Mount and Blade Napoleonic DLC

[jomni]

The Commander mode servers are quite tame.  I like that mode very much.  Much more organized and civil and you don't need to wait a long time after you die.  It's a unique experience compared to standard FPS / Action games.

Most important of all, I suck when playing free-for-all battles in this game.

[Nefaro]

Commander Mode is a lot of fun. 

But I often get frustrated because there's a bug that will make your soldiers stop listening to you!  Some ppl have said that it happens when you get near the edge of the map, but I've had it nowhere near there, too.   :-[  Wish they would squash that damn thing so I could play Commander mode for awhile before ragequitting back to regular battles.

[Bison]

Impulse screwed me all weekend and is still doing so.  They have yet to patch up to the latest version so no nappy fun for me.  This is the problem I have with impulse they are always slow at releasing patches.  I left some hater posts on their forums.  I'm done buying from those asshats.  The deals you get just aren't worth the freaking hassle.

[Nefaro]

Impulse screwed me all weekend and is still doing so.  They have yet to patch up to the latest version so no nappy fun for me.  This is the problem I have with impulse they are always slow at releasing patches.  I left some hater posts on their forums.  I'm done buying from those asshats.  The deals you get just aren't worth the freaking hassle.

Umm... I don't think their software is integrated into the EXE, like Steam is.  You can probably d/l the dev's patches from their forum and apply them to your Impulse games.

http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,227253.0.html

[jomni]

Commander Mode is a lot of fun. 

But I often get frustrated because there's a bug that will make your soldiers stop listening to you!  Some ppl have said that it happens when you get near the edge of the map, but I've had it nowhere near there, too.   :-[  Wish they would squash that damn thing so I could play Commander mode for awhile before ragequitting back to regular battles.

How do you replicate that? I haven't had that bug yet.

[jomni]

AAR is up.  Not a nice one since we lost and the battle is quite small.

http://jomnisgames.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-not-to-conduct-cavalry-charge.html

[Nefaro]

How do you replicate that? I haven't had that bug yet.

Dunno but I managed to do it three times in my last four battles.   Must be some obscure command combo sequence or something.   The brown frequency..

[spelk]

Theres something going on with line infantry, I must have missed the boat, because from going from a reasonable player - lining up, loosing volleys, and having some success - I now seemed to be constantly sniped and my lines thinned, before I get into range for my muskets to have any effect.

Wether everyone is choosing rifled sniper troops rather than your bog standard line infantry I don't know. But its starting to happen  a lot in Commander Battles.

Either I'm doing something wrong - which I wasn't doing at the start of it all... or some tactical shift has happened and I've simply missed out on the memo.

[Bison]

Impulse finally got the patch out.  Back to the battle!

[Nefaro]

Theres something going on with line infantry, I must have missed the boat, because from going from a reasonable player - lining up, loosing volleys, and having some success - I now seemed to be constantly sniped and my lines thinned, before I get into range for my muskets to have any effect.

Wether everyone is choosing rifled sniper troops rather than your bog standard line infantry I don't know. But its starting to happen  a lot in Commander Battles.

Either I'm doing something wrong - which I wasn't doing at the start of it all... or some tactical shift has happened and I've simply missed out on the memo.

The best I've ever done in those is break about even in kills-deaths with my unit, over a few matches.  I'm not sure if there's a trick, either, because all the matches I've been in only have one rifle unit available per side.  Sitting on top of a hill, and unloading at the other side, just as they are.  I had figured perhaps someone took an artillery unit and was pounding me with it, but those were bullets killing my men from that distance, not round shot ripping through the ranks. Hell, I've even managed to flank an enemy inf unit a couple times, by sneaking around & coming up over a hill side-on to them, and ordering a simultaneous volley.  That's probably the only reason I tied on that set of matches.  But the enemy still out-shot me after that initial surprise, mowing my grenadiers down like grass.

I've tried telling them to hold fire until my command, then volleying at once, and also fire at will.  Not much else to change about the firing other than "spread out" which doesn't seem to do anything most of the time I've used it.  Perhaps always using single line instead of double line?  I dunno.  *shrug*

[jomni]

Yes.  I noticed a lot of people doing single line now. 

[Bison]

I don't like the respawn in battle mode.  I usually die within 30 seconds of the battle starting, which means I get to watch for the next 9 1/2 minutes.

[jomni]

I don't like the respawn in battle mode.  I usually die within 30 seconds of the battle starting, which means I get to watch for the next 9 1/2 minutes.

That's the reason why I play in Commander Mode.  I suck at killing people myself so I just let the AI bots do it for me. :)

[Toonces]

I don't like the respawn in battle mode.  I usually die within 30 seconds of the battle starting, which means I get to watch for the next 9 1/2 minutes.

That's the reason why I play in Commander Mode.  I suck at killing people myself so I just let the AI bots do it for me. :)

Agree Bison, that's why I spend a lot more time playing siege than battle.

However, if you're going to play battle, there is definitely some incentive to wait a minute or so before getting into the thick of it.  Allow the crush to subside a bit and then join in the fray.  Otherwise, like you, I end up watching the battle for 9 minutes...

[Bison]

I've yet to see a siege server with anyone playing.  It's my favorite map type on Warband too, but you hardly ever see them played any more.