how tf do you get good at this game?

[Ekstrasensas]

Idk man I'm so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ at this that i can get a phyrric victory on a estimated decisive victory based by the autoresolves calculations. Currently I'm trying to beat the brazen altar in the prologue but I just can't do it, maybe my brain is to small or smthn. Do I need to read "Art of War", like how do some people have the skill to beat a mafia 100 level army with 5 peasants?

[pit-s]

Remember that you can slow down time and you can give orders while the game is paused (i did put the pause option on space and the standart space funktion on zirkumflex).

You may also want to keep your Battle difficulty on normal (or lower if that initially feels to hard) bc above that the AI gets stat boni.
btw know that Campaign difficulty is not the same thing - difficulty is in this game split between the strategic layer and the rts layer.

If you want to learn a lot about the games battle mechanics you could watch "Legend of Total War"'s saving desaster battle/campaign series - i mean you learn a lot of cheese too that way what can get you rolling but will make the (normal) battles booring if you keep cheesing the game after you learned the basics ... but thats ofc entirely your choice - if that floats your boat so be it;)

[Farsha]

Well, lot of us play Total War since early 2000s. ( I stared in Medieval2 )
So we get better with time spent in the game?

[LidL_w/-\in]

a good start off tip is also when you click a single unit card (while in an actual battle) you can see what enemy units are strong or weak against it from the color of the "!" above their head. This is great when youre new and dont know all units, their tiers, strength and weaknesses yet

[Puggly the Grey]

I jus use cheat mods, it’s teh only way fir meh.

[Wubbinz]

Play Warriors of Chaos and congratulations you can now auto resolve to victory. They're by no means the only faction that can do this but I'd say they're the easiest. Failing that play the changeling, build 1 settlement to be very difficult to detect and congratulations you literally cannot lose.

[Raider Deci]

Origineel geplaatst door Ekstrasensas:

Idk man I'm so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ at this that i can get a phyrric victory on a estimated decisive victory based by the autoresolves calculations. Currently I'm trying to beat the brazen altar in the prologue but I just can't do it, maybe my brain is to small or smthn. Do I need to read "Art of War", like how do some people have the skill to beat a mafia 100 level army with 5 peasants?

Patience. Plan your moves & read about units strenghts & weaknesses. The game is turn-based so you have all the time you need along with pause in battle.

[Balkoth]

Origineel geplaatst door Ekstrasensas:

Idk man I'm so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ at this that i can get a phyrric victory on a estimated decisive victory based by the autoresolves calculations.

Turn on Guard Mode.

Turn off Skirmish Mode.

For Kislev advice depends on your army.

If you're going mostly Kossars (which is quite solid) then you can use what's called a checkerboard formation. Looks something like

....X....X....X....
X.....X....X.....X
....X....X....X....
X.....X....X.....X

Which allows back troops to be shooting constantly.

If you're using Armored Kossars or Tzar Guard you can make a defensive line up front with Kossars behind them shooting.

Outside of the tutorial, try to focus on having at least one (preferably two) Patriarchs in each army along with a Frost Maiden. The Patriarchs help the army heal faster and provide buffs, the Frost Maidens provide magic that's extremely useful.

Besides that I'd probably need some more specific information about what you're struggling with.

[KeiranG19]

Origineel geplaatst door Balkoth:

Origineel geplaatst door Ekstrasensas:

Idk man I'm so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ at this that i can get a phyrric victory on a estimated decisive victory based by the autoresolves calculations.

Turn on Guard Mode.

Turn off Skirmish Mode.

For Kislev advice depends on your army.

If you're going mostly Kossars (which is quite solid) then you can use what's called a checkerboard formation. Looks something like

X X X
X X X X
X X X
X X X X

Which allows back troops to be shooting constantly.

If you're using Armored Kossars or Tzar Guard you can make a defensive line up front with Kossars behind them shooting.

Outside of the tutorial, try to focus on having at least one (preferably two) Patriarchs in each army along with a Frost Maiden. The Patriarchs help the army heal faster and provide buffs, the Frost Maidens provide magic that's extremely useful.

Besides that I'd probably need some more specific information about what you're struggling with.

Your formatting doesn't seem to work on the PC client

[Abisha]

read a lot of post none of them really helps so here a few for me. (pratical)

first group your units (you can use alt 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) when you press 1 you can select a bunch of units also the camera automatic go to it.

put armor front, sounds more easy then it really is. but so have chock points (try add archers from the sides (for maximum damage) back is even better but that's optimal

start with basic units till you understand the game more (1 unit monsters are cool and fight awsome but they are weak) that include dragons and so on

use magic, obvious learn to use at least to do the damage spells

use fighter lords, keep those magic guys away of battle.

if a enemy unit routes keep a unit on it (prefer a fast unit like hounds, Calvary . other they regain moral.

[Squeakers]

Watch PartyElite on youtube. He is imo the best BY FAR when it comes to explaining game mechanics.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwVftHdWAdHNOJ-PMquSZMVVAGWIq2TVQ
Here, this link should take you to his playlist with all his videos. Highly recommend watching. Good luck!

[Squeakers]

When you want to learn about a specific faction, Colonel Damneders got you.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRaFFeb2pyuO4lSdaRf2F88nrx-V8VGvl
Here is his playlist. Hes got two types of videos, campaign and battle. Campaign explains the faction and how they work on the campaign world map, whereas his Battle guides go over the individual units that faction has, and how to use them.

[Squeakers]

Another youtuber i recently started watching has guides, but they are more along the lines of how to play a faction correctly. There arent many videos, and certainly none for the beginner factions like high elves, but on the off chance you do play one of the factions he has guides on, you can certainly use them to figure out what you are doing wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCd2yd-bA_S6lTn5o3qUldXON70SJ3Dp

I loved his Why you suck at Tzeentch vid as the beginning of Kairos' campaign is a pain, but i love Tzeentch and really wanted to play him. Now im ruling the world.

[Wubbinz]

Origineel geplaatst door Squeakers:

Another youtuber i recently started watching has guides, but they are more along the lines of how to play a faction correctly. There arent many videos, and certainly none for the beginner factions like high elves, but on the off chance you do play one of the factions he has guides on, you can certainly use them to figure out what you are doing wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCd2yd-bA_S6lTn5o3qUldXON70SJ3Dp

All I hear in my head when I see your profile pic is "I az moity mystic bowaz".

[Squeakers]

If you want to just watch someone play battles and learn about certain and almost obscure mechanics and some tricks, Legend of Total War is your best bet. Do note he is known to cheese, as he tends to exploit the ai.
He does have his own little guides that are overviews of campaigns, usually max ten minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY8cZUL4pfECJVeBr6XANGFOoq7bXs-5r

[Salamander]

Proper formation for front line (50%) infantry stand guard and dont move. Best if they have shields so they can absorb arrows better. Portion some to be the hammer ie cavalrty, to charge from behind somewhere (10-20%). They can slowly wrap around and perhaps pull away some enemies which you can dispatch or if they are slow just leave them in left field and charge the main group. Reserve at least one unit to plug a hole or deal with a wrap around. Rest archers and artillery. Win.