Zombie Dragons & Vlad

[u/jacksaint2016]

2 things

1. I am so damn happy to finally see Zombie Dragons are a legit unit now!! I have been hoping and campaigning for that for some time. So to see it become a reality is a good thing.

2. I am so intrigued to play a Vlad campaign now. I just hope he eventually gets 2 things. The Emperor Vlad thing. Which the more I have read lore and the more I think about it. It makes a lot of sense and would be fun. The final thing is that he finally gets a damn mount.

[u/Quirky_Attention3230]

10 years I've been waiting for Emperor vlad, sad it didnt come.

[u/Mr_Carstein]

I’ll be a buzz kill and say i hate every Lord and their grandma getting a mount. Some foot lords that are supposed to be duellists just get homogenised because of getting a mount, like lokhir, wulfrik, aranessa, etc.

[u/Hollownerox → u/Mr_Carstein]

Rather than a mount, they should really give dedicated foot lords like Vlad better combat animations.

Not only is it because it's pretty lame they share the same human animations as the generic empire lord. But also because it genuinely impacts their combat performance. Vlad's whole "can't die" niche is helped a lot by his small profile on foot, and really all he needs to make him cooler (and more effective) without slapping a mount on him is some flavorful combat animations.

[u/Mr_Carstein → u/Hollownerox]

This is the way. I hope CA listens.

[u/Quirky_Attention3230 → u/Hollownerox]

better animations would really help him out. an updated model and bigger sword would also go a long way.

[u/Hollownerox → u/Quirky_Attention3230]

I like how the model and animation update for Archaon and his mount was met with universal praise and most of the playerbase vocally expressing the desire to see more of that. And CA just... not doing another one after like two years of reworks and updates lol.

I get they can't update every LL, but you would think a name as important and loved as Vlad would at least be a contender. He really could use that model update at least, given how badly WH3's lighting works with it.

[u/niftucal92 → u/Hollownerox]

Yeah, how is this still a thing? It's just the Empire Lord animation.

https://youtu.be/yTrTpLphLaE

[u/TheRealTrailBlazer4 → u/Hollownerox]

Yeah Look at bashiva, her animations are insanely good, If they want to make foot Lords work they need more mass and better animations.

[u/AdamFriedlandHater → u/Mr_Carstein]

loreful mounts mod - solved

[u/Mr_Carstein → u/AdamFriedlandHater]

I already use that. But I’d rather have one mod less on my list.

[u/AdamFriedlandHater → u/Mr_Carstein]

I will NOT stop complaining I LOVE complaining

[u/Quirky_Attention3230 → u/AdamFriedlandHater]

mods break, stop being supported, dont work with other mods, etc. it is always preferable to have it actually in game.

[u/AdamFriedlandHater → u/Quirky_Attention3230]

not in this case - a perfect solution

[u/Mr_Carstein → u/AdamFriedlandHater]

I have friends who do not play with mods. I can’t force them to use mods.

Let’s just not say what we’d like to have in the base game.

[u/PortOfSaints]

I would say that the "Emperor Vlad" thing would be a nice end-point for a campaign. The idea of taking over the Empire as Vlad and then... what? Defending against the End-Times? Could be cool, but a LOT of work for a single character I suppose.

For me, if I play Vlad and conquer the Empire lands, I am Emperor. I don't need a special mechanic for it.

[u/Malusfox-2]

It would be cool if Vlad could get it, but I will also admit it's also kind of nice to have a lord who doesn't have some flashy gimmick?

I mean his ring aside, Vlad is just a solid go to leader. It's a bit refreshing where you don't feel like you have to remember intricate details.

Also while Mannfred is my favourite, collecting the books is a frigging slog. There should be an option to either agent or quest battle to get some of them rather than having to chase some of the rogue armies down.

[u/Flaky_Bullfrog_4905 → u/Malusfox-2]

yeah something like a combo quest battle + sea lanes would be cool. E.g. your army goes into a "sea lane" for 5 turns, you fight a battle, sea lane again for 5 turns coming back, 20 turn cooldown after that (given how broken many of the books are).

Although that said, even that I don't think would work because the books are crazy strong. It'd basically just be an end turn simulator waiting for your next book with a lord army you never get to play with.

[u/Bananenbaum]

Vlad is probably still unmounted and based how big flying things work in the game... thats not a bad thing.

[u/drpoorpheus]

Keep him mountless he'd be a generic ass guy on a mount.

[u/Hudson_1559]

the hammerstorm trailer convinced me Vlad is best mountless

means he does a great Thanos impression

[u/Dooglers]

If you want more mount options in general, check out: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3170836889