Festus is THE most annoying AI to fight

[Weaponmaster 55]

Puts me off Empire campaigns every single time.

Fighting Festus is so frustrating due to his meta healing and the toughness of his troops.

Any time i get a good Empire campaign rolling, this just kills it for me.

3000 hours of play across all 3 games and this is the ONLY faction that makes me feel like turning the game off.

Add to that in my last campaign, i ambushed one of his armies and won, yet somehow the army survived afterward? I mean, wtf?

[MrSoul]

A Festus for the rest of us!

[chickabumpbump]

When I tried playing Empire, I had all sorts of mods on, didnt care. Riekland infantry, better authority, more missions, more buildings for all races mod, better elector counts.

Still had no fun from it. Lost my temper when the wood elves for no reason invaded

[franz]

Originally posted by Mr.Soul:

A Festus for the rest of us!

DS9 best show ever .

[Sn3z]

He just needs moving at this stage. Just too stuff going on in that area, Kislev a ♥♥♥♥ show aswell.

[chickabumpbump]

Make Kislev more powerful, make the Empire regions unavailable to them so they cant take YOUR Elector land and boost the electors, they need to be LL quality to help you

[Ashley]

I really don't find him that bad. He's got like legit one base of operations. Maybe 2 and 3 if he somehow gets that far south. I think people aren't targeting him and it shouldn't be too hard considering he's a morbidly obese doctor. I don't even find his heals to be that great unless used by the player. You can just like skirmish him to death since Nurgle,s speed units are as fast as zombies lmao.

I'm playing as him and even a crossbow unit or two absolutely demolishes him if i'm not careful. Same issues as players not targeting regen options for vampire counts who think facing them is insanely hard ( it usually isn't)

He's semi crippled by the lack of dark fortresses in the area but it's a slight handicap really. Definitely crippled in ai's hands who can't make proper armies (I just faced karl franz and like 19 archers at turn like 50+ yesterday)

[Basarab Laiota]

the real Festus were the elector counts we killed along the way

[MrSoul]

Originally posted by gg:

Originally posted by Mr.Soul:

A Festus for the rest of us!

DS9 best show ever .

No argument here :)

[Prisoner 76561197992841073]

In the realm of torment, Festus reigns supreme,
A vile adversary that haunts your dream,
Oh, how frustrating it is to clash blades,
With this abomination, his tricks cascade.

Like a twisted puppeteer, he pulls the strings,
Inflicting afflictions with his wicked flings,
His sorceries weave a web of despair,
Rendering your forces feeble, ensnared.

His putrid potions and vile elixirs,
Turn valiant soldiers into weak shivers,
Strength ebbs away, resistance corrodes,
As Festus revels, his laughter erodes.

Each battle, a maddening labyrinthine maze,
With Festus toying, ensnaring your gaze,
His minions swarm, a grotesque parade,
Nurglings scuttle, leaving trails of decay.

Festering wounds that refuse to heal,
His contagion spreads, an unholy zeal,
Your warriors falter, their spirits break,
As Festus chuckles, his victory at stake.

No strategy or might can evade his grasp,
His resilience, a cruel and maddening clasp,
As you plan and strategize, hope flickers low,
Festus dances, his frustration continues to grow.

Oh, the exasperation, the gnawing ire,
As Festus mocks your every desire,
Warhammer's trials grow steep,
And Festus, the tormentor, your dreams doth reap.

But fear not, brave general, for hope remains,
Even in the face of Festus' wicked refrains,
Learn from defeat, adapt with resolve,
Unleash your wrath, as your armies evolve.

In the face of frustration, you shall rise,
A phoenix ascending to claim the skies,
For Festus, though vexing, is but a test,
To overcome his challenges, you shall be blessed.

[Sn3z]

Originally posted by WALTUH:

He's semi crippled by the lack of dark fortresses in the area but it's a slight handicap really. Definitely crippled in ai's hands who can't make proper armies (I just faced karl franz and like 19 archers at turn like 50+ yesterday)

The settlement recruitment is to blame, it can either be all or nothing at this stage, dwarfs spam miners, dark elves spam dread spears when they have nothing left to recruitment from,, the barracks units for all factions need to be merged into the settlements with some nuance, chaff should be banished from the lvl1 settlements and go into like infrastructure buildings, like skaven slaves recruit-able from rubbish pit etc...

[Ashardalon]

you do know you dont have to stand still and let him punch you
your troops have legs
its not a tower defense game
how is festus even killing anyone

[Weaponmaster 55]

Originally posted by Ashardalon:

you do know you dont have to stand still and let him punch you
your troops have legs
its not a tower defense game
how is festus even killing anyone

Lol what?

Hush child.

[Ashardalon]

silencing me doesnt make your incompetence go away

[Ashley]

As i've said Festus is really not that strong. He has weak armor and easy to target and down even with basic archers. Empire captains/lords should be easily be able to dunk him in melee combat. Festus healing options depends so much on tech/heroes and leveling heroes and lord correctly which ai is likely to not to.

[Rosh+]

Festus has the same problem as Ku'gath: He has no armor, he's bigger than infantry, and he's slow.

Just bring 6 units of crossbowmen and pincushion him if you want to fight him in battle. Otherwise, if he's really too hard for you, just auto-resolve him like you would any other lord that is 'OP' in battle.