Thanks MojoFlow

Good tip...but now I just spent 10 minutes of my Saturday night being totally and utterly thrashed online. Ego -100 points. I did not even land one blow, though I saw the "respawn in 3 seconds" dialogue an impressive number of times.

This will be a beast to be any good at online.

it's a fun game

Ohhh... That's the Mutliplayer only demo. The SP demo is a closed beta.

Don't worry. The dynamic SP campaign will be really good.

I played last night for a good 3 hours. My cousin and I were on comms through Steam. We only played on one Battle server the whole time. Despite being thoroughly thrashed several times I enjoyed it very much and was sad when I looked up to see it was waaaay past my bedtime. My best kill-to-death ratio was 2-2. I was usually something more like 2-7, but it was fun.

Here's one screen shot showing the results of my skillz - lol

Is the beta still multiplayer-only?

I'm curious what SP improvements they add, not sure if it's worth the switch from M&B "Classic".

I can see I just found something else to waste my time.

I'm really gonna have to give this one a try, though I may just stick to SP.

Yes, the beta is multiplayer only. It is alot of fun though. My cousin and I did deathmatch tonight. That is pretty much a free for all blood-bath of chaos. But you respawn in 5 seconds and get to try out all kinds of weapons. It was good practice. I am loving this game and I will definitely be buying it when it comes out.

Here's a screenie from tonight. This time it was me who did the killing. I head-shotted a guy with my "War Dart." This is why lawn darts were not a good idea - lol.

Thought I'ld just take a quick peek last night, ended up playing for two hours. Tons of fun. Really liked the castle assault/defend games. Usually used an archer and played a supporting role, which was still fun. Once I ran into a small room with shooting window only to find an enemy crossbowman with sword drawn. We went round and round, trading parries and blows for what seemed like minutes. I thought i was a goner until a fellow Nord ran up from behind and stuck an axe thru his noggin.

The sword swings are timed different from the original M&B, so I'm still getting used to that. Can't wait for March 30th. I'm gonna pre-order.

I know it's been mentioned before, but once it's released, would would anyone be interested in getting together for some more coordinated teamplay? I have had fun playing on the servers, but can't help wondering how things would go if my team moved in groups with an experienced commander in charge. The matches online are basically just 2 rabbles attacking eachother willy-nilly.
Maybe we could figure something out by this summer? Just a thought I wanted to get out there. AFAIK, May-August I'll be able to play once or twice a week at about 9pm EST.

BTW, I found out you can now melee with throwing axes. I could sense the suprise from an enemy archer who was calmly pelting my shield from about 15 meters, when all of the sudden I started hurling large, sharp objects at his head! He freaked and started running around like a scared hen until one landed in his back. Also, I once stopped a charging horseman with a very lucky throwing axe shot at no more than 10 meters. It was awesome to see him fall from the horse to my feet as his steed continued on by. I'm sure he thought he was gonna just ride up and skewer himself a Huscarl.