Ungrim, and Grombrindal should be able to go toe-to-toe with lords on mounts without being thrown willy-nilly
  
  
  FAQ
  
  

  Originally posted by userperson420:

  JetXGorilla, why is this causing crashes?! I only have six other mods enabled!

  
  The mod isn't built to be used with any other mods. It is a multiplayer mod, after all, and we're looking for data from games played with only this mod active! I won't be releasing compatibility patches or submods or any of that; if it makes your game crash, you're using a mod that's incompatible. That mod will always be incompatible
  
  

  Originally posted by warhammerloreexpert9000:

  JetXGorilla, some of this isn't lore friendly and I'm upset!

  
  That's a bummer and I'm sorry you're sad! However hard we tried to let how something, lore-wise, should play dictate our decisions, at the end of the day our priority was balance for multiplayer. Everything else had to move aside for raw mechanical balance in a competitive environment
  
  

  Originally posted by iknowliterallyeverything:

  You should do this thing that sounds super awesome

  
  Keep in mind that we're here for balance. Awesome sweet rad mechanics aren't a priority. Likewise, this mod is limited to what I can do with the Assembly Kit and the tools CA has given us. As much as I'd love to implement a real Dispel mechanic, I can't tell the game to deactivate hexes or augments in an area; it just isn't in there
  
  

  Originally posted by BetaTesterAlright!:

  Where do I go if I want to test this and play some games with a dedicated multiplayer community?

  
  I'm glad you asked again! Here is the Balance Assembly Steam Group page. And here is the beta testing Steam Group page, where we'll be updating everyone with tournaments, receiving feedback, and generally discussing the mod and our ideas for making competitive multiplayer an exciting, engaging, and balanced way to play TW:W!
  
  

  Originally posted by TimidTom:

  Can I use this in singleplayer?

  
  Sure can! No promises as to whether it might make some interactions wonky (the AI might value units very differently, for instance) or make a certain faction's auto-resolve chances too high. Or things ilke that. Like I said above, too, it won't be updated for compatibility with anything else. I do plan to make a large-scale singleplayer overhaul with small tweaks here and there, so stay tuned for that in the future once WH2's combined map drops!
  
  If you have any questions, let me know! And for those of you wanting to play some great multiplayer games, welcome to the team
  
  -JetXGorilla