How Good Is FOREST BANDIT ONLY In Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord?

What if you had an army of just forest bandits? With their bows and axes they can cut through pretty much anything. And of course, there is the forest bandit Boss....
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[@ResonantRTS]

As you can see with this series i have been slowly adding in the suggestions and criticism from the previous vids e.g cinematic shots, showing more kill feed and stats and the more obvious, putting onto the realistic difficulty. All in all i think this vid came together really nicely so i hope you enjoy!

[@UCeagle79]

Id like to see more battle types. Vs late game troops vs different types vs. Use different army sizes. Closer to the amounts you get for the different clan tiers Loving the series though

[@tristan5796]

Resonant nice video!

[@Losrevan]

I love that you put it on realistic, great that you are listening :)

[@darkalley8595]

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[@GerKaiNeknete]

Why do i have the feeling im listening to a live game of football?:D

[@lmaogottem5984]

these are basically the bandit parties that are currently messing up all my caravans

[@viviyep]

That update pretty much f*cked up the caravan system to be honest, since all my caravans have been destroyed (none of them had before) and I haven't form them back, waiting for a next update to get that right

[@lmaogottem5984]

@@viviyep i installed a patrol mod and it really helped clear up the map so my caravans and villagers dont die from 10 parties of 10 forest bandits, which outrun most armies

[@fifa4lifeunknow795]

Its working fine for me my Caravan actuelly got attacked with its realistic it survived aswell

[@viviyep]

@@fifa4lifeunknow795 Maybe you're lucky so far, I was running 4 caravans, within a few in-games weeks they all had been destroyed. Maybe the old system was too kind but this one's too harsh, it ruins the profit and thus the point of having caravans. Which is why I won't buy new ones until it's patched back (or improved, the opportunity to invest more into the caravan's protection would be great for instance) because I don't want to play with mods yet

[@fifa4lifeunknow795]

Psikatropic i Think they should make it so we Can steal caravans Also If we are going to being a raider or a criminal we should be able to sell to gang hideouts If we get really bad rep like on viking conquest

[@javierlavanchy5316]

Now do Vlandian Sergeants. The cool thing about them is that some can spawn with a spear, a shield and a one handed weapon, or a spear and a 2h weapon. That shouldn't make them great at shieldwall formations but amazing at simply charging in.

[@dotsinki1096]

yeah and if he puts it so that they only take a third of the dmg their suppose to take they would get even tankier

[@Morbak546]

Some can even spawn with a billhook and that gives them a nice boost to DPS. That's the only they have over the legionnaires.

[@bbKp3K]

@@Morbak546 the only they have over the legionnaires are xbows cover from the 2nd line)

[@Morbak546]

@@bbKp3K BILLS

[@Dakarn]

@@dotsinki1096 His character takes 1/3 damage. The troops themselves take full realistic damage. He doesn't take part in the combat to make it more fair for AI vs AI.

[@jameshanor4345]

Don’t know if it’s been said but a peasant army would be neat since their tree covers the 3 main categories.

[@MrFlashwall]

Theres a warband mod that has spawns like river men and order of faith-each being in the 400 spawn of mostly peasant level

[@leeworley6727]

There is a peasant revolt in prophesy of pendor I think it goes all the way up to 800 people

[@Kenshiken]

@@leeworley6727 yeah, it's pretty hilarious

[@nbp2015]

The bandits themselves don’t really matter. What’s really important is that the Disciplinarian perk from Leadership lets you upgrade them into Battanian Fians! This is how you get 100+ fians in your army!

[@saltbox]

@@tonydalton939 wdym

[@TheUnmaker28977]

@@tonydalton939 This one does. Lots of others don't.

[@firefly7225]

@@tonydalton939 for me it does, and it's beautiful

[@thesayerofing]

Right now at least, you can give them to one of your companion's army's and they will upgrade them if they are ready. Even without disciplinarian.

[@ArcLightShock37]

And steppe bandits can become khan guards.

[@aurelienbernard7745]

Good video, finaly relevant! To answer your question as to why people prefer realistic settings : if you go to easy or very easy, all your troops get a 33 or 66% damage reduction buff. With a buff like that, it's impossible to demonstrate any stats or how good troops are. I mean, isn't the purpose of those videos to tests those "exotic" composition ? You got a subscribe ;)

[@julianjames2899]

I want to see 500 camels. Think of the memes!

[@NoobsofFredo]

Hassan the Used Camel Salesman wants to know your location.

[@Cybetrexs]

@@NoobsofFredo hi, you rang?

[@sextwister]

Think of the mess! 500 dead camels instantly

[@Sussywussy64]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

[@RainOn2SunnyDay]

Camel Warfare

[@kyrnti1075]

6:49 "I used to be a bandit like you. when I got an arrow to the knee"

[@sun_arti0238]

*then

[@diggidydong866]

LMFAO

[@Romeig]

21:47 nice Total war reference haha

[@peytonheisinger5223]

Your troops flee the field of battle!!

[@Cybetrexs]

@@peytonheisinger5223 what a shameful display!

[@stopmotionpro233]

Such a great game i can't believe it's out

[@lukeofficial6526]

Could not agree more!

[@saltbox]

@@lukeofficial6526 y'all tryna buy me a game code

[@giu4295]

Just kinda sad a lot of perks dont work...

[@tomrowell1558]

21:47 “it is a shameful display” this gave me medieval 2 total war flash backs

[@Ackalan]

Really? Because it should have been Shogun...

[@tomrowell1558]

Ackalan lol just looked it up, you’re right it sounds funnier in Shogun but I also remember them using it in Medieval 2

[@Cybetrexs]

I remember it from rome

[@kopeldacheto]

I love those massacres every time, I am sorry for questioning the difficulty. Keep up the great work!

[@ResonantRTS]

Nah it was a bit dumb of me not doing it before

[@NavyDood21]

I really like these vids. They have helped me pick out my armies. I was totally avoiding some soldiers, not realizing how good they were.

[@DennisHeikki]

Khuzait heavy horse archers Imperial legionaires (or sturgian veteran infantry) Battanian archers Play this army defensively with horse archers harrassing after the enemy cavalry have been killed by the archers, it's unstoppable.

[@jopdiederen1538]

these are really good, keep it up!

[@ResonantRTS]

Thanks, hope ya stick around

[@Hashv1]

please do a palace guard mameluke only, the one with the executioners axes

[@Micras08]

That shield wall circle was so beautiful! :D Great video!

[@thijsheesen4901]

Hi mate, how about a full armour of vlandian pikemen? alexander style! or a large army of vlandian voulgiers (their polearms do 188 swing damage which is insane)

[@RobbyGAMEZ]

This please. I really want to see whats up with the pikemen and voulgiers and the other polearm-centric units

[@benward3762]

Thijs Heesen Love this idea

[@andredulac4456]

every time I try to get some pikemen and voulgiers, they get killed by archers... the lack of shield is deadly for them :/

[@satch5471]

@@andredulac4456 put em in a different group and use them as cavalry catchers.

[@UCeagle79]

Another great video. A mix of knowledge, testing, humor, cinematics, and tactics. Keep it up. I want to light cav and you seeing how good cycle charging is. Can it be done effectively in this game?

[@TheDefeaterr]

These vids have been so good man. Keep it up

[@stringbean3263]

Maybe you could try sturgian shock troops? There high tier Melee units with axe's and shields also congrats on 100k!

[@DennisHeikki]

Dude, the shocktroops are useless. You choose them or sturgian veteran infantry and they have better everything.

[@stringbean3263]

@@DennisHeikki the shock troops are one of two of the last upgrades for a regular sturgian soldier, also I'm currently watching a sturgian clan playthrough and the shock troops kick butt. But to each their own if you don't like the shock troops then thats up to you.

[@DennisHeikki]

@@stringbean3263 yeah absolutely. They are good troops but when you upgrade sturgian infantry, you either choose shock troops or sturgian veteran warriors. Same cost, same tier but the veteran warriors have much better stats, better equipment and they have javelins.

[@stringbean3263]

@@DennisHeikki yeah but the reason i asked to do shock troops is because there a pure melee unit since he's already done so many ranged units.

[@DennisHeikki]

@@stringbean3263 Fair enough, although the sturgian veteran warriors don't count as ranged units, they just throw javelins right before the lines clash.

[@LocustaVampa]

This helps! I'm making a Bandit Legion, specializing in Desert Bandits, but these forest bandits seem especially versatile and useful for guarding my boarders

[@matthewfernandez1101]

Bandit boss: Milord, what are we going to do? Resonant: commentates... Bandit boss: ...

[@BrutalButtSlap]

I still waiting hobo army with looters only

[@Cybetrexs]

He did peasants only

[@andrewgodly5739]

So roleplaying as Robinhood is a valid strategy

[@bosfo2814]

Try only desert banditas :) good video resonant

[@aidanzappen4118]

Loving the videos! I would love to see an army of Skolderbrotva!

[@cannoncaspar8049]

That transition at 1:58 was smooth af

[@elite6657]

“They can’t get down due to the arrows” yea def not because they can’t get over that ramp 🙄

[@Lloyd_Montecillo]

9:48 "A beautiful flower sits atop humble ground, on the vast plains of grass and soil. Gently, it sways with the breeze and waves along with the wind. A beautiful flower sits atop humble ground, on the vast plains of blood and gore. Gently, it sways with the breeze and waves along with the swings of blades. A beautiful flower sits atop humble ground, on the vast plains of skeletons and corpses. Gently, it sways with the breeze and waves along with the whispers of the dead"

[@artmaker123546]

Samintrusion822 /#Chris#/ shut up nerd

[@titanj7221]

Man, did you see that? that was "Absolutely Brutal"

[@theroyaladmiral8569]

At first the commentary felt a little over the top, but as the video progressed I realized it was actually quite nice having color commentary from a clearly passionate source. Definitely made the video better

[@thisiscompletelyreta]

Thank you for going into realistic! :) Makes a huge difference.

[@kyrnti1075]

How about sea raiders next?

[@boomerix]

Forest bandits motivated me to do a "Bandit" campaign. It's a bit hard to recruit a lot of them, but I capture their troops whenever I can. Forest bandits are awesome, especially if supported with decent infantry

[@jirisykora8035]

like your work with the camera

[@DHDtroll]

10/10 would watch again. Maybe try Aserai archers, or noble units next?

[@VoxNephila]

Nice improvements to the series! Wish you had just taken the one more step to Battanian Fian Champions. Wanted to see the absolute massacre with those archers! They're nuts.

[@shaundaly1134]

Ive been just playing a Battanian campaign, knocking off a lot of Forest Bandit camps & Sea Raider camps using Battanian troops. I picked up a lot of prisoners. By the time I finished upgrading them I had an Army that just wrecked the Sturgians, Massive Bow volleys, Javelins & fast infantry.

[@hanxiongwu1125]

The caravan I escorted once encountered 150 men forest bandit party, that's the hardest battle I ever fought

[@DennisHeikki]

If you had 225 roguery you could have recruited all those bandits

[@jl9211]

Try Pikemen only or wildlings only

[@sco2oter]

You would be an amazing e sport commentator... Love the vids

[@MrDaantjuh13]

Man I love these videos! I wonder what the max amount of companions is, or maybe a mod can allow for unlimited companions. Would love to see them in action as you can gear them however you like

[@davidflies.]

What an awesome video lol, resonant you are the best! Mind sharing your pc specs sometime?

[@chrismichaud2644]

You should do a all heavy cav army. It would also be interesting to use every cultures best heavy cav and look and how many kills and deaths each type gets.

[@thiagets]

This video is also great for a drinking game during this quarentene. We drink everytime we hear the word: "absolutely" and "brutal"

[@jefbord]

Is it possible to to a battle between two specific units only? e.g. palatine guard archers vs fian champions, or vlandian sergeant vs ulfhednar?

[@fiendish9474]

You madman. Absolutely insane. Amazing.

[@drshinobi3979]

Getting flashbacks from my Robin Hood play thru watching this ^^

[@Ppolfo]

Thank you for putting it on realistic. It would of been interesting seeing this vid pre forest bandit nerf, nothing like bushwackers with 80 bow skill to destroy armies.

[@Huma270490]

This is something that also happened on the other Mount&Blades. The IA has armies with real large numbers but many of them are just basic units or just units with one upgrade. It would be nice if the counts-kings armies had really upgrade troops making them something to fear.

[@ziljin]

Is the cinematic camera a mod? I don't see it in the options

[@Lizzaran]

I'd love to see more minor faction Special units, like boar, skolder (has 2 different trees in Vanilla) etc. Since you normal won't get that many

[@bencoomer2000]

Just love watching these things.

[@gameofjeromes]

My strategy is to stock up on food and have stacked engineering. And try to draw out a long siege haha. If you can dominate the siege equipment battle especially trubuchets . You get the advantage of the siege. Take down the walls with trebuchets and a battering ram and siege tower isn't even needed anymore haha.

[@CulinVlau]

Those bushwackers should be hopping on the desert sand without shoes on. ;)

[@sproge2142]

I think Battanian Fian Champion would make a hilarious video, they're insane, so you can face them against some ridiculous odds! People have started called them medieval railguns for a reason

[@Neppy32]

How are you able to use the spectator camera? Is that a mod or button toggle?

[@dylanshandley1246]

The best thing about forest bandits is that, as you can see in the troop trees, the Forest Bandit troop can be upgraded into the Fian line and eventually turn into the fian champions

[@vladkork4026]

Nice, but they are similar to Batanian Fians, you can even upgrade them, if you have perk in leadirship. Could you make the difference between sturgian berserks and batanian ones. ( as I understand, batanians have better armor, but are they weaker in melee? would be nice to see) good luck man, you are doing great videos!

[@sugoiguy2048]

Ranged Weapons are too overpowered in Bannerlord, since the Arrows/Bolts seem to ignore a large amount of the Armor scale. I will explain you the physics and you might hopefully understand my thoughts. An arrow weighs around 30g and a usual hunting bow / composite bow shoots with a maximum speed of 80-90 m/s. The force at the highest speed would be around 90 Nm (Joule). This force wouldn't be able to pierce through steel. Probably it would just leave a small mark or would be deflected. Only a longbow with a draw weight of over 100 pounds and heavy arrows would reach the force to pierce slightly through. Sadly even then the arrow had to pierce through a chainmail armor and gambeson under the plates. Crossbows would also do the job, but only the heavy ones. I'm using a mod called "Armor does something" to balance this issue out. Otherwise high tier troops are basically worthless and get shot down by tier 2/3 archers.

[@SAMTHEAWESOMELEGEND]

They might price the links in the steel

[@Thiccyg]

How do you do the circle with archers inside? My circle formations turn out very odd

[@TheOnly01Gee]

Hey quick question? Could you tell me How do you get the free camera?

[@lonewanzerpilot]

I can tell they're awesome because I use them when I can't find Fian. My archer core is basically Fian and Forest Bandits

[@stefanomorales2228]

This video is BRUTAL

[@levisksk7423]

How do you get this amount of the same troops? Do you go around manually recruiting?

[@ahmadadnanaberias6426]

How good is Vlandian Pikemen. The good thing about them, they could kill an enemy a far distance then a regular soldier (who doesn't have a pike). But I don't know if they could do in siege battles. Please correct me if I'm wrong

[@m0rphy375]

It would be very cool if u could do Imperial Legionarys only

[@IndraKatiK]

Steppe bandits in their hideout must had some sort of arrow machine gun

[@Lord_Raymund]

23:15 ”Boris Bandits” XD

[@Gperalta]

You should add the fire arrow mod so we can see their arrows more like tracers! :D

[@fernandocampos8245]

Great content

[@HelheimUnbound]

Would love to see the Battanian falxmen done

[@SeriousClassChannel]

Lol the evil laugh at the end

[@ResonantRTS]

Ultimate power

[@scubasteve3743]

Once you progress far enough down the Rogue skill tree, you can unlock Merry Men: enabling you to recruit bandits instead of fight them. The best part about Forest Bandits: they upgrade into Fians. Disciplinarian in the Leadership skill tree unlocks this, but if you don’t want to wait that long, you can just throw them in a garrison. Castles and cities will upgrade them for you, as if they had the disciplinarian perk even if you don’t. Forest bandit bosses are going to be rare though, for sure.

[@NuclearMota]

What mod do you use for the cinematic camera?

[@dark_sammie]

What exact type of troops can successfully defeat a massive army of heavily armoured cataphracts? can you please make a video on that

[@lecadix8541]

After watching your vid, i think they should add robber knights with castles into the game.

[@deepix8092]

do you have a mod for slowmotion and noclip? i dont find this on vanilla game

[@keatonlear8247]

Truly BRUTAL gameplay

[@guigears]

You use anything to do this? and how you do it ? Its incredible

[@saber2802]

LOOOTER ARMY! I want to see the rocks fly

[@kchan1322]

How do you recruit tier 5+ troops? I think currently there's bug that forbid you to recruit them

[@alimohammad1934]

Thats awesome

[@Raptorsified]

Oath Keepers Only! Their lore is pretty cool imo

[@vandakaii2893]

Looks like the future Forest Bandit Nation or Elves :)

[@Nightmare2287]

What mod is he using for the free cam? Is it in the developer console or something else?

[@1893Mauser]

Chosen wolves are my best friends.

[@lanceedwards3864]

How do you get spectate camera?

[@javieralvarez2792]

dam i tought i was cool naming my guy ragnar... and i lost my shit when i saw u put the same name!

[@DJ-wt5bk]

Try playing with the Wolfskins minor faction. They're tight archers and they just look so dang cool with the wolfheads.

[@peperyt1664]

whether the keys were shared for Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord?

[@Montblanc182]

How does he use that kind of spectator view? Is it a mod or is it in native?

[@MrFlashwall]

The broadcast voice is pretty hilarious

[@sylphsylph2118]

this explains skyrim arrows to the knee very well

[@haveagoodday6060]

Good work as always! Also, are you gonna be releasing more faction overview vids? Because I really enjoy them!

[@ResonantRTS]

Yess they just take a bit longer to make

[@haveagoodday6060]

Nice! Can't wait for the next one!

[@jefferybrown6473]

15:30 *Insert "Friday" damn meme*

[@kelvinmatson9906]

Whats up with the bandit hero troops that are in the encyclopedia?

[@zessed263]

How do you get these cinematic shots? it looks so good :)

[@ResonantRTS]

Photomod on nexus

[@zessed263]

@@ResonantRTS Thank you :D

[@jacksons9546]

Is there any way to reliably bulk up on bandit soldiers? The prisoner recruitment feels so slow and it’s sad bc I want my damn bandit king

[@firefly7225]

There's a mod where you can recruit bandits and also do other stuffs like raiding a town. Check ReformistTM out, he's playing it currently and is uploading his playthrough

[@nightlyknight7970]

Do you use a mod when you make videos like this? Or grind for the units