Mount&Blade occupied quite a bit of my time in the years immediately preceding this blog's start, qualifying alongside the likes of Civilization 4 as one of those games I had to uninstall to stop myself from playing. Several years ago I bid it a final farewell, anticipating the sequel's impending release... which impended for quite a while as it turns out. When M&B2: Bannerlord finally came out I decided based on rumors to allow it a year or two of patches, this being one I really want to enjoy.
And now.
It is time.
Time for my triumphant return to the vales and ramparts of Calradia.
Time to build a character, build an army, build a kingdom, build a glorious campaign upon my unmatched FPS/RPG/Strategic savoir-faire.
The original M&B was late middle ages European flavored, with this prequel rehashing Roman dissolution, and the faction system seems expanded. I used to spend most of my time as Vaegir / Rhodok but this time I surprised myself by not picking a borderland origin. Imperial I am then, scion of fallen glory, glory of fallen scions, scientist of gory fellings. Jolly good, pip-pip... wait, wrong empire... jam est sous avions... nope, still a bit off... all o' who ache bore? getting colder... umm, 'ave a quasar! Key vis-a-vis roam-anus sumo. That's the one! Cool. A'ight, I got this.
Sandboxin' on bannerlord difficulty - ironman mode (not that I won't cheat by Alt-F4 if I feel like it.) Let's see, I was born to urban artisans, noted for my aptitude with numbers, gathered herbs in the wild, stood guard with the garrisons, saved my village from a flood and am starting my campaign at the moderate age of 30. I hear they're running some kind of permadeath / lineage system now so I want to leave myself plenty of time for good ol' patrician porkin'.
The skill system certainly looks improved, though I have to wonder at hard- and soft-caps. Think I managed to approximate my usual support caster role, though the engineering skill probably won't bear fruit for many a year. First order of business is to head into town to trade this starter twig and arrows in for a proppah x-bo.
While I'm here, I bethought myself of ascertaining the new decor's interaction potential (very low in the original) and sought a better vantage point for an opening screenshot. Like the now scalable gate towers.
Let's see, can I hop between these crenelations to the gatehouse roof?
Oh... am I now stuck because I can no longer jump back up?
Is the only way down... y'know, straight down?
Will I take falling damage if I drop here in town?
The answer to all these questions, as it turns out, was <YES>
Well then.
From the bottom of my last health point, I swear, I'm really a medieval military genius!
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P.S. I did remember I could've probably ESC-ed out of my predicament... after I'd taken the plunge.
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