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[Rolan7]

Thanks for the advice, that's what I was afraid of.
I'm not especially interested in a new faction with this character, so I'll continue to serve loyally and hope for a town (The Khergits are defeated, and we just defeated the fierce Nords).  Going forward I'll decline any more non-town holdings, since I think having a lot of holdings makes it harder to receive more.  My husband only holds one village, actually, so maybe I can play politics and get him awarded a town...

[Uristides]

Finally picked up that Gekokujou mod. Man, lack of shields really does wonders in spicing up melee combat. The sieges are also way more fun to play IMO, except the city/castle hall attack phase, I really dislike whatever mod implements those.

Also, what attack direction thing you guys use? I'm used to mouse because I find it works better on horse, but now that I'm mostly on foot I'm thinking kekyboard might be better, thoughts?

[Putnam]

Pretty sure the city/castle hall attack is native.

I use inverse mouse for attack direction and mouse direction for blocking.

[Rolan7]

Yeah, the keep-assault subphase is in vanilla (or diplomacy maybe, but pretty sure vanilla).  It is kinda silly since my character is archery-focused, but fortunately she keeps a zweihander around.  Because 60 kills just *isn't enough*.

Hell, I play with half-damage-to-allies and my allies still die way faster than enemies.  Dunno why, don't particularly care now that I have top-tier armor and weapons.  And save-scum.

[Mech#4]

I use the mouse for attack direction but I think my blocking is automatic. I click the right mouse button just before the enemy swing lands and it is blocked regardless of my mouse movement.

[Micro102]

If they make a new mount and blade, what features would you guys like to see?

I would like to see the ability to design a village/fortress in an open world map with a working economy that determines if your village/fortress can grow into a town.

Yes I have unrealistic expectations for a lot of things.

[Putnam]

If they make a new mount and blade

https://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord

[Mech#4]

If they make a new mount and blade, what features would you guys like to see?

I would like to see the ability to design a village/fortress in an open world map with a working economy that determines if your village/fortress can grow into a town.

Yes I have unrealistic expectations for a lot of things.

I would like for better control over larger forces, being able to organise troops into squads, possibly also automatically hire new soldiers of that type when some die, better unit cohesion during a fight where all the units don't act as individuals and more battle map variation with subtler land gradation.
Ideally I would like for the battle map to be more like a first person Total War battle. Not necessarily to that number of troops but certainly the control scheme; an auto map with unit blocks to more around, being able to delay orders until specific moments or time has passed etc.

[BFEL]

16th Century mod has shown me that all it takes to make me spend all my money on prostitutes is the promise of potential charisma growth

[ShoesandHats]

Can anybody give me some pointers? I feel like I'm missing a lot in terms of battles, as I'm not really clear on any viable tactics other than charging directly at the enemy. I'm also not 100% clear on what I should be doing and when. Tournaments are obvious whenever you can participate, but I'm not sure when (if at all) it's a good idea to swear fealty to a faction. What skills should I focus on getting? Which companions are most useful? This is all assuming I have the intention of eventually carving out my own kingdom.

[Putnam]

1. You can hold F1 to point to where you want your soldiers to hold. It's a good idea to have your infantry hold in front and have your archers behind them, preferably in a place where the archers are on higher ground.

2. It's a good idea to swear fealty as soon as possible. You get allies and likely a fife, which you get a good amount of money from.

3. Leadership and any other leader skills, such as prisoner management. Avoid party skills, as you can use companions for those.

Jeremus is the best companion. In my opinion, Artimenner is a close second. Unfortunately, they hate each other's guts. Of course, Artimenner is only useful for laying siege to all of Calradia and laughing as entire nations fall to your might before they even get a chance to respond due to how damn quickly you build ladders, while Jeremus is useful for every fight you will ever have, as he prevents your soldiers from dying with his surgery skill and keeps them ship-shape for the next fight after. Plus, he's basically the Calradia equivalent of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus "Paracelsus" von Hohenheim, and you can't hate a name like that.

So, I would recommend Alayan, Baheshtur, Firentis, Jeremus, Ymira, Bunduk, Deshavi, Klethi for companions. My current save has Deshavi, Artimenner, Ymira, Marnid, Firentis. Any other companions will conflict with these.

See the chart.

[ShoesandHats]

How about for a Khergit-style build? I have a soft spot for the Mongols, so I like the idea of having deathstacks of horse archers, but they're pretty squishy from what I've seen. Are they crap, or do they need just need something to be good?

[Robsoie]

Unconscious companions do not use party skills if i remember.

So avoid to have the companions that have very important party skill (Jeremus by example) to take part to combat, either have them being in the archer category, or create a custom category just for those and F1-keep them away from trouble (though give them ranged weapons so they can at least be of some use on the battlefield).

[Putnam]

Khergits are awful, primarily because the AI have no idea how to actually do horse archery.

Which I find very sad, lemme tell you.

[Micro102]

If Khergits could skirmish I'd never not by Khergits. They are already enough of a pain in the ass to fight. Horses are a huge advantage in this game. If they could organize a death wheel of horse archers I'd always use them and never want to fight them without an army of horsemen myself.

Also, when it comes to selecting companions, I like to make sure I have Jeremus and some other companion that starts with things like spotting and pathfinding. Just pump these guys full of skills in medicine and skills that let you hunt down other parties, and keep them happy at all times. All other companions are there to be permanent heavy cavalry.

Also, a tip for battle. You can access you inventory through the chest on the map. I like to keep the longest lance I can find and a few extra packs of arrows in there.