Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2is a real-time strategy game set inside theWarhammer 40,000universe put out by Focus Home Interactive in 2019. It follows Admiral Spire of the Imperium as he battles the Chaos Undivided, the Orks, the Eldar, Dark Eldar, the Tau, the Tyranids, and the Necrons. It follows the space-based conflict between these factions, and the player can take control over any of them.
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As with any fairly popular PC game,there is a very active and vibrant modding communitywith their sights set on improving on the base game andironing out any flaws that might have made it past QA. Plus, players always enjoy customizing their experience, and modders are always ready to help players do so. Most of the following mods come from the modding hub known as Nexus Mods.
6Base Game Files Can Ensure Your Campaign Isn’t Messed Up
The Base Game Files modensures that the player is able to keep a set of unedited campaign save files should they forget to back up their saves and decide to alter the game to a significant degree with mods.
Essentially,this mod adds a failsafeand a place to go back to should the player cause something they don’t want to happen in the campaign. This applies to both the main campaign and the Chaos Campaign Expansion. This modcomes from Nexus Mod userEshir.
5No Boarding Mechanic/Auger Probe CD 10s Makes Some Tweaks
Sometimes, a mechanic just doesn’t work for a group of players. It can become annoying, unbalanced, or just generally unfun (the Zann Consortium inStar WarsEmpire at War: Forces of Corruptioncomes to mind). Thankfully, modders have the magical ability to make such things completely disappear.
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The No Boarding Mechanic/Auger Probe CD 10smod tweaks the game to remove the boarding mechanic by lowering the range and angle for boarding. It also gives a 10 second cooldown time to the Auger Probes to balance that mechanic. This one comes from modder Eshir.There is also a separate mod from Eshirthat just gives the 10 second cooldown to the Auger Probes without removing the boarding mechanic.
4Chaos Buff Gives The Dreaded Chaos More Power
Chaos is the broad name given to the demonic forces of the Warp that can corrupt and control living creatures in Real Space, turning them against their own.Armada 2was granted a Chaos Campaign Expansion that allows the player to go through a story as the Unified Chaos faction.
The Chaos Buff modrebalances Chaos so that they put out more damager per second, making them an even more formidable and overwhelming force. It affects all Chaos ships at all times, so the modder, once again Esher. recommends not keeping the mod active when not playing the Chaos campaign.
3Campaign Changes And Upgrades Improves Quality Of Life
A videogames flaws are more likely to show over time, especially if things are left unchanged and not tweaked over a long period of time. Thankfully,modders can extend the quality of life of a gameby tweaking things to keep the game enjoyable and fresh.
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The Campaign Changes and Upgrades moddoes just that by helping ships turn faster and upgrade defensive turrets to repel bombers. This mod also comes from Nexus user Esher.
2Veritatem Imperialis II Xenotide Adds New Ships To The Game
This mod adds new ships toBattlefleet Gothic: Armada 2with some attempts to keep things balanced across the board. It also adds “Xenotide,” which has the various Xenos alien factions fighting with new and upgraded ships all their own.
The mod also makes some tweaks to the Chaos campaign, which was added in DLC toArmada 2.The Veritatem Imperialis II: Xenotide modcomes from a dedicated dev team and, unlike the others on this list, isn’t found on Nexus Mods but instead Mod DB.
1Skalgrim Is A Comprehensive Overhaul To The Game
The Skalgrim modis among the most ambitious and comprehensive mods added toBattlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. It adds new ships and rebalances pre-existing ships. It plays with the concept of subfactions (particularly the Chaos faction, as it includes several kinds of Chaos demons and corrupted Chaos units) inserts the Tau into the campaign, alters the campaign in several ways, and aims to make the game more loyal to thelore and story ofWarhammer40k.
It can’t be stressed enough how much this mod adds to the game. It adds several lore-important capital ships that can really change a player’s experience, and it even adds new Titans and Mega Titan ships that can dominate the Gothic sector. This mod surely came from the Skalgrim Mod Team and was uploaded by Nexus Mod user TacitusGermanicus.
