Warhammer Fantasy Battles News & Highlights (www.WFBattles.com)
Work continues apace on the site and you should notice several new features and improvements over the next few weeks. Here's a brief update and some highlights since Go Live on 31st August.Everybody is welcome to join WFBattles.com - the more the merrier! It's FREE with no catches or spam!
WFB site stats
- 409 new members
- 271 Fantasy battles added (including 120 with battle notes and 33 with links to published battle reports)
- 12 Warhammer Leagues created
- 24 Warhammer Fantasy campaign participants
- 2 new pages in Reckoning section (The Revered & Battlefields)
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WFB Battle Statistics (from ArmiesVs and Reckoning Pages)
- Dark Elves are the most successful army, followed by Warriors of Chaos
- Orcs and Goblins and The Empire prop up the foot of the table
- Core infantry units are the most influential on the battlefield, followed by cavalry and then monsters
- Magic just trumps shooting as the most influential phase but neither are as important as combat
- Vampire Counts players are the luckiest, Bretonnians have the most fun while Dwarfs roll the worst dice and Dark Elf players are the most gloomy
- High Elves are the most common foe, they best Wood Elves and Bretonnia and are beaten most by Skaven and Warriors of Chaos
- Forces of Destruction are winning the eternal war (if Forces of Order and Non-aligned armies joined a coalition then the war would be hanging more in the balance).
- The Empire and Daemons of Chaos are the most bitter rivals
- Ogre Kingdoms are best in tournaments, Wood Elves are the worst
- Order of Law is winning the current fantasy campaign, closely followed by The Rebel Realms
WFB Member Opinions (from Reckoning Pages and WFB Member Polls)
- Skaven, Warriors of Chaos and Dark Elves have the most entries in the book of Grudges
- Lizardmen and Bretonnia are by far the least resented by other players
- Unsurprisingly (given the recent release), Lizardmen are the most wanted army
- Daemons of Chaos is the least wanted army and Dwarfs is the most venerated army
- Warriors of Chaos is by far the most feared army, while few fear Empire, Bretonnia or Gobbos
- Vampire Counts is the best army book, Orcs and Goblins are the most collected
- Warriors of Chaos and Skaven are believed to be the strongest armies, Wood Elves and Beastmen the weakest
- High Elves is the most painted army, Beastmen the least painted
Recent Changes
- Faster loading polls and hobby pages, which are now updated automatically twice a day
- Add Battle error checking allowing a re-post if a battle is not successfully saved
- Two-way "jump" links between member profiles and member battles
Ongoing Development work
- Star Rating for battle reports - allowing members to rate each others battles
- Best rated Battle Reporters (Scribes page)
- Option to submit "not rated" for Polls instead of a default 5 out of 10 stars
Future Developments
- Most Valuable Unit selection dropdown added to AddBattle page
- A new navigation interface, allowing visitors to quickly jump between all pages
- Member accolades awarded according to profile choices, activity and performance
- Member profile option to add website/blog and avatar
- Downloadable league results
- Most successful player analysis by army selection choices, game size, enemy etc
- More campaign options, possibly allowing an alliance member to target a specific enemy army