Which horde is the most fun?

[Zeabolos]

Topic. I'm the sort of person who still plays on normal/normal and that doesn't guarantee a win, and I want to try something a bit different. I've got my eyes on Sigvald or the new Lizardmen horde, but which Legendary Lord do people say is the most fun to play? Not necessarily easiest/hardest, just the one that has the most engaging time.

[The Rogue Roman]

I recommend Archaon. He's an absolute beast in melee and has very strong magic.

[Erikkustrife]

Nakai can be a lot of fun but in terms of which horde provides the most amount of fun i think everyone will agree on either nocilus or Luthur Harkon of the vampire coast.

[Captainbeastfeast (Rat-ee-JiK)]

Hordes arent that great tbh, but I would pick sigvald of the WoC because he has fast horde growth and free marauder units.

Second place goes to morghur, because who DOESN't want free chaos spawn hordes?

[Iriath Zhul]

Khazrak because he turns his army into a melee glass cannon and it's hysterical. Can shatter armies in an ambush in less than one minute.

[Teh_Diplomat]

I found the most enjoyable way to play Horde campaigns is to play them in bursts. Since there's a lot less to do in terms of management, I find I get bored/lose focus.

However, managing a massive empire in mid-to-late game can feel like your just a comptroller for your faction; and it's at that point that I'll switch over to my Kholek Suneater campaign, smash some stuff up, then I'm good again for more management.


Oh and I should add that Kholek's campaign is massive amounts of fun; pun intended.

[Sins]

Nakai's has the best gameplay imo, but Kholek's campaign is fun. While chaos is as vanilla as you can possibly get for a horde faction, having a giant implacable death god really spices up combat.

[BLANK]

Count Noctilus by a long shot. 2nd would be Archaon in my book because you just feel like the Terminator himself with him and his infantry.

[MadArtillery]

Nakai is pretty fun. Having a vassel you can summon decent armies for is quite helpful especially when they can sometimes be quite active participants. Have to deal with all the inconsistency with vassels though.

I've found I usually just quit my chaos campaigns early as they arn't that much fun. Being a mercenary for clan moulder can be interesting though.

Beastmen I find more fun than chaos but you might find it a bit terrifying if you're still having on normal. I think the ai is bugged or something aggression wise vs beastmen and you'll have swarms from the far end of the map chasing you straight into the chaos wastes en mass. I don't run into anything similar with chaos which is why I think it has to be a bug of some sort.

[Reaver79]

Hmm matter of taste i guess, the beastmen is a drag to play if you ask me, the whole moon cycle is a ♥♥♥♥♥ mechanik so much time wasted.. That said they have a little more fun spread in units than the WoC.. Usually play Archy when i wanna play a horde.

[Alex]

Having just finished a Nakai VH/N Vortex campaign, I'd have to vote against him. I mean, he's fun as a character, but the campaign was basically just doing a big damn spiral through Lustria, taking it over (or working with Itza/Hex), whilst gritting my teeth about money issues which mean that you basically can't afford to field a second army until long after it's ceased mattering.

What's particularly funny is that you can tech and building up so you could potentially field what, 10+ armies? But you'll never have the cash to field more than two (not with real units in them) before you win the game (certainly on Vortex - even in a big slow ME game I'd be shocked if you could field more than 3, maybe 4 at the outside, before you'd won). So that's weird.

I do like the idea of the Defenders, and that mechanic works pretty well (instant 14-unit garrison with walls can hold off all but the most aggressive attackers even on VH where doomstacks are common), but overall I found him to be one of the less-fun hordes I played. Also the way it plays out, at least on VH, means you're likely to be doing a lot of battles with a Kroxigor-heavy army, which is fun to watch (death roll!!!!) but not exactly tactically complex or engaging gameplay-wise.

Personally I think most fun I've had as horde-based armies as been as either Warriors of Chaos - particularly Sigvald (who seems less OP/cheesy than Archaon/Kholek), or Beastmen with Malagor or Morghur. Sigvald is such a tremendous jerk that it makes him more fun, too, especially with one very notable quest battle speech.

As for the Vampire Coast, I feel like they have both the annoyances of fixed-place armies, and horde armies, so unless you want a complicated compromise, they're not the way to go. When I play a horde army, I want to be, y'know, a horde, not a dude with a bunch of cities to defend.

[The Rogue Roman]

I also highly recommend using a mod like SFO (which is currently being updated for the latest patch). It makes horde mechanics for Chaos and Beastmen more interesting.

[pokerhabs]

I would say Archaon since I don't consider vampirates as a horde.

But playing a horde in Mortal Empire is like playing a wait-your-turn simulator.

Too bad there's only Nakai on Vortex. I personaly wasnt impressed at all.

[Captainbeastfeast (Rat-ee-JiK)]

vamp coast dont really count as a hoard faction because they can also settle on land as well as establish pirate coves. They are really more of a hybrid faction.in game.

[Ashley]

Hordes aren't that fun tbh taking away settlements+ unique building bonuses takes away a good deal of the fun. So i would say there really aren't any fun horde factions.

[Kaaz]

Nakai is a good un, failing that i always love a good beastmen campaign of carnage.

Or even travel forward in time and partake in the skaven horde! (Please floaty ca voices from above)