Mount&Blade fashion.

[AchubaNanoia]

I always try to get the best armor that I can under the given circumstances. That said, my Knights wear plate, my Footmen wear chain, my Horse Archers wear plate, my Footarchers wear leather. Within these parameters, I try to get the best looking armor I can .

Though I once made a "feral woman" that only fighted naked with a wooden stick without a horse. Fun times, though I wish the female models could be more customizable.

 

[Ludial]

Horse Archers wear plate

how come?

 

[killer-blead]

it doesn't really matter how packed you are when your on a horse since its the horse moving and not you. also while wielding a bow you cant really wield a shield with it. and being a cavalry your always a big target so having plate can be handy.

 

[Ludial]

it doesn't really matter how packed you are when your on a horse since its the horse moving and not you. also while wielding a bow you cant really wield a shield with it. and being a cavalry your always a big target so having plate can be handy.

yeah, but there`s no horse archers with plate

 

[killer-blead]

thats more because horse archery is a eastern thing and plate was designed in western europe.

 

[Ludial]

thats more because horse archery is a eastern thing and plate was designed in western europe.

not true. they had plate in the steppes. it`s just that horse archers in particular didn`t wear it.

 

[Night Ninja]

Nomadic civilizations tend to be technologically retarded compared to their sedentary counterparts, so no, they did not have the ability to forge large pieces of metal to use for armour.

 

[Ludial]

Nomadic civilizations tend to be technologically retarded compared to their sedentary counterparts, so no, they did not have the ability to forge large pieces of metal to use for armour.

you`re retarded. they did have plate.

 

[Hietala]

Nomadic civilizations tend to be technologically retarded compared to their sedentary counterparts, so no, they did not have the ability to forge large pieces of metal to use for armour.

you`re retarded. they did have plate.

those round mini shields on their bellies? no really, comparing west european knights and horse archers is ehhh.. farfetched

 

[Ludial]

it wasn`t just the round plates, y`know? and I`m not comparing horse archers to knights, as I already said horse archers didn`t wear plate. They had their equivalent of knights(lancers or any other kind of heavy cavalry they might have had), although those weren`t as institutionalized, and plate armor was generally rare. people in the steppes preferred lighter stuff, and for good reason.

 

[Hietala]

it wasn`t just the round plates, y`know? and I`m not comparing horse archers to knights, as I already said horse archers didn`t wear plate. They had their equivalent of knights(lancers or any other kind of heavy cavalry they might have had), although those weren`t as institutionalized, and plate armor was generally rare. people in the steppes preferred lighter stuff, and for good reason.

and that reason was that their terrain was most suited for it, but bring those fellas to the woods of europe, then they would find a hard enemy in knights, if they wouldn't adapt..

 

[Ludial]

if they wouldn't adapt

and adaptation was their most important trait. Subutai had already prepared for an invasion of Central and Western Europe when the Khagan died and he had to return with the blood princes.

 

[Hietala]

if they wouldn't adapt

and adaptation was their most important trait. Subutai had already prepared for an invasion of Central and Western Europe when the Khagan died and he had to return with the blood princes.

any adaption could be wrong in some ways

 

[n00b]

Its about roleplaying, i wont be running around in plate armour carrying a longbow for example.

You can play cataphract archers! Full mail + plates outside, armoured horse, and strongest composite bow (Ke... bow?) 

Nomadic civilizations tend to be technologically retarded compared to their sedentary counterparts, so no, they did not have the ability to forge large pieces of metal to use for armour.

You're talking about the turks and mongols? Actually the nomads in the relatively-west: the scythians and sakas were the first to have scale armours and horse bardings.

And they don't need to forge the metal themselves 

 

[killer-blead]

atleast in real life they let soldiers (in the early days and now) wear armour with a purpose other then role playing.

 

[Uther]

I kind of try to find the middle ground.

I don't really like how plate armor looks in M&B, otherwise I'd probably wear it.
However, luckily for me the heraldic mail with tabard is ALMOST as protective while being 6 pounds lighter, which helps a lot in sieges. It also looks great if you have a nice banner

 

[Hunteromega]

I always go for fashion/roleplaying first. For example, I will never, ever, make my character equip the mail mittens. It's either gloves or gauntlets. I also occasionally avoid helmets depending on what type of character it is. Also, most of my characters tend to wear medium or lighter armor, although I have had some fully decked out armored guys.

 

[Ludial]

n00b wrote:

You can play cataphract archers! Full mail + plates outside, armoured horse, and strongest composite bow

now that`s an idea I`ll be sure to try it!

 

[killer-blead]

I always go for fashion/roleplaying first. For example, I will never, ever, make my character equip the mail mittens. It's either gloves or gauntlets. I also occasionally avoid helmets depending on what type of character it is. Also, most of my characters tend to wear medium or lighter armor, although I have had some fully decked out armored guys.

if you look at "the most emberrasing moments" thread you'll find that one of the most common things are people getting a headshot.
do you really want to end up in that thread telling your story about how you wanted to show your cool hairstyle of instead of wearing a helmet?

 

[Hietala]

the guy is roleplaying, i sometimes do so, using mid-tier troops, some high tiers and a few recruits... it's nice