Ancestors

Written by Odo Tournesol on 2024-11-23 at 02:16

I have decided that my hibernation-season play activity is going to be beating every single Warhammer 3 campaign on Normal/Legendary difficulty.

Total War is probably my most-played game series and I've been puttering with the Warhammer series for years. Hoping that by accomplishing this I can finally put that game to bed and move onto other comfort hyperfixations.

Rules:

Complete 1 campaign route (short campaign) for it to count.

There are no other rules.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eIWB07t1fFj8tL1wK4kyW0X05-sZqkDLrSvbMykxzQY/edit?usp=sharing

Going to document it on this spreadsheet because I'm a dork.

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Written by Odo Tournesol on 2024-11-23 at 02:18

I am using a random spinner to pick which faction I do next.

First up is Avelorn, a High Elf faction. https://totalwarwarhammer.fandom.com/wiki/Avelorn

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Written by Odo Tournesol on 2024-11-24 at 04:14

Averlorn campaign complete on Turn 89. I probably could have completedly it about 25 turns earlier if I'd been laser focused on building up the capital building and force alliances through trading settlements, but I'd never really played the High Elves so I was trying to figure out their playstyle.

Hardest battle was turn 40 when I had a running fight against a Dark Elf Bloodvoyage. Had to put it on half speed to micro all my archers. (I should have recorded a video of that battle. Next time.)

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Written by Odo Tournesol on 2024-11-24 at 04:22

I think I will keep this to one campaign a week so I don't burn out. If they all last 50-100 turns I can probably do each one in a couple evenings.

I'll post the next one when I pick it. I decided to make myself an extra rule: as much as possible I'll avoid playing the same Race back to back. So next week no Elves

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Written by Odo Tournesol on 2024-11-24 at 23:55

Couldn't sleep last night due to anxiety so I started another campaign. This time It's Karaz-a-Karak (Dwarf Faction) with High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer.

Leading an army of permanently angry / aggrieved short kings feels appropriate right now.

The campaign routes for this one are kind of long. Gonna be a slog.

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Toot

Written by Odo Tournesol on 2024-11-26 at 05:10

A particularly bloody battle against the Chaos Dwarves, but superior spitefulness wins the day.

https://youtu.be/cnpUea8mwx8

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Descendants

Written by Odo Tournesol on 2024-11-26 at 06:00

Karaz-a-Karak Campaign complete in 71 turns. I thought this was going to take longer, but apparently all you have to do is conquer the right settlement to find the Anvil. Now to fight the final battle and call it a grudge settled..

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Written by Odo Tournesol on 2024-11-26 at 23:44

Forgot it's US Thanksgiving weekend which means there's no point in applying for more jobs this week and that means more time to campaign.

This time the wheel turned up The Awakened - a Vampire Coast faction led by Luthor Harkon. Zombie Pirates and Blood-sucking sea captains.

This campaign doesn't have an overhauled set of victory conditions, so it will probably be quick.

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Written by Odo Tournesol on 2024-11-28 at 02:00

So, this campaign has been very rough. Apparently some changes to the way shooting works between TWW2 and TWW3 has made them much weaker. There is also apparently a bug with their mid-tier gun until where the rounds go over the heads of any human-sized or smaller enemy. I tried 5 restarts yesterday and by turn 30 in each game I encountered the nearest enemy faction's full stack and there was no way to beat them.

I'm going to investigate the mod system to see if I can make the adjustments needed myself. Maybe that would be a fun December adventure. Until then I am going to roll another faction.

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