I just came back to the game after a year hiatus, and I'm thrilled they finally actually added mechanics rather than just doing endless bug and balance patches that somehow break every mod with every patch. I discovered the sneaking tutorial, and then found out that basically every stealth kill or every other stealth kill gives a level of roguery. (5 focus points) now I'm wondering what's the point of alleys anymore. They were never particularly good, but at least there was an argument to be made that they increased roguery. But now that I can just go farm hideout stealth missions, earn way more money, keep my companions in my party, and not gain crime in the process, I'm wondering what purpose alleys serve anymore? (Alley income should be ×10 imo) submitted by /u/forfor [link] [comments]
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Mount and Blade. The lore is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of postclassical Eurasian History most of the references will go over a typical player’s head. There’s also Calradia’s feudal outlook, which is deftly woven into its characterisation- its integral politics draws heavily from Niccolo Machiavelli's literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these political conventions, to realise that they’re not just a method to ascend to the throne- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Mount & Blade truly ARE peasants- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the the forethought put into Harlaus' inaugural catchphrase “Then At Praven We Feast,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Saultnami’s Vaegir conquest of Yarograd. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated serfs rubbing their axes in confusion as TaleWorlds' genius wit unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😆
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Mount and Blade tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand by appreciating my poetry learned from the greatest skalds. Nothin personnel milord 😎
Submitted October 21, 2017 at 09:02PM by RamenCloset http://ift.tt/2yFo2cc
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