Strudel Man posted:

I confess I'm unclear on the difference. Presumably it shouldn't be happening either way, right? It certainly seems to be having untoward effects.

Third World Reagan posted:

Hey bandits

Want to work for me for some money?

Oh sorry, no I don't have 275 rougery yet

How about turning you into a knight? Whats that? Like 75 skill or something

Genghis Cohen posted:

Ha, I do have to say it's weird that bandits often turn into the 'noble' troop line.

Sandwich Anarchist posted:

COMPLAINT WARNING

Yeah, skill reqs for stuff seem insane. I will never see a skill above 200 in the span of a campaign based on growth speed. poo poo, getting riding to 90 is hard enough even with playing cav the entire game. I really hope they do something different with the system, because it just doesn't feel good.

Third World Reagan posted:

I have one of the mods that lets you put a global experience modifier and even x20 will stall out later on.

It is literally insane.

OGS-Remix posted:

Fake Edit: Also, did they fix the mercenary contract length/leaving bugs?

Nosre posted:

Apparently you can go through the encyclopedia, sort for all the villages in a given culture, and then the ones with Powerful landlords will have noble recruits.

Telltolin posted:

I'm thinking about starting a new character, I'm a vassal of the vladians still and i've got an army of >300, roll around and just really mess stuff up (i like running through enemy territory and having 30 lords with tiny parties chase and then run away constantly) but I'm feeling a little bit bored with it, my troops generally being upgraded fairly high means I can take down an army of >500 single handedly with only a few losses at any given time.

Truthfully I played M&B singleplayer way more with the floris modpack, and I'm getting concerned it'll take a large-scale overhaul like that to really maintain my interest at least in it's present state. That being said I've got like >60 hours out of it so far which is pretty fukken good value for TYOOL 2020, plenty of games that I bought recently and beat in <20 (i'm looking at you, star wars dark souls game)

The thing I did the most in warband was go on multiplayer and play duels on native, I got pretty fuckin good at it too and it makes me really sad they haven't added in a duel mode yet (but it is apparently definitely in the works, just with no firm timeline for release.)
The way they do classes in MP concerns me a bit since the best way to go about dueling is to go as an armor-less infantry and have a generally 2h primary weapon so without implementing a warband-like equipment selection or having a special dueling class it'll feel sorta incomplete.
Part of what I liked about warband's duels was that a fight could be ended in 1-2 swings or it could drag on for minutes depending on how good you and your opponent are at parrying, chambering, feinting, etc. That necessity is negated to a degree when you're two dorks in heavy armor clinking away at each other for a few minutes at a time. Probably no secret in this thread but the combat in M&B (and by extension bannerlord) is actually really loving slick beyond glaiving people from horseback, it has a really high skill cap and a surprising amount of nuance that just ain't being taken advantage of in bannerlord yet - it would give me a sorely needed replacement for mordhau which, while mechanically fun its US community is nauseatingly awful and repulsed me from playing it - which has left me without a ye olde sword duels game. Sadly it seems like duel servers with people are an extremely rare occurrence on warband now

Any advice on keeping myself entertained with this early access title I've been hotly anticipating since like 2012? I'm thinking a new game and the challenges associated with starting my own kingdom instead of supporting a pre-existing one might do the trick but I'm open to any mods/fucky gameplay ideas because even if I'm getting burned out on this character I really love this game, a lot. I also haven't tried any of the MP gamemodes beyond TDM, but siege and commander don't sound like they'll really scratch my itch for fast-paced combat.

OGS-Remix posted:

I finally got a longer game going and I picked up one of those Executioner Axes.

This weapon is a monster on horseback, I'm cleaving lower tier infantry like they were butter. I kind of want to try the dismemberment mod because it's going to be very messy.

Fake Edit: Also, did they fix the mercenary contract length/leaving bugs?

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Level 1 characters now start with 120 skill points.
Reduced XP required to learn higher skill levels.
Troops can now upgrade more easily.
Reduced wanderers' skills outside their main area of expertise, making them easier to level up.
Made wanderer age correlate roughly with their skills.

Galaga Galaxian posted:

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Overhauled all of the NPC faces to reduce asymmetry, tone down exaggerations and create culturally appropriate and appealing phenotypes.

Cognac McCarthy posted:

I'm curious how the troop upgrade boost will pan out. I have a lot of low-tier troops in my garrison and they just don't seem to be upgrading like I thought they would, even with a level three training field. Do I need a governor in place for them to train?

Genghis Cohen posted:

Ha, I do have to say it's weird that bandits often turn into the 'noble' troop line.

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Reviewed about a third of the quest issues, improving dialogues and persuasion:
Major changes in particular to “Family Feud” and “Spy Party”

Agean90 posted:

also square formations is good as hell against cavalry. they get bogged down in it a lot easier than circle for some reason.

Galaga Galaxian posted:

Look at this veteran glaring at my pathetic, malnourished build.



e1.1.0 Beta Branch: Suddenly everyone in Calradia is a chunky beefcake lathered in fat and muscle.

Galaga Galaxian posted:

Bows seem much more reasonably priced now. A Steppe War Bow used to cost six figures, now its 18k.

My Executioner's axe is now massively priced though! a Regular one is 14k and the Heavy Execution's axe is 59k. Yikes. RIP getting my favorite weapon in a reasonable timeframe. Seems like high tier two-handers are much more expensive overall.

[edit] Holy poo poo a falx is 168k....

[edit] Oh gently caress, they spiked the prices on throwing weapons too. Harpoons used to cost 350, now they're 37k lol. I'd hate to see the prices of Jareeds now.