January 14 - United_Roleplay Shield Wall Event: The 2nd Battle of Adlers Ridge

[Stig_Mikkelson]

Was wondering if you could add Henrik (if not already there) in, and, I'd like to play him again.
Names (All aliases on PW) Blood_Champ_Stig_Mikkelson, Dracco_Courcon, Ranger_Atawan_Denvorn, and some others..
Position desired: Henrik_von_Staufenberg
Backup position: Loyalist Archer Captain or Loyalist Archer
Rule Number 1:This is a shield wall event, which means it will be a pretty large battle. Discipline and obedience from participants is expected. Please remember to follow your superiors orders.
Understand? Of course.

 

[John Frederick]

Names (All aliases on PW)
Blood Lord Aefric Seawolf (position one)
Bael of Lerum (backup position)
Position desired: Mounted general if available
Backup position: Schwarzen Adler Garde
Rule Number 1:This is a shield wall event, which means it will be a pretty large battle. Discipline and obedience from participants is expected. Please remember to follow your superiors orders
Understand? Yep i understand

Accepted as Schwarzen Adler Garde. We already have enough generals on the loyalist side. I would still appreciate you referring your friends to the event however.

Was wondering if you could add Henrik (if not already there) in, and, I'd like to play him again.
Names (All aliases on PW) Blood_Champ_Stig_Mikkelson, Dracco_Courcon, Ranger_Atawan_Denvorn, and some others..
Position desired: Henrik_von_Staufenberg
Backup position: Loyalist Archer Captain or Loyalist Archer
Rule Number 1:This is a shield wall event, which means it will be a pretty large battle. Discipline and obedience from participants is expected. Please remember to follow your superiors orders.
Understand? Of course.

If you saw my little artwork on the first post, you would notice that Henrik von Staufenburg was captured in the 1st Battle of Adlers Ridge.

 

[Knüppel]

Names: Lady Semiramis Miziria Esmeralda Isabella de Tremelay, Comtessa of Tremelay Castle, Lady of Praven, Baronesse of Ruldele etc. pp.
Position desired: Freikorps Crossbowman (Sharpshooter)
Backup position: Loyalist Infantry (trolololol)
Rule Number 1: I don't get hit, if I get hit, it's my bodyguards fault (I field my own guard)
Understand?

 

[L3git Squig Herder]

Names (All aliases on PW): High_Priest_of_the_BloodGod, Bucture, Billy_Froglegs
Position desired:Loyalist with my Blood Lord, Centurion.
Backup position:Traditionalist Footman
Rule Number 1:This is a shield wall event, which means it will be a pretty large battle. Discipline and obedience from participants is expected. Please remember to follow your superiors orders.

Understand? Yes Sir!

 

[Centurion770]

Any possible way we could do this on NA, I have almost half the main roleplayers on mah friend list for steam and we could get a better less laggy/random turnout. There are also tidwells and the regular Na people who would join, plus admins could ask Eu Roleplayers to sign up not be there randomly.

 

[gaham1]

Its on the United server there is no more NA or EU.

 

[Prade]

If there's no need for me to admin during the event i'll apply for that

Names : Prade
Position desired:Schwarzen Adler Garde (King’s Mounted Bodyguard)
Backup position: Loyalist Army Archer
Rule Number 1:This is a shield wall event, which means it will be a pretty large battle. Discipline and obedience from participants is expected. Please remember to follow your superiors orders.
Understand? Yep

Well finally i won't be able to be here this saturday so i remove my application for the event, sorry for the trouble.

 

[Centurion770]

But united is so laggy.

 

[avion365]

But united is so laggy.

and you post this why?

 

[John Frederick]

But united is so laggy.

and you post this why?

It'll be either on United_Roleplay, or the event server that will be made.

 

[gaham1]

You skipped my application

 

[Metalhead259]

Why is it always shieldwalls? I never seem to see any variety in the events.
Of course, they're probably fun, and i would love to participate - but surely they get boring?

Although, shieldwalls were an outdated tactic in Europe around 1257 (when this mod is set, from what i gather) as cavalry would just ride into the formation and break it up. It was used in the dark ages, and the early Medieval era. But by this time, the tactic was to charge heavy cavalry into a battle line to break up the formation, either preceded or followed by volleys of arrow fire, followed up by the infantry charging in to finish off the enemy troops and make them rout from the field.

Basically, im wondering why there seems to be little variety in the events?

 

[Centurion770]

Heavily scripted battles are a bit boring but hopefully this one is gonna be better. And pw has no certain time period. European armies with large infantry numbers would still form battles of large men with shields making a wall of men.

 

[Metalhead259]

Heavily scripted battles are a bit boring but hopefully this one is gonna be better. And pw has no certain time period. European armies with large infantry numbers would still form battles of large men with shields making a wall of men.

Most soldiers were peasants, few of them had shields, it was mostly poorly armed men with polearms and some armour if they were lucky.
Since there were no 'standing armies' in those days, it was just farmers called up to fight really, apart from the richer people in society.

It's like me grabbing a rake and going out to hit the police with it.

 

[Centurion770]

The british fielded armies of proffesional soldiers in their medieval period. In fact most countries had their well armed smaller forces of heavy to medium infantry drawn from the wealthy peasants. I wouldn't calla medieval era english longbowmen a peasant with a scythe.

 

[Metalhead259]

The british fielded armies of proffesional soldiers in their medieval period. In fact most countries had their well armed smaller forces of heavy to medium infantry drawn from the wealthy peasants. I wouldn't calla medieval era english longbowmen a peasant with a scythe.

Those were the late 1300's to early 1400's.
Plus, most of the long-bowmen weren't even English, they were Welsh. Since the longbow is actually a weapon invented by the Welsh, stolen by the English.
Those wealthy soldiers you're on about. They were merchants and so forth. The common man wasn't well equipped. And the common man was a huge percentage of a Medieval army.

And England never really had a professional army until Oliver Cromwell sorted the whole thing out in 1646. During the English civil war. It may have had a small one before then. But soldiers were drafted up when the king sent out the call to war.
Each knight was expected to bring around 100-200 peasants to fight. And they were just farmers with some weapons.

So it was later in history that professional armies started to come about. Not really in 1257. It was mostly castle guards and bodyguards or knights then.

 

[Centurion770]

England had dominated most off Great Britain in the medieval period and had a well trained mercenary army of soldiers fighting for pay not duty. You can't hold onto conquered territory with a bunchof poorly armed farmers and expect to keep it. Even in a feudal system richer peasants were supposed to be able to equip some of their men with a shield spear and axe/knife, along with varying armors depending on wealth.

 

[Metalhead259]

England had dominated most off Great Britain in the medieval period and had a well trained mercenary army of soldiers fighting for pay not duty. You can't hold onto conquered territory with a bunchof poorly armed farmers and expect to keep it. Even in a feudal system richer peasants were supposed to be able to equip some of their men with a shield spear and axe/knife, along with varying armors depending on wealth.

Mercenaries weren't a professional army. They were just professional soldiers.

And in places like Scotland, most of the castles and what not were controlled by Scottish lords, who were loyal to the English.
In Wales, it was complete military dominance, the English also burned all Welsh literature at the time and tried to completely destroy the Welsh language and culture forever.
And if Welsh men refused to fight for England, English troops would go massacre their families.
But many of these conquered places were controlled by local lords loyal to England, or by lords installed by the crown.

soldiers equipment varied on what he could afford, which I assume you were getting at in your post.

 

[Centurion770]

Heavily scripted battles are a bit boring but hopefully this one is gonna be better. And pw has no certain time period. European armies with large infantry numbers would still form battles of large men with shields making a wall of men.

Most soldiers were peasants, few of them had shields, it was mostly poorly armed men with polearms and some armour if they were lucky.
Since there were no 'standing armies' in those days, it was just farmers called up to fight really, apart from the richer people in society.

It's like me grabbing a rake and going out to hit the police with it.

Well I've made my point proffesional soldiers serving in a army in large quantities in order to conquer territory is a far cry away from peasants with armor. And a large army spread out in garrisons sounds like state armies to me even if it was forced soldiery which is similar to the conscription drives of future proffesional forces

 

[TLB_Tammo]

You know the events Don't have to be historically correct right...