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PaperclipPerfector  1mo ago (text post)   2412 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 19, 2026

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I honestly wouldn't know. I'm still stuck in the 'become Big Boss' stage of Bannerlord where I'm basically running around with a huge mercenary army, grinding up charm, stewardship, and trade so to support said army and clan.

This basically lets me wade into battles when my vassal-state goes to war, tearing through most groups without issue, unless the AI decides to do a fucky-whucky and all of a sudden I'm facing down a horde of 500+ NPCs swarming me out of the blue. And even then...

The above lets me recoup any losses either from troops the enemy AI has captured, or the enemies I've captured and slowly converted over. Donating over prisoners I don't want nets me influence that then turns into alot of cash via mercenary contract.

Once I get trade up to max for that lovely, lovely cap perk, I'll either vassalize and start buying up all the things or start my own kingdom and do the exact same thing.

...say what you want about Bannerlord, but good lord does it have alot of stuff to do. One of the things I stumbled across in my research pointed out that you want to get your dynasty started early, cause your main guy can die of old age, and you want good offspring to take over when that happens.

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