u/Cahir24Kenneth

Like most players, I really wish for more possibilities for influence politics in Bannerlord. I think there should be more possible ways to use persuasion instead of only asking out girl and convincing clans leaders to join. Here are my ideas:

1. Convince by argument or money clan leaders to vote in favour of some new policy. Right now, until you are king, you cannot by pass policy which would benefit in loyalty, without reducing influence of others clans.

2. Convince leaders in favour or oppose to proclamation of war. Like we are at war with some factions, so better not starting another one. Or not make war with factions which has already allied with two others.

3. Convince lords to retreat to castle/town under siege. You could done that in Warband, so I think it should be possible in Bannerlord.

4. Convince lords that you are the best candidate for new king.

One of the most challenging for me decisions are when to use buffs which are short in time, like displacement or haste. Mostly I use them for boss fight, since I would run out of spells quickly if I use them more often. I tried to expand their time with meta magic but something didn’t work or I make some mistakes. Any advice? Or maybe I should spammed rest after every single encounter to keep my party always buffed? Also, I hate buffs which lasted only on encounter, like inquisitors judge or rage, which is annoying when there are short breaks next to each other.

I realy wish that more soldiers could use two handle swords. For now only fian champions and weteran falxmen use them and some guys from the main storyline but that’s all.
I would gladly change vlandian pikemen for men with big swords, it’s would remove useless unit in exchange for swords solid damage dealer.
Or maybe add mercenary unit to hire in tavern, for now only crossbowmen are good units while rest are the trashy.

I must say that lasted patches in beta gives a lot of advantages for the Nords, so many that sometimes I feel like bully for anyone who dares to sail the seas. There is why:

1. Autoresolve on the sea gives huge advantage for Nords, so almost nobody possesses threats to me
2. Claiming new ships in battle gives you big pile of money, making you rich super fast.
3. With the right perk I can recruit Corsair on the water, these bands are larger and come with undamaged ships
4. I travel faster than on land and I can sell most of the horses.
5. On the sea I can keep higher numbers of troops than limits and they won’t escape. So I can recruit bigger armies and then stack them in garrisons faster than on land.
6. When I call lords to my army, I can give them extra troops, so almost every army has full potential.

So yeah, I feel powerful without Fian champions, Khans Guards or cavalry.

I noticed in sieges that once you destroy battering ram, soldier behind it will attack gate with their own weapon. Nothing serious, but I like that.