Mount&Blade (Warband too) thread V. Knights of Calradia - Games

Installed the basic/game play version of Floris, but I haven't noticed any changes.

I fancy playing some multiplayer for the first time despite having played warband for months. Any recommended mods?

[QUOTE=Louis;35735420]Just installed Blood and Steel Loving it so far Undead Army... Never again[/QUOTE] Dude Undead Army is the fucking best. You level up like 7 times in one battle early on. Plus you get like 500k from them which lets you buy mercanaries which lets you take a castle which lets you draft an infinite amount of units for a low price which lets you take over all of Calderia in a year or two. Pro-tip: Horse charges do like 50 damage instead of 5 like in Native. Swadians and Khanate own it the fuck up in Blood and Steel.

As if Swadian knights needed to be made more effective...

I picked up a jousting lance for taking prisoners before I went into my first battle against an enemy that isn't bandits. Holy shit, I'm like a dermatologist lancing boyars every day!

[QUOTE=johnlukeg;35737049]As if Swadian knights needed to be made more effective...[/QUOTE] Even better you can hire them directly from villages. Blood and Steel is Warband easy-easy-easy-easy mode

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;35735766]So is the Floris mod pack a really ~wacky~ piece of shit with all sorts of imbalances, or is it just warband with tonnes of new content?[/QUOTE] The latter!

mother of fucking god. I became a Jarl after I helped take over the city of Curfaw. Well, I was defending my city after I heard reports of enemies in the area - and I look to see the entire army of Vageirs - including their King. I began to shit myself, as it was nearly 600 on my measly 250. After a week (in game, lol) and many losses, I repelled their forces for good. It only cost me my entire personal army, 50% of my city's garrison and my own sanity. After their fourth and final siege wave, the rest of my fucking Jarls and King came a riding through and scared them off. I was so pissed.

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;35735766]Also if you've pissed off [I]every[/I] kingdom, that's why. It's always good to have only 1-2 enemy kingdoms at any time.[/QUOTE] Nope, only one enemy. It was the Cossacks that were my enemy. Also, I don't get enough time after taking the castle to go hire troops; a short while after they come knocking the front door down with groups of 4-5 leaders with 100 men+ men in each group.

[img]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/577828781271059178/5FA2B4B3A8F0FD95173C283285451126040A293F/[/img] Oh fuck. [img]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/577828781271057584/F4BCC3CE63BCB59370C8B0F00173F765028A9B4C/[/img] [B]OH FUCK[/B] [editline]28th April 2012[/editline] [img]http://i.imgur.com/AtXDJ.png[/img] This guy gives 0 fucks.

[QUOTE=The-Spy;35741198]Nope, only one enemy. It was the Cossacks that were my enemy. [/QUOTE] My people (human beings) have a saying. [I] "Don't piss off the Cossacks."[/I]

How do I get it so I can have a bigger army, I know your renown and leadership increases it, but I can have about 85 people, and some people have 150 - 250. How the hell do you get that many?

[QUOTE=Louis;35735420]Just installed Blood and Steel Loving it so far Undead Army... Never again[/QUOTE] can you actually have undead armies?

I dont know, but I had a troop of 14 men vs an Undead Army that was roaming around added by that mod Blood and Steel and then bam 240 vs 14 I killed 2

Thinking of reinstalling Warband, what are some good mods? I'd love a good fantasy mod or just one that improves the campaign. Looking through the mod forums is a pain, also because there isn't always an easily accessible thread that states what the mod is about.

[QUOTE=Vasili;35742647]can you actually have undead armies?[/QUOTE] No, but you if you get lucky, you can get a skeleton horse as a part of the loot. It's one of the worst horses, but it's a goddamn skeleton horse, so I kept it. So I'm trying to do a sort of "Knights of Ye Olde Fuckshitup" by hiring every companion and was wondering if any option is best when a companion whines about another companion. So far I've been choosing the first one for everybody to make sure the pent up rage is evenly distributed.

What's a good year? I'm at 1967 Warband hours played on Steam and need to decide when to stop playing forever so that I stop having these horrible dreams where I can't manual block the spiders and I have to go to the bathroom but there's archers in the hallway. Horrible nightmares every night, someone help!

I have prisoners on Warband, what do I do with them?

[QUOTE=cyclocius;35743661]I have prisoners on Warband, what do I do with them?[/QUOTE] Hire them, sell them to a Ransom Broker, or sell them to Ramun at Tihr.

I got With Fire and Sword, and I have to say, holding onto a city in a war-torn area with battles raging between 3 nations while you have 25 people in your garrison and you are a level 3 is pretty dang hard, especially when there are 400+ troops outside who want to murder you and make your head their new flag.

[QUOTE=theseltsamone;35743708]Hire them, sell them to a Ransom Broker, or sell them to Ramun at Tihr.[/QUOTE] The only options I have are to talk and disband. If I talk I tell them not to escape. Where are Ransom brokers? Are there prisoner caravans or somesuch I ought to find?

[QUOTE=cyclocius;35744229]The only options I have are to talk and disband. If I talk I tell them not to escape. Where are Ransom brokers? Are there prisoner caravans or somesuch I ought to find?[/QUOTE] You have to go into the camp tab and select "Take an action". Ransom Brokers move around among cities. You can find them in Taverns.

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;35744145]How should I go about owning a city, fortress, castle, anything[/QUOTE] The easiest way that I've seen is wait for a castle to be sieged, after the attack and all the troops go away simply take the town who probably have ~30 people in their garrison. Also, go for the towns they give you the most amount of money in taxes IIRC.

[QUOTE=cyclocius;35743661]I have prisoners on Warband, what do I do with them?[/QUOTE] it's probably best to sell them to Ransom Broker over hiring them in your army since having troops from different faction can dismoral your troops, but overall having prisoners isn't such a big income in the game.

[QUOTE=toaster468;35744776]The easiest way that I've seen is wait for a castle to be sieged, after the attack and all the troops go away simply take the town who probably have ~30 people in their garrison. Also, go for the towns they give you the most amount of money in taxes IIRC.[/QUOTE] If you're impatient, you could always just go down to the Sulnate or Khanate. They have some pretty weak troops overall, and there's usually a castle around there that for whatever reason stays at around 100 garrison.

Who is the best to attack in Fire and Sword if you want an easy castle to capture?

[QUOTE=The-Spy;35745984]Who is the best to attack in Fire and Sword if you want an easy castle to capture?[/QUOTE] I found countries consistently vying for control of Lviv, so you will often find it weakened. Or try what theseltsamone said.

Floris Mod is refusing to work with me. When I try to start a new game it just gives me a black screen (I can see my mouse) after I choose my history. Anyone got a fix?

[QUOTE=theseltsamone;35744451]You have to go into the camp tab and select "Take an action". Ransom Brokers move around among cities. You can find them in Taverns.[/QUOTE] Hiring them doesnt do anything. They often desert during the night, even if you have maximum troop morale.

Now I'm up to 3 factions with no fiefs that won't go away. It's annoying because they're all still at war, so my villages are constantly getting raided by 1 man parties that run away at 8+