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Beginner's Help and Guides / Swashbucklin'

« on: December 22, 2012, 01:58:35 am »

Hey folks, next generation I plan on going swashbuckler! I've done it in the past with hybrid builds to rather good success; I imagine I'll be much better off with a pure build. Now, I was thinking of these builds (apologies for not putting them in nice formats, all builds assume maxed PS and ATH):

24-15, sacrificing large amounts of WM for IF. I've never really done this build on anything, so it wouldn't be very natural to me at first. Also am used to balanced/agi builds, and this is getting into minor str crutch territory.

15-24, sacrificing WM again for IF. I'm very used to this build, am using a modified version of it currently and have done so maybe 3-4 gens previously. However, I want to use a sword with this build, and 5PS does both glance a fucking ton, and do moderate damage at best.

21-21, same story. I've done this build, but only with polearms. I feel it would give me awesome athletics for footwork, and very good PS too for the damage. Downside is, of course, tw's and ranged will fuck me up. I've now got +3 body and hand armors though, and I don't wear light armor, so it may not be too bad.


In terms of weapons, I think I'd be using the italian sword, the knightly arming sword, or perhaps something else. I'm relatively set on a sword though, mostly for the swag points. I think I'd use a flanged or iberian mace if I wanted to be as brutally effective as possible.

Thoughts?

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Mercenary Recruitment / Frisian battle, attacking Hero_Party with favorable odds, December 11th 9AM EST

« on: December 10, 2012, 12:36:41 pm »

Soldiers, SailorsArchers, and AirmenCavalry of the AlliedFrisian Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the GermanHero Party war machine, the elimination of chocolate chip cookie Hero Party tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europethe strategus map, and security for ourselves in a free world.
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will fight savagely.
But this is the year 19442012! Much has happened since the chocolate chip cookieHero Party triumphs of 1940-41...earlier 2012. The United NationsFCC, Dracul have inflicted upon the GermansHero Party great defeats, in open battle, man to man. Our home fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to victory!
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!
Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.


So yeah, we're attacking some Hero Party folks because they attacked us. We're gon' get 'em, but we need your help. Payment will be arranged according to positive impact on the battle. If you would like to be paid, request 25g. You will be paid roughly 25-500g strategus according to performance if you request it. All classes are welcomed, we need good archers, crossbowmen, throwing skirmishers, heavy infantry using all sorts of weaponry.

Teamspeak is located here; be here roughly 20 minutes before the battle to insure your spot in the battle.
VOICE-VA1.BRANZONE.COM:10003 PW: realswag

Battle link is located here, sign up for Daruvian for assured victory!
http://c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battledetail&id=1761

Godspeed, friends.

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Game Balance Discussion / Rondel dagger vs Long Dagger and others

« on: December 04, 2012, 09:48:38 pm »

Hey guys, I'm just about to talk briefly about something that I'm sure is already clear to many, but perhaps some do not know.

Recently the Rondel Dagger was added into cRPG. Fantastic, I love me some daggers, and it's a very viable weapon for specific playstyles. I love that!

However, there's a problem. Here's the rondel dagger stats:

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Type:One handed weapon
Requirement:-
Weight:0
Slots:0
Upkeep:18 gold
Shop price:260 gold
Value:130 gold
Speed:114
Length:37
Thrust:30 pierce
Secondary mode

Here's the long dagger (a very comparable weapon) stats:

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Type:One handed weapon
Requirement:-
Weight:0
Slots:0
Upkeep:27 gold
Shop price:390 gold
Value:195 gold
Speed:112
Length:47
Thrust:25 pierce
Swing:23 cut

The big problem here lies with the rondel dagger's secondary mode, which allows the user to perform tri-directional attacks, and as far as I understand, uses pierce damage type. Now, with a faster base speed, and pierce damage type which is huge both for increased damage output and (I think?) less glancing. Least, the rondel seems to glance less than the long dagger.

Now, as I said before, I fucking love me some daggers. I'm glad that the rondel dagger is in the game with its current stats. However, it seems that there is absolutely no incentive to choose the Dagger, Long dagger, etc over the Rondel Dagger. If you use the Long Dagger, you'll do considerable less damage, especially on horizontal swings, you'll swing slower, all at the benefit of 10 more length- putting the Long Dagger at a still incredibly short 47 length. The length is simply not an important stat on such a weapon type, I would argue.


tl;dr: Keep Rondel Dagger as is, somehow buff/change Long Dagger, Dagger, and possibly Khyber Knife and Knife, although the last two weapons are entering into peasant-gear territory.

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Mercenary Recruitment / Peaceful trader attacked; is no longer very peaceful.

« on: December 04, 2012, 01:25:59 am »

Hero party (or more accurately, our good pal McDeath) decided that they wanted quite a few crates from us, but as it turns out, they will receive only blades, arrows, and long pokey things. The business ends of them, naturally. We've got good gear for all classes sans throwing. If you're a 2h or polearm you'll be especially happy.

http://c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battledetail&id=1666

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Strategus General Discussion / Signposts (Message on c-rpg.net upon entering a fief on Strategus)

« on: November 28, 2012, 01:57:22 am »

Howdy folks. I'm not sure if this is the appropriate section for strategus suggestions; if it's blatantly misplaced, move this shit, yo!

Anyway, I figure it would be a neat (and not difficult to code/implement/maintain) feature if fief owners could create a small message for people upon entering their fief. This would streamline trade disputes, as a person cannot plausibly deny (with too much effectiveness) that they have not seen, nor have ever seen messages on their c-rpg.net page. It would be nice for advertisement for weapons, for example, a fief owner could create a message as follows: "Welcome to clusterfuckistan! For sale are +3 fighting axes and +2 white surcoat over mail. A maximum of 500 trade goods per person are available to sell or purchase. I'm also incredibly gay. Have a nice day!"

I figure it would be handy to be able to disable these messages after you have entered a new fief for the first time, so you don't get your shit spammed. Of course, a fief owner could refrain from using the system as well.


Any thoughts from anyone? I cannot imagine that this would be difficult to code, although I am mostly ignorant on that matter. Perhaps this could be a real neato feature for strategus round 5.

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Diplomacy / Frisian Border Policy+Diplomacy

« on: November 26, 2012, 08:55:35 am »

I'll lay our minor faction's diplomacy out right here. Any faction currently occupying land in the tundra (KUTT, Teutonic, HG, Dracul) can freely buy or sell at our fief of New Ismirala. We also have some gear available for purchase, including +3 fighting axes! They are brilliant cost-effective 1h AND 2h weapons. If you are of a faction that resides somewhere besides the tundra, you must obtain permission before buying/selling goods or gear in our fief of New Ismirala. Contact me and you'll likely get a favorable response. Run in unannounced and uninvited, and we'll be forced to take aggressive action upon you.

Thanks, everyone! If you have any questions, my contact information is located here on our faction hall thread. '
http://forum.meleegaming.com/faction-halls/the-frisian-freedom-recruiting-na/


Although we are currently not a part of TAMDA, we are open to negotiation from all factions for trade agreements, and other possible ventures. Simply message me or add me on steam to negotiate!

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Mercenary Recruitment / Tyranny raises its ugly head!

« on: November 24, 2012, 07:59:46 pm »

Observe the fief of New Ismirala! A large army or Teutonic Knights have seen fit to attack our humble village. I request assistance to repel these invaders! We've got gear for all classes save throwing. WE HAVE ARBALESTS AND LONGBOWS. We need archers! Comon folks, let's do it!
http://c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battledetail&id=1577

If we win, payment in cRPG/Strat gold can be arranged for well-scoring players!

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Faction Halls / The Frisian Freedom: Recruiting NA

« on: November 22, 2012, 11:23:04 pm »

The Frisian Freedom

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A little historical background:

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Frisians in the time around 1066

After the Frisians were defeated by the Franks in the eighth century AD, Frisia became part of the Frankish Empire (subsequently the Holy Roman Empire) and was ruled by counts and such loyal to the Emperor. Yet these counts never had much reign over the Frisians. Unlike in most other places in Europe a feudal nobility never really developed in Frisia. Instead, as inherited from old Germanic times, most of the power lay in the hands of the allodial landowners, of whom some of the most important ones bore the title háveding ‘chieftain’ (also hávedling, háudling, etc.; cf. Old Norse höfðingi).

And so, after the killing of count Arnulf in 993 and especially after the killing of margrave Henry in 1101, the so-called Frisian Freedom was established, in which the Frisians acknowledged loyalty only directly to the Emperor. By 1248 this status aparte was formally recognized by the Emperor. Most likely it was informally recognized much earlier.

In the centuries that followed the hávedingar would go on to gain power. Yet in the absence of a single ruler of Frisia and in the presence of powerful Saxon and Burgundian dukes eyeing Frisia, and with the (Saxon) city of Groningen expanding its influence, Frisia came to know many internal struggles, until at the end of the fifteenth century Albert III, Duke of Saxony became governor of Frisia. With that the Frisian Freedom was no more.

Attacking is what Frisians readily did in battle. Whatever texts one reads about their war efforts in the thirteenth and fourteenth century – even those regarding the battle of Staveren in 1345, the Frisian warriors continually distinguish themselves by the speed and the furious bearing with which they storm forth. Time and again they are held to be impatientes, impatient and restless. At the beginning of the battle of El Bahira Charles of Anjou could scarcely restrain the Frisian crusaders before forming the ranks of his own army. He had to warn them not to race out before his knights like daredevils and ordered them to follow him first and subsequently attack along with his horsemen. In short, the military specialty of the Frisians was the assault on foot, the ‘attaque à l’outrance’. It is also known from the account of the raid on the Portugese city of Faro in the autumn of 1217, and of the landing at Damiate in the following year. In the first case the Frisians, after raising their banners and beginning a song in honour of the Holy Virgin, succeeded at once in chasing the enemy away. Presumably the adage of the cavalry charge also applied to the assault on foot in that hitting the opponent was not the first goal, but breaking his ranks and making him flee in panic. The relatively long spears of the Frisians would have played an important role herein, beside the circumstance that the Frisians by their stature alone made a big impression on their opponents. Bartholomaeus Anglicus already says in his encyclopedia that the Frisians are tall of stature. Dante goes even further. When he has to make clear in his Divina Comedia how large the giants in hell were, he does this by saying that three Frisians on top of each other could not reach their hair. He thus uses the image of the Frisians as the giants of Europe. If one keeps this in mind, then it is not hard to imagine how the Frisian warriors, with their large bodies, wild hair and long weapons would have impressed their Mediterranean opponents, especially when they made their assault under the command of their seasoned nobles and warriors.
(All credit for these entries goes to Eadric of the Taleworlds forums. The original thread can be located here:http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic=181547.0)

Info and Objectives

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The Frisian Freedom is a simultaneously laid-back and serious faction. Let me explain this; when in the battle server or a Strategus battle, Frisian fighters will be expected to fight as well as they can, but more importantly, to fight at one another's side. At the same time, we will not have official ranks, voice comm requirements, or even official clan tag.
Our objectives in strategus are to obtain (done!) and hold (ongoing) at least one fief; while constantly expanding our influence, trade, and military might. Our objectives in Strategus are to hold what we've currently obtained (New Rindyar Castle and New Ismirala) and to absorb more territory through violent conflict. Our objectives in Strategus are to hold New Rindyar castle and Nova Rduna, and to inflict as many losses upon the Free Companies of Calradia and The Crusaders of Acre as possible. Their blood needs to be spilled.

Guidelines for Frisian fighters

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While we do not possess very many hard and fast rules, members are expected to refrain from acting like a complete asshole. Each man is his own entity here, and I will not dictate how you are to act. All that I request is that you represent Frisia in a manner that earns us respect, or at least avoids earning us ire and hate. If you feel that you want to talk shit on someone, or do a bit of "trolling", then nobody will stop you. I trust each of you to make the proper decision when the time comes.
We're a rowdy, rambunctious, filthy, uneducated, barbaric rabble and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Leadership/Organization

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Historically, the Frisian Freedom and the earlier Kingdom of Frisia were one of very few European powers to avoid using the feudal system. There were no serfs, no barons, no lords. Organization consisted of older Germanic style of local chieftains controlling smallish regions. These chiefs were called hávedingar, or höfðingi in old Norse. This clan will be run as a monarchy; however, do not misunderstand my intent. I do not intend this clan to be a pure dictatorship; it is intended to function more as a "council of war" capacity. Before any important decision, I will consult each member of Frisia if it is practical to do so. In time, I will likely appoint other hávedingar, or chieftans, to make day-to-day decisions. However, we are not large enough for this yet.
We've reached a size and level of activity that warrants more than a single hávedling. There is no official hierarchy; there would not have been in Friesland's time of relevance either. The list of hávedingar is as follows:
Sandersson the Indecisive
Daruvian the Gay Knight
Cikel the Eccentric
Ginaz/MrPink the Vigorous
Havelle the Kind-hearted
 

Recruiting/Joining Frisia

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Frisia will open any interested applicants with open arms. Skill at arms is, of course, sought-after. However, being good at cRPG is not necessary for entry. We have a few quite experienced players, and we will actively assist any interested players in improving quickly. I will personally sit in teamspeak with you and tell you what you're doing incorrect, how to improve, etc. I will sit in the duel server with you to help you improve.

In order to join, simply PM me on these forums, or the cRPG site messaging system. Tell me why you want to join, tell me about yourself. I will not provide a format for you. If you wish to give me your entire cRPG history, that is fine. If you do not wish to mince words and only desire to tell me your name and class, that is also fine. As of now, there will be no probationary period for new members; once you are accepted, you are an equal to any Frisian.

Roster

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Roster

Spergs

• Daruvian
• JesusChrist
• Sandersson

Geeks

• Badoon
• Cikel
• Havelle
• jack1
• MrPink
• Timmy

Nerds

• Derpington
• Kreamy
• Mantooth
• Plex
• Alrok
• Aleska
• Cenewulf
• Corruption
• Equal
• PolePal
• Yaro
• LeRapier
• Michaeldewit
• Thorwald
• saintsiper

Gear and Weapons

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I will not post a required gear list here; we don't have one. However, I do request that members attempt to use equipment that is historically accurate for soldiers from the region of Frisia. Obviously European gear is fine. Nordic gear is also fine; Frisia fought many conflicts against the vikings, looted gear would be common. Avoid Moslem or Eastern gear. CERTAINLY avoid "weaboo armours".

Voice Communications

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We use teamspeak 3, following is the information. Once again, members are not required to be in teamspeak when in battle or any time, save for certain Strategus battles.

frisianfiggits.mainvoice.net (REPLACE THE TWO Is WITH AN A AND AN O, FUCKING WORDFILTERS)

Feel free to come and hang out, though. There are almost always some amount of people in there.

Contact Information

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Sandersson's Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197989237501
Daruvian's Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Daruvian
Feel free to message either or both of us on the forums or the cRPG messaging thingar.

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Sell/Trade / Sandy's Sorta Sensational Shop (+3 Long Hafted Blade +2 Long Voulge +2 Shashka)

« on: October 25, 2012, 07:24:21 pm »

Alright, so here's my shit:

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Powerful Long Voulge
Type:Polearm
Requirement:17 strength
Weight:3.7
Slots:2
Upkeep:320 gold
Speed:85
Length:175
Thrust:19 pierce
Swing:39 cut
Bonus against shield
Unbalanced

I'll let this go for 550k. Any and all offers are considered. This item is not as spectacularly bad as people claim. It's actually very effective at teamfighting, doing large amounts of damage in a hurry from a respectable distance, and breaking shields. It's not good at 1v1s or spamming whatsoever.


A fantastic weapon, I've used it for about 3 generations combined. It's quick, long, and able to rear horses effectively. I would like to trade this for a +3 blunt 1h, +3 gloves (excluding heavy gauntlets), or +3 body armours (white surcoat over mail, brown surcoat over mail, heraldic mails, pronoia armour) I will entertain all offers, loompoints and gold included.

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Balanced Shashka
Type:One handed weapon
Requirement:12 strength
Weight:1.2
Slots:1
Upkeep:375 gold
Speed:97
Length:103
Thrust:22 pierce
Swing:31 cut

This is quite a good 1h. It's long, has respectable damage, and is relatively fast. It's got a good bit of ghost-reach as well, similar to a scimitar. This is a fantastic cavalry 1h if you dislike the arabian cavalry sword (I think the arabian cavalry looks like a butterknife, heh) I will entertain all offers for this item, and will sell it for 650k gold.


I've also got +1 war darts and +1 iron staff. Not bothering with the stats. If you're interested in those, just let me know. I figure not many people want +1 items, ha.

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Game Balance Discussion / How to discourage no-risk playstyles?

« on: October 18, 2012, 08:51:34 am »

This thread is not as much of a suggestion as it is an open-ended question. I would like to get people's input on possible ways to discourage (not eliminate) playstyles that involve little to no risk in return for moderate to high reward. Namely, ranged cavalry excluding throwing cavalry and kiting archers.

I am aware that it is a ranged player's primary task to shoot horses, especially horses belonging to HA/HX. However, I feel that the simple existence of a soft counter such as this is insufficient. The main reason for this is, to effectively counter HX/HA, class balance must be skewed in a way that is equally as frustrating and non-conducive to fun; having 30-50 percent of a team be composed of archers or dedicated crossbowmen. An HA/HX can simply refuse to be in danger of taking damage unless he or she chooses to; while still dealing respectable damage to the enemy team. I feel that this is absolutely retarded. Nothing makes people stop playing more than a foe that is literally invulnerable until he or she chooses not to be.

So, any thoughts? Feel free to minus this post if I'm nothing more than a bitching, whining bundle of sticks that needs to go archer in order to stop the bundle of sticksry known as ranged cavalry.

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Sell/Trade / +3 Arbalest, +2 Mace

« on: October 01, 2012, 11:43:42 pm »

Hey guys, I'm trying to offload my +3 arbalest and +2 Mace. It's a sick combo for a dedicated arbalestier. Any offers are accepted, priority goes to loompoints, +3polearms. Post your offers here!

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cRPG Technical problems / Continuous crashing and freezes when using Final_Boss/Warham packs

« on: August 09, 2012, 03:31:12 pm »

Hey guys. I've used the Final_Boss pack for a while without error, and recently installed all of the mods that Warham compiled in his nifty little launcher. All of them worked just fine for a period of about 2-3 days. I shut my PC off (I only do this once every few days, and I had not shut it off since I got all of the mods Warham compiled) and when I turned it on to play cRPG in the morning; I was greeted with a crash upon attempting to join a server. I tried a few more times, and I would end up crashing either upon getting to the server browser, or immediately upon entering any server.

I attempted to narrow down the problem, and it seems that if I ONLY have Final_Boss's pack running (the heirloom pack), I am able to play, but once every ~30 seconds or so, I will completely freeze for 2-10 seconds. Eventually, I end up crashing. If I do not have either the heirloom pack nor heraldic horses etc installed, I can play the mod seemingly fine. Here is the error I am greeted with upon crashing:

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   APPCRASH
  Application Name:   mb_warband_old.exe
  Application Version:   1.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:   4e1b0b6f
  Fault Module Name:   kernel32.dll
  Fault Module Version:   6.0.6001.18215
  Fault Module Timestamp:   49953395
  Exception Code:   e06d7363
  Exception Offset:   000442eb
  OS Version:   6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
  Locale ID:   1033
  Additional Information 1:   51d0
  Additional Information 2:   c86dc44247451e46d352dece0ffb069b
  Additional Information 3:   5350
  Additional Information 4:   420efc40dd027bcf455bcf31195bd8e2

Anybody have any ideas?

Edit: I found out that if I turn every single graphic option to minimum, still with DX9, I can run everything fine. My pc is not terrible, and my framerate was very good before I started crashing. Da fuck?

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Sell/Trade / Somebody take this +3 Long Espada

« on: August 04, 2012, 06:07:56 pm »

Title says it all. I want to get rid of my +3 Long Espada Eslanova. It's quite a fine weapon, very good for 1h no-shield swashbuckler dudes. I'd like loomed polearms, gold, or possibly mid-range loomed armours (mail shirt range)

Thanks in advance.

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Suggestions Corner / Fee in order to revert one skill/attribute point

« on: July 16, 2012, 10:51:04 pm »

I think it'd be neat if you could pay an amount of gold to revert one skill or attribute point. It's not a major issue, and I'm not going to be the least bit upset if it never happened. However, I'd love for there to be something in place to assist the severely mentally deficient (read: me) when we (read: I) fuck up on a build. Respeccing because you had an oopsie sucks.

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Sell/Trade / +1 Long Hafted Blade and 1 Heirloom Point

« on: June 30, 2012, 11:52:16 pm »

I've got my +1 Long Hafted Blade and 1 heirloom point for 800,000 gold. Just putting it out there. Let me know if you're interested; I'll entertain any and all trades.