How do you make units.

[Mr. HeadButt]

I jumped into Skirmish but can't figure out how to make units.

[Jolly the Joker]

You need to click on a building spot in a settlement (your starting town) and build a creature dwelling. After that a visiting hero can recruit the creatures - or you can select the town and then klick the defense button and hire them for the town garrison.

[Mr. HeadButt]

Originally posted by Jolly the Joker:

You need to click on a building spot in a settlement (your starting town) and build a creature dwelling. After that a visiting hero can recruit the creatures - or you can select the town and then klick the defense button and hire them for the town garrison.

thank you

[o4zloiroman]

How 'bout you jump to campaign and beat the first mission instead of asking these stupid ass questions?

[Toni 'Bō' Jones]

Originally posted by o4zloiroman:

How 'bout you jump to campaign and beat the first mission instead of asking these stupid ass questions?

How about to be nice to strangers online, who're genuinely using the forums the way it meant to be used? Instead of resurrecting already answered topics [couple of days old, no less] with the ultimate reason to be salty?

I mean come on, we've all been there, not fully grasping something and coming online to ask for help.

[sandman25dcsss]

Am I the only one who hasn't started any campaigns despite having 25 hours in the game?

[Toni 'Bō' Jones]

Originally posted by sandman25dcsss:

Am I the only one who hasn't started any campaigns despite having 25 hours in the game?

My first try was skirmish with a friend who basically was helping me with everything. I knew the basics but it still was hard to jump in without any kinda tutorial. I started First Song and played it a bit and didn't like much and started playing maps for a day or two, trying things and factions. I then returned to campaign and started them again, on hard, and played slowly, reading and learning everything and I have to say that's how I fell in love with the game and lore. Knowing characters' background and idea behind factions my jam in this game and I'm into the last Rana mission now and will replay them again.

I see why you never played the campaigns, however. learning through skirmish and being bale to pick any faction is great fun too.

[sandman25dcsss]

Toni 'Bō' Jones
Thanks for sharing! Maybe I will play campaign some day, I've read lots of complains about too hard missions and it makes me curious as skirmisher AI is so weak no matter what we tried. Currently we are playing a coop game (2 humans vs 6 AIs) and so far AI does nothing but suicides its wielders by putting them adjacent to our main wielders.

[Toni 'Bō' Jones]

Originally posted by sandman25dcsss:

Toni 'Bō' Jones
Thanks for sharing! Maybe I will play campaign some day, I've read lots of complains about too hard missions and it makes me curious as skirmisher AI is so weak no matter what we tried. Currently we are playing a coop game (2 humans vs 6 AIs) and so far AI does nothing but suicides its wielders by putting them adjacent to our main wielders.

No problem! Honestly, I found AI in skirmish to be better/harder then in campaigns but maybe it's because when I played the maps I still didn't know alot of things, units, factions and also tried alot with Barya, not knowing they are rather challenging and requires knowledge and research. I've played few maps recently and won quite quickly, but once I'm done with campaigns I will move to skirmish.

Campaigns difficultly is in question. Iv'e read that First [Arleon] was hard on mission 3 and 4 so I was mentally prepared to be eliminated but they felt more manageable, that the first two missions, actually, haha. For me anyway. First 2 missions on hard are limited in rounds and not knowing much you most likely will replay them, reload your saves - but for learning purpose playing on hard is great - it better prepares you, in my opinion.

With Rana campaign, it does feel a bit challenging, starting with the very beginning, but again - you have to think like Rana and be aggressive/offensive and there are multiple ways to beat the first mission which I found pretty interesting. They [Rana] are more challenging than Arleon, and if you will just wait and sit and won't take risks you will be overwhelmed with AI armies and power, but again, 'adopting' Rana mindset and going full berserk mode, it gets easier. I think it was intended to be and devs it subtle, but smart way to pay attention for story, not just mindlessly going in motion, and I made that mistake at first. So maybe, difficulty wise, it will be worth to try. Devs also said they might add 2 more difficulties in the future - easy and very hard and I'm looking forward to it.

Wish you and your friend lots of fun and challenging (and smart) AI ~

[sandman25dcsss]

Originally posted by Toni 'Bō' Jones:

Wish you and your friend lots of fun and challenging (and smart) AI ~

Thank you and the same to you!
Oops, I didn't know some missions are limited in rounds, I really hate such limits because this typically means the missions cannot be won on first playthrough.

[Toni 'Bō' Jones]

Originally posted by sandman25dcsss:

Originally posted by Toni 'Bō' Jones:

Wish you and your friend lots of fun and challenging (and smart) AI ~

Thank you and the same to you!
Oops, I didn't know some missions are limited in rounds, I really hate such limits because this typically means the missions cannot be won on first playthrough.

There are only first two Arleon missions [that are limited], and only on hard (on normal there are no limits) and I only restarted first mission once, after few rounds just because I realized I made a mistake. Limits give you additional pressure, but frankly, if you know the game already you're good to go. Second mission might be tougher, but I finished it on my first try wit just one round left (39 out of 40) and next time I replayed I had like 4-5 more turns, and I am, by no means SoC expert or good player, so give it a go.

And thank you!