

To strike out on your own you’ll need to build up support from discontented lords. The various routes to power are varied with diplomacy playing a far larger part that ever before. The AI makes more sensible decisions tactically when attacking other factions. If you can catch them in time then skelping fleeing cowards in the back is loads of fun.

Morale on the battlefield can drop so low that men will rout. Finally being able to afford the top tier armour and weaponry is great. There are new weapons, armour and unit types available to add to the already gigantic list of kit. You can now become ruler of your own faction and convince lords to join you or promote your party members by granting them lands.Yes that’s right you can finally become a King. There is an all new faction in the game called the Sarranid Sultanate. The eventual aim of such relations is to claim a hand in marriage. You can in fact now romance various damsels, with or without the permission of their family, and woo them with poetry learned from passing musicians.

