>/v/ tells you a game is amazing >it's garbage What

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>people hype this shit up as being some kind of "hardcore" game that's actually challenging
>its easy as fuck and even easier if you use the numerous crutches the game throws at you

MHfags are even more obnoxious than Soulsfags about their game's difficulty I swear.

mount and blade was pretty good but it took me literally 70 hours to figure out how 2 play and I thought it sucked before that point

>he thinks kings sat inside of a castle all day not fighting for his kingdom
kek, get the fuck out of here underage faggot

>>383288146
yeah M&B is only good if you're ready to spend a whole day playing it

>>383287545
>OP is a faggot once again

>>383287848
Make it to G-rank and come back then. It's piss-easy until then.

>>383287848
which one did you play that was "easy" and how far did you make it?

tri was easy until you got to like, 4* quests and had to fight stuff like the gigginox and rathalos

>>383288690
Man, fuck Gigginox. The difficulty spike was real

>>383288146
Well then tell me how to play so I dont hate it

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>>383287545
The vanilla game is alright, it only gets real good with mods

>>383287848
>tfw started with the first game over a decade ago and loved it because of the challenge and the grind it took to solo everything in the game
>tfw the series has only moved further and further away from that with each entry after MHFU

I realize that the way I played the games, soloing even the guild quests was never the way it was intended to be played, but still it sucks

Just one of those cases where the reason I love a game is just completely the opposite of why the rest of the community loves the game

>>383287545
Picture unrelated.

mount and blade warband is my second favorite game of all time i feel offended OP

>>383290779
>>383291443
then tell me how to play so i dont hate it everyone says it takes 3 weeks to learn how to play it before you "get" it but i dont want to do that

>>383291614
>Mount & Blade
>Takes 3 weeks to learn
Are you genuinely retarded, the games are pretty fucking basic, a child could figure them out

>>383291914
>>383288146
>mount and blade was pretty good but it took me literally 70 hours to figure out how 2 play and I thought it sucked before that point

>>383287545
when you find a lord you can ask him the location of any other lord in the realm

What character should I build in M&B? I'm always so anxious about character creation.

>>383292095
Yeah but they say shit like "He's in the field, traveling from point a to b" and you just look for him and wait on the route between town a and b and they never fucking show up

>>383291614
>everyone says it takes 3 weeks to learn how to play

Those people are retarded

Just play the game it's not very complex, it's not like it's a fucking gsg

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hows this build look

>>383287545
The combat killed it for me, absolutely terrible. I would like to get to the point where im growin' my army or sieging shit, but the combat is just so goddamn bad. I don't know pc devs try to make melee combat games, they always end up floaty garbage with no impact like chiv/m&b/dark messiah.
>Can move while attacking (slip-and-slide garbage with fucked up fundamentals).
>No hitstop.
>No hitstun.
>No blockstrings.
>Few attacks.
>Feint for some reason can be spammed a bunch of times a second while moving -- perhaps the shittiest implementation of an otherwise good mechanic I've ever seen in a game.
>Flat-out terrible animations.

>>383292902
What is this resolution?

>>383292031
who are you quoting?

>>383293137
playin on my samsung

>>383293170
Not him, but are all you M&B players this fucking retarded? I mean he's literally quoting the quote.
One guy says it's exceedingly complex, another says it's piss easy... the guy they were replying to in the first place is trying to reconcile these two differing opinions.

>>383293137
It's windowed I just squished it so I could screenshot it with a chat app I use

>>383293170
The second post linked in that post.

>>383293132
the game you want to play is called dinasty warrior and it's shit. It will suit you well because you're a faggot

>>383289472

in the very early game I would just fight forest bandits in groups less than 10. If you get a horse it should be easy enough to solo(free horse if u start noble)
u can speed up the time with ctrl+space
really helps with the long walks
I found it helpful to have your companion and stronger units to go in first. Companions can't die and your stronger units are less likely to die so you won't have to replace troops as much. Experience is split so even if your peasants don't fight at all they will still level. You can decide who goes in first by putting them first in your army tab.
Each companion has it's own levels that you should specialize. I prioritize making a doctor and a trainer first to build a decent unit. Other skills such as pathfinding/spotting make it easier to avoid hostile armies. Another thing to work on is getting all of your companions mounts, this will make your world travel speed faster.
For making money I suggest traveling inbetween the big towns looking for tournaments. They are the best source of money. You can command your tournament team with the same commands as your army, so in multi-team fights you can have them hold back and let the other teams kill each other. I would also check the prices of goods in each city while you visit. The prices fluctuate depending on the location so you can make a good bit buying iron (for example) cheap in one city and selling it high in another
you should make tons of cash pretty easily and then you can kit yourself out as well as your companions. The next thing you have to work on is your army size, which is limited by your charisma level and fame (rep?) but mostly the latter. Tournaments give some so you should have a bit just from winning, but to get more you will need to do quests for lords. Focus on the kings and the marshals, as good rep with the kings can get you land(if you join their faction) and marshals will take you into fights which can lead to some loot ( it will piss off people tho)

>>383291614
Just put the setting on easy until you get good at combat. You can literally change how much damage your dude can take.

Don't ever start in viking turf if you're new because you'll get raped by sea raiders.

>>383293493
Dynasty Warriors blows.
So does M&B though too.
They just both have shit combat.

>>383293430
who are you quoting?

>>383293587
Shadow of Mordor is the game you want to play and it's shit. It will suit you well because you're a faggot

I fucking hate herding cattle.

>>383293840
No... that sucks too. Sounds like you're a faggot suggesting all these awful games tho.

Hollowed Knight
Dragon Dogma
Zelda Botw
Deus Ex
FF tactic

>>383293961
no u

>>383293961
Maybe Skyrim's more your speed.

>complaining that single player is bad in what is basically a multiplayer game

>>383294115
You need to stop posting now.

>>383294250
Well what do you want? COD with swords?
Skyrim is most likely for you.

>>383294171
>playing multiplayer in a singleplayer focused game

>>383294972
He just wants to hate everything, blame /v/ for teaching newchildren that hating everything and everyone is cool.

>>383292902
No.
Read the general on /vg/

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>>383292902

>>383296381
>go to /vg/
I'd rather just play the shitty build

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>this entire thread

>>383287545
>all that fun combat mechanics
>most of the time you end up doing drive-bys on the horse
>wanting to be a footman? Here, have a javelin to the face
>reducing player damage to 1/2? Good luck not feeling like a casual now.

Yeah, thanks.

I would say it but just like the band I hate i won't mention it because I don't want the sorry fucks to get any more free advertising
greedy fucking assholes

>>383288146
Echoing this sentiment

>>383292095
man just get your renown sky high, don't bother with quests unless you absolutely need a guy to like you, which you don't as far as I can tell.

Also be a girl so they won't give you shity land, get high renown and build a strong army, then take the richest city on your own and never have tax problems.

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>>383299032
if only there was a way to not get hit by projectiles

>>383299556
>don't bother with quests unless you absolutely need a guy to like you,
Then what the fuck am I playing the game for if not to complete quests?

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>>383287545

>>383300073
see
>>383300136

>>383299032
>don't carry a shield
>get shot
REALLY makes me think

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>>383300540
the best part is you dont even need a shield to not get shot by warband AI

>>383300540
>>383300690
I generally want to go and fight enemies, not run around archers. I set combat AI to "good", maybe that's the cause.

>>383300690
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7jRWvdR5XQ

>>383301041
then get a shield you mongoloid
this isn't dynasty warriors

>>383301041
the combat AI is a fucking joke no matter what setting its on m8

that webm is only to point out how easy it is to dodge projectiles, thats never going to actually happen in a battle

>>383287545
M&B ,Morrowind, and Gothic are the memetic trifecta of crappy games beloved by /v/.

>>383301174
>then get a shield you mongoloid
>this isn't dynasty warriors
I fucking love polehammers and other fun 2handers, sue me.

>>383301441
>carry shield
>swap to 2h in melee
it's not rocket science

>>383301276
that'll always happen in native battles because the AI can't lead

>>383301491
>run with shield
>ok
>get in melee
>switch to 2h
>get javelin'd
I remember at least one such case.

>>383301747
downside of using a 2her
tough shit

>>383301747
>dont pay attention to your surroundings
>get shot

>>383301915
Yeah, I'm mostly salty about it being able to one shot me.

>>383301374

>it's old so it's bad

go play pubg but remember to do your homework first

>>383301276
So exploit shitty AI to Git Gud?

>>383302060
you got hit in the face
get better armor or just don't run in a straight line like an idiot

>>383302148
you can either take the bolts to the face or not anon i dunno what else to tell you

>>383301374
>gothic
No one actually likes gothic. That one's just a joke.

>>383302106
There are plenty of new games that have shitty combat that I don't like as well.
The question posed was >>383287545
My answer was correct.

>>383292175
Well what the hell do you want, a medieval GPS? You already get a lot of info for no reason at all, how the fuck do they know where that lord is. And when looking for an imprisoned lord the game is kind enough to show you all the prisoners in a castle/town in a world map.

>>383287545
get the vexed native mod for the game, it improves everything

>>383292175
increase your or a companion's tracking skill

>>383302712
>look this mod up
>90% of the changes he lists just make the game easier

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i should have known this game sucked when most gravity rush threads are anons freaking out over how cute kat is

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are you niggers for real?
you don't go around with just one weapon and expect to deal with every situation
if you want to use a polearm you need a shield for when it's needed

>>383302440

morrowind and gothic have pretty shit combat, I'll admit that

M&B has good combat tho

>>383298014
/mbg/ is one of the few good generals there. I suggest you run by there for advice.
>no waifufags
>no discord group
>no circlejerking group, for that matter
>no drama
>no rabid shitposters
>no rampant gayfags or furfags (at all)
>friendly to newcomers
>willing to help
>knowledgeable
>handsome

>>383287545
>he always falls for the /v/ meme
never buy a game /v/ shills. it's mostly shit.

>>383289915
Guild quests aren't supposed to be solo? I thought that was optional?

>>383303419
Don't forget wicked sense of humor.

>>383303381
Getting used to the directional aspect took a few.
Bows and thrown are solid
Lance is either useless or OP.
Best of the three I mentioned but that is kind of like being the tallest midget.

>>383293502
>You can command your tournament team with the same commands as your army,

You can fucking WHAT? After 300 hours this changes everything!

>>383303474
Guildquests were always intended for multiplayer, but they almost all of them are still doable solo

>>383303419
>>no waifufags
>>no discord group
>>no circlejerking group, for that matter
>>no rabid shitposters
>>knowledgeable

all wrong

in warband i just make my units charge all the time and i still win

no tactics/strategies necessary

>>383303798
lol

Also melee fights in arena are actually not free for all, because it uses the same 4 team system and can spawn teammates that'll ganbang you.

>>383304061
try that in anything other than native
>>383304082
i don't think it's 4 teams but there's definitely a limit

>>383304209
i do it in literally every module i play and it works every time unless i do something retarded like take 18 guys against 50

warsword, gekokujo, viking conquest, clash of kings, PoP, etc

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>>383304061
Swadian knights detected.
Playing on max difficulty and with tactics actually helped me to minimize losses. Easy just makes me lazy.

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>>383299032
>>wanting to be a footman?
Nobody in human history WANTED to be footman. Drive-bys on horse are the pinnacle of knight combat.

You'be better off complaining that the game doesn't let you have an actual phalanx-like formation. That rustles my jimmies.

>>383304418
i know for a fact that doesn't work in viking conquest

>>383287545
Mad Max, it looks good but it's fucking boring as fuck and a fucking scrap grindfest. The fighting system is shit and the upgrades boring.

>>383304486
it doesn't seem to change no matter what difficulty i use

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>>383304510
>implying
you just need pikes of a proper length and more than one thrusting direction

>>383304536
it does, the only time i had to do anything different was on a siege in one of those circular barricaded villages since guys would just run into arrows at the narrow entrance

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>>383304620
For a second I thought you posted a screenshot of TW: Rome 2. What fucking mod is that it? It really fluffs my johnson.

>>383304720
oh wait
default viking conquest has that really stupid no swing shit that fucks up formations
i forgot about that

>>383304605
Your game must be different, I have to use tactics every time to stop infantry from running after horsemen, leaving archers open and cavalry is just all over the place.

>>383304802
bello civili
its a mp only mod for napoleonic wars

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>>383304453
*Assures my victory*

>>383300073
What did you choose as your back story and for you motivation?

>gonna get that REVENGE.... by delivering all the letters to lords

You're supposed to have your own agenda and make your own game. I only do quests for a king whose faction I want to join or for cities I own or villages I really want to recruit from when I have nothing better to do.

Honestly I don't think having a high relation to the king even makes anything n your favor.

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>>383304956
>its a mp only mod

>>383305095
iirc Rome At War is the most complete ancient era mod, but theyre all unfinished to some degree

>>383304620
>>383303225
Well apparently I'm playing this game wrong becuase my battles look nothing like this. I just have 3 or 4 mercs with me who are on foot and club the other guys to death.

With an army that fucking size do you even need to fight yourself?

i wish that pirate game that uses warband's engine wasn't shit

i just want a good pirate game that plays like it

>>383305009
>What did you choose as your back story and for you motivation?
I'm a troubadour, son of a rich merchant and my motivation is gold and powerlust

>>383305009
Not him, but I was just about to complain when I realized you were actually criticizing him for doing quests. I agree with you wholehearted.

>Merchant son with wanderlust.
>Go out and buy businesses in every fucking city in the world, raking in mad dosh.
>Perpetually increasing the side of my merchant bodyguard until I have a core of 40 mamlukes to defend me.
>Occasionally rescuing damsels from defeated raiders, brigands, and highwaymen.
>Said damsels are trained into a massive harem of Sword-Sisters, who are all 100% certified UMF with their mounted crossbows.

>Never joined anyone's faction.

That was my favorite run I've ever played. I died a very rich and wealthy man.

>>383288146
I'm there. Played about 4 hours, raiders just kill all my guys and capture me everytime. Everyone gangs up on me in arena, and all clothes look like ass.
Convince me to not uninstall please

>>383305508

there used to be a pretty good pirate mod for battlefield 2

it's ded now tho

>>383305373
you can actually crank up the battlesize higher on simpler modules like native since they have much less fancy shit
look up battlesizer for warband, it's just an exe that lets you manually set the battlesize from 30 to 1000
>>383305508
it's ok, it was worth the sale price
the zombie game was awful though

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>>383303930
Almost all? That doesn't sound too good at all. I hope I can still go the G-rank stuff solo. Had MHFU sitting around for years and just haven't completed it once.

>>383305567
You make it sound so fun. How the fuck do you get money to start businesses if you're not doing quests? How are you building an army without money?

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>play 50 hours before you learn you can send commands to your unit groups in combat
>that first time setting up a line of with infantry in front

>>383305736
quests are literally the worst way to get money

>>383293502
>You can command your tournament team with the same commands as your army
well fuck me

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BANANALOD WEN?

>>383300690
how do i move the camera

>>383305687
MHFU is very hard but entirely doable solo

MH4U is where the bullshit starts

>>383305635

>raiders
don't start nords
>arena
some are harder then others
try a different city
>ass clothes
mods

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>>383305890
view outfit key

>>383287545
Same as you

The napoleon DLC is great.

>>383303225
I tried some mod the other week, it was a fucking mess

>new game
>enable AI formation
>join up as a soldier in a lord's army to get some money and sweet loot
>first battle between some other random lord
>two of them make a line with all the soldiers and start circling each other in an infinite loop and never actually charging or advancing
>the only way to fix shit is to disable AI formations, which makes every army play like bandits charging like retards

and I was starting to have fun

>>383287545
Holy shit OP just when I thought you couldn't be a bigger faggot you surprise me.

System shock 2

Jesus Christ that game is dated as hell and aged like milk

>>383287545
Undertale
BDO
FFXIV

All are utter trash only a child (or a complete retard) could enjoy.

>>383305736
I'm very good at the arena, even without combat stats. There are a few instances that I find it just fucking impossible, but I go to the arenas without mounted combat, and if I start with a 2H sword or a staff, I know I can win it.

Otherwise, it's just a matter of starting small, recruiting some schmucks to act as ablative wounds, and hunting down all the bandits I can until I can get my first business (usually brewery, which is most efficient in sultanate territory). From there, it's just a matter of saving up, building up, start a business, and keep going.

By mid to late game, my small, mounted army means I can catch up to pretty much anyone and larger bandit groups willingly run into me, and their super elite rank means we tear through anyone easily. Typically. Losing mamlukes really fucking hurts because it takes so long to train them up, but I usually have all my companions set to training.

Early game, remember to run from fights you know you cannot single-handedly win, and try to keep everyone mounted that you can so that you're army has the speed needed to catch things you do want to fight.

>>383306124
The main game is ok, but Long War is absolutely amazing if you're into that type of game

Got like 150 hours in Vanilla and over 1k in LW, and I still pick it up from time to time

>>383300690

I really wanna play this game but it just looks so shit

>>383305941
I'm not even in nordland or whatever. I started in both swadia and rhodok and I just got owned because apparently 12 of my guys vs 8 of them ends up with my guys literally dying 10 seconds in and I'm riding my horse and eventually getting gangbanged.
I also tried the steppe once and it was the same except everything was shittier and now the bandits all had horses. Fuck me.

Reposting from the last thread.
-hire hero units in tavrens, they spawn at diffrent places and dislike some of the other hero units
-train one with int and healing, often Jeremus, train and other with pathfinding/tactic, and train one with engineer (these stats just take the highest one and dont stack)
-put all extra hero unit points into training (it stacks from everyone)
-put your points in Leadership if you want a bigger and cheaper army
-Kingdom of Swadia units are toptier easymode once you have fully upgraded them
-for farming you can go to Kingdom of Vaegirs shores and kill searaiders, they are stronger then bandits, but weaker then lords armys, and not as shitty as Khergit Khanate mountedbandits

-when walking on the worldmap press Ctrl and Space for it to go alot faster
- press just space when on the worldmap will make time go even when you are standing still
- if you have a horse in your inventory for every 4other item, you will move faster on the worldmap
- you move faster if your units are on horses on the worldmap vs an army that just on foot
-in battles, hold F1 to move the Order "Hold position" to where every you like
-you can change whom you order with 1=infantry 2=archers 3=cavalry

-F1 F2 and F3 have diffrent orders for your troops
(for example press 2 to mark your archers, then perss F3 to go into a list of orders, and press F2 agian to execute an order) (think F3 +F2 is to hold fire)

-if you make your own county dont choose a citizen as your minister, it wount let you give away small towns, so make a lord or companion minister instead

>>383305736
>>383306469
Oh, and to add, pick up a fucking blunt weapon! Blunt weapons knock out enemies rather than kill, and enemies of any type sell for MAD FUCKING DOSH at the slave trader. Early game, since I'm doing most of the killing and my dudez are doing most of the dying, all my kills are unonscious and I sell them repeatedly. Early game, like 10% of my pre-business money is from selling weapons/gear/arena, etc. and 90% is selling prisoners.

>>383306767
>muh grafix
who cares

>>383306124
I hated it till I realized weapons have an "optimal range" system, and xcom shit accuracy when being right in front of an enemy is a false meme that I believed, when in reallity doing that is counterproductive

>>383305687
Don't listen to them, all of them are doable solo, every single one. There's just this one huge gimmick boss called Gogmazios that's pretty difficult to solo since you do a lot of damage to him with environmental traps, like a cannon on a moving cart, and a couple dragonators, as well as a huge cannon called the demolisher. He's still soloable without any of that though.

>>383306825

I would just practice on mp or keep checking the tavern for the free companions

When I start I can 1v10 with no stats and I usually just tell my peasants to chill while I do everything

>>383306825
hide behind objects if they're ranged, make your troops hold position when you start, let the enemy come to you and then tell your men to charge so they can mob then at once
when they're distracted hit them from behind or shoot them

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>>383305736
>>383306825
For you, broseidon:

https://imgur.com/gallery/FMAqV

>Yakuza 0

It's fucking shit

Played M&B W for 4 hours. I thought I was having fun until I realized that it's not an RPG and it's closer to Civ than Morrowind or Oblivion or something.

>>383307660
Neat, I'm gonna restart a new game then I guess.

>>383308157

>closer to CiV

did you also play CiV for 4 hours? becuase they are nothing alike

m&b is pretty much it's own gerne

>>383308157
>i was having fun until i decided i no longer desired to have fun

>>383301508
>>383301508
This 100% desert, desert, desert, oh hey a ruin cant explore without the linked quest, desert, desert, new vegas, sends me on a quest back to the desert, see more desert too much fun

>>383308157
I've played for 95 hours and I disagree. The game is a sandbox and you get whatever you want out of it.

>>383307660
what build should i go with
can you have fun as a merchant

>>383308602
not really, the merchant system is pretty bare and the only M&B related thing that has it fleshed out in any way is caribbean, even then it's mediocre

>>383308461
It's much closer to civ than a traditional RPG. If you played as one of the units in Civ rather than the leader and they had expanded battles then it'd basically be the same game.

>>383308521
I was having fun questing until I realized there was no story and no world to get immersed in. You just kill things and sell loot.

>>383288314
They definitely didn't do any fighting. They might be gone out with their army though.

>>383300073
to conquer the realm as your chosen faction

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>>383308602
just play as a rhodok

>>383308757
what should I go for then? gimme something to start with. should i go for a str build with melee weapons or something? not a big fan of archery/crossbows but I can use them if needed

>>383308793
total war would be a more apt comparison.

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>>383308602
You can have autism as a merchant, to be honest you can go full int or cha and shill have good damage output.

>>383308793

the world is there, but there is no story

some mods do a better job with story, I would check out PoP or VC

>>383308894
try everything and see what weapons you like the feel of
generally you'll want at least one type of melee and one type of ranged

>>383308602
Does anyone actually do the buy low and sell high Freelancer thing? It seems like a lot of work for a very low profit.

>>383309418
Spice, velvet, salt, dyes, fur. Here is your high profit

>>383309418
entirely depends on the trade good and profit margin
it's extremely efficient in viking conquest with wine for example, as it's like 100-200 per unit from dorestad and 750+ anywhere else

>>383309418
Dunno, that's why I was asking. Merching was my main squeeze for money in Runescape. Loved gipping people off and finding retards to buy items from at low prices then finding bigger retards to sell them to. Love merching in vidya if it's implemented correctly.

>>383308793
>>383309162
I like that there's no "story",
Just a world with systems

Bethesda really needs to learn how to properly copy this if they're going to continue with their "radiant AI"-thing.

>Have Opposing factions
>With their own armies with unique units.
>with some random personalities/behaviors for "nobles"
>with a world not strictly designed/scaled for foot-travel/combat.

>have systems in place that allow for political manuvering and intrigue within a faction,
>have systems in place for commanding battles of more than 4 people.
>no "get out of jail free" magic (rather just reliance on equipment and training).

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>>383308602
>can you have fun as a merchant
I am literally >>383305567. So yes. Hell yes you can.

As for "buy good X in city Y and sell it for more in city Z" merchanting, that is also possible but it takes a lot of work and doesn't seem very rewording. It is doable, however.

>>383305849
>send commands to your unit groups in combat

What is this man saying?

>>383311225
There are army commands in Mountain Blade. You control movement, weapon types, coordinate them by assigned groups or general groups like infantry/cavalry/archers/heroes. It makes the battles infinitely more enjoyable, even if doing no more than telling your companions (JEREMIUS) to stop charging in and instantly dying

this thread makes me not want to play
this games too intimidating
i did the tutorial and thought i had a grasp of it but now i don't know anything

>>383311493
Is there a difference between Companions and just mercs/volunteers you recruit? I feel like I've seen Companions used as a separate term but I'm not sure.
I have no idea what I'm doing in this game.

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>>383311591
It's the kind of game you can boot up and fuck around in without knowing anything. The game allows that, but you'll run into curious situations that you don't know how to prevent. "Hey, X companion hates Y companion and left my party. What the hell?" "Why can't my army kill this other army?" "How do I have sustainable income?" "Why does everyone hate me?" "I tried raiding a town and holy shit what the FUCK?"

There's literally nothing wrong with learning about consequences as they come, and the game can be fun doing so. I played my first 20 hours like that.

However, just glancing over a guide like >>383307660 is a huge help and explains a lot of the undesirable events are in fact avoidable. It'll give you a much better understand of the mechanics at work, to help create a more enjoyable playthrough.

Don't be intimidated. Just give that guide a read-through and get to fightin'.

>>383311692
Companions are unique units that can't die, only go unconscious. They also level up just like the player, and you can allocate their stats, skills and gear. You can find them in taverns.

Where should I start if I'm a total shit at video games? Which land is best for beginning? I think I read someone saying that costal areas are shit because of water attacks. Which town should I go to

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>>383287545
DELET THIS

>>383312276
Oh, cool. Thanks.

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>>383311692
In the taverns, there are certain named individuals that can join your party in certain circumstances. Sometimes they ask for money, other times some vague long-term goal, and sometimes certain restrictions ("Hey, I'll join you to protect the innocents and DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE RAID A PEASANT TOWN."). These individuals are what we refer to as companions/heroes.

These individuals level up and are upgraded like you the player. They cannot die in battle and only fall unconscious. It is often smart play to designate certain companions to upgrade certain skills so that you the player don't have to, like Jeremius as the doctor and another for path-finding and what have you.

Certain companions hate each other, however, so it is not advisible to take all of them that you find.

Here, read this.

>>383295595
don't act like you know how /v/ was and used to be, redditor

>>383312724
that is exactly what you are doing though

>>383305736
get gud
beat up bandits and looters and level up a bit and
WHAT I DO is focus on STR first to have some more hp in tournaments and then guess what.... yep I tour the world doing tournaments and collecting NPC companions (you're gonna need to read up on this) then when I have a lil nest egg t raise up some Swadian man o wars, meaning I have a big buffer I take a mercenary job and start beating up enemy lord and looting villages. You can do this earlier but you run the risk of getting crushed if you don't have a reasonable 50 dudes to fight off a 50-100 army. I like to keep them as man o war until I see a uh oh big army gonna get me then pop them in Knights and wreck em.

You can also make okay money killing sea raiders and get some okay armor this way, but you need that personal combat competence and probably some man o war tier guys to beat them.

At this point you're in a good starting position where you can defend yourself and know how to make enough money.

>>383312552
Thanks, I'm reading through the guide linked up there now, guess I just haven't gotten there yet.

Is there a limit to the companions? Or is it randomly generated (as to whether they'll be in a certain tavern/their skills/restrictions/etc) and you can just recruit them as you see them?

>>383312994
>you can just recruit them as you see them
This.

>>383312828
>>383313047
Thanks for the tips my guys

>>383312552
I need one of those companion circles for Fire and Sword

I do my best but its a pain in the ass with the lack of online content for the game

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>>383312994
They all have fixed starting stats and terms, which is why Jeremius (the most important and memorable one, because of how fast he suicides each battle) is often the designated doctor, because he has great starting first aid and surgery.

As for their location, they randomly spawn in various taverns, and IIRC they move around periodically, so don't hesitate to check back on the same tavern every week.

>>383312552
Can you post parts 1 and 2 of this? Also part 4 if there is any.

>>383313620
Yes. See >>383307660.

Is it better to go for a weapon with ok swing and ok stab or a weapon with a higher value of only one? Feel like it'd probably be best to take the more versatile weapon

>>383313482
Awesome, thanks

>>383312828
>>383313126
grind first, get a lot of looters captured, and sell them as slaves,

hire some villagers, level them up (by attacking looters).

don't get more than 10 villagers when you're in the process of doing this, enemies tend to scale in number relative to your warband size, and you want just a few sea radiers to take on.

be sure to be alive and have contributed to the battle in order to get some loot out of it.

>>383313698
when i was rocking a two handed sword i would prioritise swing. because swinging is much better on horseback IMO and i would spam overhead swings during sieges killing enemies one after the other. obviously stab in that case was unfeasible because i didn't have a clear shot at the enemy, could only hit them with up swings.

>>383313698
Literally take what you enjoy using most. You are going to learn very quickly that gitting gud with a weapon type is infinitely more valuable than its stats or your stats.

>>383313682
Thank you.

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>>383313898
>grind first, get a lot of looters captured, and sell them as slaves,
Haven't even run into this mechanic yet. Never had an option to take slaves, only loot so far, thanks for the tip

>>383313126
I personally join an army that's at war (a large army, so you don't get rekt all the time) and just stay in there / afk / watch shows on my phone as the commander walks around and then join in when it's time to battle. Gets me levels/experience and lots of money through big battles.

That approach does take a while though, Ideal if you just wanted to afk a bit and multi task

how do you heal? does it go up over time or do you have to eat something? just noticed that I'm on my 3rd battle and my health is still lower from the first 2

>>383287545
middle earth shadow of mordor

i really really really tried to like it but its just fucking trash

>>383315309
Are you using mods?

>>383315412
I've never heard anyone on /v/ say anything positive of it beyond "It's not really that good but for $3.99 it's worth it just to have it"

>>383313898
>selling slaves
you're as bad as a shitty looter, would send you to the dungeon with them

>>383315461
Nope, vanilla

>>383292902
>hows this build look
Bad/Challenge run

>>383315461
over time

>>383315309
over time, just let tme pass in a fort or your own camp

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MaB thread? Post your knigga/king/kaiser then.

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>>383287545

>>383315492
Call it shit and see what happens, not the same guy by the way. You'll find people do defend it outside of the nemesis system.

When does it become worth it to start giving your troops commands? I only have 4 people right now and none of them are mounted, can't imagine it'd be much help to give orders in such small battles

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>>383303419
>he revealed it.
Come on, you know what to do

>>383316147

at that point only halt and charge is very useful

later on you'll want to make groups so you can tell your archers to sit somewhere and have your cav follow you for the flank and such

>>383315524
That's technically phrased wrong. Mountain Blade's prisoner system and ransom brokers are essentially their version of imprisonment, not slavery.

>>383316760
wut?

the prisoners you sell to brokers become slaves on board galleys as oarmen

>>383316949
According to what?

>I broker ransoms for the poor wretches who are captured in these endless wars. Normally I travel between the salt mines and the slave markets on the coast, on commission from those whose relatives have gone missing. But if I'm out on my errands of mercy, and I come across a fellow dragging around a captive or two, well, there's no harm in a little speculative investment, is there? And you look like the type who might have a prisoner to sell.

>>383316949
Ramun the Slave Trader is literally the only slave trader, hence the name, and also hence why he buys prisoners at such a higher price than the ransom brokers (ish. He buys all flesh at 50 denar a piece, any type).

>>383317275
pretty sure that's only in original

>>383317509
nope, he is on Warband too

>>383316760
no, there are proper prisons, I mean to give them to any prison guard in a fort or city, while you're talking about selling them to the brokers inside taverns

>>383318328
Brokers, who return prisoners to freedom for ransom.

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What's the purpose of a Tracker? I just got Borcha. Does he expand your view distance in the over world or something?

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>>383317081
>>383317275

>>383317697
i mean the price

the witcher 3

>>383287545
fuck you, m&b is good

>>383293340
Sorry on your Samsung? You can? Am I that old?

>>383318525

it gives you more info and longer "tracks" which are the trails lords/armies leave behind when traveling

if you have a high lvl you can see tracks that are weeks old and it tells you whose army/how many people were there

>>383318705
One I played m&b, I really can't bring myself to play game with bamham combat anymore.

>>383318396
>wanting criminals back
they only deserve to get hanged

What happens to your companions/party when you get captured? I escaped but I can see my party is still with them as prisoners. Is there a way to get them back without fighting or am I just better off recruiting new fighters, and what happened to my companion? I don't see him listed as a prisoner. Does he go back into the tavern cycle?

>>383287545

>it's an "OP has a completely different set of standards from people who probably described the game as something he wouldn't like but still bitches because it's not his thing"

>>383321003
companions are ransomable from one of the tavern npcs
regular troops have to be rescued via fighting

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I bought it for like 2 dollars. I got more than my money's worth.

>>383321275
From the Ransom broker? I'm not seeing an option to get a companion back, unless it's just not showing me the option because I can't afford it or something

how does MP in Warband work? Never tried it. Is it just like the SP game, but with other players running around the overworld?

Why are your troops so incompetent without you? I order my 61 soldiers to attack an ''army'' of 5 and two high ranking soldiers manage to get killed.

>>383321452
either the ransom broker or one of the other guy's, i don't remember what they're called
travellers maybe

>>383321508
no