Story campaigns vs Custom campaign

[Cloud Kicker]

After having finished the Story campaign is there any reason to do so again ? or could you just as well go with Custom campaigns ? What, if any, are the drawbacks of doing so ?

The only thing my 10 minutes experience showed me was that with Custom campaigns you start with your wife straight off the bat. And talking to the Raven is not an option.

[Raze_Larian]

Yes, in a custom campaign you just don't get the story aspects on the Raven.
You can adjust the advanced options, though (button by the map selector dropdown), to change some of the the rules (increase unit build cost to make strategy map units more important, etc).

[Stabbey]

I think one of the only reasons why I would replay the story campaign again would be if they updated the game to allow for use of the Custom Campaign options in the story campaign. I consider them making THAT much of a difference in the gameplay.

I now prefer to play with Double Unit/Building Costs, Double Dragon Spawn Cost, Increased Dragon Spawn Time, and 70 starting Recruits (Enough for a Battle Forge and a Recruitment Citadel). That changes the gameplay in a pretty huge way. It makes starting units vastly more important, and slows unit production down a lot, making tactics involving micro easier and more worthwhile.


Other than that, the only major differences is that Acts 1 and 3 aren't there, there's no marriage episode, and no Raven to talk to.