loco21666
Regular
So I just exited my game in sheer frustration and decided to bring my frustrations here to share with you all and even possibly relate! In short, crossbows are like the .50 caliber sniper rifles of the medieval age and for a kingdom possessing one of the most powerful units in the game NPC Swadia sure does suck. So let's jump into this:
Background: I personally like to take a little bit from various kingdoms, I'm never exclusively one kingdom. I prefer to combine as many strengths as possible while minimizing my weaknesses. Currently my army consists of about 15 Nord Huscarls, 10 Swadian Knights, 15 Swadian Sergeants, 20 Sarranid Master Archers and about 5 heroes. My heroes fill the role of 3 heavy cavalrymen, 1 archer on foot, and 1 horse archer. I play the game on Normal everything, damage to enemy, damage to me, you name it and its on Normal or whatever the equivalent to that is. That being said, I often find I can take an army twice my size without a single casualty and sometimes an army thrice my size with maybe a couple deaths but nothing tremendous... I like to think I can do that cause I don't fail at medieval pwnage.
Frustration #1: Kingdom of Rhodoks. I hate them. A lot. Like... wow, a lot. Screw their stupid spearmen, they're pathetic. Screw they're sergeants, while formidable, aren't that big a deal. But Rhodok Crossbowman (trained or sharpshooter) are like... gods walking among men. I don't know about you guys, but I am FREQUENTLY being one shotted by these troops... and if I manage to live through a SINGLE shot, I need to command from the back of the field cause my health is too low to risk being knocked out cause lets face it, you suffer stupid amounts of casualties when your troops fight without you. My character isn't lightly armored either, mind you, but he has damn near 60 head/leg armor and I'm fairly confident I have like 61 chest armor... nothing else I've encounter hurts nearly as much as those damn Rhodok Pistol Ballista-men. I swear every time I'm suddenly flung off my horse and all I can see is a swirling blur of clouds and blue sky, I can hear a Rhodok shouting "BOOM! HEADSHOT!".
Frustration #2: Kingdom of Swadia. Overwhelmed or mentally challenged? I think most players can agree that since the original M&B (phenomenal game), Swadian Knights have been powerhouses of the medieval world of M&B. It's no surprise their wages are like 120 denars a week or something, all their shiny army, pointy polearms, big fire breathing horses... they're pretty badass. Personally, I'd say the rest of the Swadian units are mediocre to good but nothing real crazy. I retain 10 Swadian Knights currently and should one die, I'm quick to replace him and maintain that squad of 10... however, it's a rare day that one of them dies. Unless I just send them into a spearwall or something, they literally devour the souls of everyone they touch. All this being said, why the HELL does the Kingdom of Swadia never expand? Is it just my game that this happens? I mean, I understand they're generally at war with at least two factions at a time... okay, no problem. But they command the Swadian Knights for crying out loud! So far in my game, off the top of my head I think I'm on like day 390 or 400 (Level 25), the Swadians have lost control of Dhirim and Uxhal. Yet, they haven't captured a single thing to compensate for these tremendous losses. The Sarranid Sultanate took two castles and a town from the Rhodoks in like the first 50 days of gameplay and eventually got Narra from the Khergits, Rhodoks took Uxhal and that castle next to Uxhal along with the attached fiefs, the Nords took Dhirim and all the surrounding fiefs and would've taken Uxhal earlier had it not been for my intervention. I would think a faction that literally has the Grim Reaper's evil demon seed babies on flaming hellsteeds might fare a little better, but that's just my opinion.
Anyway, enough of this long rant, I feel better now.
This thread is more for humor/conversational purposes than any real complaints, just gotta vent sometimes... oh! I made an attempt to defend Uxhal with 300 troops vs 1760 Rhodoks... yeah, epic fail.
Background: I personally like to take a little bit from various kingdoms, I'm never exclusively one kingdom. I prefer to combine as many strengths as possible while minimizing my weaknesses. Currently my army consists of about 15 Nord Huscarls, 10 Swadian Knights, 15 Swadian Sergeants, 20 Sarranid Master Archers and about 5 heroes. My heroes fill the role of 3 heavy cavalrymen, 1 archer on foot, and 1 horse archer. I play the game on Normal everything, damage to enemy, damage to me, you name it and its on Normal or whatever the equivalent to that is. That being said, I often find I can take an army twice my size without a single casualty and sometimes an army thrice my size with maybe a couple deaths but nothing tremendous... I like to think I can do that cause I don't fail at medieval pwnage.
Frustration #1: Kingdom of Rhodoks. I hate them. A lot. Like... wow, a lot. Screw their stupid spearmen, they're pathetic. Screw they're sergeants, while formidable, aren't that big a deal. But Rhodok Crossbowman (trained or sharpshooter) are like... gods walking among men. I don't know about you guys, but I am FREQUENTLY being one shotted by these troops... and if I manage to live through a SINGLE shot, I need to command from the back of the field cause my health is too low to risk being knocked out cause lets face it, you suffer stupid amounts of casualties when your troops fight without you. My character isn't lightly armored either, mind you, but he has damn near 60 head/leg armor and I'm fairly confident I have like 61 chest armor... nothing else I've encounter hurts nearly as much as those damn Rhodok Pistol Ballista-men. I swear every time I'm suddenly flung off my horse and all I can see is a swirling blur of clouds and blue sky, I can hear a Rhodok shouting "BOOM! HEADSHOT!".
Frustration #2: Kingdom of Swadia. Overwhelmed or mentally challenged? I think most players can agree that since the original M&B (phenomenal game), Swadian Knights have been powerhouses of the medieval world of M&B. It's no surprise their wages are like 120 denars a week or something, all their shiny army, pointy polearms, big fire breathing horses... they're pretty badass. Personally, I'd say the rest of the Swadian units are mediocre to good but nothing real crazy. I retain 10 Swadian Knights currently and should one die, I'm quick to replace him and maintain that squad of 10... however, it's a rare day that one of them dies. Unless I just send them into a spearwall or something, they literally devour the souls of everyone they touch. All this being said, why the HELL does the Kingdom of Swadia never expand? Is it just my game that this happens? I mean, I understand they're generally at war with at least two factions at a time... okay, no problem. But they command the Swadian Knights for crying out loud! So far in my game, off the top of my head I think I'm on like day 390 or 400 (Level 25), the Swadians have lost control of Dhirim and Uxhal. Yet, they haven't captured a single thing to compensate for these tremendous losses. The Sarranid Sultanate took two castles and a town from the Rhodoks in like the first 50 days of gameplay and eventually got Narra from the Khergits, Rhodoks took Uxhal and that castle next to Uxhal along with the attached fiefs, the Nords took Dhirim and all the surrounding fiefs and would've taken Uxhal earlier had it not been for my intervention. I would think a faction that literally has the Grim Reaper's evil demon seed babies on flaming hellsteeds might fare a little better, but that's just my opinion.
Anyway, enough of this long rant, I feel better now.
This thread is more for humor/conversational purposes than any real complaints, just gotta vent sometimes... oh! I made an attempt to defend Uxhal with 300 troops vs 1760 Rhodoks... yeah, epic fail.