How do you all deal with chaos wastes?

[EntityofDesire]

I find myself forced each game to put a bunch of points into attrition perks and stack if I can - wondering if there is a better way to deal with this when your army is far north?

[Enelith]

Yes : Don't go far north. Or change to Encamp stance.

[Tommytools]

Depending on race; encamp, raid, underway. For the most part I avoid it, it is rare (can't think of any off the top of my head) that a faction that takes attrition from chaos wastes also considers it green territory.

Any settlements I capture up there are usually given to a faction that I want to be friends with, so I don't have to bother with it, especially if red territory. Replenishment is penalized in your own territory if it is red/yellow to your faction (both in a settlement and encamp), in allied/neutral/enemy territory you don't get that penalty.

[Oni-Lyrics]

If I'm stuck fighting a faction in the wastes I just bully and raid them until they want peace and are too scared to reengage.

[KoboldUtopian]

Occupy each region just long enough to replenish and then sell it to someone like Boris.

[Basarab Laiota]

i research the technology Nakai has which removes chaos waste attrition
as anyone else i sell the settlements (i had an oxyotl campaign where Zhatan the Black was my best friend because I kept selling him chaos waste settlements)

[(Steelclaw)]

Attrition immunity stances, and try to avoid owning territory there unless your faction likes the climate. Owned regions with hated climate penalize replenishment, but if you don't own it, you can replenish fine.

If you must own it in spite of hating the climate, farms or your faction's equivalent growth/casualty replen building.

[Man of Culture]

If you're going to be waging a campaign against chaos factions or where chaos/attrition is going to be a problem I tend to get the perks that reduce it on those generals just so I don't take pointless damage between turns if I have to be aggressive. Other than that you're either gonna move slow through it using encamp or raiding. It's up to you how you want to play it but if you want fast and aggressive get the perks and gear the armies for that kind of fight or just move slow and methodical.

[Forblaze]

The chaos wastes are always going to be slog, which is a shame because I feel like half of the map ends up having to go up there to deal with it. Crawling through it in encamp stance is what I usually do.

If you can own a whole section of water, you can use that to avoid the replenishment penalty from the the chaos waste biome. IMO, it's usually worth killing off the northern part of norsca at the same time so that you can do this.

[pascal.difolco]

Avoid them as much as possible.. If needed either use an anti attrition Lord (Nakai, Malakai...)
Failing that, 2 turns of attrition aren't a big deal, so move 1 turn out of 3 in Encamp stance to replenish

[StrangestEcho]

Yeah it's a slog by design. Try to avoid early-mid campaigns into the northern parts of the map, since the territory is worthless anyway. If you're playing as Empire you can trade Katarin Norscan territory until she's strong enough to act as your shield. Some lords for other races like Boris and Malakai are resistant to the penalties and you should ensure you acquire them.

[forumcrybaby]

Originally posted by EntityofDesire:

I find myself forced each game to put a bunch of points into attrition perks and stack if I can - wondering if there is a better way to deal with this when your army is far north?

BURN IT DOWN. Make it ruins. Order can't return to the land until all Chaos abominations obliterated and the same applies to the Order factions when playing as Chaos. BURN IT DOWN and be sure to use the"ruins recolonization cooldown" mod to prevent the AI from instabuilding the ruins you just made. IM LOOKING AT YOU RANDOM NORSCA FACTION