Hi everyone, until now i have been playing mods of others, they were really good (thank you each and every modder out there in the world) and kept me interested in single player( yeah, i am a big time single player). But now i would like to develop a mod with help of gud modders here.
I would like a mount and blade warband mod theme on "age of empires 2 : conquerors".
it would a big world map with enough distance between civilizations, not a crowded one.
The civilizations and units like age of empires 2 : conquerors : like franks, britons, huns, mayans, chinese, saracenes, spanish, goths etc.
with some added features like :
1) in open world map when we travel from one place to another, our entire unit or some of it should be visible marching together like in AoE
2) one of our unit should bear the flag by default (if we have any flag)
- there should be a flag bearer who can also get injured or die but automatically resurrected later in next battle.He should hold the flag on a pole with one hand and a short sword on the other.he should be on foot if we have any foot soldier(even one foot soldier) but if all our units are mounted he should also be on horse. [This flag bearer will also keep you motivated to fight for honor and glory even in difficult circumstances. this will keep u going even when odds are against you
].
If you still dont have a banner or flag, there should be a drummer footman who beats a drum with sticks (war cry to motivate)
3) smaller unit indicator - this is the round thinggy displayed on our units head.
4) double handed should be allowed - dual wield on our character.
5) while attacking a city - there should be innocent people running around, if we go inside the city.
6) every weapon should be throwable (thrown at enemy for damage)- like u can throw away a sword,spear (all pole class should not be throw able except for the spear) etc but if u do u will have to go pick it up else bare hand! fist fight. all weapon should function like jav or throwing axes, it should have the same toggle between thrown and melee. cos in real combat we can throw for dealing damage. the thrown weapons which get a successful hit should not be recoverable like javs n thrown axes.
7) stronger AI of NPC, when i equip them with a lance n sword, they keep picking lance even while fighting on foot!! they should switch to shorter weapon by default if they are found using shield + lance combination on foot, if they have other weapon on their inventory.
8. there should be items like necklace, rings, bracelets which would cost 100 or 200 dinars like iron or wool, they should be recovered while fighting a lord etc cos most of the time when some lord is with very low lvl solders, dont feel like fighting him.i get only blunt weapons. At least recover recover or get to collect horses when u win a battle after fighting mounted units to sell them later!!
9) auto skill update/leveling for lords - uncontrollable lords/ computer controlled lords.
10) siege weapon - eg like chariot with one horse, purchased from horse merchant? this should be only for main character or NPC heros. and buying only one chariot should be allowed. this is difficult
but i saw couple of damaged wagons in some cities if that can be put to work
(i am picturing gladiator chariot guys who throw javs or archer)
11) more cool awesome formation for foot soldiers like in troy: shield defense. this would be a blessing in disguise for already strong nords. that is why the chariots to run them
only high level foot soldiers should be able to perform this or anyone with shield(even mounted units with shield after they are told to dismount). formations like - shield wall, testudo formation(the eagle- movie) or circling the entire group by the shield soldires, so that archers can fire from the centre. - pike formation with protruding spears of spear-men so that they don't get run down by horses (brave heart - movie) -- most important, the computer controlled lords should be able to do this too.
12) shield bash: pressing attack while blocking- eg skyrim.
13) contemporary real kings of medieval world, a bigger map - it would be better to call Calradia as "world" and have kings like king arthur, Genghis Khan, joan of arc, william wallace, Ragnar Lodbrok, Atila, Saladin etc who were real instead of the existing ones and to that add an eastern kingdom - Japanese or Chinese (samurai foot n mounted! - the last samurai) and an isolated Mayan or Aztec with few city n relatively weak armies on foot with not much steel tools but rich kingdom on resources(inspired from apocalypto movie).
summary:
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:::::: guys/gals anyone out there who can modify the basic M&B warband please please do listen and help:::::
i would love a mount and blade warband with the following features: shield bash, auto skill update/leveling for lords(computer controlled) , dual wield (dual wield not while on horse), all throwable weapon to deal damage(toggle between thrown and melee like throwing axes or javs, other than pole weapons except spear, spear should be throwable not lances), smarter NPC heroes who switch to shorter weapon while on foot (no lance+shield combo), entire units and type of troops travelling together on the world map (like it does in a formation in aoe), the flag bearer, more items to collect after battle( horse, their supplies etc ) and contemporary kings and kingdoms of medieval world(+eastern kingdom). i wouldnt want fancy graphics(wouldnt complain if i get) but these features on gameplay with be a great experience.
This is my dream mount and blade warband.
I would be extremely grateful to you. I am sure a lot of people will also like a mod with these features.
found a link for shield bash in youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcMwkYVO9t4