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Ingolifs

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I just love doing these.

This thread contains links to all the tactics threads in the forum. The links pretty much cover everything I believe, so if you're just wanting to learn some tips for defeating a certain enemy, or playing as a certain class, here's all you need.

General Combat tips

General Tips and Hints thread

Arturius' Take On Character Creation - Narcissus

Traveller's guide to Zendar I

Traveller's guide to Zendar II

Tips for fighting as a horseman and against horsemen

Knight character build game guide - contains spoilers - Narcissus

Guide for getting couched lance damage

Tips for soloing

Tactics for infantry combat

Merchant's guide

Fighting in the arena

Fighting on foot

Any tactics threads I missed, just give me a call.
 
here are some good tips:

go to the bathroom before putting on a full suit of armor

a horse by any other name will still taste as sweet

an arrow a day keeps the doctor away

iron flesh will rust in the rain

people usually soil themselves when they die so be careful or you may end up with a hidden surprise in your "loot"
 
These are just a few things I find that work pretty well that I thought I'd post and see if anyone has other nifty ideas.

  • CHARGE DOWN HILL: The first thing I do when the battle starts is use "follow me" to get my team to the top of the nearest/tallest hill on the map. Once there, I use archery if I have it to winnow the enemy ranks. I keep my team at the hill until the moment the first enemy starts to climb it. Then I order a charge and we crash into them. They're too slow to get bonuses of their own, and your guys'll have the initiative. As soon as you meet the enemy, order "Follow me" and continue past them up the next hill. Turn and repeat as necessary.
    KNOW YOUR TERRAIN 1: Sometimes, a horse is just plain useless. Othertimes, forget that bow. If you can't get enough of an open distance for a decent charge, get off the horse. As for archery, if you can't see the enemy when they're 3 milimeters tall... best to forget that bow. You wont get more than 1 or two shots in with it before they reach you.
    KNOW YOUR TERRAIN 2: If you're up against a stronger cavalry force, rivers are your friends. I was level 3 when my 15 man party of almost all peasents was ambushed by Khergit Raider cavalry while I was exploring the Vaegir tundra. Luckily, this particular battle had a river within a steep gorge in the center of it. I ditched the horse, ordered my men to dismount and we did a "hold position" in the middle of the river. The poor Khergit imbeciles stayed on their horses and were swarmed 1 and 2 at a time by my army of invincible peasants. Khergit Raiders (20) score 0. Thodrekre's First Peasant Expeditionary Force (15) score 20. :grin:
 
Did your horse turn lame again??? Get off that dang thing and use it as a shield!! Thats what I DO! It is also good for stopping cavalry.
 
Lampard said:
Did your horse turn lame again??? Get off that dang thing and use it as a shield!! Thats what I DO! It is also good for stopping cavalry.

lol, on one occasion I had my heavy steppe horse (i like them for the maneuverability, and their cheap hehe) lamed against swadian crossbowmen, I had already killed all but 4 of them by riding by with my sword before getting my horse killed shield broken and being knocked unconscious by a bolt to the head. Then I rode up to a hill and got off then shot them all with my crossbow while using the lame horse as cover while reloading :smile:

I could have just got off the horse and ran up to them with sword, but I usually dont fare too well in melee against multiple targets, especially when their using big pole weapons and hitting me through eachother...
 
i made a polearm guide a few days ago here it is
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic=9298.0

Its not exactly perfect but it covers one of the least used weapons in the game. It also has some extra info from Moman(thanks)
 
Ingolifs said:
I just love doing these.

This thread contains links to all the tactics threads in the forum. The links pretty much cover everything I believe, so if you're just wanting to learn some tips for defeating a certain enemy, or playing as a certain class, here's all you need.

General Combat tips

General Tips and Hints thread

Arturius' Take On Character Creation - Narcissus

Traveller's guide to Zendar I

Traveller's guide to Zendar II

Tips for fighting as a horseman and against horsemen

Knight character build game guide - contains spoilers - Narcissus

Guide for getting couched lance damage

Tips for soloing

Tactics for infantry combat

Merchant's guide

Fighting in the arena

Fighting on foot

Any tactics threads I missed, just give me a call.

They all seem to be broken links to me.
 
code13 said:
They all seem to be broken links to me.

You can look at an example of how to fix this yourself at http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,2790.msg144079.html#msg144079. I already fixed the FAQ URLs there. The trick is to look at the URL you want to fix. If it has ?t=[some number], such as the first one here which is ?t=229 then it can be fixed. If it's ?p=[some number], then you're hosed. All you have to do is replace everything leading up to the '=' with http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic and leave the rest. For example, the first one here goes from http://forums.taleworlds.com/viewtopic.php?t=229 to http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic=229

I've fixed the links for this thread below. Enjoy.

I just love doing these.

This thread contains links to all the tactics threads in the forum. The links pretty much cover everything I believe, so if you're just wanting to learn some tips for defeating a certain enemy, or playing as a certain class, here's all you need.

General Combat tips

General Tips and Hints thread

Arturius' Take On Character Creation - Narcissus

Traveller's guide to Zendar I

Traveller's guide to Zendar II

Tips for fighting as a horseman and against horsemen

Knight character build game guide - contains spoilers - Narcissus

Guide for getting couched lance damage

Tips for soloing

Tactics for infantry combat

Merchant's guide

Fighting in the arena

Fighting on foot

Any tactics threads I missed, just give me a call.
 
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