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Trading settlements is good, but it's just a bonus compared to Quick Deal and Balance Offer.

It's amazingly useful when playing as the chaos factions, being able to gift a vassal as much land as you want. I usually pick a favorite vassal and give them all the land I conquer

I’m learning that if I trade settlements that keep getting harrassed by baddies I save my self countless stressful moments lol

It's also better now because you don't have to worry about your ally/someone you don't want to go to war with taking the last region of the province you've been trying to conquer. In wh2 you either had to accept you wouldn't get the whole province or go to war with a faction you'd rather not war, just for that 1 settlement.

@@RyANWaLlEt hochland in my festus campaign lmao

Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of the women.

this has basically been my dwarf campaign lol

@@yfna1 😂🙌 yeeess!!

That sounds like something Tyrion could say.

Herds be like “No”

Dude I tired playing warhammer 2 after playing warhammer 3 and like it’s just not fun. The improvements have drastically change the play of the game and I love it. (Not saying warhammer 2 is bad , but that there sun much cool new shit you can do in 3)

@@foxthewatersnail4999 bro i still paly Warhammer 1. And I own all 3.

@@Chibbygaming why?

@@rinserofwinds tis good

The Balance Offer button doesn't actually get you the maximum amount of gold but it gets you pretty close. There's usually room to squeeze a few to even a hundred more gold after you balance depending on the ammount of the gold traded.

That has to be done very carefully though, since every faction you come into contact with might declare war on you. So by defeating one enemy for good you might be producing two more. Better to trade blows with some enemies and "farm" them for experience to level up lords and heroes in that case.

I like to say, don't focus on where to expand, focus on who to genocide

@@MaSOneTwo A good way to mitigate it is to early on invest into a second lord as you get more income from upgrading your main province and expanding. Doesn't need a full army or a good one, just a lord that can be backup and patrol between settlements too far away from your main army. Usually that keeps the enemy from attacking you if they declare war, but also it increases your strength rank which also makes it less likely for them to declare war cause if the AI sees you as weaker you're more prone to be a target. Later on that lord can become your second army whilst you build a 3rd to act as the back up, and once you have a 3rd lord out with a 4th to defend, you can split your 2nd lord from your LL, as the 2nd likely become powerful enough now and your LL can likely take on 2-3 armies at once now, to fight at two fronts with the 3rd backing up the 2nd. It's usually how I play and it tends to always work out well. Ofc some stuff happens that switches it up, but it's a good strategy to base your armies on if you don't know what to do with them, to always have a back-up army that can cover your territory or move in to aid whenever needed when your territory is very small.

@@prinstyrio0 yeah, good write up, I hope it helps some people who are struggling. This is the basics as far as I am concerend.

@@prinstyrio0 also useful to let that second lord join all the battles and level up fast. Reinforcements gain 50% of the xp, so try to start the battle with your main army/ the lord you want to level. Sometimes I just have three lords and a hero moving together without units and let them clear an area

I feel like razing doesnt do much against AI, they cheat anyway, right?

@@ExceedProduction It kills half of their army when they resettle, i abuse the shit out of it while being persued by enemy armies and ambush as beastmen. Get your agent to stay near it, so the enemies agent swarm around him, rather than find your ambush encampment and you never really fight a fair fight.

@@hisokamorow6709 But some of them recover that 50% in a single turn (the same one they lose for occupying the site anyway!)

I find it useful to occupy when in regions where attrition would apply. Stay there for the turn end to avoid attrition/gain replenishment, then abandon the site when you move on to the next.

@@tpyographic You only get replenishment when you make a full turn, so if you attack them right after they have resettled it will be at 50%. It's even more bonkers if u do it with the LL beastman that negates replenishment in local region.

Masterpiece? I read people hate this game I love it but Jesus there people who say a dlc this motng would fix all.... Don't get it

This is why Boris is my only chaos rift victory so far

Imrik campaign is literally this lol. I've beaten multiple campaigns with vampire counts, nurgle, the empire, and skaven, but Imrik and the general Kislev campaigns are tough as hell

@@jademers88 Imrik is really easy now? Only real threat is Kugath and he's far enough away that by the time you fight him you have at least 1 extra dragon and can wreck him. Imrik in Warhammer 2 is actually hard because you have no choice but to play a certain strategy for your first 10 turns (bum rush Clan Eshin as hard as you can otherwise they will stomp you). Immortal Empires has changed Imrik into one of the easiest starts by far!

I have found that the AI push for peace or confederation after their armies are crushed. they simply want to buy time to regroup which you might be able to take advantage of

@@SilverGuard yeah and after 6 turn they are back on the attack, but if you attack them in 10 turns you get a penalty on trust

​ @huang george Not all of them tho it mostly depends on their personality traits if it says they are untrustworthy or something like that then yeah they do that %90

They need to come up with a way to fix this. I also wish total war games required some sort of Casus belli.

Stellaris fixes this by making a faction incapable of attacking someone for ten years (or in this case it could be turns) after breaking a NAP, which also makes you consider it more carefully even if you're not concerned with reputation.

I haven't perfected anything since wh1 lol, but you're right. I find that simply knowing which factions become an issue quickly allows you to know how to tackle a campaign. For example, the vampire counts on warhammer 2 after the empire update would just go nuclear so quickly. So planning accordingly and basically sacking their major cities before. Before you're able to finally take all of Sylvania. I found to be the best strategy for me.

Yea the AI will pay you way more for a settlement that isnt straight garbage. This *Seems* to include unique building chains. Such as the ones you might find in Vauls Anvil's. Eataine paid me almost 20K for a Vauls Anvil that didnt even have the unique building yet. He wouldnt pay me more than 10K for ANY other settlement and i sold him like the entire dark elf region.

Bro same thing, weird

Just as planned

Malus is next on my list to f*ck with no pleasure. 10 turns. He's gone.

Same thing, strange

Bait Lords are also great for pulling enemies out of position. Put them in Force March if you can.

I think Lustria particularly suffers from this, since, especially central-southeastern Lustria is all Marsh and other hard to move through stuff, actually getting armies around is tough.

It is people say AI is passive true they're cowardly at times. But my experience in VH/N every campaign is War Declaration turn after turn by random Races and Factions. Ganking you from every direction, ad Mannfred and later I tried Festus is a nightmare!

I like it alot as well. I also feel like it is on alot of ways more fair. I find when you are winning on the campaign map the AI will either try to build up it's defenses in areas it controls or if desperate launch an attack with whatever they can. I also found the diplomatic relations tend to be better in this game than the others. The AI will seek peace at times. It feels a bit more realistic (as much as you could expect it you know deamons, undead, orks and of course Fantasy Germans 🤣

BROKEN. You wanted to say broken, not challenging. When whole world for no reason goes in war with you, it's broken, not challenging. And since diplo is a 💩💩💩 in WH, well... Almost no way to get peace, but kill every unfriendly thing

@@suriil9875 there is a reason why, but i realized it too late because i always forget to look in to the diplomacy screen and check out whats going on. I had situations where i got settlements for free because of good relationship etc.

Certainly a fair point. Although not sure I'd get a Non-Aggression for 1k but yeah, you're right. For me though, I just prefer to get the security and focus on fighting the wars I'm in. I'm personally not that efficient with money. Dats not da Orc way.

Nice tip, I would add that in some situation, it can be a good deal. Sometimes, you can't afford to wait 11 turns or you may need that 2k right away to build a emergency army or something. You access your situation and figure out if it a good deal or not, that what make this game so fun for me

Most people don't even reach the 150 turns in any given campaign before they move on and my man is talking about 500+ turns...

@@MaSOneTwo That man speaks facts

Zerk is probably used to playing legendary in TWW2 and it would be impossible to maintain public order in a lone settlement. However with the public order changes in TWW3 and a begginer playing in normal / hard it shouldn't be a problem

Yeah. Especially since Skaven usually can get along with Chaos. Also gives you easy Undercities, which have a few extra benefits

Not really a problem in TWW3 in my experience as long as you build a rift blocking building in every province

The best thing ive heard for WHEN you recruit a new army. Is WHEN you NEED it. It seems simple but its also very easy to mismanage and destroy your economy or have your faction destroyed because you didnt utilise your economy.

Think he has a guide on army composition. Main point: take what works for you and what you like. If artillery works but it kills the fun, go for the cavalry that makes you happy, or the other way around. What is your strategy? Move around the enemy with fast units while the rest of the army hides? Burn the enemy with magic while a tough frontline shields your mages? Hamer and anvil all the way? Try to group units together, so your lord skills best buff the army, and build the army with a goal/ enemy in mind. Should you create a one-trick pony, make sure you send it to an enemy that can not hard counter it. It is useful to have one or two fast units to wipe out enemy units that start running. Not coming back to the fight is good. Not coming to the next fight is even better. Keep an eye on upkeep. Find out what upkeep for your current army is and if you can afford another one a little more expensive and still have money left for buildings. If you can, time to start an army. If you can't, upgrade your income buildings. Also: if you have an army, use it. Else it is only money doing nothing. Train your lords. If you are not ready to take on another enemy yet, you might toy with the last one: loot their last settlement, but don't capture or raze. Lords and heroes get a fixed amount of xp for a battle, independent of enemy numbers. A good victory over one enemy lord is just as much xp as a victory over a full stack, so try to get more of those. Also: don't kill the enemy lord in the first battle. The enemy gets a free 100% hp lord for the next battle. Instead, take down his hp to 500 or less, then let him run. Next battle he will break at the first or second hit, die at the fourth, dealing a blow to enemy morale and removing an anchorstone from their defense Good luck & have fun!

Id defintely emphasize increasing your global recruitment capacity and reducing its recruit times. If you start early, later on when you're over-stretched you will have the ability to raise a full sized decent army in a single turn! That way defense won't hinder your expansion

@@youtubedeletedmynamewhybother To expand on this, it comes down to what are you doing with your money. Build too many armies up too quickly and you're not building up your empire. Spending it all on building up your empire and not on the armies just means you're developing those provinces for the AI. There are certain factions that like building tall and building wide, but the reason why I really don't think that a guide would work is that each faction approaches their economy so differently (even within the different races) that you'd need to have a general guide for each.

@@youtubedeletedmynamewhybother great tip, man. Appreciate the help.

Unless your playing against the Skaven who can just instantly bum rush a low-tier shanty town into a high-tier giga fortress as soon as they capture it just by using some bread and meat

@@justforrow yeah I love sacking Skaven settlements for that reason, it’s like a gold farm

You know on harder dif AI doest give a f about money right?

Attack the army once, delete units you do not want to see again, then let one unit and a badly damaged lord escape. The next turn, they will get three or four new units and you can kill those, again killing the units that annoy you most. Experience earned for lords only depends on the type of victory and not on the amount of enemies killed, so you can fight just an enemy lord and see him run off the field and still have good xp. So defeating that one army once every turn but letting some live can get you good xp fast

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 I still found this a good way to level Lords, even if youre not at war. A steady source of exp if you will. Sometimes its better to focus on economy and not war, and thats where you still can get high level Lords without declaring war. It doesnt apply to all species and playstyles, but for some, it´ll make a huge difference.

just endless hordes of peasant chaff?

@@espressodepresso7546 cathayans are the least of your problems. Weird settlement placement, river traversal, roaming lizardmen hordes, lokhir being a general dick, helman raiding from the south, greasus declaring war whenever he feels like it, desert attrition, wood elves in the southeast and of course, clan eshin

@@_Morph1ne_ And don't forget Chaos ignoring the existence of the Bastion and just teleporting armies onto you.

What if Cathay expands into you OO

Thing is you kinda have to a lot of the time. If you're not Hyper-Turbo-over expanding to wipe out Sigvolds faction, you can *Guarantee* he'll be back every 3 turns with another 20 stack filled with regiments of renown. Same with Belakor. Either you over extend and wipe them out instantly. Or you spend the rest of the campaign fighting LL's with 1 turn wound recovery timers.

depends on where the main army is located. If they are out of their province, then you expand and conquer. This will eventually make the enemy army go back which gives you a good position to defend or ambush.

Kolec and Sigvold are just a nuisance. Straight up 1 turn wound recovery time. You wipe their 20 stack of T5 Chosen, spawn and armoured chaos trolls. Only for that exact same lord to come out of the fog of war 2 turns later with the exact same stack of units INCLUDING Regiments of renown that you just killed. And thats on normal difficulty.

Copy Pasting this: Try declaring war on very distant factions. IF you are not participating in enough wars by certain timeframes the AI will declare wars for you. Regardless of your power level or even who your allies are. Basically once every 10-20 turns roughly just go into your diplomacy and see if you can declare/Join war on a faction thats on the other side of the map, or so far away that they wont be a problem until many many turns from now. By doing this you can formulate allies too, by joining their wars and getting them to pay you for it. Which can help to bolster your more vulnerable territory when they are defending the outskirts for you.

obviously some lords/factions are going to be better and worse than others at this though^ When you're a demon surrounded by order-tide it can be pretty rough.

@@youtubedeletedmynamewhybother interesting I didn't know this...I was playing a boris campaign and just got fed up with fighting wars on two fronts and only having 1 army able to win a fight.

@@mirage1857 To be fair Kislev is one of the factions that have it a bit harder than a lot of others. But yea its a useful thing to know.