Mount & Blade – How to Increase Movement Speed on the Map

Here's a list of some changes that I've noticed

• A new faction was added, the Sarranid Sultunate.
• The map and faction positions have changed.
• There are new political options, for example
  • If you create your own faction, you have the option of recruiting enemy lords
  • Marriage, which works differently if you are a male or female.
• Combat has changed slightly. However, it is difficult to notice unless compared side-to-side. This affects things such as swinging animations and projectile accuracy.
  • Individual arrows, bolts, and throwing weapons can now be picked up off the environment if they miss the enemy.
  • It is more difficult to hit enemies from horseback.
  • In my opinion, the combat is worse. Swinging your weapon is no longer as quick or as intuitive as the original. They probably made these changes to balance the multiplayer mode.
• The graphics are now better, though still nowhere near that of games with large development costs.
• There is support for custom single player battles, where you can choose the two factions and Cavalry/Infantry/Archer ratios as well as the map and game type (battle and siege).

As a side note, the multiplayer mode is quite fun and I suggest you try it at least once.

You 'win' when you decide that you've achieved what you wanted and have had enough. Even if you conquered the whole world, I expect you could simply start another rebellion and conquer it again.

It's a great game, but I suspect you will tire of it before you get anywhere near taking over the whole land.

Just enjoy playing it. If you find you are progressing too fast, notch up the difficulty, or impose restrictions on yourself (swords-only, or no horses etc)