I am playing through a vanilla game of M&B right now, to get a real feel for how it plays so I know what the context of gameplay changes would be like. I believe deeply that great game design can only come from the hand of someone who understands the game experience as a whole.
For example, I had modded it so that the player could swell his own army size to much larger than he could reasonably operate for long (due to morale and cohesion) , and playing the game reminds me why - because it sucks to have to throw away a whole army of released prisoners when capturing a town or large stack.
Also, the tax collection system that requires the player to visit every fief breaks down really badly later in the game, for those of you who have ever gotten that far. You would end up doing nothing but running from fief to fief while running out of money.
In my game, I'm supporting the vaegir claimant in a 'bid', just to screw the vaegir and increase my own holdings and glory. I put myself in a slight bind by pissing off the lord's vassals by claiming reyvadin. I didn't expect to win it, so I had claimed a nearer fortress. I wish there were a way to give back claimed domains...
For example, I had modded it so that the player could swell his own army size to much larger than he could reasonably operate for long (due to morale and cohesion) , and playing the game reminds me why - because it sucks to have to throw away a whole army of released prisoners when capturing a town or large stack.
Also, the tax collection system that requires the player to visit every fief breaks down really badly later in the game, for those of you who have ever gotten that far. You would end up doing nothing but running from fief to fief while running out of money.
In my game, I'm supporting the vaegir claimant in a 'bid', just to screw the vaegir and increase my own holdings and glory. I put myself in a slight bind by pissing off the lord's vassals by claiming reyvadin. I didn't expect to win it, so I had claimed a nearer fortress. I wish there were a way to give back claimed domains...