Bannerlord Sturgia Guide

In which I describe the Sturgian troop tree and what I think of them. Let me know which faction you would like to see next in the comments!
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7 months later still didnt return

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[@Tate_THG]

I enjoy these guides and break downs of the units. I look forward to the other factions.

[@jonathanb1701]

Me too

[@Volound]

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[@darkfireslide]

Thanks, man. Life's gotten in the way with regards to making videos but someday I might come back. Happy to have the discussion, and it's a damn shame what happened to Total War.

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[@darkfireslide]

Thank you! Stay tuned for more. :)

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[@darkfireslide]

Thank you!

[@michaelhand4246]

I love your pathfinder vids. I'll save this for when i get back into M&BII. good stuff

[@darkfireslide]

Thanks! Is there any Pathfinder content you would like to see?

[@michaelhand4246]

@@darkfireslide Nothing specific man, the best thing is to make videos you are passionate about and not force them. Unique builds that arent min maxed but thematically cool would be interesting, and if you ever play Neverwinter Nights or BG, Arcanum, build videos in those games would be great. there are some out there, but there is room in that market for videos that explain classes, updated for 2020.

[@darkfireslide]

@@michaelhand4246 this is awesome advice honestly, thank you!

[@michaelhand4246]

@@darkfireslide no prob. don't forget that Baldur's Gate III could release in the next year, which means thousands of people might try BG I and II when they go on sale. Newer BG guides for 2020 might attract viewership

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[@darkfireslide]

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I‘m really happy that you are active again, one question though, will you start Eu4 again?☺️

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Please give your thoughts on the new EU4 update, I’m really looking forward to it personally

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Nice vid

[@darkfireslide]

Thanks!

[@bobbobinson6209]

There's a mod that adds life leach to berserkers. Might be the only thing that saves them from irrelevancy.

[@darkfireslide]

That helps, but they still need more than just bearskin t-shirts so that they can take more than one hit from an archer

[@jonathanb1701]

Would love to see an Aseri guide!

[@iamurage]

I like your critique, very good. Sturgia troop with javelins, should be great in heavy forest. Unfortunately....

[@nikolange1900]

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[@bouziddahmane5065]

Please do aserai troops next

[@fabiusm7763]

In your opinion, which faction has the best infantry and best shock cavalry in the game? I know the khuzaits have the best horse archers and the battanians have the best archers but there are many good shock cavalry contenders and as well as infantry contenders.

[@darkfireslide]

It's hard to contend with Cataphracts just due to their armor. Banner Knights are also very impressive. Probably a tie between those two for shock cav.

[@darkfireslide]

In terms of infantry, Sturgia likely has the best, but the best infantry is kind of like saying you have the best salad compared to other dinners' having the best steak and potatoes

[@mr.bluefox3511]

I belive the Empire had better Infantry over-all, do to having a shield & sword since Tier 2 then better armor from Tier 3, all improving as you upgrade to Tier 5, or pretty good Tier 4 & 5 shock troops. Probably not "the best", but better armor & usually had more bigger shield in there own troops tree compare to others faction sometimes upgrading there shield & armor or downgrading for some reason. About shock cavalry, it's not really that black & white too say. Long story short: Empire Cataphract had the best armor, using 2 handle lances but not with there shield (only with there back-up sword), cant couch. Vlandia Banner Knight had "sightly" lower armor to other shock cavalry, but had the longest couch lances. While Aserai Vanguard Faris are quite familier to the Druzhinnich, but they are faster and more agile ( they turn quicker ), and they use Javelin rather than a shield if im corrected.

[@QuackAttack]

Contrary to popular belief, Battania does not have the best archers in the game because their main troop tree has no archers, the Fians are their noble troops and they are quite hard to come by... unless you have high leadership skills and have the disciplinarian perk to recruit forest bandits, you would have to suck up to notables in villages just so you can get one or two of their noble troops, and even then they may die in battle... Aserai, on the other hand, has excellent archers in their MAIN troop tree and therefore can be recruited in any village.

[@fabiusm7763]

@@QuackAttack I mean sure. But Aserai archers are only accessible tier 4 and up

[@Vsevolod2002]

Try putting ulfhednar’s athletic and two handed skills at 1000 and see wat happens

[@ostwind7031]

new thoughts through the new beta update on the Sturgian Troops and their shields?

[@darkfireslide]

Which change are you referring to? I don't see much in the most recent patch notes about the Sturgians.

[@ostwind7031]

darkfireslide their troops got more and larger shields

[@darkfireslide]

@@ostwind7031 Oh, I see. It sadly doesn't really fix the issues that I mentioned in the video. Shields are great but they still have axes that don't work great in brawls and ulfhednars are still trash.

[@collinpigeon4179]

I miss your content darkfireslide. I like your pathfinder builds especially. I hope you comeback if you still enjoy making vids. Maybe the new pathfinder game when it comes out?

[@darkfireslide]

Thanks man! We'll see about the new Pathfinder.

[@emrekaya6848]

I dont think ulfhednars are that bad. I use 15 ulfhednars in my 70 men army. I put them behind my heavy infantry and protect them enemy arrows and melee wepons until the infantry meeting. Then, i give them the order to charge. In this tactic, they die very rarely and get much more kill than a regular infantry unit. They suck in sieges though. I put them behind a barricade and dont even take them into fight.

[@Steve-ps6qw]

So, if you were going to make a combined arms Army (archers, infantry, skirmishers, and cavalry) from Sturgia and Battania only, which units would you pick?

[@darkfireslide]

To be honest the only unit I really like over Battania would be the Horse Raider, over the Battanian Horseman. Battania does almost everything better. There's a case for Sturgian Veteran Warriors over Battanian Veteran Spearman though. So honestly maybe just those two. Fians are obviously way better than Sturgian archers and Wildlings are fantastic infantry all around.

[@Steve-ps6qw]

@@darkfireslide Thanks, really appreciate the response!

[@darkfireslide]

@@Steve-ps6qw of course! Let me know how it works out for you. The biggest issue with combined armies is mostly just finding the troops

[@Steve-ps6qw]

@@darkfireslide and the Sturgian shock troopers or the Battanian Veteran Falxmen?

[@darkfireslide]

@@Steve-ps6qw shock troopers are fun and they have a shield so I would argue they have a slight advantage, but the Falx is a better weapon than the Warrazor, so they're kind of even honestly.

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I miss him :(

[@darkfireslide]

Thanks man

[@Ragatokk]

Ulfhednar has throwing axes tough?

[@darkfireslide]

If so then that's a recent addition. Again, this is why it's a beta review guide. I'll fav this comment so others can see :)

[@darkfireslide]

It still doesn't really save the unit though. 14 body armor is still pathetic and the Veteran Falxmen by comparison is just a much better unit because of that.

[@Ragatokk]

@@darkfireslide I agree the units are bad, I was just pretty sure they had throwing axes.

[@darkfireslide]

@@Ragatokk I didn't see them on the unit preview or when I had them in the field, so honestly I don't think they do. Needs more verification I guess but at the time I tested they didn't have them.

[@Ragatokk]

@@darkfireslide Just checked it, I remembered right. They have had the throwing axes for a long time. My first campagin was with sturgian units right after the game came out in beta.

[@Fortastius]

Dark, I have no idea what’s going on, but for some reason your video is constantly buffering and I’m not sure why. This one video seems to be the problem. I can watch everything else on KZbin just fine

[@konplayz]

Could we maybe see eu4 again? I don’t really give two fucks about mount and blade, but i loved your eu4 videos

[@leonardofranzinribeiro4220]

Rip?