I appreciate it. There are many other good players out there, too, dozens of ways to play, and tons MORE detail I didn't get into, but I aimed to help newer, frustrated players at least get the important basics covered so they can complete a successful run.
Glad you got some useful notes out of it! There are a million little tricks that add up to making the game more manageable, but it's not like the old days with a thick manual that explains it all. As we get to the point that we the band levels up and we get more equipment, we'll start talking leveling up options and gear/weapon choices
Would've been cool if you could elaborate on how you determine which bro is decent and which one is trash. Like what are avarage stats values for each stat etc.
Okay so it's been a month so I reckon there's a chance this is still useful to you or ohter reader at least: There's a small and very non-invasive mod that's called "smart recruiter" or "smart recruiting", that shows the stars and skill ranges that brothers can roll upon recruiting before you recruit. From there your planning is significantly easier. Saved me a LOT of save/loads and overall smoothens the experience of recruiting to a point that I wouldn't miss it on any campaign. Give it a shot!! :)
Such a cool game.. .i keep not understanding why it didn't hook me in the 8hrs playtime that i have with it.. .Ive just finished this vid.. .ill give it a go to the game again to internalize what ive learnt and then ep. 2 hahah.. .believe me that ive watched so much content for thisat least 3 hours of filthyRob and other 2 of other streamers and by far you are the one I understand and enjoy the most.. .keep it up !!
Glad it's working for you. The whole point was to help new players get just the basics of the game understood so they could play successfully. The game is tough, but fair...it's just it can take people dozens of hours to learn those fundamentals, and many get burned out before then
Hey thanks for this guide. I've been playing as a beginner with high starting funds. I usually always make a "berserker" character from the beginning and he only wields the woodcutter axe with high armor and colossus perk. He deals insane amounts of damage and kills A LOT, so I was interested to know if this is only possible due to playing on beginner (with high funds) since you did call it a trap at around 1:03:13 I usually protect him with spearmen while he deals with an enemy one by one
As you mention, you can have shield/spear guys protect and shepherd an early game 2H guy along, and it might work out okay. Several top players specifically focus on funneling as many kills as possible to their top characters early on, to get them leveled up as quickly as possible. Being on easy difficulty probably helps with this. At higher difficulties, fights will be tougher, with more opponents, and it will be much harder to limit how many people swarm your 2H guy. If it's working, though, you don't have to change! Maybe your tactics are sound, engagement choice good, etc. But, for a lot of new players, they try to stick with a 2H weapon and limited armor, and it only takes one or two misses with the axe to let an enemy hit you back several times, often with fatal results.
Remember the name of the older game? I had an Amiga, and have many fond memories of some great games. Nothing like Battle Brothers comes to mind, though.
@@GrimaldiJ off the top of my head no..but I do remember it having big similarities. It had the same sort of gameplay...it'll come to me lol 😂 it's been 30yrs
But only on some weapons. 2 handed weapons with reach do the same damage as listed on the weapon. 2 handed cleavers (that don't have reach, but can swing twice) do the same damage as listed on the weapon...it's just two handed, non-reach weapons that take more than 4 action points to swing that do more damage with the basic swing than the weapon says it does, which is a strange niche and not clear to many players.
Glad it helped! It will still probably take several runs to really start feeling comfortable and ahead of the power-curve for you, but hopefully you'll see progress every time. It can be done...you just have to be careful and patient!
I believe you are correct, Game day affects random fights and enemy encampments, while party strength (I think average level of top 12 bros) determines contract difficulty.
Helpful video. The game is in my wishlist but i'm having second thoughts about getting it due to it not being beginner friendly. I might have to pick it up :)
It's...weird. It's not beginner friendly in a few ways: 1-there is a LOT of depth to the game, and it really isn't explained well 2-most similar games expect you to start on "standard" difficulty, and you're expected to take most fights. This game very much means it when it recommends starting on easy, and (like Elden Ring, or real life) you need to choose your fights carefully. 3- it's very open world, so while there are many paths to success (and you get to define "success"), none of them are shown to you, so you kind of stumble around the first few runs just trying to survive. Once you get survival down, you can start trying for thriving and success! The not beginner-friendly reputation is a bit unfair, because it's not like there are cheap traps you can only avoid through playing, or it's impossible to win on your first run through and you need to unlock equipment and abilities...it's perfectly fair and skill based...it just takes time and a certain strategic mindset to develop the skills to win!
great video but very poor choice to start with the large party. This isn't an option for players with vanilla game. still lots of gems for us, giving it my 2nd watch TY
That's actually a really good point...probably should have just started with the default origin for a beginner-type video. I've played so much, I kinda forgot it wasn't standard, and was really focused on the early lesson of purging mediocre Brothers because they're actually a major liability. Glar to hear you got some useful tips out of it regardless! Good luck to you!
@@GrimaldiJ right.. but not actually a dead loss. It did provide expansion on desirable stats to seek. How one goes about hiring brothers with those stats might've been also useful.
That's a good, positive outlook! The game is hard, but fair, so hopefully my tips will help you get through those first few fights...and then you'll get to deal with the next difficulty hurdles!
This guide is outstanding, I have played a few runs and didn’t know half of this stuff. Best beginner’s guide I’ve seen. Great work.
I appreciate it. There are many other good players out there, too, dozens of ways to play, and tons MORE detail I didn't get into, but I aimed to help newer, frustrated players at least get the important basics covered so they can complete a successful run.
Really useful for my first try. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about the game.
Glad you got some useful notes out of it! There are a million little tricks that add up to making the game more manageable, but it's not like the old days with a thick manual that explains it all. As we get to the point that we the band levels up and we get more equipment, we'll start talking leveling up options and gear/weapon choices
Would've been cool if you could elaborate on how you determine which bro is decent and which one is trash. Like what are avarage stats values for each stat etc.
Okay so it's been a month so I reckon there's a chance this is still useful to you or ohter reader at least:
There's a small and very non-invasive mod that's called "smart recruiter" or "smart recruiting", that shows the stars and skill ranges that brothers can roll upon recruiting before you recruit.
From there your planning is significantly easier.
Saved me a LOT of save/loads and overall smoothens the experience of recruiting to a point that I wouldn't miss it on any campaign.
Give it a shot!! :)
@@nicccandussi865 How do you use mods if the game is run through Steam. Doesn’t seem to be a workshop for the game.
@@WhipDarling Nexus mods
Such a cool game.. .i keep not understanding why it didn't hook me in the 8hrs playtime that i have with it.. .Ive just finished this vid.. .ill give it a go to the game again to internalize what ive learnt and then ep. 2 hahah.. .believe me that ive watched so much content for thisat least 3 hours of filthyRob and other 2 of other streamers and by far you are the one I understand and enjoy the most.. .keep it up !!
first twenty hours in the game and this basic stuff is such a GAME CHANGER OMG
Glad it's working for you. The whole point was to help new players get just the basics of the game understood so they could play successfully. The game is tough, but fair...it's just it can take people dozens of hours to learn those fundamentals, and many get burned out before then
Hey man huge help lots of tips during combat and economy management things that I have been struggling with so much!
enjoyed the full guied, thank u
Hey thanks for this guide. I've been playing as a beginner with high starting funds.
I usually always make a "berserker" character from the beginning and he only wields the woodcutter axe with high armor and colossus perk.
He deals insane amounts of damage and kills A LOT, so I was interested to know if this is only possible due to playing on beginner (with high funds) since you did call it a trap at around 1:03:13
I usually protect him with spearmen while he deals with an enemy one by one
As you mention, you can have shield/spear guys protect and shepherd an early game 2H guy along, and it might work out okay. Several top players specifically focus on funneling as many kills as possible to their top characters early on, to get them leveled up as quickly as possible. Being on easy difficulty probably helps with this. At higher difficulties, fights will be tougher, with more opponents, and it will be much harder to limit how many people swarm your 2H guy.
If it's working, though, you don't have to change! Maybe your tactics are sound, engagement choice good, etc. But, for a lot of new players, they try to stick with a 2H weapon and limited armor, and it only takes one or two misses with the axe to let an enemy hit you back several times, often with fatal results.
I love this game it reminds me of a game I played on the Amiga many years ago. It's very old school but at the same time very hard.
Remember the name of the older game? I had an Amiga, and have many fond memories of some great games. Nothing like Battle Brothers comes to mind, though.
@@GrimaldiJ off the top of my head no..but I do remember it having big similarities. It had the same sort of gameplay...it'll come to me lol 😂 it's been 30yrs
@@GrimaldiJ it was definitely a fantasy based world game I do remember that....it's bugging me now lol
Well I'm in my 5th day in isolation since I self-isolated when I had 102 temperature the first day.
Then get to go back to work next week yay.
Sounds like the perfect time for a Battle Brothers marathon!
It's 50% more damage for 2H weapons because the offhand counts as half.
But only on some weapons. 2 handed weapons with reach do the same damage as listed on the weapon. 2 handed cleavers (that don't have reach, but can swing twice) do the same damage as listed on the weapon...it's just two handed, non-reach weapons that take more than 4 action points to swing that do more damage with the basic swing than the weapon says it does, which is a strange niche and not clear to many players.
Super helpful for getting me started. Ty so much!
Hey man, thanks for putting this out.
After my dumbass failed 3 ironman runs, this is hopefully gonna stop my flailing about like a cat in water.
Glad it helped! It will still probably take several runs to really start feeling comfortable and ahead of the power-curve for you, but hopefully you'll see progress every time. It can be done...you just have to be careful and patient!
I also got covid 2 times thx for this video
im glad you enjoyed covid. i hope you recover from the video soon!
Thanks for the video and sharing your knowledge.
Thank you.
I think renown does not affect the difficulty of the game. nice vid and helpful too!
I believe you are correct, Game day affects random fights and enemy encampments, while party strength (I think average level of top 12 bros) determines contract difficulty.
Thanks for this guide!
WOW. This is superb :)
I only have 4 origins available. Are those all from DLC?
The "Warriors of the North" DLC has the majority of the different company origins. The newest DLC (Flesh and Faith) has 2 new origins.
Dlc are definitely worth it, imo, if you like the base game.
Helpful video. The game is in my wishlist but i'm having second thoughts about getting it due to it not being beginner friendly. I might have to pick it up :)
It's...weird. It's not beginner friendly in a few ways:
1-there is a LOT of depth to the game, and it really isn't explained well
2-most similar games expect you to start on "standard" difficulty, and you're expected to take most fights. This game very much means it when it recommends starting on easy, and (like Elden Ring, or real life) you need to choose your fights carefully.
3- it's very open world, so while there are many paths to success (and you get to define "success"), none of them are shown to you, so you kind of stumble around the first few runs just trying to survive. Once you get survival down, you can start trying for thriving and success!
The not beginner-friendly reputation is a bit unfair, because it's not like there are cheap traps you can only avoid through playing, or it's impossible to win on your first run through and you need to unlock equipment and abilities...it's perfectly fair and skill based...it just takes time and a certain strategic mindset to develop the skills to win!
great video but very poor choice to start with the large party. This isn't an option for players with vanilla game. still lots of gems for us, giving it my 2nd watch TY
That's actually a really good point...probably should have just started with the default origin for a beginner-type video. I've played so much, I kinda forgot it wasn't standard, and was really focused on the early lesson of purging mediocre Brothers because they're actually a major liability.
Glar to hear you got some useful tips out of it regardless! Good luck to you!
@@GrimaldiJ right.. but not actually a dead loss. It did provide expansion on desirable stats to seek. How one goes about hiring brothers with those stats might've been also useful.
very nice video, thank you go a abo
finally I understand why I got gangbanged in my first run xD I am looking forward to finally win a fight :))
That's a good, positive outlook! The game is hard, but fair, so hopefully my tips will help you get through those first few fights...and then you'll get to deal with the next difficulty hurdles!
I just wondering … why mention the Covid thing? It seems irrelevant considering you made the vid…
I made this video a while ago, so you'll need to be more specific lol
Why the lack of emotional care to a fellow human?
@Focused Obsessions
I did not say anything like that? I was commenting on the lack of empathy towards the content creator.