I have a nice wife, a nice fief too, a castle on a hill with a magnificent view. I have fertile lands, and villages that thrive, hundreds of troops who somehow stay alive. My coffers are heavy, my warband is fed, my enemies see my banner and occasionally drop dead. I have horses and armor, silver and grain, a hall full of nobles complaining again. By every measure, I’ve won at this game. I’ve conquered, grown wealthy, and built up my name. Yet I stand on my battlements when the campaigning is done, watching the mountains fade with the sun. My wife is beside me. My kingdom is strong. My vaults overflow. But something feels wrong. I’ve everything a lord could possibly acquire… Maybe what’s missing another fief to desire. submitted by /u/t-o-m-u-s-a [link] [comments]
I've been playing MnB on-and-off since Classic (original MnB) was, maybe, version 0.808 (if not 0.650-or-so even), but I never got too far into actually campaigning. I would always just run around the map, fighting bandits, doing quests for lords, and... I actually did join a kingdom a couple of times, but yeah, it was all on-and-off, and then the mods dropped and I never actually reached very far into anything. Then came Warband, and I switched to that.
Just now this thought hit me: What was Classic's endgame?
In Warband, it's pretty clear - start your own kingdom and take over the entire map. But in Classic, you couldn't start a legit kingdom, because this feature just wasn't written into the game. If you took a fief for yourself, your domain would be called "(kingdom name) rebels" or something along those lines, and there'd be no way to interact with other kingdoms outside of all-out war, especially since you couldn't even make peace - kingdoms would always refuse you.
Was the endgame to join a kingdom and conquer the entire map for said kingdom? I think that was it, but I don't know.
So, if any of you, fellow veterans, could tell me, I'll be grateful. :)
Submitted May 26, 2021 at 07:13PM by Almerious https://ift.tt/3fnYJ3z
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