Just saying GL with this. Hope you guys can do well with this.
You just going to be a siege only clan? Ignoring strat?
Battle and Siege mostly battle. If I can get enough people strat is a possibility, however less than 7 or so is hard.
But if you guys are on siege I'll have to make sure I get in there more often.
No one is on siege these days. Everyone has the similar mentality "If you guys are on, I will hop on." Unfortunately no one can really gather enough to kickstart siege anymore. You need roughly 10 people to hop on at once and stay on until more people accumulate to ever really get it going. Clans have shrunken down so that 1 clan isn't enough breathe life into it these days. These guys are mostly all hardcore siege players... so if they could gather new recruits who are just as siege-dedicated as them (or easily brainwashed :lol:) then maybe, just maybe, NA2 can get jump started by a single clan again.
Siege is fun until it gets down to like 10 people then it sucks since people leave when it becomes a lopsided map. So its just a countdown to when it gets to 8 or less. And if you have people joining in, the build back up rarely occurs since people are in that "aw shit siege is dying" mode.
This is true.
Siege is fun until it gets down to like 10 people then it sucks since people leave when it becomes a lopsided [or boring] map. So its just a countdown to when it gets to 8 or less. And if you have people joining in, the build back up rarely occurs since people are in that "aw shit siege is dying" mode.
Battle and Siege mostly battle. If I can get enough people strat is a possibility, however less than 7 or so is hard.Sloths are doing fine with 5 people in strat a castle and 2 villages.
Sloths are doing fine with 5 people in strat a castle and 2 villages.
Sloths are doing fine with 5 people in strat a castle and 2 villages.
Thanks to your red haired overlord.
P.S. Is Phew still alive? Haven't seen him in ages.
I logged onto duel for a few minutes yesterday and saw the new banner, so I came here to get the scoop. The new banner is cool, but I don't really like white gear (I wear heraldic armor, helm, and shield; all the white is blinding). I'll probably switch to the black/white Warband banner that the old ATS used unless we actually have a group going.
Alive, but not playing much cRPG. I miss siege :( I play duel and DTV sometimes. I keep giving battle a chance, but I still loathe that game mode (even when I'm rolling x5 and Valor).
I logged onto duel for a few minutes yesterday and saw the new banner, so I came here to get the scoop. The new banner is cool, but I don't really like white gear (I wear heraldic armor, helm, and shield; all the white is blinding). I'll probably switch to the black/white Warband banner that the old ATS used unless we actually have a group going.
Hope you guys are able to revive siege! It's the best game I've played in 20+ years of gaming.
Hey Phew, I would like to accommodate you with a cool banner, however my photo shop skillz are minimal. If you think you can edit it for a different color I would be glad to let you.
Hey Phew, I would like to accommodate you with a cool banner, however my photo shop skillz are minimal. If you think you can edit it for a different color I would be glad to let you.
Don't change on account of me; I hardly play. I do like the inverted one better though, although you need to change the background color to be black or grey to match the front. What do you think about inverting the black/white but keeping red for the border/blade? The Day-glo cyan is a bit anachronistic. I don't do photoshop, but I assume you could do the above with some kind of recolor tool or something.
Good luck!
You guys take alts??
just no fascists
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Ladies and gentlenerds, may I present our newest member "The_Ugly_Potato" !!! :mrgreen:
Testicleez?
What armor piece is that? I've never found it on the database, at least not under its name on the shop (Heraldic Surcoat over Mail and Plate).
Testi is dead may we never speak of his name again...
what set of armor do you want ?
ill put it in the the armory(click to show/hide)
Ok i put both in the armor....
enjoy
Oh wow! Thanks dude.
I'm going out of town for a bit (Switzerland!). I've had my flanged mace on the market to trade it for something different -- but if it doesn't trade by the time my plane leaves, I'll stick it in the armory for ppl to use.
If only I had a computer over there, I could whoop some EU butt for a while. I guess I'll just have to look at majestic mountains instead. :) See you later!
Yeah it's just my alt. I might switch him out for a different one so that I can banner stack with him and my other alt (so if you guys are on en masse, I make my alt(s) join your clan as a supporter, and if HoC is on and you aren't, I revert back to the good old green and white). I was just too lazy to make a new character just to use as a banner-stacker.
In fact, I'm gonna do that right now... be on the lookout for an applicant with a name something like "BoO_Banner_Stack."
I just have more fun when employing teamwork (however minimal) as opposed to solo-heroing all the time.
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Thanks for the tips Jona! My 2h is still like 5mil from retiring, so it'll be a while before I'm riding around on NA1 again.
For my STF I just split WPF between 1h and pole, which is probably what I'd do for real. Although it doesn't seem like polearm wpf has any meaningful impact on couching, so maybe I'd just go full 1h and use a colored lance.
I do see the potential for more fun on Battle with cav than I have as infantry. Infantry on Battle just seems so one-dimensional; run around with a clump of teammates, gangbang stragglers while trying to avoid cav. Or more often, be the one getting gangbanged. Cav seem to be playing their own metagame where the fun factor is less at the mercy of the autobalancer (even if your multi is still dependent on autobalance).
Don't worry I am a true Horse whisperer and my horse tells me all the cavalry secrets.
Pole wpf affects how fast you can couch, the maximum dmg, and how fast you can "reload" couch.
Phew I'd be more than happy to help practice cavalry. I'm glad I have a cav buddy!
Phew you may reconsider going cav, devs keep fucking over cav more and more. With the new damage bonus vs horses it may be go for cav.
Ok, I've had one of my chars join KuTT, so if you see my name under their banner, don't be alarmed. I'm just feeling things out and giving them a try. :)
Ok, I've had one of my chars join KuTT, so if you see my name under their banner, don't be alarmed. I'm just feeling things out and giving them a try. :)
I'd almost be willing to put up with a purple boner bear on my banner if I meant I didn't have to face Gallo and his maddening combination of kick spams and one-shotting overheads. So I feel ya.
1h-hit
I was hoping that ever since maxing out my build with 6 IF I would be able to take more hits from him, but I am still lucky to live past the first. One the rare occasion speed bonus works severely in my favor, and I live past the second hit, I am so shocked I don't even see the 3rd hit coming.
1hit-hit? 1hand-hit? Huh? :P
Cav is garbage without armored horse. Hybrids are garbage because everyone is going 21/21 pure builds. I do t even know anymore...
Really not much need to hybrid anymore, since polearm offers so much versatility within the one weapon group. Add in ~3 shield skill, and you can switch to hoplite mode for horse rearing and support, then whip out a 4d polearm for duel situations. People assume bucklers are crap because they look dinky, but they are just as good in melee as a big shield (if not better) and have a decent forcefield against ranged (as long as it's raised and you are facing the archer). Buckler+war spear+long axe/bec/whatever is probably the most versatile loadout possible.
I would go with a 4 shield skill minimum... the shields are way better at the 4 skill level, and it also gives you access to 95% of shields on the battlefield should your initial one break. You will also be able to use your +3 knightly heater from your main. Also, if you want to go hoplite with a war spear as your main weapon, you don't even need a backup 4d weapon. The war spear is good enough for nearly any duel scenario. It can easily stack up against a long axe since it has both speed and reach.
Something to keep in mind when thinking about going all out with 2 polearms and a buckler is that poelarms are significantly heavier than 1handers, so bringing a backup can easily slow you down a lot more than you realize. Whenever I use my long maul + staff loadout I try and drop the maul rather than sheathe it if possible... it is just so heavy. Not all weapons are so bad, obviously, but when hopliting I never bring my long axe, since the weight of the shield AND the axe is too much for me. Hence I tend to use my spathion with 0wpf or the trusty staff.(click to show/hide)
P.S. I use a +3 Heavy Kite. Its stats are overtly better than the other shields
U w0t?
What are the stats?
Plus why a heavy kite phew? Its so.. ugly. Sorry mang.. it is.
It's the most durable shield of its weight or below (by a long shot), and it also happens to be faster than many less durable shields (99 speed when loomed). The aesthetics depend on the banner, but I admit that the Knightly Heater and Elite Cav look better. Don't you use a Board Shield? Not exactly known for its beauty, that.
Say what? The board shield is the most beautiful shield there is.
Even 2 poles+buckler is still lighter than my 1h/shield loadout, so I probably wouldn't notice.
is a hbbbut also since it almost never breaks and has great coverage.
Elite cav shield is best for banner. I stopped using it last night though because of Gallo, took out my MW Skull crusher (flanged mace) to kill him.
Knockdown proc for 1h is terrible though, idk if it has been changed.
I just didn't want to steal your swag; the Board/mil cleaver is your trademark. Like Balbaroth and the brown lion/leet scimi. I'll never have a trademark cus I switch gear too much :(
Actually, my trademark right now is getting owned by n00bs now that my ISP has decided I should ping the cRPG servers like they are on the moon.
Also from my very limited experience with bucklers they seem to have a slightly smaller melee-forcefield compared to actual shields... they are a lot easier to swing around with a long weapon.
Btw have you tried my mw board shield? Don't remember if I loaned to you or not to try. Its pretty awesome. The slower speed does take some getting used to vs the faster shields tho. Its a beast though. Huge amounts of hp and ok armor has it lasting a while.
It's in your head. Paul or cmp stated a while back that melee coverage is the same for every shield (and significantly worse than manual blocking). I'd like to test it myself some time though.
I used a Heavy Round for a long time, nice shield, but it's heavier, less durable, and much slower than the heavy kite. Lateral coverage against projectiles is better, but more relevant in battle than siege (I generally know where the arrows are coming from in siege).
Don't think so. I always die before my shield due to kicks/phantom swings that go around block/crushthrough, so I don't know why I even care about durability. Hell, the best attack is usually the one right after the shield breaks (the animation is really weird).
Also, Taser just join our clan already, I'll even let you taze me bro
Don't think so. I always die before my shield due to kicks/phantom swings that go around block/crushthrough, so I don't know why I even care about durability. Hell, the best attack is usually the one right after the shield breaks (the animation is really weird).
I only aim for the head with all my weapons lol. It just doesn't proc for me. The whole time I was playing siege with Taser last night and I only got 1 knockdown.
Also, Taser just join our clan already, I'll even let you taze me bro
Well, this is all a moot point since he would rather stick with his dead clan...
but, we claimed Tasah before you! He's already got one foot in the door (his stf) with us hounds, and should tkov ever disband completely, we will drag the rest of his body in by that very foot!
Yeah there's a lot of weird stuff that happens to get stuff around the shield. But I tell you what.. the board shield also automatically gives you a +3 red beard.
There may be some truth to this statement...
Really only 1? Snap.
Its funny I remember siege and I also remember playing the AoT fan game. Lol.
AoT? U wot?
Sorry tho Jona has it right.
I'm always right.
Lol. That was for the tourney. Which is over apparently? I dunno what the hell is going on with that anymore.
Nah it's still going, but ever so slowly... Tydeus kinda half-died.
Besides better dead in a ravine than green!
Negative. You might be very green if you were dead in a ravine, there's grass, leafs, weeds, n shit that you would be covered in.
Blue is a vastly better color than green kno wat I'm saiyan. (wonder what rhymes with blue that's somewhat catchy)
No. No, I'm afraid I don't.
Based upon all the above factual information, presented in green, we can conclude that due to the fact that I am always right, and that you are clearly conflicted in your opinions on color (red beard, but blue best color? Fuck that you hyprocrite... pick one! If blue was best you would have a blue beard, now wouldn't you!?!), green color best color.
And since you want a rap-off, just remember, you started dis...
Green Regime, it reigns supreme,
It gets dem bitchez to all scream,
If blue was cool and just sweet,
Then it would cause us all to skeet.
Yeah, you in way ovah yo head boi. Bring it.[/color]
I changed our background color to be just a shade darker red; from "Red" to "Dark Red". The cherry red was searing my eyeballs (especially since I wear the colored helm), and I feel like archers always shot me first since my head was a big glowing target. I know it doesn't match the red on the banner, but I think it looks better overall. Feel free to change it back if you don't like it.
I'm also fine with black if anyone wants that. I just retired my 2h, so once I liquidate his looms and I'll put some money in the bank to help fund the banner renewal.
Phew! You changed your forum avatar! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :cry:
Psshhhh... yall ain't seen nuthin yet.
I could go on, but I'll spare you all from feeling vastly inferior. :mrgreen:
Another reason why I shall not derail this thread into a massive rap battle is cuz Tasah told me that he never intended for it to go this far, and apparently dislikes rap. I don't listen to any rap music, but it's still always fun to throw down some rhymes. I think Tasah just doesn't like getting shown up so badly. 8-)
If you got a banner for 46 gold mod is dying of cancer (read:Current Item balancers).
Yeah its making me want to go poles.. especially whenever I actually play a strat battle..
brb poked to death from 5 longspears.
I get just as frustrated in strat battles... and I end up grabbing a shield. :P
The closest I get to using a pike/longspear is using a 2d polearm of some kind in strat... never the dreaded 1d. So boring to play, regardless of how effective it is.
Lol. Funny. Guess the grass is greener on the other side and all that.
I'm very interested in joining, my prime was in 2011-12. With some practice/training I would hope to become a decent fighter once again.
Feel free to pm me on the forums, if you see this! Currently i'm sick with the flu, for the next day or so the best I can do is type if that's alright with you.
Thanks a ton for letting me join, you all seem like a great bunch of guys.
It's pretty nice to be in a relaxed, and laid back clan.
yep yep!, you can add me on steam as Tojo (picture of shark coming out of volcano) if you want and ill play if you are on
Phrygian Helm
Phew your new gettup is too emo mang.
Phew your new gettup is too emo mang.
Representing red white and black,
BoO's on the [A]ttack
always roll up strapped
got them masterwerks stacked
mercenaries for hire
when transactions transpire
bitches skulls get cracked
Not sure if your avi makes this.. more credible or ironic.
Hmm...
To be fair, the Crow is a pretty cool hero.
Banner renewed (for cheap again), so don't bid on our old banner slot.
I respecced hoplite for this week; since siege is always dead now, I wanted to try something more versatile for battle. My KDR has subsequently dropped 75%; it turns out that charging headlong into the fray is a poor strategy for hoplites. I need to learn to play less aggressively on Battle; I feel like I am the first to die every round. Siege rewards manly endeavors, but battle rewards cowards.
Anyways... Phew, what is your hopliting build? If you are still 18-24 then you should be pretty well-off.
18-27 for now; mobility and damage seem fine, just my tactics are flawed.
Using Battle Fork mostly just so I can say "Fork You" whenever I rear a horse, backstab one of my buds, etc. I have a trade up for an ashwood, so maybe I'll get to try that soon. Although all my best hoplite kills so far have been this sequence:
-Shield neutral nudge with fork equipped
-Switch to 1h axe during nudge
-Left swing with axe
So the sheathable aspect of the fork has come in handy. But if all my hoplite kills are with my 1h, I realize I'm doing it wrong.
And yeah the stab is glance or miss. (huehue) Overheads where its at.
Those rely too much on exploits for me to ever enjoy
-Hit for full damage when it should glance (up close, after 360noscope spin, etc)
-Just phase directly through a guy/horse it should have hit (no glance, just nothing)
-Teamhit somebody that isn't even remotely near your thrust
The last thing we need is one more thrower in siege, battle, anywhere...