Possible weapons to help train Athletics.

[BrokenOlive]

I'm Trying to find a way to level Athletics that doesn't directly abuse the game, ie, the tutorial exploit.

So after some research about knuckle dusters, I learned that other than recently, there were no other times a hand weapon was used other than Rome, with their Cestus.
The Cestus was basically a glove with the primary objective to project the hand, but were often donned with metal plates and sometimes even spikes...
Other alternatives would be being able to strike with the pommel of any weapon, with would grant experience to athletics alone and not the weapon type.
This would fit better where Bannerlord is put historically as medieval times used the pommel (usually a dagger) to protect their hands and beat someone.

Those are some ideas that could be implemented or tossed around for other ideas.
I just think, currently, athletics is too hard to level compared to other skills, not including niche skills like engineering, which is a whole other beast.

 

[Tryvenyal]

Another way would be adding a XP modifier to pounches and kicks to make up for the low damage such attacks provide.

 

[BrokenOlive]

Another way would be adding a XP modifier to pounches and kicks to make up for the low damage such attacks provide.

True, but punching and kicking, while fun, is not really a viable way to defeat a enemy, which is why I suggested alternatives that would give you damage and experience without changing the modifiers, at least to a big degree.

 

[Dr-Shinobi]

Just no. If you want to train your Athletics get down from your high horses In other words run on map without one, fight battles without one and just fight fight fight without an horse. Theres no horses allowed if you want to become a great champion except having em in your inventory to speed up your followers and soldiers ofc

 

[BrokenOlive]

Just no. If you want to train your Athletics get down from your high horses In other words run on map without one, fight battles without one and just fight fight fight without an horse

That's what I do.
All I'm saying is that it'd be nice for more options to train up Athletics.
I say this more for late skill level as it gets to a very slow crawl.

 

[Dr-Shinobi]

That's what I do.
All I'm saying is that it'd be nice for more options to train up Athletics.

Would become to easy in my opinion but yeah kicks, punches and such for sure def +1 on that. Athletics is an very powerfull skill to master since you can run as fast as Sumpter horses later on and should make an difference if youre an lazy horseman looking down on people like peasants....*Raises his fist,-For the working class*

 

[BrokenOlive]

Would become to easy in my opinion but yeah kicks, punches and such for sure

Yes an no.
Even if more ways to level Athletics don't come, I at least wanted to throw the idea on other modes of damaging out.
I mean, running around with spiked gauntlets to deal pierce damage would pretty ****ing dope.
Or holding your bladed weapon by it's blade to deal blunt damage with its pommel.

 

[Dr-Shinobi]

well those are other ideas that are very cool But please dont just dont ask for more easy modes because this game needs more challenge, my heart cant take much more ^^

 

[BrokenOlive]

well those are other ideas that are very cool But please dont just dont ask for more easy modes because this game needs more challenge, my heart cant take much more ^^

Don't get me wrong, I love challenge, I'm looking at this for late skill and companions as, let's face it, they can't level it up for ****.
But regardless I would love the other methods of attack as they are not actually unreal.

Edit: Medieval Europe knights, mainly zweihänder users, would hold their blade to deal a blunt attack against other knights in heavy plate armour.

 

[Dr-Shinobi]

Don't get me wrong, I love challenge, I'm looking at this for late skill and companions as, let's face it, they can't level it up for ****.
But regardless I would love the other methods of attack as they are not actually unreal.

Edit: Medieval Europe knights, mainly zweihänder users, would hold their blade to deal a blunt attack against other knights in heavy plate armour.

Can respect that...But yeah some have problem because they are " maxed on something else and can take long time to just gain a new level to click in another athletics check on em. Usually i always rightclick on the character to see if they have some skills in em that shows that they are good at it... if im doing footwork only soldiers that is. Sometimes they are still not in agility so its a risk at times but it beats having lets say 2 in Athletics already checked then 0. But they are not that hard to level up when you have room for xp in em. They level up as you running around on the battlefield depending on what bonus they have ofc but its not far from it

 

[BrokenOlive]

Can respect that...But yeah some have problem because they are " maxed on something else and can take long time to just gain a new level to click in another athletics check on em. Usually i always rightclick on the character to see if they have some skills in em if im doing footwork only soldiers. But they are not that hard to level up when you have room for xp in em. They level up as you running around on the battlefield

True, if they are a fairly clean slate then it's not hard, but if you need, say a engineer and they don't have any athletics and it's the only engineer companion spawned... then I'd like a way to maybe help them with the early levels as those can be the most difficult.

This mostly applies to already fleshed out companions that you can't mold much more though.

And like everything, you can't always have both, in fact it's usually one or the other. But it's always nice to throw ideas out there and birth new ideas, like the other attacks we talked about briefly.

 

[Dr-Shinobi]

True, if they are a fairly clean slate then it's not hard, but if you need, say a engineer and they don't have any athletics and it's the only engineer companion spawned... then I'd like a way to maybe help them with the early levels as those can be the most difficult.

True but its trades and choices you have to make as its with everything else Im hoping for more basic skilled followers in the future so you can tailor em along with names then you can have both but still have to choose where the main skills have to land...However in the bigger picture only children having such trades makes the most sense

 

[BrokenOlive]

True but its trades and choices you have to make as its with everything else Im hoping for more basic skilled followers in the future so you can tailor em along with names

Agreed on that. With engineer being easier to level as currently, it's almost impossible.

 

[Dr-Shinobi]

Agreed on that. With engineer being easy to level as currently, it's almost impossible.

Engineering isnt that hard to level. But would be neat if you could set your engineer to do the siege engines automatically on battle to so he gain that extra juice

 

[BrokenOlive]

Engineering isnt that hard to level. But would be neat if you could set your engineer to do the siege engines automatically on battle to so he gain that extra juice

True, or building stuff in a fief as governor. And on that subject, improvements for villages.

 

[Dr-Shinobi]

True, or building stuff in a fief as governor. And on that subject, improvements for villages.

Yeah its an topic already raised thank Soon

 

[BrokenOlive]

Yeah its an topic already raised thank Soon

Dope. At least it's up there already.


I love the game and it has so much untapped potential, it's just getting there that seems the problem, Granted, Taleworlds isn't the biggest company, from what I know.

 

[Dr-Shinobi]

Dope. At least it's up there already.


I love the game and it has so much untapped potential, it's just getting there that seems the problem, Granted, Taleworlds isn't the biggest company, from what I know.

Yeah its a bumpy journey for sure, but im not so much worried since im a follower of Soon..Wish you the best adventures anyways and lets hope they nail it in the end. If not well there will be others most likely that will and with good mods i have no doubts this game will become epic because to me it already is in a half sort of way

 

[BrokenOlive]

Yeah its a bumpy journey for sure, but im not so much worried since im a follower of Soon..Wish you the best adventures anyways and lets hope they nail it in the end. If not well there will be others most likely that will and with good mods i have no doubts this game will become epic because to me it already is in a half sort of way

Agreed.

 

[PSD]

tw should increase athletics lvling cuz after 150 skill it becomes hell hard to lvl it