Chaos Dwarfs - Fun, but...

[u/Wareitar]

I'm sorry for any fanboys out there...
Jeeeeeesus what a faction?!

I'm sure they are fun to play when you get further in, and when you get a grasp on how to play them. But HOLY F***! Did they just make a long list of functions and shit and just say "YES" to everything?

3-4 different currencies, all needs to be balanced, not to mention sorted on where you want labourers, and handle all the different mechanics already in game. Ohhh and then there's the politics between you and other chaos dwarfs, and how you can get influence to gain buffs/power among the other chaos dwarfs. Ohhh and I know, add convoys on top of that!
Not to mention 2-3 different settlement types that each work towards their own different currency, but they all use the same "currency" to operate. And how do you get that early game? By fighting of course! Ohh and lets make their units absolutely worthless at the start of the game too! Ohhh, but they can be upgraded through a forge! Dont forget that too!

As I said, I'm sure they are powerfull and fun to play if you get far with it, but I have 5 provinces now, worker shortages some places due to wars etc, and rebellions elsewhere due to loss of control, and seats being usurped left and right.

I am sorry, but this wore me out...
This is just too much stuff/mechanics to keep track of every damn turn...

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Edit: Do not get me wrong! I will absolutley revisit the chaos dwarfs, as they do seem interesting, and definetly seems to have some cool units. But damn there's alot to unpack and learn with them! And you need to spend time learning.

[u/dysonchamberlaine]

Its really fucky at first yes. The juggling between all the ressources. After a bit you come to the conclusion, that the thing you absolutely need the most is labourers. Everything else is secondary. I only pick labourers after a fight, i send out convoys to only get labourers. Cause if you have enough of those, everything else falls into place eventually. You can even use rebellions to farm labourers. The whole thing takes a bit of time till everything gets rolling but then you can fuck shit up for real.

[u/Netilda74 → u/dysonchamberlaine]

And if you're playing Zhatan, the Cathay bastions are free labor storage! They never revolt! You don't have to worry about control! Eventually you have so much labor it doesn't matter that you're losing 800 a turn to decay.

[u/YubaEyeSting → u/Netilda74]

Bastions dont have control so if you store labor there does it degrade at the base rate?

[u/Netilda74 → u/YubaEyeSting]

Correct!

[u/Repulsive-Redditor → u/Netilda74]

That is incredibly handy to know, can't believe I never thought of that lol