Wang Lang in 194 starts with a lot of nice characters, besides himself, he also has the 2 Zhang brothers and Yu Fan -- plus a wife and a pretty old son; sometimes I even divorce them and so I can steal Yan Baihu's brother with a marriage and have another general. He's probably my favourite character to play in the unlock all factions mod, as he also has a pretty decent and unique position in the south (besides Sun Ce, of course).
It's all fun and games until you get to the late-game and your heart sinks as you realize you're going to have to put up with schemes for the next 60 turns because he's taken half of China while you were screwing around in Changsha.
@@Coordinator010 oh I know… that’s why I always go out of my way to cripple Cao Cao early. Every time I forget to cripple his faction it’s super annoying late game.
@SeriousTrivia Thanks for answering, bro. When you do your lore series or speak about generals in campaigns, I research to learn more about them. All I knew about him from memory was the Guan Yu conflict and that crazy romanticized death. After reading about him, he really is a decent general and earned those positions with great merit. It helps that I like his DW/RotK designs. 😅
Regarding how the characters speak in classical chinese, does everyone actually speak like that during those times or is it just nobles? Or is it just for dramatisation?
depending on the time period. Most people in conversation in ancient time spoke plain speak (a little different than plain speak today but not as classical as written language). The way the old written format developed is all about being concise and to the point since the writing medium is difficult and expensive to acquire whether it’s bamboo scrolls or paper.
Will you play Black Myth: Wukong when it comes out? Also, do you have any theories on what the story might be? With your knowledge of Chinese history and mythology, I think you would be really successful making content like VaatiVidya, but for Wukong.
i see one slight problem with this challenge, you can't really delegate battles since the AI won't dismount the generals before giving them orders to attack units and such
@thatponybro6940 I thought about that delegate situation too but it would drag out the campaign if we're being realistic, ya know? Maybe you can pay him to do a No Delegate campaign to mess with him. 🤭
@thatponybro6940 🤣 Yooo, lol. I wouldn't mind the Elephant only Mulu campaign to be real! That's one of the few factions he's not featured on the channel yet.
Got to admit. after the Kong Rong playthrough I forgot the Imperial Favor was even a mechanic for a little bit. Thanks for the video.
Wang Lang in 194 starts with a lot of nice characters, besides himself, he also has the 2 Zhang brothers and Yu Fan -- plus a wife and a pretty old son; sometimes I even divorce them and so I can steal Yan Baihu's brother with a marriage and have another general.
He's probably my favourite character to play in the unlock all factions mod, as he also has a pretty decent and unique position in the south (besides Sun Ce, of course).
For Kong Rong to make Linzi a seat of a rump imperial court, this campaign ought to be wack good!
Aftet getting the equivalent of moses locust swarm sun ce also got scam by yuan shao. Man sun ce cant catch a brake huh
Cao Cao is ripping through Yuan Shu. Gotta love when your enemies are killing each other .
It's all fun and games until you get to the late-game and your heart sinks as you realize you're going to have to put up with schemes for the next 60 turns because he's taken half of China while you were screwing around in Changsha.
@Coordinator010 That crop failure scheme is nuts early game. Serious Trivia played that one out smooth.
@@Coordinator010 oh I know… that’s why I always go out of my way to cripple Cao Cao early. Every time I forget to cripple his faction it’s super annoying late game.
Yuan Shao scamming you is extremely on-brand, at least.
The yellow turbans really sabotaged the hit list 😂
For duels you need to head on another general and the Duke it out in the middle of the crowd till one breaks
Nice job counteracting Cao Cao's scheme. How do feel about Lü Meng historically and/or romanticized?
Decent general that build his reputation entirely on Guan Yu so it’s hard to say
@SeriousTrivia Thanks for answering, bro. When you do your lore series or speak about generals in campaigns, I research to learn more about them. All I knew about him from memory was the Guan Yu conflict and that crazy romanticized death. After reading about him, he really is a decent general and earned those positions with great merit. It helps that I like his DW/RotK designs. 😅
the playlist is a bit messed up ;)
Regarding how the characters speak in classical chinese, does everyone actually speak like that during those times or is it just nobles? Or is it just for dramatisation?
depending on the time period. Most people in conversation in ancient time spoke plain speak (a little different than plain speak today but not as classical as written language). The way the old written format developed is all about being concise and to the point since the writing medium is difficult and expensive to acquire whether it’s bamboo scrolls or paper.
Will you play Black Myth: Wukong when it comes out? Also, do you have any theories on what the story might be? With your knowledge of Chinese history and mythology, I think you would be really successful making content like VaatiVidya, but for Wukong.
Yes most definitely. No I have no theories on the story
i see one slight problem with this challenge, you can't really delegate battles since the AI won't dismount the generals before giving them orders to attack units and such
I think you are being too picky
@@SeriousTriviamaybe lol, there was no mention of not being able to delegate battles
@thatponybro6940 I thought about that delegate situation too but it would drag out the campaign if we're being realistic, ya know? Maybe you can pay him to do a No Delegate campaign to mess with him. 🤭
@@xeternalxdreamsx nah if i really wanna mess with him, i'd make him do like, Elephant only Mulu or Fire Archer only Zhurong lol
@thatponybro6940 🤣 Yooo, lol. I wouldn't mind the Elephant only Mulu campaign to be real! That's one of the few factions he's not featured on the channel yet.