The fifth entry in the cool tournament series for Pirates, Vikings, and Knights 2. Dogs of war are ripping their chains off to make bloody mincemeat of the opposing forces. Make no mistake, there is no trial greater than the Masters of Combat tournament! Please join us so you can experience... the THRILL...

Last tournament, Fuz and Nive claimed victory after rising from the bowels of losers bracket! You can watch the recap video here: [COMING SOON]

Check below for tournament rules and the sign up link.

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From 122617-010918 CCCPVK is hosting semi-public alpha testing on the "Approaching Pavonis" Test Server. Password for now is "x" until griefers force us to change it again. This is a heads up to anyone who loves the sport like perfection of plays that can come out of pvk and wants to demo record their play.
I spent about 400-500 hrs learning demo smoother and blender vid edit in prep for pvk promo material to push toward the hardcore CS/Quake demograph, and any top end competitive footage submitted will be used for the CCCPVK PR/Marketing push aimed @ competitive FPS streamers once the initial eSport balance patch is live.
Send demos to CannaCon.Server@gmail.com
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Hello there!
I've created a video tutorial for setting up Hammer as well as being able to see player models that may be invisible in Hammer. You can view that here:
[media]
I'll also give you a version in text here as well.
1) First off you'll want to make sure you use the the Hammer editor that comes with PVK2. There's no need to use the one that comes with Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer. PVK2 comes packaged with Source 2013 stuff, so you should use the PVK2 tools instead.
2) Right click on PVK2 in Steam, click on "Properties" and under the "LOCAL FILES" tab click the "BROWSE LOCAL FILES..." button.
3) Navigate to the sdkbase_pvkii\bin directory.
4) If you haven't launched Hammer before, launch hammer.exe
5) At this point Hammer will generate a file called GameConfig.txt in that directory. It is pre-configured for use with Half-Life 2.

6) In Hammer, if you go to Tools->Options->Game Configurations, you can create a new configuration for PVKII. Click Edit->Add and give it a name you want like PVKII. Optionally you can edit the "Half-Life 2" one instead or outright remove it.

7) Under "Game Data Files" add "pvkii.fgd" from your "pvkii" directory. Do NOT bother "pvkbase.fgd", pvkii.fgd automatically includes pvkbase.fgd and in the next update pvkbase.fgd will no longer be there anyway.
8) The cordon texture should be "tools/toolsskybox" without the quotes, which I forgot to mention in the video. Set your default entities however you like.
9) Setup your paths under Game Configurations and Build Programs appropriately, here are mine for reference:

10) Apply\Save changes and restart Hammer
Extra Note: In the next update (3.6), PVK2 should use "pvkii.exe" instead of "hl2.exe"
Fixing Invisible Player Models
Note: In the next update (3.6) this will be fixed\done for you.
To fix player models or some other models appearing invisible in Hammer or partially visible, open up a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++ (NOT WordPad or Office) and create a new file. Paste in "hammer.exe -game ../../pvkii" without the quotes and save it as "hammer_pvkii.bat" in the sdkbase_pvkii\bin directory where Hammer is.
Run the file and you should be able to see player models in Hammer that you might place as props. (The model browser itself is still a bit broken, but you should be able to see them properly in Hammer.
ALTERNATIVELY, if you've added Hammer as a non-Steam game in Steam you can right click on it and click on Properties->Set Launch Options. In the text box just put "-game ../../pvkii" without the quotes, and Hammer will show the player models correctly.
Use PVK2 Player Models For Team Spawns
Note: In the next update (3.6) this will be fixed\done for you.
To use player models for team based spawn entities like info_player_pirate instead of the green Gordan Freeman one, open up the "pvkii.fgd" file which is located in your "pvkii" directory.
Search for "info_player_pirate" (Should be line 58)
Replace the file name that ends in ".mdl" with "models/player/skirmisher/skirmisher.mdl"
Do the same for info_player_viking and replace it with "models/player/berserker/berserker.mdl"
Do the same for info_player_knight and replace it with "models/player/heavyknight/heavyknight.mdl"
Save and re-launch Hammer. Your spawns should now use PVK2 player models:

So i've been enjoying the game for a while now and i took a peek at the planned classes on wiki and trello. Just thought i share my thoughts.
And here are my suggestions for the classes:
*Knigts:
IMO which may not be relevant assasin/stealth class for knights is a big no. I do not see any corelation with assasins and knights, and it feels like homage to Assasin's Creed than anything else.
Man-at-arms => Mercenary - Would like to suggest replacing the frenchman with a "mercenary". He would have similar (or same armor), but would be equipped with
a crossbow, a pavise shield that he can set as cover (for him or teammates) and a sword/club sidearm. (so yeah basicaly frenchman with pavise shield instead of halberd) Art below
http://pre01.deviant...zzo-d5wd873.jpg
*edit: Giving the mercenary 2 shields - a pavise shield which slows down the user when held in hand and even more when holding block (easy target for fast attacks from rear)
and the buckler. This keeps him the most equiped man on the knights but without the op reach.
Man-at-arms => Fanatic/Vanguard - Would also suggest implementing a unit with a halberd and a sidearm sword and no shield inspired by the vanguard from the game Chivalry. Special move would be the current heavy knight's special move but with a halberd. He can have a personality of a pumped fanatic that recieves additional bonus from priest?
Heavy - Would like to suggest giving the heavy knight the ability to switch grips on his 2 handed sword - from grip from the hilt to a half swording grip with different stab attacks (like gestir) that have less reach, greater speeds and lower damage. Art below
http://68.media.tumb...XaYV1rtdfb6.png
As a sidearm, would suggest giving the knight a flail. Special attack - swinging the flail above the head for 20 sec and clicking to swing at an oponent dealing damage and stun, being able to hold up the shield and block while doing so at the cost of moving slower.
Archer - pure aesthetic changes. Would suggest suit that looks more like a uniform, with a chain hood.
*Vikings:
Love that throwable weapons are recoverable, but do not know why they can't be thrown with a shield equipped. May be unbalanced but I'm sure it's not that big of a difference
Gestir - some minor changes would be most welcome. Being able to switch the main spear betwen dual wealding and 1h and shield, the latter being shorter range (grip at half the shaft) and slower atk speed. Throwing spears with shield could be used as mele with a thrust option, with the gestir raising his spear over his shoulder only when he holds throw button.
possibly loose langesax weapon
Huscarl - only change concerning throwing weapons again. Would suggest being able to wield throwing axes with a shield, and having a mele atk that is inferior to the sword, for the sake of having to change to the more effective mele if there is time.
Berserker - pure aesthetic changes. Imo would be *hilarious if the berserker would have an actual bear skin covering his body which he tears apart with his muscle
flexing when he uses his special.
So from this
https://3.bp.blogspo...BCloak%2B01.jpg
to the torso part being animated to rip when he enters this pose
http://www.pvkii.com...e/berserker.jpg
*Pirates:
I think the pirates are the ones that have most possibilities for creative and fun gear. Although i cannot place these in any special class, i think rope with hook, smoke bombs and rum kegs are a must. (I am aslo wondering why no one has a badass sawnoff version of the captain's gun)
Smoke can be a powerful ally for when enemy is getting close, and lack of vision makes things more unpredictable.
Rope is asociated with pirates and can be used in creative ways like using it as destructable movement platform (like a ladder that can be destroyed and the user killed) to tripping your enemies with a buddy holding the other end (someone's special move?)
https://youtu.be/kwGYyiYZM50?t=2m5s
and making those iconic rope net traps from the movies. (can be used by the stealth class maybe? art below)
https://thumbs.dream...ht-39085501.jpg
http://c8.alamy.com/...drop-DJ3RK4.jpg
Rum kegs, apart from being a power up, can also serve as flame feeder or something related to fire
Skirmisher - having the choice to dual wield 2 guns (#1 meapon), a gun and a cutlass (#2 weapon), or only a cutlas (#3 weapon) and only a gun (#4 weapon). This unbalance is compensated by lowering the movements speed. Every weapon combination adapts to the stuff happening (dual guns for finishing runners, mele with a gun for greater pressure, single gun for constant fire and reload ect.)
Not sure if this is the best suited unit to carry a powder keg. Would suggest that the special move be something fitting for such a fast dirty fighter, like increasing movement speed for 10 secs, and while in speed mode clicking to perform a running tackle to a single enemy, stunning them to immediatly end the speed bonus. (you have 10 secs to do tackle). Would save the powder keg for a tankier unit with less damage output.
Other notes:
That's it i hope to hear of another opinion conocerning some of this stuff

Where is the Pvk_Sailaway ?????? Sailaway there are controllable ships with cannons, there are hardly any latency or jumping issues over the net with them.
AGSMA - write about this on wiki please

pvk_Clouds by cd
[attachment=1538:pvk_clouds.jpg][attachment=1539:pvk_clouds2.jpg]
pvk_town firstlook
also i find a lot of pvk_crossroads and pvk_clouds screenshots

Originally made in 2014, this simple plugin gives you ability to use ragdoll effects on player deaths. You can set different ragdolls for each player, or use a single type for all admins/players. I posted this here to make the plugin more widely available for users because it's lesser known.
Download:
https://github.com/f.../RagdollFun.zip
Source (GitHub):
https://github.com/f...PVKIIRagdollFun
Installation:

• Extract to ../pvkii/addons/sourcemod. Done!
  

CVARs:

// Admins get the ragdoll effects.
// -
// Default: "1"
sm_ragdollfun_admins "1"

// Enable RagdollFun.
// -
// Default: "1"
sm_ragdollfun_enabled "1"

// Everyone gets ragdoll effects.
// -
// Default: "0"
sm_ragdollfun_everyone "0"

// Admin flag required for ragdoll effects.
// -
// Default: "b"
sm_ragdollfun_flag "b"

// Use KeyValues to get a ragdoll type for each player. This will ignore all other cvars!
// -
// Default: "0"
sm_ragdollfun_keyvalues "0"

// Ragdoll type, see readme for more info. 6 is default (midas)
// -
// Default: "6"
sm_ragdollfun_ragdolltype "6"

Ragdoll Types (as of Beta 3.5):
NOTE: Dismemberment only works on Berserker.
1: Dismemberment head
2: Dismemberment left arm
3: Dismemberment right arm
4: Implode (won't work yet)
5: Frozen ragdoll
6: Midas touch (default)
7: Electric
8: Electric Dissolve
9: Burnt ragdoll (broken)
10: Static ragdoll (PVK2_DEATH_STONE)
11: Ghost death
How to set ragdoll types for each player:
Important: You need to set sm_ragdollfun_keyvalues to 1 to make this work.
Go to ../addons/sourcemod/configs and open the file "ragdollfun.txt", there you can set ragdoll types for each SteamID.
Example:

"STEAM_0:1:47279666"
{
	"type"	"6"
}

// You can also use Steam3 IDs
"[U:1:94559333]"
{
	"type"	"6"
}

Hello all.
This server has already been up for about a month and a half, but I guess better late then never for the post here.
The server is 24 player max, mostly lts maps in rotation.
Plugins:
Say Sounds
Map chooser
Quake sounds
Super commands
Rules for server:
1. No hacking. Using map/game exploits and hiding in sudden death will result in divine intervention.
2. No being an asshole/harassment. No disconnecting to avoid deaths or admin actions.
3. No smurfing. No pretending to be someone you are not, and no using alts to avoid bans.
4. Avoid damaging or killing AFK or typing players in LTS, except when they are the last one left.
5. Sprays may not feature the macabre or gore.
6. Do not spam the voice chat with singing/masturbatory noises.
Admins:
kala captain -- http://steamcommunit.../id/kalamadama/
Deadbubble
Zaimba

NEW UPDATE!
You will now see "Frostling Hands" in first person!
Also added a new icon for the "Indicator" and replaced the "Selection Menu" icon with a proper one.
Here's a screenshot of the selection menu; http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=738177604

Hello! My name is Patrick and I am applying for one of your weapons/props 3D positions. When it comes to 3D I am a generalist, I consider myself better at hard surface meshes as opposed to organic, but i have had my fair share of both, and I can rig and animate in a pinch to boot.
As far as source implementation goes, I will admit I have no experience whatsoever. I am however willing to learn, and have experience with self teaching implementation for various other games and game engines. I am a somewhat notable name on the Nexusmods website, with over 3000 endorsements and tens of thousands of unique downloads thanks to some small, but popular mods I have created. The best of these is included in my portfolio. This doesn't include mods I've made for a few other games that don't include integrated mod support.
I am currently using Artstation as my online portfolio, here: https://www.artstati.../artist/gwyvern It's currently a little more sparse and dated than I would like, but that's part of the reason I am here.
My schedule is pretty unpredictable, but I am currently working as few hours at my dayjob as I can get away with, so that I can focus on things like this, leaving me plenty of time between projects to contribute to this.

Thanks for the feedback btw!

Bagas wrote:

You should add a wing to that thing (thought it looked kinda weird) and his beak should have like a black stroke line so it has more contrast I think... Just try it.

Tried your suggestion, unfortunately the black stroke looked weird especially at a small size (achievement size) and made too much of a contrast, this is the best i could do for a simple wing though:

https://dl.dropboxus...wingHD_gray.png
https://dl.dropboxus.../birdwingHD.png
I tried different ways of making wings and this was the best option to fit with the icon's simplistic style
I decided to do another one, since it's allowed and i might as well, also it had to be done:

!HAPPYBIRTHDAY FELIS!

Felis wrote:

Randomizer updated and fixed for 3.3, after several requests by Kokorokokorokokorokokoro-chaniuna
Download:
https://dl.dropboxus.../randomizer.zip
(source included)
New stuff:
- Added Man-at-Arms class and weapons
- Updated offsets
- Updated class data
- Changed version number to 1.03
Thanks Spirrwell for dumping the vtables for me .

No problem!

Nive wrote:

One suggestion I'd make myself is the ability to scale the font of the damage indicator. Sometimes it's really small depending on how far away your target is.
If that option already exists, I didn't find it, and I also didn't change where the damage is displayed, but I'll suggest it anyways.

There's no option for it yet, however you can edit a .res file with Notepad for custom font size. Open ClientScheme.res in ../steamapps/common/pirates, vikings and knights ii/pvkii/resource, find "DmgDisplay" (or "DmgDisplaySimple" for HUD mode) and then modify the "tall" value to your liking.
In future I'll implement some better methods for customization. I would love to hear more feedback for the damage display in general as well. If any one of you have suggestions/complaints for it, tell me right away.

Chedda Cheez wrote:

I am jǫtunn!!
Nice to see him in-game though, even if he's a 12+ft tall giant with eyes like the void of space.

Heh, the point was to show him in-game. He's no longer that tall. I fixed that, but I wanted to show that he was coming. Because it just freaking excites me to no end to see this coming to life. Even if he moderately terrified me.

I am jǫtunn!!
Nice to see him in-game though, even if he's a 12+ft tall giant with eyes like the void of space.

Hello, I am trying to create a map, but I can't even test it, as every time I try to load the map, whether through Hammer after compiling or doing it myself in the console, it instantly crashes the game. I'm fairly confident that it has to do with not being able to locate the GameData key (as said in the compiling notes which I will post). But, I do not know exactly what that means and how to fix it. I have followed the tutorial here on how to set up PVK's Hammer settings, so I don't know if I personally did something wrong or if the gameinfo.txt I have is somehow incorrect, or whatever. I would appreciate help, please.

Attempt #1 at providing an image:
[attachment=1390:pvkii_earl.jpg]
Attempt #2 at providing an image:

Attempt #3 at providing an image:
http://googledrive.com/host/0B9wHf224G0p1YmF6X3hlcmFWYlU
Attempt #4 at providing an image:
<img style="height:50em" src="https://514bbf0e97b404b4a890da1d1d2cc308d70a6218.googledrive.com/secure/ACc40b3OpmCGjxn9p-dME-h4rze-EQ1XWOegPARIscyOApHno86_3M6ElyHslp9MZcQwG0d7CnP8rqaCofwWsGNqx_nxk-LCbiXHcUQxM564HjxLEL8CdZffE5olDXUfPKPJEvwxul2rrYcQISR7C0WvrXjirYJw8clMToOZo5qcw-DMhn6-zjp3mAUTZiDDP4DjFyxOlJaDhXs68auAs8bLnP7kkBbZozRm6XbjBnQm1IgBHUdk4QMjoy4E0WryJoAcFcXCpTrqUf-vinu3euQeVX-BELIlJdnTRuhZub2Q8EQLYPZhcxXSkFy8YhQn5vw_o4dyQGsAfto3CtzsKc9Tm59hxjwseEbH00RSLRL7WDKWKqGogbjaEO9oKccvdcC85lWRgVz6CD8w16T6JPlWLuAqraxHFQX_RJh4rGamELQ7Y18k4UO4VH8XLOgI5dqbLXlLeca4kI7X6LUv2i1HZZNeeRRhju55Iy1r6QA_Su6geFvsDykiOOFxXvJLAvj713O9qQUy/host/0B9wHf224G0p1YmF6X3hlcmFWYlU">
Axe and Pavise (Also known as a shield or target)
With a large axe head, this axe deals heavy damage when it hits at speed, but it is extraordinarily slow to wield and has short range. Although the concept art makes the shield look like an ordinary pavise, it is to be covered in iron.
Special: The Earl slings his shield onto his back and grips his axe with both hands so that he can wield it with more agility. It is still very short and slow and he cannot block for toffee, but it gains some manoeuvrability and power.
Pitchfork
The pitchfork is like a quarterstaff but it's sharp on one end, giving it a potentially lethal thrust.
Special: The Earl lifts the enemy up like a hay bale, providing nearby allies the opportunity to hit him easily.
Bagpipes
Holding primary attack starts playing the bagpipes. Enemies listening to the bagpipes cease to be able to hear voices including their announcer guy, or see the magic markers of territories and magic trinkets, and do not see the indicators on their screen that tell them that an enemy is close behind them, and cannot see the chat box. They can avoid this effect by covering their ears, but then are unable to fight, and run more slowly.

I hope you mean EST (Eastern Standard Time) because there's also EDT (Eastern Daylight Savings Time)!:
http://www.timeandda.../time/zones/est
Same goes for GMT vs BST/IST:
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/gmt

Thread summary
The discussion started with whether or not the lord's equipment suited him. Mainly discussed were his flail and armour. His shield and hammer were also mentioned, and some other things were too. Several people said that they like having the classes distinct and unique. It was felt that part of having the lord's equipment be good was having it be unique to him, and sufficiently different to that of the other classes. There was also the thought that an important consideration was having him actually look like a lord.
Some felt that giving the lord a flail was a bit silly, because the flail is a threshing tool used by peasants, and they knew of no record of any actual lord using a two-handed flail in battle, and they saw the flail as peasant-like and not lordly enough for their liking. Some other weapons were suggested that would be suitable in the hands of an actual lord, and that some felt would be sufficiently different to the other two-handed weapons in the game to, along with the PVKII lord's other indiosyncracies, make him unique, and were therefore thought to be good choices. These were a pollaxe, lucine hammer, or mordaxt. A few other unusual weapons were shown.
Others were happy with the flail, because it looks quite different to all of the other two-handed polearms currently in the game, and it is fun having the classes be distinct and unique, and it did not bother them that it might seem too peasanty for a lord. It was also mentioned that the flail did not have to remain in the hands of the lord, and could be given to somebody else like the cleric, meaning it would not matter much if the lord had it for a while.
George silver's 1599 book was quoted by me, to say that weapons like the battle axe and halberd and black bill, or such like weapons of weight, appertaining unto guard of battle, were all one in fight, to imply that the flail would still be to an extent similar to other polearms.
The lord's armour in the concept art was objected to because it was thought to make him look poorer than the Knight, and like he could not afford any more plate armour than his armharnesses. The original poster (me) said that he did not look lordly if the knights under his command all had nice expensive plate armour, whereas he had cheap primitive armour. It was felt by him that having him look like an actual lord was important, and so was having him play like a lord, with lordly armour.
There were arguments given in support of the armour in the concept art.
One was that if the lord had expensive armour then he would be about as armoured as the knight. This was seen as a problem because then the lord would be as able to fight in the front lines as a knight (like a real lord). There was the belief in some that there should only be one well-armoued tough guy class in a team (I didn't manage to catch why though, and the Huscarl and Jarl are both to have mail armour).
Another idea in favour of the lord's attire was that it was part of a joke, and that the one who designed him knew that he didn't look like a lord at all with his cheap armour and peasant weapon, or that there was a story behind it of him losing his armour and weapons and money and army, and then looting his current armour off a corpse.
Another idea was that he had time-travelled from the 14th century when the best armour available was partial plate over mail, but only had enough time to put on what we see before being sent through time and space, leaving his helmet and legharnesses and coat of plates and weapons behind.
It was also said that PVKII is pretty silly anyway (in a good way).
Nobody present said it was bad for him to have a hammer. A sword, one or two handed was suggested by one in addition or as replacement, merely for the sake of making him look like a lord. One suggested having his sword be rusted to to the scabbard, thus allowing him to look like a lord with his sword but just never use it, and use his hammer. Another suggested he could have a fancy short sword with a fancy shield. A short two-handed sword was also suggested, heavier slower and stronger than the captain's cutlass, or nimbler and weaker at cutting were possibilities.
A few things were said about the shield. One wanted the shield to be fancy. (My personal opinion is written elsewhere)
Some other things were mentioned. Some things were said about the mace and buckler, and some things were said about sword and buckler fighting, and the Bondi having either a sickle, or an axe and shield were said. Using a two-handed sword with a shield was mentioned, and so was a pirate having a trident.
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Some additional images to make my point: (Added in June 2015)
Some depictions of the sort of two-handed flail currently prescribed for the PVKII lord, a peasant's threshing tool improvised as a weapon, sometimes with iron knobs or large spikes added:
http://1.bp.blogspot...0/luttrell8.jpg
https://upload.wikim...ende_Bauern.jpg
Some depictions of a different sort of two-handed flail, the military two-handed flail:
http://manuscriptmin...-17_gallery.jpg
http://www.myarmoury.../flail3_947.jpg
Some examples of lordly weapons
http://www.the-exile...axe/image10.GIF
https://farm3.static..._225ce5c9b3.jpg
http://i13.photobuck...laxe_15th_c.jpg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordaxt
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Hello and here are some opinions on the current plan for the Lord class. First of all I would like to give my thanks to the makers of PVKII for improving the historical accuracy over PVK with the removal of the horns from the Vikings' helmets.

The Lord is to have a flail. This is silly because the flail is more a peasant weapon than a noble weapon. Why would a rich lord use a threshing tool when he could use a much better weapon? He would be the laughing stock of the nobles. It's not even had spikes put in it. Below is a bit of information on flails.

"If your grace sees that one comes at you with a Flail, at night, and will strike at you, (how it then is occasionally in use at the Universities, when one goes from the table, and from the guards will be attacked, if often one has previously done something to the guards, and another comes, because of the need to pay for what the other has wrought) then whip your cloak over your left arm, and run under his Flail with great power, so that one then will strike in over you, be mindful of his power your grace, then wrench the flail from his hands, for the protection of your life and limb."
- http://wiktenauer.co...i/Michael_Hundt

- http://wiktenauer.co...Sutor_von_Baden

- These two images and more with text at http://wiktenauer.co...lus_Hector_Mair
The Lord needs something to distinguish himself from a peasant with his flail who looted some outdated partial plate armour with mail off a corpse. Because they were so rich they would have very good armour. In my opinion his armour should be more protective than the knight's amour, not less. He would wear a helmet if he wanted his head to survive well. His forearm armour is splinted but with half the metal of normal splinted vambraces. Why would he wear early 14th century armour when his Knights are in full plate armour with very big late medieval two-handed swords?
He would be able to afford any hand-held weapon he wanted. He could have a hammer-like pollaxe, but knowing that he is to fight mostly lightly armoured enemies he would probably pick a two-handed battle axe and his sword and his dagger. Having a flail is like having a pitchfork.
Below are some opinions on things that I do not think are very bad, just not as good as they could be.
He will have a hammer. This is not bad, because he can bash people with it whether or not they are armoured, but because the most armour any of his opponents would have would be the huscarl's mail, he would be likely to use his sword. He would have a sword which he would carry in his normal life when not on campaign, to defend himself and to show his status. Judging by his 14th century armour and shield his sword would probably be single-handed, but because all of the men under his command have full plate armour with late medieval/early renaissance swords it would make more sense for him to have a later medieval sword with a longer blade and space for both hands. It is not bad for him to have a hammer, but even if he carries a hammer with him to it would be strange to see a lord without his sword, especially in battle. It might not matter much that his hammer is less effective than a sword against unarmoured enemies because he would be able to largely ignore weapons because of him having attire made of better iron that that of their weapons.
He will have a shield. This fits his primitive armour compared to the knight's nice expensive armour. It would make more sense for him to have better armour than the knight. He could have no shield because his armour is his shield, or he could perhaps have a oblong target. Otherwise his current cavalry shield would be fitting, so it may be all right. He could let go of it to hold his sword two-handed, with the shield still on him because of the neck strap.

Otherwise he may or may not want to carry his shield like this:

Not sure what the purpose of this thread is? or how you want one to respond to it (trying to make PVKII as popular as CS:GO will not happen) but anyway, as you may already know CS:GO is the 2nd most played game on steam but Dota 2 is the most played game on steam every day since the beta was released (Even before that I think it was 3rd/4th on list)
Currently Dota 2 has twice as many players as CS:GO http://store.steampowered.com/stats/ which I currently play on a regular basis mainly for the ranked matches - I play on another account with 5K MMR and was looking for other players on this forum but I am very surprised that only myself plays Dota 2 on this forum. Others only play it once in a while with normal matching, well not really actually. Because of my rank, I had the chance to play with a professional player Wagamama which was fairly exciting considering about 20,000 viewers where watching us play http://wiki.teamliqu.../dota2/Wagamama
http://www.twitch.tv/wagamamatv
Reason for Dota 2 being most popular? - According to one of my steam friends who plays CS:GO a lot competitively, he tells me because Dota 2 is a free game and CS:GO is not but the main reasons that I play Dota 2 each day is because you have over 100 heroes to choose so (PVKII has 9 classes) the updates are much more interesting like the year brawl event, wraith king event etc and the items you can buy as well as the competitive gaming scene with it's biggest competition each year (The International) which is broadcast on American Television each year, and huge prize money, First international winners (Navi) won 1 million and last year's winners (dinahee) took home 5 million. (1 million for each player) There was even a film released on the first international "Free to Play" which you can download on steam or just watch on YouTube as well as many twitch streams like Sheever http://www.twitch.tv/sheevergaming or guides that Purge posts of each hero on youtube.
So yeah...