WIN against forces 3x your size, even on Max Difficulty - Bannerlord Tips 

Shit defense. It could be perfect if player could know how to use archers on high ground to cut enemy arrows aiming and cut their damage in the same time increase his archers damage.

Good ideas but here are my counter arguments: - with only archers on my left flank, enemy INF advances with shield in left hand, so they can shoot at a mostly defenceless INF (shield is on the opposite side) and as they reach my INF since its on the right of the bridge, enemy now presents completely defenceless to my archers. - yes probably but would increase range in the early engagement making them less accurate, however good point as it might not have had that much of an effect. It would however mean a longer wait time for their charge at the end, that brings this formation to its culmination, INF is the anvil, archers are the hammer, impossible to do in a diamond formation. - Dismount is a good idea but then CAV would not be able to chase them after to finish them off because horses just run away. It would cripple my post engagement. Enemy Army composition is varied but never only top tier, neither is my army but it is stronger 1to1 I agree, however, this was to demonstrate that you can defeat armies 3x your own with the range of possible troop compositions the enemy could present, and I think it demonstrates that. My losses indicates the enemy could have a better army and still lose. The location, formation and quality of the troops all mattered, not just one or the other. I don't pretend at any moment this is a miracle that only I could do, we all understand the balance of power bar, and I did my best to explain that this is to show you can to it, even in max difficulty settings, so next time someone is being chased by a bigger army, there is another option to just running away. I'm starting a new story today on twitch around 1pm, I welcome you and any others to come over and discuss it some more :)

@@TheOnlySillySocks From what I've seen so far, the horses of dismounted cavalry will not run away (at all). The horses of dead cavalry do run away pretty quick, but that is another thing altogether. If you are afraid of the archers firing too soon, you can have them hold fire / fire at will with a simple F4.

I get that but with a lot of arrow coming from the enemy side its still a risk they run off when they get hit. On the archers I have them closer to reduce distance and maximize damage as the enemy approaches. I get your point I do, its just my way of balancing damage, distance, safety etc. this is actually something I'm having issues with Vlandia right now. Inf seems useless, more of a speed bump than anything else, and crossbowman are not as effective as archers imo.

@TheSillySocks just have the cav at the very back, dismount them then move them up. You did a fine job btw.

I wouldn't even split the archers. Just them being high on the flank (where he moves at the end for a second before charging roughly) wouldve wiped far more out on the approach and skirmish portion. Flanking fire, flanking charges and hammer and anvil are the keys to battle. The game allows a variety of win scenarios so not many get to the real tactical play in this game. But man is it satisfying when you pull off good tactical play and not just seat of your pants manoeuvring.

they have average 20 arrows in store. the rest they pick up on ground.

You can see this feature at the trailers lmao

Thanks :) yeah I was using the archers as the hammer for the infs anvil but yeah that's a good idea. I will join the cav with the archers for the hammer :)

Seriously though, I never thought of having archers pick up arrows

Put men your garrison then

Very true. It happened live and unscripted but I'll definitely keep that in mind for next time ;)

Strat gaming has stats on engage. Basically never do it. It buys you time but loses in every situation

Watch this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mpav5JgVadw.html try it out and let me know how it goes :)

Mixed Sturgian Inf from heavy Spearmen to Varyags, Shield wall Formation, mostly Sturgian archers with some others picked up along the way, if it was not a Bridge battle odds are I would have lost, numbers count for a lot these days and it differs from Warband, played it a lot as well. The Bridge funnelling them was key. if it was open battle my bows would have a lot less efficiency, Inf would have been overwhelmed quickly and Cav would barely have mattered. IMO. You have the composition of forces from the video, test it out if you want and let me know.

How original of a comment xD "mate" xD

@@TheOnlySillySocks dreadfully sorry that I wasn't amazed by what was a very simple defense but hey, if you are expecting people to fall all over themselves with your unbelievable tactical genius then perhaps post something that actually shows some form of tactical genius? Just a thought...... 🥱

Actually no I'm not. I was hoping that folks that didn't know they could use bridges to do fights like these will look for that now, or that archers could pick up arrows from the ground actually do. that kind of stuff. Forgive the rest of us that don't seek approval from strangers or only upload ridiculously scripted videos and are just trying to be of some help. Or maybe just see this was recorded live in a Roleplay playthrough and found it cool. Just not expecting that someone feels they need to come brag and criticize because "very simple defense"... "mate"

@@TheOnlySillySocks Are you actually serious? Where in the video did you try to make any commentary to educate players that using the obvious choke point of the bridge was a tactic they could use in case they didn't know? At no time was this ever an educational video rather than just a "look at me and how good my epic defense was" video. If you want to post this kind of stuff for the likes, praise etc then thats fine, fill ya boots. But don't be surprised and offended when someone is not impressed by something, which at least to me, was nothing special at all and hardly worthy of the "wow that was epic" or whatever your last statement was. You thrashed a bunch of recruits and barely armoured newbies in the simplest of choke point moves. Barely outnumbered 2 to 1 and actually in terms of army strenght, very even to start with. Wow, perhaps you should write a follow up to the art of war....... If you can't take criticism, that wasn't even offensive, just asking "what was all the panic about" then perhaps you shouldn't post stuff to public forums in search of validation.

@@lunny2230 where is your vid? Dude did a good job. Show you are better or just shut it 😂😂😂

Try baiting them. If they have many shields, take the cav in the flanks with your own, then box them inf front and cav rear. The worst are the sturgians. When they do it it's very tricky to get to them.

Polearms are the best on horse back, great fun and very effective. Just be carefull cause there are some very slow ones out there xD Takes forever to swing a light pole around to hit someone xD

Thanks for the comment. And you are right, the location, tactics and troop movement had nothing to do with it, even on max difficulty. 👍

I dont like having the cav too isolated. flaking would have been a possibility but i didnt want to risk it in case they were too much for my inf. Numers are very important. the inf is slightly to the right of the bridge to expose their right side. inf carries shield on left hand, so this gives my archers a clean shot at the enemy inf when they clash with my inf. blocking it off entirely would nulify the archers or reduce their efectiveness once they got into the melee with my inf. :)

@@TheOnlySillySocks I'm just a crazy Hussar at heart. LOL

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mpav5JgVadw.html you're welcome ;)

Good for you.

That's very strange, I play pc so I'm clueless. Try some forums and support for help. if anyone knows how to help leave your solution please. Hope you get to sort it out.

This was from a campaign I was doing at the time. Raised them since little boys I did. XD

Could be achieved but if they overran my line I would not have then to help push back. Also alone they would not have much impact and I could control them from far. Don't use RTS camera.

I see the captain system as too broken and too op so I never use it. I have specific rules I add when I play bannerlord. Check the streams I did here to check those out and you will understand :)

If Romans accept fighting one legion at a time, in a bridge and them always attacking I'll take it. XD

Honestly i did not bother to count everyone, but based on the results it could have been larger and with better troops that my boys would still win, with more casualties of course but still a W. Have a 3,7x better day XD

No sir. I prefer the more immersion value of the vanilla battle.

I think you said you have 200 men with you but only about 80 in battle while the enemy has 3 times that. Usually it's because the enemy force is bigger. So if you fight a 400 strong army with your 200, the amount of soldiers spawned will emulate that 2 to 1 advantage the enemy has within the battle limit set. So if limit is 250, you get around 80-90 and enemy has around 150-160. Or I might have misunderstood.

That does not represent numbers... I suggest you look at the numbers xD or watch the video and see the numbers at the end, or see the moment I display every force I'm facing, or se the total number of troops in the field... Or not and leave a comment xD

@TheOnlySillySocks come on bro it was peasants and militia

xD

Imo it's too op so I don't do it.

@@TheOnlySillySocks why? What does Happen If you dont ? Sorry im a noob haha

OMG quick he is onto something. Hide all the evidence NOW!! Lol

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it's based on the battle casualties rates. The enemy could have been even closer to 4x and the result would have been the same. It's an obvious one since this video is to demonstrate the utility of this formation on the right terrain against a superior number enemy, not a "I defeated an enemy 3x my number" but a "you can do it with these things in play"... Same thing if the enemy had better quality troops. The enemies advantage in negated, their shield protection negated, their cavalry negated, and their archers negated, while the defending side has their strengths maximized, archers can shoot past enemies shield protection, infantry only takes engagement in a frontal assault, flanks protected, cavalry is spared and used to run down the enemies routing. But I guess you skipped the small explanation in the description about location and formation, and the beginning of the video that explain the formation and what will happen in the fight... but yeah, mEtH...

You can see the detail of every force in the video (first 30 seconds of the video). I don't use the captain system cause imo its broken so no advantage for me. Also sorry you missed that this video isn't about meta gaming, I am not heading a meta force. It's about the advantage of a Bridge as a battle location when outnumbered and of the defence (description of the video). This was also live, so no planned armies or scenarios, it just happened and turned into a cool moment imo with useful info to share (also description of the video). Next time watch the video and read the description, it's there for a reason. Have a nice day.

@@TheOnlySillySocks What do you mean by "meta gaming"? I'm not familiar with this term. Captain system indeed was broken, but was fixed ling time ago. There are some videos comparing battles with and without captains and difference is vast

Hahahahaha. Yes sir mister enormous dick sir. I'll get right on it. XD what's with the dick measuring FFS xD

You are supposed to watch the video with you eyes open...

@@TheOnlySillySocks I did rewatch it over and over again and I couldn't find the enemy troop size. If you don't believe me, try put a time stamp on enemy size for me? Anyway, don't get offended by my message. I just want to test your temper. I'm new to the game and I learned a few things from you. I also want to give you an advice. Send your cavalry to intercept enemy Cav. Your impressive cavalry units was on standby the whole time. I feel like this game is all about commanding army and you're the commander. Once you ran off to chase after 1 enemy unit, you're open to enemy ambush. I know this is a game, but have you ever thought about that? Your archers could killed enemy units across the map. What this mean is that you don't have to do anything. Chasing after 1 enemy unit ruined the video because commanding your troops should be your priority. Cheerios

Responding in order. From 29 seconds in to 35 seconds in I show all the enemy armies and the pop up window shows composition and numbers. Temper Successfully Tested xD Im glad I could help, thanks for the suggestion, I was preparing the hammer, archers, and the anvil, infantry. Cav was there for gap plugging and do agree on repositioning behind archers and join archers as the anvil but not to act solo in a bridge fight like this, too risky imo. Yes you are supposed to command and therefore read the moment of the fight. Usually if you read the moment right you can go off and kill stragglers and return to the same moment. Ruining the video because I chased after an enemy behind my guys to prevent him from a) being a waste of arrows, b) a distraction to my Inf that should all be facing forward and c) could kill a few units in a charge from the back? Sure... Temper Successfully Tested again... Also this was recorded live. Not a Scripted Video. (read description) "Insert cereal name here to signify send off"

Let's see, use fians and khan's, use all the broken ways and meta troops and no formation is needed. Use every exploit and just press F1 and F3 and win... You are the best player ever mate. What is your wish oh wise and strong one? XD "if not 60 renown minimum I don't care" "too easy". Then sorry you missed the point of the video. Maybe watch again, maybe read description, maybe learn that if nothing positive to say you have, then silence you should choose. Maybe not, leave a comment and have a nice day xD

​@@TheOnlySillySocks I read the tietel and it implies (3 to 1) that you are showing something fancy. If I have nothing positive to say, then I say nothing positive. Your tietel could almost be defined as click bait. Pressing F1 and F3 next to each other is not an exploit but the most fundamental and stupid tactic in this game. You rather exploited the stupid AI by letting the enemy army run to their death one by one. You should rather if you can not take any criticism no longer post videos.

Tell me you didn't watch or missed the point of the video completely without telling me... XD

Tell me how you missed the point of the video entirely without actually telling me xD. It's to show you can use a bridge as a force multiplier and with some luck on the battle terrain system not bugging out, bring bigger armies to bridges and defeat them... This was unscripted, live, and was an ambush but as a demonstrator the point still stands. Maybe read the description next time and save some time xD

@@TheOnlySillySocks I’m screwed lol an army with 1k ambushed my ass and my 271 men help

Yes true, demonstrating something and how to use it should only be on videos battling minimum 10:1 odds. Otherwise what's the point in demonstrating something to people that might not know they can do it right? XD

@@TheOnlySillySocks why would people think they cant do it when you can clearly see the balance meter is equal. Dont exaggerate by saying 10:1 XD If your gonna pretend its a challenge at least let the enemy have double the power.

Dude, just look at the comments, there are new players that learned archers pick up arrows from this video. Just because you know how to use formation, terrain, what every unit does and does not, it doesn't mean all know. And just coming in and saying "the battle was too fair if if nearly 3x the number" just makes you look bad. The video is not for you, leave a dislike and move on. But thanks for the comments complaining, it gives the video more interactions and it get shown to more people so yeah :) thanks

@@TheOnlySillySocks defeat any army!!! Shows video of a fight with equal balance. XD Misleading Irrelevant arguments.

yeah i agree, not a single person cares. they just watch the video and move on. you however, cared way too much to actually boost my youtube interactions. thanks :)

Yes, an unscripted video that demonstrates terrain usage and formation is meant for the players that already know that... Genius. 🤣 I always say, especially in tips videos or demonstrations, that only people that already know this should watch them. Those that don't know should just go play the game. 🤣 Thanks for the laugh bro. 🤣

Wow. You could have said it's too easy and needs to be harder... But I guess you really needed a little ego boost. Have a nice day.