the thing about horses in this game is, the faster your horse is, the longer it takes for it to reach max speed, and when you stop completely on a noble mount, you're giving the enemy a huge speed advantage. also ....steppe bandits are definitely not using sumpter horses, their parties move on the map almost at the same speed as caravans, meaning if they have horses they must be mounts, they might have some sumpter horses in inventory though hence why they drop them.
@@andreibirisu4280 "yes but i mean when you fight them, you get sumpter horses from the battle instead of steppe ones" That's not true. I get Steppe Hunters and Steppe Horses from them all the time.
Ive gained a new appreciation for this run, as I finally tried my hand at a horse archer and its been rough but Im going to commit to watching the run and try again.
"The town watering pool is going to be full of blood, they're not going to have any water left" he said calmly, as he casually unalived most if not all the population of the town.
Steppe Bandits ride Steppe Horses. They're not high tier, they might be the cheapest of the basic mounts (don't remember if that or the midland palfrey is cheaper), but they have decent speed and good maneuverability in exchange for terrible hp and charge damage. And since the game tracks momentum instead of just speed, every time you slow down to get an easier shot and the enemy continues trying to close to melee they're going to get a lot closer to you. Mix that with some basic flanking, and it's easy for one rider to get within spear reach while you focus in on a different group. Also I think most of your bowshots that go off target happen because you lose patience and release before you finish drawing; the reticle seemed like it was still getting smaller rapidly.
I love how he interpreted the symbol of Tanit wrong but ended up with the right vibe. (Tanit was the strongest female goddess and one of the major gods of Carthage)
“If you’ve watched the Rings of Power it’s all about women’s empowerment, which I don’t have a problem with, just the way they did it.” Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn XD
When it comes to the show, had they focused primarily on historical accuracy, then they could have gotten away with women's empowerment and any other agendas while still making a great show. Oh well
I personally found out that in Khuzait tournaments when you get mounted glave fight, its actually better to go head on with the enemy and do a thrust as its faster than a swing obviously. You will need two good thrust hits landed, but you will more likely to win if you just thrust.
I've always wondered: why not just do a tavern game or two at the start for some extra easy money? Especially the empire game is so easy to win. Liking the idea so far, only at 6:30, wanted to comment this before I forget again, before resuming the video.
i did this slightly diffrent on a playthrough! i allowed myself to retreat and return to the match but only if I road off the red and had enough bundles ov javlins/arrows to do a full refill (1 bundle for one bundle which I threw away when the battle was over). i did take prisoners. animals, goods since I was trying to max out 330 on all my skills by end game. i kept the looters to a minimum (think 45 with 45 'mount' horses, 20 mules gave me 7.1 speed) this let me be mobile and trade goods getting trade up to 330 before I finished. fun to see others obsessed with this game. wonder if it will ever be finished?
I played this style a lot in realm of thrones. If you wanna speed up things a little bit and make it more fun, get a crush through mod that allows multiple hits per spear stab. Xorberas Legacy I think it is called. Also the new versions of RoT include really heavy giant arrows that can impale multiple targets that are directly behind each other.
Your horse is faster at full speed in a straight line. If you turn or slow down to below full speed and have to accelerate back up while the enemy is still at full speed you can get caught.
Steppe Bandits actually aren't equipped with Sumpter Horses (the pack animals) they're equipped with Steppe Horses (67 manoeuvre, 45 speed) But you're right about them dropping the rubbish horses :)
The bandits were faster because Strat kept slowing down and didn't realize it took time to accelerate while the bandits were moving full speed. Also the bandits had steppe horses, his canterion charger only had 5 speed more, which doesn't make much of a difference without high riding skill
Those dudes in the beginning been riding horse since before they could walk my dude. Can you imagine the stories they were telling their clans of mythical Amazonian woman from their Scythian ancestors.
Great content. What mods are you using for this playthrough? Also, you can double tap the 'forward' key to gee-up your horse (useful for last minute dodges on charging cav when an archer).
why are you fighting this bandits? bandits on aserai territory also on mounts but do not have bows - so they match more easily. or these guys have better loot?
I tried this and the problem I had was not being able to finish sieges because I couldn’t select people for the keep battle. I had to leave and give up all loot and xp whenever I got to that point
Yeah you have to approach sieges a bit differently - I tried to position myself towards the rear of their fief so I could pick people off as they retreated before they got to the keep (usually easier to do with arrows and an arrow barrel near by). We'll get to that part eventually :D
You also can't initiate sieges if you have no troops, so you have to join an ongoing one. You can then leave if the enemy fall back to the keep, as they'll only have a couple of dozen against usually several hundred on your side (unless the siege is a massacre for both sides), and let the AI autoresolve the assaults (not like you're going to be able to loot, anyways, as you didn't initiate the siege).
The livestreams ended on ep 3 - I had to record the rest offline because my kids were back home lol I'm editing them all now and will have the whole thing done soon!
I can’t tell if you using this but it doesn’t look like you are. If you double tap the forward key while mounted your horse will accelerate a lot faster. Helps keep enemy cavalry off of you while shooting bows.
39:38 for this fight I get off my horse and then I stab his horse when he attacks which then makes his horse do an animation which doesn't let him block, so you then do an over head hit and win.
I'm using RTS Camera, better time, better smithing and equip best item. I might have a couple others, but I can't remember. It's all just QoL stuff, nothing that changes gameplay
Dude I am Sorry to correct you but the symbol is the one from Carthage (the God Tanit to be precise) and not the female symbol. But other than that great job with the video!
If you go to the homepage, look for the "other channels" section and click on Strat Gaming Guides. Check the homepage of that channel, click on the "Live" tab and you'll see the 3 streams from this campaign!
i remember there was a player on pendor that usually played solo, when it was possible to acess the inventory he had a bunch of reserve arrows and 3 or 4 shields, he ran around until the enemy was out of arrows and then went for the kills...every battle was soo long
Warband has an inventory box by where you spawn, which you can use to refill arrows (or maybe you have to have new bags in your inventory. I know in the original Mount&Blade, if you accessed the supplies box your equipped arrow bags were refilled). I used to run a solo horse archer in the TLD mod. There is an elven bow you can use from horseback, and orc shields are super flimsy (usually break in a single hit with high archery and the right bow)...not to mention that a mearas could bonk orcs to death at full speed with 10 riding...
What skill do you level up to have your bow zoom in tighter with the reticule more? I know this probably sounds stupid but is it like horse? Or is it bow? Or is it some other skill?
I'll make a post as soon as we're caught up to the livestream! There are a lot of people that couldn't make it so I'm releasing these lightly edited episodes for them. I think we'll be caught up in about a week and a half, but I'm still editing it right now.
I was using RTS camera, better time, equip best item and better smithing continued. I think character reloader also works and RBM should work. There are probably more, but I haven't done much this patch besides this campaign.
Yo strat if you manage to beat this challenge or not and if you do manage to beat the challenge well there another one for you kingslayer challenge must kill all the Lord's in calradia except minor factions solo WC threatening troops mod which is the hardest of all created by my team
@@jackhazardous4008 I love being in first person for pretty much everything. It makes me feel like I’m part of my army rather than someone floating above it. It’s especially fun for cavalry charges.
12:24 “oh this is the one where you could lose in a single hit. Let’s try not to do that”
Famous last words
dude imagine doing it with friends when the coop comes out that wuld be so fun damn
Is coop coming out?
where did you see about coop being official? I can't find this
It's a mod called bannerlord coop, seems to be a serious project with a team of programmers behind it
@@doktorernst5864 I checked it in youtube and there seems to be videos of the mod from 2 years ago. What's coming out about it??
That's just a d&d campaign
I appreciate how the bandits will outpace you through sheer force-of-will alone
Wtf are the odds. I was just watching your live streams on this.
This is the most impressive thing that any bannerlord streamer has ever done.
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Same - can't wait for the ending!!!
Thanks! This one is edited to get rid of 90%+ of the interactions with chat and cut the boring stuff so hopefully this one is easier to watch :D
Same. I was watching the start of the VOD then he mentioned he was gonna edit it down and saw it was like a month old so I came here lol
it's like you're playing Dynasty warriors but you're as strong as an npc soldier. really cool idea for a campaign
Haha yeah that's a good point. Too bad the enemy nobles don't want to duel
guyladriel: "what are you doing steppe-bandit?"
the thing about horses in this game is, the faster your horse is, the longer it takes for it to reach max speed, and when you stop completely on a noble mount, you're giving the enemy a huge speed advantage.
also ....steppe bandits are definitely not using sumpter horses, their parties move on the map almost at the same speed as caravans, meaning if they have horses they must be mounts, they might have some sumpter horses in inventory though hence why they drop them.
I wonder if he was holding w or tapping. It accelerates quicker from tapping it.
They default to steppe horse iirc
default are steppe horses and such
@@xSoulhunterDKx yes but i mean when you fight them, you get sumpter horses from the battle instead of steppe ones
@@andreibirisu4280 "yes but i mean when you fight them, you get sumpter horses from the battle instead of steppe ones"
That's not true. I get Steppe Hunters and Steppe Horses from them all the time.
Ive gained a new appreciation for this run, as I finally tried my hand at a horse archer and its been rough but Im going to commit to watching the run and try again.
I was wondering if you've done a rbm wc?
It is beyond me how you are able to withstand such grindfests, yet I'am all for it.
Incredible premise for a playthrough and awesome editing, very clean even though it’s from a stream! ❤
Loving this concept. Caught one of the Livestreams already. Thanks for sharing and all the hard work!
Cant tell you how much i missed these videos. Such great job man!!
Finally! Been looking forward to this since forever, can't wait to see how you did it!
Another world conquest video!!!! finally some good content to watch
Hey Ziwon! Hope you're doing well
"The trick is to do it without dying" some real insight there!
Fantastic Duel at 35:38 xD
Great video, it's been an interesting watch ^^
8:21 has that button always been there
"what're you doing up there, step-bandit?"
25:41 oh man. I felt that. Hardcore gaming, death enable solo run. What an absolute mad lad.
oh man finally a new playthrough thank u so much
"The town watering pool is going to be full of blood, they're not going to have any water left" he said calmly, as he casually unalived most if not all the population of the town.
the basic steppe bandits have steppe horses believe it or not
Really? That doesn't seem right
They only drop sumpter for loot though, it's odd
that explains a lot...
@@StratPlays No I think when you dropped a horse b/c of herding penalty you dropped a Steppe Horse they dropped right before. See 21:07 in the video.
@@StratPlaysI've gotten a steppe hunter from them once... one of my first war mounts.
Steppe Bandits ride Steppe Horses. They're not high tier, they might be the cheapest of the basic mounts (don't remember if that or the midland palfrey is cheaper), but they have decent speed and good maneuverability in exchange for terrible hp and charge damage. And since the game tracks momentum instead of just speed, every time you slow down to get an easier shot and the enemy continues trying to close to melee they're going to get a lot closer to you. Mix that with some basic flanking, and it's easy for one rider to get within spear reach while you focus in on a different group. Also I think most of your bowshots that go off target happen because you lose patience and release before you finish drawing; the reticle seemed like it was still getting smaller rapidly.
I love how he interpreted the symbol of Tanit wrong but ended up with the right vibe. (Tanit was the strongest female goddess and one of the major gods of Carthage)
I've been looking forward to this. Will definitely watch this fully when I get home.
35:55 captivating combat caught me off guard :)
Imagine waking up at 30 anf going: "Aight', fuck it, time to take over the world I guess."
55:15 That looked basically like a bunch of guys in a whirlpool annoyed by the lifeguard with a safety and rescue tool
“If you’ve watched the Rings of Power it’s all about women’s empowerment, which I don’t have a problem with, just the way they did it.” Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn XD
When it comes to the show, had they focused primarily on historical accuracy, then they could have gotten away with women's empowerment and any other agendas while still making a great show. Oh well
There is a hidden stat for horses - acceleration. And steppe horses (and steppe hunters) are one of the best in terms of acceleration.
"Now we can put some clothes on... yay" He didn't sound too happy about that🤔
Watching this on live was super fun!
"Where are the reinforcements?!" "I am the reinforcements."
I personally found out that in Khuzait tournaments when you get mounted glave fight, its actually better to go head on with the enemy and do a thrust as its faster than a swing obviously. You will need two good thrust hits landed, but you will more likely to win if you just thrust.
28:40 You can take on 1 more horse without suffering the "Herding" penalty if you equip it as your "civilian" horse.
I watched your gaming guides but i didnt know you had a gameplay channel i know what im doing with my day off
"Sorry, shes naked" spoken like a true gentleman 😂
“So money is not really an issue”
Proceeds to run out of money
I've always wondered: why not just do a tavern game or two at the start for some extra easy money? Especially the empire game is so easy to win.
Liking the idea so far, only at 6:30, wanted to comment this before I forget again, before resuming the video.
"Galadriel only" made me chuckle 😄
i did this slightly diffrent on a playthrough! i allowed myself to retreat and return to the match but only if I road off the red and had enough bundles ov javlins/arrows to do a full refill (1 bundle for one bundle which I threw away when the battle was over).
i did take prisoners. animals, goods since I was trying to max out 330 on all my skills by end game. i kept the looters to a minimum (think 45 with 45 'mount' horses, 20 mules gave me 7.1 speed) this let me be mobile and trade goods getting trade up to 330 before I finished.
fun to see others obsessed with this game. wonder if it will ever be finished?
I played this style a lot in realm of thrones. If you wanna speed up things a little bit and make it more fun, get a crush through mod that allows multiple hits per spear stab. Xorberas Legacy I think it is called. Also the new versions of RoT include really heavy giant arrows that can impale multiple targets that are directly behind each other.
Your horse is faster at full speed in a straight line. If you turn or slow down to below full speed and have to accelerate back up while the enemy is still at full speed you can get caught.
Steppe Bandits actually aren't equipped with Sumpter Horses (the pack animals) they're equipped with Steppe Horses (67 manoeuvre, 45 speed)
But you're right about them dropping the rubbish horses :)
The bandits were faster because Strat kept slowing down and didn't realize it took time to accelerate while the bandits were moving full speed. Also the bandits had steppe horses, his canterion charger only had 5 speed more, which doesn't make much of a difference without high riding skill
Those dudes in the beginning been riding horse since before they could walk my dude. Can you imagine the stories they were telling their clans of mythical Amazonian woman from their Scythian ancestors.
Yeeeeeah i love this campaigns. Glad to see them back on chanel. 🤩
Great content. What mods are you using for this playthrough? Also, you can double tap the 'forward' key to gee-up your horse (useful for last minute dodges on charging cav when an archer).
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All those dead bodies are gonna contaminate their water supply. Big oof. xD
That change with the AI is wild. Literally just standing there bouncing there hits of each other while they all get stabbed to death.
That duel in tournament was really epic 😀😀
48:28 "The trick is to do it, without, dying" damn, I never knew
i was waiting to watch this series :D
So uhh, is there an edited video of this available anywhere? You mentioned an edited video at 1:49.
why are you fighting this bandits? bandits on aserai territory also on mounts but do not have bows - so they match more easily. or these guys have better loot?
They have a chance to drop a decent bow early game so I was trying to get one of those - no such luck though :(
"We're going to go with the female symbol"
Ancient Carthage: Am I a joke to you?
I tried this and the problem I had was not being able to finish sieges because I couldn’t select people for the keep battle. I had to leave and give up all loot and xp whenever I got to that point
Yeah you have to approach sieges a bit differently - I tried to position myself towards the rear of their fief so I could pick people off as they retreated before they got to the keep (usually easier to do with arrows and an arrow barrel near by). We'll get to that part eventually :D
You also can't initiate sieges if you have no troops, so you have to join an ongoing one. You can then leave if the enemy fall back to the keep, as they'll only have a couple of dozen against usually several hundred on your side (unless the siege is a massacre for both sides), and let the AI autoresolve the assaults (not like you're going to be able to loot, anyways, as you didn't initiate the siege).
Just finished the third livestream lol. Is there a 4th full livestream that can be uploaded?
The livestreams ended on ep 3 - I had to record the rest offline because my kids were back home lol I'm editing them all now and will have the whole thing done soon!
@@StratPlays Can’t wait to see them!
You should do a run where you are not allowed to play the game at this point.
Lol don't worry - I did a KCD run after this one :)
The algorithm recommended this to me, and I got hooked. Thanks for the video and the series!
BTW, what mods are you using?
Stage Five Bannerlord mastery. No where next to go but to become the Silver Surfer.
Sertified mad lad. Amazing! Thanks!)
You have to press quick 2 times W or more to accelerate your mount. Also if you press R you go in first person.
4:20 How's that a female symbol? triangle up = male, triamgle down = female...
I can’t tell if you using this but it doesn’t look like you are. If you double tap the forward key while mounted your horse will accelerate a lot faster. Helps keep enemy cavalry off of you while shooting bows.
39:38 for this fight I get off my horse and then I stab his horse when he attacks which then makes his horse do an animation which doesn't let him block, so you then do an over head hit and win.
What are the list of mods you have and what patch is this on?
I'm using RTS Camera, better time, better smithing and equip best item. I might have a couple others, but I can't remember. It's all just QoL stuff, nothing that changes gameplay
@@StratPlays oh cool thank you. I'm assuming you're on 1.2+ because the AI seemed a bit improved.
Loving the series. I'm already on episode 4
How to get the saved faces features on the left side of the screen when u were creating your character? Sorry j just started playing bannerlord.
It's a mod called Character reloader!
@@StratPlays thanks so much🙏
whoa you like KARL MARX theory?
Great start!
Dude I am Sorry to correct you but the symbol is the one from Carthage (the God Tanit to be precise) and not the female symbol.
But other than that great job with the video!
Interesting, I didn't know that! Thanks :D
where can i watch the llive streams
If you go to the homepage, look for the "other channels" section and click on Strat Gaming Guides. Check the homepage of that channel, click on the "Live" tab and you'll see the 3 streams from this campaign!
Thanks👍
What are you *DOING* Step-Bandit?!
i remember there was a player on pendor that usually played solo, when it was possible to acess the inventory he had a bunch of reserve arrows and 3 or 4 shields, he ran around until the enemy was out of arrows and then went for the kills...every battle was soo long
Warband has an inventory box by where you spawn, which you can use to refill arrows (or maybe you have to have new bags in your inventory. I know in the original Mount&Blade, if you accessed the supplies box your equipped arrow bags were refilled). I used to run a solo horse archer in the TLD mod. There is an elven bow you can use from horseback, and orc shields are super flimsy (usually break in a single hit with high archery and the right bow)...not to mention that a mearas could bonk orcs to death at full speed with 10 riding...
Can we get mod list please?
WHAT THE HELL RUclips WHY DID YOU NOT NOTIFY ME??!!! anyways amazing video
Probably the 3 months of inactivity on this channel lol
What skill do you level up to have your bow zoom in tighter with the reticule more? I know this probably sounds stupid but is it like horse? Or is it bow? Or is it some other skill?
I watched the livestreams, in which Episode will i get new content?
I'll make a post as soon as we're caught up to the livestream! There are a lot of people that couldn't make it so I'm releasing these lightly edited episodes for them. I think we'll be caught up in about a week and a half, but I'm still editing it right now.
33 minutes in and this guy only has 1 person in his army! LOL! This guy stinks!
(this is a very cool challenge)
41:50 this battle really needs the benny hill music.
What mod are you using for speeding up in battles? RTS Camera seems to be outdated. After watching this video I want to start a new campaign myself
For Khuzait finals with the Polearms. Kill the horse, dismount a bit away, take a few steps, NPC runs to horse and while saddling kill him.
Hey Strat just curious what mod list you're running on 1.20 having a hard time finding one
I was using RTS camera, better time, equip best item and better smithing continued. I think character reloader also works and RBM should work. There are probably more, but I haven't done much this patch besides this campaign.
anyone know what mod he's using to speed up the battle time at 6:39? or is this something you can do by default? how do you do that? what hotkeys etc?
It's a mod - RTS Camera mod
@StratPlays oh okay. I assume theirs like a hotkey you can press to speed time up? I'll have to load it up and look at it's settings
Great video, loving it! Were you running any mods on this or not? Seems you were getting a fair amount more kills vs wounded on enemies than i see
Why r u don`t use double w/s? for stop horse, shoot and boost her?
Yo strat if you manage to beat this challenge or not and if you do manage to beat the challenge well there another one for you kingslayer challenge must kill all the Lord's in calradia except minor factions solo WC threatening troops mod which is the hardest of all created by my team
Interesting idea!
what mods do you have on during this?
i am confused if this is live commentary and you can somehow speed up the battle or it is just commentary with sped up footage
What is the mod's name for the mega time skip?
"lets not attack yellow people" 10:25
Ayo?
Village fight vs steppe bandits is epic.
Soloing in mount and blade is underrated
this stimulates the fuck out of my adhd brain
Imagine hearing that one man wiped out and entire village in real life ☠️☠️☠️
Whats the auto equip better items addon/mod?
Which mods are you using?
I really excited for some barbarian against 1000 guys kinda battles
Could you share your list of mods?
The "female" symbol is actually the symbol of the ancient punic goddess Tanit, chief deity of Carthage.
Am I the only person who plays this game in first person? I’m yet to see someone else do it.
I swap to first person in siege defense frequently, it helps with aiming
@@jackhazardous4008 I love being in first person for pretty much everything. It makes me feel like I’m part of my army rather than someone floating above it. It’s especially fun for cavalry charges.
@hexoslaya3696 its also pretty useful if you get involved in a dense melee clash to see through your friendly symbols