What do you do mid/late game?

[demarcus]

Im tempted to buy this and ive heard people say they have spent hundreds of hours on a single character. What do you do after leveling up and getting into a stable spot? I also heard about making a settlement for the people you control

[Rusted Cake]

Originally posted by marc:

Im tempted to buy this and ive heard people say they have spent hundreds of hours on a single character. What do you do after leveling up and getting into a stable spot? I also heard about making a settlement for the people you control

The game plays like a RTS, RPG & Survival hybrid. The vanilla game is a bit light on content so all you can really do is have your units by the mid/late game, build a HQ & kill whoever they can handle fighting against.

Melee combat boils down primarily to who has the higher stats.
So early/mid game will be primarily just farming xp, followed by more xp grinding & grinding for currency.

In the vanilla game ranged combat is very op as most enemies are melee only.

Late game will be very similar to mid game but with a little less xp farming.
Usually just having your units killing faction leaders & bosses by late game.

The typical end game is when all bosses & enemy faction leaders are dead.

Most people who still play this game prefer to heavily mod it.
There are a great many mods that fix most of the many issues with vanilla (meaning not modded) Kenshi. If you buy this game I advise going to the workshop page & very heavily modding it.

Be warned that some people will not seperate vanilla Kenshi & modded Kenshi apart in their minds. Vanilla Kenshi over all is an ok product, very flawed, but not bad. With mods it can be very fun.

I hope my comment was informative enough for you, happy shopping.

[Jork]

mid/late game, you set your eyes on raiding the fabled ashlands

[demarcus]

Originally posted by Rusted Cake:

Originally posted by marc:

Im tempted to buy this and ive heard people say they have spent hundreds of hours on a single character. What do you do after leveling up and getting into a stable spot? I also heard about making a settlement for the people you control

The game plays like a RTS, RPG & Survival hybrid. The vanilla game is a bit light on content so all you can really do is have your units by the mid/late game, build a HQ & kill whoever they can handle fighting against.

Melee combat boils down primarily to who has the higher stats.
So early/mid game will be primarily just farming xp, followed by more xp grinding & grinding for currency.

In the vanilla game ranged combat is very op as most enemies are melee only.

Late game will be very similar to mid game but with a little less xp farming.
Usually just having your units killing faction leaders & bosses by late game.

The typical end game is when all bosses & enemy faction leaders are dead.

Most people who still play this game prefer to heavily mod it.
There are a great many mods that fix most of the many issues with vanilla (meaning not modded) Kenshi. If you buy this game I advise going to the workshop page & very heavily modding it.

Be warned that some people will not seperate vanilla Kenshi & modded Kenshi apart in their minds. Vanilla Kenshi over all is an ok product, very flawed, but not bad. With mods it can be very fun.

I hope my comment was informative enough for you, happy shopping.

Do you have any workshop collections you'd recommend after I play vanilla for a bit? Also how well does it run modded? It looks kinda unoptimized tbh, and thanks for responding

[bunny de fluff]

Try this:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/233860/discussions/0/1639792569855836658/

[demarcus]

Originally posted by bunny de fluff:

Try this:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/233860/discussions/0/1639792569855836658/

Alright ill probably just buy it though. How much ram do you have? I meet everything on the recommended easily but only have 8 gb

[bunny de fluff]

I recommend Reshade mod on nexus, but you got to tweak it a bit to lessen the outline blur:

These tweaks are my personal favorites:

A few minor details that I think make for a cleaner effect overall (particularly in text)

FineSharp.fx sharpening strength 1.2 xstr 1

Lumasharpen.fx sharpening strength 3.0 sharpening limit 0.035 offset bias 0.4

Comic.fx outline 2 slope 3.0 Line Width 1 Distance Strength zslope 0.9

Colorfulposter.fx Luma Posterize Levels 20 Color Tint Strength 0.25 Effect Strength 0.25

Disable bloom ,cartoon,mode2 and tint

[bunny de fluff]

Oh, you might need at least 16 GB RAM for this or the loading and saving time will be longer.

[demarcus]

Originally posted by bunny de fluff:

I recommend Reshade mod on nexus, but you got to tweak it a bit to lessen the outline blur:

This tweak was posted by a guy named RedactedV

A few minor details that I think make for a cleaner effect overall (particularly in text)

FineSharp.fx xstr .5

Comic.fx Line Width 1

Cartoon.fx Power .1 Edge Slope .373

Oh yeah i needed to ask that. Is the nexus necessary? Or can you get all the good mods from the workshop, because its easier

[bunny de fluff]

All the god mods are on steam, sure, but this reshade mod is so good looking I just need to use it(I use the less cartoony one with the tweak to reduce blur even more to make it sharp):
https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/569?tab=description

[Rusted Cake]

Originally posted by marc:

Originally posted by Rusted Cake:

The game plays like a RTS, RPG & Survival hybrid. The vanilla game is a bit light on content so all you can really do is have your units by the mid/late game, build a HQ & kill whoever they can handle fighting against.

Melee combat boils down primarily to who has the higher stats.
So early/mid game will be primarily just farming xp, followed by more xp grinding & grinding for currency.

In the vanilla game ranged combat is very op as most enemies are melee only.

Late game will be very similar to mid game but with a little less xp farming.
Usually just having your units killing faction leaders & bosses by late game.

The typical end game is when all bosses & enemy faction leaders are dead.

Most people who still play this game prefer to heavily mod it.
There are a great many mods that fix most of the many issues with vanilla (meaning not modded) Kenshi. If you buy this game I advise going to the workshop page & very heavily modding it.

Be warned that some people will not seperate vanilla Kenshi & modded Kenshi apart in their minds. Vanilla Kenshi over all is an ok product, very flawed, but not bad. With mods it can be very fun.

I hope my comment was informative enough for you, happy shopping.

Do you have any workshop collections you'd recommend after I play vanilla for a bit? Also how well does it run modded? It looks kinda unoptimized tbh, and thanks for responding

I use a great many mods but there are a handful that are a must to fix issues with the vanilla game.

256. It's a mod that will massively increase player unit limit. Removes the 30 unit limit, ups limit to 256 units, you would NEVER need that many but removing the 30 unit cap is pretty good.

Viable Hive Soldiers. In vanilla kenshi one of the playable races your units can be is called a "Hive Soldier Drone". The devs ruined their stats so they are considered the worse unit in vanilla, despite them being intended for combat. This mod fixes that.

There are some large factions that the dev team literally gave nothing, so they take up a lot of the map but are just nude & pointless. These are high quality mods that fix them. By greatly fleshing them out.

Cannibals Expanded, Hive Expanded & Shrieking Bandits Expanded. This way you don't have literal armies of nude pointless enemy units with no reason to exist! :D

Animal Hunger Disabled, this mod will make it so your pets don't starve to death. In vanilla kenshi any pets you have will require absurd amounts of food & food is very expensive, thus making the animals not worth having.

Clothing & armor variety sucks in Kenhi so it's your pick what mods you choose to fix that.
Many great mods for it.

More Combat Animation. In vanilla kenshi, of the many forms of melee combat, only 1 has your unit unlock better moves as you level them up & that is unarmed. This mod makes it so that as your units get better at their weapons, they also get better attack animations, making them much more deadly. Great animations in this mod.

Reactive World. This will make the game have far more world states/events, vanilla has too few. To know what a world state is, look it up on the Wiki.

There are a great many quality of life mods around so I advise you to very thoroughly browse the workshop for whatever catches your eye.

[Shopping] Let the Cats out of the Bag, this mod adds an in game economy. Without this mod there is no reason to open a shop in any of the towns as literally no npc will buy from you cause they are all too poor & cannot gain wealth, this mod fixes it.

Recruitable Prisoners. Consider this mod optional, it serves a great function, anyone you capture & cage in your own facilities, you can attempt to recruit. In vanilla you have no reason to ever make any sort of prison as you cannot recruit most characters. The reason this mod is optional is that it adds a lot of dialogue & some of it can be very cringe worthy.

Weaklings Give XP. This mod's description explains it's purpose on the page, I consider this a must have. Makes the game (slightly) less of a grind.

There are many more amazing mods out there so go have fun browsing.

[Rusted Cake]

Originally posted by marc:

Im tempted to buy this and ive heard people say they have spent hundreds of hours on a single character. What do you do after leveling up and getting into a stable spot? I also heard about making a settlement for the people you control

Also a big warning for a new player (you). Building a base is to only be done in the mid to late game. A base attracts monsters/animals & raids from whatever local factions are in the region your base resides.

By default the amount of raids that happen will be ABSURD.
(literally can have thousands of enemies attack in 2 weeks time, that is literally unplayable in this game made for small scale skirmishes, no I have no idea why the devs did this)
Go into the options menu & tone anything to do with raids, waaaaaaay down, trust me lad.

Early on, if you feel the need to have a home so your unit/units can research, heal up, store their extra gear ect. Save up money & buy a home from any of the great many cities in the game. If the city has multiple shops then it might be a good option.

I suggest your units be mid level before building a base (stats around 40-50), high level if the base will be in a very dangerous area.

Edit Note: Only humans (greenlanders & scorchlanders) are allowed to live in Holy Nation territory. (the faction that rules most of the center territories). None humans will be treated as slaves. Also if a human has prosthetics they are not welcome (for religious reasons the Holy Nation will attack you on sight if your characters have prosthetic limbs) They are also distrustful / hostile to robots.

[Maladie.]

I installed this mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1971913645
For my playthrough over 200hour over this one and I m still in midgame I faild like 5 boss attempt for some i couldnt even pass their guard I lost so many mens with good stats trying to get their high tier weapon

Reaching late game is hard you migh get wiped before that with this mod if you pissed of the wrong people even with 40 people defending my base and 20 people in my main squad the one i use to raid village explore etc

And when I know i m getting raid I need to pull back my mens to defend my base because i know 40 people isnt enough to hold an assault with one Inquisitor from holy nation

If you are afraid to be bored once you reach late game just download this mod you ll enjoy every minute from early mid and late (if you reach it lol)

[~ Fabulous ~]

destroy every faction that ♥♥♥♥ on me when i was weak

[demarcus]

Originally posted by ~ Fabulous ~:

destroy every faction that ♥♥♥♥ on me when i was weak

Is it possible to defeat everyone and create a dictatorship

[cdplayer906]

for your first playthrough, mid to late game is getting the chance to actually explore the map w/ minimal repercussion. you might find yourself warring w/ whichever faction wronged you by then but usually on first play you're not consciously planning a full blown war w/ any of the major factions.

then, once you get your bearings, you wipe out the HN like the rest of us when you harbor that hate for their zealous xenophobia from previous playthroughs. it's pretty much a rite of passage, w/ slavers being a close second in needed vengeance