Recent content by Teala

It's looking awesome as ever...keep up the great work. 

Jezze said:

Teala said:

Hmmm...I am sure I have played with you, but not recently, maybe back in the old days of beta?

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Can be, I did play in the beta. What was your MP nick back then? Maybe I can remember .

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MY MP - Teala.  If I recall you use to play on a dueling server a bit and were quite good.

Hmmm...I am sure I have played with you, but not recently, maybe back in the old days of beta?

Ahhh...thank you much, that explains it. 

Rend said:

I think it's a logical step in the future, an mmorpg based on M&B's combat system in a persistent world.
Would be awsome.

Just please no levels, no gaining artificial skillpoints.
Those elements only detriment a game, as far as I'm concerned.
It should be all about player skill, not artficial levels.

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Agreed on this to some extent.  I would like some form of advancement in skills - but limited in scope and capped!  No levels though.

They should also have a liege system in place for people to field loyalty.  Also a means for players to start their own towns, gather taxes, raise NPC troops, and gather resources.  Players would actually have to work together as a team for them to be successful.  Give players many ways to participate in the game. 

I think though if Taleworlds really wished to get an MMORPG based on Mount and Blade combat off the ground, they'd have to start simple.    The game world would have to be decent size with many areas for players to start their adventuring from.  This would allow players that wish to start their own kingdom room to do so.  They'd also need to give players basic tools to start, build and maintain holdings(a good guild/kingdom system) would be a must. 

NPC troops like in M&B that are trainable or hirable would be necessary to protect players holdings when they are off-line(unless of course the other player/s invading army have overwhelming numbers).  There has to be a way for players to keep and hold all they have worked toward to some extent - so balance would be critical in this part of the game.

There should also be a bounty system in place and a consequences for being a bandit/outlaw player.  I mean sure we'd want some people to play the baddies of the land, but it should be a very harsh existance - but the rewards could be greater.

Also a good tournament system needs to be in place.  So players that wish to travel from town to town and city to city doing tournaments can make names for themselves. 

LOL...Taleworlds should just hire me...I'll design them their MMORPG since I all ready have a design paper written up about an MMORPG based off their game.  ^_^

It would have to be done right.  It would be so easy to screw up.  I think however, if they went with a seamless persistent world, with M&B/UO/Age of Empires game play elements, it would be very successful. 

One of the first things they would have to do though is create a new character customization system.  Simplify it and put in better models. 

I've been one of the biggest proponents of seeing this game turned into a MMORPG and I still am. 

60 or 65 good Veteran Nord Archers or Vaegir Markman is all you really need for good castle defense, fill in the gaps with about 25 to 40 militia, preferrably Swadian or Nord and make sure you have some infantry on the walls as well upwards of 50+.  Ones that use two handers.  You can hold off armies of massive size with fewer better archers rather than lots of mediocre archers or crossbow users.  Filling a castle with 300+ militia seems ineffecient and very ineffective if you face a decent size force that has a large number of higher trained infantry units that use shields effectively.  With the better archers or crossbowman they are devestating.  The fire faster and are more accurate and do higher damage than your standard militia.

I think, I could be wrong, but doesn't the SP and MP use the same settings for shields?  Beause in MP shields get smashed pretty easily as well in there.  But one of the posters was right, you'll have to alter it via the items.py file to change how much damage it can take.

OK here are the upgrade textures for the desert, for those that wish to make use of them.

desert.jpg

This is the bump version for those that wish to use it for bump texturing of the sand.  Otherwise just take the first image(desert.jpg)and add "_bump" to the name with the "" - then "save as" - desert_bump.jpg - then convert to .dds file.  ^_^

But this is the desert_bump.jpg I use.
desert_bump.jpg

Just copy your current native desert .dds files to a folder for safe keeping.  Then copy and paste these over the native and you are good to go.  The native .dds files will be in your Mount and Blade Warband/Textures folder.

In broad daylight the sand looks like regular sand.  In the late evening and early morning light it sometimes takes on a golden color.  In the night under a full moon it'll go light grey to a dark grey depending on the light.  Looks just like the real deal.    Enjoy.

Holy...no pun intended...crap.  Those are great models.  Can you make bar maids for taverns?  What about a gypsy girl dancer?  BTW - awesome models...some of the best I think most of us have seen in the modeling section.  This with your Highlander stuff is just amazing.  Great work! 

dPB said:

Wait are you complaining that you're too slow or that you would rather lords be smarter and keep chasing after you if their numbers in total are larger than your forces, even if, individually, their armies are smaller than yours?

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If there are four or five enemy armies in that area of your village trying to plunder it.  When you approach those armies run away like roaches.    Back off and they immediately turn around and head back.  Turn around and charge at them and once again they turn tail.  Here is the thing.  If you are equal in number or one member lower to the highest enemy army, they all charge you.  Clearly they must communicate!  LOL!  It is funny that combined(when I had a few troops more than their largest army), they would out number me 4 or 5 to 1.  Surely the programmers can either have them realize this or do what I suggested in my first post.    Have them think it is unsafe to continue trying to attack the village and g osomewhere else for say a few days.  Is that really to much to ask for...to give some actual artificial intelligents to the MOBs?