Greets, firstly I'm a huge warband player, been in the AU warband community for 5 years and have accumulated near 3000 hours on the game. Firstly, I'd like to stress that paying $40 dollars for a game that is 'early access' and isn't even near completed is utterly ridiculous. $40 dollars is enough to buy two warband copies, a game still loved by many.
Secondly after speaking with most of the other veteran AU warbanders 90% of them think this game is a 'con' AKA a cash grab and refuse to buy it due to its steep price. However, on the contrary I do see this game having potential despite the many broken combat features that people have reportedly been making. After all, it's an alpha so it is to be expected.
Finally, like I said a game like this has tons of potential. I'd like to hope the developers do not ruin it by having a low skill ceiling when it comes to combat (e.g stamina bar) something that in my opinion, ruined chivalry (along with the blocking mechanics) and lowered its skill ceiling so low that if a baby were to stand up he could reach it.