Your main focus should be to build up your character and your party. As well as upgrading your own armour and weapons make sure you remember to kit out your companions. As you get tougher and start to make some money you can upgrade your gear. You can also build up some skills and make a little cash by fighting in the arenas in the cities. You should also attack small groups of bandits.
This is a good gentle introduction and for the early part of the game you should take on missions for city guilds and lords to build up some cash and experience. In Warband you are given a mission to help you get started. In Warband there is an all new political system which allows you to engage in political intrigue, build up your right to rule, marry, create vassals and persuade lords to defect. You can now carve out your own kingdom and make your companions into vassals by granting them lands. Now it is time to turn our eyes towards the throne. So far we have looked at the multiplayer side of the game and discussed weaponry, armour and horses.
