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[nenjin]

Also just noting, you can find your save file in the steamapps folders and use that to save scum.

[Robsoie]

for the gog version the save(s) can be found at :
C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\My Games\Mordheim

Something that i find annoying are the various spots in the maps (scavenge/loot/jump/climb/etc...) , you need your character to be positionned with near to pixel precision for some of them to access the interaction, i had a mission in which one of my henchman was trying to steal the idol of an enemy wagon, it was maddening to find the exact pile of pixel on the ground that allowed my character to have the "steal the idol" action available.

[nenjin]

Even better when the pixel you need happens to just slightly overlap with an environmental hazard. ><

[Robsoie]

Today got 2 missions in which the game simply wanted to destroy my warband and 2 missions in which they prevailed gloriously.

The 1st disaster was the result of 2 things against undead things led by some vampire : my troops were individually spawned very far from each other, and the AI warband was moving in relative group, picking easily my guys nearly 1 by 1.
While in normal situation i would have tried to disengage the unfortunate mercenary and try to run away toward some of my other guys , for some reason each time the guy was failing a terror effect roll and could mostly only have access to the "end turn", meaning not even a dodge or parry, leading into fast death as the AI wasn't missing his hits roll

The 2nd disaster was against a skaven warband, for reason i don't know, my 3 archers missed easily 90% of their shots (and that is a lot of potential damage lost there) while easily half of the skaven attacks resulted in my mercenary falling stunned on his knee, first time in all the missions i played that i saw so many stunned characters. So as expected my warband lost that mission as luck was definitively not on my side with the dice rolls this time.

Fortunately none of the characters that went out of action died from their wounds and recovered.

The 2 last missions against sisters of sigmar and another against mercenaries (similar to my warband) and went surprisingly well : parry worked most of the time with my heavy hitters that i had recently equipped with halberds (the 2 hander allowing to parry) and the leader with his spear and shield was only hit once in those 2 missions.
The archers landed the majority of their shots, bringing some good damage too.

dice rolls can really help or destroy your warband

So far from what i went through choosing a Hard or Brutal or Deadly is incredibly unfair until your warband is very strong and very well equipped because the AI is better leveled and equipped than yours in those difficulty : they hit much stronger and tank a lot more.
Only Normal missions seem to be balanced for a more "equal" (the AI has still an advantage but in comparison to the other difficult missoins it's being only minor).
So don't hesitate to pay the scouts to try to find a "Normal" mission when the map is only filled with hard, brutal or deadly, at least until your warband is high level, you'll win more (and winning a mission additionally give you 30 or 35% of the wryd that you didn't picked on the map). A good idea is to take the veteran skill (when your warband have ranked enough) "Explorer" that allow you to play the scouts less (as there's no guarantee they will find a "Normal" mission on their 1st try, and each try cost money)

I noticed in the game directory, your last mission is logged in a combat.log file
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So it's readable on the Bay12 board, not much interesting though but you can see how lucky i have been with dice rolls in this mission (in red the AI warband members, in blue my warband members) :

Spoiler: combat.log (click to show/hide)

Welcome To Mordheim V1.4.4.4
Round 1
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn start
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Gather Wyrdstone
Roll Warp effect chance fail : 85 target 20
Curse Warp effect applied on Jeremias von Mortborg
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Ambush stance
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Pieter Volker's turn start
Pieter Volker is performing a Jump down
Roll Jump Down chance success : 56 target 72
Pieter Volker is performing a Jump down
Roll Jump Down chance success : 69 target 72
Pieter Volker is performing a Overwatch stance
Pieter Volker's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Halfor Brockner's turn start
Halfor Brockner is performing a Jump down
Roll Jump Down chance success : 2 target 78
Halfor Brockner is performing a Overwatch stance
Halfor Brockner's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Uthelm Jochutz is performing a Gather Wyrdstone
Roll Warp effect chance fail : 56 target 0
Curse Warp effect applied on Uthelm Jochutz
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Berthold Volkmar's turn start
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Jump down
Roll Jump Down chance fail : 58 target 57
Berthold Volkmar received 3 damages
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Scavenge
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Ambush stance
Berthold Volkmar's turn end
Alfred Reynholm's turn start
Jochen Rennex is performing Overwatch shot and targeting Alfred Reynholm
Jochen Rennex: Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 9 target 53
Jochen Rennex: Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 51 target 5
Jochen Rennex inflicted 24 damages to Alfred Reynholm
Alfred Reynholm is performing Attack and targeting Jochen Rennex
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 50 target 88
Roll Melee Critical hit chance success : 2 target 3
Jochen Rennex: Roll Stun Resistance fail : 52 target 18
Jochen Rennex Status is now Stunned
Alfred Reynholm inflicted 53 critical damages to Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm is performing Disengage and targeting Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Round 2
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn start
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Jump down
Roll Jump Down chance success : 51 target 60
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Jump down
Roll Jump Down chance success : 58 target 60
Roll Trap Resistance fail : 19 target 0
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Ambush stance
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn end
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn start
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing a Ambush stance
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn end
Pieter Volker's turn start
Pieter Volker is performing a Jump down
Roll Jump Down chance fail : 98 target 72
Pieter Volker received 4 damages
Pieter Volker is performing a Overwatch stance
Pieter Volker's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Jochen Rennex is performing End turn and targeting Alfred Reynholm
Jochen Rennex's turn end
Halfor Brockner's turn start
Halfor Brockner is performing a Gather Wyrdstone
Roll Warp effect chance fail : 63 target 20
Curse Warp effect applied on Halfor Brockner
Halfor Brockner is performing a Overwatch stance
Halfor Brockner's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Halfor Brockner is performing Overwatch shot and targeting Nobody
Halfor Brockner: Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 62 target 54
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Berthold Volkmar's turn start
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Gather Wyrdstone
Roll Warp effect chance fail : 56 target 0
Curse Warp effect applied on Berthold Volkmar
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Gather Wyrdstone
Roll Warp effect chance fail : 69 target 10
Curse Warp effect applied on Berthold Volkmar
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Gather Wyrdstone
Roll Warp effect chance fail : 86 target 10
Curse Warp effect applied on Berthold Volkmar
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Gather Wyrdstone
Roll Warp effect chance success : 18 target 20
Uthelm Jochutz is performing Overwatch shot and targeting Berthold Volkmar
Uthelm Jochutz: Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 82 target 53
Ferrick Metzer is performing Overwatch shot and targeting Berthold Volkmar
Ferrick Metzer: Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 92 target 46
Berthold Volkmar is performing Strong blow and targeting Uthelm Jochutz
Roll Melee Hit chance fail : 96 target 95
Berthold Volkmar is performing Strong blow and targeting Uthelm Jochutz
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 46 target 95
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 99 target 3
Berthold Volkmar inflicted 75 damages to Uthelm Jochutz
Berthold Volkmar is performing End turn and targeting Uthelm Jochutz
Berthold Volkmar's turn end
Alfred Reynholm's turn start
Alfred Reynholm is performing Attack and targeting Jochen Rennex
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 36 target 88
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 81 target 3
Alfred Reynholm inflicted 37 damages to Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm is performing Parry stance and targeting Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm is performing End turn and targeting Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Round 3
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn start
Pieter Volker is performing Overwatch shot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Pieter Volker: Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 45 target 51
Pieter Volker: Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 27 target 4
Pieter Volker inflicted 19 damages to Alfred Geld-Handler
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing a Ambush stance
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn end
Ferrick Metzer's turn start
Ferrick Metzer is performing a Reload
Ferrick Metzer is performing Shoot and targeting Berthold Volkmar
Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 47 target 41
Ferrick Metzer is performing a Reload
Ferrick Metzer is performing Shoot and targeting Berthold Volkmar
Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 93 target 41
Ferrick Metzer is performing a Reload
Ferrick Metzer is performing Shoot and targeting Berthold Volkmar
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 23 target 41
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 72 target 4
Ferrick Metzer inflicted 14 damages to Berthold Volkmar
Ferrick Metzer's turn end
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn start
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Ambush stance
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn end
Pieter Volker's turn start
Pieter Volker is performing a Reload
Pieter Volker is performing Shoot and targeting Uthelm Jochutz
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 30 target 58
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 43 target 4
Pieter Volker inflicted 26 damages to Uthelm Jochutz
Pieter Volker is performing a Reload
Pieter Volker is performing Shoot and targeting Uthelm Jochutz
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 43 target 68
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 37 target 4
Pieter Volker inflicted 27 damages to Uthelm Jochutz
Pieter Volker is performing a Perception
Roll Perception tests fail : 82 target 67
Pieter Volker's turn end
Jochen Rennex's turn start
Jochen Rennex is performing Attack and targeting Alfred Reynholm
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 12 target 71
Alfred Reynholm: Roll Parry success : 4 target 26
Alfred Reynholm is performing Counter-attack and targeting Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm: Roll Melee Hit chance success : 14 target 88
Alfred Reynholm: Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 76 target 3
Alfred Reynholm inflicted 31 damages to Jochen Rennex
Jochen Rennex is performing a Parry stance
Jochen Rennex's turn end
Halfor Brockner's turn start
Halfor Brockner is performing a Jump down
Roll Jump Down chance fail : 100 target 78
Halfor Brockner received 8 damages
Halfor Brockner is performing a Reload
Halfor Brockner is performing Shoot and targeting Uthelm Jochutz
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 22 target 54
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 33 target 5
Halfor Brockner inflicted 21 damages to Uthelm Jochutz
Halfor Brockner is performing a Reload
Halfor Brockner's turn end
Uthelm Jochutz's turn start
Uthelm Jochutz is performing a Disengage
Uthelm Jochutz is performing Stimulus and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Uthelm Jochutz's turn end
Berthold Volkmar's turn start
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Open your chest
Berthold Volkmar is performing Attack and targeting Uthelm Jochutz
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 28 target 95
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 59 target 3
Berthold Volkmar inflicted 64 damages to Uthelm Jochutz
Uthelm Jochutz is now Out of Action -13 morale
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Loot
Roll Warp effect chance fail : 73 target 0
Curse Warp effect applied on Berthold Volkmar
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Open your chest
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Ambush stance
Berthold Volkmar's turn end
Alfred Reynholm's turn start
Alfred Reynholm is performing Attack and targeting Jochen Rennex
Roll Melee Hit chance fail : 96 target 88
Alfred Reynholm is performing Parry stance and targeting Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm is performing End turn and targeting Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Round 4
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn start
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing a Ambush stance
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Ferrick Metzer is performing a Reload
Ferrick Metzer is performing a Overwatch stance
Ferrick Metzer's turn end
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn start
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Switch weapons
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Overwatch stance
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn end
Pieter Volker's turn start
Pieter Volker is performing a Reload
Pieter Volker is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 93 target 71
Pieter Volker is performing a Reload
Pieter Volker is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 1 target 71
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 38 target 4
Pieter Volker inflicted 21 damages to Alfred Geld-Handler
Pieter Volker is performing a Reload
Pieter Volker is performing a Perception
Roll Perception tests success : 4 target 67
Pieter Volker's turn end
Jochen Rennex's turn start
Jochen Rennex is performing Attack and targeting Alfred Reynholm
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 27 target 71
Alfred Reynholm: Roll Parry success : 16 target 26
Alfred Reynholm is performing Counter-attack and targeting Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm: Roll Melee Hit chance success : 21 target 88
Alfred Reynholm: Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 92 target 3
Alfred Reynholm inflicted 30 damages to Jochen Rennex
Jochen Rennex is performing a Parry stance
Jochen Rennex's turn end
Halfor Brockner's turn start
Halfor Brockner is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 42 target 72
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 94 target 5
Halfor Brockner inflicted 19 damages to Alfred Geld-Handler
Halfor Brockner is performing a Reload
Halfor Brockner is performing a Dodge stance
Halfor Brockner's turn end
Berthold Volkmar's turn start
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Ambush stance
Berthold Volkmar's turn end
Alfred Reynholm's turn start
Alfred Reynholm is performing Attack and targeting Jochen Rennex
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 44 target 88
Jochen Rennex: Roll Parry fail : 64 target 14
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 53 target 3
Alfred Reynholm inflicted 38 damages to Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm is performing Parry stance and targeting Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm is performing End turn and targeting Jochen Rennex
Alfred Reynholm's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Round 5
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn start
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing a Ambush stance
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn start
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Switch weapons
Ferrick Metzer is performing Overwatch shot and targeting Jeremias von Mortborg
Ferrick Metzer: Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 52 target 49
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing Ambush! and targeting Jeremias von Mortborg
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing Charge and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 49 target 82
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 74 target 2
Jeremias von Mortborg inflicted 23 damages to Ferrick Metzer
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing Attack and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 73 target 92
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 16 target 2
Jeremias von Mortborg inflicted 21 damages to Ferrick Metzer
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing End turn and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn end
Pieter Volker's turn start
Pieter Volker is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 84 target 71
Pieter Volker is performing a Reload
Pieter Volker is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 12 target 71
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 5 target 4
Pieter Volker inflicted 26 damages to Alfred Geld-Handler
Pieter Volker is performing a Reload
Pieter Volker is performing a Dodge stance
Pieter Volker's turn end
Jochen Rennex's turn start
Jochen Rennex is performing Attack and targeting Alfred Reynholm
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 21 target 71
Alfred Reynholm: Roll Parry fail : 79 target 26
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 65 target 7
Jochen Rennex inflicted 21 damages to Alfred Reynholm
Jochen Rennex is performing a Dodge stance
Jochen Rennex's turn end
Halfor Brockner's turn start
Halfor Brockner is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 29 target 72
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance success : 3 target 5
Alfred Geld-Handler: Roll Stun Resistance fail : 63 target 24
Alfred Geld-Handler Status is now Stunned
Halfor Brockner inflicted 35 critical damages to Alfred Geld-Handler
Halfor Brockner is performing a Reload
Halfor Brockner is performing a Dodge stance
Halfor Brockner's turn end
Berthold Volkmar's turn start
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Switch weapons
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Switch weapons
Berthold Volkmar is performing a Ambush stance
Berthold Volkmar's turn end
Alfred Reynholm's turn start
Alfred Reynholm is performing Attack and targeting Jochen Rennex
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 61 target 88
Jochen Rennex: Roll Dodge fail : 75 target 14
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 15 target 3
Alfred Reynholm inflicted 36 damages to Jochen Rennex
Jochen Rennex is now Out of Action -13 morale
Alfred Reynholm is performing a Loot
Alfred Reynholm is performing a Climb
Roll Climb chance success : 48 target 63
Alfred Reynholm is performing a Jump down
Roll Jump Down chance fail : 53 target 47
Alfred Reynholm received 9 damages
Alfred Reynholm's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Unknown Enemy's turn end
Round 6
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn start
Alfred Geld-Handler Status is now Combat ready
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing a Stun recovery
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing a Ambush stance
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn end
Ferrick Metzer's turn start
Ferrick Metzer is performing a Switch weapons
Ferrick Metzer is performing Attack and targeting Jeremias von Mortborg
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 10 target 48
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 88 target 5
Ferrick Metzer inflicted 47 damages to Jeremias von Mortborg
Ferrick Metzer is performing Attack and targeting Jeremias von Mortborg
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 7 target 48
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 77 target 5
Ferrick Metzer inflicted 39 damages to Jeremias von Mortborg
Ferrick Metzer is performing a Dodge stance
Ferrick Metzer's turn end
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn start
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing Attack and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 17 target 92
Ferrick Metzer: Roll Dodge fail : 96 target 19
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 99 target 2
Jeremias von Mortborg inflicted 22 damages to Ferrick Metzer
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing Attack and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 44 target 92
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 87 target 2
Jeremias von Mortborg inflicted 16 damages to Ferrick Metzer
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing Attack and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 10 target 92
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 54 target 2
Jeremias von Mortborg inflicted 18 damages to Ferrick Metzer
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing Parry stance and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing End turn and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn end
Pieter Volker's turn start
Pieter Volker is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 39 target 71
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 55 target 4
Pieter Volker inflicted 26 damages to Alfred Geld-Handler
Pieter Volker is performing a Reload
Pieter Volker is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 64 target 81
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 28 target 4
Pieter Volker inflicted 19 damages to Alfred Geld-Handler
Pieter Volker is performing a Reload
Pieter Volker is performing a Dodge stance
Pieter Volker's turn end
Halfor Brockner's turn start
Halfor Brockner is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 75 target 72
Halfor Brockner is performing a Reload
Halfor Brockner is performing a Dodge stance
Halfor Brockner's turn end
Berthold Volkmar's turn start
Berthold Volkmar is performing Attack and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 76 target 94
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 29 target 1
Berthold Volkmar inflicted 56 damages to Ferrick Metzer
Berthold Volkmar is performing Daredevil and targeting Berthold Volkmar
Berthold Volkmar is performing Ulric's Gift and targeting Jeremias von Mortborg
Roll Spellcasting success : 67 target 85
Roll Divine Wrath success : 56 target 25
Berthold Volkmar is performing End turn and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Berthold Volkmar's turn end
Alfred Reynholm's turn start
Alfred Reynholm is performing a Ambush stance
Alfred Reynholm's turn end
Unknown Enemy's turn start
Clyde von Mirellasohn is performing a Ambush stance
Clyde von Mirellasohn's turn end
Round 7
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn start
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing a Switch weapons
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing Shoot and targeting Pieter Volker
Roll Ranged Hit chance fail : 74 target 56
Alfred Geld-Handler is performing a Reload
Alfred Geld-Handler's turn end
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn start
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing Attack and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 68 target 95
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 19 target 2
Jeremias von Mortborg inflicted 24 damages to Ferrick Metzer
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing Attack and targeting Ferrick Metzer
Roll Melee Hit chance success : 64 target 95
Roll Melee Critical hit chance fail : 49 target 2
Jeremias von Mortborg inflicted 16 damages to Ferrick Metzer
Ferrick Metzer is now Out of Action -16 morale
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Loot
Jeremias von Mortborg is performing a Parry stance
Jeremias von Mortborg's turn end
Pieter Volker's turn start
Pieter Volker is performing Shoot and targeting Alfred Geld-Handler
Roll Ranged Hit chance success : 42 target 71
Roll Ranged Critical hit chance fail : 66 target 4
Pieter Volker inflicted 30 damages to Alfred Geld-Handler
Alfred Geld-Handler is now Out of Action -13 morale

[Ulfarr]

Yeah the rng is brutal in Mordheim

The 2 last missions against sisters of sigmar and another against mercenaries (similar to my warband) and went surprisingly well : parry worked most of the time with my heavy hitters that i had recently equipped with halberds (the 2 hander allowing to parry) and the leader with his spear and shield was only hit once in those 2 missions.
The archers landed the majority of their shots, bringing some good damage too.

I'm not sure if you've read my post on the free games thread, but I'll suggest you to not invest on parries too much. Demons, rat ogres, chaos spawns, possessed ones and some mutants can all bypass any and all parry rolls. Overall the best form of defense, are melee/ranged resistances because they can't be hard countered and act on all incoming attacks (not just the first 1-2 per round) by lowering the enemy's "to hit" chance.

Also you might find this character planner useful

[Robsoie]

Yeah, i've read recently about the parry-ignoring creatures and it's worrying to have an ability becoming useless once those monsters will start to appear in missions .

But for now with normal enemies, parry works better than dodge because even without investing on parry (excepted from my leader because i didn't knew better when i had him learn +parry skill at the time)  all my characters have for some reason a higher parry % than a dodge one.
So as long as there are only "normal" enemies in missions i'll keep those very nice halberds (until i find better of course) for the heavy hitters.

Thanks for the planner, will be very useful for later.

I wish the game didn't had some very questionable design decisions sometime, it's very good and fun most of the time (adapting the Valkyria Chronicles gameplay POV to a boardgame was a nice touch) but some of the low points the devs insisted on having are really annoying.

[Persus13]

Parry is based on Weapon Skill, which you want to be improving anyway, whereas Dodge is based on agility, so that's probably why.

Parry isn't a terrible thing to have some investment in, as long as its not at dodge's expense. The main issue is anything with bracers ignores parry, and that's basically any big enemy. The easy way to avoid that in most missions though is just not bring an ogre if you're the human merc band.

Mordheim was my go to game when listening to Critical Role and other podcasts a few years back, so its a guilty pleasure game for me.

[Robsoie]

Ah so that's why everyone has good parry %, because indeed weapon skill seems to be a must increase stat from its description for anyone going to melee

Got an example of -very- bad luck and -very- good luck on the same mission.

For fun decided to field a full team (but no Expensive because i don't want to see those things in the AI team yet with my bad luck with dices ) and go into a mission.
Appeared that the AI warband was a skaven one, i remember last time how the dices decided to have my character stunned half the time the enemy stroke and wondered if my warband would again be affected by legendary bad luck.

From the start, i choose for once the "deploy" option to place my troops myself on the possible starting spots.
They really made this as clunkly as they could but after finally moving everyone where i wanted them to be , massive problem :

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I wasn't aware at all of the actual status of the archer (he's my highest level archer) i placed in front of that door, he just got back from reserve after healing.
Post-game i noticed the guy had a bigger list of permanent injury that i thought (i even needed to scroll down them to see all), one being a "skull fracture"
This specific injury make your character needing to pass a stupidity roll to do anything in a whole turn when outside of melee.
And guess what : the guy missed 5 of those rolls.
And guess what's even better : the game is designed so despite there's visually enough space between him and the door or on his side to move through, actually none can actually move to the door because he is blocking that path.
And to add insult to the injury, that building has only -this- exit, meaning that those 3 characters were out of the battle for 5 turns.

But very good luck decided to strike for me :

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

That red guy is a chaos Bloodletter that decided to show up and not only attract but engage the whole Skaven warband, he actually killed 3 of them (one being the skaven leader, hitting their morale a lot) and let my warband plenty of time to loot the various wyrdstones around.
After that i only needed to kill 2 of the skaven henchmen to bring their morale even lower thanks to my melee guys and we got the victory as the skaven morale was so low they missed the lout roll.

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EDIT : decided to test the Impressive class for my mercenary warband, it's was good old and mean Ogre

Meet Egalt Brainbasher, an Ogre that really don't like the enemies of my warband and have no trouble using his massive axe on their heads

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The trouble when bringing an Impressive character class is that the AI warband will then automatically always include an Impressive too, here's the "What the hell is that chaos thing" that came with the enemies this time :

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

No idea what that big ugly thing was, but Egalt Brainbasher wasnt impressed and axe-killed it anyways.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Lesson to learn : don't mess with Egalt Brainbasher

[Kagus]

Two heads?

Double the brain to bash.

[Robsoie]

Mordheim is definitively a strange game : there are some annoying flaws (and AI getting stuck or being slow) and some dev design decisions i don't like, but in the same time it's so fun and really addictive, it has a "just one more mission" feel especially as missions are rather fast paced.

Transforming the presentation from a "normal boardgame and move your pieces" view into a Valkyrie Chronicles-like was a good idea in the end as it manage to deliver some interesting atmosphere and tension. 

Had to fire a level 4 Champion  and a level 5 Marksman , the first having lost a leg was way too slow to move around in time to help his teammates and the other had lost an arm lowering his accuracy noticably with bows.
So far i have 2 teams, my high level guys (level 10 Leader, level 8 Wolf Priest, the level 4 Ogre and some good marskmen) with the best equipment i have so far , team that managed to get a victory on a mission at difficulty "Deadly" to my surprise (though it's were i got my marskman losing his arm and the 1st mission my Ogre got "Out of Action" but was 100% the reason i managed to survive that mission) for the 1st time

The other team are all new characters i recruited at rank 0 and being very well equipped (the best items my 1st team does not use) are tearing apart the similar (the AI match your team composition and its rating) AI teams on the missions they went through.

About each mission difficulties :

Spoiler: from wiki (click to show/hide)

Normal: For Normal missions, the enemies you face will have a 5% Wounds and damage bonus. For every warrior in your warband still standing at the end of the battle, you will be granted 4% of the unclaimed loot and Wyrdstones on the map. This applies to unexplored Search Points and Wyrdstone deposits that neither warband has already claimed. This is on top of loot and Wyrdstone that your warband has already secured.

Hard: Enemies will have an additional 15% Wounds and damage bonus. Your warband will be granted 5% of unclaimed loot and Wyrdstone.

Brutal: Enemies will have an additional 30% Wounds and damage bonus. Your warband will be granted 6% of unclaimed loot and Wyrdstone.

Deadly: Enemies will have an additional 45% Wounds and damage bonus. Your warband will be granted 7% of unclaimed loot and Wyrdstone.

For example, victory in a Deadly difficulty mission with 10 warriors still standing will grant your warband 70% of the remaining Wyrdstone and loot on the map.

The difficulty of the battle will also grant additional warband Experience whether or not they are victorious.
roaming Daemons can appear in Brutal and Deadly

Some people mention that the quality of wyrdstones in mission improve with your warband ranks, not sure if it's true and if a party of level 0 rookies drafted in a high warband rank will find more clusters and shards than at rank 0 on normal missions.

[Ulfarr]

Mordheim had so much potential to become a truly great game, it's a shame that the devs abandoned it in its current state.

[Robsoie]

A pity the AI never was fixed to get rid of the sometime "stuck forever in a place" or the "thinking way too long just to move the obvious way toward the goal"
Especially as the goal is rather simple for the Mordheim AI :
- as long as the AI does not see any of your troop the goal is the nearest wyrdstone
- when the AI see any of your troop the goal become your troop (usually the 1st guy they see) and it will ignore every other goal (the wyrdstones).

And from what i have read those problems are even worse in the dev next game Necromunda.

Interestingly i have sometime battled with AI warband that some members had an important injury (missing an arm or missing a leg, or missing an eye) , that's nice and give the illusion they don't only have the ridiculous advantages the devs game them over your own warband.

[Ulfarr]

Interestingly i have sometime battled with AI warband that some members had an important injury (missing an arm or missing a leg, or missing an eye) , that's nice and give the illusion they don't only have the ridiculous advantages the devs game them over your own warband.

Yeah no unfair advantages...until that one armed fiend starts dodging like a slippery god because of it's newfound balance 

I'm not sure if the ai is just that simplistic or simply bugged. I remember a game, rather fondly despite the loss, where the last skaven unit (globadier or whatever it's called) had holed up on the top of some building and it managed to wipe my party (3 or 4 units) due to a combination of poison attacks and a lot of failed climbing rolls.

[Robsoie]

Still having a lot of fun in Mordheim running a mission here and there when i have time with my warbands, odd considering how many flaws i find with the game.

Mostly making lots of money and increasing my 2nd team levels while my top team is still waiting in the back row.
It's been a looong while i haven't lost a mission too, blame the much better equipment and the characters having several new skills that make the AI advantages not making a difference anymore
 

Spoiler: What i learned with Mordheim (click to show/hide)

- always keep 2 blue gems (the strategic points) on your troopers during their exploration, if while you move too far you see there's only 1 left go back to your previous point so you get at least 2.
The reason is that Dodging and Parrying requires 2 blue gems and you absolutely never want one of your troopers to be stuck in his end of turn without a dodge or parry active because chances are that the AI will target that now defenseless trooper with a few of his guys.

- ambush is to never be used UNLESS you have a few weak (or very hurt) troopers you want to protect and you have a full health guy left to protect them, because using ambush means you'll have the 1st attack but after that 1st attack your enemy will have his full amount of attacks on your character without him having any dodge or parry active and it can hurt a lot.

- go capture wyrdstones in group, never send a guy alone to a bunch of wyrdstones you saw on the map, that's the best way for that guy to be attacked by 2 or 3 AI guys at once that you weren't expecting, always move in group because when there's a fight you always want to have superior number.
Having less troops than the AI means you'll lose a couple of guys (and hope they will not die once back to the camp or get a character crippling injury).

- the AI is set to capture wyrdstones as long as it does not see you, so if you are ready to wait you can leave the AI go after the too far away/inconvenient wyrdstones stashes , and when they'll come with you chances are that they're affected by a few warp malus and be easier to defeat.
Killing those guys also allow you to loot all the wyrdstones they scavenged, basically you can make the AI work for you (but it can take time).
Note that once the AI spot one of your troopers, they will all come (out of a few AI being stuck because of whatever bug the devs left unfixed) to attack your guys.
AI being stuck can usually be solved by doing a "Save and Quit" and reloading that save.

- on some mission there's only 1 area in which all the wyrdstones will be, considering as long as the AI does not spot you it will always go for the wyrdstone (unless a guy of theirs is stuck in a bug) , you can then predict roughly where the AI will be and move accordingly

- there's a mission type "The Haunter in Darkness" that can spawn on the campaign map, in which both warbands members are "randomly scattered" around the map.
So unless you don't mind losing troopers avoid this one or at least play it when it's spawning on Normal difficulty to not lose troops.
Reason is that the AI will nearly always gang on your weaker trooper on turn 1 because conveniently "scattered in random location" my ass.

- always choose the "Launch and Deploy" option that allow you to position your troops where you prefer, (rancom scattered does not allow you that by the way) so you can avoid letting the AI position your troop itself and conveniently choosing to move them in the worst location possible

- don't underestimate the "Delay" ability, it cost 1 blue gem but when you have a magic user in your warband you want him to shoot magic at the enemy, not wait until next turn after choosing dodge or parry because you didn't saw the AI when it was your magic user time to play, and said guy appeared just after mocking you.

- the game is way harder on the beginning so don't worry at fist if you lose it's normal, because after your troops improve in levels and when you start to get blue weapons and equipment , and have taught your troops a few usefull skills, the advantages and cheat the devs gave to the AI matter noticably a -lot- less even when you're not lucky in dice rolls.
During the course of the game, by example you can hire level 0 troops again and give them the advanced equipment you had on your higher level guys, you'll notice how your level 0 warband will destroy the AI now (the AI will always match your warband composition so your level 0 guys will face level 0 AI guys)

- you may be worried by the Shipment Request that comes up every X days as the amount always increase with your warband ranks.
But again don't worry, while your warband increase in rank you'll notice there are more and more clusters (very high priced wyrdstone type) to be found on each battlefield. And you automatically gather a % of the items and wyrdstones still untouched (depending on your amount of still alive and the map difficulty) if you win a mission.
At max rank the Shipment Request can reach up to 400 weight, but by that time you'll easily collect that weight in 4 or 5 days only
Just sell the rest to the other factions and your warband will swim in money, good time to teach expansive skills and spells

- several heroes of the "Cult of Possessed" faction can be given Armband items, meaning those will ignore the parry ability of your troopers, be sure to be prepared (always have 1 or 2 dodge specialist, or train more +dodge skills when you can)  Or choose as much stats as possible (and train skills active or passive) that give +Melee Resistance so it will make attack in melee missing you more.

The skaven Impressive class of unit can be given Bracer item that additionally ignore Parry too, the random roaming Daemons you can find sometime in Brutal/Deadly difficulty mission can ignore Parry (except the Plaguebearer that can be parried)
But Parry works wonderfully for the many other enemies and some character have some good counter attacks when parrying (the mercs leader can become a parry and counter attack monster able to solo most enemies)

- the AI will always go for the weaker of your troopers, or the most injured one, always, so either take advantage of it or make sure to have the weaker guy protected by your other guys control zone so you don't sure-lose it (don't try to hide him, the AI will always know where all your guys are when it has spotted you once).

[delphonso]

I played a bit of Mordheim and also have the same complaints alongside the same persistent desire to keep playing... It's a frustrating fame, but just not soul crushing enough to get me away from it.