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What is Mount and Blade: Warband? I'm lazy, so here's a synopsis from the wiki pages! quote:Mount & Blade: Warband is the stand-alone expansion pack to the action role-playing video game Mount & Blade. First announced in January 2009, the game was developed by the Turkish company TaleWorlds Entertainment and was published by Paradox Interactive on March 30, 2010.The game is available as a direct download from the TaleWorlds website, through the Steam digital distribution software, or as a DVD with required online activation. macOS and Linux versions were released on July 10, 2014 through Steam. No really, what? Mount and Blade: Warband is hard to explain to people really. I generally start off my pitch with "Did you ever play Frontier Elite 2? Its that, but on a horse" and that tends to do the trick. Its an open-world action RPG where you are dumped into the world as a mercenary with some money, some armour and a horse and told "go do what you want". Its a hard sell because there's no plot, no overarching story quest, none of that. All the goals you have are the ones you set for yourself and its up to you how you get there. Luckily, this LP is starting with a goal so there's at least some direction happening! What's our goal then? Our goal is to become Queen of Calradia. Its a lot of work, and requires taking over each and every faction in the game, which in itself is hard to do. We're starting form the very bottom, as a lone woman with a horse and a few soldiers. After we've done that, we need to unite them and install ourselves as queen of the world. Okay, so how is this LP going to work? We've got a long road ahead of us, LP subforum. But with the power of friendship and believing in each other, I know we can do it. This isn't your normal LP, where I play and you guys get to make the decisions. I have played through the introduction quest and left our character sat outside of a major city. As we speak, this save file is in the hands of another person who will play the game for one week real time and continue where I left off. They will post their updates while the next person in the list plays and records their segment and so on. We're essentially building a kingdom by committee, going down a list of people until we have reached our goal! Neat! What do I need to join in? First of all, you need the game. We are playing with no mods whatsoever, to make it more compatible between computers and players so you don't need anything beyond that really. Any level of skill and knowledge of the game is welcome, the second post in this thread is dedicated to keeping you up to speed! You will also need a means of recording an update -- updates can be in whatever form you choose. I went for video because that's what I'm used to but you can choose screenshots if you like, a hybrid of the two, or some kind of new, experimental LP experience. Whatever you're comfortable with! As an aside: We are not going with mods because of potential compatability issues, however if you have messed with your vanilla .ini file with TweakMB or something along those lines, I won't tell you to change it. People have different playstyles and have to tweak different things to make it bearable (those loving cows) and I'm already putting you through vanilla M&B, I won't force my settings on you. Just keep it reasonable and not too cheaty and we won't say any more about it! How long do I have? You will have one week real time to record your gameplay. During this time you can record as much as you like, although remember that you only have another week to actually make your updates once its your turn so try to keep it reasonable! After that two weeks, the save file is sent back to me for archival and then on to the next person! To keep things moving smoothly and to not have to wait months between players, people will post the updates from their session during the week that the next player is playing. This is also why the save file is being sent to me for archival, so that if someone flakes out on their turn, there's still an up to date save file for me to send to the next person, to keep things moving. How do I get the save file? The save file is already in the hands of the first person on the list, however when they've completed their week long tour, it'll be sent back to me. I will then send it to the next person on the list either through PM if they have them, or through another medium of their choice. How do I get onto the list? Just post in the thread stating your intentions! If you have PMs you don't need to do anything else as I'll contact you with the savefile when its time. If you don't, don't worry. I set up a Discord server to make this less of a logistical nightmare! I don't want to make any updates but I'd like to play along. I will be posting the most recent save file as a link in the thread too so that those who want to play along but who aren't confident in making updates or who don't have the facilities to can still play along! Feel free to talk about what happened in "your" game but remember that only the people on The List are allowed to make the official updates that will end up in the OP. Consider observer playthroughs as alternate timelines! Now, without further ado.. The List will be posted in the order that people sign up. The dates (that are in European format so dd/mm/yy) represent when you will have the save file, to make it easy to figure out when/if you will have the time to make and post your updates! Faerie Fortune Iron Chitlin (4/4/17 - 11/4/17) Danaru (11/4/17 - 18/4/17) CirclMastr (18/4/17 - 25/4/17) grimlock_master (25/4/17 - 2/5/17) Blind Sally (2/5/17 - 9/5/17) Fizzicist (9/5/17 - 16/5/17) Miki (16/5/17 - 23/5/17) HerpicleOmnicron5 (23/5/17 - 30/5/17) UZworm (30/5/17 - 6/6/17) nine-gear crow (6/6/17 - 13/6/17) Herr Tog (13/6/17 - 20/6/17) krisslanza (20/6/17 - 27/6/17) ZiegeDame (27/6/17 - 4/7/17) Werewhale (4/7/17 - 11/7/17) Video Playlist Faerie Fortune Update 01 - Character Creation Update 02 - In Which Mistakes Are Already Being Made Update 03 - Progress Iron Chitlin Update 04 - Tournaments, Quests, and Bad Gameplay Update 05 - A Day Full Of Failure Danaru Update 06 - The Shame Hat Update 07 - Technically Winning Update 08 - Dick Maths! CirclMastr Update 09 Update 10 Update 11 Update 12 Update 13 Update 14 Update 15 Update 16 Update 17 Update 18 Update 19 Update 20 Update 21 Update 22 grimlock_master An MS Paint Update By Grimlock Master Blind Sally Mountain Blade: Warband - Update 23 - Blind Jeannie the Bandit Queen, Part 1 An MS Paint Update by Blind Sally Fizzicist Update 24 - Everything Is Fine Save File Each save file will be labelled by the date it was uploaded, and who was the last person to have it. To have it in your game, extract the .sav file into Documents/M&Blade Warband Savegames/Native -- you may need to rename it if you already have a save in that folder! Savefile for 4/4/2017 - Faerie Fortune Savefile for 11/4/2017 - Iron Chitlin Savefile for 18/4/2017 - Danaru Savefile for 25/4/2017 - CirclMastr Savefile for 2/5/2017 - grimlock_master Savefile for 9/5/2017 - Blind Sally Savefile for 16/5/17 - Fizzicist Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 11:58 on Jul 4, 2017 |
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The Information Repository If any kind posters post any mechanics pointers and such for our prospective commanders, it'll all go here for future reference! (The faction information in Fae's original post comes from the Mount and Blade Wikia) Joanne's Stats Faerie Fortune - Joanne D'Arc Iron Chitlin - Lady Baja of Blastington Danaru - Liquid Joanne CirclMastr - gently caress Dick Tree grimlock_master - Juana de Arco Blind Sally - Blind Jeannie Factions and Such Kingdom of Swadia Kingdom of Swadia Troop Tree quote:As a starting point, the Kingdom of Swadia is profitable as it is close to all of the other factions. This means that you can easily venture into any other nation and buy goods, then return and sell them in any Swadian town. Swadian lands are relatively safe for trade routes, with the most common bandits being weak Forest Bandits and occasional Mountain Bandits near the river at the frontier with the Kingdom of Rhodoks. The downside of starting in Swadia is that it has no specially priced goods of its own. Kingdom of Vaegirs Kingdom of Vaegirs Troop Tree quote:The Vaegirs possess arguably the finest foot archers in the game, and also have several tiers of reasonably good infantry and heavy cavalry. Vaegir troops prefer using two-handed weapons for an offensive advantage against their foes, and live in the mountainous and snowy north-eastern boundaries of the map. The claimant to the throne is Prince Valdym the Bastard. Kingdom of Rhodoks Kingdom of Rhodocks Troop Tree quote:The Rhodoks were once subjects of the Swadians, but successfully fought a war for independence under the military leadership of Grunwalder. The Rhodoks later built Grunwalder Castle in his honor, on the site where he fell in battle. Kingdom of Nords Kingdom of Nords Troop Tree quote:According to Matheld, the Nords were invited by the Calradic Empire to crew their galleys, and were given land on the coast as payment for this service. After the Empire fell however, a Nord leader named Gundig Hairy-Breeks landed in Calradia to claim a supposed Nord birthright of the whole continent. Matheld makes note that this was a fabrication by the skalds and qualifies it by noting the Nords need no excuse to go to war. Gundig Hairy-Breeks would be killed attempting to attack the Rock of Rivacheg, but Nords still come to Calradia under the idea of claiming Calradia by force. Khergit Khanate Khergit Troop Tree quote:In contrast to the lush heartlands of Calradia, the great steppes to the south are a vast region of dry grassland. With harsh weather and little resources of wood or ore, the one thing found in abundance here are the herds of horses that live both in the wild and domestically. It is in this arid waste that one can find the Khergits, a semi-nomadic race of hunters and horsemen who, much like their Steppe Horses, are lean, hardy, swift, and temperamental. Sarranid Sultanate Sarranid Sultanate Troop Tree quote:The Sarranid Sultanate is a new faction introduced in Mount&Blade: Warband, located in the southern deserts of Calradia. It is led by Sultan Hakim, while the claimant to the throne is Arwa the Pearled One. Sarranid lords are called emirs, an Arab title for a ruler. Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 19:43 on May 10, 2017 |
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The List has been updated, thank you for enlisting!
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# ¿ Apr 4, 2017 14:47 |
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MiddleOne posted:2 weeks feels like a ridiculously long time although I guess the jury isn't out yet on how many updates that would actually be in the end. Some people don't have a lot of free time to post updates due to work/family/etc, so this is to give them a lot of time to work with!
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# ¿ Apr 4, 2017 19:22 |
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List updated with the names and dates for all signups so far!
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# ¿ Apr 4, 2017 22:11 |
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Okay, after discussion with Iron Chitlin, the unlucky fucker who got to be first on the list, we have concluded that two weeks is probably an excessive amount of time to have the save file, even if you have work/family commitments that mean you have less time for LPs. So the time people have the game will be reduced to a week which means that the dates have also changed a bit. It also means people only have a week to post their updates which might be a little tight for some folks but it'll keep things moving I promise. With the new dates in mind, if you want to be moved up or down the list let me know!
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2017 08:02 |
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I'll be honest, I didn't think I'd get more than a couple of signups I'll work on a spreadsheet later this afternoon to make things a little easier though
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2017 11:26 |
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It wouldn't be a Fae LP if there wasn't gross incompetence/tech issues/just plain bad luck right from the start! The List has been updated and reworked, let me know if you want to be moved around further!
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2017 13:16 |
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The List has been updated and uhhh....corrected because I hosed up the dates somehow but don't worry, it is no longer incorrect! Also a reminder that we have a Discord server (click here to join) for our commanders and observers, just to make communication between folks a little easier! Also, here's my final episode, wherein things actually happen! Update 03 - Progress With that, my involvement with Joanne is done. It was a brief but interesting time, but now it is fated that she will move on to the greener pastures of Iron Chitlin's computer! Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 09:39 on Apr 7, 2017 |
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Yeah don't blame me for the lack of prisoner management skills, not only did I leave a level up for you to do whatever you wanted with but you also levelled up like five minutes before you complained about not having any this is entirely not my fault and maybe Chitlin just needs to pay more attention
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# ¿ Apr 9, 2017 08:41 |
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aaand here's the save file! That was some bad luck though holy poo poo. Well, except the part where you picked a fight with sea raiders, that part was your own fault Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Apr 13, 2017 |
# ¿ Apr 11, 2017 07:59 |
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I mean, in Chitlin's defence, the first thing that happened when I had the save file was being kidnapped, sometimes you really do just get lovely luck regardless of how good you are at the game
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# ¿ Apr 11, 2017 12:01 |
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OP has been updated with Meanwhile I started a new game with the Floris modpack thanks to this thread, with the intent of taking over the world with an army made of nothing but female soldiers. My army is small but it is death incarnate.
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# ¿ Apr 13, 2017 13:20 |
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Werewhale posted:M&B has had a special place in my heart ever since I discovered it back in 0.63(which means I was a fan before it was cool). I'm pretty late, but I'd like to sign up to make an update! Signups are open any time! Also yeah, don't feel ashamed of playing on babby difficulty, this game is balls hard even on normal and its a single player game, who cares what difficulty you play on to make it fun for you!
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# ¿ Apr 16, 2017 13:12 |
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This is true! Most thrown weapons can be used as melee weapons, its actually kinda rad
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# ¿ Apr 16, 2017 17:07 |
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aaaand here's Danaru's save file for those of you who might be playing along! The save file is already in the hands of CirclMaster and he's already complaining in discord about choices I made. I also made a playlist for the video updates! If that was a thing anyone wanted for some reason?
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# ¿ Apr 17, 2017 23:54 |
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We recorded all of these in one go so I can only assume that between sessions 2 and 3, the cider just...got to him all at once because his descent from "giggliy and tipsy" to "Liquid Dan" really was that sudden
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# ¿ Apr 19, 2017 20:30 |
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For those curious, here's gently caress Dick Tree's stats as of the 25th when the save file got handed over speaking of the save file, its now in the OP but its here too if you don't feel like going back five pages to the OP
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# ¿ Apr 27, 2017 08:00 |
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Just for shits and giggles, I opened up the savefile and took a look at Good luck, Grimlock!
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# ¿ Apr 27, 2017 19:03 |
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Another week, another save file! Savefile for 2/5/2017 - grimlock_master and here's Juana's stats! Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 13:43 on May 2, 2017 |
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A day late but.. Savefile for 9/5/2017 Stats screen for Blind Sally - Blind Jeannie Also due to unforseen circumstances, Krysmphoenix could not take their turn. However, my lovely girlfriend has stepped up to the plate and taken up the mantle to keep things moving! She'll be streaming her go around with Joanne at my twitch channel very soon! Faerie Fortune fucked around with this message at 20:05 on May 10, 2017 |
# ¿ May 10, 2017 19:35 |
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Veloxyll posted:Does it still count if it's not in the LP file? (I have not watched the vids) My challenge was specifically to do it during your turn as Joanne so unfortunately this doesn't strictly count! Still, you get an avatar just for sheer tenacity! That would be me Krysm couldn't take their turn due to work so my girlfriend helpfully took over but she doesn't know how to edit videos so I told her I'd do it. I did not. Whoops. I'm going to just post the whole stream she did unedited and use that as her update but what to do afterwards is still up in the air a bit so here's a poll for the thread. Do we start the list back where it left off meaning that the next turn belongs to Miki? Or do we honour the dates in the OP and shuffle everyone who was missed onto the end, meaning that the next person would be UZWorm? Here's an actual poll to make it easier, I'll post Fizzicist's episode tomorrow and go with whatever has the most votes for who goes next. So someone will be getting a save file tomorrow, you're basically just voting for who.
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# ¿ Jun 12, 2017 09:39 |
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Episode 24 - Everything Is Fine I was originally going to cut this stream up into episode length chunks but you guys have waited long enough thanks to my laziness. Next up on the list is HerpicleOmnicron5 who will probably be better at updating than me. Uhh....sorry about that!
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# ¿ Jul 4, 2017 11:49 |
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I think eventually someone is going to have to. We've got a lot of relationships to repair if we want to climb the ladder to get into power and just rolling up and taking castles as an independent faction hasn't worked out for us twice now, I think its time to try something different!
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# ¿ Jul 4, 2017 22:08 |
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Crow couldn't do his turn so next up is Her Togg
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