I suggest turning the difficulty down to the easiest settings at first (you talk 1/4 normal damage). Once you get used to the game, youвЂ™ll find it has one of the most intuitive fighting mechanics in any game around. At the start of the game, you will miss-time your attacks and blocks, and you wonвЂ™t have the best grasp on how much reach each weapon has (causing you to miss a lot fighting horse back). The gameвЂ™s combat takes some getting used to. The one thing to note is that your enemies will also couch their lances, so watch out! They generally prefer to go for normal attacks (which can still do a lot of damage), but leading a cavalry straight into an enemy cavalry can prove fatal.Дў. And if you donвЂ™t kill your opponent, you will almost certainly break their shield. You can even take down an armoured war horse with one hit, if you hit it head on. Couched lance damage does immense damage. Then you just have to aim at your enemies. You will automatically lower your polearm. To couch a polearm, all you have to do is get your mount to a galloping speed and not press either mouse key (attack or block).

pitchforks and scythes вЂ“ but generally speaking all вЂspearвЂ™ or вЂlanceвЂ™ weapons can be. Not all weapons in the polearm family can be couched вЂ“ e.g. First you need a polearm that is couchable (if it is, then in battle there will be a grey/red dot next to the weapon at the bottom right corner).

I havenвЂ™t played WarbandвЂ™s tutorial but original M&B did not include one of the most important gameplay elements in its so IвЂ™ll add it here: COUCHED LANCING. I donвЂ™t know another game that plays like Warband and you probably donвЂ™t either. I know I died a lot around my first play through and I was always dirt poor, however this guide should help all of you beginners out there, as well as this some of you more experienced users may pick up a trick or two!ДЎ.В This isnвЂ™t a game you can skip the tutorial Warband is not the most friendly of games to start off with as many aspects of it are confusing.

Mount and blade warband weapons