BRRRO there was absolutely zero justification for that good of an intro 😭😭 you are amazing at creating content!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Haha you had me in the beginning... Thanks Ada! In the beginning, I thought - how can I make the data and map staring part of this video better? And I realized I'm not good enough to come up with something in time SO instead I'll make an interesting intro to make up for it :P

@chadstallings5558

Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@Kazumix1337

9 ай бұрын

@@Strat-Guides Worked llike a charm :D

Just realised that all Calradian Empire leaders died ironically: Lucon, who wants the senate to take over, died the same way that Caesar did when senators assassinated Caesar While Garios died with the irony of dying without fighting Rhagaea died ironically fighting, which stereotypical queens don’t do so (they get executed mostly)

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you noticed :) I try to put little details without hand-holding and it's cool to see you picked that up!

@EPICFAILKING1

Жыл бұрын

Julius Caesar didn't want the senate to take over Rome. He was dictator, and therefore HE was Rome. Which is why the senate (namely Brutus) decided to assassinate Caesar, due to his somewhat aggressive consolidation and extradition of power from the senate.

@jackhallander6706

Жыл бұрын

Very ASOIAF-esque.

@malyjozo5585

7 ай бұрын

So its wasnt just my imagination..:D

Last time I was anywhere near the empire I caused it all to crumble... As an empire loyalist

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha Sounds like you are roleplaying the AI :D Thanks for watching Simo! What kind of video you working on next my man?

@blank2809

Жыл бұрын

SIMOOOOOO, I wish you a good day aswell :)

@DIEGhostfish

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that the curse of the banner?

Recent patches have made me miss the higher death rates because almost nobody dies in my games anymore. For all their love of adding sliders, they should add one for these rates. The thrill of seeing that red skull when you dome a rival was great.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I noticed that - more than half of the deaths in the first 20 years were from old age. Then once I checked at 30 years it skyrocketed and it was all old people! Every time a town rebels, the map gains 4 nobles instantly and most of the time they survive even after the fief is taken. Sometimes they will get executed and it destroys the other 3 in the clan, but sometimes they get recruited into other kingdoms. It's interesting stuff!

@user-hz3ic7no3n

Жыл бұрын

@@Strat-Guides hi! Found your chanel like 4 days ago and absolutely loved it! Do you think you can make an up to date(patch) tutorials for newbies like me? Like how to manage a war campaing, how to do diplomatics) etc

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

@@user-hz3ic7no3n Nice, welcome to the channel!! Yeah for sure, I was planning on making a beginners guide before the full release :) lots of topics to cover in that video but I think I can get it done pretty soon. I appreciate the support!

@ShummaAwilum

Жыл бұрын

Start breaking people out of prison. Easiest way to assassi..... I mean rescue people, ever. If fact, one time I "rescued" Caladog simply because he kept taking the most tournament wins from me and I just respected him so dang much as a competitor.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

@@ShummaAwilum lol true! Accidentally hit em in the face with a throw knife

Momentum is huge. Often as the player you're able to influence a battle a lot more than the AI. I've won a battle outnumbered 2:1. Sure. That wipes a lot of men off the enemy's side but more importantly it takes a ton of nobles out of the game. Mounted Patrols + Keen Sight ensures they're out of the game until peace. This allows allied AI to just run through them. I've once held 50 prisoners and completely wiped the Aseri off the map. It's wild. It usually comes down to whoever wins the first 2k vs 2k imo. If that battle never happens, it's usually a stalemate. Issue is, as pointed out, the AI is brain dead. I've watched armies ping-pong in the center of the kingdom trying to figure out the next course of action. REALLLY wish you could tell army leaders "hey. I think you should go to Myzea and siege it" like you could in Warband.

@is2unknown893

Жыл бұрын

wasn't that a thing in warband? where you ask the army leader to head to somewhere.

@kopazwashere

Жыл бұрын

@@is2unknown893 yes that is a thing, in bannerlord you can only toggle defensive/offensive/neutral :( I think you were able to tell lords to go wherever even if you werent a king or marshal, which didnt make sense; if TW wants to implement that only king or marshals (policy enacted and T5 clans+) and you have to spend tiny bit of influence for ordering army to move somewhere. Perhaps TW thought it wasnt necessary to implement the option since you can disband armies and form armies of your own.

@rignanroach1775

Жыл бұрын

Where IS the video game that has good AI? I Haven't watched this through yet, but is there some talk of modding AI? Us that doable?

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's one of my favorite perk combos in the game! One thing I noticed in this one is the AI was very aggressive with sieges - they would siege anything they could even when they shouldn't. 500 army being chased by 1500 an hour march away? No problem, siege the castle and get ganked Lol. The only sieges that won were the ones where the enemy couldn't get there in time, but then they lost it because a 100 stack would come in right after to take it back. PRetty sad. Yeah being able to give basic commands would be game changing.

@aquilathegreat9486

Жыл бұрын

@@Strat-Guides the simple fix for me is just to follow an army (not join it) and vanguard ahead looking for enemy armies Typically when a siege happens, the enemy will form an army nearby So what I do is go looking for that army, and basically blockade it from the enemy parties from joining However if you attack and kill the army before it even starts, the ai will just form a new army And if the army is already too big well you can lure it around All this doesn't apply to Khuzait or Aseri armies who move too fast for you to run away even if they outnumber you by 300

Good to see Vlandia maintain the tradition of bullying Battania no matter what else is going on under any context.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Lol damn that Derthert! Battania was doing so well too. I guess they are fine as long as they don't get dogpiled - but inevitably they do.

I was shocked that Sturgia was able to hold their town in the south for 20+ years

Loving these map visuals, especially with region names, makes everything exceptionally clear

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

I should have put the names in for the other ones - it's just hard to read because I made that layers while zoomed in a bit so I could have to cut them all out and readjust. I might make 2 layers - one for zoomed in and one zoomed out. It's just tought because it's a massive file lol almost 100MB for a single jpeg!

just imagine what it would be like if clans could decrease in rank over time as their prominent members die off

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

That would be interesting - or have some sort of decay rate so if they don't keep fighting or lose a lot of battles their renown could decrease?

Dude the storytelling on this one is incredible. Such a great mix of genuine information and narrative

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Herbert! I'm trying to make these videos a bit more entertaining/immersive instead of just straight data/guides so I'm happy to hear that :)

Totally agree with you, one of the things which makes me struggle to really get into bannerlord is the campaign AI is just lacklustre for where it needs to be. If the potential is 100%, i would say its currently at max 30-35% of what it could be. Doesnt need overhauls, just small tweaks to make the kingdoms actually feel dymanic, and smart. Also, i really hate that rebellions just result in the feif returning to its old kingdom. Would be such a huge improvement, if rebellions led to entierly new kingdoms/factions which then tried to expand themselves.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! I would rather have a more stagnant map if it means the AI is better at defending. Then they could add other mechanics to help break the deadlock like alliances and using influence or denars to have other kingdoms attack with you, etc. So much potential!

@Axis_._

Жыл бұрын

@@Strat-Guides i totally agree. I wonder if the Devs know that this is what the player base wants for single player. The game doesnt need more/new content, just basically AI improvements in battles and campaigns. It still feels very much like it did two years ago.

@zoramaitken3449

Жыл бұрын

That would mostly depend on different types of rebellions. A loyalist rebellion led by NPCs wanting to rejoin the old kingdom, or an independence faction that doesn't like the new regime OR the old one. Would definitely make more really cool options popping up in the game

@GamerGrovyle

Жыл бұрын

@@Strat-Guides They could give "personality traits" to Lords between Attackers and Defenders. Using a Defender to join an army would cost extra influence and their priority would be to garrison into newly claimed fiefs whenever they have a full party. Meanwhile Attackers would function more or less like AI is now.

@DIEGhostfish

Жыл бұрын

@@Strat-Guides I wish there were alliances, Ibdread thebday my liege declares war against my inlaws.

The AI is my biggest gripe with this game. I lose all motivation to fight for a faction when there's no way to get anybody to work with me to get things done.

@jamiehughes5573

Жыл бұрын

Exactly why independence is superior

@tomsonlarrson3318

Жыл бұрын

You can call armies, and clan mates come with no? Influence to get them in. You need to be part of a kingdom tho

@nanni-buyerofcopper

10 ай бұрын

​@@tomsonlarrson3318 thats great, but you cant conquer an empire with 1 army, and if all your factions armies are halfway across the world for no reason, theres not much you can do. I hope they implement a system where the king can spend influence to direct other armies like a king should be able to do

@tomsonlarrson3318

10 ай бұрын

Get riding 225 and scouting 225 and ambush parties as you go. I ended up not even bothering with scouting perk and just leveled leadership and steward to 275 for the bonus in order to take over empires. You can take it all with just one party, not even an army. Running around with a stack of 200 and arresting as many nobles as you can means their armies get greatly reduced, and you can hunt the armies when they scatter due to cohesion loss. By the end of the run I had a party size of 545 alone, literally just let my vassals fight off the smaller parties while I solo'd armies and only consolidated when the enemy army was 2-1 or higher. @@nanni-buyerofcopper

@ahmedhussain153

7 ай бұрын

@@nanni-buyerofcopper if you’re in a war then put the plan to offensive and stick to them they will mostly take castles and you can take towns

There simply isn't any better bannerlord content out there. For the intro alone. You've set the bar so high, I can't imagine how could it be surpassed. I remember one of your videos talking about how you plan to make this your full time, man I really hope its not stressful for you on that front. You deserve so much more attention and views

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ervins! Yeah I do plan on it - I've been able to survive on the revenue from my other business so far but at some point I do hope the income from the channel catches up :) Either way, I'm learning so much and having such a great experience doing this that the skills and fun alone were worth the effort. Thank you for your support and I'll keep pushing forward! I've got next week's intro in the works right now and I'm going for something a bit lighter lol it should be funny. I've been paying for voice overs and I think this video it will really shine!

The next episode can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaqI0cOlYtqXpbw.html How to grow a clan 10x faster than the AI: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aY2MxLWYiLW2ipM.html

I've had a playthrough in which western Empire was an absolute smasher, they've took half of northern and southern empires and had huge armies, for 5 years I've been fighting as mercenary against them. In the end Sturgians came deep and took western side of Northern Empire, Lycaron. Vlandians took western castles, Battanians took Lageta. Had I not intervened Garios would conquer SE and NE. But this ended up just like in real politics.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, that sounds like a really fun campaign! It reminds me of an EU4 achievement - I think it was called the Gendarme of Europe? Something like that lol but basically policing everyone around you :)

Sheer gold and I want more! Can't wait for Episode 2! Nice job Senor Strat

I love this map you've got! This is so much better for seeing the big movements between kingdoms.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I got spoiled with EU4 and HOI4 maps looking all pretty, then you get to Bannerlord and you can't even see the castles lol It took me a while to make, but I think it's worth it because I'm going to use it for my campaigns as well :D

Best solution that the devs can come up with to improve campaign gameplay diplomatically is firstly to add in nerfs for Vlandia and the Khuzaits (at the edge of the map they have an advantage as they only have to defend one front really, compared to say, the Empire, or Sturgia, which have to move their armies to the other end of the map almost to defend against different enemies), and secondly to make the rebellions do stuff - as it is, they just sit there and wait to die. A good rebellion AI that invites other noble families and tries to expand, or just straight up defects to its cultural overlord (if certain conditions are met) would make the diplomatic game a lot more interesting.

0:59 Garios is a known warrior/skilled general who is loved by his men tho; its in his description that his men love him? He ran at Pendraic because it was a full retreat. I never fought for the empire but I always respected Garios as the best one out of the 3 empire leaders. If anything it would be Garios walking at night getting assassinated and old man Lucon being the coward. I appreciate the time it took to make this tho. much love.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

What about the soldiers from the other 2 kingdoms? Why wouldn't they have flocked to Garios? That was my rationale anyhow lol I'm definitely no effort in Mount and Blade lore! I appreciate the feedback, I would like to make more lore videos and turn them into cinematic videos like the intro for this video, not sure if that's something people would watch though?

Thanks for taking the time to compose this very informative video. Great content!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I hope your viewership explodes with the full release of bannerlord. You do a great job with your videos and are always helpful and are able to help all the bannernoobs

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! I'm hoping as well :) I think a lot of people will come back to play so it will be interesting to see how long they will stay. I hope TW does an amazing job with the full release version of the game :)

Discovered this channel 10 days ago and have already watched ALL of your videos. Keep up the great work, the best bannerlord channel out there!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dmitry! The algorithm gods have blessed us both then haha Friday's video should be eye opening :)

@osetrinushka

Жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah, that's true, can't wait!

I'm surprised that the Aseri were so accommodating of that one Sturgian turncoat province. That clan must have a great lawyer/diplomat lol

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

LOL! I was pretty surprised to see it myself.

Your editing is unmatched. The level of effort is pretty outstanding

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mendax! I've been trying to improve for the last 6 months and focusing hard on editing and story telling so It's good to see that paying off. Thanks for watching :D

This video is beautiful. Some of your best work. I am so glad I found your channel a few months ago keep up the good work!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm a huge fan of the map games like EU4 and HOI4 and thought Bannerlord needed some love in that department too lol I appreciate the support :)

found this channel recently, big fan of the narrative driven content

Really good stuff as always, keep up the good work!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that Harry! I've got an even better one for Friday :)

It sucks that the campaign AI isn't smarter about war. I guess its really hard to make a good one that isn't OP.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you're probably right. I don't know anything about programming AI, but I do know it's not easy to do because I've been playing games since NES and it's pretty much bad across the board since then hahaha Damn I'm old :P

@Genktarov

Жыл бұрын

Coming up with a set of logical algorithms to assess situations even for fairly basic parameters gets stupidly complex extremely quickly. Most chess computers run by choosing the move which in its database had previously led to the most victories. Metrics like that don’t exist for Bannerlord.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

@@Genktarov I think it might be easier to boost the passive defense of fiefs like making militia stronger or more plentiful. Something like that would require an adjustment to the AI behavior and might achieve the same results?

Very good video!! Thanks

The way you make such detailed videos that are also super entertaining is amazing good job man

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter! I'm probably going to stream this weekend, just a heads up :D

@Petergriffin3450

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

I never saw this . This is AWESOME . Beginning was like a movie . And you did very well .Map and taken castles And this excel table is good

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Umut! I thought I would try something a little different for this one :) I have somethin more light-hearted for Friday's intro - hopefully it's funny!

This is super interesting, thanks man!

@Strat-Guides

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

So next episode we will see how YOU do in charge? I'm excited if so. A unified empire under a good commander should be interesting.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's exactly it! No combat allowed and I'm not allowed to form an army - so it's 100% AI let troops. However, as you probably noticed from this video, the AI doesn't have a problem with combat - it has a problem with managing the kingdom like wars, peace, passing useful policies, etc. It should be a good episode!

@user-cr4cj1fl8z

Жыл бұрын

I can guess from now its gonna be making sure you only have 1 war going on even if that means paying tribute to 2 other kingdoms cuz this way the whole army can focus on 1 front. And passing beneficial policies like loyalty to prevent conquered towns from rebeling = slow but steady increase in kingdom lands until you not only outnumber the enemy 2-1 but after the conquest of one kingdom you can now grow your forces up to 3-1 so every new war is more managable and so on and so on.

Your selfmade map is just absolutely amazing. Already saw you do similar map in Frederic's Prussian Conquest but this one is even better. After seeing this I genuinely hope TW adds political map to campaign when zooming out Thank you for the effort you put into the videos, its pleasure to watch

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah this is the same map! But I spent about 20 hours last weekend drawing out each border so that the villages are accurately contained :) It took forever, but now I have each fief as it's own layer - so when someone is captured all I have to do is select that fief layer and change the color! I plan on using it for more things in the future as well. I appreciate that Balgain, it means a lot to me!

@tryhardtrigg

Жыл бұрын

Omg this is amazing, and that map! Any chance of getting me hands on it so I can plot my own progress?? Either way keep up the great content! ❤️

The khuzait speed is just so strong

Alright now I like this video💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 I hope you make more.

Vlandia goes crazy everytime in my campaigns btw that intro is awesome

@CaddywumpasFilms

Жыл бұрын

I just started a new campaign and witnessed TWO 900 man armies from vlamdia absolutely blitzkrieg western empire. They took like half the territory in less than an in game year lmao. Easily the biggest conquest I’ve seen the AI do so early

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alexander! I thought it would be a fun concept to get all those hated kings/queens to die off at the start :) Yeah Vlandia is savage - Derthert must be dealt with!!

Your videos are amazing! Keep the good work!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Francisco! You've been with me for a while now so I'm sure you remember how bad the videos were when I started out haha I appreciate the continued support my man :)

This looks like a really cool alternative history for Bannerlord! I just watched the intro and I want to see more about it!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about making some cinematic videos covering some Bannerlord lore - I'm not sure if anyone would watch them but I know they would be really fun to make! I made a whole character for Emperor Arenicos too, maybe it would be a fun experiment to use him in a campaign to reunite the empires?

I think the reason the southeast border held for so long (aside from castles) is because Danustica is a very tough city to take. It starts the game with most/all of its buildings complete. Several of its villages are located close to the city, making them hard to successfully raid if there are event parties in the city. It is wealthy, and it's relatively secure villages ensure it has a steady source of food. Almost every time I pass the city it has 600+ garrison plus friendly parties of all sizes roaming nearby. Unlike Marcy Lavenia Castle, which you can capture with a stiff sneeze, Danustica requires a massive army and a massive investment of time to capture. Any siege will naturally provoke a massive army to form in response. The defenders can almost always hold out long enough for relief. Even if it is captured the attackers usually take enough casualties that the relief army can wipe them out and immediately retake the city. If you can take it Danustica makes a fantastic capital city that requires almost no oversight.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, I had not considered that. You make a fine point though. One thing I keep forgetting to test is how much of a difference the wall level makes for auto resolve battles. If it's a huge difference then maybe upgrading walls to 3 for all fiefs would be priority #1.

Damn, these wars are absolutely mental. It might just be that I've never played long into campaigns but- The most vicious war I'd seen was between Vlandia, Sturgia and Battania, it was a free for all but...only a little less then ten thousand died, total. And yet, in this more then three times that happened in the first year alone. Draining the world of its people

The editing is crazy great vid

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sam! I've been working on it hard for the last 6 months or so, I'm happy to hear it's working :)

This new format slaps. I'd love to see the same video but on different mods like the Europe map or Tetsojin

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! It's pretty interesting to see how the AI handles (or doesn't lol) things. Yeah I had some ideas to test this same setup with mods - I tried it with diplomacy mod but it kept crashing at around 10 years :(

Would love to see another video like this, with the two parter, but with mods. Definitely Diplomacy, but maybe War & AI Tweaks, Separatism, Allegiance Overhaul, etc... It's so weird seeing a Bannerlord War without War Exhaustion.

Can't wait for next part

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marksman! It pretty crazy how big of a difference there is between AI vs Player.

Great editing!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

thanx for another great vid! been watching since the robin hood series!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Nice! That's old school haha back when my videos were #$%^ :) Thanks for sticking with me, I appreciate that

Great effort, great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I know this one was a bit delayed and shorter than usual but those maps are pretty labor-intensive to work with. I think it's worth it though, the map in game is doesn't really show progress very well (in my opinion anyhow, I like to see the colors and borders move around lol)

Love that you used the KCD soundtrack as your background music. Now I gotta do another play through!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

I got tired of using the generic KZread music that doesn't match the mood so I figured I would change it up! The KCD soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard for gaming :) it could easily be in a multi billion dollar movie production

@Salac0

Жыл бұрын

Henry has come to see us!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

@@Salac0 Hahaha you just gave me an idea! Time to load up the character creator... we may see Henry of Skalitz in the flesh someday :D

Map coloring is very comprehensive. Thank you

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's a lot of work, but it's almost impossible to know what's really going on without slowing it down and tracking each fief change.

Bro I loved the intro

Valandia is absurd this patch. They pulled up on me with 1200 army of all tier 5 troops 😭

@stillcantbesilencedevennow

Жыл бұрын

I hope to God you were defending with some decent troops. 😂

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Especially with a bunch of sharpshooters - those guys are soooo hard to beat once they get to that critical mass!

Shoutout to the Kingdom Come: Deliverance soundtrack. Love the vids Strat.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah!! The music in that game is better than multi-billion dollar budget movies I feel like. It's just too good not to use :) Thanks, I appreciate the support!!

I’ve been watching your videos daily and I’m starting to like your content more and more I have a request though would it be possible to do a breakdown of all the exploits currently working but any way keep up your work

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm going to need some time with the new 1.1.0 patch as I have not found any new ones and they have been patching all the old ones lol but if I find any, I'll be sure to make a video on it.

Looking for the next one! Really amazing way of test the game and its AI.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah it's sad to see how the AI fumbles around a lot, but on the bright side there is a bit opportunity to improve once we take over :)

@unionvoluntad4651

Жыл бұрын

@@Strat-Guides I think the Empire has been given some of the best and more diverse kind of troops just to overcome its situation on the map, right in the centre, and sourrounded by enemies... It's my Favourite faction and lore, but lastly I enjoy joining more peripherical factions in order to know peace from time to time, and build large high tier armies...

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

@@unionvoluntad4651 That's a good point - nobody can stand toe to toe with the legionary troops! I know a lot of people hate on the Cataphracts but personally I really like them. I would rather have a tank than glass cannon like the Vlandians. So true - those edge of the map kingdoms get a nice break between wars at least.

The issue of the Southern Empire; The Khuzaits and Aserai can be pushed out and using the other empire factions as regretful meatshields we focus on reaching the edges of the maps for one very important reason; avoiding multiple front wars.

Video quality is sublime

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Jared!

Amazing content

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

damn! the story mode is sick 🔥

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! The episode for Friday has a fun intro as well :)

I need to do my essay but this is a fire vid

Just an overall excellent vid

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Episode 2 should be ready by Friday and it's going to be interesting to see how different the map will look with a tiny bit of player input :)

I’ll never forget when my ruler’s party of 1500 marched *through* the army sieging my castle with me inside and with not enough troops to defend it

I love Bannerlord, I love all the work that you put into this video. I can’t wait for part 2

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jacob! I appreciate that :) I'm working on the intro right now - I'm going for something much more light and funny lol There will be plenty of voice acting so be ready!

Having owned Lavenia Castle in the past, I recommend against ever accepting it. I would use influence to vote for someone else to have that smoking ruin, or even give it back to the king rather than have the rest of the kingdom think I was ok owning it. The castle has few/no buildings in it. The villages are raided *constantly* wherever the owner is in a war. Because the castle is so poorly equipped and poorly garrisoned (because no one can generate any wealth under those conditions) *and* on the border it is captured constantly. No projects get completed because of the near constant loyalty malus from recent capture/siege/lack of food/small garrison/raided villages. Just don't ever accept Lavenia as your fief until it's safely behind the front line. It starts with nothing and can never get better so long as it's on the border.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a crappy castle lol At least until it's no longer on the front line. You can actually accept the castle and give it away for free! That's what I usually do. Go into the fiefs tab under kingdom and find your fief on the list, there is a button at the bottom to give it back to the kingdom.

@TheManofthecross

Жыл бұрын

if anyone does take lavenia castle and holds it for themselves then at least put a strong garason in there with a decent economic backbone to pay for the grason then you will have all the time in the world to build up the castle in to something worth while.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

@@TheManofthecross It's definitely a money pit for a while though! lol

@TheManofthecross

Жыл бұрын

@@Strat-Guides apprentlly though i had not seen it switch hands that offten in my game plays that castle remains in imperial hands and remains stable there to build up such infastructure as much as the ai does there in either case helps that the clan that owns it has other estates to cover the costs as well. in either case a front line castle like that with long periods of peace can give it space and time to build up which helps nicely there. :) otherwise like you said it's a money pit though to be frank i never went for that castle out right i usually go for other places on the other side of the map first then make my way over to there eventually.

With only 180 troops I took the khuzaits from 3450 to the 1600s and they still won't pay tribute :(

Amazing quality video. You got a new sub in me.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean! I appreciate the support :)

by the way, along with incompetence, the united empire was cursed with "swadian position", aka, the center of the map

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah bordering everyone else is not an easy position to be in.

Great video , massive inspiration to us smaller creators 👍🛎

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Just gotta keep pushing forward :)

Incredibly high quality content. I’m amazed at how well put together this video is. The intro is great, and the map visuals are awesome too. Keep up this kind of content! Edit: It might look a little better to give the empire a color on the map. Also, cool to see notion being used for such a project like this. I use it for personal organization stuff but it’s nice to look at with all of these numbers to track.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Alice!! I appreciate that :) I usually spend way too much time on these intros lol but I think it's worth it. Thanks for watching!

crazy vid ma dude here is a comment for the algorithm

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help Gustav! I appreciate that

Awesome video

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Obridago Joao :D I had a lot of fun making this one so I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Love the storytelling

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Federicus! I had a lot of fun putting the intro together for this one :)

Wow!!! Amazing like always my friend! Its sad when you let the IA conquer casttles and towns and then they go away to nowhere (like you said) and they lost AGAIN the town! ITS SO FRUSTRATING! hahah Anyway! Thanks for the video!

@bladfadsfblaadsfsadf900

Жыл бұрын

I think the problem is the troop donation system is broken. For some reason, until a fief is rewarded to someone other than the ruler (which is default until about a day later during elections), the AI refuse to leave troops behind, sometimes leaving 0 in my experience for castles. Since armies typically move out before that point, you’re left with just a day’s with of militia to hold the settlement until another party passes through.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's so much back and forth! I'm happy with back and forth, but not when it makes no logical sense. I imagine people would have defended their conquests pretty heavily, at least for a while until they were stabilized. I appreciate that :)

you missed the Rhaegaea's hair color, its more blackish one! But amasing intro and setup, very well done work!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Ah rats, I should behead the hair dresser who recommended that color... ;) Thanks for watching, I appreciate your support as always!

Lavenia Castle was besieged so many times, I'm surprised it still has battlements

Khuzaits suffer penalties for horse archers in siege battles so it's logical they'd go for towns than losing troops for castles

You can see just how beautifully well balanced Bannerlord is when you look at huge time lapses like this.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Haha it's like those chaotic systems that should collapse, but they don't because everything is perfectly imbalance enough to make it... balanced? Thanks for watching Gillanator!

@ESFAndy011

Жыл бұрын

Tell that to Battania

Embarrassingly took awhile for it to click that this was a game. I love this style of story telling and visuals. Can't wait for more content :)

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Nice, that's exactly what I was going for! I try to make things a bit more interesting because a lot of my guides are packed with data, which can be very boring after a while :P Thank you for watching!

Lageta rebelling is such a meme

is that KCD music i hear in the background? great video mate

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir! I'm eagerly awaiting KCD2 and will gladly lock myself away for a week straight when it comes :) Thanks for watching!

Uuuuh. A colourfoul map. That pleases my inner Paradox gamer.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha yes! That's exactly why I made the maps :) I'm an EU4 nerd and starting to really get into HOI4 as well. Painting maps is a life's pleasure one can never get tired of! Thanks for watching Nerazmus, I appreciate it.

It’s important to imagine castles as fly traps for armies, especially border castles they’re the perfect distractions for countering armies

@qwr818

6 ай бұрын

How does he create him own empire? When i am leave the kingdom i can't make policies of the fiefs i own.

Leaving 50 starving troops is kinda like Sun Tzu death ground philosophy possibly?

you should incorporate line graphs for the demography statistics and some of the other long period view overs. 20 years of stats looks great in one graph that can demonstrate the rise and fall better visually.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

That's a good point, it would have much easier to visualize. I have most of Fridays video edited already as well but if I have time I'll go back in and add it. Thanks for the suggestion!

There should totally be a mod where this map shows up if you zoom out enough

This is why I play mount & blade. Not for the battles, but for the politics, culture, trade etc.

King Lucon either hasn't invested in athletics and weapon skills or didn't have a weapon on his person at all times to be defeated by a couple of pheasants.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Lol! A true king would have fought his way out of that :D

Alright that intro was well done and hmm, I think your live-stream of simping for Rhagaea has carried over as she was the only one to have a noble death. (Edit, I just realized this video is a year old nvm me lol)

@Strat-Guides

7 ай бұрын

Yeah this was an older video, but Rhagaea seems to be the best of the 3 Empire factions (IMO)

Just wondering strat- did you get this idea from my comment a while back? Epic Video!

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Possibly! I honestly can't remember - but I get a ton of really good comments and I appreciate it :) I'm not all that creative on my own so I can just the help!

this custom map is amazing

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I spent way too much time making that damn map haha

damn, I am watching this instead of preparing for an exam

@Strat-Guides

5 ай бұрын

Lol uh oh, good luck on your exam!

"Darius" of the series "Soldier" from "Simo✅" would have been pround. His rebellion keep on.

I like it when people use KCD music

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

I feel like it should be the default music for any medieval game!

I love seeing the overhead map like this. I wish the actual game had a toggle. Maybe you can make a mod 🤠

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

I wish there was one too! I'm too stupid to know ho to mod haha This map was 100% brute forced - I screenshotted ingame map 20+ times or so and stitched them together, had to smooth each place where the borders met to make it look legit, then draw borders for each fief, then a layer for each fief. The video for Friday is going to be even better! This video only used 50 map changes or so, but the next one is already over 100 and I have a few more to go :D

Very good video, but that intro... Just epic

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dark!! I appreciate that :)

Bro made a whole movie

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Well at least the intro part was :) Thanks for watching!

Nobody : Sturgia be like vikings s5 and go to aserai lands

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha they traveled the seas to get there too no doubt!

Strat short-circuited at the end from so much content.

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Lol! It happens every time :) I only include a small bit of the gaffs, but I could probably fill 1 - 2 minutes more if I put them all!

"Good luck, son"

@Strat-Guides

Жыл бұрын

Lol indeed!

Why is this game, and your work, so interesting wo any player actually playing lmao