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Bannerlord Tacitcs: Freestyle XIX: Forest Fights & Tactics

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Tactical Enlightenment

Tactical Enlightenment

Күн бұрын

In this episode we'll take on two different enemy forces in large, rolling forest battles as I try and navigate difficulties ranging from line of sight issues to #$(#* trees all over the place making it hard to move troops and cavalry. Part 1 of a mini-series.
Welcome back future Khans, Emperors, Jarls and Sultans of Calradia! We're continuing to show our late-game campaign including huge battles, and winning(most) of these battles by deploying advanced tactics to overcome superior enemy forces. Our entire channel is dedicated to helping players improve their field command and if that's your desire, or just want to see huge, dramatic battles, you've come to the right place.
This series of battles were the result of my crazy war against all of Calradia in which army after enemy after assaults out small Kingdom and our small forces dig in, fight back and give it all they have got.
Please comment, like and subscribe if you're interested in more of my ultra-late-game campaign, that may end up ending in utter despair, but that's the challenge of it. Any challenge where success is assured is no challenge at all.
My campaign is an extremely late-game campaign where I am resolved to give no peace to these scum Kingdoms attacking me - seven of the eight have been at war for years, with only Sturgia at a neutral stance. My family of warriors is now large though and with what remaining strength and valor we can must, we stand against the map of Calradia.
Join me on this adventure if you like huge battles, the use of advanced tactical maneuvers and intense Bannerlord gameplay, and subscribe to my channel if you want to follow along. This campaign is very lightly modded:
I use five to seven mods:
Time Pass Mod: Realistic Lighting for battles and town scenes(the time CHANGES):
www.nexusmods....
RTS Mod(for better unit flag colors/overhead view and using other characters in battle):
www.nexusmods....
Immersive Battlefields:
A great mod that adds battle cries, roaring troops and more:
www.nexusmods....
Lord Retinue Uptier(Makes the enemy forces stronger, much less peasants and lower ranked troops)
www.nexusmods....
Improved AI Troops(Also makes enemy lords and their armies tougher by giving them a higher daily xp rate. This means you'll routinely face armies with HUGE numbers of the highest tier units, sometimes four or five times the normal amount in vanilla Bannerlord): www.nexusmods....
Death for all: This mod allows you to set the rate at which nobles die more often. I want both a harder challenging late-game but also a more realistic game. If you're cut down with a massive aserai two-handed axe, you shouldn't just be injured 99.9% of the time. It's a very customizable mod so you can just a little more death or set the death rate so high you get several deaths every battle. The number I often like is '10', some deaths but not a massacre of nobles...
www.nexusmods....
I also use the Dismemberment Plus Mod: It's highly customizable and works seamlessly with the new beta(and versions back to 1.28). I thoroughly recommend it if you enjoy carnage!:
steamcommunity...
I've also used Realistic Battle Mod in the past and highly recommend it for Ai and battle realism BUT I find the pace too slow for my taste and the AI is actually rather predictable after a half dozen battles. Still I wanted to put a plug in for it here, it's a GREAT mod and highly configurable. www.nexusmods....
Much of the music and inspiration for this and other videos in the channel are inspired by Epic History TV - probably THE best channel on youtube(and the internet for that matter) covering the Napoleonic wars. With amazing work Epic History TV takes you through the dramatic and incredibly story of Napoleon covering all of his most famous battles. I HIGHLY recommend it.
Epic History TV:
/ @epichistorytv
#bannerlord #war #medieval #bannerlordgameplay #bannerlordmod

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@EricGasz69420
@EricGasz69420 2 ай бұрын
“The trees are speaking Tacticalnamese” - some Vlandian lord probably
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
For SURE if I play Vlandia I will avoid these areas of the map. What's interesting is there are areas near Dunglanys and Aster castle where a few feet in one direction and you're either in a wide open plain or a densely packed forest. Strange but I'll take advantage of that when I can...
@ga3mhabal
@ga3mhabal 2 ай бұрын
keep it up your videos are like short movies
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
Thanks bud, will do!
@mastamatsta
@mastamatsta 2 ай бұрын
The (Fuckin’) was enough for me to like this video 😂. Just getting back into bannerlord after about a year and a half break and loving your content.
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
You know I fuckin' love it, I just HATE forests lol
@arrgylerawrgyle3784
@arrgylerawrgyle3784 2 ай бұрын
Ten minutes in and i was like "foget forest battle this is clasic defeat in detail!" And 20 seconds later, yup, agreement!
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
Ya, hence the part 1, I'll film some more and hope the enemy comes up with a better plan. Maybe I need one featuring RBM...
@Daman3tm
@Daman3tm 2 ай бұрын
I like forest battles, nothing that makes me happier then seeing the enemy cavalry getting stuck on the trees
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
They can be advantageous in battle but it's sooo hard to show tactics sometimes and half the guys who watch I think are here to learn advanced tactics... (so I skip forest battles usually).
@Daman3tm
@Daman3tm 2 ай бұрын
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions that's understandable, I tend to use the RTS camera mod for orders in forested areas
@hawk16-85
@hawk16-85 2 ай бұрын
My man! Thank you for this
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
You got it bud.
@jasonmontgomery6691
@jasonmontgomery6691 2 ай бұрын
I like the horse shield wall. That you use.
@wesselbooi
@wesselbooi 2 ай бұрын
It’s one of the most effective defences 😁👌
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
Thanks brother, I use it most of the time before we sally out to destroy reforming troops. I appreciate your patronage!
@joelhall3820
@joelhall3820 2 ай бұрын
This is why I run RBM AI (other than it also opening up use of the Better Pikes mod). Like my grandma always said, it might be some dumb but atleast it isn’t plumb dumb😂. I seek forest battles when I have a weak infantry/archer force with min cavalry facing a predominantly cavalry army. The trees become part of your army slowing down the horsey boys for the slaughter. This tactic was frequently used by the Swiss Confederation when fighting the Austrian Hapsburgs.
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
Love the historical basis for this strategy( and I will seek to play RBM for a future forest battle). Thanks for the suggestion!
@russ1185
@russ1185 2 ай бұрын
Love ur vids bro. You answered some questions for me on running garrisons which I appreciate. If running low on content maybe u could throw us a vid of fief management/ kingdom management. From garrisons to govenors and anything else u think might be helpful.
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
There is an entire playlist that has some help with things like this, it's under pre-battle tips and tricks. I can help you find it if you don't see it...
@fkzx77AkaJonasTornqvist
@fkzx77AkaJonasTornqvist Ай бұрын
One really funny thing is when you do toarnaments and your wife yells: Die you bastard or i will eat your liver! 🤪🤣
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Ай бұрын
LOL... cannibal wife!
@Warhead-haggis
@Warhead-haggis Ай бұрын
I've been playing Bannerlord for almost two weeks now. Once I ferretted out the basic how to information just to play the game I have been consumed by the thrill of bannerlord strategic warfar. I'm living the David Gemmell Dross Dellnoch, Robert Adams Horseclans, Robert E. Howard Conan, to name a few, fantasy nerd life as best as I can on a labouring xbox that needs to sit placed at an open window so it doesn't overheat. The graphics and physics are great. The A.I. is sadly still the basic bitch from 1990 strategy gaming. But what can you do. Love these videos.
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Ай бұрын
Thanks again brother for the support - I feel for your xbow plight but I hope it works and you get to maul your way through Calradia using tactics! Cheers!
@SoulzStealer01
@SoulzStealer01 2 ай бұрын
Damn shame that the AI derped out in those battles, but they were fubar regardless. Thoroughly entertaining all the same, plus the info and humour is sharp like that glaive Zuvan is using.
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'll be looking for a more competent forest fight(hence the part 1 mention). Thanks for the kind words and hope you come back.
@Flacto-vs6np
@Flacto-vs6np 2 ай бұрын
if the enemy plays defensively, you can just position your shieldwall 200m away to absorb the arrows(most enemy shots will miss/do minimal damage) and esp if theres a forest the trees help. once the enemy archers run out of ammo they sometimes charge your lines. if you approach the enemy close enough, they will send out their cavalry and you can pick them off piecemeal when they get too close to your lines(you turn on fire at will once they turn their backs or get within 50m). for their infantry you can wait until their archers run out of ammo/die and they lose all their their tuer 4/5/6 cavalry and then deal with them.
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
Very valid stuff but I think some guys shun overly exploiting the AI. There's a fine line sometimes, like fighting khuzait with your back pressed at the back of the imaginary map line... But you're dead on, those tactics WORK.
@timothystears4919
@timothystears4919 2 ай бұрын
3,000 hours in and I'm now learning new tactics from you sir, much appreciated
@Flacto-vs6np
@Flacto-vs6np 2 ай бұрын
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions near the end of the video u said that u try to not engage in forest battles, and i think that most people do as trees can be rather annoying. i particularly love forest battles against enemies like the vlandians as i dont expect myself winning any ranged battles as i dont metagame with the fians but instead use kuzait marksmen cause of the asthetics, for infantry i tend to use vlougiers and oathsworns and i tend to use kuzait cavalry. with such combinations(i try to not use noble line troops for roleplay purposes) i find it advantageous to fight in forest battles as it breaks up enemy formations when they charge which plays into my strategy of using shock troops as my main killing force
@Flacto-vs6np
@Flacto-vs6np 2 ай бұрын
@@timothystears4919 ill say that bannerlord is a game that you can constantly learn something new, as it allows for a huge variety of troop combinations which you can choose from which affects your variety of tactics based on your opponent
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
@@Flacto-vs6np Yep, I've won some important and huge battles in the forest but for me it's not cinematic enough for uploads and hard for people to learn tactics in... So I avoid it.
@Evan_VLC
@Evan_VLC 2 ай бұрын
Great video! But I was just wondering since my army just got killed and I had 300 troops can u pls tell me what u would recommend to rebuild my army? Thank you
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
Man, it really depends on your style of play. If you want to 'attend Tactical Enlightenment college', then you want 40% archers, 40% infantry(half of which javelin throwers), 20% cav, with 5-10% horse archers. Kite, killbox, etc, the instructions are all laid out here on our channel. See the intermediate tactics playlist for a step by step.
@Evan_VLC
@Evan_VLC 2 ай бұрын
Ok thanks
@calebsamuel9361
@calebsamuel9361 2 ай бұрын
do you stream the main campaign? anywhere we can see the main storyline?
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
There are some 40-50 episodes of the campaign already on the channel but they're only somewhat ordered chronologically and mostly filmed from the last 5-10 years of gametime, not many recordings exist from the first fifty years of the campaign. The three different playlists that cover at least some(if not a LOT) of the campaigns are: Freestyle series: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrxkmbV2ysjYmGw.html Expert series: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNqbpbiintW1ep8.html Pre-battle tips and tricks: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/os2kkrZmyMyvj2w.html Hope that satisfies!
@brettvanalstine2035
@brettvanalstine2035 2 ай бұрын
Any book recommendations on medieval or ancient battle tactics/ strategy?
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 2 ай бұрын
I like Reveries on the Art of War(Marshall Saxe), but surprisingly, I get the majority of my historical knowledge from two sources: The History of Civilzation(Will Durrant), which is an astonishing detailed, deep dive into history(all parts of it), and for battles/battle orders/tactics, history, Wikipedia(don't laugh until you've tried it).
@brettvanalstine2035
@brettvanalstine2035 2 ай бұрын
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions Thank you. Channel is great and has helped my campaign a lot.
@exoticequinox4483
@exoticequinox4483 14 күн бұрын
Fighting battanian fians and falxmen in the forest feels like an unwinnable battle no matter the tactics I use. The horse shield formation got me the closest to them but w AI army troops there's too many recruits or useless troops that dont help.
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions
@HeadlessHorsemanProductions 14 күн бұрын
What kingdom and circumstances? Because I got to be honest unwinnable battles those words give me a boner. Let me know and I'll see what kind of episode I can make up. Depending on your army I may use the custom battle menu that way my army is fairly mediocre.
@exoticequinox4483
@exoticequinox4483 13 күн бұрын
@@HeadlessHorsemanProductions I'm a fairly new lord in the western empire as we're fighting Caladog in the very same forest map leading the royal veteran battanian army that's besieging Lageta, that I had just before raised an army to retake and had left a small mediocre garrison since Rhotae was also under siege. I managed to beat that army since another imperial army joined in, but when I rushed back my army numbered about 660 vs about 710. I had about 140 inf, 180 ranged, and 60 cav with most of the veterans being my own army. Meanwhile the battanians had around 150 inf, 60-70 ranged, and 80-90 cav, most of them veterans since the western empire at the time was only losing territory before I joined. For context I had played as a mercenary fighting for the 3 empires for a while which left me with a strong tier 4 and 5 army, but joined the west when they were weakest since I could retake some of their good cities and have them voted to me. However I didn't think the two armies in our war would both lose and I was left to call on anyone available with limited influence as a new lord to fight them. The army compositions were all to their faction. So ours was full of imperial trained archers, crossbowmen, palatine guards, recruits, infantrymen, my elite legionaries and menavliotons, and heavy horseman and cataphracts. While theirs was fian champions, falxmen, clan warriors, and battanian horsemen. However my own personal army probably only numbered 120 at best, the rest were unreliable trained archers/infantrymen, equites, and below.
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