Recent content by shostak

Havoc said:

I will never understand why assassins and the like are depicted in clothing that screams '******** run'. I mean seriously, the point is to blend in and that goes out the window if you wear something that people would associate with an assassin.

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As far as I know it is based in much later theatre productions, where to add suspense a stage hand, (who apparently always dressed all in black) would assassinate somebody. The idea stuck and was incorporated into popular culture.

I have been to Ypres and Thiepval, as well as stretches of preserved trench between these two places. It was somewhat haunting to see the lines where soldiers fought and died.

roboWarrior001 said:

I'm surprised no one has jumped in and been like "Spartans!!!!"

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Your point being? While they are certainly no favourite of mine, the Spartans that we remember were skilled and highly motivated soldiers and doubtlessly deserve an honoury mention.

Yeah, I think that aside from 'elite' formations who for whatever all wielded maces, mace/hammer/flail wielding fellows were broadly categorised under infantry or cavalry. The closest that I can find to whole regiments of mace carrying people in a field army is in the army of Bulgaria (I think), when most soldiers were equipped with short pikes or long flails. Unfortunately my reference for this comes from a Library book that I no longer have to hand.

Clearly 'Private' Wojtek.

But yes, a silly question.

Just dropping by to say thanks for creating such a brilliant mod! The only thing I've noticed is that the 1st Rhodok boss wave seems a little OP, they utterly chewed through 20 heavily armoured Nords 5 times in a row. Nevertheless, this is a superb creation.

'Shostak' is the name of the commander of my Warhammer 40k Imperial Guard Regiment, I pinched the name from an officer in a Battle Report.

Thomas Jefferson, my ingame name was made up completely at random, because I like the RP side of games like NW. I only found out about the chap with the quote about luck and hard work the over day, utterly by chance.

James Grant said:

Royal Scots Spudgun said:

If nobody is watching the back of people reloading, cavalry can easily go and pick them off, or at least go close enough to them so that they break their reload. Also, what is this 'schiltron' formation?

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Basically it was traditionally a group of spearman huddled around in a full circle with spears pointing out at every angle. But with muskets. I don't know of it ever being used in the Napoleonic wars but it would certainly work in NW.

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I'm not sure if it was an 'official' formation, but Cornwell references a 'Rally Square,' which appears to basically be a schiltron, in some of his books.

Purely out of interest, how do you intend to stop players from simply toggling their gas mask on and leaving it on, that way completely nulifying the use of poison gas?

Congratulations on the completion of this superb project! Hopefully I'll download tonight.

Yes it is indeed that part of the part screen. Where it says whether they are infantry, cavalry or archers you can also click and create a new group, such as 'Engles.' You could then leave this group at spawn when you start a battle, or even tell them to retreat, although I'm not sure if they still gain experience then. Also, putting them at the bottom of your party list greatly reduces the chance of them spawning in with you if you have a lot of men, thereby 'keeping them safe.'

It may be that you need some particular stats to progress further, e.g. a certain amount of powerdraw or riding skill.

Or you may be at the highest attainable rank.

I tend to attack musicians if they're in my way, or if I'm playing Deathmatch. Unless they happen to be playing Men of Harlech, in which case they may live.

As far as 'musket age' singleplayer mods go, there's 1812-1815, and 1776 American revolution. I haven't tried either though, so I can't give you any feedback.

Sometimes you may not have the required riding or powerdraw skill to ride the unit's horse or use their bow, or the strength to wear the armour that that unit wears.