If you're into the vanilla warband experience be sure to run the Diplomacy mod, a couple little quality of life improvements (like talking to the guild master straight from the city menu) it makes plus battle continuation make a big difference between a ~40hr campaign and getting frustrated and quitting before things get interesting. It is very satisfying to improve both my own skill as well as my character's stat based skill so that the fights just keep feeling better. It's enough to keep me busy for a good long while and I happen to really enjoy the combat. Mount & Blade: Warband Trophy Guide By M-A-D-R-O-K Published 21st February 2017 Imagine a poor man's version of Game of Thrones, throw in a little bit of Total War, and add a big chunk of For Honor - you have Mount & Blade, an extremely addictive cRPG.

Keep a small party size early and have some ranks in pathfinding + spotting (pref on a companion like Borcha or Deshavi) and cruise around the map for a while, picking easy fights, trading, taking in the sights, questing, tourneys, etc in order to gain some exp & equip before just grabbing a bunch of peasants and throwing them at bandits. I'll fire up a new campaign and my checklist usually follows as: gather companions, win tourneys, grind sea raiders, get rich, buy enterprises, court ladies, become vassal, grind fights, friend some lords, get married, start my own kingdom, capture a cluster of towns, throw some feasts, get bored. Mount & Blade II Bannerlord Best Mods Guide (+20 Mod) Mount & Blade: Warband - Hidden Mechanics Guide Leave a Comment Cancel reply Comment Name Email Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser. To succeed in Mount&Blade's single player campaign, a firm grasp of both. The former is properly called strategy and the latter, tactics. M&B is so open ended everyone has their own way to enjoy it but I think a common thread is to have some goals, something to work toward and something again after that and so on. While Mount&Blade's combat system is centered on the player's character, victory in single player battles more often goes to the side which dictated the terms of the battle (when and where to fight) and utilized its troops more effectively on the battlefield.

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