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MCForum OP wrote: Starting with alpha 6, Mine & Blade: Commander has the ability to set up multiplayer games. When started (using the command /mb-start) all players will be randomlly assigned a team (right now it is only red & yellow). Players will only be able to spawn & control soldiers of their own colour. Soldiers will also attack other soldiers on different teams (also players not in creative mode). Games can be ended by the command /mb-end.
Games are saved when you save a world and if you log on then off again you will be placed in the same team (Unless a new game has started). The mod will also attempt to keep the number of players even when new players log on.

Commands:
/mb-start : Starts a new Team Based Game
/mb-end : Ends current team based game
/mb-restart : ends current game and starts a new game (reshuffling teams)

Your current team symbol is displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen. The symbol of the team that another player is on will be displayed above their name. This will only be displayed if you have the Mine & Blade: Coremod (correctly) installed.

In the future I will add the ability for the host to determine which teams are avaliabe, the optional ability for all players to select teams and a way to convert flags of different colours into your colour (this is the reason red & yellow were chosen)

Last_Jedi_Standing wrote:But... there's nothing to do. The person who has the most upgraded guys is the winner. It's a competition decided by who can mine gold the fastest. It's not like Clay Soldiers, where there are hundreds of combinations that affect stuff differently, and complicated stuff with different weapons and stuff. Mine and Blade has exactly six different soldiers, because although there are several hundred thousand visual variations, every Militia is exactly the same, regardless of what weapons or armor they have. It's a great mod, but if you think it makes Minecraft a strategy game then you're sorely mistaken.

Tiel wrote:

Last_Jedi_Standing wrote:But... there's nothing to do. The person who has the most upgraded guys is the winner. It's a competition decided by who can mine gold the fastest. It's not like Clay Soldiers, where there are hundreds of combinations that affect stuff differently, and complicated stuff with different weapons and stuff. Mine and Blade has exactly six different soldiers, because although there are several hundred thousand visual variations, every Militia is exactly the same, regardless of what weapons or armor they have. It's a great mod, but if you think it makes Minecraft a strategy game then you're sorely mistaken.

Think about real war. The guy with the best weapons, the guy who can collect money from his citizens the fastest, always wins, unless the opposition can outmaneuver him. Mine & Blade adds soldiers, a means to upgrade them, and multiple ways to maneuver them. Strategic elements. Strategic game.

I can understand you don't want to play M&B:C out of some misdirected ire for Minecraft SMP, but please, if you have no intention of doing so do not post in the thread made for it.

Tiel wrote:You're making this assumption that the term strategy game equates to an RTS. I've known plenty of strategy games with 6, or even less, units.

Listen Jedi, I don't like getting angry, as it makes others pretty mad in turn. That's why I left chat last night. I respect your refusal to play minecraft multiplayer, but you're going to have to respect my request to not clutter this thread with the ultimately pointless argument you're trying to start here.