Welcome to /vst/ - Vidya/Strategy/vst/ is a place to discuss all types of strategy video games, including both turn-based and real-time strategy, turn-based and real-time tactics, single-player and multi-player (including MOBAs). All platforms are welcome.
Does this mean discussion of strategy games is banned on other video game boards? No! /vst/ is just a separate board specifically focused on strategy games where discussions about your favorite games can thrive.
Please familiarize yourself with the rules and remember to use the spoiler function where appropriate!Hearts of Iron 4/HOI4 Modding>shit talk chud mod for months >finally try it out as a meme >fall in love with it fuck this gay earthNo title>"Oh, aye, it were me cousin—aye, me cousin, not me, I swear it! He seen a feller, bold as a badger in a henhouse, swipin’ up a piece o’ armor so grand it gleamed brighter than moonlight on a frost-kissed night! And wouldn’t ya know it, off he scarpered leggin’ it straight for the mountains yonder, to the northeast, sure as me ale is warm!" >go there and fight camp >legendary equipment is a light 130 defense "famed" armorNo titleWhat is your favorite game in the "failed Civ killer" genre?No titlewhat are your thoughts on the new dlc? also aow 4 thread/ck3g/ - Crusader Kings 3 GeneralThe Elder Kings is updated for one month because the next DLC is coming soon Now you too can adventure the world of Tamriel as if it were some sort of RPG.Anime RTSthis thread is dead on arrival I just wanted to make a collection of anime themed RTS games because many anons claim that there is no such thing
>Star Maidens Chronicle >Lost Technology >LotusCraft - SecondSeason >Touhou Boushuen ~ Age of Ethanols >Terra Centauri >(upcoming) The Touhou Empires >(upcoming) Some anon making an RTS with schoolgirls
There are of course also mods like >cymod (Red Alert 3) >Anime DefenseX (WC3) >Gundam OneYearWarA11 (Rusted Warfare) >Girls und Panzer: Strategy Mod (Rusted Warfare) >Gundam UC 0079-0083 Mod (HW2 Remastered) >Annex: Conquer the World (MegaGlest) >Command Assault (MegaGlest) >XenoForce Mod (C&C Zero Hour) >Xenoforce Reborn Mod (C&C 3) >Mobile Suit Gundam: Stellaris (Stellaris)
notable mentions >Grim Grimoire (weeb game with RTS elements) >Battle Realms (asian theme >Metal Fatique (mechs) >Red Alert 3 (japanese faction)No titleBack then there was an obvious successor to Total Annihiliation- Supreme Commander. This was then followed by Planetary Annihilation. So there was a clear line of succession.
Now?
We got Beyond All Reason, Sanctuary Shattered Sun and Industrial Annihilation.
Three games all vying for the title of SupCom's successor. I don't want to go there, since I'm sure all these games are fun in their own right, but is this like the [spoilers]Wars of the Diadochi?[/spoiler]X4 FoundationsHyperion EditionHearts of Iron IV ThreadNow that the upcoming Graveyard of Empires DLC have rolled out the contents that Iran, Iraq, India and Afghanistan will receive, what are you thoughts on it? And with GroE releasing soon, does this mean that we will finally get/be a step closer to a full-on total rework for China and an expansion for the Pacific Front/Southeast Asia?
Old Thread: >>1927763Forgotten classic strat gamesAny of these are good, I mean, damn wild crazy good? All I want is FUN. Do they still hold up? If not well... what games do? I've acquired "some" strat games on gog over the last decade or so but had little time to dive in but that was the past and now I do have some extra daily hours and currently gettin' a little nostalgic here.. also it's gettin' on my nerves that I didn't enjoy 'em properly but who cares, that's just me.
Anything goes, I'm up to it, I can face challenges and dig into "new" stuff, no personal favorites, any subgenre is welcomed. Where do I start? Any personal favorite/memory of yours or any stuff you still play? If so, tell me; maybe it's sitting on my backlog. Yeah I know that some of these are quite popular but the "$" thingy is just a purchased games tag of sorts or whatever. On top of my head I can list some of my personal unusual favorites from back in the day – if that helps:
>EU for the glory > distant worlds 1 > the nations aka die völker 2 (german classic) > startopia > c&c tiberian sun > war wind > black moon chronicles > combat mission > close combat classics > industry giant 2 > seven kingdoms 2 > etc
If some open source engine or whatever is required for optimal gameplay under windows 11 lemme know. Thanks!/aoeg/ - Age of Empires GeneralThread for the discussion of AOE, AOE2, AOE3, AOE4, and AOM
Discuss gameplay, tactics, the professional circuit, future updates, and your concepts for the next civ expansion!
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Previous: >>1985764No titleHow do you have more than one fun playthrough in this game?/ck2g/ - Crusader Kings II Generali'll blogpost my run >start a Catholic single county count in iberia 769 >ally with west francia by marrying my heir to a bastard >muslims finish war with west francia >holy war muslims for a duchy >call in west francia >take the duchy of Porto >years later muslims holy war us for the duchy >give up the county for a second son and keep the duchy for myself >muslims vassalize me >muslim king hates me >revokes my duchy >puts me under a 2 county duke >i have 4 counties >build up a county to be a future capital, continue amassing wealth and making alliances >years later have 1200 gold >2 dukes split off from the Umayyads >war my duke liege for independence with my own troops >war the muslim king for independence with allies and mercs >holy war the 2 dukes that split off >join the Christian kingdom of Asturias >muslim king dies >holy war his successor for one more duchy >give away duchies to dynasty members and sit in my corner of the world building up my new capital >holy war and land dynasty members when possible >take Pisa and Genoa from filthy merchant Lombards to make my endgame demesne >years later no muslims in iberia or western northern africa >muslims are getting their shit pushed in by the Byzantines in the eastern front >they implode twice over the years >Byzantines unland the pope >muslims finally somewhat get their shit together and manage to get 54k troops with some event spawn bullshittery >Byzantines have 40-60k depending on the emperor >Hispania has ~55k as well >everything seems balanced and could go anywhere >game stutters >then pic related happens >the Byzantine Empire has primogeniture somehow nowEUIV: AnbennarOy vey ladder legs edition >>196966Steam City Builder& Colony Sim fest/vst/ themed nextfest, recommend some good demos or dealsNo titleEndless Legend 2 waiting room and Endless series discussioStrategosWhat are we thinking bros?
Welcome to another Tinto Talks, the Happy Wednesday where we give you information about our rather secret game with the Codename Project Caesar, so that we can get feedback to improve the game before launch.
As we mentioned last week, we are spending four weeks going through how your feedback together with internal testing have shaped the game in this last year. Today it is time to talk about the changes that are related to the political part of the game.No titlePlaying EU4 with friends and a few randoms, we are looking for extra players for our games.
How do you get people to join your game that won't ddos or just cheat in 1 million gold?The Campaign TrailTalk about new mods, mods you're hyped for, etc.
No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it never will be. Neither will EU5.
How fares your empire, /gsg/?
This week in history: Mar 26th, 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. Mar 27th, 1942 – The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps. Mar 28th, The t.urks forced thousands of Jews to leave Jaffa and Tel Aviv, fearing they might support the British in World War I. Mar 29th, 1936 –The SS-Totenkopfverbände is established. They were responsible for administering the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps for Nazi Germany, among similar duties. Mar 30th, 1349 – Jews were massacred in Erfurt, Germany, during the Black Death persecutions, as they were falsely blamed for the plague. Mar 31th, 1492 – Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion. Apr 1st, 1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
Previous: >>1971443Stronghold crusaderIs stronghold Crusader the best game in the stronghold series?Jagged Alliance 3I just got into this game a few days ago and so far it's very good. it satisfies my XCOM 2 craving. I've never seen this game mentioned on here, how's the rest of the game? it has some funny racist references I've noticed sp farGalactic CivilizationsThere's four of these fuckers now and I'd like to know...which one is the best? I remember playing 2 and having a good time, but reviews seems to show that 3 is iffy and 4 is a shitshow. What do you think?Anno 1800The base game for Anno 1800 is currently at a discount, costing 6 Euros. Is it worth getting the game as it is?Door Kickers 2 is finally out of EAWhy aren't we talking about this? Prior to the 1.0 update there was literal silence for months but it's now back baby. I realized I barely played the first one so I am going to play through that first.
Also, Retold will come to PS5 for some reason.No titleFor me, it's The Lord of the Rings™: The Battle for Middle-earth™ II: The Rise of the Witch-king™Kaiserreich/Kaiserredux/Old World BluesThe HOI4 Modding thread is completely consumed by incel chud TFR propagandist rage, so we need a place to discuss the best mods for HOI4. Mods that have more than three tags with content, you know?Master of Orion 1I've played MoO2 to death but never the first one. what's the best way to play this game? vanilla, with patches, 1oom, etc? I did try Remants of the Precusors but I really do not like the art and interface - I want to play the original MoO 1No title>All the Civ VII hate got me want to play Civ V again >Last played 2017 >Start game at 9:00 last night >Look at clock thirty minutes later >1:00 am What witchcraft is this?/asd/ - Amateur Strategy Development threadAn awful thread for devs and no-devs to post their awful ideas for strategy games that will never see light of the day, etc.Graviteam Tactics/Combat missionFuck that specific spot edition
Thread to discuss Graviteam tactics and Combat mission games and others like them.Can't wait for this shit to run twice as slowly when they add all of Asia>*opens game* >200Mb crash report >I guess I gotta turn off a mod >*turns it off* >400mb crash reports every 15 minutesNo titleLogistics, Atmosphere, Kino.Manipulative recursive diplomacy 5D chessAny games where you can really go multi-layered with diplomacy to pit factions against each other? "If you (raise or lower tariffs on/cease fire with/gift units to) countries that (buy resources from/invade/mock the leaders of) (faction), we'll (share technology with/re-open trade with) (unrelated faction)" You could go layers and layers deep making geopolitical affairs ridiculously complex and confusing as you call everyone's bluffs and ruin global affairs to your perverse advantage. Good luck to whoever has to write the ai for it though. Pic not relatedWill you try Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era?Will apparently come out during Q2. Trailers make it very reminiscent of HOMM3 but in 3D and with two upgrade paths for each unit.Lines of BattleThis little game has recently exploded in popularity, about time we had a thread about it >What is lines of battle? Its a (deceptively) simple online game about Napoleonic warfare, you try to build an good army with the points you're given and fight your opponent in simultanious turns. Basically its an online version of a 19th century Kriegsspiel. >Why should you play this? The game is free and requires no download The matches are short and sweet It has an active multiplayer community (max 1 minute to get into a match) Its very addictive once you get the hang of it and suprisingly complex The dev is rapidly improving it, he just added some new units and 2v2 matches are coming soon.Starcraft 2 Single PlayerYou think there is any hope of going back to fan projects like Marine Madness and Starcraft RPG maps? I feel like Starcraft has lost all its thunder, the multiplayer scene is still going but the single player scene completely died.
Think there is any hope for a Starcraft MMO?Space 4X With Ground CombatI'm looking for a Space 4X game with planetary invasions/ground combat that is more than just a numbers or a tech game. Something similar to Master's of Orion 2, where it factors in tech, numbers, equipment, but also troop type, and tanks as well, if not more. The only other game that I managed to find which somewhat suits my autism for this is Endless Space 2.No titleSolar Nations 2 Brought the game, played for 90 minutes or so to get the hang of it. The premise is what I always wanted: grand strategy about first steps as interplanetary civilization. Execution however, is questionable >Next to no documentation >Game goes on a bit too fast, centuries pass without you really noticing >Very little flavour >Ai is dumb >Get laggy >Bugs ahoy >Mechanics are unintuitive-see above for lack of documentation Despite this, potential is clearly there So, Solar Nations 2 threadZero-KHow come the best controls in the RTS genre is present in a niche community-driven game and none of the "big" games come even close? > Units are not dumb, they can actually kite and dodge. > You can easily order them to stand as a line and not as a blob or a predefined formation. > You can order your units to keep a formation while moving. > You can order your units to attack everything in an area (not to confused with attacking ground in the area). > You can order your units to retreat if they lose too much health (and they will even use their special movement abilities like jumping to leave the battlefield asap). > You can order your units to avoid cheap targets and focus on the big ones. > You can order to infinitely repeat an order in a building (this one is more present in the genre, but still somewhat rare). > You can automatically add all newly built units to a control group. > You can order to move through an exact path. > You can order your transport to automatically move your units from one point to another without manually loading everything (I guess supreme commander does this?). > You can add a task in the beginning of a shift queue. > You can add a task inside of a shift queue and it will automatically place it in a place to minimize walking. And the average RTS won't even allow you to zoom out enough to see everything.Songs of Syxlast thread diedSuzerainWhy would you ever not join ATO or CSP? There's literally no downside as long as your country isn't a messFire EmblemTime to talk about a franchise that is slowly dying.Emperor of the Fading Suns EnhancedThe new version and Steam release are coming up on April 4th.
>little to no flavour >railroads you into being liberal democratic or socialist >warfare is ass >nothing to accomplish besides “green line go up”
Why did they have to butcher the Victoria franchise like this?Was I wrong to skip the first games and skipping to Tiberian Sun directly?https://youtu.be/4IJSDWOBmLk?t=693 How can a game produce these kinds of fun scenarios after nearly 15 years from its release date?openfront.ioHave anyone else here played it? It's fun for a browser game.CiV was the last good Civ game>just played CiV again >so much fucking drama because Washington started settling too close to me so I had to invade him early >then the Ayyrabs started converting my cities to Islam and wouldn't stop when I asked so I had to invade them too >everyone else calls me a warmonger and Germany leads the charge in sanctioning my shit/declaring war on me >especially Japan which keeps bullying one of my city state allies and bragging to me about it >eventually join up with Catherine and Xerxes when they both start adopting the freedom ideology >start getting friendlier ties while beelining to heavy artillery and rocket launchers >hell march on Japan and America, wiping both off the map >wait, why is Germany so quiet lately >satellites researched, revealing at some point France and Russia invaded his autistic ass and reduced him to just one city >but what's this? >fucking Catherine has been quietly speed running the space race and is 2/3 done >her and Napoleon are now invading Xerxes, who has been good to me throughout, while turning hostile to me and threatening me with nukes >They're both too far away to start invading >put everything into tech and scientists and gold so I'll have enough to buy ship parts instantly because again freedom ideology >manage to get my ship launched just in time
Literally nothing in Civ 6 has ever come close to this and I have zero hopes for 7 whatsoever. The franchise is just city simulators now.No titleWhich one bros?Sins of a Solar Empire IIIs it good yet? Is it fun? Are all the factions even in yet?KINOwho up reverse collapsing their bakery girlsDid SRPGs peak as a genre?As trite as it may sound, this is a genuine question. Have SRPGs developed significantly within the last 25 years? Can we look at the landscape of the genre and believe we've come far since the days of Tactics Ogre and Front Mission? If you have an argument for or against, lay it out here.Command & ConquerTiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 remasters and source code now!/dfg/ - Dwarf Fortress GeneralOld school waves edition
>What is the difference? Both are the same game on the same version (51.xx). The free version uses ASCII as a tileset (but you can mod other usermade tilesets and graphic packs) With the premium version you pay for a premium tileset + premium OST + access to beta branches and steam integration (if on steam).
>What is next? Fort mode siege mechanics changes, rework and general spice up. Probably around may-july(copium) End of Lua beta and merge into the main branch
AND I BEHELD A BLACK HORSE. AND HE THAT SAT ON HIM HAD A PAIR OF SCALES IN HIS HANDS. ATTILA WAS BORN. ALL KNELT BEFORE HIM. FOR THEY KNEW HE'D DEVOUR THE EARTH AND SET ON FIRE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
ATTILA THREAD WAS BORN FROM DARKNESS AND DESPAIR.I have found a game no one on 4chan has ever playedBut has a 9/10 rating on steam >basically it’s if the movie the Abyss was a strategy gamestarcraftkatowice soo-ACK! It's overKoreaWhy do these guys get meme'd as "the science faction"? They don't feel like a hotbed of new inventions/techniques, and nothing they did was particularly unique compared to their neighbors.No titleHow come Broken Arrow is the only war game that decided to use a modern day setting, instead of a cold war gone hot scenarioNo titleWhat strategy games have actually GOOD trade mechanics? Not just have them, but they're interesting and well thought out. I've been trying to think of examples and other than maybe Distant Worlds came up with nothing.Task Force Admiral Demo>tfa demo releases >no thread What the fuck, I'm going to be generous and assume people are actually playing vidya instead of complaining about a beta demo being incomplete, so let's change thatNo titleWhat makes strategy such a stagnate category of games? Most subgenres haven't been meaningfully innovated in a decade at least, and are often dominated by a single company. >4X: everything has been superficially modifying the Civ 5 formula since Civ 5 came out >Grand Strategy: Paradox reselling the EU4 formula in different packages again and again since 2013 >RTS: dead genre since the 00s, except Eugen releases some reskin of Wargame every couple of years >RTS/TBS hybrids: Rome Total War is the first and last meaningful development here... 20 years ago >City Builders: somehow Cities:Skylines was the only real advancement since Sim City 4 for modern ones, and historical city builders are in an even worse state This isn't for a lack of necessary improvements. Most strategy games are plagued by horrid AI and buggy or non-existent multiplayer options. An inability to simulate much of anything is often held together by narrative elements. Entire time periods and forms of strategy are left out of most every game released, to the point even halfassed implementations are seen as unique. Economic simulation is almost always primitive, despite being the basis of all strategy. How did it get this way?No titleOy vey ladder legs edition >>1969661No titleTheir games should be illegal. They’re more addictive than heroin. I just spent 7 days in a row doing nothing but siting in front of my computer for 14 hours every day playing Crusader Kings III and I’m not even halfway through one game yet.No titleITT games that filtered you due to their pathfinding.
I love everything about this game. Yeah, even the graphics, being the first 3D RTS gives it quite some charm. But holy shit, is the unit pathing making me want to burn my PC to fucking ashes. And I don't even want to imagine how bad it was when it came out, considering I'm playing the "new and improved" open source version.No title>Total War: Star Wars refers to a rumored upcoming video game, reportedly being developed by Creative Assembly, which would combine the "Total War" strategy gameplay with the Star Wars universe, potentially allowing players to command large-scale battles across different factions within the Star Wars galaxy. lolRetarded HRE exceptionalismIt's disgusting how paraslop consumers became conditioned into considering German HRE as something fundamentally different than other monarchies. Parliament of princes, cities and clergy? Many monarchies had it. Elective emperor? Poland had massive elections with thousands of small nobles gathering and voting. Vassals acting as de facto independent entities? Happened all the time with all monarchies around Europe.No titleHow do I git gud? I took Drassen then as soon as I get to Alma I'm getting assraped by a bunch of powerful guns and armored enemies that I can barely tickle with my pistols, smgs and shotgun.rise of nationswhat's the official peer reviewed /vst/ consensus?Eugen GamesWargame Warno Steel Division I'm having a lot of fun in warnoNo titleRTS games that have actual fun combat / upgrade systems? like how bloons made tower defense gameplay fun. I find there's a naive fun in watching little guys beat each other in a RTS, and upgrade paths actually make me interested in the game. not so interested in memorizing keybinds and the competitive side of things.No titleSecret societies where the real soul of ck2 and anyone who says otherwise is plain wrongNo titleEuropean Escalation is the best Wargame title for its singleplayer campaign. Red Dragon has more variety and QoL, but something was lost in the shuffleCall to Arms - Gates of Hell: OstfrontCall to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2? Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/app/400750 FitgirlRepacks free download: https://fitgirl-repacks.site/call-to-arms-gates-of-hell-ostfront/X-ComTime to talk about the most popular and unfair franchise about defending Earth from Aliens.No titleITT: strategy games that you and only you have ever playedNo title>Playable nomads are coming to CK3. >Confirmation of playable republics in 2026.
We're back folks. The only question is what's next.No titleWhat's the best Total War game for a beginner?Workers and Resources: Soviet RepublicWe must gondinue building gommunismNo titleAre they gonna kill him off? I’m hoping they don’t since they could do a lot with the characterGalactic Civilizations 4Is it any good? Is it worth the current price in the sale? I recall enjoying 2 and 3, but when I look, I only played them for 20 hours each, so I guess not that much. Does this one do anything that makes it worth getting if you already own 3?No titlethis is a modern japanese strategy game released in 2017. Say something nice about itMyth experience> hear about this game called Myth > this looks absolute dogshit how can anybody play this shit > install all the patches and make it work > order dwarf to attack some creature > throws a bomb, explodes both himself and the creature hey this is fun!No titleWhat is it about the Pike & Shot Era that intimidates strategy game developers so much?TNO SUCKSis it possible to bring back the old schizo tno ? , or fag/redditors of dev team mentality of "muh realism " is so far gone that there's is no way back like i know the old ones were not the best but damn compared to this , they should never listened reddit./aoeg/ - Age of Empires GeneralFor discussion of all Age of Empires games, from 1 - 4, to Mythology and Online >News 2025 Sneak Peek https://www.ageofempires.com/news/a-sneak-peek-at-new-content-coming-to-age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition/ >AoM:R Immortal Pillars Chinese expansion launch on March 4th, and is also coming to PS5 >Age2 Jaguars will destroy everything. See news section Also coming to PS5 >Age3 Fuck you, you stupid sack of shit haha >Age4 Will get 2 expansions: first is Knights of Cross and Rose, with a release date of the spring with two "well-known armies." Will aim for more variants, not specified if they'll come with w/ C&R >Age Mobile nobody plays this, it's cheap shit >Age Online Project Celeste fan project is still alive and kickingWhat period/setting would you want a Total War to be set in?For me, if they ever made a TWM3, they should make an expansion pack like Kingdoms set in renaissance era Italy.
If they decided to make another fucking standalone spinoff feeling game i'd say Total War: American Civil War would be cool.No titleBetter Stellaris in your path.A small 2WRW omsk loc leakThe American's won't stand idly...Star Wars Empire at War - Revan's Revenge out nowplay it and post screenshotsNo titleWhat are some games with good diplomacy? Not just in terms of options but the AI having distinct personalities while being reasonable.No titleAh shit, here we go againNo title>new cities skylines DLC so I guess the sequel is pretty much dead yeah?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZdm5YX3k-ENo titleDo any of you guys play the Eador Genesis New Horizons mod? https://eador.com/B2/viewtopic.php?t=4732KaiserpunkSo this just came out. What do I feel about it?No titleWell?Unicorn Overlordthis one came out of nowhere and yet another masterpiece from Vanillaware. Just about 60 hours in and I'm not even 20% done. the story is cliché but it's great simply because of that. you're basically exterminating evil from the world and rebuilding. there's just so much content it's unreal.
here's a tip, put a Priestess in the back row behind a Lord and 2 archers in the back row on each side of the Priestess, ez pzrtsso i never playerd a rts before but tyler1 playing warcraft 3 made me wanna give rts a shot.
What are some rts games that have an active pvp scene? w3 only has like 8k active and most of these playing cause of tyler 1 so i dunno if its the right one to invest time intoNo title>What's my favorite Civ game? >Alpha CentauriNo titleHearts of Iron 4. >DLC: Gotterdammerung
"intercontinental bomber" when, I research this i was actually expecting to unlock an intercontinental airframe that had a high cost but a long range but it's like they took a plane pre-designer and just slapped a new name on it.
I was extremely disappointed, I wanted to make intercontinental cas or naval bombers.No titleIs EU3 with Meiou really the best in the series or its just nostalgia fags whining about eu4? I will admit the soundtrack does sound great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umFnrwGy2dwI need something to do between weekly peggingsI need vidya that simulates brutal anal sex while giving my asshole time to recover. What Do?No titlei do not care for historical TW and I want them to just focus on warhammer and stop wasting money on these crappy historical total wars.No titleWhat if Aztecs, Mayan and Inca got access to stable if they were allied to non mesoamerican civ?
They'd get access to a knight line that benefits exclusively from eagle upgrades.
They'd also get access to a mounted slinger; slingers are basically a hand cannon so mounted hand cannon would be pretty cool compared to cav archers.
As for dock tech, while it would be amazing to see aztec or mayan cannonships be better for them to have catapult ships.Battle BrothersThere was an update. Lots of updates across lots of games this month really.No titleDiscuss these criminally underrated Jagged Alliance style games. So many different guns to pick from, environmental destruction, complex systems, basically a turn-based tactics fan's wet dream.New Stormgate Rework, RTS is SAVEDhttps://youtu.be/Zn6ZBqFJQ7gAnno 1404 VeniceThis is my introduction into the series and im loving it but im not 100% sure i understand how to bring patricians to my settlement.
How the hell do i get spices? Am i supposed to use dates and the nomads to settle lower islands for copper and gold? I dont see any spices.No title>never played an RTS before >decide to give one a try >install picrel since it's free, people say it's really good and the streams I checked out looked interesting >try to register account >have to send an email from my email to verify my account for some fucking reason >no tutorials whatsoever >click "guides" and it takes me to some fucking discord server >decide to just hop into a scenario >WASD doesn't move the camera >can't rebind keys >usually just play games with my razer tartartus (newest version of belkin n52) because that's all I've ever used to game for the past decade >entire fucking keyboard has some function with multiple layers which would mean I would have to spend a ludicrous amount of time setting up binds on the tartarus >no idea what most of the terms on the keys mean >there's like 4 different control schemes >scenario tells me fuck all >close game
Are all RTS games like this? I'm not joining a fucking discord server just to learn how to play a god damn game, fuck off.Galactic Battlegrounds SagaSo, aside from the obvious differences between unique units, do the factions in this game have any unique traits or bonuses to generic units/upgrades/buildings, or is it all strictly just copy-pasta?No titleWhat's a good warband mod if you don't want to become landed and just go around helping villages and fight bandits with a band of merry men?What games are actually GOOD?What was the last /vst/-approved good game? Everything today seems to be DLC or flop or DLC flop, and I kind of agree with the sentiment.Crypto CEO has over 20,000 played on AoE2What causes this level of autism? Is AoE2 actually good?No titleIs this actually happening anytime soon? I stopped following the other open source project when i found out how many changes they did to the game.No titleShould i get Mutant year zero or Phoenix point for my next squad tactics game? What are the advantages and disadvantages of both games?Best political game/mod?Which game/mod should I download if I want a somewhat realistic experience of what it's like to be Deng Xiaoping, Kennedy, De Gaulle or Putler?Majesty 2It's really not that bad.King of Dragon PassWhen's Six Ages 3?Hearts of Iron IV Modding ThreadTFR mogging visual novels editionNo titlewith all their other vehicles being as shitty and fragile as they are, china's only viable strategy now is overlord spam and even then they're way weaker than in zero hour. At least they can still have speaker towers and enough of them with gatling cannons can take down basically anythingKoei strategy threadBecause the Remake sucks, I implore anyone curious to check out the original ROTK8 for the PS2 instead.Terra InvictaPlaying the regular campaing as the Initiative. Around which year should I start building the outpost on the moon? Also Terra Invicta threadNo title>play homeworld 2 >have bombers attack enemy carrier >enemy carrier explodes upon death, destroying all my bombers don't give me that "skill issue" shit, this is a terrible featureNo titleShall I enjoy this? Shall I transcend life itself with Kane, the son of Adam?No titleHigh American Pips and technology needs to be in EU5.StarsectorInstall Combat Chatter (and SotF)Company of Heroes 3Official Fuck John Relic threadShadow Empire PBEMI will be hosting a game of Shadow Empire on /vst/. All levels of experience are welcome, the game will be run without the DLC, please opt in to the open beta on Steam. Turns will be done via e-mail. If you are interested, please post itt or e-mail the following preferences for planet generation: >water or no water? >alien life? >hostile atmosphere? >gravity and air pressure? >tech level? >city/army start number? >story modules and epochs? >starting council size? >development speed? It would be great to get a game going by the end of the weekend.
E-mail: SEPBEM (at) tutamail dot comFormations in Dawn of WarIs this some hidden tech that I don't know about? For me the squad always looks like a square grid of units, but here they are actually spread out.HyperCovenHello /vst/ I am in the final months of work on this RTS or RTT or whatever before its Steam release and once again hoping to find some feedback. You can download for free or play in the browser: https://filmstars.itch.io/hypercoven Major changes since last thread (~3 months ago) >Completely overhauled the collision system. Unit control should be much snappier now >Replaced many sprites with higher quality ones >Added more missions >Uploaded demo to Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/3321850/HyperCoven/ I wish you all a nice springtime season.No titleGot this game on Switch (thank you RCM jig) yesterday and I don't even know how to describe how empty it feels. Like I'm pouring hours into it out of a desire to beat it but I can't say I'm having fun like with 5, 6, or Beyond Earth. There's like a billion fucking civics and technologies that just make yields increase slightly or give you a building that makes yields increase slightly, the XP for units is gone, the unique civ identities are gone, the multiple difficulties are gone, and all the Special 6 modes are gone. Who asked for this?
