Bannerlord "300" Challenge, Volume XVI: A Bad Day to Go Kiting, Our Spartans Vs. Largest Army Yet
Heya friends, we're continuing with this series due to the constant requests and we take our war-hardened band of high level companions and family members(40+ strong!), and challenge foes in a narrow valley, somewhat similar perhaps to what the Spartans faced 2500 years ago against the Persians... How far can we push these 'Spartans' in Bannerlord? Soon we'll see!
In these new 'Hell Difficulty' episodes, we take on an even greater foe, using the 'Battle Size' Mod, our Spartans now face armies over 1,000 and up to 1,700 on the battlefield at the same time, making these the most difficult and largest battles possible on Bannerlord!
Here is the mod that allows for these massive battles:
www.nexusmods.com/mountandbla...
What prompted this series?
I get asked a lot in my campaign just how strong a small army can be in Bannerlord. So in this episode we take a fantasy trip into another world and time, taking a small breather from my death-match campaign to explore the potential of how strong a hand-picked army of 300 men in Bannerlord can be. This series will show ever-increasingly difficult challenges as I wander the map with my own "Spartans", deploying elite troops into advanced tactics in search of Glory. With some 45 companions and family members, many who are over level 40, we shake our shields and howl our war cries as the enemy closes in.... Enjoy!
Our entire channel is dedicated to helping players improve their field command and if that's your desire, or just want to see huge, dramatic battles, you've come to the right place.
Please comment, like and subscribe if you're interested in more of my ultra-late-game campaign, that may end up ending in utter despair, but that's the challenge of it. Any challenge where success is assured is no challenge at all.
My campaign is an extremely late-game campaign where I am resolved to give no peace to these scum Kingdoms attacking me - seven of the eight have been at war for years, with only Sturgia at a neutral stance. My family of warriors is now large though and with what remaining strength and valor we can must, we stand against the map of Calradia.
Join me on this adventure if you like huge battles, the use of advanced tactical maneuvers and intense Bannerlord gameplay, and subscribe to my channel if you want to follow along. This campaign is very lightly modded:
I use four mods:
Lord Retinue Uptier(Makes the enemy forces stronger, much less peasants and lower ranked troops)
www.nexusmods.com/mountandbla...
Improved AI Troops(Also makes enemy lords and their armies tougher by giving them a higher daily xp rate. This means you'll routinely face armies with HUGE numbers of the highest tier units, sometimes four or five times the normal amount in vanilla Bannerlord): www.nexusmods.com/mountandbla...
Death for all: This mod allows you to set the rate at which nobles die more often. I want both a harder challenging late-game but also a more realistic game. If you're cut down with a massive aserai two-handed axe, you shouldn't just be injured 99.9% of the time. It's a very customizable mod so you can just a little more death or set the death rate so high you get several deaths every battle. The number I often like is '10', some deaths but not a massacre of nobles...
www.nexusmods.com/mountandbla...
I also use the Dismemberment Plus Mod: It's highly customizable and works seamlessly with the new beta(and versions back to 1.28). I thoroughly recommend it if you enjoy carnage!:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
I've also used Realistic Battle Mod in the past and highly recommend it for Ai and battle realism BUT I find the pace too slow for my taste and the AI is actually rather predictable after a half dozen battles. Still I wanted to put a plug in for it here, it's a GREAT mod and highly configurable. www.nexusmods.com/mountandbla...
Much of the music and inspiration for this and other videos in the channel are inspired by Epic History TV - probably THE best channel on youtube(and the internet for that matter) covering the Napoleonic wars. With amazing work Epic History TV takes you through the dramatic and incredibly story of Napoleon covering all of his most famous battles. I HIGHLY recommend it.
Epic History TV:
/ @epichistorytv
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These newly modded ":300" battles feature the 'Battle Size' mod which allows double the normal 1000 troop maximum and will make for some absolutely massive and epic challenges and battles.
Live sessions would be cool, but I don't think I'll be able to watch them. I'm from Europe, timezones and all that. Great stuff once again! I learn a lot from these videos and it's making my own campaign much more enjoyable
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
12 күн бұрын
I appreciate that, but if I DO live sessions, it's likely I'll do them at different times of the day occasionally to allow those from the other side of the globe to enjoy them. Whats your time difference from the West coast of the US? Probably 8-10 hours? I could easily do episodes of live streaming early in the day here and have it be evening time there...
Your editing is improving a lot. Good job!
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
12 күн бұрын
Thanks for that! :)
hacking through those horses. "Butcher"
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
12 күн бұрын
Anything in my way friend, khuzaits, horses, stugians, recruits, legionary. All just collateral damage.
My man, once again u display sick content and epic suspense. Keep it up! I for one arent a fan of "live" stuff only because i will usually miss it.. live, but will still watch after the dust and vultures have settled:)
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
12 күн бұрын
Thank you for the kind words! And fortunately I'll be continuing as I have for at least a few months. Maybe some live stream stuff later this year...
Fucking love No Country For Old Men, got my dad the book for Father's Day. Well done, put in a tight position without a complete force, you were able to turn the enemies numbers into canon fodder for the ranged. Good callout on the line of sight for archers, don't think people realize that bowmen in this game have LOS issues!
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
12 күн бұрын
It was a real STRUGGLE, but success is success. I gotta read the book, because the movie was great and books are often better than the movie.
watching this kind of big fight live on stream would be amazing sing me in as a watcher
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
12 күн бұрын
Right on brother, thanks for the feedback!
I like the enthousiastic narration a lot man! Makes me hyped to continue my campaign aswell. Currently beating the crap out of Southern Empire with my Vanguard Faris and nasty Master Archers. Jav-Cav-Shieldwall with Palace Guards behind them feels kind of strong now tbh. Cav lines just vaporise uppon inpact 😅👌 I highly recommend an Asarai playthrough for your future campaign 😁
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
12 күн бұрын
Declare war on some other kingdoms for fun. Challenges with your skill level are one of the few things that will keep you highly interested! I'm very likely to play as Aserai, but might limit myself to Aserai and bandit/mercenary characters. We'll see :)
@wesselbooi
12 күн бұрын
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions I will declare wat on more kingdoms as soon as my new appointed noble-companions gain a little bit of experience. They keep running around with 200 men armies, and getting their asses kicked 😂 I even gave them a boatload of cash (400.000 each or so) Asarai campaign makes you rich hahaha. I was at war with Khuzait and Battania, but they wanted peace and pay me like 3000 denars in tribute, so i’ll take that for now to strengthen my nobles. Funny that u mention the Mercenaries. My character: Tut, Pharao of the Great Egyptian Empire. Uses a 2 handed mace, and I really like the mercenary macemen atm. Also Make Calradia great again mod, gives Palace guards and sometimes the Master archers. 2 handed maces aswell. You hear some brutal clubbing on the battlefield 😅
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
11 күн бұрын
@@wesselbooi Master archers with two-handed maces? Might have me sold on that mod...
@wesselbooi
11 күн бұрын
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Damn right brother! I like the mod a lot 👌
My most battle was 1789 vs 6102 we were 483 at the end against imperials we use cav shield wall with inf. and cross bow squar to distract juste like you and your video ! You can try recon Uriskala village (Tyal) a beautiful spot
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
13 күн бұрын
I will DO so, thank you for the suggestion!
Lets gooo
Would like to see some episodes featuring siege offensives too, possibly trying to take a settlement with fewer but more elite troops.
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
13 күн бұрын
BANG. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mI1txbGzirLfd8Y.html
Just beat 6500+ with 2000 although I never even got my first wave of reinforcements. I got a bridge defense map and just mauled them in a crossfire as they came across.
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
12 күн бұрын
I love it. Probably the most savage map for destruction in the entire game is that bridge map around Epicrotea. I made it my capital for precisely this reason(vids coming!)
I wonder if there is some AI improvement mod, I imagine with your tactics it's actually easier when the AI out numbers you because when they think it's a done deal they F1 F3 and you're basically fighting a comanderless mob
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
11 күн бұрын
There is something to be said for this BUT sometimes, even badly outnumbered, the enemy does outrageously defensive things. Those episodes are here and there but this one is one I remember well: kzread.info/dash/bejne/npievMyMkbTHosY.html
@pr0duct1v1ty7
9 күн бұрын
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions thanks that was an awesome watch, never seen the AI be so competent and your adaptability is amazing to watch I think you've single handily improved my kd ratio on single player like 5 times just from watching your videos
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
9 күн бұрын
@@pr0duct1v1ty7 No question the best comment I can read. Love it - glad you're doing so much better and happy to be the one helping!
does anybody know officially whether you use/download the mods on a gaming laptop or solely pc?
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
9 күн бұрын
I do both. For a while I had a gaming laptop that I used at work but then the video editing program required more computer power and so I got a strong gaming PC that I look back and forth for a two-day shift. The game is very playable though on a laptop and I can even play it high def resolution graphic settings and it still looks beautiful
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
9 күн бұрын
Oh and I should clarify the mods work fine on both systems of course
Any performance issues using thus mod?
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
12 күн бұрын
No, but my PC is pretty strong. There's an Epic Siege episode uploading with the battle size mod in 4K and it should be up by Saturday...
@ProfessionallyUnproffessional
12 күн бұрын
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Thank you, I doscovered a lot of mods thanks to your channel. Looking forward to next video.