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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2024
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I think branching farther out from Bannerlord is a good move. I think there's a lot of room for you to do those deep dive guides and plays for other games, with your level of editing.
I agree especially if we ever find a game that's similar to bannerlord but also an improvement like mount and blade bannerlord 3. Lol
Interest in game died out without new content from devs. Maybe when big overhaul mods come out it will be worth making video or two
RimWorld is getting a pretty massive update and expansion soon if you want to check it out, your level of analysis and RimWorld's level of depth would go together quite nicely I think!
Rimworld is one of my favorites as well! I plan on doing some Rimworld videos at some point
Rimworld is a great idea, lots of niche mechanics and such to explore.
@@Strat-Guides I strongly agree with the Rimworld idea. I enjoy all your content but the element that I feel sets you apart from other creators is your guides: making sense of sometimes quite opaque mechanics (skill tree guides, best unit tests) and pulling obscure threads together to make a cohesive new way of playing (mercenaries with negative wages). CKIII has been an excellent branch and (if you're enjoying it) I'd love to see more or really any of the pdx 4x games. Rimworld is another good one. My caveat would be you have to enjoy it - not just for your sake, but it has a massive impact on the quality and depth of content. Good luck with new projects mate!
I'm happy you'll be more efficient with your time. Hopefully you get more family/me time moving forward. Thankfully, Bannerlord probably won't have to be addressed much nowadays, maybe with just update/changes and how they affect things, your thoughts, etc. Thanks for all the previous hard work and good luck in the future. Hope you continue to have success and have FUN!
Yeah that's actually a good point - one of the reasons I've made this change (I started doing this after the move, so most of this year) was to take the kids out more often. We go to the park 4+ times per week for at least 2 hours each time, which I would never have been able to do before with the previous schedule. If I'm able to get the same quality guides and other videos from the same recording, then it will work out perfectly :) Thanks for the reply!
@@Strat-Guideshey strat, on the off chance you do return to bannerlord sometime, can you do a tutorial on combos/chain attacks, stances, and how they work? Or do you have one somewhere? I've been trying to figure out the chain attack system and I've yet to find a guide or explanation on your level.
@@t-hatguy I remember doing a complete guide to combat for Bannerlord a while back and they didn't change anything regarding melee since then. I had a section on chain combos and chamber blocking as well :)
@@Strat-Guides perfect, thank you. I didn't know which playlist to look in! Keep up the great guides and content! Glad I found your channel.
Keep it up ! Sounds like a great plan I’ve watched all your banner lord videos actually all your videos on everything even if I don’t play the games. You do great work keep it rolling!
Efficiency, care, love, delivery of top quality gaming content, and making you a living. Keep it up. Just don't burn yourself out man.
I am sure that you will be fine since all of your videos are high quality and you put a lot of work on each one , I think that your channel is underrated and you deserve more ❤❤
I watch most all of your content for the detailed info you provide on the inner workings of a game.......and respect for the amount of time you put into your content has earned my loyalty. Thanks
Sounds like a real good plan! I’m just worried that you might burn yourself out but you know you the best, so I will be looking forward to the future!
The new plan is to help avoid some burnout actually, so hopefully it helps :) It's just tough doing those 100+ hour edits back to back, so if I can get 2 - 3 play throughs and a few guides for every 1 big video I do, I think it will be diluted enough to still enjoy it.
I really like your ideas for the direcrion of the channel. I originally found the channel through the Bannerlord guide videos, but find myself sticking around for the vibes, editing, and analytical approach to mastering games. Branching out is a smart decision in my opinion as this style of video, guides, and gameplay will translate well to a huge varitey of games.
A personal favortie of the channel of mine was the companion-only Spartacus series. Allowing the viewers to name characters, and follow along through thier journey was highly engaging. Not sure of the logistics of something like that going foward, but i did want to point it out as it's a series i think back to offen.
Keep up the great work
I was actually planning another one just like that soon, but following Robert the Bruce! My plan was to have mostly companions (that upgraded from bandits using distinguished service mod) and then use historical formations to win some tough battles like the Schiltron. I'll definitely make a post asking for people's names before I start it :)
@@Strat-Guides Awesome, thank you for the heads up. I'm definitely looking forward to that! Should be a ton of fun once again
I'll support you no matter what! I just want you to be happy and comfortable making content
I think applying your analytical and research style to other games seems like a great idea. I love the guides and the unit breakdowns for bannerlord so I’m excited to see what you can do with other games.
I wish you the best and I hope the kid is doing well!
It would be cool to see some Manor Lords or Frostpunk 2 videos when they come out. And you might really like to play Elden Ring you could do a no armor run to make it interesting.
Manor is high on my list and I've cleared my schedule for the release :)
I'd like to see you take on dragons dogma 2
I watch your videos because I find them entertaining no matter the game, you're editing is really high quality and you put jokes in your videos too
Bannerlord needs substantial content added but hope you continue with it. Kenshi is something i think would suit you,also, The long Dark. extremely hard survival game,and beautiful to look at,needs alot of thought and good decision making
with build 42 coming out first half of the year for project zomboid i think there will be a ton of content for guides and videos
i think doing guides for mods like Banner Kings or some of the major overhauls for PZ would also be cool and shine some light on the amazing mods that tend to bring a lot of complexity to the game and more depth
Manor Lords is coming out in a month and a lot of your viewers will definitely be getting it.
I'm excited for that one! And Kinstrife - I'm working on a video right now for that one actually
Completely taking over the entire map with ireland on CK3 would be awesome 😂 I loved those videos
Happy to hear you are branching out!
Also, I really enjoy watching the streams and VODS so more streams will be sick
I see a lot of Manor Lords content coming our way. Cool.
Definitely! I'll be streaming it some the first day or two, then I'll buckle down and get a good let's play going.
This may come off as corny but you are one of the smartest youtubers I have ever watched. Your disciple is impeccable and your eventual mastery of any game you dig in defeats all others frankly.
I appreciate that! I think my work ethic makes it seem like I'm smarter than I actually am lol but I'll take it :) I tend to put my head down and just plow forward
Really like the hyper analytical and disecting view you put on games mechanics. Hope your production plans & changes work out for you as imagined.
I highly support the plan to use the same video footage for several videos as for me at least the far bigger portion of entertainment comes from your comments, thoughts and analysis.
Since you focus more on sandbox games maybe you wanna round up your "100% review" of the game with a kind of tier list, which playstyle was the most fun and why, which playstyle would fit which type of gamer in terms of the amount of hours needed to put into to hit the time-fun sweet spot for example. It is a well known type of videos and maybe pleases the algorithm. And ye, the "What would I change" vid for bannerlord was a banger. Maybe more of those open doors for future cooperations.
Anyway, I am really looking forward to your next vids. Keep up the great work!
I love your guides. Focusing on new and few games in your usual detail in your own way sounds amazing.
Some Starsector content would be cool to see, there is a lot of different space ship modules and weapons that could be analyzed to see which are more efficient at different aspects of the game. A lot of different in game systems aside from space combat, like exploration, salvaging, trading, colony management, and faction politics are also nice to look at. Going off your gameplay and analysis of Bannerlords, Project Zomboid, and other games, it would be informative to see how you pick apart and optimize Starsector
Sounds good, gonna be here to see the changes, i think things are gonna work out just fine.
I'm excited to see what you're working on. The changes all seem well thought out 👍🏻
Pulling some recognition from some developers very nice. Eager to see the new format.
Yeah the hard work is starting to pay off! :D
I think this is a good change, I really wish Bannerlord got the post launch support it deserved but I also understand that a dev studio can have other priorities. That said I ABSOLUTELY support and approve personally of playing lots of games and the style you wanna go for. I've never been a 'one gamer' but I have dumped hundreds of hours into games like Path of Exile, Bannerlord, Rimworld, Morrowind, Minecraft, Dark Souls, ect ect so people who put out informed guides and detailed analysis are always welcome in my PoV.
First, let me start by saying that I love your content. Your guides are put together very well and are invaluable. That being said, blind playthroughs are some of my favorite gaming content. Unfortunately, most playthroughs are done by people who fail to notice 90% of what is happening in the game; who seem more interested in engaging their chatroom than immersing themselves in the game. They don't appreciate games in the same way as I do: appreciating the story; looking for the layers and making connections; having some intellectual reflections; or actually making an effort to roleplay. I have a feeling you would be good at this side.
Personally, I would love to see you do a blind Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough, although I have no idea if that genre is your cup of tea. Bannerlord and BG3 are games that I will be enjoying for many years to come. That being said, the content already on your channel will teach someone everything they need to learn about Bannerlord and more.
I agree that editing live streams into a let's play is both time-consuming and the end result is often compromised.
Thank you! I missed the boat on BG3 in terms of RUclips content, but I'll definitely need to pick it up and play it at some point. I'm a huge fan of BG and played lots of their titles when I was younger. Minks and Boo were my favorite!
Makes sense. Bannerlord just doesn’t update the game hardly at all.
i think youre a guy waiting to get bigger bro, the amount of effort, detailed and valuable information you put out is unmatched best of luck to u
3:00 To be fair, anyone who plays Bannerlord has clearly already off the deep end.
I kinda got hooked on the way you killed zombies that I missed like half the video. Anyway, I trust you with what you want to do.
Lol someone else said that too - I should have used something a bit more tame for the background. That video will be coming soon :)
Glad you’re expanding beyond Bannerlord since your video releases seem to have outpaced developer updates.
Feel like you would enjoy Foxhole if you want something a little different (multiplayer vs single player). The game doesn’t live stream well but lends itself to a lot of depth for RUclips.
Also hope you revisit X4 sometime since they’ve changed a lot and your prior history with X3
I think it will be a great change and will give the channel some new life and wind. Don't get me wrong I really like how the channel is at the moment, but I'm happy to see it grow and evolve into something new and even more entertaining than it was before. Allso I'm absolutely happy that you keep to the things which are precious and important (no clickbait, more money through sponsors you know stuff like this) and I hope it works out for you and for the community (allso myself). I'm hyped to see the changes and the evolution of the channel and hopefully be part of it or/and witness it.❤❤
Branching out is a good move, but man your Bannerlord content is top notch and I hope you'll still drop the occasional unit guide as new patches come in. Zomboid is an amazing game tho, sprinters only when? :P
I'll finish up the 1,000,000 kill challenge first and if I'm not completely tired of the game, then sprinters will be next :)
@@Strat-Guides it's like a completely different game, a man thirsty for challenge like you shouldn't be disappointed
Best of luck, hope you find good games to make guides for :)
I can respect chasing more efficiency to get time back into your life. Just try not to take it too far and end up limiting yourself because you're trying to make it both a challenge run and guide content to where you end up hurting the final product because of having to fit everything into that framework in the same run.
Yeah that's going to be the tough part, but I'm up for the challenge. If it doesn't work out, I can always tweak the process until it works.
As long as you put in the love I'll see it. Also I'm kinda chime in about RimWorld too.
I’m so excited for the future of these channels.
It feels like the current content meta is doing difficult challenges in weird or interesting games and turning that grueling experience in some kind of shorter-form content that's somewhat instructional. You don't actually have to be great at the game, but just good enough to do whatever challenge you're going for. Feels like every game you've been doing content for is one that you're already really good at, so it would be cool to see some new ones and how you learn all the tips and tricks. I'd recommend Kenshi if you haven't already played it, since there are so many goofy or difficult challenges and things to do in that game.
Great that you're branching out, In honesty I will probably only have the time to watch the main/guides channel as I just don't have time to get into a let's play despite wanting to 😢😢
Yeah I know what you mean. Let's plays take up so much time! Glad you're keeping busy - hopefully staying productive :)
@Strat-Guides I am actually!
Still qualifying ad an accountant, bur got married and now have a kid on the way so could say keeping busy 😆
@@Axis_._ nice, congrats! Get all the sleep you can now because it's years and years of no sleep lol
@Strat-Guides people keep telling me this 😆 all I can say is I pray all you parents are in on some sick joke for all of us expecting couples trying to scare us away from your club 😉
Sounds like a solid plan to me! Looking forward to it!
Hurray!!!!
I completely get the Bannerlord move. It just sort of stagnated with development over the last year or so which really sucks. Im sure its also probaly not as fun playing it for the millionth time either. About the sponsorships, I dont think anyone really cares anymore especially if it means their favorite creator can sustain themselves. Lol Im honestly suprised you havent done any already, get you your money man 😂.
Some game recommendations I would like to see and sort of fit your style would be Paradox games obviously, ( CK3, EU4, Stellaris) and some total war as well would be really awsome to watch. I also wouldnt mind seeing Helldivers 2 content either. Some deeper cut ones I think you might enjoy are Outward which is a super hardcore survival sort of in the same vein as KCD or Kingdom Two Crowns which is like a 2d base builder indie game but it is actually really cool. Im also looking forward to when you eventually try out Manor Lords and Kingmakers, they look so good and I really hope they turns out well, Kingmakers especially and maybe it will give Bannerlord the push it needs to fix its shit.
I'll definitely be doing more paradox this year! I've got a few CK3 challenges on my list to knock off and I would love to get back into EU4. I'm very close to 5k hours in that game so I'm pretty comfortable with it and would like to try some tough challenge runs like 3 mountains or some WC speedruns.
I have 4000 hours in CK3, I like to think alot of them are from when I forgot to shut down my PC and went to bed but I'd kidding myself lol. That said, I'd say CK3 only has about 25% of the planned content. If you do a review it'll be obsolete after the next DLC. Just bear that in mind I guess.
Yeah that's the toughest part with Paradox games. So many DLCs that change the meta
Sounds good, I think bannerlord has kind of run it's course anyways.
I'll follow whatever you cover, i'm not big on sponsor stuff unless it's something the person uses and knows quite well.
Good luck.
Your Bannerlord content is insanely good!
I appreciate it! Hopefully I can do the same for other games :)
Helldiver is calling 🗣🗣🔥🔥🦅🦅
I mainly watch lets plays to pass time so it would be nice to see more Lets play content. Also it would be nice if you'd be playing couple games at the time for lets play channel, as for how it is now, I'm not realy into CK so there is nothing for me to watch, but if you were playing CK and bannerlord for example, I'd at least have something to watch.
Do your thing, brother, waiting on Bannerlord to become the game that could've been is a fool's errand. I got to your content through bannerlord, but it's not what it's keeping me around.
You’re way too good of a channel/perspective to only cover one game. Love bannerlord - never even playing Kingdom Come Deliverance, but enjoyed many of those videos.
Personally, I’d love to see the very difficult challenge runs of whatever game you find fun.
New games reviews would be nice too as we have very similar taste in games.
Maybe add a game suggestion thread to discord so your community can help contribute. In excited to see this channel do well.
I like it, nuff said.
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Literally had no idea you had three channels. You don't have a channels tab and only the guides and plays channels show up on the search.
I don't like to spam people with advertisement for the other channels so I just put links in each video now or link a video that's relevant in specific videos once in a while. There should be a channel tab on the main page, I'll have to see if I'm missing something. I appreciate the heads up!
Can you please share where can we watch live streams and do we have any platform to see a schedule for it? Is it on twitch or here on YT? If YT which channel? I would love to plan ahaid and watch you live
The livestreams are done on the guide channel (this channel)! If you click on the homepage, look for the live tab and you'll see them there.
I don't have a schedule up just yet because I need to catch up on editing for several new videos (will probably take me all month to finish). The next livestream will be towards the end of this month and will be for Manor Lords when it releases! I'll make an announcement before I stream and if/when I can do regular streams I'll make a post to let you know :)
@@Strat-Guides Thank for your answer and all your efforts! It is just a suggestion of a fan but have you considered hiring an editor? It feels like a waste of talent of yours doing all the editing. Even if you just hand over the easy/slow/boring parts and still do the more creative work yourself would mean you can do couple of more videos per month. Increasing you output productivity greatly.
Cool!
Even if you could make and release 4 videos in a week. It would probably be way better to just release one or two of them and bank the others for times you don’t have any to release.
I’m not an expert on the algorithm but I imagine 4 videos one week and none for two weeks will be way worse for a channel than 1 video a week consistently.
You mention three channels. Do you mean three types of videos on this channel or this one plus two other channels because I see no link to other ones?
Strat gaming and strat plays
Yeah, I have 3 separate channels: Strat Gaming Guides (this one), Strat Plays (Let's Play channel) and Strat Gaming (New channel for heavily edited videos). If you go to the homepage of any channel, you'll see a section where all 3 channels are listed and you can click on whichever one you want to go to.
@@Strat-Guides thx
Do you have any thoughts about collabing with other people?
I'm fine with doing a collab, but the problem is I'm not sure which game or what format. I think maybe a livestream would work best? Or one of those "share the save file, split the campaign" kinda deals would be fun too.
TW still hasn’t fixed the bug where when you leave the kingdom the former kingdom will keep your banner and color no matter what. I’m glad you are branching out, this game still has a lot of potential but it will never blow up as it should due to the base game being so bare bones!
Your epic zombie fight is too big a distraction for actually listen to your speech 😂
Lol Yeah maybe I picked one that was a bit too intense
Kenshi.....?
Soon! It's in my library already and I played a couple hours just to test some things out
Kcd2 content soonish
As soon as it's ready!!
Where are your other channels?
If you go to the channel homepage, there's a section that says "Featured Channels" and you'll see them listed there. Strat Gaming Guides (this one), Strat Plays (Let's Play channel) and Strat Gaming (Heavily edited video channel)
Found it thank you 😃
im pretty sure that you will get a lot of new viewers, but will also loose a lot of old ones. but i will stick around, i think
You've probably been asked this 10000 times and this doesn't relate to this video, but will u ever do a bannerlord unit guide?
I did one recently for all of the top tier shielded infantry and I've done several in previous patches. They take a TON of time and unfortunately Bannerlord guides aren't really getting views right now, so it would be hard to justify the time (it takes about a week to week and a half of full-time work to do one of those properly). Maybe when another big patch comes out and people come back, I would definitely consider it!
@@Strat-Guides Appreciate the reply! and yeah that makes sense, I tried to find some but I guess I'm blind, is the shielded infantry guide on this channel? I'm currently doing a battanian only, HC bannerlord difficulty game, looking for tips, I feel like my vet falxman suck but maybe I'm doing something wrong, they have tons of oathsworn backing them up but still feel weak.
@@Strat-Guides found it
Algo
bro made familiy buisnes just to play games, respect
Please try Escape From Tarkov! It has a steep learning curve, but damn you're gonna enjoy it
I've actually got over 1000 hours into Tarkov :D I used to play it a lot when it first came out, but got tired of the cheaters and stopped. This was back in 2018 or 2019 I think? I've got the EOD from early alpha so I started playing Arena recently and had some fun with that (about 500 matched, unlocked everything under marksman)
Bannerlord
Woppaaaaaaa and how bout minecraft rolf
Lol I did play Minecraft back in the day :)
I think Paradox games are made for you
I do think they have a nice mix of cryptic mechanics and insane challenge possibility that makes them good for guides and let's plays. Frankly there's also a void there now
I've still got a ton of challenges to do with CK3 and then I would love to get back to EU4. I can't let the 4,844.2 hours of experience go to waste lol!
@@Strat-Guides Stellaris guides/ gameplay run when?
@@felipegcampos6319 Far as I know the recent dlc has utterly bricked the game
@@ashutoshtripathi. there will be another one to save the game.
I do not think a 2 or 3 hour long guide video is a good idea for you, as people will want to skip around the video. This makes RUclips think "hey, these people only want to see this part of this huge video. The rest must be trash." However, if you keep the guide videos short, most people will watch the full video, especially if you keep doing the "bonus" segment at the end.
I know what you mean, but I've been doing a bit of research on this and I think there's a bit of spectacle with really long videos. If you look at video essays, some are several hours long and people get curious and click. Sure, most click off after a few minutes, but the algorithm still pushes the video more with more clicks even if the watch time suffers. If you look at the Spartacus campaign I did last year, it's over 3 hours long and it's still getting good views to this day because the algorithm pushes it. Average watch time was something like 24 minutes, so less than 10% but it's still going strong.
Using your son for YT editing? Yeah you're definitely gonna do CK3 guides by the end of this year. 😂
Lol not yet, he's only 2! My wife and Flesson are editing :)
Defo more guides my dude, bannerlord alone isnt enough to sustain your channel
Copium
first, lol
Dump Bannerlord asap.
I love bannerlord but its development seems like its at a standstill.
The late game in bannerlord is a nonstop game of whack a mole I hate it
maybe add something about mods to anygame you gonna play that would be interesting some tactic mods or idk?
Bannerlord is dead anyways, and TW will definitely not fix sh1t.