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Yeap, I would like the spear to be more interesting in Bannerlord.

First thing is, at least two handed, you should be able to thrust incomparably faster than in the game right now and without signaling it. Now it feels like some 80 years old guy in slow motion.

BTW. Spears contrary to later lances had rather big blades and considering it's mass spear would kill the men on the spot.

When I see a spear with some 30cm wide blade going through head coming out another side and the guy just fighting like nothing happen?

Your system spec?
Did you try Checking Files Integrity in steam?
What exact version do you have, beta or normal?
I've had no problem using all game modes and no single crash with any version since the beginning.

Crossbowmen with their big pavise shields should turn back to the enemy when reloading, as they did in some Warband mods. It was the only point of their heavy shields.

I tried to manually keep them facing opposite side (F2) but after they turn around to shoot - they still reload facing the enemy - and being obliterated.

First there is no stamina implemented so everyone is fighting like a mad without tiring.
Second thing is warriors don't care about savety, they always attack and rarely defend.
That's why cavalry fights are already interesting and satisfying but infantry combat is a mad rush and after a minute it's over, one side or another.

But it's EA, i think they will be fine tuning combat.

Yeap. It would make spears more balanced and realistic.

Good job.

It was the most common and most basic legitimate tactics of the steppe nomads for centuries - harassing with arrows, refusing close combat, retreating after depleting all arrows, replenishing arrows from carts and repeat the whole process. Time after time. Day after day. Non prepared enemy with less mobility and no proper ranged units was doomed.

Real life counter tactics i.e. during crusades was not to chase them with cavalry but to employ crossbowmen with big shields and shoot them with favorable kill ratio.

Restriction in Bannerlord should be you can't reengage again for i.e. 6 hours needed to replenish arrows, regroup and reorganise and let the horses and people rest. This time enemy army would be retreating to their castle decreasing number of times you could attack and harass them. Like IRL. And common sense.

But good finding of yours - reengaging constantly many times without any need of regrouping, resting, replenishing arrows is an exploit. A big one.


(It is actually stupid in TW serie when you can see you didn't loose your mounted archers, you see you break away from the opponent savely, you retreated your units savely and far from any enemy - and you see you have magically lost i.e. 125 warriors, just like that, killded by the wind.)

cheers

Yes, it's because of the AI - speared infantry do not attack raiders with their spears, they are simply standing 90% of the time only very rarely trying to jab with their spears.

Spear infantry with simple "Charge" orded is very hard to defeat for any melee cavalry.
Tight defensive formation should make spear infantry harded to defeat, not easier.

It's an early access though.

True. Melee fights are simply too fast. Since the contact of two armies there is 30 seconds and the huge battle is over. One side, hundreds of warriors, is slaughtered in a blink of an eye.

Action equals reaction -> if the attacker would be thrown off the horse after sword swing the attacker would lose his arm because of recoil
But after lance strike this falling animation is great.

When it comes to AI please no more leming trains.

When?

Outlook is too sci fi and mood killing, but overally encyclopedia and functionality looks great. It just need some colour/style change, like "old paper" in Warband. Great job anyway.

Ok, the game is up.
When the game comes out.



































Ok, i was kidding. Keep it up.

When it comes to couched lance attack you should definitely include breaking the lance after the charge. It will add realism and common sense and balance the weapon - deadly, nearly guaranteeing a kill if properly used - but also disposable. It has been done in many Warband mods and it worked great.

I greet players and developers and I wish you successful work on the game 
Błażej Seremak