Mount and Blade Napoleonic DLC

[Bison]

This could be really really cool.  The one thing I wonder is how reasonable it will be to get 250 different people, most with no idea how Napoleon and his enemies actually fought, stand in-line and not go Napoleonic Rambo.



Features

■Accurate early 19th century weapons, uniforms and environments
■Massive multiplayer battles with up to 250 players
■5 nations with more than 220 unique units to choose from
■A wide range of artillery pieces ranging from field cannons to mortars, capable of firing a variety of missiles such as canister, explosive shells and even rockets - all fully controllable by players
■Finely crafted game balance insuring player skill is the hero of the battlefield, not the gun or the sword
■Construct barricades, dig trenches, and rig explosives with the multi-purpose Engineer class
■Special musician units with drums, fifes, bagpipes or trumpets, able to play historically accurate tunes; all recorded and played by award winning musicians
■Lead squads of soldiers against each other in the new commander battle mode
■More than 40 classical background music tracks
Read more here:
http://www.paradoxplaza.com/press/2012/3/mount-blade-warband-napoleonic-wars-multiplayer-dlc-announced

http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,222384.0.html

See more here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPv56deYrsQ

[spelk]

I've blathered on a bit about this over at WG
http://www.wargamer.com/forums/posts.asp?t=583023

Ultimately, its a refinement of the Mount & Musket mod that has been around for quite some time. To get the best out of it, you need a group of folks who are willing to be commanded, disciplined and work as a military fighting unit, if you want to taste proper Napoleonic warfare.

What I didn't know was that there is going to be a commanders mode, where you take control of a formation of AI units, that you can command and order into lines of battle. That sounds like a most enticing mode, since you'll then be able to get a feel for line battles without having to join a regiment and put hours of dedicated marching and training.

It's another step closer to the nirvana that is virtual re-enactment.

[jomni]

If you play infantry and you die?  Do you spawn back?  Take the role of another infantry that's still living.  Do you follow commands from your commander or just do free for all skirmish?

As for being a commander, you don't really go riding and slashing enemies with your sabre because you can just get killed instantly.  Or do you?

[Bison]

All good questions jomni.

[spelk]

If you play infantry and you die? 

Yes, you die.

Do you spawn back? 

Not in a multiplayer match, you have to wait for the next round.

Take the role of another infantry that's still living. 

Nope.

Do you follow commands from your commander or just do free for all skirmish?

There are no in-game commands as far as I can remember. Although with this new refined version of the mod, perhaps there are.

Commands where usually organised by your regimental commander, over Teamspeak. In fact we had several formations marching in different directions to perform flanking manoeuvres as well as a small detachment of Lancers and Skirmishers. All had their own Teamspeak room, and leader in charge. It was very disciplined, the regiment I joined. A lot of other regiments are not so military or strict.

As for being a commander, you don't really go riding and slashing enemies with your sabre because you can just get killed instantly.  Or do you?

I've not seen this commander mode myself, only in the developer video on YouTube.
http://youtu.be/x9IjJqlr31I

I think the idea is that you try to command the AI troops as best you can from an on-foot position. However, you can get stuck in and shoot and fight. I'm not sure what happens when the commander dies, perhaps he does jump into another AI soldier that is still alive? Or just respawns as the commander with his troops remaining.

[Gusington]

I would be all over this if there was a single player campaign, or if we could get a nice sized group together here.

[Fetrik]

I watched a lp of ppl playing Mount and Musket getting 5 life. Or untill flag was capped.

[TheCommandTent]

Not my cup of tea but it does sound interesting.


Now what I really want is a LOTR mod or DLC for Mount and Blade!

[jomni]

BTW I used played Battlegrounds mod for Source Egine.  Set during the revolutionary war.  The line battles were short and fun (no respawn).  But part of the fun is if everyone follows the voice commands of the commander. It does get dull really quick.

[TheCommandTent]

BTW I used played Battlegrounds mod for Source Egine.  Set during the revolutionary war.  The line battles were short and fun (no respawn).  But part of the fun is if everyone follows the voice commands of the commander. It does get dull really quick.

I played that too a couple of times.  But inevitability somebody would just charge forward and start stabbing people with their bayonet and ruin the whole experience.

[Bison]

The is a LOTR mod for the original M&B called Third Age.

[TheCommandTent]

The is a LOTR mod for the original M&B called Third Age.

Any idea if one is being made for Warband?

[Bison]

I'm not sure, but not that I know of.

[spelk]

Looks like it's available to buy from GG Now!

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-MBWNW/mount-and-blade-warband-napoleonic-wars

[Jarhead0331]

Is there absolutely no single-player option? The commander mode seems ideal for this.