Valor Time

Ein Spiel das Spaß macht. Alles in allem läuft es stabil, die Steuerung ist gut. Ab und an kleinere Bugs wie Maus verlässt plötzlich das Spiele Fenster im Window-mode oder man kann plötzlich nicht mehr schlagen (lässt sich mit mehrfach Waffenwechsel beheben) kommt aber sehr selten vor.
After having read some of the negative reviews I need to say most is not like they say.
First of all Server Location is in Central Europe, Munich South-East part of germany.
Even if you have a bad ping it is compensated by the game, I have an average Ping of about 14 when I look into it in germany, one guy I know in the game plays from the USA he has a Ping of about 270 when I look into it, but fighting him is the same as fighting low ping Players and he also says that the game runs good for him.
Yes there are not so many people in the game yet and lot of them write russian but you can ask questions in english if someone can help you they will. The community is pretty nice which you will see when playing a while the more people join and stay the more fun you have. Maybe in european night time it´s harder to find people playing but I had so far no problems to find matches during daytime I usually play between 2pm and 10pm.
Yes T1 and T2 share the battleground so you can meet people with one Tier higher than the T1 starter but if you get used to how to parry without shield, block with shield (you don´t have one at start but you can buy one for your char quiet fast), learn how to move and when to strike you can take down every T2 with a T1, still the better the players are the harder it is regardless of equipment.
Weapons have different attack ranges you need to relearn strike distance with every weapon new also how fast they strike differs. It also matters which weapon you use against which armour type like blades do 125% dmg to light armour 100% to medium and 75% to heavy armour, clubs do high damage against heavy armour and low damage against light armour, axes are good to take down enemy shields and so on, you can always find a description when you look on the weapons information. Btw up to T2 medium is the highest armour, heavy starts at T3.
Every Unit has it´s own stats so even the 3 peasents on T1 have a different amount of health like european has highest life and armour (all have light armour but the armourpoints differ)
Mongols have lowest health but highest health regeneration and stamina regeneration, Russian Viking Faction lies in between so average.
You don´t lose money when you fight with T1 so if you got a T2 and had bad luck and you are running low on money take a view rounds a T1, the xp you earn with the T1 is needed to unlock more T2 units (explore) or can be spent into skills when you got the necessary buildings up. The money you earn with any TUnit can be spent on any TUnit. T2 and higher you have to compensate let´s say repair costs after a match. The more times you hit and the more kills you can get the more money and experience you get, if your Party lost you might have - money for the match, try next round it´s the same for everyone maybe next round your party wins that also rises the gained money and xp and compensates lost games.
Hackers... havn´t seen any so far so no one attacking from underground or flying around.
Maybe there were or might come Hackers into the game but that can happen in every game so if it happens simply report it.
For beginners do not only use left mouse button to attack, you have 3 attacks swing from right and left side and hack from up to downside, you also have a kick which can stun your enemy for a moment, so do hits with weapons. If you don´t like the button position put them for example on middle mouse button or mouse side buttons to be comfortable with moving and striking. Do not just run straight to your opponent wild swinging your weapon, experienced players will do a sidestep turn 90 degree and hit your butt, do that 2-3 times you are dead.
You can also parry blows only with a weapon but you have to hit the correct angle and it´s much harder to do so like with a shield which is bigger, you have to look into the direction from where the blow comes so if he swings from right side you have to turn a lil left, he still might swing above or below your weapon and hit you, depends on the aiming heighth, same with shield but you have a bigger area where you can block successfully.
You have to learn how/when to move how/when to strike 0,1s striking difference can be the reason for hitting the enemy, his shield or missing same in the opposite for being hit on body shield or enemy misses you.
Never ever just blindly run away when seeing a better equipped enemy, keep him in sight if you only avoid fights on the one hand you don´t learn anything except of fleeing on the other hand the enemy might have throwing weapons if you don´t see that he switches from axe to throwing axe and aims on you, you might be faster dead than having tried to fight him.
Still keep in mind every hit you do gives you additional xp and money not only the kills.
Where does your enemy aim at if he ducks it might be the feet and he can hit you below your shield, when he looks up he might aim for your head and hit above the shield.
The heavier a unit is the faster stamina is used up so if you fight against a T2 (with medium armour, can also be light armour at T2) with a T1 you can make him move until he gets slow and start striking then, you might still lose but he has more problems avoiding your attacks.
You have different types of buildings like smithy where you can make any weapon or armour better up to lvl 5 when the requirements are fullfilled.
Another building grants you unlocking different passive and active skills which can be applied to your character (of that faction every faction has it´s own buildings) you can apply up to 3 passive and 2 active skills to a unit each skill can also be upgraded when you meet the building requirements and have the xp to do it.
There are also buildings where you can buy buff food, potions or banners but when you apply these to your character they are for one fight only, after one battle they are gone so think about if they are worth to buy for yourself, I didn´t so far, they can help but you have extra costs to compensate.
Last but not least as far as I can say the community has several kind players also top players that help you getting kills or wins so you can get a shield or maybe better weapon just ask same with any other questions like where to find the buyable equipment for your char they will guide you to find it, if you got no response wait a little maybe some are fighting at the moment or afk if you still get no response try later ;) .
When not so many people are in a match like 2 or 3 maybe they help you learning to move and strike just by trying to avoid your attacks or switch to a knife with almost 0 attack range, the sickle you get as T1 is better. You also will see there are lot of 1:1 battles where other players wait till one died before taking the next 1:1 it also helps getting used to the game mechanics. If you are dead and no lives left in a match but you have some people still fighting on your side, click on the screen you can zoom to them with leftclick and rotate camera with holding right mouse button, helped me a lot in the beginning just to see how people are moving in the game and when they strike.
Hope all of this helps some people.

fix the match join bug