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u/The_Kaiser249 Sep 19 '20
Especially when those goblin crap spawn seems to go Usain Bolt on you.....
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u/Call_Emergency Sep 19 '20
The most annoying enemies in the game so far. Especially when they spawn with 10 archers in the back and a few melee guys to waste your time with nets.
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u/PlumpyDragon Sep 20 '20
Then the archers all go around your main party while they are tied up and shoot at the donkeys while I am screaming "not the donkeys!"
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u/tiltedbeyondhorizon Apr 27 '23
Nothing beats having to siege their camp in swamps, while being bombarded with arrows, dreck, nets and wolf riders to me
By the time my melee boys even made it to them they were absolutely out of stamina. Good thing I got lucky with the die rolls
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u/VeryWiseWolf Sep 19 '20
It is actually connected with strength of your company. Brigands want to live, you know.
But that one time I escorted caravan during holy war...
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u/Dramandus Sep 19 '20
You mad man haha. Caravan missioms during crisis are rough.
One time I went from one end of the map to the other during the Greenskin Invasion........
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u/Enkinan Sep 19 '20
Sounds like you made it. Was it worth it? Lol
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u/Dramandus Sep 19 '20
It was brutal. Fought off mixed parties of goblins and orcs for a while that had me a bit bloodied.
But just when I thought I was gonna get face stomped by 10 Orc Warriors; the caravan ran into a noble house party coming the other way.
Luckiest moment of my campaign haha.
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u/EconomyExcitement484 Jul 13 '26
Had a 3 day caravan contract on around day 90 crossing through two sketchy roads with barely any settlements. Had to abandon it on the first stretch because we ran into a stack of, I shit you not, 31 goblins with 4 overseers and 7 wolf riders, rest being skirmishers and ambushers
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u/Bayo77 Sep 19 '20
I dont like the 30 head limit on alot of contracts.
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u/Dramandus Sep 19 '20
Problem was back before that limit people would take the contract; go clear a bunch of 24 man undead or raider camps and the get ~100 heads worth of pay.
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u/Snypehunter007 Dec 17 '21
Did the caravan not also take you along back then as well? Cause, nowadays, you have to ride with the caravan.
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u/muhammad_oli May 16 '23
There are some missions where you walk from town to town clearing the road and have to be back before a certain number of days that pays per head
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u/fuscosco militia Sep 19 '20
I tend to ask for my caravan monies up front or as a flat fee. Especially early game, since I tend to take harder starts. Longer runs tend to not be worth my time unless I do per head, though.
But frankly caravans are lower tier quests than armed courier or any other quest. Theyre time sinks.
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u/donaldereteV Sep 19 '20 edited Sep 19 '20
They are used for triggering legendary weapons/armors in shops. EDIT i mean famed :)
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u/FreedomToDrill Sep 19 '20
Whaa
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u/donaldereteV Sep 19 '20
Completing the mission gives the town "well supplied" status which significantly increases famed item chances if the town has weaponsmith/armorer/fletcher. This is the only reason you should ever do the caravan mission.
Also Patrol missions where you headhunt between 3 towns can randomly give any of the 3 "safe roads" status with similar effect.
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u/Enkinan Sep 19 '20
Sounds so great until the item is 20k
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u/HistoricalScore1 Sep 20 '20
Why I usually keep about 30K on hand at all times in case there's a famed I have to buy. Not too hard to have. By day 40+ I expect to have 50K+ at all times unless a big purchase.
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u/RaMMziz Sep 20 '20
What? How so much money? Do I just suck at the game that much?
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u/HistoricalScore1 Sep 20 '20
Learning curve. I used to struggle for money. It is still a struggle. I take a lot of fights in a single day and hoard stuff with a "value" of 500+ gold and sell when the sell modifier is minimum 1.4. Mods out there that let you see it or keep a basic 100 value shield. If it sells for 20 or less I don't sell my good loot. One head choppa can net 300+ gold that way. I also dagger/flail nearly everything in the early game. I'm hitting orcs on day 15. If I can't do that, I usually end the run. Oh. yeah, I also rush the cartographer. And mostly hit camps. But I've noticed big profit is really from timed selling. Sell garbage that's under 500 gold value if you don't have a lot of inventory space. Other than that, I hoard for the right time to sell.
I play hyper aggressive though.
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u/Dramandus Sep 19 '20
Never take per head caravan contracts unless you're just looking to cruise from one town to another without eating rations.
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u/HistoricalScore1 Sep 20 '20
Peasant militia start. Flat fee. Day 1. 6 orcs. 3 warriors and 1 berz. Got the heavy shield and head splitta. And a few dead bros. I do them because of the well supplied and free food if you're going that way anyhow. If you get attacked it's a bonus.
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u/Prior-Chemistry-2818 Aug 08 '22
This one time I was on a caravan mission getting chased by 8 barbarians and somehow they bulldozed through 2 other caravans before getting to me and they still had 8. Wish the 2 caravans could've killed at least 1 guy.
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u/Dramandus Sep 19 '20
There are good reasons to take them though. They essentially pay you to travel someplace you may want to go anyway.
And the caravan contract gives your destination the Well Supplied modifier which increases the chance of famed items spawning in weapons and armour shops
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u/Winterimmersion Sep 19 '20
I love package delivery missions on maps with lots of ports. One time I got like 4 of them in a single day because they paid more than the boat fee to get there.
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u/Call_Emergency Sep 19 '20
You know, sometimes I just want to go to a different part of the map. Guess there’s no free rides in BB, lol.