Axe and shield coupled with the trinket that gives a chance to kill opponent with a critical hit is hella powerful once you get your skill high enough to actually hit opponents. :)

I finished the game for first time yesterday. I did some insane things. There was a siege where i had to kill overall 75 enemies and i killed them all myself in one battle without retreating. I reached 810 turn when i killed the last one and i was still fresh. I was using the 18 dmg heavy battleaxe. Best weapon in the game. I was just one shotting them one by one. If they had shield i could just break it and then one shot them. If they had high armor i could just chop it and then one shot them. And keep respiting along the way. Each time i killed a guy i was just soamming respite until fatigue went back to 0 and i was only killing the guy on the right side and let the other guy with max fatigue so this way he would never hit me and i had to face only one guy basically. When i finished the game i had more than 10.000 score. I did the 8 of 19 endings. Lets see which one will be yours! By the way i had around 35 strength 35 weapon skill 28 agility 25 endurance and 20 coordination and the strongest armor. I killed ruffin and anyone else. I

His name should be: Axton! Since he is going to be armed ONLY with an ax and hit for a ton! But since that not a 'real' name: Paxton! Which is even more clever since Pax is Latin for peace--so he promotes peace through the use of his axe!

you know the hunting sword is good for scavenging right?

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Lovely to see another playthrough. I do say though, the fact a game like this DOESNT have a log is baffling. A way to see what you rolled would be nice as well, see the formulas of how it works.

do you mean you went back and beat ruffin with RP#1 or a seperate playthrough altogether? I'd be bummed if that fight went so disasterously on luck alone

Here's Finnish Jaguar's opinions (not facts!) - I no longer buy shields. I think its better to just not get hit through Agility - I also think spending starting points on more than 1 civic point is a waste - I like the two handed Heavy Battleaxe the most - I'm thinking luck based things are over-rated and all you need is the Lucky Devil civic trait My last game I beat end-of-game Ruffin and he was a big baby

loved the 1st playthrough. thanks for this 2nd one !

3:38 im no expert but the warhammer is a one handed weapon that does armor demage. But thats a mace not an axe so thats probably not very usefull to you in this playthrough

Since you want a name. Why not go with something generic. William Barton. Later on if he survives in his career, known as Wild Bill.

Do It Yourself is a nice Trait, since you don't need to buy Alchemy Tools or a Sewing kit. Saves you some inventory space.

Well iv gotten to like 500 Points of Manual Creation, I find it amusing that the game has "training Caps" for your stats (Like it will tell me I can't raise a stat if I try to train it till I advance in the story). Last night I ran into the SHIELD WALL Battle at Canibari. It gave me the option to DIP out twice and I said no, I ALMOST HAD IT but then the Shield Wall kept shoving me and they eventually just killed me. BUT MAN THAT WAS A GOOD RUN! Taking advantage of the Crafting system is certainly Rewarding, both in Money and Consumables mostly. Also, the Shield Braker pendent is _really good_ if your not using a weapon that can _split shields_. Like Swords or Clubs for example, cus that is still 20 shield damage on top of what you already do to a shield when your attack gets blocked. Tends to break the shield in 2 attacks from what I saw. The Nice thing about 1 handed Swords Tortuga (besides being able to have a shield), is their VERSATILITY. While not every sword has certain skills, the Arming sword seems pretty good, its got 3 different special attacks (Cripple for bleeding, Weak Point for piercing Armor, Counter Strike if you love Faints). And Swords like the Cleaver have the "Lunge" Attack which is the UNO REVERSE CARD of Heads Will Roll (It gives a Bonus to hit depending on how much reach your opponent has over you).

Here we go!

Glad to see you doing another run. I got the game on the strength of your first series of videos and have sunk a lot of time into it. Thanks for the heads up. I don't think I'd ever have stumbled across the game otherwise.

If you wanna make a beefier character you can change that in the config file (should be able to google it) to up the max stats if you don't know what to do with leftover points.

Level 404, best start confirmed :)

Pretty sure you can play the final level a second time to buy all the ants and skills for “free”. The hatch cost down skill reduces the cost down to 50 for the bullet ants.

Been listening to this playlist whilst playing euro truck simulator 2, oddly soothing content

Waiting for next episode mate keep it up

I got very into the game because of watching this series and where Random Peasant #1 managed to become a mercenary captain in Brittany, my most successful guy Athelstan VIII died a pauper fighting for a rebel band in England. What a game.

Where can you recruit new squad members? I can't find it on the UI

I know it's only been 3 days but I'm itching to see you do more of this!! The only other real play through I've found of this is done by reformist and he has absolutely no clue what he's doing so having already watched you and learning most of the mechanics makes it really hard to watch him completely fumble around. I want to get the game so bad but we're in such a tight spot, being behind on bills that even $7.34 plus tax isn't possible for me right now

Me: tries to sleep Mosquitos: 12:41

@Tortuga, have you tried Mashinky?

I love this game. HwR: Downfall was entertaining as well. This is actually where I learned the ropes. The replayability value is extremely high on Reforged and I hope for a Crusader Type of Campaign in the future. As for the England Campaign, you will need to meet some requirements: Good reputation with the soldiers and a good reputation with the Earl Northhampton. I belivve it must be some 75 or above. Then you will receive 2 offers: one, to come to france and serve as a mercenary, or you return with the Earl and the Prince to England, where the story takes another turn. But if you so wish, you can refuse both offers and return to England as a commoner / civilian.

I will admit, I didn't anticipate the ending But it was truly glorious For the Queen

The rng in this game... Hope you are not discouraged and we get more of this soon🎉

You can click on an existing vehicle and then hit clone vehicle button and it will add another of the exact same unit on the route already for you which is a nice short cut. You could have just added onto your existing train station with passenger station next to the cargo line instead of a separate terminal as well to save space. This is a great game. Lots of great mods out for it. .

Interesting. I shipped my fish when I did this mission. Your track does some cool things, going over the town, etc. :)

21:27 - BTW, you can just use a truck drop off for this, since they won't be picking anything up.

19:36 - Engineer, not Conductor. :)

Yes, this game has much more with tracks and signaling than Railway Empire.

Ruffin gives me Artorius wibes from Vinland Saga

One of my favorites! More of this one!

Huh, a game I don't actually have to buy as I already own it. Even though I've played this scenario it was really interesting to see a different take on how I did it.

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Looks really good, not exactly my cup of tea I tend to fall asleep with building games once I get to self-sufficiency somewhat. Or perhaps I play them so much bc I get hyperfocused and I get tired.

I would like to see a Crossbowmen, if they are viable. Or maybe a Greataxe wielding monster ?

Random Peasant #1 is dead, all hail Random Peasant #2. That level change at the end 135 -> 225 tho.

Very interested, can't wait to see more!

RIP Random Peasant #1, but I am looking forward for a proper run. Hope you manage a high virtue one.

why didn't you have any ale? Ale can "heal" you.

yeah people say, you could get Ruffin with some kind of super crossbow. But crossbow skill is hard to get. The first time I got Ruffin with a low level character, like 10 melee skill difference was using a sword with counterstrike. Liquid death and counter strike. Sword is fairly useless for early fights, but in the later stages with high level characters and facing off armored enemies. Counterstrike and weak spot is really useful. I like having an axe, destroy shields, and then pull the sword with poison for counterstrike and and weak spot.

That prestige at -336 is wild

Ruffin is a wildcard for sure. I still die to him sometimes with maxed stats and good items.

It was actually SIX feints you failed in a row. ;-( Don't know as I don't play the game, BUT, in the intermediate battle when you still had followers alive, if you had RECOVERED instead of SEARCHING, would THEY (and you, of course) recover? If so, would be the other major thing to keep your buddies alive. EDIT: In fact, you were 100% VIRTUOUS! ;-)

Alternate title: Random Peasant #1 vs Randon Number.

Ironic that Random Peasant #1 dies via some XCOM level RNG luck, or rather unluck. Still, super entertaining run, Tortuga. Lots of points to spend now.

GGs :(