Dear Warlords, Kings, Traders, Tournament champions, Slavers, Adventurers and Bandits,
How do you play warband? What is your playstyle?
A playstyle dictates not just what your goal is ingame, but also which factions do you favor, which skills do you focus on and what are your means of getting there, are you an effective player who just wants to get everything done as soon as possible? Or do you roleplay and take your time, prepare your wealth, muster your troops and claim your stakes when the time is right?
My playstyle:
I normally play 40% efficient/ 60% roleplay. I do want to get wealth on the fastest ways by tournaments and grinding searaiders. But I also want to have my own story, Mostly this involves my own made religion, which only I follow in the story. (more on that later). Everytime I start a new game my goal is to become my own king and rule Calradia myself. I do this by creating as much chaos and weakened factions as I can. This means that I try to get all the claiments back on their throne and let the wars weaken the factions, this takes an incredibly long time and there is no way of knowing if it goes the way I wanted to, but I like the war and the effort I have to put into the game.
For factions:
I normally favor the Nords as a starting area, because of the Searaiders and looters, I do not care for Taiga/Forrest bandits at all because I dislike fighting ranged troops. I also (usually) don't start at the sarranids and Rhodoks because the battles take to long, The desert bandits I'd have to chase around the map and the Rhodoks are all up in the mountains, while I prefer fighting on horse. The Khergits I actively avoid. In my eyes they are to weak to bother, plus they have range and horses, so all they do is run away and fire arrows.
I only stick with Nords or Swadians until I destroy a faction, this would be the same thing for me as "unlocking" their units, since their faction no longer exists I can freely use their troops without suffering a penalty.
Companions:
I usually do not take companions at the start, only when I join a faction, as they either complain about me burning villages or are warrior types, which I consider a waste. Why would I need 1 strong warrior when I need an entire army of strong fighters. When I become a lord I become a bit more noble and stop burning down villages, then I take a surgeon, tactician/engineer and trainer with me.
My skills:
My skills are usually focussed on strength and agility, sometimes I take the Int/Char build, but I like fighting to much to stay on the side lines. As for my equipement I prefer to be a knight, with basic sword and shield, plus a lance on the side. For sieges I use a twohander and a crossbow with bolts.
My goal:
My goal is tied to the way I roleplay. My character is a devoted follower of the void, the void is a believe that wants to empty the world as much as possible until there is nothing left. My goal therefor is to be the only and only ruler of calradia with no lords. Only me, villagers, caravans and bandits. If it were possible I would remove those as well, but I can't. This religion leaves me on an extreemly long cursade to purge Calradia. I have even made ranks for this religion which I add to my character name [Name][Rank]
To reach my goal the first thing I usually do is a lot of money collecting, I do this by grinding on searaiders, doing tournaments and buying enterprises in all factions. It's a long preparation, but it really pays off in the long run.
So what do you do and how do you do it?
How do you play warband? What is your playstyle?
A playstyle dictates not just what your goal is ingame, but also which factions do you favor, which skills do you focus on and what are your means of getting there, are you an effective player who just wants to get everything done as soon as possible? Or do you roleplay and take your time, prepare your wealth, muster your troops and claim your stakes when the time is right?
My playstyle:
I normally play 40% efficient/ 60% roleplay. I do want to get wealth on the fastest ways by tournaments and grinding searaiders. But I also want to have my own story, Mostly this involves my own made religion, which only I follow in the story. (more on that later). Everytime I start a new game my goal is to become my own king and rule Calradia myself. I do this by creating as much chaos and weakened factions as I can. This means that I try to get all the claiments back on their throne and let the wars weaken the factions, this takes an incredibly long time and there is no way of knowing if it goes the way I wanted to, but I like the war and the effort I have to put into the game.
For factions:
I normally favor the Nords as a starting area, because of the Searaiders and looters, I do not care for Taiga/Forrest bandits at all because I dislike fighting ranged troops. I also (usually) don't start at the sarranids and Rhodoks because the battles take to long, The desert bandits I'd have to chase around the map and the Rhodoks are all up in the mountains, while I prefer fighting on horse. The Khergits I actively avoid. In my eyes they are to weak to bother, plus they have range and horses, so all they do is run away and fire arrows.
I only stick with Nords or Swadians until I destroy a faction, this would be the same thing for me as "unlocking" their units, since their faction no longer exists I can freely use their troops without suffering a penalty.
Companions:
I usually do not take companions at the start, only when I join a faction, as they either complain about me burning villages or are warrior types, which I consider a waste. Why would I need 1 strong warrior when I need an entire army of strong fighters. When I become a lord I become a bit more noble and stop burning down villages, then I take a surgeon, tactician/engineer and trainer with me.
My skills:
My skills are usually focussed on strength and agility, sometimes I take the Int/Char build, but I like fighting to much to stay on the side lines. As for my equipement I prefer to be a knight, with basic sword and shield, plus a lance on the side. For sieges I use a twohander and a crossbow with bolts.
My goal:
My goal is tied to the way I roleplay. My character is a devoted follower of the void, the void is a believe that wants to empty the world as much as possible until there is nothing left. My goal therefor is to be the only and only ruler of calradia with no lords. Only me, villagers, caravans and bandits. If it were possible I would remove those as well, but I can't. This religion leaves me on an extreemly long cursade to purge Calradia. I have even made ranks for this religion which I add to my character name [Name][Rank]
Ranks from highest to lowest.
Void-Emperor - Only obtainable after emptying Calradia of all lords, kings and factions.
Void-Lord - Obtainable after becoming a king.
Void-Demon - Obtainable after becoming a lord with a vast army
Void-Dragon - Obtainable after become a lord with a medium sized army
Void-Lion - Obtainable after become a lord with a small/medium sized army
Void-Wolf - Obtainable after by having a party of 60 without being a lord
Void-Apostle - Obtainable after by having a party of 40 without being a lord
Void-Pilgrim - Obtained when starting the game
Void-Emperor - Only obtainable after emptying Calradia of all lords, kings and factions.
Void-Lord - Obtainable after becoming a king.
Void-Demon - Obtainable after becoming a lord with a vast army
Void-Dragon - Obtainable after become a lord with a medium sized army
Void-Lion - Obtainable after become a lord with a small/medium sized army
Void-Wolf - Obtainable after by having a party of 60 without being a lord
Void-Apostle - Obtainable after by having a party of 40 without being a lord
Void-Pilgrim - Obtained when starting the game
To reach my goal the first thing I usually do is a lot of money collecting, I do this by grinding on searaiders, doing tournaments and buying enterprises in all factions. It's a long preparation, but it really pays off in the long run.
So what do you do and how do you do it?