GOOD SEASON FOR CROPS
it's almost harvesting season
>Sea Raiders
My men would like a word with you about your purse, and your belongings.
Any news about Bannerlord?
MY LORD
>>336762012
never ever
>>336762012
Not since they showed that gameplay demo I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbrnPtybNd4
>finally get a feif
>it's a very poor settlement
>start building improvements
>constantly gets raided
NORDIES GET OUT REEEEEEEEEE
>>336762280
Looks so fucking good. I want it now.
>>336761567
>steppe bandits
>>336762458
I hate this about the game, it literally ruins it for me
>at war with faction
>they literally run past all the forts on their border to run to my castle thats deep in our territory
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>336762012
Next month maybe:
>http://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gaming-show-adds-four-more-presenters-for-2016/?utm_content=buffer86a0c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamer
>>336760904
>It's a cattle mission
fuck you i'm out.
>>336763569
I managed to take a city in the middle of enemy territory and that gets attacked less than that settlement that's not deep in my territory but still has plenty of other things around.
>>336761567
those fucking faggots
>lol just bandits, I'll fix em up
>my advanced army gets absolutely fucking noscoped
>>336762012
Soon™
>>336763732
>hey you got a quest for me?
>we need you to herd these cattle all the way across the region
>seige the town
>>336763732
VERY WELL
I SHALL FIND SOMEONE WITH MORE METTLE
>>336763569
Get a bunch of low-tier troops, like even Farmers and shit and stuff your castle with them. The AI takes into account number of garrisoned troops only when it decides whether or not to siege a castle.
THATS A NICE HEAD YOU HAVE ON YOUR SHOYDERS
Sarranid Sultanate here i come
> Mfw Floris mod sea raider groups
>>336760904
Is there a mod that improves everything but keeps the current factions and map?
peasants FUCK OFF
this is a nobleman's thread
>>336764810
native expansion
floris
silverstag i think
>>336764685
This desu
Remove Sarranid.
>>336764810
most mods are set in calradia
>Declare your own kingdom
>Take Dhirim and turn that shithole into a flourishing city
>Because of honorable nature tons of other lords defect and join you in a merry fellowship
>tfw shining city on the hill
testing desu
>>336761567
>he doesnt employ 200 sandnigger horsemen for the express purpose of cleansing the north of all sea raiders
LESS TALKINGMORE RAIDING
>>336763569
isnt it based on your relationship with the attacking lords?
if youre on good terms with your enemies dont they tend to avoid attacking your land?
>>336765310
that and lords always go for whoever has the least amount of friends i.e. whoever is unlikely to receive help, this almost always ends up being the player in early/maybe mid game
>>336765395
so there was a purpose to attending every feast and bullying montewar until he left the continent?
awesome
>500 forest bandits think they can take my army of 100 armored cavalry
>>336765213
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYTRsEtqKps
>>336765607
>you accidentally click auto battle
>>336765741
At least you won!
>>336765741
>>336765741
>>336760904
WE'LL HAVE OUR PAY, OR WE'LL HAVE OUR FUN.
>>336765881
Mod?
>>336765607
>get a quest to destroy a tundra bandit camp
>tundra bandits? I've never seen those
>finally find it
>the bandits have been festering there the whole game
>hundreds of them
>somehow suffer almost no casualties and leave with a full inventory and a full prisoner list
>>336766048
Floris, I believe.
>>336766049
makes my dick hard reading that
>>336765741
>its a 100 T6 templar knigts against 500 scandinavians troops
>>336765978
what mod?
>>336766218
blood and steel
>>336766198
Is Warsword playable now?
>>336766313
warsword was always playable
I really like the Nord artwork
>>336764685
>be mercenary
>side with whatever faction is currently fucking with the Sarranids
>Peace Treaty
>leave faction
>wait until faction goes to war with Sarranids
>join them
>continue to fuck up Sarranids.
mmmmmmm
>>336766090
Is there a way to make all the troop trees less confusing?
>>336766451
>no one is fighting the Sarranids
>bully and harass their caravans/villagers/weaker lords anyway
>>336766516
Playing as Native Enhanced or some such, when you create a new character, but I'm not sure it gives you the new troop tree. I'd like to not have the weird names as well.
Otherwise, it's basically I for Infantry, A for Archer, C for Cavalry, and the number stands for the Tier, but it looks stupid.
>>336765275I WILL DRINK FROM YOUR SKULL
>fighting desert bandits
>kicking all of their asses
>slowly withering health away
>2 more
>one of them fucking deals lance damage
>instaded
>loose expensive armor
>mfw
>Join Vaegirs
>Lords are too busy feasting and losing land to the Nords and Khergits
>Raise a grand Slav army to reconquer lost lands
>Cut massive swaths through the Khanate without support
>Knyaz decides to confer all of the new lands on himself
>gives me a couple border villages
>>336766878
Maybe next time don't be a glory hogging tard, faggot
Somewhat new to the game. Got assigned as the count this time around. What exactly should I be doing?
>>336766973
Make your own kingdom, claim it all back for yourself.
>>336766517
The only reason I came in this thread, thanks.
>>336767020
Feasting.
>>336767020
Collecting taxes, oppressing peasants.
>>336766996
>not being a glory hogging tard
>not being a loyal mercenary to lords and keeping disgusting peasants in check
>not going around purging the Sarranid of bandit scum
>>336767020
>>336767280
Obligatory.
>>336767418
>being another vulture come to grow fat on the leftovers of war, no doubt
>>336767020
REMOVE KEBAB
>>336767548
>why would you shoot a man after throwing him out of a plane
>>336767548
>move in your mother
l-lewd
>Be Swadian
>At war with Rhodoks
>Fucking wreck their shit sideways
>Captured multiple towns and castles
>Take Yaroglek prisoner
>I want one of the castles I captured
>Harlaus confers it to some douche
>Fuck that. I'm keeping this shit.
>Defect with my castle
>Swadia declares war on me
>For some reason the Nords declare war on me too for no particular reason
>Swadians descend on my shit in force despite most of the other lords getting rekt in fights with the Rodoks very recently
>Flee the castle in hopes of losing them and then wrecking their shit individually
>Run straight into attacking Nords
>>336767593
Not really nigga.
Its a vicious cycle of building rep with lords and harassing villagers. I get paid and people stay happy.
>it's a rhodok siege episode
>>336767935
That would be Crusader Kings 2.
>>336767886
What fucking purpose do crossbows even serve in the game?
Seriously, what do they do that normal bows don't?
>>336767995
>tfw m&b and ck2 merged gameplay elements never
Friendly reminder that there are people RIGHT NOW on /v/ who haven't conquered the world in PoP.
>>336768134
I try but everytime I get like half of Pendor conquered, I get bored and start a new game since the best part is always when you are an underdog.
>>336768108
more damage
better accuracy
lower rate of fire can sometimes be a good thing for conserving ammo in sieges if you don't want to micromanage archers
require less skill investment than bows to be effective and are a viable sidearm because of this
can penetrate weak shields
I need a good mod /v/
>>336760904
>>336768673
Floris is pretty good.
>>336768134
>its starts with
>one thing i don't know why
i fucking lost it
>>336768673
A new dawn is cool.
AD1257 is cool too.
>>336766451
just install ad1253 and go on a crusade
>>336767548
Mod?
>>336769029
Modern romance and diplomacy v16
when I'm done I'll push your cart too
>>336770428
if you have a weak claim then everyone will attack you, what you need to do is join a faction, marry a noblewoman and work on friendships, connections and establishing a claim, after that you rebel
>>336763235
Literally the face I make every time. Just on matters of general principle. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than running those steppeniggers down and ramming a lance right up their fucking asses.
WESTERN STALLION STRONG
>>336767093
The ability to do this without mods is the best part of Warband. Fuck the man.
>>336770812
I bend knee to no man!
...which is probably why I suck so bad at the game.
>>336760904
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ_E5SC1OB0
>>336770812
>marriage
How do I go about thisas a female merc
>play floris
>dealing with packs of up to 2000 forest bandits
>>336771224
It's a damn army at that point, how do lords let it get that bad
>>336771205
Find the biggest, meanest, beardiest Nord you can find, marry him and his 120 Huscarls (elope if you have to), win the game.
Are the Sarranids in Bannerlord more Persian/Sassanid? Would make more sense given the new state of the setting.Here's hoping that it ever comes out
>>336771549
>sided with th rhodium
>most nords probably hate me right now
Did I fuck up? I've got 3 feifs right now so I'd rather just stick with them. Been raising my relation with Falsevor since he says other maidens have win his heart so I figure he'd actually do it once it's high enough.
>>336771916
Rhodoks are fine too, with crossbows instead of javelins.
>>336771969
Speaking of ranged weapons, which faction gets niggas with bows? Crossbows are cool but I'd like to have my army with a mix of both.
>>336772402
Sarranids or vaegirs. Sarranid master archers are less expensive and fire faster, and vaegir marksmen are extremely good in sieges.
>>336771224
at least it's not 5000 deserters
>>336772509
Cool, guess I'll grab some of both
>>336772747
Stock up on varied food and make lots of battle (or rest in towns), otherwise you'll get a morale penalty because of the varied army.
>>336771224
god that might be fun to fight
>you have received couched lance damage (200)
>>336765978
>>336766292
>almost 600 troops on the field and the game still runs well
>meanwhile my toaster struggles with 400, even in dx7
halp
>>336773509
>you delivered couched lance damage (56)
fuck
>>336773667
>tfw sub 30fps with only 200 troops
>>336760904
BET U DIDN'T EVEN KNO THAT
>>336773760
That's a pretty abstract looking feel.
>tfw I never get far enough to join up with a faction
Anyone know some good builds or tips and shit?
>yfw 50 desert bandits
>run around grinding the tournaments for sweet gold and recruiting people along with way
>end up doing some mercenary work for the nords
>accidentally become a vassal, but whatever
>end up getting my own little village
>it's pretty shitty and out of shape, but it's mine
>vaegirs declare war
>they decide to kick it off by attacking and taking my village
>retaliate by singlehandedly razing their entire fucking nation to the ground
>>336772829
Oh so varied food help huh. I've got a handful of hired blades and sword sisters up from farmers and peasant women and I guess it remembers where they're from since I have penalties for swadian and sarranid troops. Everyone's morale is higher or above though since I usually do have varied foods and tend to fight alot since Nomar is getting raided all the time.
>>336773943
>stack strength (for killing power) and charisma (for leadership and prisoner management)
>have your companions handle party skills
>give your surgeon(s) a crossbow and assign them to your archers to protect them so that the effects of their surgery skill aren't cut short by them being knocked out
>blunt weapons knock out enemies so you can take them prisoner and sell thme to ransom brokers
>pick a faction to align with, figure out who their marshal is and ask them for a task. you'll get the oppurtunity to fight for them as a mercenary. (good way to build reknown and earn dosh through fighting)
>build businesses in every town to develop the economic base for future conquests
>>336768108
AI can't aim for shit with normal bows, but when you put crossbows in their hands they become snipers.
>>336770428
Kings don't like it when some random asshole comes in and starts a new kingdom. Historically, it represents a major threat to all of them.
So what you need to do is increase your right to rule. Send your companions off to spread word of your deeds.
Join the faction you wish to destroy first. Start a massive war against the other kindgoms and leave. When you take a few castles, they will want peace because they know they can't fight everyone.
First thing you do is build prisons because imprisoning enemy lords makes the game much easier.
Staff all your castles with farmers because of the way enemy sieges work.
>>336777412
>trusting sand people
>ever
>>336777908
>using /pol/ memes
>ever
Bannerlord for Sony Playstation™ 4 console when?
>>336778048
Enjoy battles with 6 people on screen max at a silky smooth 30 fps
>>336768134
Sorry, I don't have time for fantasy n magics shit
AWAY WITH YOU VILE BEGGAR
>>336777908
I'd rather trust Sarranigs than Fat Fuck Harlaus the butter muncher.
>>336778098
But that would be fixed when Sony Playstation™ 4 Neo released.
>>336778220
Oh sorry, you'll get 10 max at ~40fps then
>>336778218
Harlaus, the High King of Calradia is based. He always throw feasts. I like feasts and having good time with the King.
>>336778448
The only reason why feasts are okay are for the tournaments.
>>336777412
Blunt weapons are worse in sieges though
>>336778532
Nah, blunt weapons like Maul is great.
>>336778448
Fuck off Harlaus get off of 4chan. So fucking tired of calling the lords together to take some fucking land and you call a feast EVERY GOD DAMN WEEK you fat fuck you're the reason why swadia is shit any nobody can get anything done
i hope you choke on your butter you rotten motherfucker.
>>336770428
>he doesn't have enough rtr
>dhirim as first and main capital
>>336778667
>sided with the rhodoks
>doing my own thing
>zoom all the way out for the heck of it one day
>swadians almost completely wiped off the map
That explains everything.
>>336778667
I wonder if it's any different with Isolla.
>want to create a waifu army
>peasant women still manage to get their valuable asses killed even with men taking most of the action
>>336778630
>Attack a city
>deal 200 casualties to the defenders but need to restock on troops
>Go to one of your castle/town to pick up some fresh soldiers
>Come back to siege the city
>It's already back to 500 manpower since they were just knocked unconscious
blunt weapons are shit for sieges
>>336779059
>assign all female troops to one group
>order them to hold position at the starting point at the beginning of every battle
Worked pretty well for me. I'd have them help out in defending towns after they were at least huntresses and even then I'd have them hold back until the Allied guys moved in first.
>>336765539
yeah but it's so boring
>>336763732
>It's a hunt down four packs of looters mission
>>336779059
training skill
>>336779087
> Abandoning a siege.
> Ever.
I hope you can leave siege lines up in Bannerlord, march up with a crew of 400 or so, start the siege then proceed to dick around with 20 good men.
I want to believe.
>>336779059
Women peasants are useless until they become sword sisters, but it's worth it given how strong they are for their low manteinance costs.
Anyone else like this mod?
http://www.moddb.com/mods/1860s-old-america
Its just like Red Dead Redemption but for PC
>>336779585
It's ridiculous how good they are and how little they cost. Does the enemy take into account the overall actual strength of your forces? I have a total of like 47 soldiers with 18 sword sisters and the rest being hired blades and rhodok sergeants and sharpshooter and regularly have guys with more than double my forces run away from me.
>>336778965
I managed to marry her once. I actually had to work for that shit. Do you know hard it is to maintain a controversy of 0 for TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS?
Had to set up the kingdom in a forgotten corner of the map (old Rhodok lands) and keep our actually lands tiny so I could fend off the hordes of tiny ass warbands trying to raid villages.
>>336766432
I actually like all the artwork it looks so gritty and badass.
>>336766517
cant even eat w/o crops gets me every time
>>336765107
Dhirim is the best independent Capital city. Only problem with being an honorfag (and I say this from experience), is the most generally honorable lords are the hardest to get into your faction because they are the least likely to renounce any of their current vows, even if they like you way more than their current ruler.
>>336765310
>>336765395
Also depending on the AI difficulty level, determines how weighted their decisions are against the player character.
I think the three main factors where they determine to raid is player ownership, their rivals own it, and the village prosperity. Distance and/or cultural claim to an area might account a little but possibly not.
>>336771205
Marrying as a woman is really fucking hard. Even if you're a legit ruler and proven commander with a lot of respect, most lords will balk at the idea.
>>336779585
Camp Defenders are decent as auxillaries as well.
>>336778667
Feasting is a viscious cycle. It's used by the AI Kings as a way to build up relationship and realm morale, because of campaign losses. But doing it also keeps the realm at the feast trying to hype themselves up while their realm gets picked off, leading to depression and the desire to feast some more.
>>336769029
Brytenwalda.
>>336781679
What's the advantage of marrying as a female anyway? I've been awarded some land by the king and he actually made me Marshall this time.
>>336781679
>conquered the whole calradia
>never conquered a single women
mfw
>>336780451
It is
>>336782568
You can't host feasts as a woman unless you're married, so that does limit your political options as an independent ruler. Maybe you get RTR as well, I'm not sure. I've mainly was wanting it to start doing feasts, I was getting sick of managing my vassals purely from having to save everyone's ass militarily all the time.
>>336760904
What a face you have, friend! Excellent for scaring slow-witted lads
>>336783045
Ah shit, well I'll keep at it then. I have been wondering how to throw feasts so thanks for the info
Guys what is the best formation in viking conquest ?
I always use ranks but I was wondering if shieldwall would maybe be better.
>>336783178
Y-you too
>tfw King Graves keeps giving you towns and castles even though you've done nothing
Feels good to be the King's best bro
>>336783287
I think he was fucking with me the first time he gave me a fief. Gave me a place right at the edge of our current territory that was very poor. Showed him what for though. I've got two improvements done with a third almost finished and the town is flourishing with the residents being very loyal to me.
>>336783470
In my experience villages are never worth keeping for yourself. Not worth enough, and once you start bullying people in other factions endlessly they always make a beeline to your village for some revenge. Impossible to keep defended unless you're willing to let the campaign go literally nowhere.
>>336783590
They are worthwhile if they are close to their market town, and especially if they are connected to a town you own or a castle you own, as castle economy is dependant on the connected village economy, and town economy is influenced by the prosperity of its market villages.
I think my big complaint with M&B is how the AI Lords don't give two shits about developing the economy of Calradia in any form. I mean I understand raiding and looting during wartime and shit, but they never do anything to promote prosperity when they aren't at war.
>>336783590
>they always make a beeline to your village for some revenge
Yeah learned that after too much investing in it. I had to babysit the fuck out of it to get those improvements done. Mill and watchtower. Just need like 5 days for the messenger post to finish and I'll be able to venture out farther hopefully.
>>336782875
I have never conquered all of calradia, its so embarassing, I was once really close to doing it, had to only take that one saranid city deep in the desert, but then I accidentally saved over my save file and lost it
>>336783260
I think ranks puts the people you want to upgrade up front, and shield wall puts your T5+ strong units to the front.
>>336765107
>Defect from Swadia and take Dhirim
>It borders every kingdom
>Simulatenously have war declared by Nords, Vaegirs and Rhodok while stilll at war with Swadia
>Dhirim is in a constant state of Siege for like 3 in game months
>Drive back wave after wade of scum
>End up finally dying from lack of units as my original garrison of 600 ends up at 50 in the final battle
Floris' Dhirim is fucking broken as defender. Attackers have to go past two walls before they even reach the ladders to the defenders main force.
>>336771083
It's a shame it's a pain in the ass to do without mods though because without Diplomacy and proper kingdom management mods it's fucking difficult.
>>336783260
>>336784139
Rank puts your strongest units at the front
Shield wall puts unit with shield at he front and unit with long weapons (spears) at the back.
Rank work just fine in most cases but if you mix sword troops with spear troops like the ai does you might want to use shield wall.
>Tfw WSE and Floris broke my game and now not even clean installs work for some reason anymore
I literally have no clue why.
At least I had some cool as battles. Here's a WebM of me running through a battlefield after a 2000 man battle. I wish permanent corpses wasn't something you had to mod into the game. I hope Bannerlord fixes that.
>>336786224
Are sword troops worth it or should I just spam spearmen ?
>>336786808
GL taking a castle or defending it for that matter with spears. Or fighting Nordlings. Spears are really only good out in the open field. It's good to go about 40% spears 60% swordsmen.
>>336786938
Alright thanks till now I only used spearmen with mixed results.
>>336786938
Weren't spears actually pretty good in sieges because they could stab the guys climbing ladders while they're completely helpless?
>>336767548
>Not fucking the guy right in front of your wife
>>336787461
Yeah but thats why you mix it. When the enemies on ladders reach your spearmen you're completely fucked.
>tfw played a delicious brown female that was aligned to sarranids
>get tired of being denied fiefs because of the realistic sexism
>make my own kingdom
>recruit my buddies
>remove sarranids
>then remove rhodoks
>topple swadia, instate new leader, destroy now-weakened swadia
>end up removing everyone else vaegirs put up hell of a fight
>end up having to imprison fucking everyone along the way because they turn on me eventually
it took 200 hours
>>336762280
>cheating (ctrl+h)
>AGAINST FUCKING LOOTERS
>while playing on probably 15-20% diff.
Is killing lords implemented?
Fucker was too slow to do anything, but it was neat to have him on my side.
>>336792231
This mod seems so boring so far, I can barely do anything
>>336779693
playing it now, getting one shotted is a pain though
>>336768134
I even managed to succeed at attacking the Noldor castle. I was pissed when it just disappeared after that, though
>>336766451
sandkips aren't heretics, they're heathen infidels. learn the difference, it could save your life
>Gekokujo 3.1 still isn't done
>every month, see a message "relation with Sir Harish has gone reduced" and gets lower and lower
>no idea who he is, have never fought him, haven't raided any villages or caused trouble, haven't even joined a faction
>eventually join Swadia, and it continues to drop, but at a faster rate
>eventually see "relation with Sir Harish has gone from -97 to -100
>check the notes
>see this
>every month his relation still changes, if at -100, raises to -97, if at -97, lowers to -100
I don't know who this guy is but Calradia is reserved for someone in a really good mood.
Who else here is hyped for M&B 2?
Will they fuck it up or it will be better than the first one?
YEW BETTAH NOT BE A MAAAAAAAAANHUNTAH
>>336798593
we are interested in your purrrsenal belongings
>>336766292
>Sudenly AT-ATs
wat
we'll have our pay, or we'll have our fun
>>336779693
The gameplay is kinda stupid but so goddamn fun. Makes you really feel like a cowboy
crops
>>336766517
>cant even eat w/o crops
fucking lost it
>>336786787
looks beautiful.
>Recruit 50 Swadian Knights
>Defeat everyone short of a King
>Farm Tournaments for renown and gold
>Recruit another 50 Swadian Knights
>Join Nords
>Patrol the river lands eating fish, crushing everyone in sight like it was nothing
How do I git gud with diplomacy and recruiting nobles?
I always end up with either a bunch of angry nobles that won´t do shit. Its just more effective to command the troops and manage the castles myself
>>336771224
>Chasing a small group of bandits in the early game
>Finally catch up
>"Forest Bandits have joined the enemy side"
>"Forest Bandits have joined the enemy side"
>"Forest Bandits have joined the enemy side"
>"Forest Bandits have joined the enemy side
>There was a fuckhuge army just out of sight but within join range
>Get raped
How do I get a good thing going in this game?
What the fuck do I do with my time playing?
If I go out of my way to train and go fight stuff I get fucking dunked.
If I train and hide I get nowhere.
>buy game, fun as fuck
>eventually git gud and demolish swadia
>this is pretty sweet, things are going well
>can't kill the swadian leaders
>they just come back at me forever
>any level of immersion I had was obliterated
Khergits are bad at everything. I like to find a Khergit village and start raiding it. Bunch of Khergit armies rush to the rescue. But they can't use their horses in the battle. So my 30 or so max level archers can stand at our spawn point and kill them all as they mindlessly run through the village.
Then I stop raiding the village and suffer no relation loss with it.
>>336803283
just imprison them
>>336803470
What can I do to prevent them from escaping?
>>336803468
>Then I stop raiding the village
But you can't cancel looting.
>>336763235
>First Mount and Blade always spawned you in the steppes
>Steppe Bandits bands of 26 strength roaming everywhere and having a higher movement speed than yours
>>336804174
Oh, maybe it's a function of NE. It lets me run away from the village, which eventually cancels it.
But still, Khergits suck.
>>336803003
Fight them at night if you can, there are less of these fuckers joining the fight at once.
