Regarding Khergits, I really have no trouble with 'em. Don't waste money on the original, just buy that one. Mount and Blade Warband is basically M&B original with added features. The games are quite challenging(sometimes frustratingly so) and have some good variety. Grey Templar wrote: Having recently discovered this series of games, I am very impressed. Its a painfully long slog to get decent gear, and insult to injury if you get captured you lose your weapons. Even deserters have little in the way of useful gear. And no type of enemy has any decent gear drops.

It takes forever just to get above 30 soldiers so you can raid villages without the villagers fighting back.

Even average gear costs a ton of cash and there is very little you can do early on to make money. With Fire and Sword: I feel that this one is my favorite setting, and I love that you can actually do some formations, but its soooooo hard to get established in this game. Otherwise, their fast horse archers plink you to death over forever. I typically find that I suffer only a couple casualties per battle if I use the above tactic. They just get stuck and infantry can cut them to shreds. They seem to always run circles around their opponent, but when they hit the edge of the map they don't automatically turn around or anything. It seems the only way to actually beat Kergit enemies is to exploit the way their AI interacts with the edge of the battle field. Mount and Blade(original): Kergit armies.

Having recently discovered this series of games, I am very impressed.

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