The Swadians hold their position at the edge of the playing area, they have a strange tendancy to do this, I order my men to hold position nearby and I head off to see where the enemy are.
Then two of the armies head off to attack a nearby group of Rhodok, they outnumber them 176-36 so I decide to join in. When you are not moving on the map screen in Mount & Blade the game pauses, in order to wait you hold down the space bar, we stay put for three whole days. It’s then that I notice that one of the parties is headed by the King of Swadia. I follow them, deep into Rhodok territory, and soon we are once again seiging a castle. Unfortunately the party makes it to a nearby castle, we siege it for a while then the group moves on. Once you swear loyalty to one of the factions you are able to join their fights, this is a great way to practice against high level troops. When you are independent you can only join fights involving caravans, bandits, manhunters and the such. I come across three swadian armies chasing after a Rhodok party. I decide to head for Rhodok territory and see what I find.
I’m in the position where the size of my party makes me too slow to take on the smaller bandit groups, and yet I’m still not big or experienced enough to take on faction armies.
I started off today, unsure of what to do next.
