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Sounded interesting, free beta up to level 6
Mount&Blade
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Peijen
- Minion to the Exalted Pooh-Bah
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- Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2003 2:28 pm
- Location: Irvine, CA
It's one o'clock, and it's really fun. There is one thing I don't like about combat, the way weapon range is done. I switched from a sword (100 range) to a staff (140 range) and my actual attack range seems to be shorter, and an enemy using knife (40 range) can hit me while I just missed a second ago.
I stayed in the tournaments until I made enough money to buy the guy cheapest padded armor, and I went out to kill some river pirates. Horse combat is pretty difficult for me, especially with my bad judgement of range.
Trading is interesting, and I haven't work out how to use troops more effectively. Over all I say it's a pretty good game, if I am not bored of it after few test characters I might spend $10 to get a license.
I stayed in the tournaments until I made enough money to buy the guy cheapest padded armor, and I went out to kill some river pirates. Horse combat is pretty difficult for me, especially with my bad judgement of range.
Trading is interesting, and I haven't work out how to use troops more effectively. Over all I say it's a pretty good game, if I am not bored of it after few test characters I might spend $10 to get a license.
I used a lance for a while (and still against cavalry), but a two-handed sword is better against infantry. With the charge bonus I do like 60 damage with my war sword and only like 30 with a lance. It's also easier to hit them with the sword.
I wish you could load a crossbow on a horse. Headshot does like 100+ damage.
I wish you could load a crossbow on a horse. Headshot does like 100+ damage.
Well, I tried to go the mounted archery route and got my ass handed to me. The pirates slaughtered my townsfolk, while I managed to kill one of them. Then, the remaining four outran my horse (?!?), killed it, then killed me. Clearly the mongols knew something I don't.
I feel like I just beat a kitten to death... with a bag of puppies.
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Peijen
- Minion to the Exalted Pooh-Bah
- Posts: 2790
- Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2003 2:28 pm
- Location: Irvine, CA
mounted archery is hard on purpose, in some of the earlier build people take on a whole army of knights because mounted archery is so powerful. I think it's still good, but you have to develop your archer to be really high.
The best strategy I found is having yourself with a decent horse (stumper doesn't work, it's pretty slow) and distract majority of the enemy doing hit and run. If you charge really fast against one enemy you can push through them if you build up enough speed, don't charge into a group of people because they will stop you and kick your ass. Tell your units to hold position (this is where you are currently standing) at a good location such as top of hill while you run around like a mad man. Let one or two enemy gets by you to attack the rest of the group, they should be able to kill one or two enemies by ganging up on them.
Run away from dark hunter/knights. They took out my group of knights without getting killed.
The best strategy I found is having yourself with a decent horse (stumper doesn't work, it's pretty slow) and distract majority of the enemy doing hit and run. If you charge really fast against one enemy you can push through them if you build up enough speed, don't charge into a group of people because they will stop you and kick your ass. Tell your units to hold position (this is where you are currently standing) at a good location such as top of hill while you run around like a mad man. Let one or two enemy gets by you to attack the rest of the group, they should be able to kill one or two enemies by ganging up on them.
Run away from dark hunter/knights. They took out my group of knights without getting killed.
I'm up to level 30 now. Yeah I'm a loser.
I'm using a Spirited Charger now (charge bonus 33), and can kill almost anyone in one hit with my sword of war, including dark knights, though they usually take two or three.
With archery at like 150 and horse archery at 5 you can be pretty accurate with the bow while riding. You really have to get Power Draw though to do much damage with the bow. I've got it at 5 now and with a war bow I do about 30-40 damage with a non-headshot. Headshots are instant-kill, do like 60-100+.
I'm using a Spirited Charger now (charge bonus 33), and can kill almost anyone in one hit with my sword of war, including dark knights, though they usually take two or three.
With archery at like 150 and horse archery at 5 you can be pretty accurate with the bow while riding. You really have to get Power Draw though to do much damage with the bow. I've got it at 5 now and with a war bow I do about 30-40 damage with a non-headshot. Headshots are instant-kill, do like 60-100+.