Max Brothers Mod (18 bro fights)

[Vektor T]

Does anyone here ever tried it? How much does it affect balance? I love the idea of having more brothers fighting at the same time especially in the most difficult battles, but I do not want things to become to easy. So... opinions?

ps: for those who dont know there is a mod that increase from 12 to 18 the number of brothers you can have in a single battle. Also... the mod currently don't work with the new DLC, but maybe it will soon.

[Óðinn]

There seems to be a small amount of difficulty scaling with more men, just as if you had reservese + 12 men, but generally it is easier with 18 active men than with just 12 active men as you can have an entire back row of crossbowmen behind a full shield wall and demolish most stuff by the time it gets to melee range.

I'd recommened Expert difficulty, then it feels quite 'balanced', otherwise if you know what you're doing it is a bit too easy.

[Óðinn]

I stopped using it because I'm enjoying the DLC, and it crashes the game. I'd love to see it updated for the DLC, then I'd start a new campaign with it on Expert.

[Vektor T]

Publicado originalmente por Óðinn:

There seems to be a small amount of difficulty scaling with more men, just as if you had reservese + 12 men, but generally it is easier with 18 active men than with just 12 active men as you can have an entire back row of crossbowmen behind a full shield wall and demolish most stuff by the time it gets to melee range.

I'd recommened Expert difficulty, then it feels quite 'balanced', otherwise if you know what you're doing it is a bit too easy.

That's one of the things I was thinking: does increasing the difficulty does balance it out for an average player? Also, I will wait for the update of the mod too. I remember playing Battle Brothers in 2017 but I totally forgot about it until Steam suggested it, and now it have a shinny new DLC that I totally want to try.

[High Voltage]

It does not work with the new dlc anyway and the mod has not been updated.

[FredDie]

Everything is balanced around 12 man roster so one of those mods when you want to play the game, but not really.

[Óðinn]

Publicado originalmente por FredDie:

Everything is balanced around 12 man roster so one of those mods when you want to play the game, but not really.

Yes....however, without the mod, once you have more than 12 men (ie: 12 active men + reserves) your encounters still seem to scale marginally upwards in difficulty regardless of having the same number of active brothers. So there seems to be something more to it, although in essence it is clear the game design is inteded to be only for 12 active brothers.

[Gleichgewicht]

ok, so this is updatet for the last dlc?

Does it break achievements?
Is it savegame compatible?

What do you think when the new northern dlc will come out? then the mod will be broken again, right?

[Love Gun]

Publicado originalmente por Gleichgewicht:

ok, so this is updatet for the last dlc?

Does it break achievements?
Is it savegame compatible?

What do you think when the new northern dlc will come out? then the mod will be broken again, right?

Rather ask your questions in this thread:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/365360/discussions/3/1741106440025115352/?ctp=2#c1741106440039005068