Picts Attack New Asagarth! - Conan Exiles NPC Battle

[@rh840]

Man, NPC fights are usually boring. You curated this so well, it was really entertaining. Great job, subbed.

[@dankujcreations]

Thanks, I appreciate that! I'm still trying to figure some things out and work within the confines of the game, but they are fun to create.

[@AdisiTaliWaya]

I play as a pict archer who wears the pictish brave armor on the isle of siptah and love all videos that people do that have picts in them. There are not many who play as them or do videos with or on them. I wish more would do such videos on battles, village builds, character builds and more.

[@dankujcreations]

That sounds cool, do you use Pict looking thralls too or just solo? I definitely will be doing more Pict/Barbarian battle videos. Eventually some sort of rise to warchief story. Some will most likely have buildings or camps that I build myself, so hopefully you can use that for some inspiration. I personally hope we can see more Pict or viking type cosmetic DLC down the road. Also if they add magic, I have so many ideas just waiting lol.

[@AdisiTaliWaya]

@@dankujcreations With the fact that the cimmerians are the mortal enemies of the picts. I always capture the cimmerian female npcs while killing off the males and turn them into picts by puting them in pictish armor, hyena fur armor and dyed darfari skin armor. I also dye the nordheimer settlers chest armor and gloves then add the pictish wolf headdress to it dyed in the same color it gives the headdress a realistic primitive look to it. The conan picts never made their things and would have others make them or they would take them off the dead bodies. I also only use primitive weapons that are made of bone, wood and stone and no metal items. My game play style follows both real pictish history and conan lore history. I even have them in a pictish village with round hut like homes and thatched pointed roofs much like the real pictish homes with one large version that is a council building and home for a chief. Their is also a large wheel of pain in the middle of the village and a altar to Yog & Jhebbal Sag placed in the village because real picts worshipped animals and the conan picts were cannibals like the darfari but they also ate other things as well. If your ever on my youtube chanel I have a link to my public facebook page at the top right. There I have a lot of photos of the armors, weapons and and all the primitive decorations I use.

[@dankujcreations]

@@AdisiTaliWaya So cool, you definitely put a lot of thought into. When I played on my private server, I followed similar gameplay constraints for roleplay/immersion purposes. I did more of an ancient Chinese theme using a mix of the Yamatai and Khitan gear. If you are on PC, you should check Savage Steel mod, they have Pict Tents that sound perfect for you. I'll check out your pictures for sure, thanks for sharing!

[@AdisiTaliWaya]

@@dankujcreations Your quite welcome. No im playing on Xbox One S but I have sent a suggestion to funcom about letting us console players have the ability to either craft or place items on the maps that we can click on and get recipies to be able to have the same building homes and log spiked wall as the nordhimers that you see in and around New Asagarth and the mound homes found in the Mounds of The Dead. Even if they made it a dlc I would buy it.

[@dankujcreations]

@@AdisiTaliWaya Fingers crossed! If they can't give consoles mods, hopefully Funcom can keep adding stuff so everyone has more options, would be cool.

[@Don_Beto_ptr]

the dude choosing the torch was hilarious

[@dankujcreations]

lol, I thought so too. I'll have to remember not to give lamplighters 2 handed weapons haha.

[@rembrandtshadows]

Those shoebills were sure scary looking!

[@dankujcreations]

I love the DLC armor for them, I hope Funcom adds more in the future.

[@Slipshodape]

the last thing i need funcom to introduce is toop formation

[@dankujcreations]

I can see that for PVP stuff for sure. I only play PVE or SP/Co-op so I would personally love troop formations haha. It would be great for videos.

[@Slipshodape]

The game will function like total war Rome 2 if they add troop formation. I was expecting this aspect and magic for long ago. I mostly play on official pvp servers.

[@dankujcreations]

@@Slipshodape I agree, wouldn’t be good for pvp. I’d love to see magic introduced. I think there are rumors that they are working on that.

[@jacobstika6491]

Awesome bro do exiled land thralls vs siptah thralls next

[@dankujcreations]

Thanks! Good idea, I'll be mixing in Siptah stuff as well in the future, so stay tuned!

[@haden636]

I always loved the picts armor design.

[@dankujcreations]

Me too! They mix pretty well with a lot of different themes too which is cool

[@haden636]

@@dankujcreations I'm new to your channel and I love what you're doing keep up the great work 👍

[@dankujcreations]

@@haden636 thanks and welcome!

[@verite-blessante1290]

Very nice ! 👍🏻

[@dankujcreations]

Thanks! Hoping to have next one up tomorrow. Will also start venturing into other games as well so stay tuned!

[@semihpek6515]

Creative cinematic conan :)

[@dankujcreations]

Thanks! I'm working on some things to hopefully get some more cinematic shots of the action.

[@Bubbles99718]

Where was Ladagara, her fury woulda rolled thru like a storm

[@dankujcreations]

LOL, yeah I had to keep her out of this one for exactly that reason.

[@Bubbles99718]

@@dankujcreations Could of had an "all is lost" moment then she shows up with her hunting party to save the day. :)

[@Deliberateleo]

Nice work. At first I thought you got some players together along with their thralls, but now I realize they were all NPC's because there was not one dodge/roll in sight :-> Did you create a mod? How much coding did you have to do? On a creative note, the story needs a stronger beginning and ending. Maybe focusing on opposing heroes?

[@dankujcreations]

Glad you liked it! Correct, it's all NPC's that are fighting. Not in this video, but I only use players to try and capture certain emotes or thrall outfits. The only mods I use right now are Fashionista, Immersive Armor, Better Thralls, and UI one. I think there is a Server Management mod called Pippi that allows you to make scenario's which I am looking into. I appreciate the feedback. I agree on the stronger beginning and ending, something I'm trying to work on gradually. People seem to lose interest when the intro is too long, so I want to find a good sweet spot for that. I love the idea of opposing heroes and continued story and plan to do that in the future. My recent prison break video introduces characters that will definitely be back in some capacity.

[@Deliberateleo]

@@dankujcreations My suggestion would be not to skimp on the intro. It should be the bit of excitement that wets their appetite to get them through to the end. It has to have a hook. The battles are the crescendo (rising anxiety - uncertain outcome). This need not be the longest portion of the video. The final climax and resolution should either bring closure and satisfaction or uncertainty for the future if you want to do a part 2. If you're looking for an idea, you could create a simple duel perhaps between Conan and some other character. What are their motivations? What is at stake? How does it end? How is the winner changed? I'd be happy to help you brainstorm such a thing. Some elements would be difficult to represent but could be narrated.

[@dankujcreations]

@@Deliberateleo I love the Conan idea. I do hope to incorporate more storytelling moving forward. I enjoy battle videos, but my overall goal is to have fun cinematic videos you can just pop on for a few minutes and enjoy. Similar to the Astartes Project (Warhammer 40k Fan Video).

[@Deliberateleo]

@@dankujcreations sounds like fun. I hadn’t seen the Astarte project until now. Although, I don’t think it’s fair to compare yourself to that. The video I saw was an animation not a machinima. In that video, they are tightly controlling camera angles, lighting and character actions.

[@dankujcreations]

@@Deliberateleo haha more inspiration than comparison, but I get what you mean. I hope to have the resources one day to do something so finely controlled, but I imagine that’s hard unless it’s something like Arma that has like a scenario editor.

[@Mikesman1000]

Legendary!

[@dankujcreations]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed

[@Mikesman1000]

@@dankujcreations I saw you already made Picts/Nords/Nemedians, but! Can you make Khitan/Yamatai Aquilonian/Argossean battle?

[@dankujcreations]

@@Mikesman1000 Sounds good to me! I'll add to list and start thinking of some ideas. I already have a cool idea for a Khitan/Yamatai video which I'm working on.

[@jamescobun7395]

Look at the ridiculous spawn rate of the NPCs. I tried to get some of the recipe books and I couldn't get close. It took me and 5 others to clear the spawn long enough for us to get a book.

[@dankujcreations]

I think the default spawn is way too fast as well. If you have access, you can change that spawn rate though. I think it's called NPC respawn multiplier in the admin settings. For this video, I placed a ton of the npcs running around though.

[@jamescobun7395]

Is it me or do you believe that Conan exiles needs a better Nordic DLC?

[@NorseGraphic]

You can clear out enough to get the books/recipes etc with one thrall. Main point, you need decent heavy armor on you as well as the thrall. Eg. Redeemed Legion Armor (heavy) is a very good set to use. In my example, I use the Star Metal War Axe to do the job, while the thrall can have a legendary weapon (eg. Sword of Crom, Blade of the Adventurer) and have similar armor. It doesn't hurt to cook the special fish to add Vitality, Strength, etc. to Attributes. I focus on Strength and Vitality, not so much on carry weight and Survival. And lastly, tactics. I clear out portions before I advance; first the gate area, then the inner part inside the gate, then the clearing etc. Don't attack every NPC you see, they'll overwhelm you. I recently went on farming the language-books, and this was how I got the two languages in New Asgarth. Edit. On the official server, mind you.

[@dankujcreations]

@@jamescobun7395 I don't really know much about Conan lore, so I don't know if Nordic DLC would fit. Personally my answer is yes lol. I love Viking style stuff, so I wouldn't complain if they add more to Conan Exiles.

[@dankujcreations]

@@NorseGraphic Thanks for sharing the tips and strategy. I don't play on official servers, so I took like 5 thralls (Better Thralls Mod) to help me clear this base out when I originally played lol.

[@PauloCesar-cr4tf]

Great battle, but the nordemites would win much easier if Ladagara was in the battle too :) 🇧🇷

[@dankujcreations]

Haha, I had her in there initially but she was too powerful for the thralls I set up for the video. She might make an appearance with Dalinsa in the future though :).

[@draco4350]

Insane... LOL! :D

[@dankujcreations]

Thanks! Bigger battles planned for sure.

[@antonidas8658]

tell me please, did you spawn them or rewrite them manually?

[@dankujcreations]

The Picts are thralls on follow. I sometimes change their behavior via the ingame thrall wheel. Depending on situation, I sometimes tell them to unfollow, then I run and grab more. The base is a mix of the spawned NPCs via admin panel and the NPCs that are already there. Hope that helps!

[@antonidas8658]

@@dankujcreations Thanks)

[@honkykong4672]

Let’s be real here, Theimos could solo new Asagarth

[@dankujcreations]

LOL. I'm actually working on a few videos for the top thralls. I'd love to start incorporating existing characters and made up ones into the battles. I just need to find a good balance and make sure they are sturdy, but not too strong to kill npc's in one shot because it makes it a little harder to get good scenes.

[@NorseGraphic]

I prefer Janos, or even Lian. 30 in Strength upfront at level zero, and build up from there.... When they're level 20, they can indeed solo everything, if the roll of the dice (attributes) pays off. Nothing worse to get a fighter-thrall get +5 in Accuracy when you want those points in Strength. Or even Vitality, but the latter is edging towards Dalinsia Snowhunter-territory.