I just have to say, this is the most feature rich and confusing mod I've ever played. I suspect that is mostly because I havent played warband in a long time, and i never did get very far in native before i delved into mods, so i never quite learned the whole game from top to bottom.
Starting off in this mod, to me, is REALLY hard. Random questions:
1. Ive read the guide, but damn, getting money at the start is either really hard (seemingly impossible), or takes a lot longer then i thought. Apparently i need 26K to get a winery? How do i get that 26K to begin with? As so far ive ridden around killing bandits, doing odd jobs for guild masters.
2. Religion. So what does this effect? If a village is of the same religion i choose, how does this effect me?
3. Bandits. Why is it that most bandit groups are: A.) 20 to 40 in number and B.) Seem to use bows exclusively? Starting out, this is what makes things seemingly impossible. I really don't have the cash to hire anyone, i really dont even have the money to upgrade my equipment, and im being pelted by arrows. I ended up having to cheat, give myself 4,000 shllings to buy shield and armor, and only THEN could i passably expect to kill bandits. WIthout a good shield, combat is not survivable against bandits. I can understand why couch lance damage was removed, and ive gotten really good at using a spear instead, but ...a shield... a shield... my kingdom for a shield!!!!!
4.) Misc features. Wagon train? What's that all about?
In sum, ive read some of the stickies various times, but i get the impression theres a level of knowledge that is expected to be there from the outset, so im feeling really lost and am not far from giving up and going back to native.
(PS. I prefer swiss cheese with my whine.
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