Why was bannerlord such a disappointment?
>>736279453Turkish government took over the company and turned it into a shitty intern program
it simply lacked soul
>>736279453>devs misunderstood what made the first game popular, overfocused on the combat, everything else was an afterthought, end up making the same mistakes as the first game>devs absolutely wanted to bank on the esport money and ditched singleplayer for specific multiplayer modes, killing both singleplayer and multiplayer in a single stroke>autistic devs who were too busy balancing shit to actually fix or implement anything leading to very basic content showing up or getting scrapped extremely late in development>"1.0" out of nowhere
>>736279453Does the game still run like absolute ass since they released the DLC?I couldn't play the game last time I tried because my fps would dip on the fucking world map, let alone battles.
>>736279453Didn't even attempt to fix the combat.All they did was put a coat of paint over Warband and called it a day.
>>736279712works fine on my pc
>>736279453people really missed feastsand also werent around to realize how long the first game was in EA
>>736279453Bannerlord is better than warband right now, it was dogshit at launch tho
Do people still play warband?
>>736280131Nope, the servers are dead as hell
>>736280098>and also werent around to realize how long the first game was in EADidn't realized they forgot everything about developing their first game and had to relearn everything from scratch.Did they had to relearn how to breathe as well?
>>736279453turns out most of /v/ only gave a shit about mb for the warhammer mod
Still can't use shift to select multiple @(but not all) formations in Bannerlord can you?What a stupid thing to leave out.I think a big problem with Bannerlord is they tried to make the systems completely "free" but didn't add constraints to stop feedback loops. Like, you'll get 1 NPC clan with 100 members because they had a bunch of sons who got married and had a bunch of sons... and you'll get 1 clan with 3 members because they got daughters who were married off. Some form of adoption or clan splitting mechanics should be present to keep this in check, or even forced gendering for balance, but the game doesn't care, one clan will spiral out of control while another will death spiral.
>>736280306In general lords really need to be more independent rather than just being an extension of their clan.It's really silly that lords don't have falling out with other lords in their own clan, or even their clan leader.There should be excuses for larger clans to break apart into newer ones, and smaller clans to try to invite members that have fallen out to increase their number.
>>736279453Speak for yourself, to me Warband is obsolete.
>>736279453i remember the hype on /v/ during launch, what happened
>>736279453Focused too much on improving things that didn't need to be improved. Didn't really add too much to those aspects that actually needed to be expanded upon.It also tried to add new meta systems, which is not the same as expanding on the existing ones.10 years of development to make something innovating, when the playerbase clearly wanted Warband+
I thought the setting kinda sucked desu. Everyone looks the same. The factions are all just dudes in chainmail.
>>736281194If you cannot immediately tell what the factions are based off of you are a historylet and should play another game
>half the map is made out of the Empire>three factions sharing the same troops>all in the middle of the map>all your playthrough ends up with your army being almost entirely made out of imperial troops
>>736281194It seems Bannerlord factions have low memetic potential unlike the Swadia/Rhodok rivalry because they're not nearly as distinct. It's kind of a bummer we're playing events preceding Warband so standout gear like heavy mauls got retroactively removed. Wish Warband's sequel should have played out like that Nova Aetas mod when it comes to tech trees and kingdom building.
>>736279453Does Bannerlord have a Pendor equivalent yet
>>736281283the three Imperial factions should have been different flavors of Rome. the northern empire should have been like the WRE, the southern empire like Byzantium, and the western empire like the Roman Republic. the empire should have been broken up for centuries, not a few years ago.
>>736281276Each of these troops is from a completely different faction.
>>736279453For me it's STALKER 2 and Dragon's Dogma 2 for colossal disappointments of games I was anticipating for a decade+
>>736279453>dynasty system is garbage>why the fuck is the timescale not 1 day is 1 day? >Oh so the shit dynasty system works>stat sheet was a downgrade>focus on the trash companion characters>characters that are randomly generated and die>combat is the same with some number tweaks and weapon cleave>cleave is cool though
>>736279453No modsNot due to the modders mind you
>>736279453didn't have nords at launchhad a lot of problems at launch, still has problemscontrolling your dudes is more clunky and archaic than it should be
>>736280147So are bannerlords, mount & blade never was mainly a multiplayer game.There is this modded 10 versus 10 captain mode on bannerlord which runs on a single server and its the most epic game I ever played. Every round is like experiencing some historical field battle
>>736280118It's a 2v1 and the goedendag will strike first, piercing mail and likely inflicting a lethal blow in the guts. Even if ser-apron doesn't die immediately his falchion can't do shit against a hauberk. Could try a stab to the open face, I guess.
>>736279453Less mods (prolly because they are more complex / time consuming to make), and I don't like the stats / character progression system.
It's objectively better than warband in every single metric and every complaint is just a meme like "le feasts" which was just 5 lords in a keep at the same time. Typical /v/ contrarianism. The only thing it doesn't have compared to a warband is a decade worth of mods but even that's getting there with full overhaul mods like the japanese one out now
>>736281985If you cannot spot the difference, you should go study history or something. 5 minutes in the troop tree and you know which ones are which. Plus, you've watched too much hollywood slop and have no idea how actual cultural armors looked like.
>>736283131If they can improve on thosevrandom events and maybe copy some of the interactions/quests from Battle Brothers, they'd be golden. 2 more good and big updates and it will be a perfect game.
>>736283131>like the japanese one out nowwhich is not expected to work with the current bannerlord version for at least months, if ever
>>736279453it sucks ass, everything about it from the mechanics to the UI is pure garbage
>>736279453I remember the dlc coming with an update and it absolutely tanked the performance, I'm not upgrading for this turd
>>736281985Can't blame the devs when Warbands most popular mods were always full of historical autism and all factions looking the same.
>>736283139it's boring retard, it's fucking BORING
Sword Sisters...
>>736281985Good, I want a more realistic early medieval look.No plate shit, non meme factions.
>>736283071It looks to me like the goedendag is moving back, more bracing than a stab ready position, so I don't think he can react fast and strong, and at that range ser-apron can also parry it relatively easily with his left-arm and shield, he's in range to practically grab it or swat it away, so I don't think he'll die immediately. After that, yeah, 2vs1 and falchion vs hauberks.
>>736280517End of History, which is like a thousand times more janky than mb, at least has the lords jumping ship to other clans or rebelling when they feel like it or when the game decides a single nation snowballed too much.
Bump
>>736279453was warband's cover character always a chick?
>>736281985overuse of lamellar is gay but just adding more color could fix it
>>736286817Yes, one of the selling features of warband was gender selection, Warband would be considered woke if it released today.
How's realm management in Bannerlord now? Does it have feasts and the such?
>>736286992>one of the selling features of warband was gender selectionI get that and understand the marketing idea behind the chick cover. I guess I just never noticed.
>>736286992Different times, neo-trotskites ironically made people less acceptant of minorities and women.
>>736287158Isn't she on the module loader
One of the things I hate most about Bannerlord is they somehow managed to make all the troops and factions as generic and boring as possible. Its like they have no discernible identity to them its just a mishmash of shitty looking armor and weapon combinations.
>>736286992Woman being a hardmode of sorts was cool. Woke is my Lady being taken seriously in Bannerlord.
>>736286992>Women have lower physical stats>Women can't become vassals unless they have exceedingly high renown, and even then you won't be given a fief, you're a vassal in name only until you go out and earn a castle for yourself>Male lords with mean personalities are outright sexist and tell you to stop playing with swords and get in the kitchen>There are no generic female lords, only (You) and a handful of companions, every single other woman in the game just waits in the nearest castle for her husband/father to come home>The rebel claimant for Swadia was turfed out and her kingdom taken over by Harlaus solely because he thought she was incapable of ruling because she was a womanWhat are you talking about? The game is a chud's wet dream.
The only thing I really cared about in warband was fighting, didn't care about diplomacy or stuff like that. But for me, Bannerlord just looks terrible, the characters, the cities, the landscapes the items, the overall aesthetics just look like crap. I liek that I can make my own faction banner and weapons, but that doesn't make up for much
>>736279453Its far better than Warband. Has been for a long time now
I was thinking of playing this due to all the shilling on youtube with this boats DLC, checked themagelord's tweaks for bannerlord and saw he gave up on it in like 2020. That stopped me in my tracks.Are there even any good single player games for going around fucking people up with swords and stuff anymore? I'm so desperate I think I might buy ghost of tsushima.
warband is already very good. The biggest gripe with it for me where how much of a pain in the ass lords were to manage.spamming feasts to improve relations and manually hunting content lords with the wiki is not fun
