@@Flesson19 I like to steal a city, and just hold up inside taking out all the invading armies, selling the captured lord's in a revolving door from keep to tavern to get rich, eventually make a kingdom, and then just recruit lord's after you capture em (easier with high charm, and if they like you) and just slowly expand out, filling my ranks and growing my borders with every lord I conquer and turn to my side. Literally had clans from every faction and just outnumbered any one faction.
Bonus Food tip, works really well: If you are about to declare War on someone, summon your army in advance and buy ALL the food that the first city you will target has in stock. Than declare war and siege before a caravan or villagers come. Before your trebuchets are up, the town will be out of food and losing defenders as long as it has properly sized garisson. And if it doesnt, then you dont need to thin them out anyway. ;-)
I stockpile food at key forward castles and take that out for armies. Either buy it cheap from source villages while I'm traveling causally or drop excess (usually grain, meat, fish) from previously defeated armies. Either way keeping a stock like that is very cost effective. And I try to have at least 5 types for that high morale bonus. It's not much but every little bit helps.
When I first discovered Mount And Blade I knew I found a treasure and now with bannerlord it is overwhelming. Just listening to you go into detail on the strategy involved in this game is so fascinating. This is such a rich full game with so much replayability I am so glad to have discovered it.
One thing to add about garrison troops/budget. Stock your garrison with militia Spearman and archers when you find them. They are vastly cheaper than regular units. If you can get 75 of them along with regular units , you can keep most armies away unless they completely outnumber you. The AI isn't that smart when it chooses which castle to siege. They can't tell the difference between 200 militia in the garrison vs 200 legionares. Try to convert them from prisoners or save them when enemy lords raid villages.
Only problem is that if the AI does attack, militia are weak as hell. Archers are decent since they can staff the walls and kill from afar, but the spearmen are just God awful
I'd like to point out that there is a cap to XP offered by equipment donations. So your 50,000 denar helmet is only gonna offer 300 XP. It's better to sell it and buy a bunch of cheap 50 denar items that offer 75 XP each. Just offering my perspective. Great video!
Mounted Patrols (225 riding) + Keen Sight (225 scouting) = -100% escape chance for prisoners from your party. One problem is that both are party leader perks, so you might need high END and CUN. The other is that once you carry 120+ nobles around, having a bunch of wounded soldiers could put you over the limit.
Man I always saw flesson active in the forums but never checked him out on TH-cam until the 4th time you shouted him out in your videos. Thanks for turning me on to this channel it's good stuff and good on ya for sharing the love
@@jasoncramer6717 Yeah for sure! I don't generally endorse others as I find their methods of testing and data collection to be wanting, but Flesson definitely passes the rigor test for me :)
thank you, I use it all the, I build my big brother to be my gov to help which is a separate video, my last seam I had 70 vlandian lords as prisoners in 1 town
I had played Mount and Blade quite a bit on and off through the years and finally pulled the trigger on getting Bannerlord. And wow, I’m blown away by the graphics, mechanics, and RPG elements allowing for so many different play styles. I bought the game about three weeks ago and I’m already past 120 hours played. I cannot get enough of it. I hop on before and after work and I think the last time I was this infatuated with a game was all the way back to Skyrim!
I have over 7k hours into it and still love it. Takes some learning as a lot of mechanics aren't explained but I will help you on our journey to find out things. If you're in discord it's much easier and faster
I use Aserai for high tier garrisons. Master archers are great, arguably the best common troop archers. Aserai infantry is very meh UNTIL you get to max tier. At max tier they are amazing. They are super tanky. With my field army of delicious Fian cheese, I have yet to lose a siege on a fully garrisoned castle.
@@Flesson19 agreed. Crossbows do more damage, but archers fire faster. Also, I thought Vlandian crossbows would be better in melee due to shields...but that isn't playing out. Fians actually struggle a bit more...probably because two handers aren't great in confined areas.
tier2-3 in garrison to manage budget. working on relation to make cheaper and easier barters for marrages and vassal commitments. having party leaders with 100+ tactics to win most battles with also at least 75 scouting. keeping loyalty and hearth numbers high. at least 500k in bank. full workshops. a couple caravans. having a plan of conquest before actually doing it. thats about it.
I just started playing again recently. One thing I discovered After you gain a Fief check the dungeon. I had one with over 900 prisoners I was able to scoop out and ransom for a hefty payday to help me stay afloat as my finances had been dwindling
Hi! Thanks for the video mate, it shed light on some things , but i still struggle. I know this post is old, but i discovered the game late trough gamepass. My character has high attributes, (3 reached 300) , my companions definitely lower , but decent (if i compare them to AI allies in army) but i always run out of money! Clan tier is 6 already , i have like 4 children and 4 niece. I also recruited 2 lords from the Khuzaits who i helped from the get go. I hahad multiple caravans , and workshops, the maximum number allowed , but all other factions attacking me constantly! I payed for peace couple times already , but it just doesn't last long. Sometimes they pay tribute for piece . I can create army with around 6-8 hundred troops, and take fiefs , i just cant hold on to them ... This game is frustrating as hell!
Something to note about food, I have found upwards of 10k-20k food after sieging a castle. That goes into my town storage and problem solved forever for grain and fish.
Dude you have taught me more about this game than any 12 people combined, would have not thought about quick adding my garrison then donating the armor and weapons that way
thank you, check the pinned comment, it is my updated guide that contains more information and is much shorter than this. I also have playlist to helps, cheesy exploits, guides for new players. I hope to have everything you need to make your game better.
8:33 a REALLY useful trick no one uses to keep lords is actually via 2 perks, Keen sight from scouting and Mounted patrols from riding. BOTH are a MUST for early to mid kingdom creation bcse you can turtle up, gather the lords and then go ALL OUT taking all of their settlements (if you want to recruit the lords from the enemy faction release 1 small leveled lord so he can be easily defeated and then released again for free relations... Yeah i've reunified the empire like 6 times already... i know enough... GLORY TO THE EMPIRE!
I got Charas from rebels, saved the game to see how bad it'would be, created the kingdom. Vlandia instantly declares war and arrives with 1100 men army, that outnumbers me by almost 2 to 1 so I think I can win. They start to besiege and another 800 men arrives and they merge. So I calmly quit to menu, loaded the save and I didnt create the kingdom ever since. Now I've three towns and honestly I dont think I'll create the kingdom at all.
how does that work? Does not creating a kingdom stop you from being attacked, or attacked with such a great force? Are you then a rebel but cannot pick policies? Thanks
@@Flesson19 wow I had no idea but I may not be understanding. So if I find Castle has just been taken by the the Empire I could attack it and not come under attack by Empire or any Kingdom unless I form my own kingdom? Maybe this works against Rebels or minor factions only? CanI start building up points as if I were in a kingdom?
@@markj2305 correct only rebels, kingdoms will go to war if you do, but if you do the trading 300 perk then you dont need a kingdom. But yes for rebel clans, no kingdoms will declare war on you until you make a kingdom of your own
The problem with keeping a lot of nobles imprisoned is that they will usually continue to attack that fief to get them out, unless you have it absolutely stuffed to the brim with good units.
@@pr0faker that is why I don't sit in town, then they cone at ypu with a smaller force and you ambush them, showed it In my livestream this weekend, started with 1 town and had 6 towns and 5 castles not even trying that hard, never lost a fief
@@Flesson19 I know, thats not needed indeed, I put the lords usually in the fief with biggest garrison and try to make sure it doesn't get taken. Just something people need to be aware of.
For me I’m in a awkward position that when I joined a kingdom (kirgits) the first thing that happened is that I was given a castle and a town, which I was extremely lucky to get since the town rebelled (Tysal) and the kingdom it belonged to retook it and only left about 60 crossbows in the garrison plus about another 50-100 from militia, which about 10 days later we went to war with. (So I guess the town was attacked and took over 3-4 times in less than a month before I got it) Problem is that most of the town is almost completely broken except the two buildings that increase garrison size (both at level 3), and I have no loyalty gain because I have a different culture even with the +3 loyalty project (currently at 0.4 gain at 47). Also I’m trying to improve the security by mass buying recruits from nearby towns and villages since it’s a problem at 13 and I don’t want to lose the town either. Basically everything is going wrong with the town since I can’t really construct anything or use different projects without the loyalty plummeting back down in a week or two, and everything takes 66 or more days (with money) to build and my castle is having similar issues because of different culture loyalty
getting a good governor can help solve the town issue which my video today shows how to build him. If a sandbox or having more issues, never stay in town, the AI seem to know how strong the town is so I stay outside and they send a smaller army while I wait outside of town. Wait for them to attack, them I defeat the army. So you kind of need to babysit the town while It gets troops and projects done. But never just sit in town.
Sounds like a White Elephant to me. I would personally recommend losing that feif and wait on a better one. If you're with the Khergits but you aren't a Khergit in culture, you probably want to join a kingdom that's the same culture as you.
Personally money is far more important than prisoners and governors. You need that surplus to last your troop wages through a siege, which is bound to happen
If its your very first time doing a kingdom, you really want some npc clans supporting and going with you asap. NPC armies can be really good at defending positions, leaving you to do some cool tricks in other places. Meanwhile, bringing only you to defend your first town is calling for an eternal war of constant siege and getting drained...
This video has a lot of solid tips I wish I saw this a long time ago just the part on making a governor would have been extremely helpful Im deffiently not a pro yet I'm still playing iron man that's the most addicting for me every move every decision just makes the game have way higher stakes I was talking to someone today they said they just go around with 180 Khans guard that would be fun for like one or two battles just to terrorize a larger army
I like breaking into the besieged fief since I have tactics perks I auto resolve with very little killed due to a high medicine skill and perk that allows you to break into siege for cheaper
Would like to say from experience that crossbows agents as good in sieges as archers. Palatinate Guards do way more kills and damage overall in sieges by a long shot. Consider them instead of crossbows which would do best in the open field
This might be a skill issue, but auto resolving sieges as the defender seems to yield *way* better results than manually defending? In which I think troop weight is more important
As a tidbit of advice if your on a campaign playthrough make your brother a smith (easy gold) an make yourself a decent archer then load a fief (preferably a town) with nothing but battanian fian champions an make sure to win the first round (do not ever auto resolve it you'll be versing about 700-2k troops at minimum you will lose with auto resolve) manually win the first fight they'll lose the siege towers an battering ram from there just make sure you survive each fight an pick the infantry off the ladders as they just get massacred easily I've personally taken down a 2k army of aserai in war with the northern empire an vlandia against the remnants of the western empire (we were holding 3 towns no castles I was sat in danustica with 485 battanian fian champions)
Good point smithing is a bit too quick an cheesy for money especially when you count the fact javelins even though it takes longer then two handed swords or the polearms to make more of you get about 10-15k more denars then the 36k polearm or 24k two handed falx
Your personal stash, so when u need something grab it, I store thousand of food so when the town starves or a siege is coming, sell in the trade menu so the town has a big stock of it
The big brother is a godsend character! I immediately put 8 points in intelligence and max out steward, medicine and engineering, by the time I start a kingdom he’s 300 in all 3 and around 225 in riding, one handed (pole arm or archery depending on play style) and athletics. He makes any settlement into an unassailable golden goose
Yea, garrison wages climb quick…. I’m at 1,600 just in Garrison. I leveled up way too many troops. As we were going in back to back to back wars. Once we had a dry period for two seasons. I nearly went broke. About to mortgage off my fiefs (two castles) for some cash.
@@Flesson19 hey, I just started last week, pledged alliance to the empire queen(to be) and then married my brother to her assuming I’d get her whole army and instead I lost 20k cash and my brother as he went with her 🤣🤣 any idea why I lost him? I thought the woman usually came to the man’s family?
@@BluesRCadventures yes the female always joins the male unless she is a clan leader, Your meaning Rhagea, she is the leader of a clan (also the kingdom) so the male goes to them.
My biggest problem after making a kingdom you have no time to do anything and even after destroying factions they just raid you forever and clans won't join you.
@@Flesson19 the problem with Peace is it needs big influence to make it as king and game don't give me the time to farm it right now. I get attacks every one minute. King died and I became king of Sturgia. I play in story. The moment I became king everyone declared war on me. We had 12 towns 9 castles and now we have 5 towns. Was impossible to save them. The worst part is the quest that I need win the empire and I can't make peace with em. If I knew that I would play in sandbox from first day..
I always make my brother the party leader since he not only has a ton of xp, but also has the focus and attributes unlocked so I can literally make him a jack of all trades
@@tejasbaviskar352 oof! Luckily this campaign she married some AI dude so I snatched up Ira for my bro! I really wish the UI allowed us to choose between available marriage prospects
@@mortache yeah really wish they implemented the feature of choice ;_; i have married Ira for now, but can't get over loosing my brother since his skills are sooo good!!
I started my kingdom with about 1.3m and a slightly positive daily income of about 1000. I warn you this is not enough at all lol. After barely surviving a couple wars and actually recruiting 3 clans to my kingdom I am barely scraping by at the moment with 100-200k left and about -5k daily lol. Come in with at least 3m minimum if you don't want to face hard times like me haha.
@@winngedhussarmalaka7685 I've got 1 that uses 1 iron, 1 steel and 3 wrought iron for about 22k. I just don't smith much since I can make millions with roguery and being a merc
I eventually got my blacksmithing and roguery up so money isnt that much of an issue now. Finding recruitable clans willing to fight the damn vlandians at my door step is another issue now lol.
@@natiive1444 if your alright with it you can get the infinite companion / company mod. You have a 400 limit for both. I decided I want a shit ton of companions for the lols they are not worth their wages at the start. Focus training them up as they only get knocked out on easy difficulty. (I'm only new to Butterlord but I played a lot of warband)
I wish you could call for support. My first playthrough I decided not to be so ambitious and sided with a kingdom. I got in a war and my allies took over a town and garrison and gave both to me. IMMEDIATELY within 2 game days, the town is besieged that we JUST got, and one of my allies is within ARMS REACH! And I tried to wait it out hoping he'd naturally come help, but he never did and in fact went the opposite way. I was hoping for some kind of "Call to" or "Rally" or "Reinforcements" command, but I couldn't find it. I am but a lowly rank in the kingdom, so that could be why, but wouldn't it be in their best interests to maintain the territory they just captured rather than immediately abandoning it and leaving their allies for dead? Seems totally fair too, because if your allies are too far away, they can't reach you in time to reinforce you, so it would only help if you're immediately near an ally as I was.
Dont worry too much about losing a fief. It would be nice but just keep building up and prepare. You can always get another fief. and eventfully you will get it setup to defend against massive armies
I've just taken most of battania for my own kingdom and not been given a single fief and the ones taken never get a garrison or militia friendly ai needs a buff
@@Flesson19 I took over aseri and worked my way up through ortisia they can have the castles but I'm keeping the towns I'll just have to take it off them.
Better way is to take troops out of garrison. when the enemy gets close go back to the town to defend. the enemy will still siege even when you have double the troops of enemy. i slayed over 1600 battanians with this style and my castle only had 400 troops. i took out 200. battanians came to siege with about 300 soldiers. i get back to the castle before the siege and every time they started the siege and i slayed all of them..have over 15 battanians in my prison atm. did that meny times untill battania begged for peace. then i started to take down their troops on the field as i hade gotten more troops and could not mount 200 troops and still have a full garrison.
So everytime I am the only member in my faction I still havent to this day managed to successfully implament Policies outside the ones I select when I make the Kingdom
if you have the 50 or 100 influence needed just go to to policy page under kingdom tab, pick one and click the button to enact it, there is no vote since your the only one its automatically approved
The first city I took on my Game was Sanala. Which by coincidence, happened to be the richest Aserai city, next to Askar, which I went for next when I was able. I only wish I could rename cities, castles and villages lol
I killed every noble of khuzait kingdom, because no matter how many times i let them go or sell they always came back, that was annoying af. So i killed roughly 10 000 troops 4- 5 khans and to many aristocrat. Prisoners? No.
I use 100% reduced escape chance and a 95% reduced governor ro hold them all. With 1.2 it is much easier to get rid of them naturally as they lose all fiefs their kingdom is gone and half will join other kingdoms and half will leave the game
I do not, those militia that go in garrisons are troops and id rather have tier 4 or 5 troops to defend as I use very few garrison and use regular militia that build up. Those are my main fighting force since the cost nothing, eat nothing and cant be starved out. Check out the pinned comment for my updated guide that is shorter and contains more info than this one
Heyho! Do you usually just take all your companions with you or do you do something with them? I usually just use everyone for caravans to make more money as long as I dont need a Governor.
Man, I have openings in my party for more companions but I'm torn between governors, caravan masters or party leaders. I'm not sure I can do the latter since I'm not the ruler of my kingdom, but the first two are a tough call. I want money from caravans, but Rhagaea keeps throwing fiefs at me...
when their numbers are finally waning n their attack armies get smaller then i keep the taken cities, not before, works better u end up with more cities by end of each war. wen i keep a city i up the militia, never more than 500 garrison, and i give the city 1000 food to get em thru the disorder, works for me, and man with archers.
The money problems, among other things, is why blacksmithing is so overpowered; it's the difference between struggling the whole campaign and not having to worry about anything at all. You have no problem to sustain parties and garrisons, with the 2 steward perks you can convert money into troop experience, so no problem leveling troops.
@@Flesson19 Of course blacksmithing is not the only way to get money, but the rest are not in the same level, that was my point, even more so when you take into account the rest of advantages that blacksmit offers. Not wanting to grind the pieces again and again, or a self imposed handicap not using smithing, are the two main reasons not to abuse blacksmithing.
Jus got this game 3 weeks ago I go to bed at almost 4am every day finally got a castle said forget companions now have 14 members of my family letssssss goooooooo
How can you support your fief with food exactly? Say I stash the grain etc., And I am in the castle during a seige, what must I do to distribute that food?
stash the grain for later, when it get slow sell to the town and that will increase the reserve. Sadly you can't for castles as they have no trader, We have asked TW for months for one but nothing yet
what of building enough points before taking a castle or city? Is there any way to build and hold them to quickly make policies and recruit armies from new vassals? #2. How to keep workshops and caravans from being destroyed? I have had luck buying shops in the most distant realm from my kingdom starting point. thanks
for caavans, never smart to have at war, as long as workshops are in your towns your fine. Now to hold your kingdom, I know this could be a bit long, but I show the process in day 1 of my anniversary livestream. I begin by making my kingdom and show how I am 100% prepared and show the entire process and I never lose a town and by the end of the weekend I have 5 towns and 4 castles doing most of the work myself with my clan army. So I now it can be a lot to watch as the first 30-45 minutes is just me sitting and making policies but it is really easy if prepared and that livestream really shows you step by step what i do
For the caravans I level my companions scouting before assigning them to a caravan. That allows them to see the enemy sooner and I noticed I am losing my caravans much less
@@Flesson19 yeah I just realized that a while after commenting,I also didn't know that the daily defaults weren't buildings and had to be chosen before this video so thanks
instead of releasing prisoners or keeping them in your dungeons.. and don’t sell them for money either . donate them to your fellow vassal dungeons and instead of having to war with the faction you want to join when you start because you want to defeat them to free lords from battles and build relation.. you can join the kingdom you want from the start and just donate prisoners to their dungeon. i donated a king and went from negative 30 relation to 80 positive, easy fix for all the executions i was doing since the world will wage war with you anyways
I am in vanilla and I achieved +2m without being part of an existing kingdom, is this enough to start the process of becoming a ruler? I already lost 2 sandbox due to lack of money (tributes).
that is a good number, as long as you get a couple decent shops and fight enough you should do great, just manage those finances and watch when your losing too much, especially with the garrison
5 kingdoms in war as soon I create my kingdom. If I do nothing and fight, I lost all of my town's bit by bit because I can't move fast across my kingdom and I lost to many troops. If I pay for peace, I need to pay +40 000 and I lose all my money in 1h. So, I do all what you say but again the same problem, I can't survive.
When I start my kingdom I only have 1 fief. I build it up and my clan parties so we are powerful. You are just starting with too much and can't spread yourself too thin to defend it all at the start unless you got million to support massive garrisons.
Just take a rebelling city. Then you have the city and the surrounding fiefs but no one is going to declare war against you, because you just took the city from some rebells not from a kingdome.
for party leaders I want family since they are younger and last longer. caravan leaders yes but never at war so when i make my kingdom then I use as companion clans.
@@Michcos Yeah, but how could you autoresolve heroic defense of your troops against few times bigger party? :D And btw rain of arrows and green icons in the upper right corner looks awesome :D
I know this video was a while ago, but can someone explain how tributes function in terms of duration of mandatory payments/the best strategy to avoid paying unbelievable sums when you make peace with an overwhelmingly stronger kingdom. Given you get declared on immidiately by so many factions, including factions wherby you have solid relations... I can't think of a way to avoid these payments whilst I develop my clans. I have like 6 mil and maybe four clans + available party slots filled, 5 cities and a couple of castles, but my money is going down reasonably fast and these kingdoms are sending disgusting armies to me on all fronts. I think really I'm just asking, what's the beat strategy to avoid tributes in general? 😂 thank you to anyone who can help.
the tribute is split between all clans in a kingdom, I think the leader pays just a bit more. I never pay tribute. I start with 1 fief built up so no one takes it and expand slowly one at a time and defend that fief till its built up. Also tribute is based on strength so right after a battle you win, you take them prisoner and you can get the most out of them. I show this is my current playthroughs
@@RyanWaite101 both my campaigns are nearly the same start. I also do a walkthrough from day 1, its a little mini series to show you till I become a merc or vassal. My last one was for 1.8. it is still 100% viable except horse trading. It's just a 5 episode series I think it is. It is faster but the regular death camping will show you in detail so it just depends on how much time you have. If you prefer the walkthrough just scroll down my main page there is a section just for walkthroughs look for the 1.8
You have to play with the algorithm of tribute. I like to raid the enemy villages, it starves out the linked fiefs. A mixture of catch and release until relations are at 50 for all clans gives a small boost to all diplomacy. If you take town's and castles it will make tribute go up for a while, until time has passed and the defenders is high. If you are a small kingdom then the scales are tipped in the bigger kingdoms favour. Picking a fief that is in a corner and easily defended is a good place to start
Even in 1.7 I can't hold a castle. I always go minus and loose money, imposible to pay soldier sallery. I am not talking about making huge profit. Just cover the cost but no you need to suck out every penny. It's a waste, this game shuld be like total war, you start with a smal settlement and then grow it up over time and make it bigger
We have mentioned to TW to give bigger taxes because unless you fight constantly your gonna go in debt, that is what most of us do, or rely on crafting orders or selling smithed weapons, it's sad
We have mentioned to TW to give bigger taxes because unless you fight constantly your gonna go in debt, that is what most of us do, or rely on crafting orders or selling smithed weapons, it's sad
Simply be indipendent, attack a rebelling city or castle (those with the red fist over the name), conquer it by first taking out the rebel clan, than sieging it with "mass instead of class" (the bigger your party, the faster siege engine is built) and - by starving it and shooting it with catapults - you win without offending anybody. After this become a merc.
@@Flesson19 Reaaly omg haha i really fall in love with this game, so its a long road ahead of me in that case lol. then i will keep following your channel lol xD and watch all the video's you,ve posted so far. you do a great job at explaining how things work. i play this game now for maybe around 50 hours and iam already progressing but, the settlement management and the contant attacks from massive armies is overwhelming. iknow you can make allies with other factions or clan and that je can also build different armies with you own clan but that is also with a big learning curve. hopefully i will be de greatest Empire in the game on day with total peach haha.
There is no spot where it shows it unless it's hidden on another line, but when a fief starves the garrison will die out both in a siege and just normal starvation, however the militia don't die out so if they try to starve your town, your militia are fine
Sir I need help as I have fought hard on bannerlord difficulty I cannot afford to pay my tributes should I abdicate my leadership and start over as a clan leader again
U can, or go out and fight right away to going negative, but its a great learning lesson for the future to learn why your negative and what you can do next time
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@@Flesson19 I like to steal a city, and just hold up inside taking out all the invading armies, selling the captured lord's in a revolving door from keep to tavern to get rich, eventually make a kingdom, and then just recruit lord's after you capture em (easier with high charm, and if they like you) and just slowly expand out, filling my ranks and growing my borders with every lord I conquer and turn to my side. Literally had clans from every faction and just outnumbered any one faction.
Bonus Food tip, works really well: If you are about to declare War on someone, summon your army in advance and buy ALL the food that the first city you will target has in stock. Than declare war and siege before a caravan or villagers come. Before your trebuchets are up, the town will be out of food and losing defenders as long as it has properly sized garisson. And if it doesnt, then you dont need to thin them out anyway. ;-)
right on 100%
once you take a city that has run out of food you can sell back the food for big profits.
@@Abundanciaaa Lol, this sounds like a game of thrones conversation!!
@@Abundanciaaa and this increase your trade skill as well) you can buy everything and sell back overpriced
I stockpile food at key forward castles and take that out for armies. Either buy it cheap from source villages while I'm traveling causally or drop excess (usually grain, meat, fish) from previously defeated armies. Either way keeping a stock like that is very cost effective. And I try to have at least 5 types for that high morale bonus. It's not much but every little bit helps.
When I first discovered Mount And Blade I knew I found a treasure and now with bannerlord it is overwhelming. Just listening to you go into detail on the strategy involved in this game is so fascinating. This is such a rich full game with so much replayability I am so glad to have discovered it.
I have 5k hours and still learning new things, but the core aspect you'll pick up quickly
Mount and Blade is an addictive series. I could "waste" my whole life playing them and I would die happily. XD
@@roffels11-gamingandhistory69 me too, especially with mods
I absolutely agree with you I only discovered this game last week…my life is meaningful again .
gotta be a joke bro game needs more end game content other than just repeating sieges lmao i love it though
One thing to add about garrison troops/budget. Stock your garrison with militia Spearman and archers when you find them. They are vastly cheaper than regular units. If you can get 75 of them along with regular units , you can keep most armies away unless they completely outnumber you. The AI isn't that smart when it chooses which castle to siege. They can't tell the difference between 200 militia in the garrison vs 200 legionares.
Try to convert them from prisoners or save them when enemy lords raid villages.
Great point
Same goes with recruits :)
Only problem is that if the AI does attack, militia are weak as hell. Archers are decent since they can staff the walls and kill from afar, but the spearmen are just God awful
@@alexanderrahl7034 Best garrisons are actually forest bandits. They are great and deadly archers but pretty cheap.
I'd like to point out that there is a cap to XP offered by equipment donations. So your 50,000 denar helmet is only gonna offer 300 XP. It's better to sell it and buy a bunch of cheap 50 denar items that offer 75 XP each. Just offering my perspective. Great video!
Yes I have that in a video, when they changed it
@@Flesson19 ah. Apologies 👍
i only sell weapons and equipment from 480 and up
If they cost lower than 480 i donate it to troops
Mounted Patrols (225 riding) + Keen Sight (225 scouting) = -100% escape chance for prisoners from your party.
One problem is that both are party leader perks, so you might need high END and CUN. The other is that once you carry 120+ nobles around, having a bunch of wounded soldiers could put you over the limit.
You just need 3 endurance and cunning for it, and 5 focus points in the skill
And there is a perk that reduces the penalty for having wounded soldiers
If it ever worked it doesnt now
Great video, your editing is coming along nicely!
A compliment from my mentor, today is a good day
Man I always saw flesson active in the forums but never checked him out on TH-cam until the 4th time you shouted him out in your videos. Thanks for turning me on to this channel it's good stuff and good on ya for sharing the love
@@jasoncramer6717 strat and I work together a lot, too bad no co op though, nice to have you aboard
@@jasoncramer6717 Yeah for sure! I don't generally endorse others as I find their methods of testing and data collection to be wanting, but Flesson definitely passes the rigor test for me :)
@@Flesson19 glad to be, you've helped me figure out a ton about this game on the citadel forums, look forward to learning even more from you.
Your advise on the use of militia in cities to bait the enemy was invaluable!
thank you, I use it all the, I build my big brother to be my gov to help which is a separate video, my last seam I had 70 vlandian lords as prisoners in 1 town
I had played Mount and Blade quite a bit on and off through the years and finally pulled the trigger on getting Bannerlord. And wow, I’m blown away by the graphics, mechanics, and RPG elements allowing for so many different play styles. I bought the game about three weeks ago and I’m already past 120 hours played. I cannot get enough of it. I hop on before and after work and I think the last time I was this infatuated with a game was all the way back to Skyrim!
I have over 7k hours into it and still love it. Takes some learning as a lot of mechanics aren't explained but I will help you on our journey to find out things. If you're in discord it's much easier and faster
I use Aserai for high tier garrisons. Master archers are great, arguably the best common troop archers. Aserai infantry is very meh UNTIL you get to max tier. At max tier they are amazing. They are super tanky.
With my field army of delicious Fian cheese, I have yet to lose a siege on a fully garrisoned castle.
that would be cool to test master archer vs vlandian crossbowman in a siege defense
@@Flesson19 agreed. Crossbows do more damage, but archers fire faster. Also, I thought Vlandian crossbows would be better in melee due to shields...but that isn't playing out. Fians actually struggle a bit more...probably because two handers aren't great in confined areas.
tier2-3 in garrison to manage budget. working on relation to make cheaper and easier barters for marrages and vassal commitments. having party leaders with 100+ tactics to win most battles with also at least 75 scouting. keeping loyalty and hearth numbers high. at least 500k in bank. full workshops. a couple caravans. having a plan of conquest before actually doing it. thats about it.
I just started playing again recently. One thing I discovered
After you gain a Fief check the dungeon. I had one with over 900 prisoners I was able to scoop out and ransom for a hefty payday to help me stay afloat as my finances had been dwindling
Lords aren't selling prisoners, I put in a report as it makes your clan party leaders not able to get roguery easy
Hi! Thanks for the video mate, it shed light on some things , but i still struggle. I know this post is old, but i discovered the game late trough gamepass. My character has high attributes, (3 reached 300) , my companions definitely lower , but decent (if i compare them to AI allies in army) but i always run out of money! Clan tier is 6 already , i have like 4 children and 4 niece. I also recruited 2 lords from the Khuzaits who i helped from the get go. I hahad multiple caravans , and workshops, the maximum number allowed , but all other factions attacking me constantly! I payed for peace couple times already , but it just doesn't last long. Sometimes they pay tribute for piece . I can create army with around 6-8 hundred troops, and take fiefs , i just cant hold on to them ... This game is frustrating as hell!
money is easy, get roguery, with 100 you get 25% more battle loot. That is how I make all of mine. And there is the trap system to hold onto fiefs
I ended up becoming the king of vlandia because dehurt loved me as a son in law giving me like 20 towns and castles
score $$$$
Something to note about food, I have found upwards of 10k-20k food after sieging a castle. That goes into my town storage and problem solved forever for grain and fish.
1.8 has a big issue with food storing up om everything
@@Flesson19 Big time lol, I just found 300k grain on some random enemy lord walking by...
Dude you have taught me more about this game than any 12 people combined, would have not thought about quick adding my garrison then donating the armor and weapons that way
thank you, check the pinned comment, it is my updated guide that contains more information and is much shorter than this. I also have playlist to helps, cheesy exploits, guides for new players. I hope to have everything you need to make your game better.
8:33 a REALLY useful trick no one uses to keep lords is actually via 2 perks, Keen sight from scouting and Mounted patrols from riding. BOTH are a MUST for early to mid kingdom creation bcse you can turtle up, gather the lords and then go ALL OUT taking all of their settlements (if you want to recruit the lords from the enemy faction release 1 small leveled lord so he can be easily defeated and then released again for free relations...
Yeah i've reunified the empire like 6 times already... i know enough... GLORY TO THE EMPIRE!
I have covered that I thought in a video a few months back when Ananda the destroyer told told me, great tactic
I got Charas from rebels, saved the game to see how bad it'would be, created the kingdom. Vlandia instantly declares war and arrives with 1100 men army, that outnumbers me by almost 2 to 1 so I think I can win. They start to besiege and another 800 men arrives and they merge. So I calmly quit to menu, loaded the save and I didnt create the kingdom ever since. Now I've three towns and honestly I dont think I'll create the kingdom at all.
Yeah I don't Like it much, maybe 2 is fine but I've seen 3 and 4
how does that work? Does not creating a kingdom stop you from being attacked, or attacked with such a great force? Are you then a rebel but cannot pick policies? Thanks
You cant make policies, but as your not a kingdom only minor clans can declare war
@@Flesson19 wow I had no idea but I may not be understanding. So if I find Castle has just been taken by the the Empire I could attack it and not come under attack by Empire or any Kingdom unless I form my own kingdom? Maybe this works against Rebels or minor factions only? CanI start building up points as if I were in a kingdom?
@@markj2305 correct only rebels, kingdoms will go to war if you do, but if you do the trading 300 perk then you dont need a kingdom. But yes for rebel clans, no kingdoms will declare war on you until you make a kingdom of your own
U have quickly become my favorite channel for this game . I love the way u explain things. U are going to go far on TH-cam. Thankx
Thank you so much
The problem with keeping a lot of nobles imprisoned is that they will usually continue to attack that fief to get them out, unless you have it absolutely stuffed to the brim with good units.
If u have other fiefs with less troops they will target them first
@@Flesson19 True but this was about when starting a New kingdom, so you have one castle or town.
@@pr0faker that is why I don't sit in town, then they cone at ypu with a smaller force and you ambush them, showed it In my livestream this weekend, started with 1 town and had 6 towns and 5 castles not even trying that hard, never lost a fief
@@Flesson19 I know, thats not needed indeed, I put the lords usually in the fief with biggest garrison and try to make sure it doesn't get taken. Just something people need to be aware of.
For me I’m in a awkward position that when I joined a kingdom (kirgits) the first thing that happened is that I was given a castle and a town, which I was extremely lucky to get since the town rebelled (Tysal) and the kingdom it belonged to retook it and only left about 60 crossbows in the garrison plus about another 50-100 from militia, which about 10 days later we went to war with. (So I guess the town was attacked and took over 3-4 times in less than a month before I got it)
Problem is that most of the town is almost completely broken except the two buildings that increase garrison size (both at level 3), and I have no loyalty gain because I have a different culture even with the +3 loyalty project (currently at 0.4 gain at 47). Also I’m trying to improve the security by mass buying recruits from nearby towns and villages since it’s a problem at 13 and I don’t want to lose the town either.
Basically everything is going wrong with the town since I can’t really construct anything or use different projects without the loyalty plummeting back down in a week or two, and everything takes 66 or more days (with money) to build and my castle is having similar issues because of different culture loyalty
getting a good governor can help solve the town issue which my video today shows how to build him. If a sandbox or having more issues, never stay in town, the AI seem to know how strong the town is so I stay outside and they send a smaller army while I wait outside of town. Wait for them to attack, them I defeat the army. So you kind of need to babysit the town while It gets troops and projects done. But never just sit in town.
Ik im late but finding a companion of the fief’s culture will +1 to loyalty and most have gov perks potentially adding more
Sounds like a White Elephant to me. I would personally recommend losing that feif and wait on a better one. If you're with the Khergits but you aren't a Khergit in culture, you probably want to join a kingdom that's the same culture as you.
Personally money is far more important than prisoners and governors. You need that surplus to last your troop wages through a siege, which is bound to happen
If its your very first time doing a kingdom, you really want some npc clans supporting and going with you asap. NPC armies can be really good at defending positions, leaving you to do some cool tricks in other places. Meanwhile, bringing only you to defend your first town is calling for an eternal war of constant siege and getting drained...
This video has a lot of solid tips I wish I saw this a long time ago just the part on making a governor would have been extremely helpful Im deffiently not a pro yet I'm still playing iron man that's the most addicting for me every move every decision just makes the game have way higher stakes I was talking to someone today they said they just go around with 180 Khans guard that would be fun for like one or two battles just to terrorize a larger army
it is fun, but not sustainable long term, I'm very happy it helped.
Troops need food and money to keep morale up.
The 2 am crew just needs a new video.
where do you live then?
Sunday, general
I like breaking into the besieged fief since I have tactics perks I auto resolve with very little killed due to a high medicine skill and perk that allows you to break into siege for cheaper
Would like to say from experience that crossbows agents as good in sieges as archers. Palatinate Guards do way more kills and damage overall in sieges by a long shot. Consider them instead of crossbows which would do best in the open field
I havent personally tested each group in a siege, that is a good idea
@@Flesson19 it's understandable. You can't go around with every unit type on a siege to test.
@@matiasmosquella1830 its actually possible with the command console, I could test all archer units to see their defense capabilities
This might be a skill issue, but auto resolving sieges as the defender seems to yield *way* better results than manually defending? In which I think troop weight is more important
@@PurpleOkayTurtle I know siege weapons are big
As a tidbit of advice if your on a campaign playthrough make your brother a smith (easy gold) an make yourself a decent archer then load a fief (preferably a town) with nothing but battanian fian champions an make sure to win the first round (do not ever auto resolve it you'll be versing about 700-2k troops at minimum you will lose with auto resolve) manually win the first fight they'll lose the siege towers an battering ram from there just make sure you survive each fight an pick the infantry off the ladders as they just get massacred easily I've personally taken down a 2k army of aserai in war with the northern empire an vlandia against the remnants of the western empire (we were holding 3 towns no castles I was sat in danustica with 485 battanian fian champions)
I don't usually Smith, too easy to get money so I go the roguery route
Good point smithing is a bit too quick an cheesy for money especially when you count the fact javelins even though it takes longer then two handed swords or the polearms to make more of you get about 10-15k more denars then the 36k polearm or 24k two handed falx
I'm a bit confused on how does the stash in your town work- would the stashed food be used by town and won't get sold to caravans/armies/lords ?
Your personal stash, so when u need something grab it, I store thousand of food so when the town starves or a siege is coming, sell in the trade menu so the town has a big stock of it
@@queensheza7375 not personal, since my queen has access also
Always appreciate the good tips. The game does not hold your hand and thats when you know its gonna be 🔥
Thank you for the support and kind words
this great video answers all the questions in my mind. i was searching for it. thx a lot
thank you so much for the kind words
The big brother is a godsend character! I immediately put 8 points in intelligence and max out steward, medicine and engineering, by the time I start a kingdom he’s 300 in all 3 and around 225 in riding, one handed (pole arm or archery depending on play style) and athletics. He makes any settlement into an unassailable golden goose
in 1.2.6 he now has all points assigned, be prepared if you plan to upgrade to it
FLESSON thank you for making this video HELP OUT A LOT!
Anytime my friend
Another very informative video. Couldn't have done it better myself, from one "Mount rider and Blade swinger" to the other. ;D
Thank you kindly
Great guide man. It's really help me when kingdom with 9k army want me dead!
yeah it's very tough when you first start. I do have a newer one that is about half the time with more info in the pinned comment.
Yea, garrison wages climb quick…. I’m at 1,600 just in Garrison. I leveled up way too many troops. As we were going in back to back to back wars. Once we had a dry period for two seasons. I nearly went broke. About to mortgage off my fiefs (two castles) for some cash.
your big brother can help alot, I think he gets around 15%-20% reduction, but I live off militia
@@Flesson19 I have my wife currently governing for a 10% reduction. Thanks for the tip though! I will check!
@@NotTheBomb I have a video showing how I set your big brother up in a campaign with also 95% reduced escape chance for prisoners
@@Flesson19 hey, I just started last week, pledged alliance to the empire queen(to be) and then married my brother to her assuming I’d get her whole army and instead I lost 20k cash and my brother as he went with her 🤣🤣 any idea why I lost him? I thought the woman usually came to the man’s family?
@@BluesRCadventures yes the female always joins the male unless she is a clan leader, Your meaning Rhagea, she is the leader of a clan (also the kingdom) so the male goes to them.
My biggest problem after making a kingdom you have no time to do anything and even after destroying factions they just raid you forever and clans won't join you.
Peace out is your best friend, and I have a 95% reduced escape chance of prisoners governor, then use companion clans for vassal
@@Flesson19 the problem with Peace is it needs big influence to make it as king and game don't give me the time to farm it right now. I get attacks every one minute. King died and I became king of Sturgia. I play in story. The moment I became king everyone declared war on me. We had 12 towns 9 castles and now we have 5 towns. Was impossible to save them. The worst part is the quest that I need win the empire and I can't make peace with em. If I knew that I would play in sandbox from first day..
@@Caelumization with just policies, our town and clan parties in your army you should be getting 25-30 influence a day for doing nothing
I always make my brother the party leader since he not only has a ton of xp, but also has the focus and attributes unlocked so I can literally make him a jack of all trades
Yeah he serves 3 different roles for me
I married my brother off to rhagea ;_; can't control him no more
@@tejasbaviskar352 ouch
@@tejasbaviskar352 oof! Luckily this campaign she married some AI dude so I snatched up Ira for my bro! I really wish the UI allowed us to choose between available marriage prospects
@@mortache yeah really wish they implemented the feature of choice ;_; i have married Ira for now, but can't get over loosing my brother since his skills are sooo good!!
What's the point of putting lords in prisons if axe can do chop chop chop?
You dont lose relation which is important for a few factors., when not playing a death campaign
I started my kingdom with about 1.3m and a slightly positive daily income of about 1000. I warn you this is not enough at all lol. After barely surviving a couple wars and actually recruiting 3 clans to my kingdom I am barely scraping by at the moment with 100-200k left and about -5k daily lol. Come in with at least 3m minimum if you don't want to face hard times like me haha.
Roguery helps a lot for loot
Become a master blacksmith. A nice 2 handed sword sells for about 20k each and I'm only at tier 4 parts so far :)
@@winngedhussarmalaka7685 I've got 1 that uses 1 iron, 1 steel and 3 wrought iron for about 22k. I just don't smith much since I can make millions with roguery and being a merc
I eventually got my blacksmithing and roguery up so money isnt that much of an issue now. Finding recruitable clans willing to fight the damn vlandians at my door step is another issue now lol.
@@natiive1444 if your alright with it you can get the infinite companion / company mod. You have a 400 limit for both. I decided I want a shit ton of companions for the lols they are not worth their wages at the start. Focus training them up as they only get knocked out on easy difficulty. (I'm only new to Butterlord but I played a lot of warband)
I wish you could call for support. My first playthrough I decided not to be so ambitious and sided with a kingdom. I got in a war and my allies took over a town and garrison and gave both to me. IMMEDIATELY within 2 game days, the town is besieged that we JUST got, and one of my allies is within ARMS REACH! And I tried to wait it out hoping he'd naturally come help, but he never did and in fact went the opposite way. I was hoping for some kind of "Call to" or "Rally" or "Reinforcements" command, but I couldn't find it. I am but a lowly rank in the kingdom, so that could be why, but wouldn't it be in their best interests to maintain the territory they just captured rather than immediately abandoning it and leaving their allies for dead? Seems totally fair too, because if your allies are too far away, they can't reach you in time to reinforce you, so it would only help if you're immediately near an ally as I was.
Dont worry too much about losing a fief. It would be nice but just keep building up and prepare. You can always get another fief. and eventfully you will get it setup to defend against massive armies
I've just taken most of battania for my own kingdom and not been given a single fief and the ones taken never get a garrison or militia friendly ai needs a buff
@@wilfredwayne7139 is your fief far away from t he ones getting taken?
@@Flesson19 I took over aseri and worked my way up through ortisia they can have the castles but I'm keeping the towns I'll just have to take it off them.
Better way is to take troops out of garrison. when the enemy gets close go back to the town to defend. the enemy will still siege even when you have double the troops of enemy. i slayed over 1600 battanians with this style and my castle only had 400 troops. i took out 200. battanians came to siege with about 300 soldiers. i get back to the castle before the siege and every time they started the siege and i slayed all of them..have over 15 battanians in my prison atm. did that meny times untill battania begged for peace. then i started to take down their troops on the field as i hade gotten more troops and could not mount 200 troops and still have a full garrison.
Does the stash reach all city’s you own?
no, only the stuff you put in a town is accessible from that town. And if the town gets taken you lose it
@@Flesson19 thank you!🤗
So everytime I am the only member in my faction I still havent to this day managed to successfully implament Policies outside the ones I select when I make the Kingdom
if you have the 50 or 100 influence needed just go to to policy page under kingdom tab, pick one and click the button to enact it, there is no vote since your the only one its automatically approved
@@Flesson19 yea thing is I found a bug where it just fails every time :(
@@Flesson19 yea thing is I found a bug where it just fails every time :(
@@alphawolffestudios1169 what's the bug?
@@Flesson19 that no matter what I just fail to pass the Policy despite having the influence and being the only faction member
The first city I took on my Game was Sanala. Which by coincidence, happened to be the richest Aserai city, next to Askar, which I went for next when I was able.
I only wish I could rename cities, castles and villages lol
I think you can in the XML files, not sure how but I bet its easy for people who understand it
@@Flesson19 if it is, I'm about to be very happy with my new Peoples Palace lol
I killed every noble of khuzait kingdom, because no matter how many times i let them go or sell they always came back, that was annoying af. So i killed roughly 10 000 troops 4- 5 khans and to many aristocrat.
Prisoners? No.
I use 100% reduced escape chance and a 95% reduced governor ro hold them all. With 1.2 it is much easier to get rid of them naturally as they lose all fiefs their kingdom is gone and half will join other kingdoms and half will leave the game
Do people still say to bring militia recruited from town prisoners to put them in the garrison
I do not, those militia that go in garrisons are troops and id rather have tier 4 or 5 troops to defend as I use very few garrison and use regular militia that build up. Those are my main fighting force since the cost nothing, eat nothing and cant be starved out. Check out the pinned comment for my updated guide that is shorter and contains more info than this one
Heyho! Do you usually just take all your companions with you or do you do something with them? I usually just use everyone for caravans to make more money as long as I dont need a Governor.
Man, I have openings in my party for more companions but I'm torn between governors, caravan masters or party leaders. I'm not sure I can do the latter since I'm not the ruler of my kingdom, but the first two are a tough call. I want money from caravans, but Rhagaea keeps throwing fiefs at me...
I make my money from fighting with high roguery, caravans while at war is always a risk
Will they eat food from the stash? Or do I need to sell it to the city for the garrison to have access?
when their numbers are finally waning n their attack armies get smaller then i keep the taken cities, not before, works better u end up with more cities by end of each war. wen i keep a city i up the militia, never more than 500 garrison, and i give the city 1000 food to get em thru the disorder, works for me, and man with archers.
The money problems, among other things, is why blacksmithing is so overpowered; it's the difference between struggling the whole campaign and not having to worry about anything at all. You have no problem to sustain parties and garrisons, with the 2 steward perks you can convert money into troop experience, so no problem leveling troops.
Just with 100 roguery and fighting I can make real good money so it's my alternative to smithing
@@Flesson19 Of course blacksmithing is not the only way to get money, but the rest are not in the same level, that was my point, even more so when you take into account the rest of advantages that blacksmit offers. Not wanting to grind the pieces again and again, or a self imposed handicap not using smithing, are the two main reasons not to abuse blacksmithing.
Jus got this game 3 weeks ago I go to bed at almost 4am every day finally got a castle said forget companions now have 14 members of my family letssssss goooooooo
Thanks for the helpful guide! Militia FTW!
Your very welcome
what is the mod youre using, when you easily promote your troops ?
That's in the base game, look in upper right corner, you do one at a time, holding shift does 5, and holding control when clicking does all
How can you support your fief with food exactly? Say I stash the grain etc., And I am in the castle during a seige, what must I do to distribute that food?
stash the grain for later, when it get slow sell to the town and that will increase the reserve. Sadly you can't for castles as they have no trader, We have asked TW for months for one but nothing yet
I like memorizing family trees of rivals and let the heads roll
so much good this video, love it! thx for it
Thank you for watching
If I put my brother as governor and his wife as additional member in same city will they breed?
Yes
@Flesson19 I tried that first but no baby was made, so I had to put whole family in party and do orgies in "wait in town"
@@zhongxina9832 I wonder if the code was changed, I ask the devs
what of building enough points before taking a castle or city? Is there any way to build and hold them to quickly make policies and recruit armies from new vassals?
#2. How to keep workshops and caravans from being destroyed? I have had luck buying shops in the most distant realm from my kingdom starting point.
thanks
for caavans, never smart to have at war, as long as workshops are in your towns your fine. Now to hold your kingdom, I know this could be a bit long, but I show the process in day 1 of my anniversary livestream. I begin by making my kingdom and show how I am 100% prepared and show the entire process and I never lose a town and by the end of the weekend I have 5 towns and 4 castles doing most of the work myself with my clan army. So I now it can be a lot to watch as the first 30-45 minutes is just me sitting and making policies but it is really easy if prepared and that livestream really shows you step by step what i do
For the caravans I level my companions scouting before assigning them to a caravan. That allows them to see the enemy sooner and I noticed I am losing my caravans much less
Is food important for castles? how to stock and give the foo the castle-people ?
Ur videos are a real treasure !!! thank you !
Non of the daily defaults are working for me
The don't work if you are constructing something, don't build anything and it will
@@Flesson19 yeah I just realized that a while after commenting,I also didn't know that the daily defaults weren't buildings and had to be chosen before this video so thanks
@@aliteralpieceofbread3373u pleasure, ask if anything else
instead of releasing prisoners or keeping them in your dungeons.. and don’t sell them for money either . donate them to your fellow vassal dungeons and instead of having to war with the faction you want to join when you start because you want to defeat them to free lords from battles and build relation.. you can join the kingdom you want from the start and just donate prisoners to their dungeon. i donated a king and went from negative 30 relation to 80 positive, easy fix for all the executions i was doing since the world will wage war with you anyways
i note u gotta have a great engineer with great tactics too.
yes engineer is valuable
Thank you sir
I am in vanilla and I achieved +2m without being part of an existing kingdom, is this enough to start the process of becoming a ruler? I already lost 2 sandbox due to lack of money (tributes).
that is a good number, as long as you get a couple decent shops and fight enough you should do great, just manage those finances and watch when your losing too much, especially with the garrison
are you sure prisoners can help grow militia? maybe indirectly like it helps grow other things (such as prosperity) that help grow militia size.
what part did I say that. I might be wrong on that one
@@Flesson19 My mistake.Great guide btw.
Very helpful info thx!
Thank you for watching
Shit, I didn't consider donating to my garrison! That's brilliant!
Wait for town t revolt, swoop in take it. Collect several fief then join a small kingdom.
you can, but I prefer to take one and build it up, easier to defend one hen you make a kingdom then 3 or 4
5 kingdoms in war as soon I create my kingdom. If I do nothing and fight, I lost all of my town's bit by bit because I can't move fast across my kingdom and I lost to many troops. If I pay for peace, I need to pay +40 000 and I lose all my money in 1h. So, I do all what you say but again the same problem, I can't survive.
When I start my kingdom I only have 1 fief. I build it up and my clan parties so we are powerful. You are just starting with too much and can't spread yourself too thin to defend it all at the start unless you got million to support massive garrisons.
Do you take a rebel town or do you keep your fief ? When you create your kingdom?
I keep my own, but taking a rebel is great since no one can attack. Either is a good option
Just take a rebelling city. Then you have the city and the surrounding fiefs but no one is going to declare war against you, because you just took the city from some rebells not from a kingdome.
Sure militia is great but you know what is even better ? Archer cav garrison. They cost next to nothing in wages and can kick ass.
you said at the end of the video you gonna show us your top 10 policies
It was a video linked at the end, its older but still 100% relevant th-cam.com/video/lPMRgssxIAg/w-d-xo.html
Aren't your companions better used as party leaders or caravan leaders then governors?
for party leaders I want family since they are younger and last longer. caravan leaders yes but never at war so when i make my kingdom then I use as companion clans.
@Flesson19 oh ok. I'm still newish in the game and I'm utilizing my companions as the engineer, surgeon etc
100 Battanian Fiann Champions in garrison and they would take about 500 enemies easily.
Unless it's autoresolve 😁
@@Michcos Yeah, but how could you autoresolve heroic defense of your troops against few times bigger party? :D
And btw rain of arrows and green icons in the upper right corner looks awesome :D
The Battanian +1 militia per day bonus is also glorious faction wise.
You have a very clear way of speaking.
thank you
Great to watch
I know this video was a while ago, but can someone explain how tributes function in terms of duration of mandatory payments/the best strategy to avoid paying unbelievable sums when you make peace with an overwhelmingly stronger kingdom. Given you get declared on immidiately by so many factions, including factions wherby you have solid relations... I can't think of a way to avoid these payments whilst I develop my clans. I have like 6 mil and maybe four clans + available party slots filled, 5 cities and a couple of castles, but my money is going down reasonably fast and these kingdoms are sending disgusting armies to me on all fronts. I think really I'm just asking, what's the beat strategy to avoid tributes in general? 😂 thank you to anyone who can help.
the tribute is split between all clans in a kingdom, I think the leader pays just a bit more. I never pay tribute. I start with 1 fief built up so no one takes it and expand slowly one at a time and defend that fief till its built up. Also tribute is based on strength so right after a battle you win, you take them prisoner and you can get the most out of them. I show this is my current playthroughs
@@Flesson19 Appreciated. I think I expanded too quickly! Definitely going to check out your death campaign series.
@@RyanWaite101 both my campaigns are nearly the same start. I also do a walkthrough from day 1, its a little mini series to show you till I become a merc or vassal. My last one was for 1.8. it is still 100% viable except horse trading. It's just a 5 episode series I think it is. It is faster but the regular death camping will show you in detail so it just depends on how much time you have. If you prefer the walkthrough just scroll down my main page there is a section just for walkthroughs look for the 1.8
You have to play with the algorithm of tribute. I like to raid the enemy villages, it starves out the linked fiefs. A mixture of catch and release until relations are at 50 for all clans gives a small boost to all diplomacy. If you take town's and castles it will make tribute go up for a while, until time has passed and the defenders is high. If you are a small kingdom then the scales are tipped in the bigger kingdoms favour. Picking a fief that is in a corner and easily defended is a good place to start
I hear a hint of Ric Flair in that voice
people say Kevin From The Office
Even in 1.7 I can't hold a castle. I always go minus and loose money, imposible to pay soldier sallery. I am not talking about making huge profit. Just cover the cost but no you need to suck out every penny. It's a waste, this game shuld be like total war, you start with a smal settlement and then grow it up over time and make it bigger
We have mentioned to TW to give bigger taxes because unless you fight constantly your gonna go in debt, that is what most of us do, or rely on crafting orders or selling smithed weapons, it's sad
We have mentioned to TW to give bigger taxes because unless you fight constantly your gonna go in debt, that is what most of us do, or rely on crafting orders or selling smithed weapons, it's sad
Good stuff
Wait, you can be a mercenary and hold a fief. How?
Simply be indipendent, attack a rebelling city or castle (those with the red fist over the name), conquer it by first taking out the rebel clan, than sieging it with "mass instead of class" (the bigger your party, the faster siege engine is built) and - by starving it and shooting it with catapults - you win without offending anybody.
After this become a merc.
Excellent
Thank you
i just start playing this game its alot to take in damn xD
I am over 5,000 hours into the game and still learning things
@@Flesson19 Reaaly omg haha i really fall in love with this game, so its a long road ahead of me in that case lol. then i will keep following your channel lol xD and watch all the video's you,ve posted so far. you do a great job at explaining how things work. i play this game now for maybe around 50 hours and iam already progressing but, the settlement management and the contant attacks from massive armies is overwhelming. iknow you can make allies with other factions or clan and that je can also build different armies with you own clan but that is also with a big learning curve. hopefully i will be de greatest Empire in the game on day with total peach haha.
also if you have discord, I am there a lot and can answer questions quickly
@@Flesson19 um yes i do have discord will look up you channel there tomorrow thanks
Good video.
Whos is this Nathanos ? That's not my brother's name in BL2.
His name can change according to culture started
I thought militia take food.
There is no spot where it shows it unless it's hidden on another line, but when a fief starves the garrison will die out both in a siege and just normal starvation, however the militia don't die out so if they try to starve your town, your militia are fine
I cant even play bannerlord 2 without taking paid in promise. too op.
So glad it came to console
let's hope you can mod soon
Solid
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I think I’m the only one who will buy all the food before I siege it
nope, great tactic
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Sir I need help as I have fought hard on bannerlord difficulty I cannot afford to pay my tributes should I abdicate my leadership and start over as a clan leader again
U can, or go out and fight right away to going negative, but its a great learning lesson for the future to learn why your negative and what you can do next time
Wait, so are you getting experience by dropping weapons and equipment on the ground? Is that essentially what donating is?
Only works after you take the perks, don't forget that part. Like somebody I know.
Very helpful thank you 👍
If you have any questions just ask or hit my discord, always here for ya