The content of this topic is suitable for all hack-and-slash players. I believe that both new and old players can gain something! The guides are all summarized and explored by the poster himself. If you have any questions, please point them out. If you have anything you want to add, you are welcome to add. The poster will regularly add the content added by everyone in the replies to the topic and indicate it.
Finally, it is recommended that you do not use bugs or repetitive mechanical operations to gain skills/money/soldiers, etc., which will greatly reduce the game experience. It is better to directly cheat to solve the problem through such repetitive mechanical operations or bugs.
【Settings】
1. When entering each town, it is recommended to check whether there is a competitive competition in the arena. The benefits in the early to mid-term are huge.
In the early stage, you mainly rely on the prizes from competitive competitions to quickly make a fortune or equip yourself. Reputation also needs to be accumulated in early and mid-term tasks.
2. The pack horses, mules, and camels in the backpack can increase the capacity of the backpack, and other horses can increase the team's running speed in the big map.
Except for horses that only increase the capacity of the backpack, it is recommended that everyone buy around 100 (you can also sell them to make money if you buy too much, don’t let it go if you see it)
3. The dens of wild monsters will regularly refresh wild monsters nearby, so it is generally not recommended to clear them. You can clear monsters regularly to earn money and reputation.
However, if the den is next to your territory, it must be cleared because wild monsters will attack villagers. If a villager dies, the villagers' specialties/food cannot be transported to the town, causing serious economic damage. If the den is refreshed repeatedly, the security of the territory will be too low.
4. After clicking on the tavern, if there is an NPC in it, it will be displayed in the upper right corner. Right-click on his avatar in the lower-right corner to directly view his attributes, and left-click to directly talk to him.
5. After selecting an item in the inventory, you can control the quantity through the lower lever, which is usually used for large-scale goods transactions (otherwise, buying and selling hundreds of goods will be really useless)
6. Press N in the game to enter the encyclopedia interface, where you can view the location of the lord, the country's territory, the state of war declaration, the evolution tree of the arms, etc. (It’s the log of Cut One)
7. There are many bugs in the mission system at present. I personally do not recommend that you do the missions yourself. You don’t have to do ordinary missions.
The tasks of people with relatively high influence can be done by their own NPCs (the influence can be seen by pointing up to the merchant's avatar in the upper right corner. The higher the influence, the stronger the soldiers spawned.
8. The brightness of the in-game video can be adjusted. Just set it to a point where you can barely see the difference between different color grids.
9. To save face pinching, press Ctrl+C on the face pinching interface to save the data. You can create a file to save this data. When using it, just paste Ctrl+V to restore the face shape you saved.
10. Skill points are divided into two categories: talent points on the left, specialization points on the right, all acquisition speeds on the left, and acquisition speed and unlocked skills on the right.
Another special thing to note is that after unlocking the skill, you have to choose it yourself. You need to select the white shield symbol before you can activate it.
11. Cut two economic cycles: robbers will attack villagers, and villagers will bring specialties and food to towns to maintain the food and prosperity of towns. At the same time, the completion of transactions will increase the influence of village and town merchants.
Influence will affect the recruitment of troops, and the quality of the recruitment of troops will affect the combat effectiveness of the lord. Therefore, if you want to run a country well, you must fully understand this. The bandit nests in your country must be cleared in time, and the various bandits you see on the road must also be cleared. To be eliminated.
【General】
1. When riding a horse, double-click w to start quickly, double-click s to make an emergency stop, and when raising the shield, you can press E to break the shield (all are very useful skills, especially in the early competitive games, they need to be used flexibly!)
2. The level of AI in the current version is Archers > Cavalry > Infantry > Cavalry. In terms of the current restraint of the arms, archers can currently fight any arm (due to high accuracy) and the same number of people will at least equal the profit.
Cavalry archers can attack other types of troops except cavalry, and cavalry can fight other types of troops except pikemen. Infantry mainly relies on numbers. For me, it is mainly against long-range. (This one may be controversial, but it’s all based on my own testing and actual play)
3. Command of the archers: In the early stage, the formation must be spread out (otherwise there will be soldiers unable to shoot), then move to a suitable position according to the formation, and then just keep shooting.
When the infantry of both sides are about to engage in battle, start moving to the side and rear of the enemy infantry (otherwise, you will not shoot)
4. Infantry command: open the shield wall, and then turn off free fire (otherwise some weapons will be thrown, and this interval will easily be attacked by local long-range attacks). Place the archers on the side and in front to attack the long-range attack first.
If there is a large-scale battle, it is recommended to manually set the orientation, otherwise the enemy cavalry will look back when they charge, and charge when the infantry of both sides are fighting (otherwise they will not attack much)
5. Command of the Cavalry Archers: Be careful not to follow the Cavalry Archers and then rush into any group of arms. The Cavalry Archers are relatively weak in protection and avoid direct contact. Generally, when the two sides are about to engage in battle, they will automatically circle and shoot when charging.
6. Cavalry command: Generally, the F6 formation is used. I don’t remember what it is called. It is generally recommended to follow. If AI is used, place the enemy infantry/archers to the side and rear to charge.
Note that it is recommended to use cavalry to intercept enemy cavalry/cavalry, otherwise it will affect the normal performance of infantry archers.
7. If you don’t know how to command/don’t want to command, you can directly use F6 to entrust AI command. Although it is not as powerful as manual command, it is worse than random charging.
8. Going into battle in person gives the troops very little experience, while commanding from behind gives the troops a lot of experience. It is recommended that you use sit-down command when encountering robbers, because the robbers will not cause casualties to the troops.
Others, such as pirates, forest bandits, etc., are recommended to go into battle in person. If these people sit in command, they will cause casualties to the troop members, and they are random. The death of a sixth-level soldier is really heartbreaking.
9. When shooting arrows in a fixed position or charging with a long pole weapon or a lance, it is recommended to press R to open the first-person perspective for a better feel.
10. Cut 2 cancels the automatic lance sprint setting. When the mount reaches a certain speed (an icon is displayed in the lower right corner), press x to raise the gun to enter the automatic lance sprint mode.
11. After becoming independent, the NPC will gain more benefits by establishing an army from the family panel than by being in the team. After the NPC is established, it will be the same as other lords, but when establishing a group army, inviting him to join does not require consuming influence.
12. Shield defense is no longer about raising the shield to block all directions. There are also four shield raising directions: up, down, left, and right. Among them, raising the shield downward can block attacks from all directions from the front, but the consumption of the shield is accelerated.
But it does not mean that you have to match the direction of the opponent's attack. As long as the angle area and the area of the opponent's attack touch, you can block successfully.
13. The tavern NPCs that can be recruited are mainly divided into warriors, doctors, scouts, and commanders. The specific attributes of these can be determined according to Article 4 of the setting chapter.
14. Two-handed weapons that can cut a lot can be used for AOE attacks. I particularly recommend the Long Yanyue Sword (sold in desert countries), which has a fast attack speed and a long weapon with high damage! As a knife, it can also be used to charge with a lance, which is simply a magical weapon.
【Big Businessman】
1. If the weapons are sold, it is recommended to smelt them at a blacksmith shop. Usually the price after smelting will be higher, and it is recommended to sell them to a caravan or a village, because the price of goods in towns will fluctuate according to the quantity of goods.
2. Buy goods: The best option is to go directly to the villagers. Without middlemen to make the difference, you can usually get the goods at the lowest price.
You can also purchase goods from caravans, villages, and towns, but the price in caravans, villages, and towns is generally slightly higher, and the price of goods in towns will fluctuate according to the quantity of goods.
3. Sell goods: The best option is to find a caravan. Generally, the price is high and the quantity will not affect the price. For small quantities, you can find a village.
You can also sell them in towns, but the quantity of goods in towns will affect the price of goods.
4. If the price of the product shown above is green, it means it is lower than the average price (worth buying); if it is red, it means it is higher than the average price (worth selling)
5. It is not recommended that you trade according to a fixed route or keep a small notebook to record prices. You can make money easily just by following what I mentioned above.
And it feels like playing a businessman. If you sell and buy mechanically, I think it is better to cheat.
6. Establish a caravan in time after you have a certain amount of capital (talk to the first person in the NPC in the upper right corner of the town)
Or build a factory (slightly difficult) to subsidize military expenditures/become a source of income without running businesses in the later stage.
7. Factory opening experience: It is very real to open a factory by riding and slashing. You should choose which factory to open based on the local raw material purchase price and actual situation. The way to open a factory is to enter the town map and hold down alt to see various factories.
In the past, you could buy a factory just by asking a store clerk. Factors that affect the sales of products include the prosperity of the city, the number of times the lord recruits soldiers, etc. For example, a city with high prosperity will sell more velvet and pottery, and a city with more recruits will sell more wood and blacksmiths. .
What affects the profit of product sales is the purchase price of raw materials in local cities. For this, you need to choose a place with sufficient raw materials. You can look at the products in nearby villages. As long as you are close, the purchase price will be low. If the purchase price of raw materials is high, no matter how much sales you sell, there will be no profit. .
8. Buy more camels (you can usually buy them by trading with villagers), otherwise there will be no capacity for loading.
9. All goods are worth trading, but in the early stage it is recommended to buy products with high unit prices, because your loading capacity is small and you cannot restock in large quantities.
10. When you find a caravan at a suitable price and can buy it, you can wait where you are. The prices of caravans on the same route are basically the same, but please note that it is recommended to sell the same type of goods at once to ensure the highest profit.
Once a large quantity is sold once, the rarity of the item in the area decreases, so the second sale price will not be that high.
11. Pointing up a village will display its specialties, which can be used to purchase goods. For villagers, it is recommended to squat in the nearby main city. Villagers have fixed routes to sell goods in the main city (be careful to clear out wild monsters or they will be killed on the way).
The above is the entire content of the practical guide to Mount and Blade 2 skills. I hope it will be helpful to you.