So one thing i have noticed, is i can not find clothing anywhere, except when i destroy a ship and randomly collect one from the wreck...Do i have to manually produce it in this game...
[Also, its typically smugglers that have had it, when they had 1 ship with 60 or more people in it.]
I think the game is worth it at is current phase if it was in the 5-10 dollar range. Have played it a lil over 3 hrs.
What would make it easier is to just post a mini guide on steam with its own ship progression. At the moment i am in a confused state. E.g. 3 levels of sloops 3 levels of frigs etc. But no tier system. Instead you just have to hope its based of historical class system, and named the same, although this is not the case already in the game. This combined with inaccurate troop estimations make picking targets drastically difficult.
That might seem minor...but if the map is literally about sailing...its a big problem. Then there is no suggestion as to where you might find trade objects, cause each city sells their own stuff and does not carry everything. Once again you are forced to go off of historical references to once again be proven wrong.
There are many of things that are "minor issues" but when thought about are in reality "huge issues". However, after work today i plan on playing it again.
I highly recommend your 1st play though be set on lowest difficulty and saves. This is due to the lack of information on the game and the inability to find it. Leading to several mistakes from inconveniences to that broke the game.
Just to clarify, some of the Ladys do not like this, because they deplore either braggarts or combat, an will result in a hit to your relations with them. So its not always the sure thing. Dedicate wins with caution.
I have never seen a relation penalty for this. At least on Diplomacy 4.3 + Warband 1.153, there are ladies that I receive +8, others +4, others +2 and all +1 if it's not the first time I dedicate the tournament for her. But never a hit.
The highest hit i have seen is -4. Its happened to me less than 10 times. If i had to wager, it would be the same Ladys that you try to woo with poems that are about fighting that result in less optimistic boosting.
Just to clarify, some of the Ladys do not like this, because they deplore either braggarts or combat, an will result in a hit to your relations with them. So its not always the sure thing. Dedicate wins with caution.
1. Move 50 sharpshooters to the top of your army list so when you enter, they are the ones that spawn.
2. Shoot until you run out of ammo.
3. Retreat.
4. Repeat until defending forces are destroyed.
5. Move heavy infantry to the top of your army list.
6. Win with minimal casualties and negligible morale changes.
So there's this rumor going around town that some of these so-called "castles" in this land called Calradia have so-called "destroyable doors" hidden in their so-called "walls." Normally I'd dismiss rumors such as this one without a second thought, especially since the person who started it claimed to have been on drugs at the time. Still, something about it felt off, and I had a few hours to kill, so I decided to take a look myself.
First of all, I needed to travel to Calradia. But before I can travel to Calradia, I needed to exist. A few random clicks later, and I'm some douchey-looking guy with the wonderfully imaginative name of "a", who doesn't even remember his own past history. According to the rumor, one of the Destroyable Doors™ is located somewhere in Sarranid Territory, so I boarded a caravan to Shariz and began my search.
At least, I would have began my search had some idiotic robber not decided he wanted to attack me. So I shot him in the face and moved on with my life. At least, I would have moved on with my life had some merchant not wanted to bother me with his whole life story. I told him to go screw himself, because frankly investigating some random rumor about The Doors That Can Be Destroyed® is far more important than stopping the massive government conspiracy that just tried to murder me.
My search took me all across the desert, from Weyyah Castle to Bariyye. I stopped in every castle and town there, and found a number of interesting things. One such thing is that some castles, such as Sharwa, don't even have a main door! Still none of my discoveries were as mind-blowingly awesome as what I discovered in Jameyyed Castle.
If you go to Jameyyed Castle...
...Walk around to the right...
...and head up this steep path...
You can walk straight up the mountain and over the walls of Jameyyed Castle!
I realize that this wasn't the answer some of you were looking for. Don't worry, I do have that answer.
What you're seeing here is the outside of Durquba. Now, watch what I find when I go past the siege ladder.
Is that a door? Why yes it is. Is it destroyable?
WHY YES IT IS! Time to show off my 1337 hacking skillz:
After several minutes, I managed to hack in. I'm greeted to the courtyard and a stairway straight up to the wall.
Invigorated by my discovery, I set out to explore the rest of this desolate desert, in hopes of finding another one of the Legendary So-Called "Destroyable Doors™ of Legend That can be Destroyed®." Sure enough, I found another:
Much the same as Durquba, walk past the ladder and you'll find it.
Break it down and you'll be greeted to the other side, with a stairway providing instant access to the wall.
Aside from Ahmerrad, I was unable to find another Destruct-A-Door. Still, I didn't want to call it quits until after I had at least searched the Khergit territory, which is another potential location specified in some variants of the rumor. Unfortunately, my searching was in vain, so that about concludes my investigation of-OH CRAP, I forgot to check Shariz!
You sir, have just made me come back to this forum with hope of more adventures to read, because i stopped reading a while ago, due to the same topics arising.
Would have been nice to know... When the Swadians, Nords, Rhodoks, and Sarranids all ganged up on me and took... almost everything from me, I could have cowered in Praven instead of Suno (75 relation in Praven from tourny spam when it was my court)
As far as choosing, I find lords with high reputation also gather more troops and lords on campaign. Also this is a good way to gather more Brownie points w a lord. (Respond to his campaign request )