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[JacenHanLovesLegos]

I don't know. To be honest, I think it's 4.0 or something. I haven't been on the M&B mod page for what seems like years.

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

Perhaps you ought to rectify that.

[JacenHanLovesLegos]

It's not like it really matters. I'll just use a secret trade route that I have with Wercheg. (That is : Collect loot from enemy, stay as close to shore as possible while going Wercheg) The Nords can be usefull.

[dogstile]

Hang on, wasn't the point of buying mount and blade early was because you'd get all the later versions for free, or am i thinking of another game

[sluissa]

Hang on, wasn't the point of buying mount and blade early was because you'd get all the later versions for free, or am i thinking of another game

The point was that you'd get the final product at a lower price. Then they came along and released Warband, which, honestly, just feels like a patch or at most an expansion, and I wasn't happy since it felt like my trust had been violated since I did purchase early, but hey, it happens and I ended up getting Warband on steam a bit later for a decent price, so I think all in all, I'm only out about 40 dollars for both versions. Not too unreasonable.

[Mephansteras]

Probably a better spent $40 than a lot of $50 games out there.

[Zangi]

Probably a better spent $40 than a lot of $50 games out there.

[Soulwynd]

Certainly much better than the $60 black ops.

[Robsoie]

As a self imposed challenge, in my current game i decided to play as infantry, so i sold my horse immediately and joined the Nord.

I forgot to lower a bit the Campaign AI level from my previous game for which to test i set it to the highest, so it means currently that Swadia the Nords are at war with have their nobles using tons of knights, while yourself are subject to normal training.

And that's how you understand how really powerfull horsemen charges can be in that game, when you're on foot with half a hundred of nords warriors, and you have 20 knights charging you.
Even having ordered your troops to move closer to each other, you're going to suffer (especially if you have set the ally and yourself damage to normal, by default those settings are made to give you a big reduction in the damage you recieve).

But how much fun and impressive being the target of a cavalry charge while you're infantry can be

[Mindmaker]

The footman experience can be quite fun.
You could restrict yourself from using shields, as long as you're not being focused by a lot of (cross)bows.

Dismouting knights with a two-handed hammer is fun.

[sluissa]

I've tried a few footman characters. Usually they end up going down quickly to sustained archers or even just a few horsemen. Plus, it's harder to catch enemies on the world map. Still, I'd like to try it one day and have it be viable. I just need more practice with ground combat. I've never fought ground outside of tournaments or arenas or the special situations you get into.

[Soulwynd]

I like fighting on the ground way more than on a horse. My only issue is that it's really hard to give proper orders while on foot.

[sluissa]

I like fighting on the ground way more than on a horse. My only issue is that it's really hard to give proper orders while on foot.

Even with the backspace command menu?

I feel like the horses just make you so much more powerful. You have so many more options that you don't have on foot. Yesterday came upon a group of 14 deserter archers and I was completely alone. i knew I'd never get close for an actual hit without being hit myself and my attack interrupted. So, I circled with my horse, holding up my shield the whole time. It was close, my horse only had a few hitpoints left, my shield had broken, and I was down to about half of my normal health. Still, they did run out of arrows and started charging me with swords. That's when I took out my crossbow and one by one picked them off as I stayed well out of range on my horse.

I know this is probably a common tactic, but it's just an example of something you couldn't really do on foot. On foot, you'd have roughly as long as your shield lasts, and then you'd be full of holes.

[Soulwynd]

Yeah, I don't like it at all, mainly because it doesn't show the terrain (as far as I can remember) and that's one of the most important things.

[Micro102]

only 14 archers? Why not just grab a pole arm or long sword and run straight into them?

Works for me.