Mount and Blade - Who are you?

[AntiChri5]

I started off riding from town to town, winning tournaments and building up my company. After a while, during a tournament, i ended up fighting the king in a one on one duel for the championship. I won, and he was rather decent about it, offering me a a position as a mercenary commander for his little war.

Frankly, after meeting the way we did i just couldn't imagine not working for him and rising up to become his right hand man. It would break too many awesome cliches.

So that is exactly what i did. Eventually becoming his most prominent vassal. After destroying a neighbouring kingdom and getting to work on the other one, i grew tired of the king profiting so much when i was winning castle after castle, just making him stronger, so i renounced my oath and went off to start carving out my own kingdom, starting with the Nords, the people we had been warring against. I took most of their remaining territory, but it wasn't long before my former king grew jealous, and declared war on me.

I had almost tripled his lands while serving him, and now i must face down the beast i created. They have so many men, so many lords, so much territory.......

But i took it once, i can take it again.

 

[NeutralDrow]

I'm usually a lone wanderer who preys on bandits in the countryside, a troubleshooter-for-hire who'll let his moral compass choose what lord he'll take jobs from, and who'll only accept followers with reluctance, knowing that they can be necessary.

...I think I'll load Warband back up. I started playing all three a while ago, but they weren't quite the game I was wanting to play at the time. I did like them, though.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Female archer, in light leather armor, with the fastest, most nimble horse money can buy, and a light, fast sword. I always start by leading an army of vagabonds and rogues, which turns into a small mercenary army, which eventually backs a pretender of choice and starts a peasant revolution against her kingdom of choice, which it always suits me to view as grim and oppressive.

Sort of like a Robin Hood story. Only with more estrogen.

 

[Yeager942]

I've never played Mount and Blade. This thread makes me want to pick it up...

 

[mirage202]

I like the whole small group thing.

Gather all the companions, raid caravans and bandits. Ill take on any of the main factions except the Rhodoks (I stick everyone on Chargers and Warhorses, Rhodoks eat those).

Once that gets boring, resort to the usual method (mass amounts of money by this point), build a large army and take over this particular castle, dont remember the name, begins with a G iirc. Its in the pass between the Swadian lands (Uxhal? Or summat like that) and Velucia, has a nice narrow and steep access path, makes defending easy with a good mix of bow/crossbow and Nord infantry.

 

[Ithera]

Just finished putting Lethwin on the throne of the nords, one hell of a journey as the nords were doing really well. I go for the heavy Cavalier setup, as do all of my companions. They dual spec as a skill specialist and cavalry fighter. For example, Ymira is a cavalier and my dedicated engineer.

So far it has worked out really well. My army is compromised of mostly Swadians, nords and a few vaegirs.

 

[Malty Milk Whistle]

Wow. Every thread I start never gets replied to. Either its a prank and people are hiding my threads from everyone, or its me.

Forever Alone.

HAH! welcome to my/most non-extraordinarily popular escapist members worlds!
OT yes, i do like this game...though i tend to go as a psychopathic army captain who murders people on whim.

 

[TheAceTheOne]

I'm the guy who rides into battle at the head of my troops and generally does pretty decent. As for my character, I'm a noble knight type, with a high honour rating.

 

[Exocet]

In Mount and Blade, I'm a Khergit, body and soul. I pledge my cause to the mega-lulz of riding around with an army composed of 90 Lancers, running circles around the enemy with bow and arrow, then finishing them off by couche-lance whoring.

In warband, I'm a free spirit, going around seducing fair maidens, picking fights with nobles, all that good stuff.

In Fire and Sword, I just try to make a New Model Army, with halberdiers 2 meters infront of a line of musketeers. 45 of each. I make them hold their ground, break any charge, and walk around my line with my personnal companion guard. They die fast, but I gave them spiffy armor, and they divert attention away from me.
My pass time in the game is amassing the largest possible garnisson in a castle, with some 900 soldiers, then pissing off the Russians and watch their armies try to take my castle.

Every week or so, over 7 full armies attack my castle, and I drive them back. I'm pretty sure that by now, I could reforge the Collosus of Rhodes with just the lead bullets that have been fired.
Too bad that after suffering a humilitating defeat where they lost a thousand men, and I only about 100, they made peace with my kingdom.

 

[swani24]

I'm using the Last days of the Third Age mod for the original Mount and Blade and I am a Dunedain Ranger! If you haven't tried this mod I HIGHLY recommend it, completely awesome!

http://mountandblade.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=3569

 

[brunothepig]

This is so weird, I just started playing Warband again today. My first character just did the usual stuff, counter-raid bandits, build up an army, do some quests, become a vassal (Nords for my first playhtrough) and then go forth into glorious battle. Lately I haven't been playing that game because tactical genius my King is not. We're at war with the remaining four nations (wiped out the Vaegirs), at the same time, after an extended battle with the Rhodoks (to be fair, not much of a threat anymore) so the army is rather low on manpower. I'm commanding obviously.

So, that was frustrating, and lately I've been working on becoming my own nation. Decided not to ally myself with other nations, for the hell of it, which leaves me free to take the taxes missions (go here, collect a few thousand, you can keep a fifth) and just bail. Good times. Still not very strong there though, army of about 50.

 

[CAPTCHA]

I only play the Brytenwalda mod (set in Dark Ages England after the fall of Rome) and I really suck at it. My only reasonably successful playthrough was as an Irish Merchant who travled the lands selling various legitimate goods. After a while I was forced to hire a shield wall as bodyguard since I was getting attacked by Picts whenever I travled into the north. In my travels I fell in with the Brytenwalda kingdom and was eventually offered a village as a fiefdom. It was a ploy on their part however to rope me into their war with... well everyone. Taking the fief effectivly ended my run as a merchant and I was forced into banditry in order to keep my men paid and fed. The neighbouring lords I was at war with didn't approve and some geezer in full plate and 150 man strong army turned up at my village and showed me just how far I and my paltry 30 men had to go before we could contend. My army (lol) was shattered, my village was raised, the kingdom began to crumble and I gave up my lands and fled back to Ireland, where I was promptly captured by bandits and totted around as a slave.

 

[Coller]

A small raiding band of mamelukes and horse archers is what I prefer. And for my own character, a bow and a good scimitar or executioner axe, usually.

 

[Comando96]

I like the Merchant Prince turned King.

First off do a few odd jobs to get some capital and invest it in a small bodyguard.
I tend to prefer the Nords for bodyguards as they have thrown weapons and form an effective shield wall. They are not the best but they are the jack of all trades with two feet.

With this guard I do some jobs for Nobles, Guild Masters but mostly I go around kicking the shit out of Bandits.

When I have a chunck of cash I start trading goods and then investing in permiment infrastructure. Once I have cash and a good flow of it I invest in a full time fighting force. I take out a Merc contract with... some nation who has wars galore in order to train my bulk of troops.

Once the contract ends... become King. Pick a Faction and with the army I have built up, take my first city, garrison it and then recuit a second force. Fight on the defensive until the enemy is worn out from pathetically trying to scale my walls.

Continue. Win game.

I've never played Mount and Blade. This thread makes me want to pick it up...

Go on steam. Download the Demo. Get to level 8........................ give in to your urge to buy the game

 

[Dandark]

I played the first one. I started the game, someone kidnapped me or something, and then I quit. Never went back.

But I really need to. Im sure I can get into it, im pretty good and figuring stuff out in games, I just lacked the motivation back then. This thread has given me that motivation though.

Get Warband if you can, that is supposed to be the best one, I only have Warband and it is awesome so I can easily believe that it is the best out of the three.

 

[Something Amyss]

Wow. Every thread I start never gets replied to. Either its a prank and people are hiding my threads from everyone, or its me.

Forever Alone.

I feel your pain, Rimmy.

 

[Edible Avatar]

I brew ale and smoke meat.

...

...no seriously, i play as a economist, figure out where the most demand for a product is, then trade enough goods to build a brewery or smokehouse. Once money is no longer a problem, i get in good with several kings and do some mercenary work.
who needs fiefs when you own the world's booze supply?

 

[TheFrost]

I never really got into with fire and sword, but in warband I am a Noble vassal of the kingdome of Nords, capturing castles and cities with ease thanks to my army of 100 trusted nord huscarls. In my game the kingdome of Swadia and Khergit khanate has basicly bitten the dust controlling only a castle each. The Nords and Rhodoks own a third of the map each.