How the hell do I kill bandits???

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Henry is level 6 and I still can't kill off the bandits southwest of Rattay. No idea how its possible killing 5 of them even with arrows. What do I do?

[Lieste]

South East?
I haven't had too much problem with them. Shield and hammer works well - it makes short work of armoured opponents, works well against unarmoured still, and the shield is a reasonable passive defence against arrows and even a few hits from melee weapons.

Alternatively train more with the longsword and use 'fehler' to open the opponent's guard and strike the face. It is a nice easy device to use - an unterhau from the left, followed by two thrusting actions, (interpreted once you know the device into a Zwerchau or possibly Zerkel to quickly strike both sides of the face). You could also use the scheilhau (short edge cut) to the head, as taught by Captain Bernard, but I find it less reliable.

Using position and place to keep the attacked opponent between his allies and you and it is quite possible to fight against multiple opponents. Better to move sideways - and target the nearest opponent, than to try to walk backwards faster than they can run forwards though. Using stealth to attack sleeping enemies, shoot people in the back etc can reduce the number of opponents to fight. Poisoning food or wine during the night and waiting till after 'breakfast' can also be a huge help, but you need to be careful not to wake people with noisy armour or clumsy approach.

[Red Panda]

Sneak in and poison their food, wait some time and loot ;)

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Originally posted by Lieste:

South East?
I haven't had too much problem with them. Shield and hammer works well - it makes short work of armoured opponents, works well against unarmoured still, and the shield is a reasonable passive defence against arrows and even a few hits from melee weapons.

Alternatively train more with the longsword and use 'fehler' to open the opponent's guard and strike the face. It is a nice easy device to use - an unterhau from the left, followed by two thrusting actions, (interpreted once you know the device into a Zwerchau or possibly Zerkel to quickly strike both sides of the face). You could also use the scheilhau (short edge cut) to the head, as taught by Captain Bernard, but I find it less reliable.

Using position and place to keep the attacked opponent between his allies and you and it is quite possible to fight against multiple opponents. Better to move sideways - and target the nearest opponent, than to try to walk backwards faster than they can run forwards though. Using stealth to attack sleeping enemies, shoot people in the back etc can reduce the number of opponents to fight. Poisoning food or wine during the night and waiting till after 'breakfast' can also be a huge help, but you need to be careful not to wake people with noisy armour or clumsy approach.

Yes I meant Southeast. I am using a short sword without a shield. Practice several times with Bernard but I'm having trouble with combos. Managed to choke out a guard but after I dragged him back what I thought was a good amount was immediatley discovered

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Also all my armor is at 50 cond or less. have 120 Groschen on me. Current point in the story is talking to Reeky's friend in Merhojed

[Elfie]

Originally posted by SpicyJuan:

Also all my armor is at 50 cond or less. have 120 Groschen on me. Current point in the story is talking to Reeky's friend in Merhojed

1)You dont have to fight all the bandits at once. Run from them until only 1-2 are pursuing you, then fight them, them chase rest and kill 1 by 1.

2)You can use stealth. Undress (Yes, remove all that metal crap and clothing you wearing, you do not need it), and sneak on them 1by1, finishing each off with a sword after knocking them unconscious from stealth. After lvl 5 Stealth you won't even need a sword, just a dagger will do

P.s. You got so far in story and still level 6 with crappy gear? omg

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Might be late to add, but I play as Cuman, so going on horse and using bow ( love using cuman one) I cleared every camp, be it 4 or 8 bandits. Rattay bandits are joke, wait till Talmberg where are cumans, last camp has 6 of em in full cuman armor, but still managable.

Last bandit quests are north of Sasau, and last camp has 8 full plate/brigandine robber knights.

If you spend all arrows, sabre from horseback on full gallop will insta kill even full brigandine knight :).

Hope this helps!!!

[Elfie]

Originally posted by ----:

wait till Talmberg where are cumans, last camp has 6 of em in full cuman armor, but still managable.

The main bandit camp is north of Talmberg, it is called Prybyslavits or something. There are like 30 bandits in it, including Raubritters in full plate, Cuman Lords (wearing Cuman Lord armor), etc. Nothing a good halberd can't chop, trough.

[Bucklax]

Go back to Sir Bernard and train, learn how to riposte from him. He calls it Masterstroke

[Biohog]

Originally posted by SpicyJuan:

Henry is level 6 and I still can't kill off the bandits southwest of Rattay. No idea how its possible killing 5 of them even with arrows. What do I do?

I found getting one on their own, then ambushing them with my truncheon from the side/behind and smacking them in the head repeatedly while they tried to get their weapon out worked wonders. They didn't even get a chance to yell for helpl.

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Originally posted by Jambatti:

Originally posted by SpicyJuan:

Also all my armor is at 50 cond or less. have 120 Groschen on me. Current point in the story is talking to Reeky's friend in Merhojed

1)You dont have to fight all the bandits at once. Run from them until only 1-2 are pursuing you, then fight them, them chase rest and kill 1 by 1.

2)You can use stealth. Undress (Yes, remove all that metal crap and clothing you wearing, you do not need it), and sneak on them 1by1, finishing each off with a sword after knocking them unconscious from stealth. After lvl 5 Stealth you won't even need a sword, just a dagger will do

P.s. You got so far in story and still level 6 with crappy gear? omg

Stealth is working ok so far. Been pushing through the story while doing all the sidequests that I'm given, not seekig any out. By crappy armor I mean I have full Cuman gear and a standard soldiers armor. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Doesn't help that Miller Peshek won't buy my stolen armor.

[Radio Dead]

yeah that leader was tough
I definitely raged on this quest lol. it's over now, i'm all better

[Elfie]

Originally posted by SpicyJuan:

Stealth is working ok so far. Been pushing through the story while doing all the sidequests that I'm given, not seekig any out. By crappy armor I mean I have full Cuman gear and a standard soldiers armor. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Doesn't help that Miller Peshek won't buy my stolen armor.

Well full Cuman gear is no crappy armor. With basic Cuman gear and average shortsword you should be able to kill most of the opponents with ease. I think the problem is you didn't have much practice on how to move in combat...don't worry, you'll learn soon enough.

Main advice - dont afraid to kite, run away and then go back. Tactical retreat is not shameful, dont try fighting 5-6 men head on( if you're not feeling super confident with ur weapon) and then loading save again and again. Instead, kite them - AI is stupid as a stump in this game so its easy to take advantage of them.

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Ok here's an update: I was able to pick of two of them by sneaking around. At night I killed the leader in his sleep and another guy fell easily in 1v1 combat. Picked up some good gear but the question is, where do I sell stolen armor, and how can I repair everything? Most stuff is near 40-50 zero and even the tailor won'tt repair my stuff that's at 20 or less.

[Yakubian Knight]

you're only level 6 mate.

[Biohog]

Originally posted by SpicyJuan:

Ok here's an update: I was able to pick of two of them by sneaking around. At night I killed the leader in his sleep and another guy fell easily in 1v1 combat. Picked up some good gear but the question is, where do I sell stolen armor, and how can I repair everything? Most stuff is near 40-50 zero and even the tailor won'tt repair my stuff that's at 20 or less.

At low levels with low cash, keep anything you want for yourself, sell everything else you can carry. Use that to pay for repairs and then get small repair kits. Ideally use the kits after every fight. If stuff takes too much damage a repair kit won't cut it and you;'ll have to pay the relevent specialist to repair it.