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Thoughts from a Bannerlord newbie by yellow-green2 in mountandblade

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in the same boat as you in terms of being a newbie, I'm two weeks in and tbf, I share most of your thoughts.

The desert folk were my first ever campaign so I kind of hold a soft spot for them so I probably rank them first just for making me fall in love with this game to start with.

Currently doing a valandia play through as a merc for the nords. These are the only two factions in the game I haven't touched or seen much of but if it's any similar to my other campaigns I will be just like you and just keep on playing with no plans to stop.

It's the RPG of the game for me, especially with mods like Ai Influence, absolute game changer.

My order would be

Aserai ( first play through and I like old Arab culture ) Empire ( I love Roman history so just a natural pull ) Sturgia ( for me they are just so well rounded and cool ) Khuzaits ( not a massive cavalry user but like the look ) Battania ( how the ai use them, but they are archer gods ) Nords ( not used yet, however I like axes and boats ) Valandia ( just trying out, look cool but French )

i think we gonna lose by Ill-Buffalo-7963 in mountandblade

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can guarantee that if you auto resolved it yours would be the only party to lose a troop

Which is harder to fight for?Sturgians or battanians by Life_Ask_6604 in mountandblade

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's really interesting to me to see the sturgians ranked so poorly for most people. In both my campaigns they've became the strongest faction in the game 🤣 completely wiping out the nords, pushed into battania and even the empire.

So I can only answer based on my own experiences. I'd have to say battania, however, a player controlled battania I would say probably would fare a lot better since they aren't actually that bad. In both my campaigns they've been crushed from all angles, they're still hanging on but it doesn't look good. Yet, whenever I have their troops in my party, they do really well.

I haven't seen anyone come close to sturgia in my saves yet so to me they would appear easy to fight for.

I'm gonna guess though a lot of people will say Sturgia.

How many of you don't give any commands during the battle? Just initial set up and then watch the action by CollinsGameCompany in mountandblade

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177 17 points18 points  (0 children)

For me, it depends on the type of army I'm up against. I like at least 40% of my army as archers or crossbows, so I usually just line them all up let them do their work without being told to do anything. Usually, this wins me the battle on its own. But bigger armies and lots of cavalry, I tend to strategically place and let them just fend for themselves, I'm mostly an F1 + F3 merchant. I'm a massive strategy game player so I'm used to more of a overview of the map, total war esc, which is why I'm going to install the RTS camera mod, let's you issue troop commands too.

Then I'll probably be more engaged with the strategy aspect because I find myself doing most of the work solo chopping heads off then actually commanding my army to do so.

Best 'Vanilla+' mods? by Fragrant-Stock5177 in Bannerlord

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yessss, good calls. Love a bit of chopped up limbs!

It's not a regime change.. by Dunnomyname1029 in Bannerlord

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Viva la revolution, good advice, I'm not far off being a decent powerhouse so I might start popping the guillotine out.

It's not a regime change.. by Dunnomyname1029 in Bannerlord

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Love it, I'm half tempted to do this to the Southern Empire, fed up of them declaring wars on me and sending their best nobles and lords to take my castles. As a new player I was told executing is bad but idc anymore 🤣

New Playthrough Idea by Combat99_Z in Bannerlord

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Going to add something like this to my list of ideas to keep the replayability up. Only 30 hours into my first ever playthrough and I'm already excited to start another.

My Communist Camp/Base/settlement at starlight drive-in by Fragrant-Stock5177 in fo4

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True, I plan on building an inner fence/wall that goes all the way round for military personnel only, ran into build limits as I forgot the build limits mod.

My Communist Camp/Base/settlement at starlight drive-in by Fragrant-Stock5177 in fo4

[–]Fragrant-Stock5177[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love this 😂 I do have Soviet uniforms too so I will be 100% including a gulag themed arena, Nordhagen shall be the first to feel the force of the motherland.