Thanks. I think.

I had never seen that movie, I had most seen it mentioned here and there but did not know what it was about. I just watched it and damn if that was not a very, very 80's movie. It was fun to watch, thanks.

Thanks :)

I just was visited by the GOG Bear. Is there a super secret sale going on that no one told me about?

Not that I know of.

I think it's time to start a new game in Mount & Blade Warband. I just went back to it a day or two ago and don't remember what my current character's goals were, or who all I was aligned by and that was a new-ish character anyway. So I'm going to create another Arena Built Commander.

What is a Arena Built Commander you ask?! Well that's simple, Put most of your initial points into commander friendly traits and skills, such as increasing how fast you can move your troops, how quickly they can be trained (Training should ALWAYS be your priority skill), their survival rates when KO''d etc etc at the expense of your own fighting abilities. Keeping in that theme, whenever you level up then try to put at least 75% of your points into commander friendly skills such as those mentioned earlier. You're looking to be a commander of troops, not just another soldier yourself, right? "But what about your own fighting skills" you ask?! Boy you're full of questions but I'll answer anyway. Use the arena to level your combat skills, not only do you not lose anything when you get knocked but it's an easy and reliable way to get cash, as well as leveling up your weapon skills. Weapon skill wise I fully recommend completely ignoring two handed weapons in favor of a sword/board and crossbow build.

Once you've gotten a few levels under your belt then you should be able to take on bands of Looters and other low level enemies by yourself. That's a reliable way to earn cash (via selling their junk) and again it levels up your combat skills fairly quickly since you're taking on multiple enemies by yourself. Once you've properly outfitted yourself with medium level equipment and gotten used to fighting groups of enemies on your own then really you can easily take on anything but groups of Archers/Crossbowmen. Pikemen can be a pain but if you've focused on leveling up your crossbow skills (which you should have!) then you can just keep riding away from them and sniping them before they get within twenty feet of your horse.

Once you've gotten used to fighting groups of enemies on your own and have gotten some good equipment (get the best armored horse you can, and the best crossbow you can use while mounted) then you're ready to put your commander skills to use, and you should have plenty of money to hire troops as well. Since you've put most of your skill points into army friendly skills you'll be able to have a fast army that levels up insanely fast, allowing you to always be able to quickly rebuild if a fight goes the wrong way, as well as always having elite level troops.

Once you get to the point where you can turn village recruits into mid level quality troops in just a few days and into elites in a few weeks, all of the world is in your hand. Want to join a faction and help them rule? Go ahead. Want to start your own faction (or defect from one)? Go ahead, you'll be able to have the army to back you up. Just one last bit of advice: Preferably focus on a sword you can use with a shield, and always use the best shield you can buy, and always keep a crossbow handy. Why? Because you're not going to be charging into every fight head on, no you'll want to stay back, do some sniping and be able to guard yourself at all times. The battle is only ever over when you're on the ground, you're the commander not some random grunt, don't forget it.

Just a heads up for anyone interested in the matter of getting some sort of receipt for gifted games.

Cheers.

I agree. That's a very sensible request.

Dunno if any of you played and enjoyed Zafehouse Diaries, but if you did you should definately grab DEADNAUT - just bought it and it (so far) is actually better - atmospherically, presentationwise and you actually have a lot more control over things like combat.

If you take some of the basic workings of ZD and overlay that with being the marine commander in the ATV in Aliens... kinda like that!

...and thats KOTOR 2 finished. Not bad at all - better in many ways than the first too.

I thought so as well, my only complaint is the way the game finishes.

aye wasnt too pleased with that, but then reading up on the game as I was playing it, it was cut to hell. Damn shame too - but the mods did a good job of adding stuff back in. Love to see a third installment.

Nice idea, After I enjoyed myself with cheat code mode I start over with fresh new game and tried to build my character as Archer-Cavalry. I'm not planing to join faction or create my own for a while, I've just recruiting volunteers from Khergit Khanate area and move/hunting looters over Vaegirs area cause many looters are infantry which is easier to captured.

"but this build just pain in the arse while fight over hill or forest area" :|

I never used any mods on it. I bought it on Steam when it first released to show LucasArts there was a demand for the game, and then it ended up on here. Eventually I'm going to re-buy Kotor and Kotor 2 on here, but right now it's not high on my list, as Disney has shown they have a willingness to put games here already.

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