Some people say troubleshooter, I tried it out and it wasn't at all to my taste though. I've heard wartales and battle brothers scratch the itch, but haven't played either. I believe both are procedurally generated and don't have much in the way of story, but I may be wrong about that.Fine, im down for another playthrough. Needs to check out the new things they implemented in the game, anyway.
Oh, and are there any recent game that approaches the winning combination of tacticoolness/turn-based combat + char progression/leveling + squad management/strategy, much as JA3 did?
It's as it's always been - a beggars can't be choosers type of genre. Especially if you want a modern setting, and even more so if you filter out blatant excum clones.Oh, and are there any recent game that approaches the winning combination of tacticoolness/turn-based combat + char progression/leveling + squad management/strategy, much as JA3 did?
It's rare for tactics game to have the kind of squad management and strategic component found in Jagged Alliance 3. Ignoring that, good tactics games from the last few years:Fine, im down for another playthrough. Needs to check out the new things they implemented in the game, anyway.
Oh, and are there any recent game that approaches the winning combination of tacticoolness/turn-based combat + char progression/leveling + squad management/strategy, much as JA3 did?
Some people say troubleshooter, I tried it out and it wasn't at all to my taste though. I've heard wartales and battle brothers scratch the itch, but haven't played either. I believe both are procedurally generated and don't have much in the way of story, but I may be wrong about that.Fine, im down for another playthrough. Needs to check out the new things they implemented in the game, anyway.
Oh, and are there any recent game that approaches the winning combination of tacticoolness/turn-based combat + char progression/leveling + squad management/strategy, much as JA3 did?
Other than that... I'd suggest JA2 with stracciatella mod.
Some of that stuff sounds very reasonable. Do you know if this all works with 1.5?Rato's Rebalance is a good mod. It adds a directional stance to weapons where firing at the same/close by targets requires less action points than shooting at targets outside the merc's view, a recoil system where strong characters have an easier time keeping their aim on target, full damage to autofire but increased critical hit chance for single shots, a short-range malus to scoped-up long distance rifles, bigger awareness cones around enemies to discourage overpowered melee kills, and plenty of other stuff. I would only recommend it after reaching the halfway point of normal JA3 first.
Smart Overwatch is useful. It stops your soldiers wasting their overwatch shots on impossible attempts at the target's torso and instead aiming for visible body parts. You can also manually set shot types and targets for overwatch.
I think the... uhh... Exit Wounds(?) option when starting a new game incorporates similar bleeding penalties as the defunct Bleeding Mod. It was introduced in 1.4 or 1.5.
Pinned Down is a good addition too. It causes your mercs and enemies both start losing action points from just getting shot at. Not sure if the Nexusmods version is still compatible, the one in Steam Workshop is more recent.
As for just QoL stuff, I like Interface Tweaks that adds all sorts of sensible ideas to the UI, mainly in the inventory. There were also SAY THE LINES -mods which cause all applicable merc banters to fire when there's a trigger for it in the conversation so you'll have multiple dudes interjecting when they have something to say. That one probably doesn't work in the current game, unfortunately.
A sniper rifle can kill one dude per turn, maybe two. Other weapons can kill four or five.is there a reason not to use sniper rifles for everyone?
Play on medium or better yet hard. Ignore whatever the game might say about the easiest difficulty being "standard", it really is just easymode and labeled that way for the sake of retards/gamejournos to not deal a blow to their ego.I'm about to start my first playthrough of JA3. Any recommendations on difficulty level? Anything else I should know before I start? Is there a mod so good and useful that you would recommend it even for a first run? Hit me!
Combat difficulty goes to max, no question. I did try a couple of mods that I would recommend even on a first playthrough, but that was many months ago and they're probably deprecated by now due to patches. The good news is that the game is good without them. I don't think there are any mods out there that will make you like the game if you'd dislike vanilla or vice versa.I'm about to start my first playthrough of JA3. Any recommendations on difficulty level? Anything else I should know before I start? Is there a mod so good and useful that you would recommend it even for a first run? Hit me!
Nothing in this game is vital. You can get by just fine without any high leadership mercs. You don't even need the IMP at all if you don't want him.When you make your own merc give them at least 60-70 leadership if not max, the tooltip doesn't say it but it also increases travel speed on the map which is vital.
https://af.gog.com/forum/rimworld/guide_how_to_download_mods_directly_from_steam?as=1649904300Is it possible to download Steam Workshop mods for games that you own elsewhere? I have the GOG version of JA3, and both UI enhancements & Darker Nights mod aren't available in Nexusmods.
I'm about to start my first playthrough of JA3. Any recommendations on difficulty level? Anything else I should know before I start? Is there a mod so good and useful that you would recommend it even for a first run? Hit me!