So I started this mod and I was like "what is this??". But then I gritted my teeth, bought an axe, and took out 14 sea raiders alone on the evening of my first day, and I've been hooked ever since. Awesome mod. The changes that have been made significantly change the feel of the game, mostly for the better.
However: When I ran the mod the first time I looked at that starter screen and the "Roots of Yggdrasil" logo and I thought: "gosh that's ugly, what's with the horrid black-block text?"
And then I realized, of course, that change was only made hastily after the designer noticed the green text completely disappearing in the green foliage of the world tree. Right? Well guess what, that's still happening, with all of the other text. It's very annoying to read. Or to try to read, because most of the time I just have to guess what I'm clicking on in all the menus. Perhaps a slight palette change for the background could be considered in later updates.
Shield bash would be awesome if you didn't get locked into position when executing one if you do so while stationary. That's suicide in a large battle when you're outnumbered, which is precisely when you want to use shield bash. I'm really glad there's an option to turn it off, at least until it can be improved...
PoP has a great option where in tournaments, archers and mounted lancers are given clubs as an alternative weapon (your character is also), which means they have an option if they are engaged in close range. This would be totally awesome if it was introduced to RoY Holmgangs 'cause trying to fight off three guys with a boar spear and shield SUCKS.
There aren't even any boar in the tournament!
And I read the warning already but seriously, the lag thing? I saw mention of trying to turn off the hunting/game parties to see if that reduced lag. Did it? Could this be made into a menu option or something, because I would instantly choose that option if it allowed me to travel at normal speed. Seriously, I cannot imagine the number of people who have just tossed this otherwise awesome mod out the window because of this issue. It should really be priority one on fixing.
Or hell, just make it a feature or something but it cannot be ignored any more.
Oh and, just to be really picky, when you pay your troops you still pay them in denari, not bronze coins.
Great mod though, can't wait until my archery skill gets into the 400s like my other character so I can actually enjoy the bow again.
P.S. someone mentioned the spinning sword animation. It looks...ok I guess, but it's just way too slow to be useful in battle and I'm not even sure how to avoid using it. I'm getting killed because my guy is flourishing his sword instead of attacking, could activating/deactivating this be bade into an option or something?
