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General Discussion / Re: New Xbow Damage

« on: January 15, 2011, 09:26:40 pm »

Would be interesting to see what the DPS of the various ranged weapons are for a better comparison, if anyone could be be bothered.

IMO the siege xbow is pretty weak considering its price. It doesnt really 1 shot anyone and takes 6 months to reload. Its easily the least effective of the 3 ranged classes if going pure xbow. Im even fine with the damage nerf but the price hike makes it unsustainable to use unless sacrificing armour a little (873 to repair i think.)

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General Discussion / Re: Reward if you win?

« on: January 12, 2011, 07:15:09 pm »

I sort of agree. I don't like the fact that you can single handedly kill half the enemy team and survive to win the round only to have half your gear break and end up worse off than when you started the round. I would like to see a bonus if your team wins the round AND you survive with at least one kill (To stop people just camping in a corner somewhere).

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Game Balance Discussion / Re: Attempt to balance cavalry overall

« on: January 12, 2011, 12:55:20 am »

Well, many people told me that cav was fine as it currently was, but then chadz nerfed them by increasing their price massively. This was a nerf into the wrong direction, I think, but basically we agreed that cav needed a nerf.


I see that too many players are still stuck to the imagination of cavalry how it was pre patch: riding constantly around or even between the lines of the enemy stabbing left and right, killing everyone who seperates a bit and doesn't look into the right direction.

Riding must become more of hunting, which requires patience and correct timing. Otherwise it will always stay more effective than other classes (= OP)

TBH, if cav has to be nerfed, i'd prefer yours over the price increase we just experienced. With your nerfs, the class is still valid but less effective. With price increase, they are just as effective but only usable maybe 50% of the time.

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Game Balance Discussion / Re: Bill vs Bec

« on: January 12, 2011, 12:25:24 am »

Yea those stats do seem pretty weird. I was thinking of buying the bill until i saw how bad it was.

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General Discussion / Re: So....forget about riding a mid-tier horse now?

« on: January 12, 2011, 12:21:24 am »

Light cavalry (Light horse + Light armour and mid tier weapons) should be as valid a class as any other. However, i can barely break even using courser, tribal armour/helmet and a heavy lance. Apparently, the threshold or earning money without modifiers is 22k, but that is taken up alone by the courser. The prices were fine as they were.

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General Discussion / Re: Went from 18k gold to 12k gold, in 5 rounds. I had 12k in gear on.

« on: January 05, 2011, 11:52:40 pm »

The problem is that the modifier makes it seem like your losing shitloads because if you're on a low modifier, it means you're losing and so your equipment is breaking. The low modifier compounds this because it gives you such a small amount of gold. However a relatively small amount of time on a high modifier has the opposite effect: your equipment doesnt break since you're winning and you get loads of gold (250 per minute!!!).

When i started playing today i went about 3 maps without getting a modifier above 2x and i lost about 4-5 thousand using medium tier stuff (Cuir Bouilli, long hafted blade, knightly heather shield) i then got 5 times modifier for 3 rounds (plus the build up to the 5x) and i made up my lost gold easily plus a little bit more.

Overall tonight using the above equipment and occasionally a palfrey i've made about 10k gold. Give it time and dont use high tier equipment and you'll find you do actually make gold.