Thanks so much for watching the video! I have a ton of guides linked in the playlist below as well as some choice videos if you're looking for a build for your first character! 🏹 Ultimate Combat Guide: ua-cam.com/video/QV5DQxzS5IA/v-deo.html ⚔ Guides Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLDLBnN-W_m2llVMhpmV8ngVQ2VOoi_mdQ.html 🏹 Beginner's Build: ua-cam.com/video/gEymMMRwFsI/v-deo.html ⚔ Vlandian Knight: ua-cam.com/video/TL6tkbRSPs8/v-deo.html
Thank you for this vid! Just bought it and was feeling overwhelmed starting it from having so much trouble with Warband! This vid has saved me thanks Spart!!!
I play it like warband. Build a character, keep around 10 recruits (as bodyguards) and level them up as you go, go from tournament to tournament to make cash and focus on combat stats (and attack bandits on the road). After 6 or 7 tournaments; buy decent gear, join a faction, focus on social stats👍
@@westtxmutt Practice fights help a ton. I'm new to the game, too, and spent a lot of time in practice fights to get familiar with the combat. And during that time, I leveled up my fighting stats quite a bit.
It's an amazing game, 50 dollars well spent. Thousands of hours of gameplay. These smaller studios blow my mind with the amount of love and content that go into their games.
Content lacks tbh. Its a good game but after your first play through, every game is nearly identical. And why cant you have different starts, like how about a kingdom instead of a 1 man team
You said it! I already have several different games doing things differently, focusing on different areas, delving into the minutia of the game...what depth.
@@aaroncousins4750 I'm pretty sure most players buy this game for the modding. Warband has some crazy mods that change the entire game. This game will be the same in a few years after the modders get caught up. Its pretty much like a game engine that can be extremely modified
Yeah it’s very good I agree can put new people off a bit though because it takes quite a bit to learn … I’m about 90 hours in and still never actually moved my troops much manually it’s always a retarded CHAAARGE! ☺️😅
@@aaroncousins4750 they left it ambiguous on purpose. They know they have a very, very active mod scene behind their games. Even launched official releases of some of the more popular mods on PC.
I’m such an over thinker and perfectionist when it comes to these type of games. Thank you for reminding me to just enjoy it and play it how I want to!
Dude, I played Warband back in the day but could never get my guy past that early-game threshold... finally just started playing Bannerlord after years of it sitting in my library and got my first game off the ground thanks to your help with this video. Appreciate it. I am officially obsessed with this game now. I played 10 hours straight yesterday, built up nice little party, lost it all, got captured, escaped, built up another... been to most of the kingdoms so far... this game is incredible
Last night, I joined an army attacking a castle, as they were raining down arrows, I could hear them hit the shield all over me; once they broke though the gates we ran in and fought. This was one of those epic game moments where you can't help but smile at how fun little events like these are, and it all felt very natural. Great game.
“Directly goes towards my puppies treat addiction.” Right before I started watching this video I was just explaining to my kitty why he can’t have anymore treats today cause he already received double his daily treat intake. Subbed.
Your combat and battlefield tips have earned you another sub :) Ty! Most guides either ignore that aspect or make it even more confusing than it already is (for new players)... I finally got into this game a few weeks ago after watching it for a decade (wow) and the battlefield tactics were so confusing just coming into the game. Happy Launch Day, everyone!
Btw looking forward to an up to date guide on Sieges (both defending and attacking) - You may have already done so and if so I apologize. New to the channel.
I recently got Bannerlord after playing Warband for a few years, I made a battanian woman and I’ve decided my main goal is to stay as a small party and save up as much money as I possibly can while also leveling up my own stats, currently I have 18 noble units which I am enjoying killing large bandit parties easily
You would think the larger studios would learn from smaller ones like this. Amazing what happens when developers are not rushed or pushed to dumb decisions, especially for the sake of money.
God, it's good to finally play it. As someone who was first introduced M&B on PC and gradually played each iteration of it until only being able to play vanilla M&B on XBox till now, This has been so refreshing to finally get my hands on. I've missed this series.
If anyone new reads this comment A couple of things about tournaments the weapons seem to be based on the culture of the town. Empire ones are normally swords and bows. The Asriel odds are you are going to have a round mounted with a spear. (Personally I find these the hardest ones to win) Also none of the damage you receive in a tournament is keepted outside of the tournament. If you make the game run the tournament even if you are not wanting to fight your combat companions in your party will enter and if they win you get the loot. Oh and until you get better gear/ more hit points most low level enemies are going to be able to knock you out in a couple of hits.
Very glad I found your channel,…. I’m excited to dig into this game but holy crap there’s a steep Curve to someone fresh off the boat to the franchise😮
A suggestion that is far from new and serves as support for any "build" is to participate in combat in the arena repeatedly at the beginning of the game. I don't deny that this requires time, patience and fighting boredom (usually I always watch a video on UA-cam to distract myself), but it offers free money (depending on your performance and time dedicated), practical training in combat skills (no risk of getting hurt or "real" dying) and the passage of time is "stopped" while you are parked in the city (remember that your character is not immortal and time is essentially valuable). I always dedicate a generous amount of time to this training because I can develop my character to a "satisfactory" level, which gives me the possibility of saving money, strengthening the protagonist as a warrior and prioritizing the development of skills early. It's a strategic way of investing in the character without concrete risks and it's usually at the beginning of the journey that we face the most critical challenges and limitations. I also adopted this method in Warband. I'd rather spend weeks preparing my character than starting the adventure in an amateur and crude way.
That was brilliant thank you I’ve watched this game for years but never got it because I simply didn’t have the time to spend hours learning it. This has explained it all very clearly so I will be getting it very soon 👍
Thank you for this amazing guide. I found the first mount and blade game a bit confusing at best but at its core had a lot of passion poured into it I can tell it's the same deal here. Can't wait to get it fired up 👍 You've definitely got a new subscriber in me
Thanks for the video. Had that inner urge to play a medieval game and remembered this game was fun a long long time ago. This video really helped me refresh ! WONDERFUL VIDEO for Mount N Blade !
I've played warband dozens of times but I was a bit overwhelmed in my 1st playthrough of bannerlord. I've started over 3 times & I'm gonna start over a 4th after work today lol. There's so much that's not explained in this game & I want to get the most of my playthrough in the beginning of the story
I’ve been playing this on PS4 and it’s pretty solid. There’s some graphic issues, mainly with sky textures when it’s night time. But it’s one of the best games I’ve played in a long time.
Just bought this game yesterday in console without really looking into it and i am overwhelmed by just watching guides i hope it is not to much hard as it looks
Often when I buy an EA game at release there seems to be a dearth of quality up-to-date content. This is great for newcomers like myself who don't want to waste time on the potentially obsolete information in older guides. Thanks!
Hey Spartacus. im SO glad to see that there is a vid for this. complete noob here and your channel is the first i checked for info on how to play. i hope most things are covered (i.e. what is the goal of the game, what are goals i might want to do and especially how do i do it on the map and how do i coordinate battles). will play along to the video later! thank you!!! just by skimming over your chapter summaries i dont see a "what is the goal or philosophy of the game" but maybe you'll talk about it :)
The goal is up to you, that’s the beauty of this game! Trade, become a mercenary, help a King, deceive them when you’re strong enough and have enough troops and take their lands! Take over the whole map and rule the world….it’s all up to you! Enjoy 😉
Started playing 3 days ago Bannerlord, 1st ever real fight was against 5 bandits, the only one who went down in my small party was me because i suck'd at combat at the time and was a bit overwhelmed (i did every single combat tutorial and still got beat to a pulp lol) now 3 days past, i just scaped from an army of 500 who had me captured and on my way to an allied city where some of my captains fled to a small band of 30 soldiers of that same faction got me, didnt want to just surrender and gave it a go, 1vs30 not looking good, still i managed to take out 22 before i fell from my horse cuz still 8 archers, i lost and still felt like i won, shit was incredible im loving this game so far, i cant wait to be an actual huge force that could take out an entire kingdom im exited and thanks for the tips on the skills didnt even notice there were personal/party and gorbernor things really helpfull to take in consideration 11/10 video
I discovered warband on the ps4 and fell in love despite the the graphics being outdated for the time , when I heard bannerlord was gonna come out but on pc only that pushed me to get my first gaming pc So basically thanks to bannerlord and total war Warhammer series I had to break the piggy
One thing I could add about the battlefield, engage and charge is holding formations during movement. You can put your cav in a chevron, but charging they become individuals and act independently. Engage will keep them together in the flying V until impact.
@@coltonbechtold484 I use engage way more than charge. Charge would be if you want a big morale shock in the back of archers, for example. Or if the enemy is fleeing, all charge as there’s no chance they’ll fight back. If formation is important, engage is the better.
I am absolutely ecstatic that I found this game today. Back when I was a kid and Sierra was making games, they produced a AAA title in 1996 called Lords of Magic. It was almost exactly like this (albeit limited by available technology) and for YEARS I have been trying to find a game in the same vein. I must have played through LOM hundreds of times. I can’t wait to delve into this, I am on year two and am freaking out over how much I love it.
Playing with buttons failing and restarting was my process to learning how to command my army on console (only ever played on that) I’m new to it, can’t wait to try in pc some day
Idk if its just me, but the soldiers/cheers sound so funny! 😂 im gearing thia while installing an air conditioner and the yells alone are hilarious. Especially when you have a partner that wins with you in an arena round “victory is ours!!!!!!” Then tou continue to slaughter them the next 😭😂😂
Imagine a kind of movie creater mode like in GTA V! You know, so that way we could record gameplay, then, in post production, edit camera angles, add cinematic filters and shades with sound effects and stuff!
they are going to add one... well at least they showed it off like 5 years ago. but because it's TW it's taking a decade to release such a simple thing
See this is where I am confused. So learning limit isn’t a hard cap for skills it just effects your learning speed? I always thought that if you learning limit was 60 that is as high as that skill could go until you invested more focus or attribute points into it but it seems like you are saying that you can take it past your learning limit but progress becomes extremely slow, is that right?
This game just showed up free on gamepass, I poked around a bit in warband on ps4 but mostly ended up just doing tournaments over and over lol. Looking forward to giving Mount and Blade another shot
Quick question: When you were talking about commanding your troops, you said that “Charge” just makes everyone pull out their swords and run forward, whereas “Engage” makes the units use their specialized weapons. But when you were talking about the horse archers, you said to put them on “Charge” and let them do their own thing. Did you mean “Engage”, or does “Charge” work differently for the horse archers? By the way, thanks a ton for this guide! It was super helpful, and you can tell you put an immense amount of effort in it. I’ll probably be going through it again later.
@@italianspartacus Ohhh gotcha! So they’re like one of the only good ones for charge then. Man I’m really excited to use them now (just got the game). Thanks for the reply!
I love how he starts out by saying in some of his videos, that you need to try to make it harder on yourself by not getting the best of the best units. I can’t tell you how many of these banner lord UA-camrs just use the best units and try to us how to play the game. One time I ask a UA-camr that was live “why do you use the best units of khuzait when you’re vlandian” he was like “that’s how you play the game”. I was like well when you just sim every battle also if you do play the battle you have khuzait khans and battain fians it’s pretty easy buddy, he then banned me lol.
old stalker... heard they have another 'official release' same question(s) as last time(s): is it finished yet? is it ballanced? are the cutsceans we know to be there there yet? do stats work? can you actually level them up (one 'offical release' had athletics so you couldnt gain xp in it) is it finalized? to the point where modders who have been waiting for the "final final offical offical final version" to release and turn the amazing vanilla into (insert fantasy/historical fiction focus here) obsession?
We would love a completes buttons guide & breakdown for ps5/consoles please for all the different scenarios like the main map the battles the hand to hand combat & how to completely read understand & use the skull trees & menu's in the game & also maybe abit on the political side f the game I know it's asking alot but I'm sure the views & beginners would appreciate it I certainly would!
Touch pad opens encyclopedia. Square to kick R1 changes a javalin or throwing axe to melee L1 speeds up switches from paused to fast speed on the map or double click X where you want to go Play the game to learn more but those are the most useful
Currently playing this on Xbox and it’s very difficult if u don’t know what your doing always struggle to get money and not getting captured in battle with bandits
This game has a steep learning curvr if you need help with combat go to a city, go to arena, then practice fight. This will give you alot of free practice will some denars as a reward
I know it is not the main point of the video even but I really liked what you said about Role Playing this game. I kinda was already doing it but you put it in such a nice way I had to comment. I get bored quickly when I choose to play games usually but role playing is definitely something which adds spice to it. You have a goal and it will always be a different playthrough.
First time playing mount and blade, coming from crusader kings 3 and looking for a good strategy to sink some time in. Heard good things about this and looking forward to playing a bit tonight. Wanna at least have some idea what I’m doing before getting started. Overall, just gonna take my time and start small. I’ll let you all know how it goes!
An update: first day and I’m pretty ok with early game. Ofc I got captured a few times, but on the whole I’m just about ready to go realistic for early game. Haven’t touched mid/late game yet. Saved the kids, recruited my brother all before the first frost. Actually winning tourneys really helps… Almost feels like cheating tbh.
The ONLY complaint about this game is that you can't go in blind or you will absolutely be lost, overwhelmed, and you'll quit playing. If you find someone like yourself who can explain this game in detail, give tips etc. This game immediately becomes a masterpiece. And I cant thank you enough for the content. That being said. If the game explained things like you do, this would definitely be one of the best PC games out there. Final rating on this game? 8.1/10.
@ReadySetMoses Only that low just because the game is so hard to figure out at first, and it takes a lot of patience to get going. But when you figure it out, it becomes beyond addicting and you're blown away just by how good the game truly the game is.
Just got this game. I was decent at mount and blade warband. So I figured I’d give this a go. Looks a lot better than warband but also has some familiar aspects to it.
I honestly believe empire is the best culture buff. In My play throughs there are always 2 random cities that rebels. With empire you can as clan lvl 2 have a castle you take solo and No kingdom will ever attack u. In that way in a playthrough i have epicotea from empire, sargot in vlandia, tyal in sturgia all under my command and making BIIIG money because empire bonus to less garnison wages. Im giga rich and got 4 armies full of top tier soldiers and still making 4-6k dinars per day from setllements
Customizing your character like Ragnar Lothbrok IS The BEST CHOICE, well if you’re going with the vikings theme that is or not it doesn’t matter he would look great for whatever
Took a chance and bought this for console (ps5), I hope I like it! Watching/listening to this before trying it out. Might be back to subscribe, thanks.
Played this for the first time last night and crawled to bed at 3am. Your video has some brilliant tips and tricks. Thoroughly enjoyed a few hours robbing civilians 😂
I never played Warband with mixed armies. I roleplayed the shit out of it. When I found Viking Conquest I was hooked. If I play Norse, I stick to Norse. My current char is at day 900 and I’m still an infamous raider who mostly becomes mercenary for whatever Irish faction. I didn’t play Bannerlord so far but I’m thinking of buying it tonight. However, Bretwalda is still in development so that sucks. When they release, oh boy…
That learning rate/limit whatever is super confusing lol I'm gonna have to rewind that part. I got this game some weeks ago but barely played been really busy but I absolutely love games like this and what I have played I like it alot. But it all seems pretty straight foward with all the videos I've seen expect that part
Man I felt that "pets treat addiction" its super expensive especially when u have 4 bubbys who feed on each other's energy with pulling on my heart strings for a treat or another treat
Thanks so much for watching the video! I have a ton of guides linked in the playlist below as well as some choice videos if you're looking for a build for your first character!
🏹 Ultimate Combat Guide: ua-cam.com/video/QV5DQxzS5IA/v-deo.html
⚔ Guides Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLDLBnN-W_m2llVMhpmV8ngVQ2VOoi_mdQ.html
🏹 Beginner's Build: ua-cam.com/video/gEymMMRwFsI/v-deo.html
⚔ Vlandian Knight: ua-cam.com/video/TL6tkbRSPs8/v-deo.html
Il b watchn them all today just brought the game wont start till ive consumed all the info uv given
Thank you for this vid! Just bought it
and was feeling overwhelmed starting it from having so much trouble with Warband!
This vid has saved me thanks Spart!!!
Do you have any mid or late game guides?
I play it like warband.
Build a character, keep around 10 recruits (as bodyguards) and level them up as you go, go from tournament to tournament to make cash and focus on combat stats (and attack bandits on the road).
After 6 or 7 tournaments; buy decent gear, join a faction, focus on social stats👍
Thanks taking this advice all the way but as a merchant
Exactly the same here mate 👍
I do this as well, but instead of 6 or 7 tournaments I do between 6 and 7 million of them lmao
Does practice fighting arena build up level or only through tournament? Noob here
@@westtxmutt Practice fights help a ton. I'm new to the game, too, and spent a lot of time in practice fights to get familiar with the combat. And during that time, I leveled up my fighting stats quite a bit.
It's an amazing game, 50 dollars well spent. Thousands of hours of gameplay. These smaller studios blow my mind with the amount of love and content that go into their games.
Content lacks tbh. Its a good game but after your first play through, every game is nearly identical. And why cant you have different starts, like how about a kingdom instead of a 1 man team
You said it! I already have several different games doing things differently, focusing on different areas, delving into the minutia of the game...what depth.
@@aaroncousins4750 I'm pretty sure most players buy this game for the modding. Warband has some crazy mods that change the entire game. This game will be the same in a few years after the modders get caught up. Its pretty much like a game engine that can be extremely modified
Yeah it’s very good I agree can put new people off a bit though because it takes quite a bit to learn … I’m about 90 hours in and still never actually moved my troops much manually it’s always a retarded CHAAARGE! ☺️😅
@@aaroncousins4750 they left it ambiguous on purpose. They know they have a very, very active mod scene behind their games. Even launched official releases of some of the more popular mods on PC.
Nice! Thorough and easy to follow as always!
Between the two of you, Bannerlord is actually well explained!
@@jaymorrison2419 agreed
@@jaymorrison2419 check out flesson19 as well ;) with these 3 you'll know everything!
And it is almoust an hour! =)
I’m such an over thinker and perfectionist when it comes to these type of games. Thank you for reminding me to just enjoy it and play it how I want to!
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Same! Resets and restarts through original warband were way to many for me. Guides like this are great.
For real, I kept trying to maximize everything that I forgot to just role players and enjoy the game!
Dude, I played Warband back in the day but could never get my guy past that early-game threshold... finally just started playing Bannerlord after years of it sitting in my library and got my first game off the ground thanks to your help with this video. Appreciate it. I am officially obsessed with this game now. I played 10 hours straight yesterday, built up nice little party, lost it all, got captured, escaped, built up another... been to most of the kingdoms so far... this game is incredible
Last night, I joined an army attacking a castle, as they were raining down arrows, I could hear them hit the shield all over me; once they broke though the gates we ran in and fought. This was one of those epic game moments where you can't help but smile at how fun little events like these are, and it all felt very natural. Great game.
Naw ye didny
“Directly goes towards my puppies treat addiction.”
Right before I started watching this video I was just explaining to my kitty why he can’t have anymore treats today cause he already received double his daily treat intake. Subbed.
Hahahahah thanks man
Your combat and battlefield tips have earned you another sub :) Ty! Most guides either ignore that aspect or make it even more confusing than it already is (for new players)... I finally got into this game a few weeks ago after watching it for a decade (wow) and the battlefield tactics were so confusing just coming into the game. Happy Launch Day, everyone!
Btw looking forward to an up to date guide on Sieges (both defending and attacking) - You may have already done so and if so I apologize. New to the channel.
I recently got Bannerlord after playing Warband for a few years, I made a battanian woman and I’ve decided my main goal is to stay as a small party and save up as much money as I possibly can while also leveling up my own stats, currently I have 18 noble units which I am enjoying killing large bandit parties easily
You would think the larger studios would learn from smaller ones like this. Amazing what happens when developers are not rushed or pushed to dumb decisions, especially for the sake of money.
God, it's good to finally play it. As someone who was first introduced M&B on PC and gradually played each iteration of it until only being able to play vanilla M&B on XBox till now, This has been so refreshing to finally get my hands on. I've missed this series.
Same just got it downloading rn can’t wait
If anyone new reads this comment
A couple of things about tournaments the weapons seem to be based on the culture of the town. Empire ones are normally swords and bows.
The Asriel odds are you are going to have a round mounted with a spear. (Personally I find these the hardest ones to win)
Also none of the damage you receive in a tournament is keepted outside of the tournament.
If you make the game run the tournament even if you are not wanting to fight your combat companions in your party will enter and if they win you get the loot.
Oh and until you get better gear/ more hit points most low level enemies are going to be able to knock you out in a couple of hits.
I've never played this style of game before and this guide was super useful to get me started! Thank you so much! Keep up the great videos!!
Very glad I found your channel,…. I’m excited to dig into this game but holy crap there’s a steep Curve to someone fresh off the boat to the franchise😮
I'm right there with ya buddy! 😅 we got this!
Amazing guide for new console players like myself thank you.
So hyped for this to finally be out on consoles. Runs great on series s
same!
Yes same, can't wait to see how series x plays 🙌
@@VolumousSyruphow is it on the x brothers
@worldscollide4691 oh it plays great on series x, full hdr and full battlefields almost never lags, and rarely crashes after many many hours of play
A suggestion that is far from new and serves as support for any "build" is to participate in combat in the arena repeatedly at the beginning of the game. I don't deny that this requires time, patience and fighting boredom (usually I always watch a video on UA-cam to distract myself), but it offers free money (depending on your performance and time dedicated), practical training in combat skills (no risk of getting hurt or "real" dying) and the passage of time is "stopped" while you are parked in the city (remember that your character is not immortal and time is essentially valuable).
I always dedicate a generous amount of time to this training because I can develop my character to a "satisfactory" level, which gives me the possibility of saving money, strengthening the protagonist as a warrior and prioritizing the development of skills early. It's a strategic way of investing in the character without concrete risks and it's usually at the beginning of the journey that we face the most critical challenges and limitations.
I also adopted this method in Warband. I'd rather spend weeks preparing my character than starting the adventure in an amateur and crude way.
I love the start of this video because he just gives me a proper into to the point and your voice keeps you interested like morgon freeman
"how often do you look at a man's shoes" - Morgan Freeman
Great guide, thx. Still not started, but all I hear, makes me love this game already.
Those Skill and role explenations where really good.
That was brilliant thank you I’ve watched this game for years but never got it because I simply didn’t have the time to spend hours learning it.
This has explained it all very clearly so I will be getting it very soon 👍
Thanks for making this! The game is NOT friendly to new players, but it still got me interested to play much more
Thank you for this amazing guide. I found the first mount and blade game a bit confusing at best but at its core had a lot of passion poured into it
I can tell it's the same deal here. Can't wait to get it fired up 👍
You've definitely got a new subscriber in me
Best walkthrough video on UA-cam. Other videos don’t have this much info. Thank you
I like the fact that you put attention on just having fun and to not try and sweat.
Thanks for the video. Had that inner urge to play a medieval game and remembered this game was fun a long long time ago. This video really helped me refresh ! WONDERFUL VIDEO for Mount N Blade !
Good stuff my man, this told me sooooo much that the game doesn't even hint towards.
I've played warband dozens of times but I was a bit overwhelmed in my 1st playthrough of bannerlord. I've started over 3 times & I'm gonna start over a 4th after work today lol. There's so much that's not explained in this game & I want to get the most of my playthrough in the beginning of the story
The encyclopedia and searching up YT videos about a concept or question helps
I have literally hundreds of hours in warband, and I was also overwhelmed when I started bannerlord. So don't feel bad. :-)
Ive never played warband and i can already play well on the hardest battle difficulty
Can’t wait for this on consoles
I’ve been playing this on PS4 and it’s pretty solid. There’s some graphic issues, mainly with sky textures when it’s night time. But it’s one of the best games I’ve played in a long time.
1000 hours in and i had no clue the "follow me" command would have the group use similar weapons as you. Damn. Thank you once again!
It's nice. If you have Calvery I like putting them in skeen formation. Keeps em close together and full movement and mobility.
I haven't finished your video yet and can tell it's very well put together and I will finish it.
Just bought this game yesterday in console without really looking into it and i am overwhelmed by just watching guides i hope it is not to much hard as it looks
So long as you don't get super outnumbered, or caught off guard in combat it isn't too difficult. It is fun though.
Great beginner's guide. Thanks. Looking forward to playing it.
First you taught me a game I love so much, CK3, now you teach me this. Thank you!
Thanks for the explaining the game bro, you did a solid job
Started a new campaign, won 2 tournaments, both of them gave me a warhorse worth 17k each. Stonks!
that way is my favorite way!
I watched 2 other guys n I had no clue what they were talking abt this was v helpful ty
Im downloading the game watching this and ive never had a game download so slow before i think it knows i want to play it
Just purchased this for 30 bucks -40% on sale, thanks for the info video. 😘
Often when I buy an EA game at release there seems to be a dearth of quality up-to-date content. This is great for newcomers like myself who don't want to waste time on the potentially obsolete information in older guides. Thanks!
This is not a game made by EA. Are you alright?
@@ArezX3 In this context EA refers to early access.
Just started playing today after forgetting about being hyped about it years ago . Loving it so far, the battles are so much fun !
Hey Spartacus. im SO glad to see that there is a vid for this. complete noob here and your channel is the first i checked for info on how to play. i hope most things are covered (i.e. what is the goal of the game, what are goals i might want to do and especially how do i do it on the map and how do i coordinate battles). will play along to the video later! thank you!!!
just by skimming over your chapter summaries i dont see a "what is the goal or philosophy of the game" but maybe you'll talk about it :)
The goal is up to you, that’s the beauty of this game! Trade, become a mercenary, help a King, deceive them when you’re strong enough and have enough troops and take their lands! Take over the whole map and rule the world….it’s all up to you! Enjoy 😉
Started playing 3 days ago Bannerlord, 1st ever real fight was against 5 bandits, the only one who went down in my small party was me because i suck'd at combat at the time and was a bit overwhelmed (i did every single combat tutorial and still got beat to a pulp lol) now 3 days past, i just scaped from an army of 500 who had me captured and on my way to an allied city where some of my captains fled to a small band of 30 soldiers of that same faction got me, didnt want to just surrender and gave it a go, 1vs30 not looking good, still i managed to take out 22 before i fell from my horse cuz still 8 archers, i lost and still felt like i won, shit was incredible im loving this game so far, i cant wait to be an actual huge force that could take out an entire kingdom im exited and thanks for the tips on the skills didnt even notice there were personal/party and gorbernor things really helpfull to take in consideration 11/10 video
I discovered warband on the ps4 and fell in love despite the the graphics being outdated for the time , when I heard bannerlord was gonna come out but on pc only that pushed me to get my first gaming pc
So basically thanks to bannerlord and total war Warhammer series I had to break the piggy
One thing I could add about the battlefield, engage and charge is holding formations during movement. You can put your cav in a chevron, but charging they become individuals and act independently. Engage will keep them together in the flying V until impact.
Thank you for this, I started playing yesterday on console, and I'm only about an hour in, but I noticed they didn't maintain formation on charge
@@VolumousSyrup you’re very welcome! It’s little things like that that once you pick up, the game opens up better. Much like Mr. Spartacus said!
with shieldwall theyll still have shields up and for example cavalry charges dont natter anyways
So is engage just overall better then charge?
@@coltonbechtold484 I use engage way more than charge. Charge would be if you want a big morale shock in the back of archers, for example. Or if the enemy is fleeing, all charge as there’s no chance they’ll fight back. If formation is important, engage is the better.
I couldn't find the tips about the battlefield anywhere else, Thanks ! helpful, great video,
"Bald and bearded"
*Kratos approves*
Great Video My brotha very in depth
I am absolutely ecstatic that I found this game today. Back when I was a kid and Sierra was making games, they produced a AAA title in 1996 called Lords of Magic. It was almost exactly like this (albeit limited by available technology) and for YEARS I have been trying to find a game in the same vein.
I must have played through LOM hundreds of times. I can’t wait to delve into this, I am on year two and am freaking out over how much I love it.
That is where the companions have been hiding. I've been playing the game recently and I haven't found any yet
Playing with buttons failing and restarting was my process to learning how to command my army on console (only ever played on that) I’m new to it, can’t wait to try in pc some day
Ritodurito has an amazing console tutorial on army control
"treat addiction" you earned yourself a sub sir
Idk if its just me, but the soldiers/cheers sound so funny! 😂 im gearing thia while installing an air conditioner and the yells alone are hilarious. Especially when you have a partner that wins with you in an arena round “victory is ours!!!!!!” Then tou continue to slaughter them the next 😭😂😂
Thx for this video! Got it for free on console and was COMPLETELY lost. This helped me tons!!!
Glad I could help! :)
I just bought this game which doesn't really give this kind of information when you start, so thank you!
Imagine a kind of movie creater mode like in GTA V! You know, so that way we could record gameplay, then, in post production, edit camera angles, add cinematic filters and shades with sound effects and stuff!
they are going to add one... well at least they showed it off like 5 years ago.
but because it's TW it's taking a decade to release such a simple thing
See this is where I am confused. So learning limit isn’t a hard cap for skills it just effects your learning speed?
I always thought that if you learning limit was 60 that is as high as that skill could go until you invested more focus or attribute points into it but it seems like you are saying that you can take it past your learning limit but progress becomes extremely slow, is that right?
Great video! Played mount and blade and warband back in the day, hard as hell to get back into it lol.
The Dawgs brought me Here! May Fortuna, Guide your Crusades! 🙏🏽
This game just showed up free on gamepass, I poked around a bit in warband on ps4 but mostly ended up just doing tournaments over and over lol. Looking forward to giving Mount and Blade another shot
I’ve actually JUST started playing this game and I CAN NOT PUT IT DOWN IT’S SO ADDICTING 😂
just bought it this morning, time to start my world domination playthrough haha
Quick question: When you were talking about commanding your troops, you said that “Charge” just makes everyone pull out their swords and run forward, whereas “Engage” makes the units use their specialized weapons. But when you were talking about the horse archers, you said to put them on “Charge” and let them do their own thing. Did you mean “Engage”, or does “Charge” work differently for the horse archers?
By the way, thanks a ton for this guide! It was super helpful, and you can tell you put an immense amount of effort in it. I’ll probably be going through it again later.
Oh shit sorry I don't think I clarified. Horse archers are the ONLY use I have "charge" 9/10 times. Thanks so much for watching brother :)
@@italianspartacus Ohhh gotcha! So they’re like one of the only good ones for charge then. Man I’m really excited to use them now (just got the game). Thanks for the reply!
I love how he starts out by saying in some of his videos, that you need to try to make it harder on yourself by not getting the best of the best units. I can’t tell you how many of these banner lord UA-camrs just use the best units and try to us how to play the game. One time I ask a UA-camr that was live “why do you use the best units of khuzait when you’re vlandian” he was like “that’s how you play the game”. I was like well when you just sim every battle also if you do play the battle you have khuzait khans and battain fians it’s pretty easy buddy, he then banned me lol.
old stalker... heard they have another 'official release' same question(s) as last time(s):
is it finished yet?
is it ballanced?
are the cutsceans we know to be there there yet?
do stats work? can you actually level them up (one 'offical release' had athletics so you couldnt gain xp in it)
is it finalized? to the point where modders who have been waiting for the "final final offical offical final version" to release and turn the amazing vanilla into (insert fantasy/historical fiction focus here) obsession?
We would love a completes buttons guide & breakdown for ps5/consoles please for all the different scenarios like the main map the battles the hand to hand combat & how to completely read understand & use the skull trees & menu's in the game & also maybe abit on the political side f the game I know it's asking alot but I'm sure the views & beginners would appreciate it I certainly would!
Touch pad opens encyclopedia.
Square to kick
R1 changes a javalin or throwing axe to melee
L1 speeds up switches from paused to fast speed on the map or double click X
where you want to go
Play the game to learn more but those are the most useful
@@ckie-nk3de thanks man
Thanks for doing this guide. It was a big help and explained a lot
Thanks for making this. Ive got it downloading from gamepass right now.
Ty I've literally just been making my units walk forward instead of charging
So excited to play this today!
The charge and engage was such a helpful tip
Perfect timing with the console release!! thank you.
Currently playing this on Xbox and it’s very difficult if u don’t know what your doing always struggle to get money and not getting captured in battle with bandits
This game has a steep learning curvr if you need help with combat go to a city, go to arena, then practice fight. This will give you alot of free practice will some denars as a reward
Those Battlefield tips were great. Thanks
Just got the game on sale for £27 and am loving it.
I'm yet to get an XBOX series console but this Game will be the reason why I move quicker to getting one. 🤘🏼
Comment for the boost. Great video as always.
I know it is not the main point of the video even but I really liked what you said about Role Playing this game. I kinda was already doing it but you put it in such a nice way I had to comment. I get bored quickly when I choose to play games usually but role playing is definitely something which adds spice to it. You have a goal and it will always be a different playthrough.
So glad to see this out of Early access
just getting back into the game after a while thanks fore the refresher caurse👍
Homie said one thing abt his dogs instantly subbed
First time playing mount and blade, coming from crusader kings 3 and looking for a good strategy to sink some time in. Heard good things about this and looking forward to playing a bit tonight. Wanna at least have some idea what I’m doing before getting started. Overall, just gonna take my time and start small. I’ll let you all know how it goes!
An update: first day and I’m pretty ok with early game. Ofc I got captured a few times, but on the whole I’m just about ready to go realistic for early game. Haven’t touched mid/late game yet. Saved the kids, recruited my brother all before the first frost. Actually winning tourneys really helps… Almost feels like cheating tbh.
Bro i gotta choose between CK3 or mount blade… which one you liking more so far?
The ONLY complaint about this game is that you can't go in blind or you will absolutely be lost, overwhelmed, and you'll quit playing. If you find someone like yourself who can explain this game in detail, give tips etc. This game immediately becomes a masterpiece. And I cant thank you enough for the content. That being said. If the game explained things like you do, this would definitely be one of the best PC games out there. Final rating on this game? 8.1/10.
8.1 isn’t a masterpiece lol
@ReadySetMoses Only that low just because the game is so hard to figure out at first, and it takes a lot of patience to get going. But when you figure it out, it becomes beyond addicting and you're blown away just by how good the game truly the game is.
Just got this game. I was decent at mount and blade warband. So I figured I’d give this a go. Looks a lot better than warband but also has some familiar aspects to it.
I honestly believe empire is the best culture buff. In My play throughs there are always 2 random cities that rebels. With empire you can as clan lvl 2 have a castle you take solo and No kingdom will ever attack u. In that way in a playthrough i have epicotea from empire, sargot in vlandia, tyal in sturgia all under my command and making BIIIG money because empire bonus to less garnison wages. Im giga rich and got 4 armies full of top tier soldiers and still making 4-6k dinars per day from setllements
Great guide, this will save me a lot of time
Customizing your character like Ragnar Lothbrok IS The BEST CHOICE, well if you’re going with the vikings theme that is or not it doesn’t matter he would look great for whatever
Took a chance and bought this for console (ps5), I hope I like it! Watching/listening to this before trying it out. Might be back to subscribe, thanks.
can be hard in the beginning. dont be afraid to pick easier difficulty and take things slow and safe to begin with
Played this for the first time last night and crawled to bed at 3am.
Your video has some brilliant tips and tricks.
Thoroughly enjoyed a few hours robbing civilians 😂
I never played Warband with mixed armies. I roleplayed the shit out of it. When I found Viking Conquest I was hooked. If I play Norse, I stick to Norse. My current char is at day 900 and I’m still an infamous raider who mostly becomes mercenary for whatever Irish faction.
I didn’t play Bannerlord so far but I’m thinking of buying it tonight. However, Bretwalda is still in development so that sucks. When they release, oh boy…
wonderful vid! Thank you for your work!
What a fantastic video. This will help me greatly! The effort put into this video is awesome.
Liked and subbed 🤟🏼
i get conan vibes at the intro - tht music is epic
Wish i saw this before, it actually helps a lot. GOod guide bro
Warband and bannerlord both are awesome games, probably most time spend on them then any other game (maybe Skyrim).
Warband was OG
Good job my friend, traits effect charm checks with others
Lots of great info thx
Glad it was helpful!
That learning rate/limit whatever is super confusing lol I'm gonna have to rewind that part. I got this game some weeks ago but barely played been really busy but I absolutely love games like this and what I have played I like it alot. But it all seems pretty straight foward with all the videos I've seen expect that part
Man I felt that "pets treat addiction" its super expensive especially when u have 4 bubbys who feed on each other's energy with pulling on my heart strings for a treat or another treat