mount and blade warband tips

[Cmoffat97]

so i have 10 hours into this game and i had to keep restarting. i pick swadia as starting faction and they keep getting in wars with everyone so i cant recruit much cuz a lot of villages are looted. so anytime i try to find one a enemy faction comes and destorys me and i lose all my guys. what should i do cuz on each file i just get horrible luck and also the newest file i have the swadian king have a negative 18 with me and he wont let me raise it like he does give quests so idk what to do.

[incredibilis]

don't pick swadia, normally yhey go out first. pick Rhodoks to begin with; weak bandits strong location, good troops. Do tournaments for money, and renown, if you see a weak settlement attack it, get married.

[FourGreenFields]

I also wouldn't join a faction before you have an actual warband. And tier 0 troops (basic recruits from villages) don't count.
Been a while since I played native (VC ftw), but I'm quite sure trading should help you get enough money to start waging war.

[boiling pie]

There is no need to join a faction early. Enjoy your life as a free traveling merchant/bounty hunter until you have a decent warband, regular income and the companions you want.

Swadia is a good faction if you want constant war, since they hold the center position. But in general it isn't very important which faction you first chose. More important is how you behave, because that determines your relations to all lords of all factions.

[ThatGuyYouknow522]

Originally posted by boiling pie:

There is no need to join a faction early. Enjoy your life as a free traveling merchant/bounty hunter until you have a decent warband, regular income and the companions you want.

Swadia is a good faction if you want constant war, since they hold the center position. But in general it isn't very important which faction you first chose. More important is how you behave, because that determines your relations to all lords of all factions.

Ya, I agree with this guy, picking a faction is something you should do much later game when you're ready to become a vassel, not when you don't even have tier 3 troops.

[incredibilis]

lol i just do tournaments until 160 renown then go to the nords.

[Gamer Supreme]

1) Disregard factions, acquire money.
2) Use money to make more money(enterprises).
3) With money acquire fashion.
4) Kings like fashion, become vassal.
5) Disregard females, acquire greater fame+fortune.
6) Regard females, woo daughter of powerful lord.
7) Become friends with good guy lords.
8) Take your woman and your lands into own kingdom.
9) Crush faction that has the most of your friends in it.
10) Your friends will join you and you become the most powerful faction.

These are the 10 steps to Conquest in Warband.

[Tuidjy]

Originally posted by Lowly Noob:

1) Disregard factions, acquire money.
2) Use money to make more money(enterprises).
3) With money acquire fashion.
4) Kings like fashion, become vassal.
5) Disregard females, acquire greater fame+fortune.
6) Regard females, woo daughter of powerful lord.
7) Become friends with good guy lords.
8) Take your woman and your lands into own kingdom.
9) Crush faction that has the most of your friends in it.
10) Your friends will join you and you become the most powerful faction.

These are the 10 steps to Conquest in Warband.

You forgot 0) Get a solid group of companions who like each other.

Otherwise, spot on. (fashion -> renown)

[incredibilis]

Baheshtur, Rolf, Matheld, and Nizar are a good combo, because they all like each other and people wont get mad if you make them vassels.

[Tuidjy]

The objectively best companion group is to keep in your party at all times is:
- Alayan, Firentis, Bunduk (heavy cavalry)
- Deshavi, Baheshtur (horse archers)
- Ymira (strategist: tactics, engineering; training)
- Jeremus (medic: surgery, wound treatment, first aid; training)
- Klethi (outrider: scouting, pathfinding; training)

They get along, they have great stats for their levels, and they leave the decent lord builds (Rolf, Matheld, Lezalit) available for promotion.

[White Knight]

There's plenty of advice in here already but very little of it has anything to do with my games, so I'll add a bit more to offer a different perspective.

Swadia - Starting in Swadia is a fine strategy. I've never had a problem starting out with them. Depending upon the situation and how the game plays out (ie player involvement or lack thereof), they might have difficulty holding onto Dhirm but the middle-ground will always be heavily contested...it's the middle-ground. Swadia has never been wiped out first in any game I've ever played and when I'm in the faction, they typically rule the map (until I declare myself a King, that is).

I've also never been afraid of joining any faction. In my games, I'm in a hurry to get 150+ renown so I can join up. The size or quality of your army has nothing to do with it. You simply have to be more cautious and intelligent when you are small and weak. Participate in battles with your fellow faction peers, help break sieges, target smaller groups that circle massive invasion forces, etc. Be smart and pick fights you can win.

Making money also has nothing to do with joining factions. Being in a faction will not prevent you from hunting bandits, investing in businesses or trading, etc. You can do all of that AND have a faction to back you up. Also, being in the faction and working on building better relations with your fellow lords is how you gain influence and increase your chances of being granted a castle or even a city. Not participating gets you exactly nothing.

Companions are important. They are superheroes who work for you. Train them up, equip them with the best gear and they will serve you faithfully. There are dozens upon dozens of various lists out there and none of them have ever helped me much. I just take on everyone I can and try to sort out the problems along the way. Just about anyone can get a group of eight to stick around, with a little extra effort (and maybe some luck?) ten or more isn't that difficult either. If you are determined to have sixteen, you could find ways to do that too (or so I've heard).

Having said all that, what you described in the OP is clearly a matter of you trying too hard, too soon. Advice about focussing upon yourself, developing your skills, your companions, training your men and making some money, is all good stuff. Being timid and frightened about joining a faction has nothing to do with that though.

[Stealth]

yeah, why stop at 8 unkillable superheroes, take them all in and tell them to shut the ♥♥♥♥ up about any piece of junk along the road https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/862855199467304477/73A3F7AED525B787FEE280824D2D326BD81154DB/

get yourself a raidingparty of 50 or more swadian knights to crush the enemys, see them driven before you and think about the lamentation of the woman, and sell them to the next slaver

[Cmoffat97]

i have no way to get money rn like i cant find anywhere to get it so im losing money to the point where i can only do my army for a little while and i dont know what to do rn

[Cmoffat97]

this is all good and all but i cant find any bandits or anything to fight to level or get money. alot of lords hate me cuz the missions i get i cant finish cuz either the poeple dont show up or like bandits dont show idk what to do should i just restart again?

[Cmoffat97]

Originally posted by ThatGuyYouKnow52:

Originally posted by boiling pie:

There is no need to join a faction early. Enjoy your life as a free traveling merchant/bounty hunter until you have a decent warband, regular income and the companions you want.

Swadia is a good faction if you want constant war, since they hold the center position. But in general it isn't very important which faction you first chose. More important is how you behave, because that determines your relations to all lords of all factions.

Ya, I agree with this guy, picking a faction is something you should do much later game when you're ready to become a vassel, not when you don't even have tier 3 troops.

what should I do until then I can't find anything to fight. or ways to get money.

[Cmoffat97]

Originally posted by boiling pie:

There is no need to join a faction early. Enjoy your life as a free traveling merchant/bounty hunter until you have a decent warband, regular income and the companions you want.

Swadia is a good faction if you want constant war, since they hold the center position. But in general it isn't very important which faction you first chose. More important is how you behave, because that determines your relations to all lords of all factions.

what can I do for a regular income and good leveling? I can't find any bandits or looters to fight and get a regular income of goods.