Battle Mode is the Best! (VIDEO)

[Ordonator]

It's like my favorite part of Mount&Blade, but...it's MULTIPLAYER! It's surprisingly tactical; incredibly fun! I can't wait for a melee-only server  . I'd be happy if it were the only mode in the game.

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxyqa5eFpts

Thanks to everyone who was playing while I was filming. The video highlights an important bug as well; occasionally no sound in spectator mode!

PS: YouTube is taking forever to process; might have to wait awhile to see the high quality version.

 

[wolfstriked]

I love it when is Warband coming out?

 

[shades_o_grey]

I so wanted to fight on the khergit side just now  Awesome video bro, keep 'em coming.

 

[Lt. of the tower]

Awesome video mate! I can't get enough! I am so excited about Warband. 

 

[nihilocrat]

No, Battle mode is terrible. If you actually want to fight, you get taken down in the first 30 seconds, then you wait 5 minutes for the khergit horse archers to run out the match timer. FUN TIMES!!!!111 

And don't go saying "but... TACTICS!!!!". "Tactics" == camping.

 

[ElijahT]

No, Battle mode is terrible. If you actually want to fight, you get taken down in the first 30 seconds, then you wait 5 minutes for the khergit horse archers to run out the match timer. FUN TIMES!!!!111 

Sorry you feel that way, but seriously battle mode for everyone else is easily the best.  Good luck finding people playing much of anything else, at least for a while.

 

[Viajero]

Excellent video.  Definitely gives a feel for what it's like.  I'd have to say that capture the flag is just about as fun as battle mode for me.  I really enjoy all of them except for the free-for-all stuff.  Just my two cents.

 

[Orion]

Free for all is crippled by the low number of spawn points, and the lancers. If you aren't killed by a naked guy when you spawn, or an archer a couple seconds after, then you'll get lanced while you're dueling someone.

The only time I'll get back into a free for all server is if we organize a fight club on Ventrilo again. That was awesome, but we were limited to the team deathmatch server. Oh, and a couple griefers came in and tried to ruin it.

 

[ElijahT]

Hell yeah, fight club was great fun.

 

[Orion]

We really need to get that going on the free for all server. Then we could all be whatever class we wanted, as long as it was with either of the two factions.

Plus, we could all team up on griefers if they showed up. How do you like them apples?

 

[Tintin]

In battle mode is everyone against eachother?

 

[FrisianDude]

In battle mode is everyone against eachother?

[quote author=Ordonator]Battle Mode is a team deathmatch with no respawning.[/quote]

 

[Lord Kinlar]

Don't know what you guys think, but the idea of multi-player tournaments sounds fun to me. You know, just like the single player tournaments but with real people.

Oh, and without Xerina! 

 

[Darkness]

That video was "totally awesome", made me want to skip class and play again. But sadly, I cannot. Organic Chemistry 2 calls

 

[orbitup]

I played battle mode yesterday. Swadians vs Vaegirs in the ruins. I liked it a lot! I'm not as good as most players so sometimes I would die early and spectate from different player's perspectives.

 

[CtrlAltDe1337]

I think Battle mode is my favorite so far.  I expected to like TDM more, but it doesn't encourage as much teamwork.  It might be better if respawns were longer (maybe 15-30 seconds).  I like CTF too, but the current maps aren't as good for CTF imo.  Plus, it gets a little crazy sometimes with cavalry spam.  But its still fun.

Don't know what you guys think, but the idea of multi-player tournaments sounds fun to me. You know, just like the single player tournaments but with real people.

Oh, and without Xerina! 

I agree.  I would love to have a tournament gamemode and map.

 

[gypsydevil]

Yeah.. I just recently got introduced to the tatic of "Naked Berserker with 2h Weapon"

Guy would wait on top of buildings naked, with a great axe.  When he saw people come through the village doors, he would jump down and go aggro on them.  Thing was, I thought he was naked because he was just crazy.  Turns out you get a nice speed bonus from being naked and can generally out hack/slash/block/dodge people. 

Anyway, pretty cool to see such a reckless tactic in battle.

 

[wolfstriked]

Yeah.. I just recently got introduced to the tatic of "Naked Berserker with 2h Weapon"

Guy would wait on top of buildings naked, with a great axe.  When he saw people come through the village doors, he would jump down and go aggro on them.  Thing was, I thought he was naked because he was just crazy.  Turns out you get a nice speed bonus from being naked and can generally out hack/slash/block/dodge people. 

Anyway, pretty cool to see such a reckless tactic in battle.

So encumbrance governs weapon speed?I thought it was just athletics skill that was governed by encumbrance.That's nice to know.Now we need encumbrance for horses so that armor worn by player reduces the horse's stats.

 

[Kabookie]

I just played roughly 8 hours straight! The main reason I stopped now is to give my hands a break. Things get pretty intense in the heat of battle!
Went through many battles with a lot of different players in the Battle Mode. I must say I enjoyed every minute and things seem to be working pretty well.
I am not very good but I love these Battle Mode maps and it sure got my addiction to this game fired up again.

 

[Redfyre]

So encumbrance governs weapon speed?I thought it was just athletics skill that was governed by encumbrance.That's nice to know.Now we need encumbrance for horses so that armor worn by player reduces the horse's stats.

No it doesn't. It just seems that way when you have a naked man violently thrashing his axe about.