I play Mount & Blade series close to 3 years now if not more
My regret is that i stopped playing M&B Warband and i only found out about cRPG a couple of weeks ago, because its a brilliant mod
This is what i think could be improved :
1.archery aim and damage are extremely reduced, i dont mind the fire rate nerf, its quite realistic and accurate, archers are normaly quite squishy but they need damage otherwise their useless, if you take the damage/aim away from archery they become cannon fodder. Please remember that archery in medieval warfare was very effective, Turks, Mongols, Brits used it with great prestige. But i agree that archery was a bit over the top and very unbalancing, maybe you can find a term in beetween wich is good for everyone.
2.bows compared to crossbows its like a kitchen knife and a bastard sword, many archers want to roll pure xbowman if archery remains unbalanced as it is. With that you will have less archers but more xbowman, if your idea of an archer was already awfull, now imagine them all using Xbows (lol), it would be terrible and completly ruin cRPG, you couldnt walk outside, you would be bolted to a tree in matter of seconds. Xbow was a random weapon at best, out of 10 players 2-3 used xbow, if you dont change archery , out of 10 players you will have 3-6 with a xbow !
3.upkeep in a long run may leave everyone butt naked on the field, so a reduction in cost could be altered, winnig players also damage their gear please dont make upkeep a penalty for the losing side, it unbalances the game alot as you can see from Siege Mode. Also upkeep is nerfing new players to cRPG, my advice would be that only after a certain lvl you would pay upkeep, this will serve as a tutorial and a introduction to cRPG, where the new player can shape and build his characther until (say) lvl 5-10 and from there fully integrate in Mod gameplay mechanic.
4.tincans/cav. will suffer the most from all the people in the patch , because their are very dependable on their gear and they wont be able to upkeep it
some ppl are reporting upkeeps over 20k and more wich is insane. I must confess i like tincans and cavs, without them i wont have anything to shoot at, so i want them there ready and able pls
5.cav. is almost impossible to defeat, mainly because archery nerf, player skill is obvioulsy taken in consideration but, horse is the best weapon money can buy atm in cRPG
*6.When you log into cRPG EU_1, the welcome post is now "YOU WILL BE BANNED IF YOU AFK " or smthng like that, it clearly shows that patch is unbalanced and ppl are trying to adapt the best they can, but they fail so they afk.
This is all i remember for now, ill post more if i come across some other stuff that may need tweaking so we can debate it
Ty
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