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[gimli]

Ow.......more greenskins!  What about adding trolls? They could be part of the orc and the goblin forces as well. 

[Elfeater]

Will Battle Brothers be getting pikes as well?

[Sharp]

They already have pikes

And Halberds

[Knave]

They already have pikes

And Halberds

Don't forget pitchforks!

[Elfeater]

They already have pikes

And Halberds

From the LPs I have seen they have spears and bill hooks, havent seen pikes and halberds yets.

[Sharp]

They already have pikes

And Halberds

From the LPs I have seen they have spears and bill hooks, havent seen pikes and halberds yets.

Pikes are better pitchforks and Halberds are better Bill Hooks. Dunno what LPs you have seen but they seem pretty good weapons to have later on. I love giving them to my archers so once those werewolves and zombies get close in they can easily overwhelm them without risking hitting own men in close combat. Pike and spearwall combo also seems good like an old time phalanx but Orcs can still ruin that, Orcs ruin everything

[Elfeater]

They already have pikes

And Halberds

From the LPs I have seen they have spears and bill hooks, havent seen pikes and halberds yets.

Pikes are better pitchforks and Halberds are better Bill Hooks. Dunno what LPs you have seen but they seem pretty good weapons to have later on. I love giving them to my archers so once those werewolves and zombies get close in they can easily overwhelm them without risking hitting own men in close combat. Pike and spearwall combo also seems good like an old time phalanx but Orcs can still ruin that, Orcs ruin everything

Can you send me a link to where these are in use? All I have seen is Bumpy's LP which was mostly spears and billhooks and one handed weapons, then also an axe and 2h sword.

[Jaysen]

Ow.......more greenskins!  What about adding trolls? They could be part of the orc and the goblin forces as well. 

We would so love to have enemies in the game that take up more than one tile! Unfortunately, this will require some modifications to the engine which we are a bit reluctant to take on right now. We will do it eventually though

[Jaysen]

Quick note: There are no halberds yet, just pitchforks, pikes and Billhooks. We have a massive armory backlog though so there will be more new weapons through the Early Access.

[Sharp]

Hmm I thought I saw some Halberds in a Castle. I guess I was mistaken, apologies.

Pikes definitely exist though

[debvon]

I hate wraiths so much. I almost ragequit when I ran into some with werewolves. I didn't have any defenders high enough level to resist them, and there were at least six. My stupid fault for engaging them. But I managed to take them all out and only lose 8/12 of my brothers. The remaining four will never forget.

[Majestic7]

A little suggestion - could the initial battle brothers be limited to warrior-like backgrounds? Yes, they do get that founding member-perk, but if they all happen to be naked beggars, it doesn't do much on its own. Perhaps starting difficulty option could modify this, so you could play a bunch of naked beggars if you like.

[dennislp3]

There are already plans...or at least considerations and discussion on having a different starting system. I think the consensus seemed to be stacked towards a point system where you "buy" your starting members and pay based on background gear and skills

[Jaysen]

A little suggestion - could the initial battle brothers be limited to warrior-like backgrounds? Yes, they do get that founding member-perk, but if they all happen to be naked beggars, it doesn't do much on its own. Perhaps starting difficulty option could modify this, so you could play a bunch of naked beggars if you like.

We already excluded certain backgrounds from the starting characters like for example the beggar. We do not want to reduce the choice of starting characters too much as it would become boring rather quickly if you have more or less the same guys every time you start a new game.

We also have a rework planned of how you determine your starting force at the beginning of the game and it will give you some freedom of choice when determining what kind of company you are and which guys you start with. Until that is in the game we will probably have to have another look at the really "weak" backgrounds and exclude some more from the starting Bros.

[Majestic7]

If I could have my way with you, I'd add a short dialogue-like company creation in the beginning, like in some old CRPGs. So you'd answer a bunch of questions like "Your company was formed to.... A) protect the innocents, B) make loads of money, C) destroy the kingdom of Nerdgasm, D) become the most fearsome force of dastardly bastards in the realm" which would determine the starting situation, maybe even procedurally generating a sort of plot to the background.