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

So, am I the only one that's had a touch of trouble with the difficulty curve? I have it at default difficulty, which is 16% (easy), and my men get kills way more often than I do. I'm a horse archer, which is actually quite fun albeit hard to hit people. Is it normal to get only a couple of kills per battle starting out? On Warband that is.

[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;29619726]So, am I the only one that's had a touch of trouble with the difficulty curve? I have it at default difficulty, which is 16% (easy), and my men get kills way more often than I do. I'm a horse archer, which is actually quite fun albeit hard to hit people. Is it normal to get only a couple of kills per battle starting out? On Warband that is.[/QUOTE] The way I did it was to run around on a horse shooting bandits. I normally do it by use of a crossbow, which I find is more accurate and deadly in the right hands. Then again I always ride off, stop for a second, aim and fire. When I did my first battle I killed bandit groups myself (Followed by charging in and out with a polearm). But yeah it gets easier as a horse archer later on as you get access to better weapons, armour and horses and you skill up. Also I highly suggest getting up horse archery skill, In fact you can be more accurate moving on a horse than walking on the ground if you train it up. Also to help with aiming remember to press R and hold shift to zoom, helped me loads once I found it out.

Just did some testing using cheats. Turns out guns become pretty useless once your troops start wearing armor. It's more of a pike and 2 hander battle. So based on that i'd suggest a couple things: Invest in str so your melee won't bounce Find one of those pierce hammers Don't be a cheapo and get that expensive armor for your troops invest in surgery In the long run i think it will be much more affordable than having to buy mercs all the time. 40 pikers (pike is cheapo) with best body armor and a decent helmet go a long way.

[QUOTE=sami-elite;29620481]Just did some testing using cheats. Turns out guns become pretty useless once your troops start wearing armor. It's more of a pike and 2 hander battle. So based on that i'd suggest 2 things. Invest in str so your melee won't bounce Find one of those pierce hammers Don't be a cheapo and get that expensive armor invest in surgery In the long run i think it will be much more affordable than having to buy mercs all the time. 40 pikers (pike is cheapo) with best body armor and a decent helmet go a long way.[/QUOTE] Where can I get pikers?

[QUOTE=myng;29620838]Where can I get pikers?[/QUOTE] Switching their weapons in the merc camps?

[QUOTE=Jmir 54;29620978]Switching their weapons in the merc camps?[/QUOTE] Pretty sure a piker is a troop, not a weapon. I've seen them in armies

I've got the Cossack leader's approval at 100 and I still can't join. Am I missing something?

Ah , I got in so many bar fights that after the "recover from injury" quest ended I still had 2 agility and 5 strength :v:

[QUOTE=Tudd;29616078]Good rule of thumb Eastern European literature =/= Good storyline (Except Metro 2033, but that wasn't all over the place)[/QUOTE] Metro 2033, The Witcher, Stalker. (Although it was very loosely based on the novel.) [editline]5th May 2011[/editline] Wait did you just state there isn't a good storyline to be found in Eastern European literature?

[QUOTE=Droogie;29623683]Metro 2033, The Witcher, Stalker. (Although it was very loosely based on the novel.) [editline]5th May 2011[/editline] Wait did you just state there isn't a good storyline to be found in Eastern European literature?[/QUOTE] With Fire and Sword novel is just amazing. The Deluge is great. It's just that goddamn game wasting all the possibilities. And Tudd is just an ignorant bum.

[QUOTE=cr2142;29604024]The game is actually based on the Novel "With fire and Sword" So, Thats where the name comes from too...[/QUOTE] Oh yeah, how are you liking it so far?

So I'm not sure about F&S, I like it well enough, it just feels too much like a mod for me, don't get me wrong, I'm still enjoying the hell out of it, but once the M&B team put out a couple patches and polish it up a bit it will be fucking great. [editline]4th May 2011[/editline] Also gun recoil is in slow motion, what the hell is up with that?

[QUOTE=Nexosz;29623869]With Fire and Sword novel is just amazing. The Deluge is great. It's just that goddamn game wasting all the possibilities. And Tudd is just an ignorant bum.[/QUOTE] I didn't mean to diss the book, just isn't a good Storyline for a game.

The CTDs in single player and multiplayer are both annoying. I hope they get around to patching that soon.

haven't had any CTDs multiplayer is pretty fun, I'm getting the hang of using the rifle. also just ordered a double-barrel dutch pistol in singleplayer ~it gon be boss~

[QUOTE=Tudd;29625503]I didn't mean to diss the book, just isn't a good Storyline for a game.[/QUOTE] I think it's a perfectly good setting for a game like this.

[QUOTE=myng;29621418]Pretty sure a piker is a troop, not a weapon. I've seen them in armies[/QUOTE] Some factions have better pikes than others, but a pike remains a pike. They are long, usually 200+ in length. I am not sure, but most merc camps offer half armor for infantry. Half armor is standard pike armor. [editline]5th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Tudd;29625503]I didn't mean to diss the book, just isn't a good Storyline for a game.[/QUOTE] It is, just not well executed. If they made the story like they did the turorial part, it would be so much better. Also movie trailer for no apparent reason: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAKzvY6HGZ4[/media] [editline]5th May 2011[/editline] Guys, someone made a troop tree fix. Get it here: [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?2aecfj9kn97p9j2[/url] Backup your troops.txt and replace it with that.

[QUOTE=sami-elite;29629713] It is, just not well executed. If they made the story like they did the turorial part, it would be so much better. [/QUOTE] Exactly

No CTD for me either, but I can't stand that we can't upgrade troops, I'll be on warband till it gets fixed [editline]5th May 2011[/editline] also I changed the amount of all bullets and arrows above 400 since it pisses me off if I run out of arrows. If anyone cares, [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6681840/item_kinds1.txt[/url] and put at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\mount & blade with fire and sword\Modules\Ogniem i Mieczem (backup your old item_kinds1.txt if you want to change it back). From what I've heard it fucks up your arrows in multiplayer but I never play multiplayer so I've no idea.

[QUOTE=BrQ;29629913]No CTD for me either, but I can't stand that we can't upgrade troops, I'll be on warband till it gets fixed [editline]5th May 2011[/editline] also I changed the amount of all bullets and arrows above 400 since it pisses me off if I run out of arrows. If anyone cares, [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6681840/item_kinds1.txt[/url] and put at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\mount & blade with fire and sword\Modules\Ogniem i Mieczem (backup your old item_kinds1.txt if you want to change it back). From what I've heard it fucks up your arrows in multiplayer but I never play multiplayer so I've no idea.[/QUOTE] Troop fix: [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?2aecfj9kn97p9j2[/url]

That Radziwill (no idea how those guys manage to spell it) guy has the right idea: he's giving me a chance to tell the gentry to fuck off and take away their damn rights, something I always wanted to change in history (this opinion is totally not affected by the fact that he's a descendant of the baddest ruler the countries had).

So how is With Fire & Sord so far? From what I've read I think I should watch New Doctor Who and play Warband 'til patches/balance&fix mods are out...

[QUOTE=sami-elite;29630181]Troop fix: [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?2aecfj9kn97p9j2[/url][/QUOTE] Neat, must've missed your previous post, thanks

I am not sure if it works as it should though. They must've gotten it from the trail/polish version or something. From what i can tell the differences between upgrades are quite subtle. I am sure it makes all the difference later on tho. edit: 18000 for 20 units. Fuuu Still, in the end it should be worth it. Also, cossacks have the best muskets for mercs.

[QUOTE=BrQ;29629913]No CTD for me either, but I can't stand that we can't upgrade troops, I'll be on warband till it gets fixed [editline]5th May 2011[/editline] also I changed the amount of all bullets and arrows above 400 since it pisses me off if I run out of arrows. If anyone cares, [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6681840/item_kinds1.txt[/url] and put at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\mount & blade with fire and sword\Modules\Ogniem i Mieczem (backup your old item_kinds1.txt if you want to change it back). From what I've heard it fucks up your arrows in multiplayer but I never play multiplayer so I've no idea.[/QUOTE] It just fucks with the number readout of arrows in multiplayer. You'll still have the same number of arrows as normal (let's say 30, for example) but it will say you have 500 or something like that. It just abruptly hits 0 when you run out. Isn't too big of a problem when you keep a general idea of how many arrows you've used.

Seems like there are Mixed opinions about F&S... [editline]5th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=angelangel;29611288]lol xfire[/QUOTE] "lol" Better than Steam in terms of community and stability :colbert:

can anyone explain how to install [url]http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=2743[/url] this?

The new expansion or w/e seems pretty buggy. Ran into a couple of conversation bugs when you have to alt-f4 then choose a different conversation thingy.

Well I've played several hours of F&S and would not recommend it. There are much better and less buggy mods out there for free. I've gone back to Warband for now. [QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;29635022]Last time i checked... Talesworld didnt make F&S.[/QUOTE] Didn't know that. Well that's good news to me.

[QUOTE=Hashmere;29633799]Well I've played several hours of F&S and would not recommend it. There are much better and less buggy mods out there for free. I've gone back to Warband for now. I'm disappointed in Taleworlds.[/QUOTE] Last time i checked... Talesworld didnt make F&S.