Sweet Realistic Medieval Combat (Mount and Blade)

[Prussian to the Iron]

I still play native and am having fun with it :P

[Centurion1]

Do you guys play PoP on normal difficulty? Because it's not really fun, when you get picked of your horse by a crossbowman and die immediately.

Also can you get Noldor units? They are insanely strong.

there are ways to get some. i never do it its a waste.

yeah i play on full difficulty. later on once you know all the tricks and couching a demonic magni in the face is routine you realize you have to up the difficulty or it becomes too repetitive.

as for where to start ill say exactly what i told hooah. read the faq on taleworlds.com

seriously i never read manuals or rules or do tutorials usually because i like that first play through where your blind but you really sort of have to for pop.

at least read the game concepts in your journal.

[Drunk Clown]

So, yeah, here I am having a lot of high armor early in the game. (for example Helmet of 52 armor is high right?) Still, I die within a few shots of Sarleon Bowmen. Are there even stronger armor? Or do I have to live with the fact that I can always be shot and almost immediately die from a bolt coming from the other side of the battlefield?

[Centurion1]

its stronger but thats pretty decent protection.

this mod is known for being ridiculously difficult.

[Hooahguy]

The strongest head armor Ive seen is one with 62 armor. As for body armor, Ive seen 63. Leg, Ive seen 44.

For those who like PoP and role-playing there is one going on in the PoP forums.
Register here.

[johnhughthom]

Ebony Gauntlet eh, you and Cent run out of toilet paper or something?

I might give PoP another blast haven't played in ages and pretty much give up hope of the Brytenwalda team releasing a version where they just fix the bugs, rather than add a bunch of new stuff with new bugs. Does PoP have the Freelancer mod built in?

[Centurion1]

no it doesnt but i am pleased to say it is essentially bug free and in about three months they will have a completely new version (and i mean like a different map and everything)

best warband mod on the table and will be so until POP 4.

Edit: Once i realized the joke I needed some toilet paper from how hard I laughed

[johnhughthom]

That link Hooah posted looks interesting, how does it work, is it in game or forum based?

[Centurion1]

That link Hooah posted looks interesting, how does it work, is it in game or forum based?

Forum based. Obviously many of us are trying to develop in game characters for avatars and such. Its turning out to be quite enjoyable and with so many developers on board it probably won't die which is the primamry concern of these sorts of things.

If you do join I expect either an Ebony Gauntlet member!

Seriously though if you join avoid silvermist, eventide and griffon their numbers are huge already and the ebonies arent hurting for more members themselves. shadow legion and knights of the dawn need more members though.

personally the dawn would have been my second choice since they are bad ***

[johnhughthom]

I'll have a wee look through over the next few days, but I'm not sure I have the time, I don't like signing up for things like that and not taking part properly. If I do join I'll certainly be becoming another poopy gauntlet.

[Centurion1]

hahaha.

yeah if you arent in a position of power you dont really need to put that much time in.

[Major Robert Dump]

What is Pop. I thought it was a mod and now that roleplay link has confused me. Is it a multiplayer MOD? Can I make my Avatar Fat? I'll read the instructions...

[rajpoot]

What is Pop. I thought it was a mod and now that roleplay link has confused me. Is it a multiplayer MOD? Can I make my Avatar Fat? I'll read the instructions...

It's the best,(probably the second best once TLD is released) mod for M&B out there. Started by a chap who goes by the nick 'saxondragon'. It's got a coherent story, and a rich background lore to it, as far as mods go that is.
If you haven't you really should try it out.

[Major Robert Dump]

Erm, its not for Warband it seems. I guess I will see if I can purchase and old version for DL, whihc is funny, because between changing PCs over the years that will be the 5th version of Vanilla I have purchases.

[johnhughthom]

Warband version.

I guess I will see if I can purchase and old version for DL, whihc is funny, because between changing PCs over the years that will be the 5th version of Vanilla I have purchases.

Register your key on the Taleworlds website this time and you will never have to buy it again.

[Centurion1]

Erm, its not for Warband it seems. I guess I will see if I can purchase and old version for DL, whihc is funny, because between changing PCs over the years that will be the 5th version of Vanilla I have purchases.

yes it is lol.

click on my signature it will take you to their forum,

also just register your key like john said you wasteful man.

[Zim]

Just came to this game a week or two ago and have been enjoying Native Warband and the Diplomacy mod greatly. I want to get into PoP next but had some trouble getting the install to work. I'm sure some time checking their forums will fix that...

[Drunk Clown]

Just came to this game a week or two ago and have been enjoying Native Warband and the Diplomacy mod greatly. I want to get into PoP next but had some trouble getting the install to work. I'm sure some time checking their forums will fix that...

What problems did you get? As I had problems too.

[Major Robert Dump]

So there is a warband version....good

I actually think I registered my key, I need to look in to that, I just forgot I could get it that way because it's been so long. I remember this game when it was $2.99 and the taleworld forum had like 12 threads.

[rajpoot]

You lot might have probably already seen these, since they're nearly an year old, but I just found them while scouring for more TLD previews.
Simply awesome.

Town/Castle scenes
Gondor troops
Evil troops

The scenes look very pretty. On the downside, since they're only porting to M&B 1.011, the troops look detailed, but graphically dull....specially after playing Warband.

[rajpoot]

All right I have a question. Does destroying factions affect the overall number of caravans that will roam through Calradia? Does it also affect what cities do they visit?
If so is there any way to offset this effect and maintain city prosperity? Because I destroyed Nords, Swadians, Veigers and Sarrinids, and all of a sudden, one by one all my outlying cities are becoming poor.....

I would also appreciate general tips on maintaining city prosperity.

[Major Robert Dump]

For Vanilla, the caravans are based on the city. The caravan size is based on the prosperity of the faction.

The prosperity of a city as I understand it is based on loyalty and caravan accessibility. If caravans cannot get in or out because of bandits, you may consider vassaling out villages along the caravan route, so the owner patrols the caravan routes. Don't split up the vassals land, keep him/her with adjacent properties if you are going to give them more than one. Keep in mind that dumping a lot of land on one vassal will make his army cumbersom and unable to catch bandits, however, cumbersome armies are better for wars. You just have to keep a balance.

I am aiming for a few vassals with lots of land for the big armies, and several guys with just a small property contigency so I can keep them in the rear to patrol the hood. You can also give them orders to patrol a certain area.

Also, the bigger your caravan the better it will hold up vs bandits.

[Major Robert Dump]

If anyone has some spare time, you should burn the Pop Warband mod to a CD and mail it to me in the stan. Should only cost like $2. I can't get it here, the transfer rate is too slow and the DL always times out. Torrents are not an option. PM me for address.

[Veho Nex]

the stan?

[Major Robert Dump]

Afghanistan.

[Veho Nex]

Ill mail you a dvd with a bunch of mods on it, including pop, all for the most updated vs of M&B:Warband?

[Major Robert Dump]

Groovy, thanks!

[Zim]

Sorry, I've been out of town. I get an error message "Unable to open file: CommonRes/costumes_a.brf". I haven't checked it out yet. I likely missed part of the instalation instructions or something.

What problems did you get? As I had problems too.

[Drunk Clown]

Sorry, I've been out of town. I get an error message "Unable to open file: CommonRes/costumes_a.brf". I haven't checked it out yet. I likely missed part of the instalation instructions or something.

That's exactly what I had.

Did you check if you downloaded the right version?
This one is the one you need for Warband: http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=1011
This one is the one you need for Mount and Blade: http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=2679

I downloaded the wrong one and as a result got the CommonRes/costumes_a.brf error.

[Zim]

Thanks. Looks like that was the problem. Now to find some time to play...

That's exactly what I had.

Did you check if you downloaded the right version?
This one is the one you need for Warband: http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=1011
This one is the one you need for Mount and Blade: http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=2679

I downloaded the wrong one and as a result got the CommonRes/costumes_a.brf error.