Bannerlord – Mount and Blade 2

Ok so recently I’ve been losing myself in this game. I played and loved the original, which is still available on steam – https://store.steampowered.com/app/48700/Mount__Blade_Warband/

The fact that I have lost over 300 hrs playing this potentially shows how good it is – below is a quote of my Steam review

So normally I look for 1 hours entertainment per pound spent. As you can see over 200hrs of play, still enjoying it.

So why the delay in the review – well its because to enjoy it I have been heavily dependent on the modding community, and I am currently running over 12 mods. These fill in the depth yet to be added to the game.

So I say yes it is good – but to get longevity explore the community created mods.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/hysnap/recommended/

So as my review states, this game does need the use of MODs – now you may cry Which mods should I use?.. where do I get mods?

Ok last quest first – Mods are available from NEXUSMODs

https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord

I recommend using the Vortex mod manager

https://www.nexusmods.com/about/vortex/

And now on to my mod recommendations

• Settlement Icons – adds icons on map mode settlements to identify quests
• Diplomacy – adds enhanced diplomatic options – and war weariness
• Consider My Kingdom – Makes other clans consider your kingdom as an alterative to theirs
• No War For the Defeated – once an enemy loses all settlements they can no longer declare war
• Surrender Tweaks – enhances the AI’s assessment of when to surrender, works on Castles, Cities, Bandit Groups, Caravans and Enemy lords.
• Simple Bank – adds a simple bank which supports transfers and pays interest
• Distinguished Service – provides a method where Soldiers in your army can be proposed to be made companions following non simulated battles.
• Succession – enables multiple forms of succession to be chosen
• Attributes Matter – enhances the impact of attribute scores on events
• Improved Garrisons – Enables automation of settlement garrison recruitment, training and patrolling
• Bandit Militias – provides a mechanic where brigands and looters club together and create larger armies led by named heroes
• Party Screen Enhancements – adds sorting options to troop lists in party screen
• Kaoses Tweaks – multiple game enhancements – read the related posts
• Party AI Overhaul and Commands – provides an interface friendly way to give your companion parties orders
• RTS Camera – provides an RTS like view on battles
• Adopt Into Family – enable the adoption of companions into your family – really good in sandbox games
• Caravans Give XP – does what it says on the tin

These have various dependencies and the core utility mods are

• ModLib
• Harmony
• Mod Configuration Menu
• BUTRLoader
• UIExtenderEx