A battle report trying out some new army lists and one of the new tournament missions from the recent tournament pack. We thought this was a really good, fun mission!
As always, let us know what you think and how we can make these battle reports better.
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Might be nit-picky, but starting each section with each of you staring at the camera got silly. Maybe cut it a little better, or just focus solely on the battlefield more often.
I do like the subtitles so we know which BATTLEGROUP did what. That’s a nice touch!
Maybe add more thoughts on WHY you activated certain things when, because the thoughts at the end were enlightening. During the video I kept wondering “why didn’t activate this group now??” It may give away some plans to your opponent but I feel like these are the things I personally struggle with, and would like to know more about!
Overall, I love the videos!! Keep the bat reps comin’!
Thanks for the suggestions!
It’s a tough balance. I like to add analysis and show every activation, but I also really strive to keep the times under 30 minutes, since I know I personally don’t have the time to watch marathon battle reports (I can’t even handle a 30 minute report, but my feedback so far has been that people like them at that length).
The reason I start each shot with the camera zoomed out is that I’ve seen battle reports that consist of nothing but close-in shots, and it’s really easy to lose track of where you are on the battlefield and get confused. Now… you have a good point that I don’t have to start with a shot of my opponent’s face, and then move down to the table… I could probably trim a few seconds off by just starting with the wide shot of the table. I’ll play around with that. However, I do need to start with some sort of wide shot to orient the viewer.
I think it would be tough to add too much color and explanation mid-battle, since it would *definitely* give away some of my long-term plans and clue in my opponent… but I do think I can explain why I did something after it has played out, or occasionally explain why I activated one group over another. I’ll try to add in a little more of that.
How the heck did you roll sooo many 1s to hit buildings. You do know you always hit on a 2+ regardless of modifiers right?