@ Noobcake - I want to clean up and improve the riot gear a bit before I post any screenies of it, but it shouldn't take long. Maybe tommorrow, if I can get the shield fixed in particular. I was fighting some riot cops earlier, in order to test a siege, and they are ridiculously difficult to damage with the weapons available. But if you were to scavenge guns for you and your heroes from a smaller police group, well... then your gang might stand a chance!
@ Daerdevil - The Police are a faction now, with a couple of castles (Police Stations), and two Towns that they own, representing areas of the city center where they tend to run a tight ship. Their tendency to take over might be tempered a bit if I add an actual gangster faction, though, so long as they actually go to war with each other.
It means making a load more scenes, but I'm seriously considering it. That way the player would have a choice between joining the Pigs or the Gangs, or trying to take over the whole map alone, which would be near impossible. Lord parties will have to be reduced in number of troops, otherwise it's totally impossible from the start.
@ Kalnia - I've never had the crashing problem (or the "stuck in the Dealer's Hoose" problem) but it might help to turn down settings. In the Beta the villages are not worth visitting as scenes, because they haven't been altered, and The Barras is a BIG scene, so it might cause problems for slower computers. The only other thing I can think of is that a file has got mucked up during download, so you might want to re-download it and try again. Wish I could help more.
@ Herby - Welcome to Taleworlds, and glad you like it! A lot more work has gone into this now than I ever originally intended, so it's good that people are enjoying it the Beta. Alpha will be out as soon as possible - I'm proud of the new weapons. They're a good laugh.