Arbalest on English mission

stephenterrell · Post by **stephenterrell** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:52 pm

Hi, I have gone through the English campaign once on easy and twice on normal and only been given the Knights lance option once. As far as I know i have completed all battles including the tournament and, again as far as i know, touched all the victory locations.

I have (i am reasonably sure) been awarded the arbalest (in the award box at the end of the mission) but never found it for any of the troops (most obvious being the archers). I guess it should not have come up anyway in the English campaign.

Could there be some mix up between that and the lance in the weapon availability system?

Steve

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:06 pm

I dont think the two are related but from memory the English would not get the Arbalest - its an upgrade of the French Crossbow. It does sound like a bug though.

adherbal · Post by **adherbal** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:28 pm

The missing lance problem has been reported before. I could never figure out what it was related to. So you are confirming it did work at least once?

IIRC the arbalest is unlocked along with another weapon but the former is not available to the english units, only the french.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:43 pm

Some people have definitely said they have it - we havent seen a pattern to track it down

stephenterrell · Post by **stephenterrell** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:32 pm

I can confirm I have had the lance, with just about enough battles left to get proficiency with it.

Just the one out of 3 times through though.

I think when the arbalest was unlocked it was the only weapon mentioned.

I am plodding through again making notes of the order in which i fight battles and what i get.

I will update this thread with any news that looks relevant.

Steve

stephenterrell · Post by **stephenterrell** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:55 am

I remember a mission to escort some wagons from the bottom right of the battle field to the top right. I am reasonably sure this was in the English campaign but despite working through all of the available missions prior to each end of level battle i did not find it on the last run through. It was relatively near the end of the campaign, I had handguns by then. There was a limit to my army size.

I did encounter several other escort the wagon missions; just about all in the middle of the battlefield.

As i have only seen this once i wondered if it was the mission to get the lances? Unfortunately I cannot remember its name or the end of level battle.

Could this be the case?

I think on the last run through i did not find the "kill the peasants task" where I have to delay the French by killing lots of Peasants. Is there a random element to the sequence of battles on each campaign?

Steve

stephenterrell · Post by **stephenterrell** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:25 pm

On St Pol de Leon - escort 2 wagons up screen - the second wagon has (a couple of times) got stuck and stayed at the bottom of the screen. Possibly because it was touched by the French but not damaged.

Steve

stephenterrell · Post by **stephenterrell** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:23 pm

I can now confirm that the steel arbalest is awarded after the Lussac 1370 English mission.

It is not offered to any of the troops though.

Steve

stephenterrell · Post by **stephenterrell** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:34 am

I have now gone through the English campaign and can confirm that I have not been offered the lance. I believe I have fought and won every battle and have saves at every stage so can go back if that is any help.

Could any of these warnings be causing the problem?

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Arbalest on English mission

Arbalest on English mission

Another thought

A small point

confirmation

No lance