I would love some feedback on this video as it was more of an experiment for me than a normal "guide". My goals here were to: - Promote the Robin Hood series starting on the second channel. - Practice making a non-guide video. I have a few other ideas for videos I would love to try out if this video does well, but I wanted to test the waters first. I only spent about 10 hours on this compared to the usual 40 - 50 hours for a guide so if the interest is there, I could put a lot more time into the next one. I've still got a guide coming out this week, so don't worry! *Other video ideas: - Can playing video games make you smarter? Maybe... - How playing video games helped me succeed in business. - Here's how much my small 40k sub channel makes on UA-cam
Really enjoyed this one! Any of those ideas sound like a good video to me. Having something a bit shorter to digest was also nice, but don't take that to mean the longer guides and stuff aren't appreciated; it's just nice to have some variety!
It's cool. Liked it. Love all your videos. Packed with stats and added humour. To be fair you're my favourite and only one I've subscribed too. Flesson I watched before I discovered you but is bound by privilege of mods. Thus every new patch a moan that its broken the game. I appreciate new content is hard once you cover the guides, therefore mods is second phase to engage audience. However you update videos as content stats chance from versions and nerfs. So thank you. I feel the learning curve for this game is huge at start. The amount if knowledge ive crammed is like studying for a Taleworlds exam. Should also note I found a bug but don't know if its just xbox series x or game version wide. Seems no sound on troop commands during bandit hideout raids. This same for PC?
Videos worth the watch as always but on your end it seems rough putting in a that much time for videos . I'm curious if you cut down on quality / hours spent on a video how many more videos you could put out at a comfortable quality for you
Sorry but being a greedy Mercenary never gets boring Good video brother, I would also suggest playthroughs where you limit yourself to certain troops, like no cavalry, only soldiers from one faction, mercenaries only etc
@@Mattyv7 Simo has a really good Game of Thrones series going right now on that! I would check it out for sure. Personally I would maybe hire kinky mercenary troops and then set goals for myself like keep Battania alive or help Vlandia crush the sturgians, then later maybe fight for Sturgia and help them win their land back? There a lot of fun things to be had :)
As a player with thousands of hours also, I've been thinking of ways to spice things up and keep the game going. Here's one for veteran players out there to try or anyone wishing to extend their late-game. Best used in sandbox mode. United Empire playthrough: Unite all the empire factions under one banner, either by joining an existing faction and conquering the split factions or by establishing your own empire faction and uniting them under one banner. Recruit some of the empire clans but eliminate others through execution as to have a strong base of nobility but not overwhelming (15-20 clans should suffice). Once accomplished, abdicate the kingdom and leave releasing all your territorial holdings even abandoning all your hardened troops and companions to the wind. Essentially leave yourself with nothing. Abandon your massive wealth also if you want. From there, restart your game and decide where to go. See if the united Empire can stand against the other non empire factions. Go start a new faction and fight against the monster you created. (Maybe you left your creation because it became too political, or corrupted. Pretend you were betrayed or usurped. Insert any backstory.) Maybe go into retirement and fast forward the game until you die and your heir can take over if you had kids. You can create a world, where your child was truly an impoverished noble and now he/she must take back what is rightfully theirs. Leave them with nothing but the Legendary Sword you fashioned when you were young. Hand it to them on your deathbed and charge them to seek revenge. *The year is 1135. The New Calradic Empire threatens to conquer all the lands. On his deathbed, your father calls you to his side. He gives you a key to an old wooden chest that he has stored in the attic. In his final breath he tasks you to follow your true destiny and reinstate your lineage. You brush the dust off the old chest, and with a click the lock opens. Inside you find.......*
One of my favorite challenges if the female, no-combat challenge. I play as a noblewoman who was dispossessed (whatever backstory you want really) and who now must reclaim her lands. However, being raised to be a lady at court leaves her with no combat skills. The rules are very simple, no set-up involved. 1. No points in Vigor, Control or Endurance. No Focus Points to any Combat skill. The only END skill you can Focus is Riding. 2. No smithing or trade. Noblewomen aren't blacksmiths. Also, most medieval nobles were looked down on or outright barred from trade. 3. No weapons beyond one-handed civilian weapons. No armor. I changed this slightly with banners so I can wear fancy (ceremonial) armor and carry a banner to inspire my troops. 4. No engaging in direct combat while in battle. You can defend yourself, but only if you can't run away. I mean, you are wearing a dress with a one-handed sword...so engaging in combat probably isn't a great idea to start with. 5. No Fian Champion spam because...well...this breaks the game. I found this to be fun because it basically removes the things that you can do to become OP in the game. You're forced to rely heavily on the SOC and INT skills. These skills are very strong, but offset by the fact that you can't be a one-man-death-machine on the battlefield, or spam two-handed swords/polearms for infinite cash. You need to manage your finances and balance your armies carefully and composition matters because you're relying on your troops to win battles for you much more so than normally. The backstory of being a conservative noblewoman bred for a life at court sort of explains all these restrictions. Obviously, if you absolutely love combat in Bannerlord (perfectly understandable), this playthrough isn't for you. But for me it was a fun challenge that made me play in different ways from the tournaments/spam smithing/spam Fian Champions -> win model that I find many playthroughs degenerate into. It also made me focus more on troops compositions and tactics, which helps your overall game because you learn more about the units and tactics. Being in a dress with a dagger all the time also helps you to avoid the urge to dive into melee combat.
This is a neat playthrough. I was thinking something similar, but being male and wearing nothing but scholar robes. A charismatic, intellectual savant that inspires others to victory.
@@50_Stars_and_Stripes agreed. Something I always think of when looking at different armour comps but never actually do, due to my urge to engage in battle. I think I'm gonna give this one a go. Sounds like a new game almost, especially with RTS mod
Im not a big fan of action games because I have slow reaction. So a game that has minion to do all the bidding? I'm in, baby! I have no problem deal 0 damage myself throughout the whole playthrough.
Your analogy just made me realise true love is real, because of how much I've been playing one game for years without losing the joy from the little things
To spice things up, I recently started a trade/caravan save focused on the desert regions. I normally play as Battania or something, so this allowed me to try a different approach to the game. Awesome video!
As a history lover, I find it very satisfying to make a playthrough where you base characters on history. The mod allowing you to change names and looks is the cherry on top.
Me too! I have a hard time getting into fictional characters that I make up. I wouldn't mind doing like a GoT or LoTR based one since those stories are so epic.
My first playthrough. I'm fully addicted. On easy settings for now learning the mechanics, which your videos have helped massively with. Can't wait to start a new campaign on harder settings.
Nice! The hardest settings aren't too bad once you adjust. I think the hardest part is combat since it's not hard to get downed from 1-2 hits, so you'll have to learn how to position yourself to avoid getting picked off. But aside from that, I'm sure you'll do well!
@@Strat-Guides 100% this. I straightaway went for the hardest difficulty, once get used to easier settings it gets harder to adjust harder settings. The game is really easy no matter what
2:08 I played with RBM mode and I got to say - it is a game changer (...nomen-omen): fight feels much more "realistic" and is much "slower" (AI blocks more and fights "smarter"). I am not sure about balance (both, damage and armor are redone to be closer to real life equivalent), but didn't notice anything wrong. Highly recommended, even if you are not bored yet.
Strat, learning you're an EFT player makes SOOO much sense now when I think about the hours and hours and hours you put into data crunching and playtesting for Bannerlord. Nowhere else can someone get that much practice in video game frustration tolerance.
Aye congrats on 4k hours! I am still finding enjoyment after taking a short break and doing campaign in tandem with online play. I was also blessed during my most recent campaign as Derthert died in battle on year one, and am now a vassal to his very, very impulsive son Erdurand and shits gotten really crazy. We're at war with everyone and he has given me literally every Aserai Castle and town. It felt like appropriation at first, but they were treated so poorly I'm now selfishly calling it liberation.
@@Strat-Guides update, when warring down south I also somehow managed to kill sultan Hulyan in battle (no armies, just both of our massive troop amounts because I followed you video on stat spread and went hard social, cunning, and intelligence), and I have been gifted every single territory held by the Aserai by Erdurand. Fucking crazy.
This can apply to any game with a long campaign. Total War Warhammer 3, Persona 5 Royal, and Elden Ring are some of the best recent examples. But if a game gives you over a 1000 hours of great gameplay... that is better than 99.99% of all other video games.
Yeah good point! I went through a similar thing with EU4 where I stopped caring about WC and starting spamming PU's and trying to make them as big as possible lol it was good fun!
Your videos are amazing. The quality, writing, editing, insight, and research, they're all top notch. You've made 45k subs from Bannerlord alone, but when you branch off to other games, I feel you'll take off. Thanks for the vids.
I really appreciate that :) I'm hoping so, just waiting for the right game to start adding in. My hope was Vicky3 but unfortunately that didn't go as planned haha stinky game!
@@Strat-Guides you could try crusader kings 3 as they just announced a beefy road map, you could try catching the new dlcs. I think it’d fit well with your channel
I’ve been enjoying your videos. The way you format your videos and the way you explain things just click and make sense. I love bannerlord so it’s just great to see you make videos on it :)
Looking forward to the Robinhood series! If you can upload both short and long versions, it would be highly appreciated by those who love playing games but don't have the time to play them. :D
Thank you! I've got that series on hold for now, I'm doing campaigns on the 2nd channel. It's not going to have the intro's because they take a whole day or more to do, but the gameplay part is still edited down a bit (3 hours of gameplay usually needed for 1 hour of UA-cam video)
3:26 - "Battania gets destroyed, keeping them alive wasn't easy" o_O When I played my last (and, frankly, only) game mostly on Battania's side, it was very easy. Even during early stages when my own contribution was just a couple of archers in huge 1000 vs 1000 fights, we easily decimated all enemy forces which even made me think that Battania is the strongest faction.
My first and current playthrough is as battania, lost all of our territory since caladog and friends just wouldn't quit with the wars and now we have zero territory and I am desperately trying to find and hold a single city lmao
I've played quite a few hours of Bannerlord now but I'm excited to do my full conquest playthrough of the released game! After that I'll probably wait until the Prophesy of Pendor and Game of Thrones mods come out for Bannerlord (or maybe get to work on them). If you like EFT then boy do I have a game for you - check out the STALKER series when ever you have the time, I think you'd enjoy it. STALKER Anomaly or GAMMA specifically.
There are so many amazing mods in development right now, I can't wait :) Kingdoms of Arda looks amazing, GOT as well. I've seen Stalker before but never played it, I'll definitely take a look! Thanks for the heads up on that
Hey everyone - I got some trouble with my game. I played back and forth since the beta release in 2020. Now, if I wanna play I just can not. Game keeps crashing at the start (loading screen). I tried almost everything: deleted old saves, deleted all mods and mod data, updated drivers, repaired the game, reinstalled the game, tried window mode and deactivated wirewall. Still crashes directly after start. So guys, please help, I am losing my mind! Many thanks in advance!
Something I used to do is to make a "barbarian horde" I would only recruit sturgian and battanians and I would upgrade them only to cavalry. Ride around and raid everyone besides sturgia and battania. With mods that increase horse charges and some quality of life mods this became a fun playthrough.
Hey. Just discovered your channel and watched few of your videos. Just wanted to say the time and thought you put on your videos are obvious and I hope you get more subs. I really liked everything about the way you explained things. Not gonna lie I was not expecting Escape from Tarkov out of nowhere. Like my two favorite games in one channel amazing stuff. Hope you decide to upload some Tarkov content too. I wonder what kind of audiance you will have with Bannerlord + Tarkov lol.
Thank you for watching! So cool to see all these fellow Tarvok players in Bannerlord :) I'm probably going to wait for the next wipe and try to get a couple videos done then, see how it goes :)
Your intro reminds me of when I was in Freshman year of highschool and I had straight A's so I took a week being "sicK" to play through the entire Warcraft 3 campaign. One of the best weeks of my life.
Haha I know what you mean! I have a few of those moments as well - Supreme commander was one of them. I missed sooo much class when that one came out :)
Haha it's true though! Games are very similar, or at least in my experience lol Yeah for sure, I'll have to put something together in the future. I should have started my channel back in 2017 when I first started playing EFT! Man that game was soooo much fun back then.
@@Strat-Guides was? what happened to it? I was thinking about buying it when i get a new pc. I know for sure people say its annoying because you can loose all the goodies in one hit but i play STALKER gamma on ironman regularly so im used to it lol
All the methods you listed involve making the game more difficult or demanding, but there's also something to be said for turning on some cheats and treating the game exactly like the pointless toy that it actually is. Sometimes cheating can be as innocuous as cutting out the grinding time involved in an aspect of the game where none of the fun is had in the grind itself. Or cheating can be used to remove the punishment element from failure so that you can have more opportunities to practice something that you're not skilled at, as it's hard to get good at something that sends you back to respawn for several minutes after every botched attempt. Other times you may just kind of want to do something more passive like test an army composition without your personal help to see how they perform, and you don't want to be bothered dodging pointy bits while you're observing the results. I think people shy away from cheating because of silly reasons, judging by what's said in comments sections and forums. It's easy to forget that while we may want to challenge ourselves, we're still basically goofing around in a digital sandbox, and the point of that at the end of the day is to have fun. To anyone who feels like it's shameful, I say you've gotta turn on godmode and jump from a huge height at least once.
Agreed. I don't see why we should waste time unlocking all the crafts manually because dev says so as he can't find any good solution. Don't waste your time on pointless stuff like Blacksmithing unlocks, there are much better to do with your time, not just in the game.
That's a great point, I should have covered that as well! I get so tunnel vision and look through my own lense that it's hard to consider anything outside of my own experience. It's certainly something I need to improve on given that I'm making content for a broad audience. Thanks for the feedback!
Btw you can press the space bar repeatedly when forging if you’re trying to spam build a specific item. Can combine this with spam clicking the forge button in the bottom right combined with spamming the space bar. Space bar also works for smelting and refining.
You don't have to do smithing. I haven't done smithing seriously in any of my playthroughs. It's not necessary at all. The way I see it it's just an extra to please those gamers who *have* to have crafting in _every_ game. Honestly it does even make sense. Not only are you a warrior and monarch, but also an accomplished blacksmith?
I’ve recently found out that your companions can win tournament rewards for you. That actually can create interesting but probably grindy playthrough being gladiator manager and preparing fighter to fight for you. That can might work if player wants to max intelligence and play as analog of Petyr from GOT
Thanks! I think it's this sound track - ua-cam.com/video/g6hY7dB54bc/v-deo.html&ab_channel=WhiteBatAudio It's copyright free too so anyone can use it :D
how do you only have 50 k subs. quality content hidden gem, thank the UA-cam algorithm. Love the vids been watching some your old vids too really enjoy it!
Thank you! So I started the channel a little over a year ago and Bannerlord was a small community until recently with the full release so I suspect that might be why. I've been really focused on learning how to make videos and improve the quality so I guess it's been successful in that regard :)
I did something like this in Warband's TLD mod. After a couple playthroughs I became unstoppable by the midgame because I had 8 heroes to cover all the party skills & train troops, and could replenish my forces with prisoners freed from the enemy. I then got an idea from the Silmarillion. Elves in the First Age set up separate kingdoms for Men, so they would be lead in war and peace by their own people, so what am I doing using rescued Men & Dwarves as meat shields for those Mirkwood/Rivendell archers I like to recruit? It just so happens that elf troops in TLD never get taken prisoner, have the smallest recruitment pools, only have 7 settlements all in the northern half of the map, and have only 2 heroes. So I did an elf-only challenge, where my party including heroes had to consist entirely of elves, any prisoners rescued had to be donated to their respective faction ASAP. The entire southern half of the map got overrun by Evil by the time the north was secured, and an epic campaign to push them all the way back to Mordor ensued.
No I have not read that one, but I looked around online for info that seemed to be more reliable. I'm certainly no expert in the field so it's difficult for me to know what's legit or not, but this one site had lot's of references cited. I'll have to put that book on my Notion list to look into when I have free time, thanks!
I do this a lot. When i understand a feature makes the game a childplay (focus mode in RDR or throwing knife in AC Syndicate for example) i simply do not use it. Because there is literally 10 other ways to beat the game but you will keep using only 1, just because of it's easier.
Friendly reminder that cheating is perfectly okay. If you don't want to go through the absurd smithing grind - just cheat your way there. Especially, if you've already been there and done that - you know that you can do it, you did it before and it's not difficult, just time consuming. So yeah, just skip the time spent on boring tasks, figure out how you'd balance it and play the parts of the game you enjoy. Disclaimer: I don't follow my own advice, I will still spend the first 2 in-game years with a massive recruit-only army stacked to the brim with mules so I can trade EVERYTHING. But, if that's the thing that keeps you from having fun at a game - don't be an idiot. I mean, when you re-watch TV shows, you might also skip the episodes that suck.
Yeah for sure, no judgement for those who use the cheat console to bypass the extreme grind. I would recommend to most to at least grind it out once so you get that sense of accomplishment lol
need some help here: I tried to create my own kingdom, I did fulfilled all 4 requirements but got stuck when talking to Arzagos and that's when the create kingdom dialog had grey out, hovered over it , it said "you should be ruling a kingdom of non-imperial culture". No idea what to do next!!
Go to one of your fiefs and assign someone as a governor there. Open the dialogue with them (usually they are in the keep) and choose the chat option that states it's time to start a kingdom. Then go back to Arzagos and that should fix the issue. I'm not 100% sure because I've never done the main quest BUT that's how you start a kingdom normally so maybe start there :)
@@sidhahappyface8782 no problem! Now that you're a kingdom, you'll need to handle peace deals through the diplomacy screen, which will cost you influence. Check the kingdom tab and see how much each piece will cost you and if you have enough influence then you can do it at any time!
Nice video as always bro! With tons of upcoming mods I hope the devs would not heavily depend on them and make the game much more fun on its own way. When I discover Bannerlord I saw the Total War that I've always wanted. Bless this game and the community
The only thing I don’t like is when they make me repeat a main quest when I’m busy fighting a war halfway across the map or that the king keep switching who too go too war with lol
Other ways to enjoy a game are to: find the historical relevance of it, to learn more about the techniques in creation & programming, to join with groups would like the genre. Sometimes there's even social good coming out of a game
Good point! I think that's why I gravitate toward real characters from history because I enjoy learning new things and how cultures and events are connected :)
I thought u'd said "with sleepless night, and maybe even calling it sick at school or work" and I was like that checks out M&B is in fact sick as fuck.
does anyone know how to do a prison break from a castle now? the overview menu says I have limited access to the dungeon. I can physically go to the dungeon and bribe the guard outside to get in but I cannot find the way to start a prison break.
@@Strat-Guides huh well I guess I will just pay the ransom then. I was trying to get married but the clan head is in jail inside a castle. super inconvenient that i cant jailbreak them.
Horse archer 🐴 🎯 army only is pretty fun. Horse archer leading only horse archers. I do dismount in large battles, steal a menavliaton, and crush some heads for the thrill.
totally off topic but do you know how to fix companions being read as horse archers but still being put in infantry troops in formations set up. Its annoying having to set them in correct formation before every battle
I like Bannerlord and I’m new to it, but I find myself getting bored because im constantly getting stuck progressing. So far I’m a vassal with one fief, but I’m not getting anymore despite how much I help in war. I can’t really get my own kingdom because clan tier isn’t high enough and my party sizes and all aren’t well enough
Mate, your videos are fantastic! You're an analytical chemist. When you add this much comedic relief into your vids they're awesome. Video title was perfect. Your play throughs are great suggestions. Have you seen Halcyons videos. He crushes the raider play throughs
Thank you for watching and the kind words! Oh yeah I got a couple ideas from his rock bottom start actually :) I added a few more challenging rules and did a bandit WC campaign, it was so much fun!
Something to change the game up if you're not up for too many rules and challenges is a simple rule: No noble/elite units. This means if you want good archers you can't get Fians, if you want good cav, you have to choose between going all the way to Khuzait lands for their lancers and horse archers, or will you just deal with having Battanian, Sturgian, Vlandian cav, whichever you picked. Doing a playthrough with this build now that Full Release came out, looking to get most of the achievements if possible and so far it's been pretty great. Personally gone with Sturgian Heavy Axemen as my shieldwall, Sturgian Heroic Line Breakers as my shock inf, Khuzait Horse Archers and Lancers and Imperial Palatine Guard since they'll be easy to replace and they are pretty good now.
I think I'm at the point you were at when starting out. I'm in love with the Blacksmithing variety and I find it quite satisfying to chase the different patterns/pieces to unlock.... However in the back of my mind, I know that I will dread doing it all over again if I do another blacksmithing playthrough. Maybe I'll cheat... I don't see myself going through that grind multiple times just to try out if I'll enjoy apex 2H swords vs (insert weapon archetype here.) The Thamaskene steel grind is real!
Could you do a video covering the console commands? I'm really interested in the speed up of battles and such but don't know how. And some stuff just makes no sense to me. Love your videos and you've resparked my interest in ways to play the game!
Thank you for watching! Yeah I can make a short video on console commands. The speeding up of battles is actually using a mod - RTS mod. You install that, then go into any town, village or battle and press L to open up RTS options. In the top right there is an option to change the speed factor (default is to slow down time) and you just need to move the slider so it increases speed instead of decreasing it. Then maybe set a hotkey to turn it on and off. I have it as one of my mouse buttons because I use it so often. I hope that helps!
I think this was a great video. It highlighted some great mods and served to alert me that your new series had started. It's on my to watch list now, cheers!
Its kind of funny cause rn I'm on my first bannerlord playthrough and everyone talks about how battania gets swallowed up first, but legit in my game they've taken over a huge area, and are steam rolling through most factions, (although this might be because I'm helping a bit since I'm a vassal for them)
Hi strat I was wondering if you could do a video about how the game generates the map for battles I've been trying to fall back on the campaign map to bridges and high ground to get an advantage in the simulation battle but most of the time it keeps loading open planes Sorry if you already made a video explaining but I had a search and couldn't find it
That's a good idea! I don't think it's fully fleshed out yet since I've noticed sometimes the spawn location doesn't match the campaign map. I'll sit on the bridge on the campaign and then end up with the enemy on my side of the choke point lol I'll run more tests though.
@@Strat-Guides I've found a good spot at epicrotea the bridge next to it spawns a really good defensive map with a bridge you start next to with a big hill And found an exploit if you draw up on the bridge outnumbered the ai will try to charge directly so you can pepper them with archers as they approach them retreat the battle and start over I was playing around with it and was beating 600 man army's with about 250 troops If I can figure out how to upload clips from the Xbox il post a clip
Since you mentioned EFT: Maybe a look into the Stalker series, and especially the "newly popular" Stalker G.A.M.M.A mod pack. I'm sure that, with your amount of dedication, this could be an incredible addition to your channel.
oooh that's a good idea! I never did play Stalker, but I've always liked the idea of a SP version. The hardest part for me now with Tarkov is playing Online with kids. I need to be able to pause and help out with whatever shinanigans are going on and that's not usually a good idea when you're in a raid with gear that took you hours to save up for lol. I'll check it out!
Oh man, I don't even need to look anymore - I already know it's a headshot 100% of the time haha AI, player, don't matter :) For sure, I'll work on a small project for EFT soon. I think it will be fun!
yeah but the full release of bannerlord dosent even support harmony buttelib etc mods that where supported in every beta or is this just a problem with my game ?
I started a varangian guard campaing. Being sturgian and only use sturgian and empire troops (No cav allowed). I cannot make my kingdom, just be a vassal for any empire.
Over 6000 hours in and it's simple, set a new play style or goals ro complete. You don't always need to finish the game but say your goal is to take Poros asap, or make 10 million deanrs Goals are a great way to keep it fresh
De Re Militari is seriously a 10/10 mod, I truly believe they should incorporate it into the vanilla game. It always felt silly that some average joe farmers could be trained up to be top tier infantry or heavy cavalry. Plus, it's not even remotely historically accurate. A huge chunk of medieval armies were just local levies, i.e. those average joes with some cheap armor, a spear, and a shield. Of course the game doesn't need to be historically accurate by any means, but it feels so excellent to finally be able to invest in those somewhat rare top-tier troops and watch them cut through the levy troops like a hot knife through butter.
I agree, it's really good so far! I love the idea of lower tier units being plentiful and smaller groups of elite troops that need to be strategically deployed.
Give us Viking Conquest for Bannerlord already. The engine is MADE for a infantry only Viking overhaul if you ask me. The base game is already supposed to be set in the time period of vikings
What u said in beginning is what exactly I’m going thru, i don’t seem to enjoy games anymore, i remember waking up At 4 am to play dark souls for first time, those days are gone
Agree completely, I'm always surprised by the people on the forums who insist on pure meta map painting as the only playstyle because after doing it 2 or 3 times I never wanted to do it again. I do however have a lot of fun with weird builds or roleplaying, or even just staying a merc for long periods of time. My current one I'm just using a big horde of tier 2 troops while staying mostly out of combat myself. I think back to bannerlord or even warband and for a long time I would lose a battle and reload and try to win it instead, but it's such an unsatisfying way to play when you only stomp the enemy. For an example, I had been chasing an enemy mercenary down early game and he fled to a village. When I finally caught him, I didn't notice that the rather large militia had joined him for the fight and while I did win, I lost a good amount of my troops. Annoyed at his treachery, I executed him on the spot and swore to destroy his merc clan. Small things like that keep the game interesting for me after 1200 hours.
@@Nimno74 i can't recall if it was this campaign or the Timur or both, but i did give him credit for the rock bottom start idea. I didn't copy him exactly because his rule set was too easy, but i got the basic idea from him.
@Strat-Guides oh no, I didn't mean to imply you weren't an inspiration for many of my playthroughs, or that you copied him, or anything like that. I just thought he deserved some kudos for the inventive way he plays. I've heard you call him "that beautiful bastard" before in other videos, so I figured you would get where I'm coming from. I've pretty much watched every Bannerlord video you've ever made, and many videos for other games I don't even own. But, I like to throw in a nod here and there . On that note, I'd like to see another themed playthrough in vanilla from someone, as I am starting to get a bit bored with Mamma Bannerlord lately. I say vanilla because my PC died, and I'm stuck with just an old PS4 pro.
Yeah for now I still use Nexus Mods until people can catch up and update. I was able to find a good list that work on 1.0, if you check the Robin Hood series on the 2nd channel I have the full mod list there!
i'm sure i missed you telling us; but what is the total number of 2-handed sword parts to unlock? i am at 254 and it has been a while since i got a new one.
Honest question just got it on ps4 when it came out everything works but marriage I can pass all speech checks but when I go talk to the dad it won't let me barter I can just barter in general but the moment I go to barter for the marriage I'm stuck the bar won't feel it won't give me any option to even attempt to make a deal thinning is bugged but not the first clue to fix any ideas I've don't searched the web an nothing
So it may not actually be the dad that you have to barter with - it's supposed to be the head of the clan. Sometimes the dad is the head of the clan and sometimes he's not so double check that. If you've got the right person then make sure the chat option to barter for marriage is there. If it's there, then you should be able to do it. One thing I did notice, pressing the auto balance button doesn't give you the green pass option, but if you add a single denar (plus symbol on your side near your denar balance) it should turn the barter green and let you complete. Also make sure you have enough to pay for the wife, it's usually in the 200 - 5k range so have at least a few thousand denars handy.
@@Strat-Guides thank you for the reply an also appreciate the content I'm going to try that an make sure I got everything right trying to get past the speech checks now but have always had enough denars kept about 40 k on me just in case he was a hard Barter an then bam the thing wouldn't work I could do any other trading but the moment the marriage seemed like it glitches
That Tarkov clip of you dying to the scav gave me PTSD flashbacks of trying to get pistol kills for Holster and running into Tagilla 💀 He. Just. Won’t. Die!
Hahaha yeah man those are the tough ones. I should have aimed for the head since he had body armor, although for Tagilla that probably doesn't matter :)
@@Strat-Guides Can confirm, does not matter. I shot him in the head with M80 from an R700 and the bullet must have ricocheted or my aim was off from shitting myself. The only time I kill that bastard is when I blow his legs out from under him or manage to get a shot at the back of his head while he’s caving in the heads of my teammates. Still not as bad as the new roaming Killa and Rogue Bosses tho 💀
Yup! It's called fourberie and you can take over the gangs of a town or establish a bandit hideout as a home base. You can earn income from it by dropping off prisoners to work as slaves lol
And that is why i loooooove MLW/Custom Troop. Each that i make is different, each army unique where i can design pretty much anything. And if MLW makes the game too easy, then play with custom troops. You have to own a settlement in order to start customizing your army and make sure you got some deep pockets. Super hyped for the Robin Hood series !! I have a feeling that its gonna be your best work ;) !!
@@Strat-Guides now im curious on what happened on the first attempt :p but seriously your nailing it with your vids, they are really good !! I never thought of trying the companion mod, check it out with your Robin Hood campaign and ill give it a try if i like it. And i love the analogies that were made “game is mariage” i 100% agree 😂
There's a setting for how closely the camera follows the character in 3rd person - move the slider so it's at the max distance! I hate having it all crowded :)
I just started playing on console after the global release. I also followed your smithing guide and got 1M. Since we cannot have mods on console and me kinda getting bored with the game already, you dropping this video really help!!! Im loving your uploads!!! Just wondering if you would ever make updated best armors as well as best looking armors and customizations on your character (only using the base game and no mods of course. Since console players cannot have any mods and additional weapons or armors)
Yeah one of my most common rules is not being allowed to make money from smithing since it's so OP! But it's good in the beginning so you can experience all the other aspects of the game without being broke lol. Yeah I need to cover armor and loadouts. I plan on doing build guides that will include where to put points, which perks to pick, what gear to use and where to find it and even some basic steps for how to progress in a campaign. Hopefully that would be useful!
I'd say that engaging in all of the games mechanics is important, sounds obvious but when you play a game for dozens of hours you start to habituate to a certain way of playing. You only do the most profitable quests, dont bother with trading or charming etc. I personally never practiced melee fighting because i could get plenty of kills being a horse archer or lancer with little to no effort. However this locked me out of tournaments, bandit hideouts without high tier troops, and doing anything in battle other than clicking on heads from a distance. Yesterday I spent maybe an hour in custom battles 1v1ing to actually practice up. Now I can actually win tourneys and fight on the front line, it has been the spice you mentioned, and i had a lot of fun last night.
That's a great point to make - it's very easy to get pigeon-holed into a certain style and miss out on a lot of other parts of the game. Nice!! Melee combat is one of my favorite parts of the game, happy to see you starting to excel in that area :)
@@Strat-Guides I can see why, I was having a really good time with tournaments! And inspired by your melee combat guide no less. I have yet to feel the rush of a mass chamber but perhaps I'll get there eventually.
'Any' game is boring if you focus on one part only, i read alot saying the smithing is boring, but that because they are focused on getting to level 300, so of course it would be boring, but if you mixed it into all the other activities then it wouldn't be a boring game, see some people need to be guided and hand held lol
paying 50$ for a video game is nonsense,everybody can play it for free through numerous websites,and it is far from perfect As you said early to mid game is good,but later on you will either smithy or just go bankrupt lol,and it just becomes a cycle of trying to keep up your armies nothing else. I do have over 1k hours on the game,but mostly from 20-50 hour long campaigns,not the begginer equivalent of 100+ hour long campaigns And can you even call it a campaign,you need to talk to 10 lords and nothing else pretty much Plus most gamers are kids and teenagers,and these lot do not have incomes,where are they going to find 50$ for a game lol? Also 50$ for some people is just too much for a game
@@GoogleUser-pf7wb i am not talking about myself,or maybe am but 10 years ago I am talking about kids and teenagers,how are they getting 50$? And when they get it it is obviously better to spend it on shoes,clothes,food or just good times
here's a question, how can you trick the game to play more defensive sieges? i almost never play these because if im in the town the AI tends to go around. how do i know where the ai will siege? do i need more rougery to sneak into existing sieges?
They will only siege if they have overwhelming numbers and a 100% chance to win, so unless you want to fight to the last man, defensive sieges aren’t really worth it unless you know how to cheat the game and win one.
If you really want to get in one, look at a big enemy army, (it will say which town or castle it is going to siege) then go to that town right before they show up. Chances are you will lose, but I would go with a mace and a good bow, so you can deal with all that heavy infantry and you don’t get slaughtered. But, you can do whatever you want and thats just my experience.
I usually let them siege and break in once they start the assault. Once their numbers start to drop, that's when you can break in and guarantee yourself a defensive siege. It will cost you a few troops, but the amount of losses you'll save from fighting in the field should outweigh the sacrifice.
Hey Strat Gaming, could you please make a Tactics & Formation guide for RealisticBattleMod? I cant seem to succeed with my normal tactics (shieldwall delays the enemy, archers let loose hell), neither can my Sturgian bois really put up a fight against Vlandian (dismounted!) cav.
Hey Zefix! It's on my list :) I need to get through the Vanilla ones first but I still want to do an RBM mod review and include a tactics section showing the differences.
@@Strat-Guides Wow thank you! IMO Vlandia is utterly op as they are the only faction with a broad use of maces. Lost a 600v400 as it takes like 8 more hits to kill a vlandian than a sturgian.
I have never played a trader character in MB, but is playing one now and it is quite chill and fun, the stress and hunt for "my own kingdom" is not that important.
Very true, it's a much more relaxed play through :) I like to mess with the economy when I do those types of campaigns - making monopolies and crashing the price of certain goods lol
i am taking your advice from one of the previous video where you said "the more you play mods it becomes harder to get back to vanila game" which makes sense so i am only playing base game and my next target is land of sika ;)
I'm probably going to redo that one. I have the recordings but don't have time to add in voice over or edit them so It will probably just be easier to record it again but with live voice over.
I've been having fun with the game. However, I have to go to the browse menu. Then bin file, then load bannerlord exe from there. I can't use any mods and I don't know how to fix the problem. I was hoping that the full release would let me get back into the game but I have been unable to for several months. I've tried to delete the game and reload it to no avail. If you have an idea on how to fix that I would love to hear it. Even so I am enjoying the game such as it is being vanilla.
I know for a fact there are some files that don't get deleted when you uninstall and it sounds like there might be something broken that's not getting uninstalled or overwritten when you reinstall. Flesson made a video that might help - ua-cam.com/video/xh-7I5j1lC8/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Flesson19 There are files labeled JSON that don't seem to be deleted so maybe start there? I wish I had better info for you but hopefully that gets you off the a good start. Also this is a really stupid solution, but if all else fails you can reformat the drive that Bannerlord installs on. You definitely should not have to do this lol but it's something that would probably work!
I did the only bandits army in Game of Thrones mod, wich have much spicier bandits to choose from, they actually are stronger them normal troops, when upgraded all the way.
It really depends on what you enjoy in the game. Personally I really enjoy RBM because it makes combat more challenging. I just started using Fourberie mod and so far it's been great! I ran a couple bandit campaigns before without it and it's much harder without fourberie. I like the smaller QoL mods too like RTS mod, character reloader, encyclopedia extender, etc. I'll have to start making some mod review videos - but it will take me some time. I know a lot of others will install a mod and make a video after using it for 30 minutes, but I find that incredibly disingenuous since they don't really have a good grasp of if the mod is good/fun or not. Once I get more time with these mods I'll do some videos. I feel comfortable with RBM so that will probably be my first one!
@@Strat-Guides I really appreciate the feedback. I would love to see those videos and I think that you taking your time to make a legit video is always a good thing. Strategy is my favorite part of the game. Once I figure out how to reliably filter 2handed weapon troops from shield troops I'll be unstoppable. Lol
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I would love some feedback on this video as it was more of an experiment for me than a normal "guide". My goals here were to:
- Promote the Robin Hood series starting on the second channel.
- Practice making a non-guide video.
I have a few other ideas for videos I would love to try out if this video does well, but I wanted to test the waters first. I only spent about 10 hours on this compared to the usual 40 - 50 hours for a guide so if the interest is there, I could put a lot more time into the next one. I've still got a guide coming out this week, so don't worry!
*Other video ideas:
- Can playing video games make you smarter? Maybe...
- How playing video games helped me succeed in business.
- Here's how much my small 40k sub channel makes on UA-cam
Really enjoyed this one! Any of those ideas sound like a good video to me. Having something a bit shorter to digest was also nice, but don't take that to mean the longer guides and stuff aren't appreciated; it's just nice to have some variety!
It's cool. Liked it. Love all your videos. Packed with stats and added humour. To be fair you're my favourite and only one I've subscribed too. Flesson I watched before I discovered you but is bound by privilege of mods. Thus every new patch a moan that its broken the game. I appreciate new content is hard once you cover the guides, therefore mods is second phase to engage audience. However you update videos as content stats chance from versions and nerfs. So thank you. I feel the learning curve for this game is huge at start. The amount if knowledge ive crammed is like studying for a Taleworlds exam.
Should also note I found a bug but don't know if its just xbox series x or game version wide. Seems no sound on troop commands during bandit hideout raids. This same for PC?
I would love to see any of the *other video ideas come true.
It's cool but all it did was remind me that Bannerlord is such a nothing game without mods and imagination
Videos worth the watch as always but on your end it seems rough putting in a that much time for videos . I'm curious if you cut down on quality / hours spent on a video how many more videos you could put out at a comfortable quality for you
Sorry but being a greedy Mercenary never gets boring
Good video brother, I would also suggest playthroughs where you limit yourself to certain troops, like no cavalry, only soldiers from one faction, mercenaries only etc
Lol true story! How about a mercenary only world conquest challenge??
@@Strat-Guides strat, simo commented which means that he's a svanaboo
How do you go about playing as a mercenary and make it super fun? Any suggestions for a mercenary play through
@@Mattyv7 Simo has a really good Game of Thrones series going right now on that! I would check it out for sure.
Personally I would maybe hire kinky mercenary troops and then set goals for myself like keep Battania alive or help Vlandia crush the sturgians, then later maybe fight for Sturgia and help them win their land back? There a lot of fun things to be had :)
@@Strat-Guides good idea! Be the piece that helps everyone win
As a player with thousands of hours also, I've been thinking of ways to spice things up and keep the game going. Here's one for veteran players out there to try or anyone wishing to extend their late-game. Best used in sandbox mode.
United Empire playthrough:
Unite all the empire factions under one banner, either by joining an existing faction and conquering the split factions or by establishing your own empire faction and uniting them under one banner. Recruit some of the empire clans but eliminate others through execution as to have a strong base of nobility but not overwhelming (15-20 clans should suffice). Once accomplished, abdicate the kingdom and leave releasing all your territorial holdings even abandoning all your hardened troops and companions to the wind. Essentially leave yourself with nothing. Abandon your massive wealth also if you want.
From there, restart your game and decide where to go. See if the united Empire can stand against the other non empire factions. Go start a new faction and fight against the monster you created. (Maybe you left your creation because it became too political, or corrupted. Pretend you were betrayed or usurped. Insert any backstory.) Maybe go into retirement and fast forward the game until you die and your heir can take over if you had kids. You can create a world, where your child was truly an impoverished noble and now he/she must take back what is rightfully theirs. Leave them with nothing but the Legendary Sword you fashioned when you were young. Hand it to them on your deathbed and charge them to seek revenge.
*The year is 1135. The New Calradic Empire threatens to conquer all the lands. On his deathbed, your father calls you to his side. He gives you a key to an old wooden chest that he has stored in the attic. In his final breath he tasks you to follow your true destiny and reinstate your lineage. You brush the dust off the old chest, and with a click the lock opens. Inside you find.......*
a banana
@@50_Stars_and_Stripes BUTTER FOR THE BUTTERLORD
Great comment. Essentially am doing this right now
One of my favorite challenges if the female, no-combat challenge. I play as a noblewoman who was dispossessed (whatever backstory you want really) and who now must reclaim her lands. However, being raised to be a lady at court leaves her with no combat skills. The rules are very simple, no set-up involved.
1. No points in Vigor, Control or Endurance. No Focus Points to any Combat skill. The only END skill you can Focus is Riding.
2. No smithing or trade. Noblewomen aren't blacksmiths. Also, most medieval nobles were looked down on or outright barred from trade.
3. No weapons beyond one-handed civilian weapons. No armor. I changed this slightly with banners so I can wear fancy (ceremonial) armor and carry a banner to inspire my troops.
4. No engaging in direct combat while in battle. You can defend yourself, but only if you can't run away. I mean, you are wearing a dress with a one-handed sword...so engaging in combat probably isn't a great idea to start with.
5. No Fian Champion spam because...well...this breaks the game.
I found this to be fun because it basically removes the things that you can do to become OP in the game. You're forced to rely heavily on the SOC and INT skills. These skills are very strong, but offset by the fact that you can't be a one-man-death-machine on the battlefield, or spam two-handed swords/polearms for infinite cash. You need to manage your finances and balance your armies carefully and composition matters because you're relying on your troops to win battles for you much more so than normally. The backstory of being a conservative noblewoman bred for a life at court sort of explains all these restrictions.
Obviously, if you absolutely love combat in Bannerlord (perfectly understandable), this playthrough isn't for you. But for me it was a fun challenge that made me play in different ways from the tournaments/spam smithing/spam Fian Champions -> win model that I find many playthroughs degenerate into. It also made me focus more on troops compositions and tactics, which helps your overall game because you learn more about the units and tactics. Being in a dress with a dagger all the time also helps you to avoid the urge to dive into melee combat.
This is a neat playthrough. I was thinking something similar, but being male and wearing nothing but scholar robes. A charismatic, intellectual savant that inspires others to victory.
@@50_Stars_and_Stripes agreed. Something I always think of when looking at different armour comps but never actually do, due to my urge to engage in battle. I think I'm gonna give this one a go. Sounds like a new game almost, especially with RTS mod
"The rules are simple"
Proceeds to right a book xD
Im not a big fan of action games because I have slow reaction. So a game that has minion to do all the bidding? I'm in, baby! I have no problem deal 0 damage myself throughout the whole playthrough.
Your analogy just made me realise true love is real, because of how much I've been playing one game for years without losing the joy from the little things
Lol that is true! Even after all this time, I still enjoy a good DOTA2 match from time to time. It's just a shame the player base is so toxic :P
To spice things up, I recently started a trade/caravan save focused on the desert regions.
I normally play as Battania or something, so this allowed me to try a different approach to the game.
Awesome video!
Nice! It's always fun to try new angles :)
Modding is what keeps the great games alive for much longer than it's normal lifespan.
As a history lover, I find it very satisfying to make a playthrough where you base characters on history. The mod allowing you to change names and looks is the cherry on top.
Me too! I have a hard time getting into fictional characters that I make up. I wouldn't mind doing like a GoT or LoTR based one since those stories are so epic.
One of the craziest mods out there is a mod that syncs up bannerlord and crusader kings 3, jumping between games whenever you enter combat in CK3.
yooo wtf
My first playthrough. I'm fully addicted. On easy settings for now learning the mechanics, which your videos have helped massively with. Can't wait to start a new campaign on harder settings.
Nice! The hardest settings aren't too bad once you adjust. I think the hardest part is combat since it's not hard to get downed from 1-2 hits, so you'll have to learn how to position yourself to avoid getting picked off. But aside from that, I'm sure you'll do well!
@@Strat-Guides 100% this. I straightaway went for the hardest difficulty, once get used to easier settings it gets harder to adjust harder settings. The game is really easy no matter what
I am currently challenging myself to play as "bandit king" only use bandit to win battle and conquer cities.
2:08 I played with RBM mode and I got to say - it is a game changer (...nomen-omen): fight feels much more "realistic" and is much "slower" (AI blocks more and fights "smarter"). I am not sure about balance (both, damage and armor are redone to be closer to real life equivalent), but didn't notice anything wrong. Highly recommended, even if you are not bored yet.
I agree Pawel! I try to use RBM as much as I can, although I do have to turn it off when I'm making guides for vanilla.
@@Strat-Guides Oh, man! I was reffering to anybody but you :) Teaching you anything about Bannerlord is like lecturing Dinosaurus on dying out... :)
Strat, learning you're an EFT player makes SOOO much sense now when I think about the hours and hours and hours you put into data crunching and playtesting for Bannerlord. Nowhere else can someone get that much practice in video game frustration tolerance.
Hahahaha you hit it right on the head - Tarkov is like bashing your skull into a wall and learning to love it ;)
Aye congrats on 4k hours! I am still finding enjoyment after taking a short break and doing campaign in tandem with online play.
I was also blessed during my most recent campaign as Derthert died in battle on year one, and am now a vassal to his very, very impulsive son Erdurand and shits gotten really crazy. We're at war with everyone and he has given me literally every Aserai Castle and town. It felt like appropriation at first, but they were treated so poorly I'm now selfishly calling it liberation.
Lol anytime I hear Derthert taking a nosedive, it puts a smile on my face :D
@@Strat-Guides update, when warring down south I also somehow managed to kill sultan Hulyan in battle (no armies, just both of our massive troop amounts because I followed you video on stat spread and went hard social, cunning, and intelligence), and I have been gifted every single territory held by the Aserai by Erdurand. Fucking crazy.
This can apply to any game with a long campaign.
Total War Warhammer 3, Persona 5 Royal, and Elden Ring are some of the best recent examples.
But if a game gives you over a 1000 hours of great gameplay... that is better than 99.99% of all other video games.
Yeah good point! I went through a similar thing with EU4 where I stopped caring about WC and starting spamming PU's and trying to make them as big as possible lol it was good fun!
Persona 5 but only arsene v:
Your videos are amazing. The quality, writing, editing, insight, and research, they're all top notch. You've made 45k subs from Bannerlord alone, but when you branch off to other games, I feel you'll take off. Thanks for the vids.
I really appreciate that :) I'm hoping so, just waiting for the right game to start adding in. My hope was Vicky3 but unfortunately that didn't go as planned haha stinky game!
@@Strat-Guides you could try crusader kings 3 as they just announced a beefy road map, you could try catching the new dlcs. I think it’d fit well with your channel
That jump kill at 2:14 was awesome! Also, looking forward to your collab with Flesson!
I’ve been enjoying your videos. The way you format your videos and the way you explain things just click and make sense. I love bannerlord so it’s just great to see you make videos on it :)
Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying them! :D
Looking forward to the Robinhood series! If you can upload both short and long versions, it would be highly appreciated by those who love playing games but don't have the time to play them. :D
For sure! I'm planning on taking clips from each episode so I can compile them for a weekly recap on the main channel :)
Great video, are you going to upload part 3 of the Tamerlane campaign?
Thank you! I've got that series on hold for now, I'm doing campaigns on the 2nd channel. It's not going to have the intro's because they take a whole day or more to do, but the gameplay part is still edited down a bit (3 hours of gameplay usually needed for 1 hour of UA-cam video)
@@Strat-Guides thanks !
3:26 - "Battania gets destroyed, keeping them alive wasn't easy"
o_O
When I played my last (and, frankly, only) game mostly on Battania's side, it was very easy. Even during early stages when my own contribution was just a couple of archers in huge 1000 vs 1000 fights, we easily decimated all enemy forces which even made me think that Battania is the strongest faction.
My first and current playthrough is as battania, lost all of our territory since caladog and friends just wouldn't quit with the wars and now we have zero territory and I am desperately trying to find and hold a single city lmao
I've played quite a few hours of Bannerlord now but I'm excited to do my full conquest playthrough of the released game!
After that I'll probably wait until the Prophesy of Pendor and Game of Thrones mods come out for Bannerlord (or maybe get to work on them).
If you like EFT then boy do I have a game for you - check out the STALKER series when ever you have the time, I think you'd enjoy it. STALKER Anomaly or GAMMA specifically.
isnt there a GOT mod already released?
@@coolstuffer123 There probably is, I don't know how fast they've been updating though, I should check it out
@@Jormmg apparently there are more than one! I found two, trial of the seven kingdoms and Realm of thrones
There are so many amazing mods in development right now, I can't wait :) Kingdoms of Arda looks amazing, GOT as well.
I've seen Stalker before but never played it, I'll definitely take a look! Thanks for the heads up on that
Those spice things up clips really took me by surprise lmao. Great video as always...
Lol thanks! I had some other ones that were a bit too "juicy" so I changed them :)
Hey everyone - I got some trouble with my game. I played back and forth since the beta release in 2020. Now, if I wanna play I just can not. Game keeps crashing at the start (loading screen). I tried almost everything: deleted old saves, deleted all mods and mod data, updated drivers, repaired the game, reinstalled the game, tried window mode and deactivated wirewall. Still crashes directly after start. So guys, please help, I am losing my mind!
Many thanks in advance!
fixed - thanks for promoting! Strat Gaming ❤️
Something I used to do is to make a "barbarian horde" I would only recruit sturgian and battanians and I would upgrade them only to cavalry. Ride around and raid everyone besides sturgia and battania. With mods that increase horse charges and some quality of life mods this became a fun playthrough.
Hey. Just discovered your channel and watched few of your videos. Just wanted to say the time and thought you put on your videos are obvious and I hope you get more subs. I really liked everything about the way you explained things. Not gonna lie I was not expecting Escape from Tarkov out of nowhere. Like my two favorite games in one channel amazing stuff. Hope you decide to upload some Tarkov content too. I wonder what kind of audiance you will have with Bannerlord + Tarkov lol.
Thank you for watching! So cool to see all these fellow Tarvok players in Bannerlord :) I'm probably going to wait for the next wipe and try to get a couple videos done then, see how it goes :)
The meme:content ratio in this video is absolutely sublime. Well done!
Lol thanks!
Your intro reminds me of when I was in Freshman year of highschool and I had straight A's so I took a week being "sicK" to play through the entire Warcraft 3 campaign. One of the best weeks of my life.
Haha I know what you mean! I have a few of those moments as well - Supreme commander was one of them. I missed sooo much class when that one came out :)
The base game sucks. Only mods can fix this, which in all honesty is already a major pain in the ass to deal with.
Yeah it's a pain getting a good list together. That said, once you do find a good (and stable) list, it's one of the best games out there IMO
Bro the relationship analogy was hilarious.. I would definitely love an EFT vid from you man
Haha it's true though! Games are very similar, or at least in my experience lol
Yeah for sure, I'll have to put something together in the future. I should have started my channel back in 2017 when I first started playing EFT! Man that game was soooo much fun back then.
@@Strat-Guides was? what happened to it? I was thinking about buying it when i get a new pc. I know for sure people say its annoying because you can loose all the goodies in one hit but i play STALKER gamma on ironman regularly so im used to it lol
All the methods you listed involve making the game more difficult or demanding, but there's also something to be said for turning on some cheats and treating the game exactly like the pointless toy that it actually is. Sometimes cheating can be as innocuous as cutting out the grinding time involved in an aspect of the game where none of the fun is had in the grind itself. Or cheating can be used to remove the punishment element from failure so that you can have more opportunities to practice something that you're not skilled at, as it's hard to get good at something that sends you back to respawn for several minutes after every botched attempt. Other times you may just kind of want to do something more passive like test an army composition without your personal help to see how they perform, and you don't want to be bothered dodging pointy bits while you're observing the results.
I think people shy away from cheating because of silly reasons, judging by what's said in comments sections and forums. It's easy to forget that while we may want to challenge ourselves, we're still basically goofing around in a digital sandbox, and the point of that at the end of the day is to have fun. To anyone who feels like it's shameful, I say you've gotta turn on godmode and jump from a huge height at least once.
Agreed. I don't see why we should waste time unlocking all the crafts manually because dev says so as he can't find any good solution. Don't waste your time on pointless stuff like Blacksmithing unlocks, there are much better to do with your time, not just in the game.
That's a great point, I should have covered that as well! I get so tunnel vision and look through my own lense that it's hard to consider anything outside of my own experience. It's certainly something I need to improve on given that I'm making content for a broad audience. Thanks for the feedback!
Btw you can press the space bar repeatedly when forging if you’re trying to spam build a specific item. Can combine this with spam clicking the forge button in the bottom right combined with spamming the space bar.
Space bar also works for smelting and refining.
You don't have to do smithing. I haven't done smithing seriously in any of my playthroughs. It's not necessary at all. The way I see it it's just an extra to please those gamers who *have* to have crafting in _every_ game. Honestly it does even make sense. Not only are you a warrior and monarch, but also an accomplished blacksmith?
0:27 In this bannerlord footage are you using any mods?
Yeah for the background recording I was using the RBM and DeReMilitari mods :) Both are amazing!
@@Strat-Guides oh nice. Are there any filter or graphic enhancing mods? Maybe my settings aren't as high as yours as the gameplay looks so clean.
I’ve recently found out that your companions can win tournament rewards for you. That actually can create interesting but probably grindy playthrough being gladiator manager and preparing fighter to fight for you. That can might work if player wants to max intelligence and play as analog of Petyr from GOT
Hehe I'm using this as a small part of my next video actually :)
I absolutely love your videos bro. I was wondering what the background music was that you used at 0:10 in your video
Thanks! I think it's this sound track - ua-cam.com/video/g6hY7dB54bc/v-deo.html&ab_channel=WhiteBatAudio
It's copyright free too so anyone can use it :D
how do you only have 50 k subs. quality content hidden gem, thank the UA-cam algorithm. Love the vids been watching some your old vids too really enjoy it!
Thank you! So I started the channel a little over a year ago and Bannerlord was a small community until recently with the full release so I suspect that might be why. I've been really focused on learning how to make videos and improve the quality so I guess it's been successful in that regard :)
what is your favorite mode in bannerlord
I prefer Sandbox!
I did something like this in Warband's TLD mod. After a couple playthroughs I became unstoppable by the midgame because I had 8 heroes to cover all the party skills & train troops, and could replenish my forces with prisoners freed from the enemy. I then got an idea from the Silmarillion. Elves in the First Age set up separate kingdoms for Men, so they would be lead in war and peace by their own people, so what am I doing using rescued Men & Dwarves as meat shields for those Mirkwood/Rivendell archers I like to recruit?
It just so happens that elf troops in TLD never get taken prisoner, have the smallest recruitment pools, only have 7 settlements all in the northern half of the map, and have only 2 heroes. So I did an elf-only challenge, where my party including heroes had to consist entirely of elves, any prisoners rescued had to be donated to their respective faction ASAP. The entire southern half of the map got overrun by Evil by the time the north was secured, and an epic campaign to push them all the way back to Mordor ensued.
Did you by chance read the outlaw books by angus donald?? Some of the names of your Robin Hood characters caught my eye and made me wonder
No I have not read that one, but I looked around online for info that seemed to be more reliable. I'm certainly no expert in the field so it's difficult for me to know what's legit or not, but this one site had lot's of references cited. I'll have to put that book on my Notion list to look into when I have free time, thanks!
I do this a lot. When i understand a feature makes the game a childplay (focus mode in RDR or throwing knife in AC Syndicate for example) i simply do not use it. Because there is literally 10 other ways to beat the game but you will keep using only 1, just because of it's easier.
Did an Infantry only, no archers, Gang Lord play through…THAT is tricky AF…
Friendly reminder that cheating is perfectly okay. If you don't want to go through the absurd smithing grind - just cheat your way there. Especially, if you've already been there and done that - you know that you can do it, you did it before and it's not difficult, just time consuming. So yeah, just skip the time spent on boring tasks, figure out how you'd balance it and play the parts of the game you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't follow my own advice, I will still spend the first 2 in-game years with a massive recruit-only army stacked to the brim with mules so I can trade EVERYTHING. But, if that's the thing that keeps you from having fun at a game - don't be an idiot. I mean, when you re-watch TV shows, you might also skip the episodes that suck.
Yeah for sure, no judgement for those who use the cheat console to bypass the extreme grind. I would recommend to most to at least grind it out once so you get that sense of accomplishment lol
need some help here: I tried to create my own kingdom, I did fulfilled all 4 requirements but got stuck when talking to Arzagos and that's when the create kingdom dialog had grey out, hovered over it , it said "you should be ruling a kingdom of non-imperial culture". No idea what to do next!!
Go to one of your fiefs and assign someone as a governor there. Open the dialogue with them (usually they are in the keep) and choose the chat option that states it's time to start a kingdom. Then go back to Arzagos and that should fix the issue. I'm not 100% sure because I've never done the main quest BUT that's how you start a kingdom normally so maybe start there :)
@@Strat-Guides thank you , it works :)
also, can I make peace with the surrounding enemies after I the castle seige?
@@sidhahappyface8782 no problem! Now that you're a kingdom, you'll need to handle peace deals through the diplomacy screen, which will cost you influence. Check the kingdom tab and see how much each piece will cost you and if you have enough influence then you can do it at any time!
Nice video as always bro! With tons of upcoming mods I hope the devs would not heavily depend on them and make the game much more fun on its own way. When I discover Bannerlord I saw the Total War that I've always wanted. Bless this game and the community
The only thing I don’t like is when they make me repeat a main quest when I’m busy fighting a war halfway across the map or that the king keep switching who too go too war with lol
Other ways to enjoy a game are to: find the historical relevance of it, to learn more about the techniques in creation & programming, to join with groups would like the genre. Sometimes there's even social good coming out of a game
Good point! I think that's why I gravitate toward real characters from history because I enjoy learning new things and how cultures and events are connected :)
I thought u'd said "with sleepless night, and maybe even calling it sick at school or work" and I was like that checks out M&B is in fact sick as fuck.
does anyone know how to do a prison break from a castle now? the overview menu says I have limited access to the dungeon. I can physically go to the dungeon and bribe the guard outside to get in but I cannot find the way to start a prison break.
They changed it a few patches ago and I don't even both with castles anymore - mostly focus on towns now instead.
@@Strat-Guides huh well I guess I will just pay the ransom then. I was trying to get married but the clan head is in jail inside a castle. super inconvenient that i cant jailbreak them.
2:13 MORDHAU YES
Lol I love that taunt!
Really wondering what mods strat has installed IRL to spice things up with Strat-wife. Might have to go to lovers lab to find those.
at 5:15 u knock someone down. How did you do that?
That was using a mod called RBM - it has a posture system (Like stamina) and when you run out of stamina and enemy blocks your attack, you fall over.
@@Strat-Guides Ooooh okay. Great. Im litterally booting up Bannerlord this very second going for a new campaign with that mod on.
Horse archer 🐴 🎯 army only is pretty fun.
Horse archer leading only horse archers. I do dismount in large battles, steal a menavliaton, and crush some heads for the thrill.
totally off topic but do you know how to fix companions being read as horse archers but still being put in infantry troops in formations set up. Its annoying having to set them in correct formation before every battle
That's a tough one, I'm not entirely sure! I've struggled with this as well. If I find a solution I'll be sure to let everyone know!
I like Bannerlord and I’m new to it, but I find myself getting bored because im constantly getting stuck progressing. So far I’m a vassal with one fief, but I’m not getting anymore despite how much I help in war. I can’t really get my own kingdom because clan tier isn’t high enough and my party sizes and all aren’t well enough
Exactly! As long as it's not online and ruining other's experience then who cares :)
Mate, your videos are fantastic! You're an analytical chemist. When you add this much comedic relief into your vids they're awesome. Video title was perfect. Your play throughs are great suggestions. Have you seen Halcyons videos. He crushes the raider play throughs
Thank you for watching and the kind words! Oh yeah I got a couple ideas from his rock bottom start actually :) I added a few more challenging rules and did a bandit WC campaign, it was so much fun!
I'm playing pure calvary mercenary/bounty hunter. Seeing my 1000 calvary crushing over infantries is always a sight to enjoy.
Something to change the game up if you're not up for too many rules and challenges is a simple rule:
No noble/elite units. This means if you want good archers you can't get Fians, if you want good cav, you have to choose between going all the way to Khuzait lands for their lancers and horse archers, or will you just deal with having Battanian, Sturgian, Vlandian cav, whichever you picked.
Doing a playthrough with this build now that Full Release came out, looking to get most of the achievements if possible and so far it's been pretty great. Personally gone with Sturgian Heavy Axemen as my shieldwall, Sturgian Heroic Line Breakers as my shock inf, Khuzait Horse Archers and Lancers and Imperial Palatine Guard since they'll be easy to replace and they are pretty good now.
Good point, I need to work on the achievements soon too :)
I think I'm at the point you were at when starting out. I'm in love with the Blacksmithing variety and I find it quite satisfying to chase the different patterns/pieces to unlock.... However in the back of my mind, I know that I will dread doing it all over again if I do another blacksmithing playthrough. Maybe I'll cheat... I don't see myself going through that grind multiple times just to try out if I'll enjoy apex 2H swords vs (insert weapon archetype here.) The Thamaskene steel grind is real!
It's all good, nothing quite like that first play through so enjoy it and don't let this crusty old veteran soil your fun :P
Could you do a video covering the console commands? I'm really interested in the speed up of battles and such but don't know how. And some stuff just makes no sense to me. Love your videos and you've resparked my interest in ways to play the game!
Thank you for watching! Yeah I can make a short video on console commands. The speeding up of battles is actually using a mod - RTS mod. You install that, then go into any town, village or battle and press L to open up RTS options. In the top right there is an option to change the speed factor (default is to slow down time) and you just need to move the slider so it increases speed instead of decreasing it. Then maybe set a hotkey to turn it on and off. I have it as one of my mouse buttons because I use it so often. I hope that helps!
I think this was a great video. It highlighted some great mods and served to alert me that your new series had started.
It's on my to watch list now, cheers!
Sweet, thank you! I try to not plug my 2nd channel too much, but when I do I at least want to add some value before hand :)
Let's be honest, Butterlord is just you playing as a soldier in a TW game. As soon as they added the deployment screen, it was undeniable.
I miss the old deployment system where you could select troops formations in the party screen :(
your videos are either entertaining and informative sir keep it going for story series and guides
Thank you!!
Its kind of funny cause rn I'm on my first bannerlord playthrough and everyone talks about how battania gets swallowed up first, but legit in my game they've taken over a huge area, and are steam rolling through most factions, (although this might be because I'm helping a bit since I'm a vassal for them)
Hi strat I was wondering if you could do a video about how the game generates the map for battles
I've been trying to fall back on the campaign map to bridges and high ground to get an advantage in the simulation battle but most of the time it keeps loading open planes
Sorry if you already made a video explaining but I had a search and couldn't find it
That's a good idea! I don't think it's fully fleshed out yet since I've noticed sometimes the spawn location doesn't match the campaign map. I'll sit on the bridge on the campaign and then end up with the enemy on my side of the choke point lol I'll run more tests though.
@@Strat-Guides I've found a good spot at epicrotea the bridge next to it spawns a really good defensive map with a bridge you start next to with a big hill
And found an exploit if you draw up on the bridge outnumbered the ai will try to charge directly so you can pepper them with archers as they approach them retreat the battle and start over I was playing around with it and was beating 600 man army's with about 250 troops
If I can figure out how to upload clips from the Xbox il post a clip
Since you mentioned EFT: Maybe a look into the Stalker series, and especially the "newly popular" Stalker G.A.M.M.A mod pack. I'm sure that, with your amount of dedication, this could be an incredible addition to your channel.
oooh that's a good idea! I never did play Stalker, but I've always liked the idea of a SP version. The hardest part for me now with Tarkov is playing Online with kids. I need to be able to pause and help out with whatever shinanigans are going on and that's not usually a good idea when you're in a raid with gear that took you hours to save up for lol. I'll check it out!
I'd love to see some [head,eyes] content from you, even if it's been a while since I've played EFT myself
Oh man, I don't even need to look anymore - I already know it's a headshot 100% of the time haha AI, player, don't matter :) For sure, I'll work on a small project for EFT soon. I think it will be fun!
yeah but the full release of bannerlord dosent even support harmony buttelib etc mods that where supported in every beta or is this just a problem with my game ?
I'm able to run mods right now on 1.0 so I'm not sure what's going on there?
@@Strat-Guides well damn gotta look into it more i guess :)
I started a varangian guard campaing. Being sturgian and only use sturgian and empire troops (No cav allowed). I cannot make my kingdom, just be a vassal for any empire.
Over 6000 hours in and it's simple, set a new play style or goals ro complete. You don't always need to finish the game but say your goal is to take Poros asap, or make 10 million deanrs Goals are a great way to keep it fresh
raganvad balls
@@DestroyerOfOgis if that's your thing, make it your goal
@@Flesson19 NO WAIT I WAS OUT OF MY MIND 12 MINS AGO FORGIVE ME-
Agreed! It' shouldn't always be up to the devs to spoon feed us :)
De Re Militari is seriously a 10/10 mod, I truly believe they should incorporate it into the vanilla game. It always felt silly that some average joe farmers could be trained up to be top tier infantry or heavy cavalry. Plus, it's not even remotely historically accurate. A huge chunk of medieval armies were just local levies, i.e. those average joes with some cheap armor, a spear, and a shield.
Of course the game doesn't need to be historically accurate by any means, but it feels so excellent to finally be able to invest in those somewhat rare top-tier troops and watch them cut through the levy troops like a hot knife through butter.
I agree, it's really good so far! I love the idea of lower tier units being plentiful and smaller groups of elite troops that need to be strategically deployed.
Give us Viking Conquest for Bannerlord already. The engine is MADE for a infantry only Viking overhaul if you ask me. The base game is already supposed to be set in the time period of vikings
What u said in beginning is what exactly I’m going thru, i don’t seem to enjoy games anymore, i remember waking up At 4 am to play dark souls for first time, those days are gone
Yeah I know what you mean. It comes and goes for me. Luckily right now it's been fun for me :)
@@Strat-Guides nice to know, I’m currently looking for a game to make me passionate again and wake-up super early exited don’t know what to play
Agree completely, I'm always surprised by the people on the forums who insist on pure meta map painting as the only playstyle because after doing it 2 or 3 times I never wanted to do it again. I do however have a lot of fun with weird builds or roleplaying, or even just staying a merc for long periods of time. My current one I'm just using a big horde of tier 2 troops while staying mostly out of combat myself.
I think back to bannerlord or even warband and for a long time I would lose a battle and reload and try to win it instead, but it's such an unsatisfying way to play when you only stomp the enemy. For an example, I had been chasing an enemy mercenary down early game and he fled to a village. When I finally caught him, I didn't notice that the rather large militia had joined him for the fight and while I did win, I lost a good amount of my troops. Annoyed at his treachery, I executed him on the spot and swore to destroy his merc clan. Small things like that keep the game interesting for me after 1200 hours.
In hindsight, this video should have included a tip of the hat to Halcylion. I tried to emulated his bandit playthrough, and it was awesome.
@@Nimno74 i can't recall if it was this campaign or the Timur or both, but i did give him credit for the rock bottom start idea. I didn't copy him exactly because his rule set was too easy, but i got the basic idea from him.
@Strat-Guides oh no, I didn't mean to imply you weren't an inspiration for many of my playthroughs, or that you copied him, or anything like that. I just thought he deserved some kudos for the inventive way he plays. I've heard you call him "that beautiful bastard" before in other videos, so I figured you would get where I'm coming from.
I've pretty much watched every Bannerlord video you've ever made, and many videos for other games I don't even own. But, I like to throw in a nod here and there .
On that note, I'd like to see another themed playthrough in vanilla from someone, as I am starting to get a bit bored with Mamma Bannerlord lately. I say vanilla because my PC died, and I'm stuck with just an old PS4 pro.
I have tried to use ten popular mods for Banner lord 2 from the stem workshop and none work. They are all behind on the current version of the game.
Yeah for now I still use Nexus Mods until people can catch up and update. I was able to find a good list that work on 1.0, if you check the Robin Hood series on the 2nd channel I have the full mod list there!
i'm sure i missed you telling us; but what is the total number of 2-handed sword parts to unlock? i am at 254 and it has been a while since i got a new one.
You've actually got it, 254!
@@Strat-Guides many thanks. for this quick response, and all your time and creativity
Honest question just got it on ps4 when it came out everything works but marriage I can pass all speech checks but when I go talk to the dad it won't let me barter I can just barter in general but the moment I go to barter for the marriage I'm stuck the bar won't feel it won't give me any option to even attempt to make a deal thinning is bugged but not the first clue to fix any ideas I've don't searched the web an nothing
So it may not actually be the dad that you have to barter with - it's supposed to be the head of the clan. Sometimes the dad is the head of the clan and sometimes he's not so double check that. If you've got the right person then make sure the chat option to barter for marriage is there. If it's there, then you should be able to do it. One thing I did notice, pressing the auto balance button doesn't give you the green pass option, but if you add a single denar (plus symbol on your side near your denar balance) it should turn the barter green and let you complete. Also make sure you have enough to pay for the wife, it's usually in the 200 - 5k range so have at least a few thousand denars handy.
@@Strat-Guides thank you for the reply an also appreciate the content I'm going to try that an make sure I got everything right trying to get past the speech checks now but have always had enough denars kept about 40 k on me just in case he was a hard Barter an then bam the thing wouldn't work I could do any other trading but the moment the marriage seemed like it glitches
Update your advice worked thank you again
That Tarkov clip of you dying to the scav gave me PTSD flashbacks of trying to get pistol kills for Holster and running into Tagilla 💀 He. Just. Won’t. Die!
Hahaha yeah man those are the tough ones. I should have aimed for the head since he had body armor, although for Tagilla that probably doesn't matter :)
@@Strat-Guides Can confirm, does not matter. I shot him in the head with M80 from an R700 and the bullet must have ricocheted or my aim was off from shitting myself. The only time I kill that bastard is when I blow his legs out from under him or manage to get a shot at the back of his head while he’s caving in the heads of my teammates. Still not as bad as the new roaming Killa and Rogue Bosses tho 💀
@@The_Riot lol!
Wait... what was the mod to turn a hideout into a base????
Yup! It's called fourberie and you can take over the gangs of a town or establish a bandit hideout as a home base. You can earn income from it by dropping off prisoners to work as slaves lol
Playing suboptimal for fun is playing optimal for fun. I do that all the time, most notably in Fallout games.
And that is why i loooooove MLW/Custom Troop. Each that i make is different, each army unique where i can design pretty much anything. And if MLW makes the game too easy, then play with custom troops. You have to own a settlement in order to start customizing your army and make sure you got some deep pockets.
Super hyped for the Robin Hood series !! I have a feeling that its gonna be your best work ;) !!
Thanks, I really hope it turns out better than the first attempt at it haha
@@Strat-Guides now im curious on what happened on the first attempt :p but seriously your nailing it with your vids, they are really good !! I never thought of trying the companion mod, check it out with your Robin Hood campaign and ill give it a try if i like it. And i love the analogies that were made “game is mariage” i 100% agree 😂
Aserai bandit campaign was most fun ive had. you can catch caravans easily on the desert.
Can you share your camera settings? more precisely how can your character be this zoomed out in battle?
Btw i love your videos, keep it up ❤
There's a setting for how closely the camera follows the character in 3rd person - move the slider so it's at the max distance! I hate having it all crowded :)
@@Strat-Guides me too, thank you 🙏🏻
I just started playing on console after the global release. I also followed your smithing guide and got 1M. Since we cannot have mods on console and me kinda getting bored with the game already, you dropping this video really help!!! Im loving your uploads!!!
Just wondering if you would ever make updated best armors as well as best looking armors and customizations on your character (only using the base game and no mods of course. Since console players cannot have any mods and additional weapons or armors)
Yeah one of my most common rules is not being allowed to make money from smithing since it's so OP! But it's good in the beginning so you can experience all the other aspects of the game without being broke lol.
Yeah I need to cover armor and loadouts. I plan on doing build guides that will include where to put points, which perks to pick, what gear to use and where to find it and even some basic steps for how to progress in a campaign. Hopefully that would be useful!
@@Strat-Guides perfect! I can’t wait. Looking forward to your videos
I'd say that engaging in all of the games mechanics is important, sounds obvious but when you play a game for dozens of hours you start to habituate to a certain way of playing. You only do the most profitable quests, dont bother with trading or charming etc.
I personally never practiced melee fighting because i could get plenty of kills being a horse archer or lancer with little to no effort. However this locked me out of tournaments, bandit hideouts without high tier troops, and doing anything in battle other than clicking on heads from a distance. Yesterday I spent maybe an hour in custom battles 1v1ing to actually practice up. Now I can actually win tourneys and fight on the front line, it has been the spice you mentioned, and i had a lot of fun last night.
That's a great point to make - it's very easy to get pigeon-holed into a certain style and miss out on a lot of other parts of the game.
Nice!! Melee combat is one of my favorite parts of the game, happy to see you starting to excel in that area :)
@@Strat-Guides I can see why, I was having a really good time with tournaments! And inspired by your melee combat guide no less. I have yet to feel the rush of a mass chamber but perhaps I'll get there eventually.
'Any' game is boring if you focus on one part only, i read alot saying the smithing is boring, but that because they are focused on getting to level 300, so of course it would be boring, but if you mixed it into all the other activities then it wouldn't be a boring game, see some people need to be guided and hand held lol
Me grinding my smithing skill in skyrim by forging dagger for the 50th times :
iNtErEsTiNG
Lol yes the grind never ends, even for different games! :D
paying 50$ for a video game is nonsense,everybody can play it for free through numerous websites,and it is far from perfect
As you said early to mid game is good,but later on you will either smithy or just go bankrupt lol,and it just becomes a cycle of trying to keep up your armies nothing else.
I do have over 1k hours on the game,but mostly from 20-50 hour long campaigns,not the begginer equivalent of 100+ hour long campaigns
And can you even call it a campaign,you need to talk to 10 lords and nothing else pretty much
Plus most gamers are kids and teenagers,and these lot do not have incomes,where are they going to find 50$ for a game lol?
Also 50$ for some people is just too much for a game
um get a job? 50$ is like what, one day of minimum wage labor?
@@GoogleUser-pf7wb i am not talking about myself,or maybe am but 10 years ago
I am talking about kids and teenagers,how are they getting 50$?
And when they get it it is obviously better to spend it on shoes,clothes,food or just good times
@@LocalNoob_2 most people tend to have a good time while playing a video game lol
here's a question, how can you trick the game to play more defensive sieges? i almost never play these because if im in the town the AI tends to go around. how do i know where the ai will siege? do i need more rougery to sneak into existing sieges?
tactics skill and wait for an assault, not the siege, to commence
They will only siege if they have overwhelming numbers and a 100% chance to win, so unless you want to fight to the last man, defensive sieges aren’t really worth it unless you know how to cheat the game and win one.
If you really want to get in one, look at a big enemy army, (it will say which town or castle it is going to siege) then go to that town right before they show up. Chances are you will lose, but I would go with a mace and a good bow, so you can deal with all that heavy infantry and you don’t get slaughtered. But, you can do whatever you want and thats just my experience.
I usually let them siege and break in once they start the assault. Once their numbers start to drop, that's when you can break in and guarantee yourself a defensive siege. It will cost you a few troops, but the amount of losses you'll save from fighting in the field should outweigh the sacrifice.
Hey Strat Gaming,
could you please make a Tactics & Formation guide for RealisticBattleMod? I cant seem to succeed with my normal tactics (shieldwall delays the enemy, archers let loose hell), neither can my Sturgian bois really put up a fight against Vlandian (dismounted!) cav.
Hey Zefix! It's on my list :) I need to get through the Vanilla ones first but I still want to do an RBM mod review and include a tactics section showing the differences.
@@Strat-Guides Wow thank you! IMO Vlandia is utterly op as they are the only faction with a broad use of maces. Lost a 600v400 as it takes like 8 more hits to kill a vlandian than a sturgian.
I have never played a trader character in MB, but is playing one now and it is quite chill and fun, the stress and hunt for "my own kingdom" is not that important.
Very true, it's a much more relaxed play through :) I like to mess with the economy when I do those types of campaigns - making monopolies and crashing the price of certain goods lol
1:38 Nice nice a little subtle nod to Realm of Thrones I hope
i am taking your advice from one of the previous video where you said "the more you play mods it becomes harder to get back to vanila game" which makes sense so i am only playing base game and my next target is land of sika ;)
Oooh that mod looks really good too!
Will the Raider Series ever come back?
I'm probably going to redo that one. I have the recordings but don't have time to add in voice over or edit them so It will probably just be easier to record it again but with live voice over.
I've been having fun with the game. However, I have to go to the browse menu. Then bin file, then load bannerlord exe from there. I can't use any mods and I don't know how to fix the problem. I was hoping that the full release would let me get back into the game but I have been unable to for several months. I've tried to delete the game and reload it to no avail. If you have an idea on how to fix that I would love to hear it.
Even so I am enjoying the game such as it is being vanilla.
I know for a fact there are some files that don't get deleted when you uninstall and it sounds like there might be something broken that's not getting uninstalled or overwritten when you reinstall. Flesson made a video that might help - ua-cam.com/video/xh-7I5j1lC8/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Flesson19
There are files labeled JSON that don't seem to be deleted so maybe start there? I wish I had better info for you but hopefully that gets you off the a good start.
Also this is a really stupid solution, but if all else fails you can reformat the drive that Bannerlord installs on. You definitely should not have to do this lol but it's something that would probably work!
@@Strat-Guides Thank you so much for responding with some helpful info. I will try it ASAP.
Video starts at 2:00
I did the only bandits army in Game of Thrones mod, wich have much spicier bandits to choose from, they actually are stronger them normal troops, when upgraded all the way.
So on Xbox one can you download mods for this?!
I know this may sound like a noob question but I am a noob to technology.
They don't have mod support on any console yet, but hopefully they add it soon.
What mods do you suggest? I'm typically a vanilla player, but bannerlord has some gaps.
It really depends on what you enjoy in the game. Personally I really enjoy RBM because it makes combat more challenging. I just started using Fourberie mod and so far it's been great! I ran a couple bandit campaigns before without it and it's much harder without fourberie. I like the smaller QoL mods too like RTS mod, character reloader, encyclopedia extender, etc. I'll have to start making some mod review videos - but it will take me some time. I know a lot of others will install a mod and make a video after using it for 30 minutes, but I find that incredibly disingenuous since they don't really have a good grasp of if the mod is good/fun or not. Once I get more time with these mods I'll do some videos. I feel comfortable with RBM so that will probably be my first one!
@@Strat-Guides I really appreciate the feedback. I would love to see those videos and I think that you taking your time to make a legit video is always a good thing. Strategy is my favorite part of the game. Once I figure out how to reliably filter 2handed weapon troops from shield troops I'll be unstoppable. Lol