[Preview] House Greyjoy of Pyke

[Stannis Baratheon]

Well I think you should trust Mhaedros as he's on the team...

And we hardly polish. Mostly create new stuff.

sorry mhaedros, didn't know you were in the team. It's going much faster than i thought, it seems the team is much larger than what it says in stickied thread

[Mhaedros]

Well, I joined yesterday so it'd be kinda weird if you knew I was a part of it

[Toho]

Emperor of Hell is a huge asset and so are Dux and M, they advanced the mod by a few months. especially EoH, by doing Greyjoy he saved us several months.

[hasharin]

What, no drowned men :o. Awesome preview.

[Hermod]

Wow, just wow. Great work and nice preview.

[Mercury]

Notes:

Some faces seem to have a kind of "chain" muster on them.

The faces of the household guard and the bodyguard look, sadly, quite ridiculous. (The eyes, arghhh!^^)

The Bodyguard shouldn`t use spears, should they? I thought they were going to use two-handed axes.

The Nobles shouldn`t all use the Greyjoy kraken, and also shields made entirely from metal are unrealistic. Such shields weren`t used- Wood with metal bosses and rims, yes, but not entirely made of metal.

/But damn it, the Harlaw Reavers look even more menacing than the Dreadfort Infantry..

I think Household guard need spears. First of all, all the other Household Guards have spears, and they r guards, which traditionally have spears, dont they? And they already have a heavy axe unit. And yes, the shields should be wood. There is a strategic reason for that; the wood catches enemy blows, lets them dig into the shield, this gives the shield holder the ability to wrench the enemies weapon away. metal shields just deflect blows. Theres actually a bit with Victarion in i think a feast for crows when he exhibits this pretty well, or is it ADWD? idk, whatever. And there should be more than just the Kraken represented, the Sythe of Harlaw, the Horn of Goodbrother and maybe a few others as well, but Harlaw, Greyjoy and Goodbrother are the most principal houses.

A fantastic Preview, much applause! very book accurate, pristine weaponry and armor, keep up the great work Westeros team!

Where are the levies? will they be the same defaults as the other westerosi houses?

I take it we'll have;
Peasants, Levy Spears, Levy Archers/Crossbows, maybe levy Halberds?

Also, I agree with whoever that was who said there should be a Drowned Man unit. Fanatics with minimal armour and wooden cudgels, just like the books said.

Great call on the minimal cavalry, very book accurate.

[Túrin_Turambar]

...And yes, the shields should be wood. There is a strategic reason for that; the wood catches enemy blows, lets them dig into the shield, this gives the shield holder the ability to wrench the enemies weapon away. metal shields just deflect blows. Theres actually a bit with Victarion in i think a feast for crows when he exhibits this pretty well, or is it ADWD? idk, whatever.

that was Brienne in Feast

[Son of Mars]

Repped Emperor of Hell, very nice preview. Those are very realistic faces!

[Scream Bloody Metal]

[Lordinquisitor]

Where are the levies? will they be the same defaults as the other westerosi houses?

I take it we'll have;
Peasants, Levy Spears, Levy Archers/Crossbows, maybe levy Halberds?

Also, I agree with whoever that was who said there should be a Drowned Man unit. Fanatics with minimal armour and wooden cudgels, just like the books said.

Great call on the minimal cavalry, very book accurate.

At the time of creating the preview the levies weren`t done yet. (Like with the other houses) the levies of the various houses might get a preview on their own.

The Greyjoys will have unique levies, though, and maybe just two versions- One with a handweapon and one with a (fishing)spear. Archers don`t make sense for them- Hunters, or peasants that have some experience with a bow, are drafted into archer units, since one can`t learn how to shoot a bow properly in a few days or weeks, it requires years. The ironborn in turn would have not too many hunters on their islands, there wouldn`t be much game to hunt, after all, and they feed their population mostly by fishing.

Drowned men will be included, but will be made by murf.

[Brenden_Tully]

Personally i think this is amazing, will the greyjoys have differnet ships or just cheaper ships?

[ToilToil]

Looks awesome! Great work again and again from the mod team!

[Lord Davos Seaworth]

Awesome better than the "airbrushed" ironmen of the beta with no scars or wrinkles.

[Heart of Madness]

Well I knew I'd eventually play as the Greyjoys anyways, but now I'm super excited to play as them! You've done well yet again team!

[HannibalExMachina]

badasssum! find this early in the morning when drunk outta my skull, did drink some more!

also, i clearified some names, when i was sober again.

[Korpskog]

I am stunned!! Great job lads!!

[Mercury]

Good to here about the levies, and yeeay Drowned Men!

[APC46]

My only real comment is MORE AXES!

Shagga likes axes.

[Robb21Stark]

Greyjoys look really good, can´t wait to crush them with my Starks :-D.

[Ned Stark's Head]

Looks amazing guys. Thanks for the update. Cant wait to see it in game.