So im not going to add any of my own opinions to this thread since TW's has graced me with 3 warnings on my profile because facts hurt their feelings, how does everyone else feel about the most recent patch? Was the addition of perks a good idea or do you think it broke the balance of the game we have been helping fix for the past 2 years? cough cough nudge nudge
i have given up having the game i always wanted coming from the official taleworlds un-modded game
changing the fundamental basics of combat (swing speed, movement speed, damage, etc) signals the complete lack of understanding of what made the mount and blade series different from anything that has ever come out before
mount and blade is the first great physics based melee game where every movement you make matters, turning with your swing helps you hit your opponents faster, moving with your opponents strikes will hurt you less, every pound of weight you carry (armor included) makes you move slower. It is completely logical and beautiful in it's simplicity and it's implication on gameplay (a lightly armored infantry can pretty much beat all other tactics who carry alot of unnecessary equipment/ranged items)
with these new perks, physics is irrelevant, you just do more damage (or swing speed or movement speed etc) or have more utility bc of an in game option to choose from
this isn't the game i wanted or came to love with the mount and blade series
i had hoped that, given a little feedback, taleworlds would change some small things that would make a big difference (we all have different opinions on what those are obviously but some things are pretty universal like the disdain for the non-customizable classes) but we haven't seen any progression in the community requests, and in some cases they seem to of added an unpopular feature(once reverted) back into the game (crush-throughs)
with all that said the core combat is progressing positively ( outside of some exploits that hopefully will get fixed, for example kick reach was reduced and i found that to be very helpful at least in my combat experience) and is the reason i keep coming back to the series
i love mount and blade, and i just hope they change the way they are going with this recent "perk" system and revert to the old mount and blade system
with battle mode reintroduced, and popular mods/additions like the napoleon mod coming soon i really think this series will make a turn around (as long as they keep from trying to add more additions like the perk system)
thank you for all your hard work taleworlds