DainMorgot
Sergeant
It's pathetic that it has come down to this, since early summer 2019, veteran players and then newer players alike have made it crystal clear that there are several fundamental issues with the game that are getting fixed so slowly that even even on official release and exit of early access, the game will be dead regarding its multiplayer aspect. Let's not kid ourselves, early access is simply a title for most people, official release won't change the playerbase much and whoever is a die-hard warband fan either bought this and dropped it within the first 2 months, or did not even bother at all. Since last summer, key issues of the game have been:
*Archery is extremely easy and arcade like, in a game that wants to be realistic and grounded.
*Classes run the game to the ground, majority dislikes it for anything else other than Captain's mode, where it does actually fit.
*Combat has been horrible for infantry for over a year, it's either too slow or spam like, stances are a system nobody asked for, nor anybody likes since it adds nothing of complex depth in the game.
*Map design too open for most maps
*No personalization or customization
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*Outrageous claims by community managers that steamrolling would not exist, the new modes would be better than older ones, more competitive environment for those who wish it, a welcoming experience to the new people.
Steamrolling is at all time high, worse than warband ever was and worse than what power-fantasy mods like mercenaries and CRPG were. The new mode, Skirmish, is a total travesty, effectively trying to 'ReiNveNt ThE WHeeL' instead of adopting the great upgrade-gear-with-gold standard, and forcing assymetrical classes to try and compete into set-in-stone flags on each map. Regarding the new player experience, it's absolutely hostile against anyone new. There are no tutorials, feeling like playing a fighting game without anyone teaching you the most basic combos, you get thrown against premades etc. etc.
It's very clear that based on claims made in beta and before, the inter-communication between the team is an absolute joke. Recently, crush through has been introduced, a feature nobody cared for or asked even by the testers who help TW, yet TW ignored everyone, as always, and done their own thing. In a game oversaturated with RNG damage values, speeds and a combat that makes no sense most of the time regarding anything melee and hitbox-wise, they introduce another ****ty mechanic in the game. And not only that, they have the audacity to not even take a look at how it worked in warband, or mods that used it much much more like Mercenaries in order to gather knowledge and balance it accordingly.
The latest patch has made the game into a ****ing spamfest of who can click and spazz the mouse around faster. But thats not the worst, the worst is that it made slow 1 handed weapons unviable further more, all while 2 handers can still outrange you by pressing S, aka no effort, can still swing magically faster than you, and can still run like speedy gonzalez.
And now, in the present, there is no talk about classes other than 'mid-infantry'. I swear to god TW wants to take the game to the grave with them. They do not want to admit the class system is ****ing garbage, and they defend it, all in the same time the playerbase has been reduced to like 10 clans who play the game out of 'hope' for the future and many of them do not actually enjoy it. But they play it with the hope of change and because they are used to competitive warband.
Staying in the present, there are no talks about new siege maps, the so called 'fan favourite' and they try to introduce a skirmish ranked mode. Like anybody gives a **** about skirmish or 'competitive' anymore.
All in all, an ignorant developer team who does not really give a **** about what the players say and want, and they try to force their 'vision' on players. I would accept a vision from someone who is reknowned by their achievements in competitive game-making. I will not accept the bull****tery you continue you add on your game and leave fundamental issues unfixed. You cannot fix combat properly, or you do it in the pace of a turtle, you won't admit class system is garbage and remove it like any fan-respecting developer would do.
That's all, this is a rage post that comes from my love of warband but at the same time how sick I feel playing a game which is a decade old and all the hopes for bannerlord that get shattered everyday by a bunch of clueless men who ruin its multiplayer patch by patch.
Any game that makes me quit during morning/afternoon because i cant find matches due to low population, mean they are ****. Even on peak hours we struggle to find matches, or we end up playing with the same people again and again. If you cannot understand that and still defend bannerlord, then I really have nothing to say.
*Archery is extremely easy and arcade like, in a game that wants to be realistic and grounded.
*Classes run the game to the ground, majority dislikes it for anything else other than Captain's mode, where it does actually fit.
*Combat has been horrible for infantry for over a year, it's either too slow or spam like, stances are a system nobody asked for, nor anybody likes since it adds nothing of complex depth in the game.
*Map design too open for most maps
*No personalization or customization
- - - - -
*Outrageous claims by community managers that steamrolling would not exist, the new modes would be better than older ones, more competitive environment for those who wish it, a welcoming experience to the new people.
Steamrolling is at all time high, worse than warband ever was and worse than what power-fantasy mods like mercenaries and CRPG were. The new mode, Skirmish, is a total travesty, effectively trying to 'ReiNveNt ThE WHeeL' instead of adopting the great upgrade-gear-with-gold standard, and forcing assymetrical classes to try and compete into set-in-stone flags on each map. Regarding the new player experience, it's absolutely hostile against anyone new. There are no tutorials, feeling like playing a fighting game without anyone teaching you the most basic combos, you get thrown against premades etc. etc.
It's very clear that based on claims made in beta and before, the inter-communication between the team is an absolute joke. Recently, crush through has been introduced, a feature nobody cared for or asked even by the testers who help TW, yet TW ignored everyone, as always, and done their own thing. In a game oversaturated with RNG damage values, speeds and a combat that makes no sense most of the time regarding anything melee and hitbox-wise, they introduce another ****ty mechanic in the game. And not only that, they have the audacity to not even take a look at how it worked in warband, or mods that used it much much more like Mercenaries in order to gather knowledge and balance it accordingly.
The latest patch has made the game into a ****ing spamfest of who can click and spazz the mouse around faster. But thats not the worst, the worst is that it made slow 1 handed weapons unviable further more, all while 2 handers can still outrange you by pressing S, aka no effort, can still swing magically faster than you, and can still run like speedy gonzalez.
And now, in the present, there is no talk about classes other than 'mid-infantry'. I swear to god TW wants to take the game to the grave with them. They do not want to admit the class system is ****ing garbage, and they defend it, all in the same time the playerbase has been reduced to like 10 clans who play the game out of 'hope' for the future and many of them do not actually enjoy it. But they play it with the hope of change and because they are used to competitive warband.
Staying in the present, there are no talks about new siege maps, the so called 'fan favourite' and they try to introduce a skirmish ranked mode. Like anybody gives a **** about skirmish or 'competitive' anymore.
All in all, an ignorant developer team who does not really give a **** about what the players say and want, and they try to force their 'vision' on players. I would accept a vision from someone who is reknowned by their achievements in competitive game-making. I will not accept the bull****tery you continue you add on your game and leave fundamental issues unfixed. You cannot fix combat properly, or you do it in the pace of a turtle, you won't admit class system is garbage and remove it like any fan-respecting developer would do.
That's all, this is a rage post that comes from my love of warband but at the same time how sick I feel playing a game which is a decade old and all the hopes for bannerlord that get shattered everyday by a bunch of clueless men who ruin its multiplayer patch by patch.
Any game that makes me quit during morning/afternoon because i cant find matches due to low population, mean they are ****. Even on peak hours we struggle to find matches, or we end up playing with the same people again and again. If you cannot understand that and still defend bannerlord, then I really have nothing to say.