Peace with the Nords: Tihr, Jelbegi castle, Knudarr castle, Ryibelet castle plus accompanying villages have been taken. Got a second fief: Aldelen.

Bad news is that after a short period of peace, we're at war against the Vaegir and the Sarranids. War on two fronts. Yay... :x


Level 16, 60 soldiers under my command, of which 3 are companions.


I forgot to set the difficulty in the beginning of this game, so no wonder it was so easy for a while. :doh:


Edit: And now the Rhodoks have declared war also.

Seems I'm not that fudged after all. Just captured Tevarin castle from the Swadia, the bad thing is that it's deep inside Swadia's borders. :doh: Strangely, they've left me alone atleast for now. :hmmm:

EDIT: Spoke too soon again. They tried to take it back, but failed. And no, that red isn't paint. :D
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...tledefence.jpg

Did they ever fix some of the silliness like with parrying, like parrying big heavy weapons with a small little weapon, particularly on horseback?

Always drove me crazy when they would block a swung lance or large 2 handed axe during a charge, with like a dagger or a little wooden club. I am sorry but you do not have a chance in hell of parrying most any kind of swing when being charged by a mounted knight. Particularly stabbing blows or blows from a heavy weapon. If I were to come charging you on horse back with a 2h bearded axe and swing, if hit the axe is going to go through any blocking weapon (or knock it out of your hand), through your shield, and through you.

I also do not agree with how they use couched lances in the game.

Becaaaause? (So, we can tell you how it is now, you know. :O:)

I always hated the fact that the some lowly peasent with a club can block your mighty axe swing even better than one with a shield can, but unfortunately that has not been fixed.

They changed lances a bit, now you have to click (X is default) before you hit someone to couch it and there's a restriction on how often you can use it (Depending on your skill, I believe). You can also change it back to the way it was in the difficulty settings (There's also an 'easy' option, which I believe removes the restriction on how often you can couch the lance while keeping it manual).

My problem was more with the lack of aiming (up and down only as it was), and how long the rider would take to re-couch the lance after striking (though I kind of wish he wouldn't 'pick' like that).

As for the changes, from what I have read, having to prepare to strike is fine by me, but the delay is nonsense. But I guess they are balancing for multiplayer (ugh).

Well, you can turn off the delay, so it's not much of a problem.

Swadian scum, Vaegir will rule all Caldaria!!!

Do you remember the town of Zendar???

Anyone manage to get a married or something with the ladys in the game? 300 for a poem:stare:....

Nah, haven't gotten married yet. Takes AGES it seems. :nope:

hummm:hmmm:, someone should mod it, possibly adding some new features...:D

Well, today I managed to purchase Warband for a mere £12.33, not bad considering most other distributors want well over £20 for it.

The Nords shall rule once more!

:rock::salute:

Has anyone tried to overwhelm the enemy with craploads of cheap units? I'm currently hiring every Swadian recruit I can find to build up my garrison at my new castle.

I believe that was standard practice for garrisons in the original game, but I've no idea if it still deters enemy lords in Warband.

Hmm... will have to try that. I currently have some 60-70 guys of a mixed recruit/militia holding out at my castle. Just took part in recapturing Ishsomething which was once mine, King Ragnar is supporting me on getting it. It's just that I disbanded most of my recruits I took to war as I needed the speed to scout the area deep inside Vaegir borders for our marshal. If I get the castle, I need to be sure the other castle can hold with militia/recruits while I take my main guys to defend Ishsomething. :hmmm:

Atleast we are at peace with the Swadian people, so I don't have to worry about defending two of my castles at the same time. :yeah:

Well, the bastard gave me the Ishamal castle, but didn't bother to come help me out when the Vaegirs attacked with 1200 soldiers against the garrison of 330. :stare:

They attacked twice before they decided to retreat after some heavy losses (~500 KIA). Almost had it on the first attack, accidentally fell down from the walls and was immediately attacked by 6-7 guys. :doh: Good thing I switched my 2h sword to an 2h axe, first swing usually breaks the shield and a quick side-swing takes care of the guy. After dealing with the guys, I ran around the castle and flanked the guys climbing the ladders (thank god it was their last wave :)).

Need to go get me some Rhodok archers me thinks. :hmmm: