Mount and Blade

[BrassGecko]

Anyone else playing this game (http://www.taleworlds.com/index.html)? I'm addicted and I've got a moderately experienced army roughly 36 strong. I'm having a lot of trouble sneaking into a hostile town though, my current quest is to meet someone's spy there.

This was a fun cavalry skirmish, though I guess I could have waited a couple seconds and taken a shot closer to those other guys. It's hard to take the time to press the button once the fighting really starts...
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/brassgecko/mbcharge2.jpg

My computer was not quite top-of-the-line several years ago and runs it at 1440x900 at full prettiness levels. While it's certainly not the highest graphics quality out there it's enough to be satisfying, especially at dawn or dusk. Besides, battles move so fast from horseback that there wouldn't be time to look around. :)

For those that haven't heard of this game, I recommend you try it out (http://www.taleworlds.com/index.html). You can play for free until you hit level 7, which is plenty of time to see if you like it.

Basically, you start out as a single, level 1 person on Total War-ish map covered in villages and castles, with 5 different kingdoms squabbling over it all. You can recruit villagers to form your band of mercenaries and take quests from the little towns or the various lords of the various countries.

You can upgrade your armor, weapons and horses, and also that of the other "hero characters" you can recruit in the taverns of the bigger cities. New stuff is either bought in those cities or found on the bodies of defeated enemies after the battle.

The fights happen in first person, and you have moderate control of your guys. You can order them all at once, or by infantry, archers and cavalry, and you can tell them to hold your current position, follow you, or charge. Moving uphill slows you down, moving downhill makes you go faster (unless it's too steep), and all of this matters since moving faster gives you a bonus when you hit someone. It's a pretty excellent combat model, overall, and more importantly it's tons of fun.

The moment I realized I loved it was when I charged another horseman at full speed with a lance and hit his horse, killing it. The guy flew off and got to his feet, so I just kept going, spun around a nice distance away, pulled out my sword and rode him down.

So yeah! Pretty enough graphics, satisfying sounds, and awesome gameplay. There's no real story, but the world is detailed enough for a fun Choose Your Own Adventure.

Edit: I forgot to mention, the game is by two people, a husband and wife from Turkey. Or at least they started it and did all the first work. I can't tell if they've got other people now or not. Anyways! Try it!

[Hotcod]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

impressions once i've tried it

[BrassGecko]

Here's a better picture, from a very similar battle. Sunrise, this time!
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/brassgecko/sunrisecharge.jpg
I finally had to turn my settings down a bit in a 100 person battle not long after this one.

[Mashidar]

I need to give this game another try, my first try with the title didn't leave me with a good impression but then again i didn't give it enough time to really grasp everything.

[NoName]

This game looks like it will be a lot of fun, I've just had trouble fitting it into my gaming schedule. Dang it all, someone needs to pay me to play games all day.

[Hotcod]

I can't seem to get the hang of hitting people with sword on horse back... i think it's something i may drop some time in to when i've not go so many other games to play... it seems very cool from what i played

[Squidbot]

I played this a while back, and was so impressed I payed to unlock the full game. It really is great fun, but requires some financial backing to really give it the kick start it needs.
The combat is just ace.

[Young Al Capone]

I always meant to check this one out, and this thread reminds me that I need to soon.

[Deadend]

I have not played it in ages... such a well done combat system in an RPG.

[Telefrog]

I can't seem to get the hang of hitting people with sword on horse back... i think it's something i may drop some time in to when i've not go so many other games to play... it seems very cool from what i played

Best strategy for hitting people with a sword while on horseback? Ride away, swing your arm out to the side, turn around and ride back to your target while keeping your swordarm out. Aim at the person's chest (point down if you have to), swing only when the target is passing next by the horse's neck on the same side as your sword.

Best overall horseback strategy? Get a lance with a blunted tip. All you have to do is "set" the lance against your side and run people down. Since it's blunted, you'll get a ton of prisoners afterwards.

[Hotcod]

thanks, i was trying to do that i just can't seem to get the timing right... i just got a town looted by bandints beacuse i couldn't sort out my horsey... but ah well, i shall try playing some more tonight as it's the kind of thing i know i'd love once i get in to it more

[Jarvis]

I remember grabbing this game about a year or two ago and playing nothing but it for months, and even playing around with some of the mods.... For whatever reason I completely forgot about it, redownloaded other day and just as promised by them the code still worked to unlock full version!

It's still fun and I imagine I'll be losing more time to it, time to go find some mods again :D

[Libuke]

thanks, i was trying to do that i just can't seem to get the timing right... i just got a town looted by bandints beacuse i couldn't sort out my horsey... but ah well, i shall try playing some more tonight as it's the kind of thing i know i'd love once i get in to it more

All weapons have a reach rating, I think, can not remember of the top of my head, anyways it is basically how long the weapon is. Often it might be worth using a, for example; sword which is longer but does less damage as it will be easier to hit with if you are new to the game.

Right now I am running two games, with very different play styles, one horse archer/lance user with a pure kerghit army. The whole force is on horse back, pretty fun running around all crazy and fast with the army. The other one I am playing a foot soldier with a 2 handed sword and crossbow, using mostly Rhodok troops. Both are fun for when in different moods of play style.

Seige battle are particularly fun in the game but impossible to do with your own army until much later in the game, in both mine I have forces of about 50 people but most castles have about 100 defenders so you can only really attack them when other people you are friends with are attacking them.

Overall I think it is a great game, especially since by 8 year old computer can play it well my gaming computer is waiting to be fixed.

[Hellbug]

Seige battle are particularly fun in the game but impossible to do with your own army until much later in the game, in both mine I have forces of about 50 people but most castles have about 100 defenders so you can only really attack them when other people you are friends with are attacking them.


Just get lots of Nord veterans and try to take one of those keeps. I suggest either the Vaegjrs or however they are spelled, because they do not have as heavy of foot soldiers as the Nords do. Of course, you could always go the really cheap route of taking a castle, and just keep attacking it with archers and then retreating until all of the soldiers in the keep are dead.

Playing the game as a lone warlord is very difficult but also very fun. :D

[Vulture]

just downloaded the demo and played some. it looks really fun. thanx BrassGecko.

sofar i've only pwned looters from horesback, but from what i'm reading i'll probably be buying the full version.

[Hotcod]

got the hang of hitting people on horse back a bit more... but i shouldn't have just tried to take on 12 horse with 2 hehe

[Scaryfaced]

The combat takes alot of practice. I've been playing nothing but this game for the last month and I still have trouble killing from horse back time to time. It's especially tough dealing with huge groups of Rhodoks, they're all carrying rediculously large sheilds and long spears. Its also interesting how the terrain can have a drastic effect on the battles. When fighting Rhoduks in the mountains, they love to take a hill top and sit their with a few dozen crossbows. On the inverse, the damned Khergits never hold still! I find the best way to deal with them is find a good hill face and force them to climb it to fight you. I'm seriously loving this game and hope it continues to get better now that its a full release.

I'm currently playing under the Kindom of Nords and enjoying it. I've got about a year (in game time) of play on the character and I'm already the Marshall. You can call for military campaigns, give other Lords missions, all kinds of stuff. I'm at lvl 32, have a party of about 115 soldiers and have a castle holding another 200 or so. Good times all around. I'm stuck in a pretty intense war with the Rhoduks and Khergits, who allied up not too long ago. It's really interesting as I've gotta drastically alter my command style depending on which army I fight.
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[BrassGecko]

got the hang of hitting people on horse back a bit more... but i shouldn't have just tried to take on 12 horse with 2 hehe

Just a little after I started playing and had gotten good at beating up looters and forest bandits, I got a rude surprise when I attacked a group of deserters equal in size to my group. Swadian Men-At-Arms sounded like infantry, not armored horsemen... it did not go well for my little band!

I've discovered I like lances a lot, either smack the rider off his horse, or take it out from under him a if he's got a shield.

[Lint of Death]

I started playing this years ago. I haven't kept up with it since I got my new PC with Vista almost a year ago, unfortunately. I remember the LotR First Age conversion was really awesome.

And about combat, my memory cherishes it on nearly the same level as Rune. For different reasons, but that's saying something.

[Hotcod]

Now that i'm starting to get the hang of things this is getting rather awesome. I've got 25 or so in my party and it's nice to have the bandits that where kicking my ass in another game run away from me while i go hunt them down. I just started to have 'big' fights 20vs20... one moment sticks in my mind, i killed some guy on horse back and his horse kept on running and he stayed in the saddle for a bit before falling slowly off the back... it was frankly awesome.

These are some of the best battles i've ever been in, they feel like real skirmishs and you find your self hitting one target at a run and then moving on trying to find another one and so on... i thought i'd dislike having no minymap in the battle but it makes it feel more fun having to look around for target as the fight get spread around... wish i had the money to buy :(

[Vulture]

ok, i ended up buying this last night, i had too, there was no other way. when i entered the activation code i had fond memories rise up of the shareware strategy and rpg games i would play on the mac, in the 90's made by scumblebum producers. ambrosia software i'm looking at you!

anyways, mounted combat is the shit in this game, i can't understand why obivion could'nt get that right or age of conan, or any other game. i've been having a lot of fun doing some mounted archery against cavalry, and melee against infantry. this game's got depth, i'm about 10 hours in and still can't see how deep the rabbit hole goes in this game. i'll be in here a while guys, nice knowing ya.....

[Loki]

Horrible name. They should have named it the Cunegonde game.

[Libuke]

Horrible name. They should have named it the Cunegonde game.

I don't understand what you mean, is that mix of other game names or what?

[Loki]

I don't understand what you mean, is that mix of other game names or what?

Nah. Just a bad joke about a character from Candide. Cunegonde was raped (Mount) and disembowelled (Blade) in the first couple of chapters; yet lived on and was quite ugly.

[Libuke]

Nah. Just a bad joke about a character from Candide. Cunegonde was raped (Mount) and disembowelled (Blade) in the first couple of chapters; yet lived on and was quite ugly.

Makes much more sense in context.

[Hotcod]

damn... i was in the nord lands and got caught by a lord... about 200 vs my 30... we won the first battle, which took me form level 6 to level 8 with the number of foodmen i was cutting down and we almost won the 2nd battle, 20 vs 12... but i got knocked out and we lost... i ended up level 9 but a prisoner so i reverted... but it was an epic battle that i almost won just for being awesome

[Hotcod]

so i captured an lord... but i have no idea what to do with him other than tow him around with me... how do i ransom him off or what ever? i can't seem to find an answer on the site

[Scaryfaced]

so i captured an lord... but i have no idea what to do with him other than tow him around with me... how do i ransom him off or what ever? i can't seem to find an answer on the site

They ransom off automatically, but it's going to take a while. In a few weeks, you'll get an offer from whatever faction he belongs to. It pops up in the same manor as faction invites and Marshall's orders. They only go for about 2-3 thousand, but it's worth it. Once you get a castle, you can use it like a personal jail to store prisoners. Until then, you've got to drag them along with you.

I think I discovered something about the stat system. It seems that party skills only count from the member with the highest skill level. This means if you have multiple characters who you've specced towards the 3 First Aid skills, only the one with the highest skill level will count. I just hit lvl 33 on my main character and I completely fuxed my party's stats, investing multiple characters in the same skills. I think I'm going to start over again and see if I'm right.
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[Hotcod]

thanks, i also found a thread on the main forum about it after a little bit more digging... i shall just cart him around with me... after all my moaning about not being able to hit people from horse back i'm now slaughtering the other side by the hundreds if there on foot and can use a lance rather effectively. It's funny that i can fight and win against rather large odds simply for the fact i kick ass.

I've also become really rather good with the javlin and bow even if i never meant to... the torments where i am are all horse and range and given how much money you can make off them and how easy it is i've become rather good at it heh

[Hotcod]

Well, tonight was fun. I've found that even with my small force of 70 or some men i can take castles, what was less fun was never being given them in return and only getting 900 gold for my trouble. I in the end captured a major city and still wasn't seen as good enough to own it so i rebelled and took it for my self. I then went on and took a number of other castles before trying my look at joining the one faction that didn't hate me at this point (right next door) and was at war with the 2 factions i've been mainly fighting... turns out they where happy to have me and i got to keep everything i'd taken.... but seems bringing them a huge chunk of land still isn't enough to let me get castles and things when i take them so i may just go back and take another city or two before joining up again

[Libuke]

Well, tonight was fun. I've found that even with my small force of 70 or some men i can take castles, what was less fun was never being given them in return and only getting 900 gold for my trouble. I in the end captured a major city and still wasn't seen as good enough to own it so i rebelled and took it for my self. I then went on and took a number of other castles before trying my look at joining the one faction that didn't hate me at this point (right next door) and was at war with the 2 factions i've been mainly fighting... turns out they where happy to have me and i got to keep everything i'd taken.... but seems bringing them a huge chunk of land still isn't enough to let me get castles and things when i take them so i may just go back and take another city or two before joining up again

I think it is based on your renown and/or how happy the faction is with you if you get castles and such.

[Hotcod]

i just felt like i could single handily take over another faction and i would not be given anything... the system just seems a bit off to me. Anyways i'm happy playing the warlord for a bit before going to get my self some faction protection :D

[Scaryfaced]

i just felt like i could single handily take over another faction and i would not be given anything... the system just seems a bit off to me. Anyways i'm happy playing the warlord for a bit before going to get my self some faction protection :D

I ran into that situation not too long ago. The Rhoduks were royally pissing me off, so I decided they shouldn't be allowed to live anymore. I took something like 5 castles in a row, didn't ask for any, so they weren't awarded to me. Then I decided to take Jelkala, which was much easier than I had anticipated. I actually asked for that one, but as you said, got 900 in return. Now, I've been enjoying my time as a Nord, so I didn't fight it. Instead, I decided to bulldoze Rhoduk cities figuring he'd eventually have to give something to me. I ended up being awarded the next city I took, so I'm now the proud Lord of Yalen. Major cities are frigging cash cows, too. I think I got about 12k in taxes after something like a week had passed. It's enabled me to keep a standing army of 400 or so, which was draining my bank account before hand.

I think I'll take the rest of the Rhoduk's territory next. Anyone know what happens when you take all of an enemy's territory? I'm pretty sure they just disappear, but I haven't gotten that far yet.
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[Libuke]

I ran into that situation not too long ago. The Rhoduks were royally pissing me off, so I decided they shouldn't be allowed to live anymore. I took something like 5 castles in a row, didn't ask for any, so they weren't awarded to me. Then I decided to take Jelkala, which was much easier than I had anticipated. I actually asked for that one, but as you said, got 900 in return. Now, I've been enjoying my time as a Nord, so I didn't fight it. Instead, I decided to bulldoze Rhoduk cities figuring he'd eventually have to give something to me. I ended up being awarded the next city I took, so I'm now the proud Lord of Yalen. Major cities are frigging cash cows, too. I think I got about 12k in taxes after something like a week had passed. It's enabled me to keep a standing army of 400 or so, which was draining my bank account before hand.

I think I'll take the rest of the Rhoduk's territory next. Anyone know what happens when you take all of an enemy's territory? I'm pretty sure they just disappear, but I haven't gotten that far yet.

They sorta die, The lords will run around, if there are any left, until they are defeated. Once they are defeated I don't think they have anywhere to respawn, although I remember reading on the forums that they spawn for random other factions, including your own, not 100% sure on that though.

[danielOut]

I really wish this game had released during a less busy time of the year. Snagged the demo on sunday and fell in love. But now I've got fallout! AUGH!

By the by, I got a village and went to build a mill... 60 days to build it? That's gonna take forever. Anything I can do to speed that up?

[Libuke]

I really wish this game had released during a less busy time of the year. Snagged the demo on sunday and fell in love. But now I've got fallout! AUGH!

By the by, I got a village and went to build a mill... 60 days to build it? That's gonna take forever. Anything I can do to speed that up?

Someone with better engineering, unless that is already what you are doing then no you can not. I have games with a couple hundred days played so in the grand scheme of things it is not that bad.

[Hotcod]

heh i found my self taking over cites before i finished building the damn mill

[danielOut]

seems like time passes awfully slowly; though i'm trying to avoid a lot ofcombat so i don't hit the demo's level cap too fast. can't wait to get the full game and spend time with it

[Hotcod]

Sharow stood on the hill looking down at the field of battle. She watched the river of blood draining down the valley wondering if it was enough to drown those few still alive. She wished there moans and screams would soon be silenced so she could think.The thought didn't even take her by surprise. So few of her men had fallen that none of those pain filled voices could come from any one but those who had tried to kill her. She never wished pain on anyone but nor did she feel the need to be sorry for those who brought it on them selves.

"A grate victory" the voice cut across her thoughts and she looked up to see nazir "you must have been deep in though to let me sneak up on you like that" he finished seeing the look in her eyes. She silently reprimanded her self before smiling back up at the man.

"Yes" she said "I don't think even you expected this when you signed on" none of us did she thought as he sat down next to her.

"Maybe not this but i could see you where going to lead us to grate things" he paused looking up at her as she sat to join him "just how grate remains to be seen"

"do you think they will forget?" she asked suddenly and Nazir knew she didn't mean the hard won victory who's bloody work lay before them.

"maybe, this was a battle the likes the world has never seen. This is true history and true history i think some times distorts the stories of how those who made it got to that moment" Sharow nodded for once not annoyed by Nazir tendency to talk like a bard. They had fought a unprecedented battle here. One they should never have won. She had thought she was taking her men to there death as she rode to her fellow lords rescue. His party reduced to 30 or so in the face of nearly 500 even together they had barely made a 1/5th of what they faced. The nord campaign has swept though the recently captured Swadians territories, an unstoppable force though already battered lands.

But they stopped them. Here. In blood and pain she fought the most brilliant battle of her life. One that would mark her place in history. Yet she knew there was more to come and it all hinged on Nazir being right. Instead of the joy such a battle should bring to those that survived it she was faced with trepidation and the fear that comes with daring to hope.

"They have to forget." she said sternly "I just hope your right. The king will at lest have to be seen to truly accept me now. He can not hope to distance him self from what we did here today and nor would he want to" she paused and let out a long sigh "but maybe it will just give them more reason to fear me. If i can do this then i can do anything. They already saw me as dangerously brilliant and if they even slightly suspect a half of what we plan they will crush us."

She could clearly remember the day that it all started. It was on a hill much like this looking over a scene that was the same if of a lesser scale. They had just taken yet another castle with no help from those idiots the Khergits called lords and rescued the boarders of her lord and master yet again when the messenger came bearing that same message "i can not grant you these lands". She had almost run the poor boy through, he blood was still boiling from the battle and the indignity of being passed over yet again for an snifling idiot who would be long dead if not for her was almost to much. She had snapped then, even if she didn't know it at the time.

The massager also had orders for her to attack the Swadian scum. She almost threw them away but she knew her men needed rest and to sub her lord now would be no good to her or any of them. She lead them down in to Ichamur where they rested for a time before marching for the boarders. She had a plan. Uxkhal. She would take it. She had never tried to take a city before and knew she was no where near ready for the task but her mind was on fire with rage at how she had been treated. If she took the city then maybe just maybe her lord would see fit to grant her something of what she won. 900 gold was not worth the lifes of the men she knew she would lose. It happened quickly, easily, the city fell to it knees before her. Brilliant tactics along with inspired fighting had won the day at little loss and she had to hide her shock. Nazir had understood and then as now he had came to her on a hill and waited for the messenger.

When he came with the letter Sharow felt read to scream in such voice it would shake the very mountains. The fire had spread to every part of her body and she could be hope it would be put out by the letter the boy carried. She was surprised her hands didn't shake as she took it and pulled it open. The fire turned to ice. "we cannot." She let the letter fall nodded to nazir and turned away. A scream was quickly silenced behind her.

The next few days where a rush as she secured her hold on the city and planned out her next campaign. The Khergits wanted her dead and the Swadians wanted there city back. She had already had the pleasure of taking a few of those idiot lords and it was all she could do not to rip there heads from there shoulders her self but they needed the money ransom would bring. Quickly she struck out taking the nearby castles before Praven fell to her too. She now held a third of the old Swadian empire and found her self with a hard choice to make.

A Warlord, they called her, apt but they spat it. It was an insult. She was faced on almost all sided by people who wanted her dead. She could not be left to hold her lands even by those who where not directly threaded. Yet it had been so easy, could be so easy. Ever last one of those lords and kings had ancestors who stood where she did now, every last one a warlord of some kind. She knew she could do the same, she knew she could do better. The world lay at her feet and she could build an empire from the lands of the week and stupid lords. Yet those same stupid lords had numbers, to many numbers of her now.

She made the only move she could and went to the one people who did not hate her. She offered vassle to land of Rhodoks if she could remain lord of what she had already taken. The prospect of the land she brought and the brilliant general she would be was to much for the king and he had to accept. Still, she was an out sider who had turned once and may turn again and was a grate threat if a grate advantage.

The lands around Suno quickly fell to her with some help from the lords that was unexpected yet welcome. She asked for land and was again over looked yet she accepted it and kept quite in the hopes that they would treat her less and less like an out sider for her plans all depend on always being trusted. She would take the world for Rhodoks, lords and kings all would lose there lands until the land was united as one. Then she would take it. She would have to win the world twice over but she knew she could. The battle today was proof of that and maybe the first true steps to making the dream a reality.

[Hotcod]

thats right, mount and blade fan fiction! i only typed it up to make a point... i thought of all that during the huge ass fight i just had. Me with 80 or so men, a lord with 20 or so vers a whole warband of over 500... it took 10 or so battles to win it...

What is annoying is i forgot to save afterwards and managed to get my self jumped by another factions warband on my way 'home' i lost half my men running the hell away from that one... i could have probably won it in the end but i couldn't face it.

Still if you can't tell i now plan to take over the whole god damn world for my king and then take over the whole god damn world again for my self... going to take me years to do given what little time i put in to playing it but it's fun to have goals

[BrassGecko]

Still if you can't tell i now plan to take over the whole god damn world for my king and then take over the whole god damn world again for my self... going to take me years to do given what little time i put in to playing it but it's fun to have goals

I plan on taking over the whole thing too! I'm currently leading around a group of 50, mostly top-rank crossbow and spearmen with a few huscarls thrown in. My plan is to stay with the Rhodoks long enough to seriously hurt all of the other factions, and then demand out of my oath, back the challenger, and use the civil war to start picking off cities for myself. I picked the background about being from a noble family that was on hard times, so it seems appropriate that my guy has some ambitions. Right now I own one town with a mill, but.. gotta start somewhere. :cool:

Since I'm getting to the point where all but the biggest bandit groups are a pain to catch, my favorite thing right now is to hang around the edges of major battles. If it looks like my side is in trouble I'll help out, but otherwise I wait for the different nobles to run for it and then chase down and destroy those weakened groups. It gives me a lot of experienced guys from rescuing captives and a lot of ransom money from captured nobles.

[Superman's Dead]

So! This game is five bucks for the week, and I couldn't help it and picked it up.

Tips from people who've played in the last year? Mods to be downloaded? Patches?

[BrassGecko]

I'd say just play it normal! It's a ton of fun, and still one of my most-played games.

That said, I did find a mod recently that takes the horses out... which is odd, defeats the purpose of the game, but still weirdly enjoyable. I wouldn't recommend using it to start.

[CappinCanuck]

So! This game is five bucks for the week, and I couldn't help it and picked it up.

Tips from people who've played in the last year? Mods to be downloaded? Patches?

Yeah, plenty of mods, maps and some patches. Google will point you the way, there's only a couple big sites and they have ratings for each of the former.

P.s. D2D is the one with the 5 dollar deal.

[boratika]

I'd say just play it normal! It's a ton of fun, and still one of my most-played games.

That said, I did find a mod recently that takes the horses out... which is odd, defeats the purpose of the game, but still weirdly enjoyable. I wouldn't recommend using it to start.

That must be the "and Blade" mod :D

[BrassGecko]

That must be the "and Blade" mod :D

Or "Boot and Blade," maybe!

Actually, one thing I enjoyed in the normal game was making a character who I decided was allergic to horses. He had a rough time of it!

[Panthera]

Native is fine as it is, but eventually you'll want to try out different settings:

Mod forums: http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php/board,63.0.html
Gangs of Glasgow: http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php/topic,53931.0.html
Realm of Revolution: http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php/topic,59522.0.html

I'm still waiting for Hegemony and The Last Days to get a release. Those were my favorite pre-retail mods.

[Khrymsyn]

I haven't tried any Mods yet, but have been considering it. I enjoy the game, but kinda wish I had more impact on the game world. (i.e, seems incredibly difficult to take castles for yourself, and you can't make your own faction up and become your own king)

[CptTripps]

Love this game, have not played in awhile but will probably go back and play it again someday.

My favorite setup was Swadian Knights with a boatload of Vaegir Archers. I basically start each battle by finding high ground. I haul ass to said high ground, tell my archers to hold and the cavalry to follow me. Tactics after that depend on what is charging me. Ground troops I ride behind, kill their archers, and then charge the troops from behind. Cavalry I charge head on as my character and goons are pretty high level and take them down quickly.

One thing I like, get one of your hired goons high in the surgery skill. Your troops will for the most part be wounded but rarely killed. Is quite nice as leveling a swadian recruit to knight status can take awhile.

Another thing I enjoyed (mod) is the Mount and Blade battle sizer. Instead of being limited at 100 and having reinforcements show up you can just crank the max units on screen. I tried 1000, it crashed :) I have it at 300 on a i7 920 with a 1GB 4850 and it's the bees knees. Riding into battle with 150 vs. 50 looks that much cooler.

[BrassGecko]

I haven't tried any Mods yet, but have been considering it. I enjoy the game, but kinda wish I had more impact on the game world. (i.e, seems incredibly difficult to take castles for yourself, and you can't make your own faction up and become your own king)

If you take a castle or city without becoming a vassal to any of the kings, you'll be your own kingdom. That said, all four of the groups will attack you, so you have to be ready for it! Alternatively, you can join a faction and THEN take a city or castle. If you do so and aren't granted the property, it'll give you the amusing "YOU HAVE BEEN WRONGED!" message, and the option to rebel. Your former faction will of course try to beat the snot out of you for it, so that's another one you have to be ready for.

As far as taking castles, you need to have quality troops more than quantity. Thirty or forty huscarls, for example, can take down dozens and dozens of weaker opponents.

Love this game, have not played in awhile but will probably go back and play it again someday.

My favorite setup was Swadian Knights with a boatload of Vaegir Archers. I basically start each battle by finding high ground. I haul ass to said high ground, tell my archers to hold and the cavalry to follow me. Tactics after that depend on what is charging me. Ground troops I ride behind, kill their archers, and then charge the troops from behind. Cavalry I charge head on as my character and goons are pretty high level and take them down quickly.

I always like a mob of Nord Huscarls backed up by Rhodok Sharpshooters, and then my party of seven or so named characters as the mounted force. The sharpshooters shoot them up until they're pretty close, and then I can lead the cavalry around the back while the huscarls run at the front. A ton of enemy knights sometimes make for a rough battle, but once I get into a castle, I'm nearly invincible.

Edit: Oh man, I'm going to try out that Gangs of Glasgow mod.

[Squidbot]

ARISE THREAD!

Mount & Blade: The last days, a Lord of the rings mod, released on the 30th of OCTOBER.
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It looks fantastic.
http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/18/17965/mb11e.jpg
http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/18/17965/mb7o.jpg

[Superman's Dead]

Holy. Tits.

[Squidbot]

Indeed! This is going to keep me playing till Skyrim I think. Will DL tonight.

[BigJonno]

Ahh, bollocks. It's for the original and I only have Warband.

[Lint of Death]

Assuming it's the same one, they've been at this for a seriously long time - I remember playing it months/years(?) before the original M&B was released.

Edit: Did you use past tense for November 30th? :confused:

[Reverant]

*Sproing*

Are there actual dwarves and orcs and stuff?

[Squidbot]

Assuming it's the same one, they've been at this for a seriously long time - I remember playing it months/years(?) before the original M&B was released.

Aye they've been working on it a good while.

Edit: Did you use past tense for November 30th? :confused:

I don't know what you mean ;)

*Sproing*

Are there actual dwarves and orcs and stuff?

http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/18/17965/mb44k.jpg

The Good:
Woodmen were those Northmen who dwelt in the forests of Middle-earth, and especially Mirkwood in the Third and Fourth ages.
Beornings were a people of the upper Vales of Anduin, between Mirkwood and the Misty Mountains. It is possible that the Beornings became known as a people through being descendants of Beorn. During the War of the Ring, Grimbeorn the Old, son of Beorn, was the leader of the Beornings. These northmen only fight on foot and their infantry is decent, if not very well equipped. Various scout troops provide ranged support and the rest are mostly lightly armoured axemen.
Dale is a city rebuilt by northmen who share the ancestry with the Rohirrim joined by the survivors from the lake city of Esgaroth. (after it was burnt down by Smaug).
Men of Dale provide tough infantry focused on polearm, famous archer troops topped by the legendary Barding bowmen and a merchant guard line acting as reasonably good cavalry.

Dwarves are short and tough, very strong and very well equipped. They come from the Lonely Mountain and the Iron Hills. Their army consists of an infantry line, a scout/archer line and an Iron Hills line (the heaviest hard hitting infantry).

Elves of Lothlórien are a powerful group of Nandor and Sindar living in the Lórien woods, led by lord Celeborn and lady Galadriel. Their forces consist of an infantry line and a scout line.
All their troops are very skilled, well equipped and overall deadly. A rain of arrows from under the forests cover, followed by a devastating infantry attack, is their main tactic.
The Woodelves are Sindar living in Mirkwood, led by king Thranduil. They too have an infantry and a scout line, but focused more on the archers than the elves of Lórien. Their infantry specializes on spears.
Elves of Imladris (Rivendell) are Sindar and Noldor led by lord Elrond and his two sons. Much of the West of old remains in their household, powerful elven lords and ancient artifacts.

Under their banner the Dúnedain of the North march as well - tall dark haired rangers and nobles of mixed Dúnedain blood clad in ancient maille. Very well equipped and highly skilled infantry, archers and also cavalry.

The Bad:
Men of Rhûn are tribal easterlings from around the sea of Rhûn. The bulk of their army is cavalry - horse archers and lancers, both very lightly equipped, the top tier cavalry is much heavier or larger mounts. Their infantrymen are also quite lightly armoured and wield large axes and swords.

Dol Guldur is an old fortress of Sauron in Mirkwood - orcs now launch attacks at the forest elves from there. The Dol Guldur troops are just orcs, quite similar to the Mordor types. Overall typical orc infantry, archers and also the warg riders. Gundabad used to be a dwarven holy place, later it became a massive orc city in the mountain. It was abandoned for a while, but now the orcs returned in large numbers.

The Gundabad orcs are very similar to all other orcs, but their nature is more savage. Their equipment is primitive and their fighting style barbaric.

Orcs of Moria occupy the halls of Khazad Dúm. Orcs like all others, but their equipment is better, because they use metal scraps and bits of looted dwarven armour.

Forum (http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html)
FAQ (http://pospabr.sweb.cz/TLD-3.0-ManualFAQ.html)

[Handmade.Mercury]

I think I just came.

How detailed are the towns? Are they really big and detailed like in the movies, or are they small with a few points of interest like in the base game?

[Squidbot]

No idea, I discovered the mod this morning while having my morning coffee at work. I'll be pulling it down when I get home tonight.

Dwarves:
http://angelgrovestudio.biz/TLDReviewPics/mb16.jpg

[Panthera]

Assuming it's the same one, they've been at this for a seriously long time - I remember playing it months/years(?) before the original M&B was released.

Edit: Did you use past tense for November 30th? :confused:

I played that old version too, great stuff. It was simple, but I loved riding around with the rohirrim.

[Reverant]

Holy SHIT. And I thought I'd broken my addiction to M&B :( Curse you and your munificence, gaming community!

[Karak]

Its sadly pretty disappointing, well let me rephrase that. Its just got allot of issues right now, CTD's and so forth. Its nice to play around a little bit in but its not up to normal mod snuff. Needs some time to cook and it sounds like they are cooking away.