Tying childbirth to companion death is stupid

[RyanS]

As the title says. Why not have an option for both like you used to? With it on - companions and lords drop like flies. With it off - there are no new heroes or ageing of any kind. Maybe some people like it that way but a quick glance at reddit says that plenty don't. Just give us the option.

[Darth Revan]

you can seperate companions and lords but if you have birht you need lords to die, there is no way around that.

some people prefere a more traditional mount & blade experience which is without birth and death.

[an entire Roman legion]

just let us toggle 'death in battle' its annoying to constantly babysit wife and companions.

[T.TV/holgomvan]

weird.. In the game im doing this patch i had 2 wifes die at the first child we have but no companions died so far.. kinda weird.

[ForwarD]

Why do you need new heroes anyway?

[an entire Roman legion]

Originally posted by ForwarD:

Why do you need new heroes anyway?

because they are part of the game and a cool feature?

[ForwarD]

Originally posted by Albob:

Originally posted by ForwarD:

Why do you need new heroes anyway?

because they are part of the game and a cool feature?

There are hundreds of them by default, personally I don't need more.

[an entire Roman legion]

Originally posted by ForwarD:

Originally posted by Albob:

because they are part of the game and a cool feature?

There are hundreds of them by default, personally I don't need more.

Yes, and it's annoying to constantly recruit new ones because they die in battle like flies, and in the moment it is also super annoying to babysit them in battles because you have no real tool to just keep them out of the fight.

[ForwarD]

Originally posted by Albob:

Originally posted by ForwarD:

There are hundreds of them by default, personally I don't need more.

Yes, and it's annoying to constantly recruit new ones because they die in battle like flies, and in the moment it is also super annoying to babysit them in battles because you have no real tool to just keep them out of the fight.

That's whyn I play classic M&B mode with deaths off :P

[Stevie Lee]

Originally posted by Albob:

Originally posted by ForwarD:

There are hundreds of them by default, personally I don't need more.

Yes, and it's annoying to constantly recruit new ones because they die in battle like flies, and in the moment it is also super annoying to babysit them in battles because you have no real tool to just keep them out of the fight.

Try putting them in lighter armor (protective, but very low encumbrance). I did that this play thru and I have only lost 4 companions over 12 years now of game time (and my sister was foot infantry for her first 100 battles, now she runs her own parties)-- full realism, and fighting for rep gain so often odds against me. Having high tier front line infantry and decent stand off archers helps. Also, you only need the companions for medical, engineering, scout and maybe trade (unless you do some of these yourself)... I have found it is far more useful to let some of them run their own parties... they level skills much better. Of course, if you are just F1 F3 into battle you will lose them.

[galadon3]

Originally posted by RyanS:

As the title says. Why not have an option for both like you used to? With it on - companions and lords drop like flies. With it off - there are no new heroes or ageing of any kind. Maybe some people like it that way but a quick glance at reddit says that plenty don't. Just give us the option.

+1

[indiehindi]

I would like to ask a question to you guys.

How to make babies?

I've started to think all the chars I have created are doomed to be infertile.

[T.TV/holgomvan]

Originally posted by indiehindi:

I would like to ask a question to you guys.

How to make babies?

I've started to think all the chars I have created are doomed to be infertile.

You just have to make your wife stay in your party and they will eventually make one..Also helps if your wife is below 35ish

[AfLIcTeD]

Originally posted by ForwarD:

Originally posted by Albob:

Yes, and it's annoying to constantly recruit new ones because they die in battle like flies, and in the moment it is also super annoying to babysit them in battles because you have no real tool to just keep them out of the fight.

That's whyn I play classic M&B mode with deaths off :P

Me too. It's not like children do anything anyway. I'll be long bored before any of my children hit 18. Then you have level them up all over again.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Kenji:

you can seperate companions and lords but if you have birht you need lords to die, there is no way around that.

some people prefere a more traditional mount & blade experience which is without birth and death.

^--- This.

However, I don't think gameplay can be balanced based on the player's choice, here. It'd have to be balanced for one or the other. Trying to balance for both would... be a ton of work. (IMO)

With one setting, you have a traditional "Warband" experience in a game that is blatantly designed to be a much more longer-play game. With the other? You get into a "generational play" game, which is longer than Warband, but with the end-game filled with "emptiness" with the only exception of a dynamic game mechanic being... generational play.

IMO, the end-game stretches on forever, through constant battles, constant fief-switching, etc, with nothing there to do BUT prepare for the next generation to take over... (I honestly just don't "get it." While the mechanic isn't a terrible idea, I don't understand how they intend to get from "Player 1" play to "children taking over." It's just not designed for that.)

Note: I haven't played the latest patches where they've supposedly made some changes for stability and for gameplay experience in the end-game. That being said, though, I can't see how that results in it being less grindy for the end-game player and I don't see anything added that provides some sort of interactive content to keep the end-game from making battles... boring. All it's got going for it is the hope that a new generation will spice up play...

[Netherdeath]

The worst part is that if you're using an old save , you were given no choice, it automatically got flipped on for those