Sweet Realistic Medieval Combat (Mount and Blade)

**Hooahguy** · 07-09-2011, 23:46

Ok, I seriously need tips on how to fight the Khergits. Thankfully the war with them is over, so I dont need to worry so much about fighting them, but of three major battles I fought with them, I lost two of them (well, I really won two of them but after one of them another large party attacked so I had to withdraw and sacrifice a few of my men.
I have a spear but its not enough, and my chances of hitting are not always so great. I really just need a lance. But I just cant find a lance to buy anywhere. ugh.

**miotas** · 07-10-2011, 04:35

In native I just get a lot of troops with really big shields, pack up together tightly at the top of a hill and wait for them to come. Fighting them on the plains is usually a bloody affair though.

A better option is to get the pre-battle orders mod I suggested earlier. It lets your spearmen brace against cav and allows for actual formations. Against horse archers I usually put my spearmen and archers in the same group, then get them to form either ranks or a square, so the ranged troops can shoot the horsemen and are protected by the spear.

Lances are pretty easy to find. Anything that uses the polearm skill can be couched.

**Hooahguy** · 07-10-2011, 04:39

Originally Posted by miotas

Lances are pretty easy to find. Anything that uses the polearm skill can be cr?ouched.

Are you sure about that? Right now I have a balanced long awl pike, and I cant crouch it, at least not the way I would in a tournament using a practice heavy lance.

**Centurion1** · 07-10-2011, 04:43

no only lances couch.

go to swadia you should fins some lances there. go for length btw.

**Hooahguy** · 07-10-2011, 04:51

Originally Posted by Centurion1

no only lances couch.

go to swadia you should fins some lances there. go for length btw.

I have looked everywhere in Swadia for lances. I cant find them anywhere.

So you are saying length is the most important thing?

**Centurion1** · 07-10-2011, 04:55

yeah cause then you do couched damage from farther away

hahahahaha

they will pop up eventually you could try vaegir or sarranid lands as well and maybe khergit but prob not

**Hooahguy** · 07-10-2011, 04:57

Originally Posted by Centurion1

they will pop up eventually you could try vaegir or sarranid lands as well and maybe khergit but prob not

Yeah, thats not a bad idea.

**miotas** · 07-10-2011, 05:00

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

Are you sure about that? Right now I have a balanced long awl pike, and I cant crouch it, at least not the way I would in a tournament using a practice heavy lance.

It is "couch" and I havent used a lance in ages so I may be wrong, but everything on this page should be couch-able http://mountandblade.wikia.com/wiki/Polearms (EDIT: I stand corrected then)

Here's a screenie of my Rhodoks in formation with the Pre-battle orders mod.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Centurion1** · 07-10-2011, 05:08

yeh nearly all mods incorporate formations so you dont have a huddled mass of retardation.

**Hooahguy** · 07-10-2011, 05:15

After looking around a bit I found a double sided lance. It crouches, but if you go up a hill (which there are many of in this game, unfortunately) it un-crouches.

**Centurion1** · 07-10-2011, 05:32

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

After looking around a bit I found a double sided lance. It crouches, but if you go up a hill (which there are many of in this game, unfortunately) it un-crouches.

lol they all do its called real world physics cmon mange get your head in the game

**johnhughthom** · 07-10-2011, 10:11

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

After looking around a bit I found a double sided lance.

Keep looking for a jousting lance, it is longer and it causes blunt damage which means you knock people unconcious and will take a huge number of prisoners.