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@@meghansmith7884 smithing is the fastest way to a million denars from what I've seen grind it out with your max companions in the beginning and you'll get rich quick tbh
The difference between charging and engaging your enemy are as follows: Charging. Your troops will charge steadfast towards their targets without keeping composure to their original formation. Engaging. Your troops will keep composer of their original formation while pushing to engage their target's. 🎩 🧐 you're welcome.
@@Dolph_Vader if you use engage and move them towards the enemy they should keep formation and head towards your choice of placement. Please be advised this information has been collected via a PlayStation and not a PC so there maybe a slight difference as PC updates are more direct and current as apposed to console. I would also like to point out that i find your name hilarious Dolph Vader and very creative haha well done.
Also a good tip to finding companions rather than just roaming around looking. Open up your encyclopedia go to heroes, click wanderer filter and voila it will show every current companion, click on them and it will show you where they were last seen and if you have already met them, it will show you their stats
You missed the best advice you could possibly give to a new player - Find a sugar mommy, talk sweet to their dad, marry, sell their armor for an easy 60k. Put them on every Frontline for the rest of their lives.
My brother married a low ranking noblewoman and even she has gear worth around 25k. I didn't sell any of it because everything on her was better than my gear lol
Learned a lot of new things in this video even though I've been playing BL a ton lately. A few extra tips I guess from what I've picked up: Practice troop orders early on. While it might seem silly when you only have 12 units in total, I find it's easier to get in the habit of your formation keys and planning mentally with low amounts of troops than suddenly remembering to do that when you have 50+ in battles that carry more weight. Pressing left Alt while in battle will highlight all your troops icons, and your enemies icons telling you what kind of troop they are, and how many are left in that formation. Extremely useful at teh beginning of battle to figure out what formations to use and how to approach the battle. ALSO will highlight dropped weapons and shields in case your shield breaks in a melee. Think about what terrain you're engaging enemies in. If you have a very big focus on horse archers, try not to engage enemies in a forest on the world map because BL actually does a pretty fantastic job matching the battle terrain to the terrain on the map. In wars, listen to your army leader. If they say to charge the left infantry do it. I've found that you tend to win more battles following the AI's instructions than going on your own. At least in my exerpeince.
I’d imagine the thing about the AIs orders is that they ai actually expects that as if it was its own units. So if the ai expects you to follow that order and send the troops to the left it’ll be controlling its troops to handle the rest (if you target something else it’s exposing the left now as a flank that your ai isn’t planning for)
You can either use a bow,or a polerarm,to circle around enemys on your horse. put block on movement,and attack on look direction. do tourneys for quick cash and xp,+ renown.
Very unique is an understatement for this game, it's literally the only one of its kind in the market, at least as far as I know, it's a breath of fresh air for sandbox games, I'm waiting for manor lords release next year, hopefully, it would be a great contender for this game.
Why would I give the video a like and subscribe BEFORE watching it? I don't get why content creators keep saying this. Who rates something before they see it??
It's not a big deal, it just makes no sense. Nobody decides if they like something or not before they experience it. It's like getting a survey for food taste before the waiter brings it. The video is great and I DID like it but only after I watched it....
I didn't even realize you only have around 1k subs until now. The quality of the videos and the way you lay them out made me think it was a lot more, keep it up!
I have also not played in a long time (I think twice since it came outvof early access). Nice to have this to get me back up to speed before starting again.
I had a 600 unit army but during a siege i lost everyone from an ambush. 900 people where in that army... Also a couple more tips here 1. Try to get Aserai Mamluke palace guards Or Sturgian heavy axeman Use these to charge and weaken the enemy 2. Imperial cav are amazing at pvp i clutched a 20V60 against vlandian cav with em/ 3. If your attacked by a higher party try retreating to a castle before they make it to you
I’m glad I could help man! Bannerlord has a lot more content to try and wrap your head around, so it’s a little daunting at the start. My best advice is to just jump straight into a campaign and learn as you go, if you played warband then it’ll come quickly to you.
@@WindsOfficial Hell yeah. What you said about hopping into the campaign is true, I learned faster from trial and error. You're a saint bro. Keep it up
already got 200hrs in the game over the last 4 ish years but still watching it because i quit everytime at a certain point when i feel like i dont progress anymore because, after 50hrs of playing, i have 100+ tropps and lots of money but idk how to fricking get a castle or otherwhise progress into lategame while staying independent
Easiest way that doesn't piss off the entire world: wait for a city to rebell and conquer it then. Otherwise if you get trade up to max you can just buy fiefs. The way I usually go for is join a faction, start war with everyone around by raiding them and then defect while keeping my fiefs, then you just have to defeat enough of the faction you left for them to make peace. Also you should set up companion parties (in the clan menue after you reached a certain clan level), as you can call them to join your army. So at the point of progression you are describing you should be able to muster about 300+ soldiers of your clan. Then while besieging make sure to build trebuchets to dismantle the defenders catapults before you start the battle and if you are undisturbed try to starve them out (will gradually kill all garison troops once the settlement runs out of food (remaining days of food can be seen on the top rider while besieging)
Second time I'm giving mount and blade a try, first time was years ago. Same problem now as I had then. First off, I hate reading dialogue. So I don't do it, but now I have no clue what the game is about. I ended up just doing practice fights in the arena for like two hours then killed some looters. People say it's about what you want. That it's a sandbox, you set your own goals. But that's not how my mind works. I don't set goals, I never have. Even in life. I just do what falls in front of me. But in this game, i feel like nothing falls in front of me. Nothing gets in my face saying this is an issue that need resolving, except for a few lost siblings I've never seen. Maybe it's just not for me. The combat is fun though. Also, skill trees overwhelm me, so I tend to ignore them. Edit: Help, I'm addicted
Best advice, pick a faction and go to their main cities and seek out quests. This isn’t like an rpg that hands a story to you and railroads, it’s as you said a sandbox you have to seek the story you want (easiest way is building up a relationship with a faction and taking it from there).
I watch many of you videos for both entertainment or because I need a guide for something. In my opinion Bannerlord is such an underrated game but when it comes to your videos I see many, many views on them, but not really any appreciation like likes or comments. You are one of the only people who actually do good guides on this game. I also notice that some of your videos are quite unappreciated, what I'm saying is that your channel is very helpful and needs alot more support to balance out the work that you put into these videos.
@@WindsOfficial it helped a lot I’m up 10k now that I know to loot and sell everything. I was thinking since the numbers were so low it wasn’t worth it but it really helped! And I didn’t know about companions either, you don’t know how much better you’ve made my time in just the 2 hours since I watched this🤘
I recommend to build character atributes 1.Social 2.Endurance 3.Inteligence. Be mercancery than Vassal and get wife as soon as posible use smithing to get Lord orders and donate enemy Lords to the dungeon to improve lords relation for future kingdom Creation. If you dont use NPC in party role (as quatrmaster can be your wife with steward because she have to stay with you if you have born enabled). If you screw it you dont need to start new game. You can retier your character in the middle of the map location and play as another family member.
Amazing video so far I just started today I have been doing Arenas since I got the game and a few battles here and there it’s slow progress but worth it
So two months ago you were going for 1k subs. Two months later and you are pushing 4k subs! Impressive my dude. So if you get around to reading this.. What did it for your sub explosion? Was it a certain video that really tipped it over? Was it a certain game or video subject that made your numbers jump? Your loyal followers would like to know! Seriously I'm not asking for youtube channel advice or anything like that. Just curious for real. So many think being a streamer / content creator is easy but it's actually quite difficult and takes real hard work and dedication 😊
Man honestly, I think it’s just focusing on making quality content. A lot of creators forget that there’s actual people on the other side of the screen watching what they make. People’s time is valuable, so you have to try and meaningfully add to it, either by being entertaining, funny or insightful. Currently I’m just focusing on Bannerlord, which has done well to build up a bit of an audience. But very soon I’m gonna start to branch out a bit and try out other RPG’s, so wish me luck!! Thanks for the comment man!
Very helpful guide especially if you just started like me. When you send companions away on a quest, on return they seem to forget their role and you need to reassign them. Imagine this game with better graphics and less clunky combat. It's already great but that would be amazing. I might try combat with a controller, what do you think?
My first try is a pure bow on foot and kinda sh** specially in arena so i reset and created a 1 handed both in horse and on foot and i rule the whole arena.
I'm 30 hours deep into this game now and have just started watching your videos. I think they're great. Appreciate the effort, edits, humour and information. Cheers man.
I feel like cav are the way to go most of the time. Especially the upgraded ones. I steam roll every infantry army with like 60% cav and 20% for both archers and Infantry. One your party is like lightning quick and you get bonuses for Norman’s traditions for footmen on horses so you even move faster. Then you bully the low tier armies get that free renown and your infantry just shield wall mode with archers on engage and you can slaughter any army that is 2~3 times your numbers. I they do have to be upgraded to tier 4+ to do the bigger armies
the mechanics sure i can keep up, but i don't know how to progress the game. i keep doing tournaments, building up my party to a respectable 40, fight raiders and cull the ones who can't level up in time, but by the time i get to t2 or t3 all the raiders are gone, im fighting kingdoms as a mercenary, and all my units are back to t1 because the veterans are dead. i carve one fief out for myself and almost immediately i am besieged, or go broke trying to keep my finances afloat.
Step 1: gain renown from tournaments, killing raiders and clearing out hideouts until you reach clan level 2. Step 2: Choose a faction you like, find a lord of that faction and offer yourself as a mercenary. Then continue to fight raiders, looters and if your leige is at war, their enemies. You'll gain influence for any of those tasks and be paid quite a lot daily based on your influence as well as small sum for each battle you fight. You'll level up quickly doing this and unlock more troop capacity through perks. Step 3: Use your cash to outfit yourself and level/replace your troops. That'll get you entirely through the early game grind. I don't bother trying to take fiefs or anything else until I have reached clan level 5. The kingdom manager side of the game is late middle to late game. Just focus on being a merc and building cash and an army of T5+ troops.
Oh and it's worth mentioning, if at any point the faction you're fighting for asks you to become a vassal, just ignore them. It ain't worth it. As a merc you can leave their kingdom and go fight elsewhere without taking a hit to your relationship with them. If you're a vassal it'll cost you some hard won relationship points.
Great video and congrats on the channel growth. This looks like a cool game and is currently available on Game Pass. I'm gonna check it out now, thanks.
i’ve been playing for years, even on warband. with the games lack of direction it’s hard to know what to do once you’ve hit a certain point. id say after 5 years of playing the mount and blade series very on and off i’ve never been able to successfully make my own kingdom
1) I like starting off with 15-20 Aserai Footmen. Because they have a mace, which means more prisoners. Crossbows and maces knock-out opponents instead of killing. 2) I first look for a wife/husband to start pumping out kids. They'll also be a skilled companion with great gear. 3) For companions, I first look for a Spicevendor to form a caravan and use most of my companions for caravans. 4)When I have all the caravans and workshop I can. I fill up on troops and wait for a Rebellious town to siege.
that is really a beginners guide :) here is my advanced beginners guide: 1. start a new game!!! 2.make a character, no matter what yo do, dont put ANY point in to vigor or control, you are forced to put 1 point into one of the weapons sadly, but other then that, NOTHING into weapons or vigor/control. simply because EVERY other focus and attribute tree is MUCH better in long terms. the 7/5 rule lets you max out a skill at 275!!!! a MUST have 275 at the end is steward, medic, charm, leader, tactic!!!!! 3. when your game starts, skip the tutorial and just run DIRECTLY towards bettania and get yourself 15+ battanian youth archers. 4. fight some looters and dont fight yourself, give the exp to you archers. 5. as soon as you have around 7 or 8 battanian heros, go an do only hideouts. they give very good loot at the beginning of the game. 6. while you are looking for hideouts, also check out tournaments. and depending on the price, win them. especialy noble mounts can give good money at the beginning!!! a tyal horse can sell for 15k early game. 7. after a few hideouts, you will reach clan level 1, get yourself a wive ASAP and join a kingdom as vassal. (NEVER capture a lord, ALWAYS let them free after the fight, that will give you charm 275 in no time and will also build relationship very quickly) 8. look for a companion you can use as a scout, with the possibilty of getting 10 attributes in cunning and 5 focus points in scout (maxing it to the fullest) 9. look for a companion that can max out on smithing (10 attributes on endurance and 5 focus in smithing) 8 & 9 EXTRA. if you plan on a really long game, get yourself a low level wife that has points in endurance and cunning.) it takes a while, but you can make her into your maxed out scout AND smith!!!!!!!!!!! with that you open the space for 2 more companions because you dont need a smith and scout companion. 10. you are ready to rule the world!!!!
I like to travel alone, with a crosbow and two stacks of bolts and beat marauders meanwhile i go from town to town selling and buying stuff to make money. I don't hire troops or companions until i have some workshops or caravans to make passive income.
Is there ANYWAY that i could play this game on mobile...? Like on psp or something? I have Steel And Flesh 2 and it haven't been updated in 2 years and I'm waiting for the big update since an eternity
I just got a castle after a week of playing asreia declared war on me (a kingdom with 1 castle) for some reason and stole it instantly I had 2 mercenarys and am in they are in prison so I am losing money every day and can’t do anything about it
They still need to come out with the mod exspansions like War Tides,an the rest from the first mount and blade should be very cool once those all come out
I've seen the tournament tip a lot.... Except it's hard to win anything when you die after two hits because your gear blows, also difficult to get good at fighting when two people rush you as soon as the screen loads, give those two hits, kill and disqualify you. It took no time at all for there to be almost no looters on the map, tired of chasing them for 10 mins and barely getting enough crap to pay my peasant army's food and wages. Same with quests.... Most towns have none, those that do say, "You don't know enough about smithing"... Well yeah, I can't afford materials to level and I have to sell every looted hoe and pitchfork to stay alive...not that I could smelt them anyway, because even that requires mats I can't get. Or, "Bring me some mules".... OK, I'll go hover over EVERY little town on the map and see what they have.... 30 settlements and a wasted hour of life later... No mules.... I'll look it up... Someone on Reddit says, look in Town XXXX... Ok..where is that? It's just a crap game that isn't worth the time to learn. Lastly... It was a good video, I really hope the devs give people like you money or something good, considering you're doing their job for them, teaching people how to play.... God knows their half-baked game didn't accomplished it. Only reason I'm not too upset (aside from the wasted hours of life I could have been learning something, making money, or just doing something enjoyable) is that the game was free... Seems a very fair price for this particular title.
Yeah, I can't pernounce the empires' names for the life of me, so I always just call them there real world counterparts. If you're going to do the tournament, it's different for each empire. Everyone does the torments starting out, and it's kind of fun when you're not at war and trying to be super merc. But if you're not good at horse archery and you join a torment with Mongrols well I like to think most people have seen marco polo you should know there known for just that and there tournaments will have it. I did get curious. One day, I saw the numbers weren't the same in the tournament, then in battle, and I saw a javelin in a guys heart. So I wondered how they were saying these dudes were living and not getting hurt after. So I ran into a devoloper on reddit and asked him. He stated that the throwing weapons and arrows are only sharp up to an inch, so it sticks but reduces the numbers. That way, it can't get to the heart or through the skull, etc. But the fighting weapons are completely blunt. So I went all over looking it took like half a game year to find all of them. But there are weapons in the game that are blunt that matches the tournament weapons. But a lot of them don't say blunt, which is why I took so long you have to match the stats. So I wanted to try something. I replaced all my companions, weapons, and my own with tournament weapons. Figured how many people together can we really put down we won't have that many prisoners. My prisoner count per battle went from about 20 sometime 15 to 45, sometimes 50. My only regret is I should of upgraded that before I tried it. I could only hold around 30.
Enemy army size is half (usually more) of the total size. I.E. If you set max army size to say 400 and you fight an enemy with an army of 300 the game tries to auto balance the number of troops so both sides are close in power. The rest of your troops "should" show up somewhere on the battlefield and move toward the player character as reinforcements after the total number of troops on the field falls below that 400 threshold.
Sorry but attribute points are much more important than focus points. Because if your attribute is low, your focus will barely make a difference, it multiples off of its base, high attributes high focus, low attributes low focus makes them a waste
16:33 What are those troop recommendations bruh... Unless the stats have been changed, imperial has the best infantry and cavalry, aserai has the best archers (battania has the best elite but they are a pain to aquire) they also have the best shock infantry, kuzait has the best horse archers as well as the worst infantry, valandia has decent infantry considering they have maces but still not as good as imperial, and sturgia is bottom of the barrel in like every regard, having like the worst archers and cavalry simultaneously with mid infantry.
Bannerlord can be a pretty complicated game if you let it, but it doesn’t need to be.
Make sure you go into the game with an open mind, and take your setbacks as lessons to learn from.
If you liked this video and you want to see more Bannerlord content like this, then Subscribe and make sure to hit the bell icon. We are SOOO close to 1000 subscribers, won’t be long now!!
Is there any exploits u can share with us, it'll help me little bit hehehe. I can't fail, im a winner lol....Meow
@@meghansmith7884 From the way you type you seem like a loser
Yeah it’s amazing how simple yet complicated this game is
Bro goal is to take over everything
@@meghansmith7884 smithing is the fastest way to a million denars from what I've seen grind it out with your max companions in the beginning and you'll get rich quick tbh
The difference between charging and engaging your enemy are as follows:
Charging.
Your troops will charge steadfast towards their targets without keeping composure to their original formation.
Engaging.
Your troops will keep composer of their original formation while pushing to engage their target's.
🎩
🧐 you're welcome.
Thank you
Are they affected by where you place the movement marker? or is it more like a mode switch?
@@Dolph_Vader if you use engage and move them towards the enemy they should keep formation and head towards your choice of placement.
Please be advised this information has been collected via a PlayStation and not a PC so there maybe a slight difference as PC updates are more direct and current as apposed to console.
I would also like to point out that i find your name hilarious Dolph Vader and very creative haha well done.
@@SomeGuyOnTheNet. thanks!
Every time I choose column my troops dead ass stroke out 😭 they just start running and end up looking nothing like any formation I've ever seen
pov: your watching this while bannerlord is downlaoding
How'd u know
Yep!
Yep. I haven't played in 3 years so I'm giving it another try
Pov: yes, but while 140mods are loading
Damn he's right
Also a good tip to finding companions rather than just roaming around looking. Open up your encyclopedia go to heroes, click wanderer filter and voila it will show every current companion, click on them and it will show you where they were last seen and if you have already met them, it will show you their stats
thank you dude
Here because its free on PS5 atm
Same, figured I'd look it up before trying it out lol
Come play on the multiplayer! It’s dead lol there’s like the same 40 dudes playing everyday
Probably all juggernaut armies by now lol
@@KMQ32 you can play team deathmatch which is pvp or captain which is commanding units but everyone has same amount of soldiers!
Me too
You missed the best advice you could possibly give to a new player - Find a sugar mommy, talk sweet to their dad, marry, sell their armor for an easy 60k. Put them on every Frontline for the rest of their lives.
My brother married a low ranking noblewoman and even she has gear worth around 25k. I didn't sell any of it because everything on her was better than my gear lol
I'm new to this game and have watched a few beginner guides but this one is hands down the best! Keep it up legend
Wow thanks so much man! I’m glad it helped out 🙏🏼😁
Wow this game has so much more depth than I thought it would. Awesome summary.
Thanks man, glad you liked it!
Learned a lot of new things in this video even though I've been playing BL a ton lately.
A few extra tips I guess from what I've picked up:
Practice troop orders early on. While it might seem silly when you only have 12 units in total, I find it's easier to get in the habit of your formation keys and planning mentally with low amounts of troops than suddenly remembering to do that when you have 50+ in battles that carry more weight.
Pressing left Alt while in battle will highlight all your troops icons, and your enemies icons telling you what kind of troop they are, and how many are left in that formation. Extremely useful at teh beginning of battle to figure out what formations to use and how to approach the battle. ALSO will highlight dropped weapons and shields in case your shield breaks in a melee.
Think about what terrain you're engaging enemies in. If you have a very big focus on horse archers, try not to engage enemies in a forest on the world map because BL actually does a pretty fantastic job matching the battle terrain to the terrain on the map.
In wars, listen to your army leader. If they say to charge the left infantry do it. I've found that you tend to win more battles following the AI's instructions than going on your own. At least in my exerpeince.
I’d imagine the thing about the AIs orders is that they ai actually expects that as if it was its own units.
So if the ai expects you to follow that order and send the troops to the left it’ll be controlling its troops to handle the rest (if you target something else it’s exposing the left now as a flank that your ai isn’t planning for)
Hey man, just wanted to say it’s impressive you were at 950 or so 5 months ago and now you’re pushing 7k, congrats man and fantastic video!
Bros at 10k
You can either use a bow,or a polerarm,to circle around enemys on your horse.
put block on movement,and attack on look direction.
do tourneys for quick cash and xp,+ renown.
The battanian tournaments are the best for gold. You can get a 16k noble horse in a lot of them as a prize
Great tips man!
Good tips on army comp.
Alternatively, you could just load up on Fian Champs and never lose ever again.
Well yeah that’s bannerlord on easy mode
Just got this game a few days ago, your vids have been beyond helpful in educating me on how to play the right way!
Glad I could help out man!!
Very unique is an understatement for this game, it's literally the only one of its kind in the market, at least as far as I know, it's a breath of fresh air for sandbox games, I'm waiting for manor lords release next year, hopefully, it would be a great contender for this game.
Why would I give the video a like and subscribe BEFORE watching it? I don't get why content creators keep saying this. Who rates something before they see it??
You sound angry
@@mrree8043he’s not wrong though
Not everyone watches the full video, skep to key parts then leave
It's not a big deal, it just makes no sense. Nobody decides if they like something or not before they experience it. It's like getting a survey for food taste before the waiter brings it. The video is great and I DID like it but only after I watched it....
He’s trying to get the grind on, respect it he’s doing his thing, trying to get some support for something he loves
I didn't even realize you only have around 1k subs until now. The quality of the videos and the way you lay them out made me think it was a lot more, keep it up!
Wow thanks man, it means a lot 🙏🏼
Haven't played this for along time. You're guide was invaluable! Well done, well done me, old mate.
Thanks man! I’m glad it could help you out a bit!
I have also not played in a long time (I think twice since it came outvof early access). Nice to have this to get me back up to speed before starting again.
Man, u deserve a crown..I looked into lots of videos and this is the one which gave me an idea of what's happening in the game..ty so much 🤩🍻
No worries at all man, I’m glad I could help!! 😁
Just found this channel and I've been BINGING the videos. Thank you for it and please keep it up!
Glad to have you apart of the community!! Big plans for the future! 🙏🏼❤️
I had a 600 unit army but during a siege i lost everyone from an ambush. 900 people where in that army...
Also a couple more tips here
1. Try to get Aserai Mamluke palace guards Or Sturgian heavy axeman Use these to charge and weaken the enemy
2. Imperial cav are amazing at pvp i clutched a 20V60 against vlandian cav with em/
3. If your attacked by a higher party try retreating to a castle before they make it to you
Excellent video. Really helped to alleviate alot of the confusion i had starting this game.
Awesome man, glad I could help out 😁
Huh only 951 subs? I thought it would be more, hell i didnt realize your were a small youtuber till i saw a comment about it. Dont worry im subbed.
Thanks for the sub man 🙏🏼 Glad to have you onboard!!
@@WindsOfficial glad to be on board
I played WB many many years ago and felt lost w this game. Thanks bro
I’m glad I could help man! Bannerlord has a lot more content to try and wrap your head around, so it’s a little daunting at the start.
My best advice is to just jump straight into a campaign and learn as you go, if you played warband then it’ll come quickly to you.
@@WindsOfficial Hell yeah. What you said about hopping into the campaign is true, I learned faster from trial and error. You're a saint bro. Keep it up
@@procracksmoker7 Love to hear it bro!
gg and congrats for going from 750 subs to over 7000 since this vid released. Happy to see more!
Wow and what a journey it’s been so far, appreciate the support ❤️
already got 200hrs in the game over the last 4 ish years but still watching it because i quit everytime at a certain point when i feel like i dont progress anymore because, after 50hrs of playing, i have 100+ tropps and lots of money but idk how to fricking get a castle or otherwhise progress into lategame while staying independent
Easiest way that doesn't piss off the entire world: wait for a city to rebell and conquer it then. Otherwise if you get trade up to max you can just buy fiefs.
The way I usually go for is join a faction, start war with everyone around by raiding them and then defect while keeping my fiefs, then you just have to defeat enough of the faction you left for them to make peace.
Also you should set up companion parties (in the clan menue after you reached a certain clan level), as you can call them to join your army. So at the point of progression you are describing you should be able to muster about 300+ soldiers of your clan.
Then while besieging make sure to build trebuchets to dismantle the defenders catapults before you start the battle and if you are undisturbed try to starve them out (will gradually kill all garison troops once the settlement runs out of food (remaining days of food can be seen on the top rider while besieging)
Combat on the ps5 is balls
Great vid, content waaay above your sub level, keep grinding, you will get there!
Thanks heaps man!! 🙏🏼 ❤️
Second time I'm giving mount and blade a try, first time was years ago. Same problem now as I had then. First off, I hate reading dialogue. So I don't do it, but now I have no clue what the game is about. I ended up just doing practice fights in the arena for like two hours then killed some looters. People say it's about what you want. That it's a sandbox, you set your own goals. But that's not how my mind works. I don't set goals, I never have. Even in life. I just do what falls in front of me. But in this game, i feel like nothing falls in front of me. Nothing gets in my face saying this is an issue that need resolving, except for a few lost siblings I've never seen. Maybe it's just not for me. The combat is fun though. Also, skill trees overwhelm me, so I tend to ignore them.
Edit: Help, I'm addicted
Best advice, pick a faction and go to their main cities and seek out quests.
This isn’t like an rpg that hands a story to you and railroads, it’s as you said a sandbox you have to seek the story you want (easiest way is building up a relationship with a faction and taking it from there).
Army comp: battanian fian champion.
That's it. That's the army.
I’m a vessel in the empire, their 4 clan and I didn’t even know the difference between engage and charge till I watched this video, thank you man 😂
No worries my man!!
Just a returning player after a year and i know there has been some updates not sure how groundbreaking but this video will be super helpful 💯👍🏽
Glad to hear it helped man!
I watch many of you videos for both entertainment or because I need a guide for something. In my opinion Bannerlord is such an underrated game but when it comes to your videos I see many, many views on them, but not really any appreciation like likes or comments. You are one of the only people who actually do good guides on this game. I also notice that some of your videos are quite unappreciated, what I'm saying is that your channel is very helpful and needs alot more support to balance out the work that you put into these videos.
Thank you🙏 I just got into Mount and blade and was getting frustrated with not having enough money this really helped
Glad I could help out man!!
@@WindsOfficial it helped a lot I’m up 10k now that I know to loot and sell everything. I was thinking since the numbers were so low it wasn’t worth it but it really helped! And I didn’t know about companions either, you don’t know how much better you’ve made my time in just the 2 hours since I watched this🤘
I recommend to build character atributes 1.Social 2.Endurance 3.Inteligence. Be mercancery than Vassal and get wife as soon as posible use smithing to get Lord orders and donate enemy Lords to the dungeon to improve lords relation for future kingdom Creation. If you dont use NPC in party role (as quatrmaster can be your wife with steward because she have to stay with you if you have born enabled). If you screw it you dont need to start new game. You can retier your character in the middle of the map location and play as another family member.
I want them to do a mash up with dynasty warriors
Ever played dynasty warriors tactics?
*dynasty tactics*
I'm still trying to figure this game out lmao! I literally get bombarded in sandbox before I even walk
Just got the game finally, sick video bro got a sub, will watch some of your other vids sure you’ll get big soon 🙏
Wow thanks a lot man! Means the world to me 🙏🏼 🙏🏼
As new player and the actual state of the game you have no chance in early gane to win a tournament. I like that, it was to easy in the past.
This looka like top tier potentially one of my all time faves.... but cant digure out wtf to do. Make momey or find looters or whatever
Amazing video so far I just started today I have been doing Arenas since I got the game and a few battles here and there it’s slow progress but worth it
Thanks man!!!
@@WindsOfficialno problem keep up the great work. Also do you mainly do Bannerlord Content or a variety of Content?
Great vid man! The I was unsure how to tackle bigger battles and this helped a lot!
Glad it helped!
So two months ago you were going for 1k subs. Two months later and you are pushing 4k subs! Impressive my dude. So if you get around to reading this.. What did it for your sub explosion? Was it a certain video that really tipped it over? Was it a certain game or video subject that made your numbers jump? Your loyal followers would like to know! Seriously I'm not asking for youtube channel advice or anything like that. Just curious for real. So many think being a streamer / content creator is easy but it's actually quite difficult and takes real hard work and dedication 😊
Man honestly, I think it’s just focusing on making quality content. A lot of creators forget that there’s actual people on the other side of the screen watching what they make.
People’s time is valuable, so you have to try and meaningfully add to it, either by being entertaining, funny or insightful.
Currently I’m just focusing on Bannerlord, which has done well to build up a bit of an audience. But very soon I’m gonna start to branch out a bit and try out other RPG’s, so wish me luck!!
Thanks for the comment man!
Any news on the Viking raider play through?
I think I’m going to release a more raw version of Bannerlord playthroughs, so keep an eye out for those
Less talking, more raiding.
Lol i saw you named your family Bloodclaat 😂😂😂 🇯🇲
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idk but im hyped to play so only listening to audio to not avoid blind experience
Enjoy man!
Very helpful guide especially if you just started like me.
When you send companions away on a quest, on return they seem to forget their role and you need to reassign them.
Imagine this game with better graphics and less clunky combat. It's already great but that would be amazing.
I might try combat with a controller, what do you think?
Haven’t played with a controller before, but I don’t mind the combat on keyboard and mouse
@@WindsOfficial I'm usually keyboard mouse person but for some things like Dark Souls for example, controller wins
lol i love hearing road to 1k subs and seeing you have 3k good guide, congrats
It’s been a crazy journey so far. The support has been incredible, still only the beginning but ❤️❤️
Just about to start god help me 😂
Good luck my man!
Pre watch:I struggle with being able to afford the army wages
I hope post watch it is better now
Ahh yes, the Bloodclaat family lol
Nice video, this clarified a lot
Glad I could help out man
Nearly 5 thousand subscribers now
It’s insane man 🙏🏼🤭
My first try is a pure bow on foot and kinda sh** specially in arena so i reset and created a 1 handed both in horse and on foot and i rule the whole arena.
Heck yeah man!
I'm 30 hours deep into this game now and have just started watching your videos. I think they're great. Appreciate the effort, edits, humour and information. Cheers man.
I have played the first game quite a bit. I wish they had Swadians... King Harlus needs his butter.
I feel like cav are the way to go most of the time. Especially the upgraded ones. I steam roll every infantry army with like 60% cav and 20% for both archers and Infantry. One your party is like lightning quick and you get bonuses for Norman’s traditions for footmen on horses so you even move faster. Then you bully the low tier armies get that free renown and your infantry just shield wall mode with archers on engage and you can slaughter any army that is 2~3 times your numbers. I they do have to be upgraded to tier 4+ to do the bigger armies
Me with 80 horse archers
When you've played the game forever and are watching guides to see if there's anything you've missed.
the mechanics sure i can keep up, but i don't know how to progress the game. i keep doing tournaments, building up my party to a respectable 40, fight raiders and cull the ones who can't level up in time, but by the time i get to t2 or t3 all the raiders are gone, im fighting kingdoms as a mercenary, and all my units are back to t1 because the veterans are dead. i carve one fief out for myself and almost immediately i am besieged, or go broke trying to keep my finances afloat.
Step 1: gain renown from tournaments, killing raiders and clearing out hideouts until you reach clan level 2.
Step 2: Choose a faction you like, find a lord of that faction and offer yourself as a mercenary. Then continue to fight raiders, looters and if your leige is at war, their enemies. You'll gain influence for any of those tasks and be paid quite a lot daily based on your influence as well as small sum for each battle you fight. You'll level up quickly doing this and unlock more troop capacity through perks.
Step 3: Use your cash to outfit yourself and level/replace your troops.
That'll get you entirely through the early game grind. I don't bother trying to take fiefs or anything else until I have reached clan level 5. The kingdom manager side of the game is late middle to late game. Just focus on being a merc and building cash and an army of T5+ troops.
Oh and it's worth mentioning, if at any point the faction you're fighting for asks you to become a vassal, just ignore them. It ain't worth it. As a merc you can leave their kingdom and go fight elsewhere without taking a hit to your relationship with them. If you're a vassal it'll cost you some hard won relationship points.
Great video and congrats on the channel growth.
This looks like a cool game and is currently available on Game Pass. I'm gonna check it out now, thanks.
i’ve been playing for years, even on warband. with the games lack of direction it’s hard to know what to do once you’ve hit a certain point. id say after 5 years of playing the mount and blade series very on and off i’ve never been able to successfully make my own kingdom
how do you not have liek 100,000 subscribers??
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1) I like starting off with 15-20 Aserai Footmen. Because they have a mace, which means more prisoners. Crossbows and maces knock-out opponents instead of killing.
2) I first look for a wife/husband to start pumping out kids. They'll also be a skilled companion with great gear.
3) For companions, I first look for a Spicevendor to form a caravan and use most of my companions for caravans.
4)When I have all the caravans and workshop I can. I fill up on troops and wait for a Rebellious town to siege.
Here at 3.7k keep it up homie
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that is really a beginners guide :)
here is my advanced beginners guide:
1. start a new game!!!
2.make a character, no matter what yo do, dont put ANY point in to vigor or control, you are forced to put 1 point into one of the weapons sadly, but other then that, NOTHING into weapons or vigor/control. simply because EVERY other focus and attribute tree is MUCH better in long terms. the 7/5 rule lets you max out a skill at 275!!!! a MUST have 275 at the end is steward, medic, charm, leader, tactic!!!!!
3. when your game starts, skip the tutorial and just run DIRECTLY towards bettania and get yourself 15+ battanian youth archers.
4. fight some looters and dont fight yourself, give the exp to you archers.
5. as soon as you have around 7 or 8 battanian heros, go an do only hideouts. they give very good loot at the beginning of the game.
6. while you are looking for hideouts, also check out tournaments. and depending on the price, win them. especialy noble mounts can give good money at the beginning!!! a tyal horse can sell for 15k early game.
7. after a few hideouts, you will reach clan level 1, get yourself a wive ASAP and join a kingdom as vassal. (NEVER capture a lord, ALWAYS let them free after the fight, that will give you charm 275 in no time and will also build relationship very quickly)
8. look for a companion you can use as a scout, with the possibilty of getting 10 attributes in cunning and 5 focus points in scout (maxing it to the fullest)
9. look for a companion that can max out on smithing (10 attributes on endurance and 5 focus in smithing)
8 & 9 EXTRA. if you plan on a really long game, get yourself a low level wife that has points in endurance and cunning.) it takes a while, but you can make her into your maxed out scout AND smith!!!!!!!!!!! with that you open the space for 2 more companions because you dont need a smith and scout companion.
10. you are ready to rule the world!!!!
Whats the 7/5 rule?
I like to travel alone, with a crosbow and two stacks of bolts and beat marauders meanwhile i go from town to town selling and buying stuff to make money. I don't hire troops or companions until i have some workshops or caravans to make passive income.
Batthans with javs are fucking scary when your on horseback and get to close just due to the number of spears coming at you
Great tutorial video!
Thanks!! Glad you liked it!
love it great guide!
Thanks dude!
Is there ANYWAY that i could play this game on mobile...? Like on psp or something? I have Steel And Flesh 2 and it haven't been updated in 2 years and I'm waiting for the big update since an eternity
I can recommend Medieval 2 for mobile.
Great guide. I've been playing for awhile and the tips are spot on.
Also, what's the music at the epic montage scene?
Thanks man! Hmm I’m not too sure, I know I got it off Artlist
really important question.. during the video you opened up/extended the combat log notifications in the lower left, how do you do that?? which button
Do you mean the menu for troop actions? If so just press f1 and the menu should pop up.
excellent guide!
Thanks man!
Nice Guide, thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
I just got a castle after a week of playing asreia declared war on me (a kingdom with 1 castle) for some reason and stole it instantly I had 2 mercenarys and am in they are in prison so I am losing money every day and can’t do anything about it
They still need to come out with the mod exspansions like War Tides,an the rest from the first mount and blade should be very cool once those all come out
Very nice video I’m an expert at this game but this coulda helped a year ago. I literally had to fight against the algorithm 😅
Go Kuzait. Get Kahns Guard. Done.
Love ur videos fam ❤
Glad you like them!
I've seen the tournament tip a lot.... Except it's hard to win anything when you die after two hits because your gear blows, also difficult to get good at fighting when two people rush you as soon as the screen loads, give those two hits, kill and disqualify you.
It took no time at all for there to be almost no looters on the map, tired of chasing them for 10 mins and barely getting enough crap to pay my peasant army's food and wages.
Same with quests.... Most towns have none, those that do say, "You don't know enough about smithing"... Well yeah, I can't afford materials to level and I have to sell every looted hoe and pitchfork to stay alive...not that I could smelt them anyway, because even that requires mats I can't get.
Or, "Bring me some mules".... OK, I'll go hover over EVERY little town on the map and see what they have.... 30 settlements and a wasted hour of life later... No mules.... I'll look it up... Someone on Reddit says, look in Town XXXX... Ok..where is that?
It's just a crap game that isn't worth the time to learn.
Lastly... It was a good video, I really hope the devs give people like you money or something good, considering you're doing their job for them, teaching people how to play.... God knows their half-baked game didn't accomplished it. Only reason I'm not too upset (aside from the wasted hours of life I could have been learning something, making money, or just doing something enjoyable) is that the game was free... Seems a very fair price for this particular title.
best army composition is 100% horse archers
But how am I supposed to know which lords to have good rep with early game? Am I just supposed to know??
Thank you for Teaching Me The FN Game Coach!!
Yeah, I can't pernounce the empires' names for the life of me, so I always just call them there real world counterparts. If you're going to do the tournament, it's different for each empire. Everyone does the torments starting out, and it's kind of fun when you're not at war and trying to be super merc. But if you're not good at horse archery and you join a torment with Mongrols well I like to think most people have seen marco polo you should know there known for just that and there tournaments will have it. I did get curious. One day, I saw the numbers weren't the same in the tournament, then in battle, and I saw a javelin in a guys heart. So I wondered how they were saying these dudes were living and not getting hurt after. So I ran into a devoloper on reddit and asked him. He stated that the throwing weapons and arrows are only sharp up to an inch, so it sticks but reduces the numbers. That way, it can't get to the heart or through the skull, etc. But the fighting weapons are completely blunt. So I went all over looking it took like half a game year to find all of them. But there are weapons in the game that are blunt that matches the tournament weapons. But a lot of them don't say blunt, which is why I took so long you have to match the stats. So I wanted to try something. I replaced all my companions, weapons, and my own with tournament weapons. Figured how many people together can we really put down we won't have that many prisoners. My prisoner count per battle went from about 20 sometime 15 to 45, sometimes 50. My only regret is I should of upgraded that before I tried it. I could only hold around 30.
Can I give army item what I want? I mean if I want to give my inflantry good axe,can I do it?
My question is why there’s only like 10 troops in each group in custom battles when I set the troop number overall to over 200?
hmm not too sure about this man, is it still happening?
Enemy army size is half (usually more) of the total size. I.E. If you set max army size to say 400 and you fight an enemy with an army of 300 the game tries to auto balance the number of troops so both sides are close in power. The rest of your troops "should" show up somewhere on the battlefield and move toward the player character as reinforcements after the total number of troops on the field falls below that 400 threshold.
Good stuff
Glad you enjoyed
There is no counter for infantry and archers if you know what you're doing.
Great great tutorial
I have had this game since it came out during lockdown, now my computer can finally run it! I cannot wait.
Hell yeah
948th sub
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Sorry but attribute points are much more important than focus points. Because if your attribute is low, your focus will barely make a difference, it multiples off of its base, high attributes high focus, low attributes low focus makes them a waste
Made that comment right after seeing that part of the video, that being said overall its a good guide
Of the 120 troops i have 60 archers
Almost all fian champions
May I ask how I am supposed to get an offspring? I am currently into my second wife since my first died of old age and I don't have an offspring yet 😅
Just get a wife, then the rest will take care of itself
i got my second one already but i dont get kids somehow. Do i need to rest aat the city my wife is or take she with me?@@WindsOfficial
Horse Jousting is freaking awful, I die all the time ohk. And cant seem to land proper hits. I do great with swords or even pikes
How can you tell a tournament is going on?
how to upgrade your max recruit
I'm thinking of getting the game is it worth it and is there going to be a Bannerlord number 3 soon?
16:33 What are those troop recommendations bruh... Unless the stats have been changed, imperial has the best infantry and cavalry, aserai has the best archers (battania has the best elite but they are a pain to aquire) they also have the best shock infantry, kuzait has the best horse archers as well as the worst infantry, valandia has decent infantry considering they have maces but still not as good as imperial, and sturgia is bottom of the barrel in like every regard, having like the worst archers and cavalry simultaneously with mid infantry.