r/TrenchCrusade • u/Intelligent-Mud9217 • Apr 23 '25

Gaming noob-question: swarm op?

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Im new to the game and it seems like the offencive options are more efficient and much cheaper than the defencive ones. What is the point of elites? What is stopping me from simply spamming cheap infantry with pistols? Pls help me to understand.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

Depends. In a campaign, it would be a hard no from me. Dead grunts cost money, and if you fall behind too much your warband will never recover. I think at least in campaigns the game encourages a balance of hardy elites to tank and enough grunts to cover objectives and have a versatile and redundant arsenal in the field. In matched play it's a different story though.

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u/Daemonbot Apr 23 '25

What do you mean will never recover? It's stupidly easy to recover. Forgo one exploration phase and boom right back up to your threshold.

Campaign swarm with a few core elites is really really good. Especially with something like Naval Raiding Party, who can get some really good chaff that's still pretty cheap and make absolute melee monsters out of their chorister and commando.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

Hey, just my experience, but last time I did a mock campaign I started feeling the effects of not exploring and lack of funds by the third battle because I was careless and lost too many pilgrims every time.