Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

[Nathir]

Am I the only one bothered how not-Vikings and not-Russians are mixed into 1 faction? It just doesn't work.

 

[Mikeal]

Am I the only one bothered how not-Vikings and not-Russians are mixed into 1 faction? It just doesn't work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus'

 

[Fedora Master]

Am I the only one bothered how not-Vikings and not-Russians are mixed into 1 faction? It just doesn't work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus'

 

[ArchAngel]

In autoresolve, troops fight individually. Each round a random troop is selected on one side to strike another randomly selected on the other side, compare the striker's power (an internal value) to the striked's to decide the survival chance, roll dice to decide whether the striked dies or not.

That explains how a group of 30 looters going against army of 350 men manage to kill a Vlandian Sharpshooter out of all the 150 melee dudes in that army :D

 

[RK47]

How Bannerlord Autoresolves

 

[Alienman]

Kinda funny to imagine they form a giant ring and soldiers have to step in one at the time to duke it out.

 

[Nathir]

Am I the only one bothered how not-Vikings and not-Russians are mixed into 1 faction? It just doesn't work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus'

I mean, I am not talking about it from some kind of historical perspective. I guess I just got used to Nords/Vaegirs being their own thing, while they are mixed together now. I think we could have had 2 distinct factions here easily.

 

[Zanzoken]

Anyway, my current run proves conclusively that setting up a multi-party army beats having individual caravans running around the map.

Wait I'm confused. How are your clan parties pulling in regular income if they're just part of your army?

 

[ArchAngel]

Anyway, my current run proves conclusively that setting up a multi-party army beats having individual caravans running around the map.

Wait I'm confused. How are your clan parties pulling in regular income if they're just part of your army?

It is not regular income, it is spoils of war.

 

[Catacombs]

I'm earning a lot more coin now from the 3 party army setup.
Turns out with 3 clan parties combined, we get more prisoners ransomed and loot sold as well.

I usually drag my prisoners around until I can recruit and replenish my army. My stewardship is high where they aren't likely to escape. Am I better off just ransoming them?

 

[PulsatingBrain]

I've started leading seperate groups around and I'm a little confused about something. I kind of assumed they were just all eating from my supply, but then I got a message saying I'd shared my food with starving members of another group. Or something like that.

Do I need to equip my follwers with food to feed their troops?

 

[AgentFransis]

I'm earning a lot more coin now from the 3 party army setup.
Turns out with 3 clan parties combined, we get more prisoners ransomed and loot sold as well.

I usually drag my prisoners around until I can recruit and replenish my army. My stewardship is high where they aren't likely to escape. Am I better off just ransoming them?

No. Just buy some workshops and caravans and get some fiefs and you'll be drowning in cash. Income from prisoners is trivial.

I've started leading seperate groups around and I'm a little confused about something. I kind of assumed they were just all eating from my supply, but then I got a message saying I'd shared my food with starving members of another group. Or something like that.

Do I need to equip my follwers with food to feed their troops?

When they're in your army and run out of food you share you supplies automatically, that's the starving message. If you let them go they'll buy supplies on their own.

 

[Catacombs]

No. Just buy some workshops and caravans and get some fiefs and you'll be drowning in cash. Income from prisoners is trivial.

I figured, unless I capture a lord, which usually brings a pretty penny.

 

[RK47]

I've started leading seperate groups around and I'm a little confused about something. I kind of assumed they were just all eating from my supply, but then I got a message saying I'd shared my food with starving members of another group. Or something like that.

Do I need to equip my followers with food to feed their troops?

When they are first created, they will be without supply and cash.
But eventually, after they accumulate enough money from ransoming their prisoners or selling off their loot, they will purchase food automatically upon entering any settlement and start giving back all the extra money back to you.

 

[Funposter]

did they fix snowballing AI yet?

 

[Modron]

No Lover's Lab mods aren't up to speed yet on Bannerlord.

 

[Fedora Master]

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

Looks like Eric is mainlining his protein powder again.

 

[Ruchy]

So I just realised I can refill cohesion by +10 at will making the resource functionally useless. Is this correct or is it possibly my high leadership? Bug or feature?

 

[PulsatingBrain]

What the fuck does cohesion even do? I've never seen it go particularly low, so I've largely ignored it

 

[AgentFransis]

It goes down over time, possibly in proportion to the number of lords or size of the army. When it gets to zero the army goes poof.
Yeah you just need to remember to click it like some perverse Travian like mechanic. It probably exists mostly so AI armies will break up after a while since they don't seem to ever refill it.

 

[Ruchy]

It goes down over time, possibly in proportion to the number of lords or size of the army. When it gets to zero the army goes poof.
Yeah you just need to remember to click it like some perverse Travian like mechanic. It probably exists mostly so AI armies will break up after a while since they don't seem to ever refill it.

Possibly the case but a crude solution if true.

 

[Zanzoken]

I am pretty sure large armies do drain Cohesion much more quickly, but you can always spend Influence to refill the meter ad infinitum. That's a problem because:

(a) You gain Influence for winning battles, so it contributes to a positive feedback loop a.k.a. snowballing.
(b) Once you have a few fiefs and the Council of the Commons policy then Influence accrues very quickly for free, and as far as I know there is no limit to how much you can save up.
(c) If you're faced with an enemy army in the field, all you have to do is avoid it long enough for it to dissolve, at which point you can divide and conquer.

So yeah, unless you're trying to ROFLstomp the entire map in one shot, Cohesion isn't really an issue.

 

[Ruchy]

I am pretty sure large armies do drain Cohesion much more quickly, but you can always spend Influence to refill the meter ad infinitum. That's a problem because:

(a) You gain Influence for winning battles, so it contributes to a positive feedback loop a.k.a. snowballing.
(b) Once you have a few fiefs and the Council of the Commons policy then Influence accrues very quickly for free, and as far as I know there is no limit to how much you can save up.
(c) If you're faced with an enemy army in the field, all you have to do is avoid it long enough for it to dissolve, at which point you can divide and conquer.

So yeah, unless you're trying to ROFLstomp the entire map in one shot, Cohesion isn't really an issue.

This goes back to my original question though because currently it doesn't cost me any influence to increase cohesion. I want to know why.

 

[Zanzoken]

Is your army solely comprised of parties from your own clan? If so then you can increase Cohesion with zero Influence cost, which I believe is by design.

But if you have AI lords in your army then I am pretty sure it should cost Influence to refill Cohesion. I don't know of any perk or ability to counteract this, so if it's not happening in your game then my guess is it's a bug.