Instruments.

[Keeper]

Horns, drums, harpicords. What about it.

 

[Janus]

For the player? Umm, why? If you're talking about maybe minstrels in the taverns or something like that, yeah, that might be a nice touch. Only once the game gets to the point of adding the little final touches though, if then.

 

[Keeper]

Some of the instruments would be made so that you could use them and some in the tavern where a bard would play them.

 

[quixotecoyote]

Would be kinda fun if orders in battle were implemented by blowing a horn.... Other than that, I can't see the point.

 

[svart]

Would be kinda fun if orders in battle were implemented by blowing a horn.... Other than that, I can't see the point.

YEEESSSS AAHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEEESSSS.

/me resumes normal procedures.

 

[Nahkuri]

Right.

If I want to play something, I grab my guitar.

Though I must admit that this is far the most unique suggestion so far. At least from what I've seen.

 

[Dynamite_cow]

Bugles, drums and battle songs! Ohh yeaahhh!!!

 

[Gilrain]

Different types of musicians can have different effects on troops, raise morale, berserk attack, run like ****....

 

[Narcissus]

Different types of musicians can have different effects on troops, raise morale, berserk attack, run like ****....

D&D player? Bards (from D&D) wouldn't fit into the feel of M&B, in my opinion.

The instruments wouldn't be a bad idea, if as Janus stated, it was for minstrels in taverns and such.

Narcissus

 

[Dynamite_cow]

Nahh, but how about the battle songs, to be sung before battle and/or when marching? I'm pretty sure that should raise the morale, and be realistic too.

And oh yeah, I wanna have some other rituals - including torturing prisoners and un-obediant soldiers - before battle too - will they actually raise the troops' morale or not.

 

[DaLagga]

Nahh, but how about the battle songs, to be sung before battle and/or when marching? I'm pretty sure that should raise the morale, and be realistic too.

Thats kind of what i was thinking, once morale is implemented. But i would like to avoid the "bard" approach.

 

[Ingolifs]

I suppose it'd be nice if they were just props for the taverns and such.

 

[Gilrain]

Different types of musicians can have different effects on troops, raise morale, berserk attack, run like ****....

D&D player? Bards (from D&D) wouldn't fit into the feel of M&B, in my opinion.

Narcissus

Nope, never played it in my life. Warhammer player, Musicians and Tristan the Troubador.

 

[jknemesis]

Instruments were really used to increase morale of troops, increase their rate of travel, etc.

Very good suggestion. I think it would be very cool just to be able to pick up instruments and screw around with them.

 

[Ancientwanker]

Yeah, I need a buff before I go solo Rancors... Oh wait, wrong game.

 

[Homie]

You can pick up instruments and screw around with them in real life. Go to a music shop and mess around, it's quite a lot of fun. However, I don't see how that makes it belong in a video game. We play video games because we cannot do the things that we can do in these games... We play M&B because none of our friends want to joust with us. We play Starwars games because we can't afford our own space ship. We play the sims cause we can't get a girlfriend in real life.

Although i've never played a musical instrument in a video game, i assume it's 100 times less fun than messing around in real life.

 

[svart]

You can pick up instruments and screw around with them in real life. Go to a music shop and mess around, it's quite a lot of fun. However, I don't see how that makes it belong in a video game. We play video games because we cannot do the things that we can do in these games... We play M&B because none of our friends want to joust with us. We play Starwars games because we can't afford our own space ship. We play the sims cause we can't get a girlfriend in real life.

Although i've never played a musical instrument in a video game, i assume it's 100 times less fun than messing around in real life.

LoL at the sims remark
We're not necesseraly talking about *playing* those instruments, we're talking about having them in the game.

*Horns marking the arrival of reinforcements in battle*
*Horns marking the passing of command to your troops*
*War Drums in tournaments*
*Bard's playing a mandolin in the tavern* (and telling you the latest gossip)