Mount and Blade Warband - 1257 Anno Domini . Tips & Tricks

[No-Name]

Can you help me and give some Tips & Tricks for playing this mod because i'm new for this gamemod ^_^

[Oohwok]

raid a lot

[BanDHMO]

Tournaments are easy money in this mod, AFAIR. AI sucks with lances and with some dodging you can dismount all of them.

[Brodacious]

Ranged Weapons dont seem to work for attackers in seiges. Bring lots of inf instead.
Also found becoming a merc for a faction paid like all my troop wages, allowing me to raid like crazy to make major moolah.

[X-the Unknown]

Originally posted by The Brodacious One:

Ranged Weapons dont seem to work for attackers in seiges. Bring lots of inf instead.
Also found becoming a merc for a faction paid like all my troop wages, allowing me to raid like crazy to make major moolah.

My ranged sharpshooter crossbows work every time. I have them attached to me and we run from side to side taking out their archers on the walls. So, they do work you just gotta maneuver them.

[X-the Unknown]

Things that also pay out well is lowering your army size to around 23 to 25 and go fight 45 and above searaider groups......The income from the loot is astounding and you'll also make more money from your businesses as you come down in size. Seems everything is tide to the numbers in your army. The less you have the more you get. I'm making a fortune now in loot and from businesses. I have a business in every town except Swabians which I am plundering their villages so I wouldn't get anything anyways as they would probably sequester it.

[ULTRA]

Lols they are talking about the mod AD 1257, SLAYAH.

And yes, tournaments are pathetically easy since you can 1v1 your enemies with whatever equipment you bring in, just do it and bet the maximum every time. You can even lose a fight and still win sometimes.

Some of the later armor is so ridiculously powerful that you basically face no danger except on the highest difficulty, at which point there's only a mild threat.

I trained into horse archery and I can basically just kite every enemy in the game no problem (as in native I guess).

[X-the Unknown]

I can't shoot bows worth a squat. I've found a backup and swing dowm method works well for me and try to find a crevis or trees close together and pull the samson effect on them. Cept I ain't wielding the jawbone of an azz. I could eliminate thousands this way I think if they had rock crevices I could get in as the ai just charges into the downswing and I split their skulls each and every one. Thing is I get tired trying to eliminate so many. One King runs around with 1000 men and I just ain't ready for those kinds of battles. 500 or less is stressful enough.

[No-Name]

Well thank you guys ! That helps me a lot! What do you think about my save-game : I just started with no kingdom,like a merchant. so i had a good luck and i get 3,4 quest to escort a caravan or some cattles ( i make like 15000 denars cuz of this) and than i started to create an army! So now i'm in war with Scotland and i'm getting troops from England.So now i just create a big army (111 mens) and i'm looting their villages and fighting them when i get the possibility(but i have to play like 1000 denars/week :( ) what do you think ? some advices please?

[kaiyl_kariashi]

Are you using Lance Recruitment or Standard M&B style? (Sounds like possible M&B style, but just wanna make sure as it does change EVERYTHING).

[No-Name]

Using M&B style because once i begin with Lance and i was able to recrut 1ce and than not anymore ^_^ and btw i like to work for my troops (like to upgrade them)

[No-Name]

Maybe someone can explain me the Trade sistem? ( i mean i should buy something from a city and than sell it to another?)

[X-the Unknown]

Originally posted by Lucifer:

Maybe someone can explain me the Trade sistem? ( i mean i should buy something from a city and than sell it to another?)

Yes, you'll need to make city charts of prices....then start buying low in one city and selling high to another city. Usually across the map are the highest prices of what you got on the other side and vise versa. For instance Velvet and Silks and Spice are the best loot in the game from the Rhodok side of the map. You can sell them high in Tihr and places on the other side of the map. Warm items are poplular in the snow areas and flax sells well in Tihr.

The other way to make a lot of cash is Pillaging and plundering a factions villages. Pillage them all then find a lord of that faction and ask forgiveness (if not at war with that faction). He'll ask for a small fee and you'll be forgiven and have all that gold you made still. Sometimes you have to find one that is close to the King as not every Lord is on the up and up with their king. But, it's easy to do and you can make boo coo gold out of it.

Of course the easiest way is fighting the map rats (bandits) of various types. The smaller your army the better loot they will cough up. Sea Raiders about the best loot of the bandits and raiding camps yields some high profits also. You don't have to have a quest to attack them. You just get more honor and stuff if you get the quest from a King.

All n all now most of my best income comes from looting and pillaging villages of factions I'm at war with. Do it sparingingly though or you'll bottom them out and won't have any to pillage for awhile. I usally pillage one go all the way back to Tihr or Rivaden and sell my stock. Sometimes if I don't get any iron or silk I'll sell out at Dhrimm since it's closer ad if I didn't get any good stuff not worth the travel all the way back across the map. There was a time we Nords were at war with everyone and the looting and pillaging was non stop because there was always something to pillage. :))

One good thing to remember" The SMALLER your army" the better and more good loot you will get from battles.

[No-Name]

SLAYAH , thank for your advice man! All those infos are quite logic ( even if i didn't think about them) , i'll try do to what you told me to do and i'll ask more if i can't go up with something. Have a good afternoon!

[X-the Unknown]

Originally posted by Savant:

Lols they are talking about the mod AD 1257, SLAYAH.

And yes, tournaments are pathetically easy since you can 1v1 your enemies with whatever equipment you bring in, just do it and bet the maximum every time. You can even lose a fight and still win sometimes.

Some of the later armor is so ridiculously powerful that you basically face no danger except on the highest difficulty, at which point there's only a mild threat.

I trained into horse archery and I can basically just kite every enemy in the game no problem (as in native I guess).

The principles still apply no matter what mod you are playing. Smaller means larger rewards.

[mooosin]

SLAYAH, i love u can you make a thread on HOI4 pls