Mercurial Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 This includes original, warband, with fire and sword, and any other sequels. Anyhow NORDS FOR LIFE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgamemnonV2 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 The game is difficult to stomach without modifications. Luckily the game has a healthy modding community. I used to mix and match but Floris seems to be the way to go nowadays. It just makes Mount&Blade unstable if you don't have the RAM to handle the added resources. http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?board=197.0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I bought Warband quite a while ago when it was on Steam sale, but haven't played it yet. I really should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I'm a firm proponent of M&B — even vanilla. It's rough around the edges, that's for sure. Yet its combat is just so friggin' satisfying. There is nothing more arousing than hoisting your manly shaft, gilded of oak and heroism, and lobbing that mother across the map. Waiting... waiting... waiting... headshot. I've given Fire and Sword a go, and for anyone who enjoyed the first two, it is a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgamemnonV2 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I'm really not interested in Fire and Sword. The greatest appeal Mount&Blade has going for it is that it's a swords & shields game. Bringing in firearms just trivializes that bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) To be fair, the firearms really aren't much more than glorified crossbows. Reloading time is nothing but tedious. Generally, I fired one or two shots at the beginning of a battle in the same way that I would use javelins. Sure, you can end up with a row of riflemen, but it works in the same way as crossbowmen. Edit: I was aggrieved by the lack of javelins. Edited April 20, 2011 by Saturnine Tenshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 I just got into Mount and Blade. After 3 times being smashed into dust, I finally got something going. Sure my footing in the beginning was shaky but if you hire enough folks, things get easy enough. Then comes the food and gold problems... well, time to raid the country that my kingdom is at war with. FYI, I am playing vanilla at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Looting villages is the way to go for food and gold. Keep the food and sell the expensive stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 So got into Warband over the past week or so after owning it for probably over a year. It took a few goes but I eventually "got it". It seems pretty dull and awfully clunky, but has somewhat addictive qualities to it I guess. I guess it'd be nice if it had a story to it to follow. I guess my main issue is the clunkiness and inconsistency of the UI/UX. You can only access certain things on the overworld, and much stuff is hidden. Like to upgrade a basic soldier they get a + on their name and you pick the upgrade after clicking on them. To upgrade a "hero" character you have to click on them, choose to talk with them (an option that generates only basic single line response on normal soldiers) then from there pick the option that lets you level their skills. For your leader, you, you get to the skill menu from the base menu on the bottom of the screen. To equip your heroes is much the same clunkiness of going into the Talk menu, but for your Leader it's a case of picking the equipment menu from the main menu bar. You can't equip your soldiers with anything at all, they just use default weaponry. Which sucks cos you end up after a battle with an extra half dozen swords n such you can't do anything with except sell on. Not all information in text logs is saved either; the game has a chat log thing of the past however many lines of text the game has done, but useful stuff like when you sort of eavesdrop for trading information isn't retained. So you either need to memorise trade item and town names, or write it down manually. Getting and completing quests is a PITA too. Some villages might have quests, some don't. Some might have quests, but you're not of enough "renown" so you can't accept them. So you're having to go around the world to each n every village trying to find quests. Then when you get them, say "kill the forest bandits around the area, you have 60 days to complete this"...the forest bandits then never appear no matter how much roving you do or if you go n sleep in towns, set up camps, check if they're in local villages(some get raided by bandits) etc. In fact the game either has next to no enemies on the map, or tons of them, as is the case with sea bandits around the coast that tear apart most armies because there's like 4 battles in a row. Or you flee which destroys morale and you lose soldiers anyway. So yeah, I guess I'm not a fan, but there's certainly something there. edit: wow I wrote a bit more than I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well it was made by like 2 people. I don't mind of the stuff you mentioned though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 I sorta want to have a battle like this instead of the mess that are the public servers. It makes the battle feel so much more amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted May 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Need regiments for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 We have like five strong. We need eleven more! Come on you clean shaven (...) sack of cured sausages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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