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

[@ResonantRTS]

The Legion of the Betrayed arn't ever referred to as "Romans" in Bannerlord but i hope you can forgive my use of the word as they are rather blatantly so, also makes for a better title. Furthermore, i am starting a weekly Screenshot Competition (if all goes well), so head into Bannerlord, take your best cinematic or funniest shot and submit it here -forms.gle/6nCCTdgtH5ZASg1H9 - There is a photo mod on nexus to help with the more spectator mode shots etc. Winners will be voted next week.

[@carlorado82]

Would be interesting to see a triplex axis, 120 Hatati 120 Pricipes 60 Triarii. With some cavalry at the flanks

[@NoahKaneisme]

I'm tryna play as khuzait and make my dream team of Roman infantry + Steppe horse troops

[@williamhija]

How are u getting those troops? I only get them as prisoners

[@adrianbrujan7891]

If you are surrounded, try and see if the square formation works.

[@lolmao500]

If you could find some units that can take out the Empire heavy cavalry that'd be great... in custom battles, 250 heavy cavalry is basically impossible to beat

[@DarkKing009]

"And so, it has come to the Triarii."

[@harjutapa]

*applause*

[@TheRepublic4]

DarkKing009 continued applause (100th LIKE WOOHOO)

[@chindanaipornsing9033]

DarkKing009 a man of culture

[@budoshi-f2l]

res ad triarios venit, 'it comes down to the triarii

[@bryrye4545]

never wanna go full triarii.

[@neathizar9743]

Roman troops in a forest *Flashback to Teutoburg

[@samelbamel3500]

Varrus, oh Quintilus Varrus, Give me back my legions!

[@afriendlycadian9857]

Still remember reading a book on a centurion in one of the legions and his experiences loosing all his men aside from 20 who he led to safty and going back under germanicus

[@dietoxickidthe2nd889]

Neath Izar *that battle happens wayyy after the maniple system was last used*

[@Asealkaz]

Laughs in ᛈᚱᛟᛏᛟ᛫ᚷᛖᚱᛗᚨᚾᛁᚲ

[@sireggmond7101]

Except this time. It is the filthy barbarian dogs that shall suffer.

[@omegaonthefly1977]

I’d like to see a main quest where you can integrate the Legion of the Betrayed into your Empire by persuading them that you are the rightful ruler of the Empire and that you share their views of reforming the Empire.

[@absolutelyyousless7605]

I feel that one empire faction should have them as one of the main line troops, like the Eastern Empire. That way there’s some actual empire variations. (The south could have more Asarii-esque troops, North could have more barbarians in it)

[@thethirdsicily4802]

@@absolutelyyousless7605 So give north auxiliary barbarians, east can have roman soldiers, and south can get better Cataphracts, considering they're the rightful empire I can agree with this.

[@iamnotjcook]

@@thethirdsicily4802 East could have the crossbow units and a spearman to counter the Vlandians and larger shields to defend against Battanian archers. North could have fast cavalry like kuzaits and heavy infantry, or exclusively have the menavlion as they are similar to berserker units and shock troopers like the Sturgians have. There are a ton of cool variations that could be done, I'm excited for how the mods end up changing things

[@Baleur]

mods

[@providedyeti1518]

Did I miss something, why r u guys saying East instead of west

[@tedarcher9120]

*So, Artillery Only when?*

[@TiberiusS182]

I see... another follower of papa iSorrow

[@fikus5903]

I did not expect this meme to follow me all the way here, yet it did.

[@pitrushkin6843]

Bannerlord when? Oh wait a second...

[@rodolagoac238]

iSorrow kinda cute doe

[@thepebbleinstitute7702]

Trotsky senpai need that trebuchet

[@dustinkirkham1010]

when you are heavily outnumbered, you should slap them into square formation so they can have a shield wall on all sides :)

[@manolitopla2003]

@Just ADude yes its better to just form a line a let the enemy attack you from behind, genius !

[@thethirdsicily4802]

@Just ADude A square formation never used in history? Tercio bastioned wall formation? Waterloo? It's a real thing used in history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_square

[@aproposrobin]

@@thethirdsicily4802 the square formation used in the napoleonic era was an anti calvary measure

[@thethirdsicily4802]

@@aproposrobin Well yes, I was mainly focusing on his point that he didn't think it was done in history.

[@aaronsinson3263]

@Just ADude Yeah you're just a dude not a historian.

[@hoovy2319]

Fun fact: in Ancient Rome, the Triarii were rarely used due to how effective the Romans tactics were in combat against their less organized neighbors. They were often ordered to sit down on the ground and they would plead with their commander to let them fight because they would get bored. There was one battle where the Triarii were sent in first because there were rumors of Mutiny if they say that fight out

[@gaiusthejurist8445]

Your Triarii at the end would've done a lot better if they weren't starving and you had decent food variety (because they'd have more morale).

[@john_titor1]

How so? They didn't run away at all, so morale didn't affect anything.

[@john_titor1]

@@MrVeganbro Ah okay, thanks. I never knew that. Thank you for enlightening me.

[@blue_3675]

@@MrVeganbro Yes I can confirm, morale affects AI performance, their damage, and how much damage they can tabk by bit

[@MrDaantjuh13]

The next video has to be a Sturgia, javelin throwers only. Plus I want to see the difference between the infantry jav throwers, and their horse raider units

[@marcushansen9309]

No do sturgia beserkes only

[@alp50ae]

This is gonna give a bit more information about javelins. In the battle with the principes, the use of javelins in the begining of the assault should have massacred the enemy peasants, what we saw was instead a few of them thrown. I think javelin use is kind of broken in the current state of the game.

[@pr0faker]

sturgian shock trooper only.

[@lmaogottem5984]

bruh the triarii in my army have been around for like 200 days, they dont die

[@derfailer3434]

man they have to serve about 25 years! :D :D

[@mprotos9192]

mine dies in every fight D:

[@mikebasketball11]

@Mark Sonneveld If the Triarii are tier 5 or above (which I think they are) they won't be valid for recruitment without mods! Just a heads up. RIP to your brave triarii that fell in battle hahah

[@noahspencer171]

Mark Sonneveld you can’t recruit tier 5 prisoners, capture hastati or principes and upgrade them to triarii

[@NM-gw8dd]

@@mikebasketball11 thanks for this comment i have been holding alot of high tier troops as prisoners to eventually recruit...

[@mnk199245]

Would be nice to see a century of each hastati,principes, and triarii fighting in the triplex acies

[@jaystirling3466]

this is possible.. you can change which command you want them to fall under, 1/2/3/4 (inf/arch/cav/skirm etc). so put each troop under a different command. it would be great to see :D

[@Hail_Full_of_Grace]

Also a heavy inf group

[@malachyduffy863]

Gotta get some skirmishers as well to act as Velites

[@nataliehogg5696]

@@jaystirling3466 and them put each on in square formation

[@LyricalDJ]

Would also really require a mod that gives Triarii the spears they should have. Maybe in due time..

[@Jonny5Fails]

Hear me out: Build and army and recruit every named character you can, and dismiss all of their troops. An army of only named characters.

[@matthewvorndran6931]

Jonny5Fails the only problem is there is a limit on how many companions you can have:(((

[@EpicMiner2011]

Matthew Vorndran, i guess it’s not that hard to break this limit by some simple coding. Or just wait for some modes changing that.

[@kangosjarvi97gmail]

@@EpicMiner2011 You don't even have to wait. There are several and they've existed for weeks.

[@n1h1luss61]

Hans Günther seems u don’t know what mod is

[@alexreyes7237]

Do you have any idea how this game works

[@Ghaz002]

0:52 the Marian reforms (which replaced the maniple system being referenced by these names) happened in 107 BC which was like 100 years before the early roman empire.

[@whitefox8376]

5:45 'They got heavy cavalry coming in' The heavy cavalry: literal robes comedy gold

[@____-pn9vj]

@Justin Seo oh i did not know that

[@RespawnOver]

I used to ve an adventurer like you... until I took a javelin to the knee

[@darthpalpalzang7914]

That's rough...

[@nazi0zombie]

Sick that this meme still lives on in us

[@Sonkh23600]

*pilum

[@MarkoDujlovic]

First thing he mentioned how that guy got javelin to the knee it reminded me of Skyrim haha

[@sightfield]

This is an ancient meme, before the creation of time and space.

[@weixianng]

Bruh I want to have an army of 300 Spartans in a shield wall against a fat stack of 20,000 Aserai footmen

[@Jamokai]

good luck with that

[@nilsingvar7319]

Spartans don't exist in Calradia.

[@bobafat2082]

Slap armoured trunks with Imperial cape and helmet on an NPC, round shield and a spear. A blade as a sideweapon. EZ mod

[@feralz_vox]

​@@nilsingvar7319 Someone will create a 300 mod someday, for sure. Spartans vs Persians.

[@heraissilly]

If you want that, I would suggest Rome 2: Total War.

[@ArmouredProductions]

They should have included Velites as the first unit, then on to the Hastati, Principes, and Triarii.

[@iamnotjcook]

It's not Rome total war lol

[@bryrye4545]

@@iamnotjcook i wish. Could use some auxiliaries.

[@epicfail5473]

That kind of army was pre-reform. This setting is more around the fail of the Western-Eastern Empire.

[@ArmouredProductions]

@@epicfail5473 Yeah the Empire's army is more Late Eastern Roman / Byzantine. But since we're talking about the Legion of the Betrayed specifically which has pre-marian reform units, they should have went all the way and had Velites.

[@chasedunn2402]

To be fair, the game couldn't handle a situation where the cohort style (late Roman) would be suitable like 50k size armies and such. And Phalanx style is usable but not really with how awkward the AI handles shields and the collision of weapons. So the maniple system (this) is the best for what we have rn :) gotta be pragmatic like the Romans to win.

[@directrulefromgamerchair3947]

The virgin Imperial recruit vs the CHAD T R I A R I I

[@milkman6883]

Now that I think of it Maybe the reason they’re called the Legion of the betrayed is a reference to the Marian Reforms As the empire only has legionnaires So it would make sense that these troops are former soldiers of the empire,that were betrayed or disbanded

[@Miffidurf]

Man I've been loving these videos, how about a recruit only army, just be funny to see how many men they could take by swarming them

[@dramoka1201]

From every faction as each faction has different recruit

[@anthonyrohrer]

These videos are equivalent to spam. We don't know what difficulty he's playing at and most of the battles don't tell us anything about the actual efficacy of the troops. 10 Hastati vs 20 Looters? Anything would beat 20 looters, it's just fluff.

[@Miffidurf]

@@anthonyrohrer I'm not really watching for scientific accuracy, I'm just watching for that morbid curiosity of what if. He did show in one of the recent ones, all realistic and normal difficulty other than his own health I believe.

[@anthonyrohrer]

@@Miffidurf I've only seen one of them where he indicated what difficulty he was playing on (easy). Imo, that's a very important thing to include. Fair enough though man, to each his own.

[@Miffidurf]

@@anthonyrohrer ahh, I haven't seen them all yet, I agree though for that knowledge

[@NotFinnish]

The empires' troops also refer to Legionaries, Cataphracts (used by the east) Palatine guards after the late Scholae Palatinae, Bucelarii used by wealthy noble roman families and Equites after Equites or Equites Auxilia. Empire troops refer to the generally later period romans while the legion of the betrayed still use early republican troops. I don't know anything regarding the Menavalion off the top of my head.

[@AGrumpyPanda]

Menavliaton use the historical menaulion/menavlion spear, which was a Byzantine anti-cavalry spear. The historical equivalent would be Menavlatoi/Menaulatoi.

[@nilsingvar7319]

@@AGrumpyPanda In the game it's essentially a two-handed glaive murder spear that you can use on horseback and lawnmower people with in multiplayer. I'll assume that's not how it was used in history ;)

[@NotFinnish]

@@AGrumpyPanda Thanks mate!

[@AGrumpyPanda]

@@nilsingvar7319 Not even close, if it's the spear I'm thinking of it was given to very big men who were interspersed throughout the line and told to go to the front when the heavy cavalry came :)

[@kevinprinz3204]

Peasants Only When?

[@ResonantRTS]

Soooon

[@reyhanjoger2512]

That just soviet

[@CommandLineVulpine]

This is what Game of Thrones Season 8 battles should have looked like

[@DefecTec]

Lanceo90 bruh screw the battles at least have a good plot

[@venomsnake225]

AWOIF Mods, cannot wait to see detailed armour and weapons from the book/ show

[@sgg3586]

From personal testing, the best in-game formation uses are: Shieldwall when you have 50/50 numbers and mostly infantry. Circle when using a blend of range/melee and at a numerical disadvantage. Square is basically Testudo formation if you have a heavy infantry/shield army and are heavily outnumbered, it prevents you from being flanked and resists charges very well. Chevron is an arrow pointed formation for Cav charges and (with enough horses) will easily plow through an enemy formation if you want to hammer&anvil. Finally the Loose formation is basically your MUST use for your ranged units if you are going to exchange fire with enemies, as Vanilla arrows/bolts ignore most armour ratings and tend to outright kill even high tier units with only 1-3 hits depending on the location of a hit (rebalanced/fixed with mods), so keeping your unshielded ranged units dispersed will help prevent them from being killed by stray arrows missing the guys next to them.

[@a05odst62]

0:51 Well actaully Rome was a republic not an empire during the Maniple era of fighting...

[@thekillingduck]

yeah that made me cringe when he said "early roman empire"

[@kameng12]

When did they stop doing maniple formations??

[@a05odst62]

@@kameng12 during the Marian reforms somewhere around 100BC I think...

[@a05odst62]

Rome didn't become an Empire until 27AD

[@a05odst62]

@@therealist3495 fuck, I always get that wrong... 27 either way 😂

[@thomasderaines5075]

this was superb - im a reenactor as many people are who love this series of games - the clash of the two shield walls looked exactly like some of the larger reenactments iv done - got me pumped keep up the great work youve earned a sub!

[@gamercornelius348]

The Legion of the Betrayed’s troops were actually from the early republic with the manipulation system, not the early Empire.

[@gamercornelius348]

Manipular, not manipulate.

[@latter-daysaintbatman2679]

*The ending is just like total war. The enemy are fleeing the field of battle! This is a shameful dispray!*

[@tigeremperor80]

No no no no no... repeat after me: "SHEMFUR DISPREY!"

[@th5154]

Legion of the Betrayed and the Jawwal are the only minor factions I usually avoid.

[@eesaansari6794]

The Jawwal weren’t too bad, but the Beni Zilal are terrible to fight even into the mid-game

[@th5154]

@@eesaansari6794 not sure, I don't think I met them in combat. The eleftheroi are one of the weakest cav minors tho

[@fryingpancakes8445]

@@eesaansari6794 Yeah heavy horses that won't die to arrows, heavy armor, run rings around archer formations. Their only counter is elite heavy cav yet it take years to get cataphracts while these unique troops spawn in just a day after getting wiped out. Mercenaries are OP at the moment imo. I chose to execute all Beni Zilal clan just to make my game less suffering.

[@eesaansari6794]

Frying Pancakes same I finally got rid of the last one recently. It literally took less time to eliminate the empire than those guys.

[@efedemirbala3244]

Ghilmans are a nightmare to deal with as well

[@mattolsen5217]

@Resonant Would you consider doing a quick breakdown video of each of these minor type fantasy factions that have a tiny role in Caladria? Thanks

[@ResonantRTS]

Yup

[@mattolsen5217]

Resonant you’re the best. I didn’t know about these troops but that was exciting. Starting a new character rn lol

[@jackohlander8355]

Idea for a future update: add a new kingdom policy called "Professional Army" that replaces imperial recruits with Hastati.

[@delcior]

that would be great

[@fanbuoy9234]

That's pretty much the opposite of what actually happened in Rome though, but it would indeed be fun to have more opportunities to recruit these

[@JonatasMonte]

I don't know why but the title made me think of Caesar going to Germany and telling his legionnaires: "Remember, no Barbarian".

[@jagvirsingh9201]

In case you guys are curious to recruit these troops you need to download the developer console on nexus mods. Then open the developer console and type: Campaign.give_troops legion_of_the_betrayed_tier_3 [number of troops you want] ^^ that’s for triarii Btw: you’ll need to enter :config.cheat_mode 1 to enable cheats before

[@jameshobbs225]

"Trying to hit them with my fist is not the best way to do it." Saitama would like to argue with you about that.

[@harjutapa]

4:55 - at that moment, his adventuring days came to an end, and he decided to go be a town guard.

[@lanadhewe7985]

3:14 " that was a thumbnail and a half" . . Ahh man of culture

[@QuiveringPotato]

Bannerlord's shield walls actually work really well if you use collision rebalanced or combat improvements mod. It makes the collision hitbox for each NPC bigger so that they can't clip into each other, and if you make a really wide, 2 man deep shield wall with archers behind, they'll actually fire upwards to hit the enemies in front of the shield wall and it works really well.

[@ryanbarber6481]

Late reply but what is the Collision Rebalanced and combat improvement mod you use? The ones I found are outdated now, and haven't been updated... I don't want to install them and experience some issues. Realistic Weapon Collision was updated on the 7th so I might use that one.

[@zakmackay]

I wonder how pikemen would do. Also throwing weapon infantry.

[@nilsingvar7319]

There are really long pikes in the game, doubt the AI can use them appropriatley though. They're great in MP though, especially the battanian one that's really long and can be used to safely stop cavalry dead in its tracks.

[@zakmackay]

@@nilsingvar7319 Yeah. I doubt it would be effective just due to the AI. Vlandian pikeman or imperial menavliaton without shields and long spears would be interesting. Still it was one of the most effective weapons in the real world. I just wonder how it would work in mount and blade. Probably poorly due to a lack of a mechanic for spearmen. If you could get 4 guys all stabbing at once it may be one of the strongest weapons But I don't expect pikes to do well at all right now.

[@aidanburns8458]

These troops are defiantly my favorite now, the shield wall looks soooo epic imma try this sometime soon.

[@CattusVert]

I wish you could make them form a shield wall and then command then to advance to the enemy (not just repositioning them closer) while still holding a strong shield wall, also you should be able to have a command where you can get the second line or third to turn around if they get flanked so the shield wall doesn't break

[@not-a-theist8251]

ooooh the legion of the betrayed is so cool

[@Turaga]

I'd 100% love a preview of upcoming Roman-themed mods, subscribed to you a couple of weeks ago, and this is the content that keeps me coming back!

[@h3adcrabbio]

hmm... Falxmen only :)

[@dustinkirkham1010]

falxmen would get pooped on by any range :

[@h3adcrabbio]

@@dustinkirkham1010 yes! but itd be interesting to watch.... i think..

[@Flamespotz]

Wolf Chosen are really cool units. It's also not hard to get the Tier 5 minor faction units since many of the Tier 1 units can be taken prisoner when battling minor factions. They can be recruited very fast from prisoner pools and only level up twice to become tier 5.

[@zakunick1]

Would making a circle defense help against the cavalry flanking, or would it just make your shield wall too weak?

[@blax140]

It's great against horse archers and

[@JohnBrowningsGhost]

Unfortunately horses will charge into anything, I kind of wish cavalry had to deal with a sort of horse AI, horses arent stupid, why would they charge into a wall of spears?

[@Aziraal-Starhammer]

@@JohnBrowningsGhost Well trained warhorses would charge infantry. I suppose they have horses/warhorses so it kind of works.

[@JohnBrowningsGhost]

@@Aziraal-Starhammer Sure, it was still uncommon for cavalry horses to charge disciplined infantry.

[@kristiannicholson5893]

​@@JohnBrowningsGhost Far more common than war-games would lead you to believe, especially the later into the medieval era you get. The heavier the cavalry the more likely it was to be thrown into the enemies front line and surprisingly it worked quite often, the shock and carnage of the initial charge could full out break the center of an enemies front line and collapse their whole formation.

[@julianszywala3371]

19:23 look at that man on the horse. "man they don't pay me enough for this..."

[@bennnyoung]

Hey how are you doing spectator mode during a battle? Would love to get some screenshots of my own. Cheers

[@alp50ae]

I want to know too, anyone ?

[@gingacenturion492]

After all the years of you covering the development of this game, it finally came out. When no one else was still covering the development of the game, you were. Now you're doing more and more videos of the (early access) game itself. Now you're channel is getting bigger and more popular. You deserve it my man.

[@hollowedshadow2822]

"MEN, PREPARE TO DEFEND THE STANDERED"

[@Empirehog]

I would love to see a way of folding minor factions into your own Kingdom. That way it would be awesome if you want to rebuild the Empire and incorporate the Legion of the Betrayed, maybe as your primary troop types.

[@daswasist128]

10:39 my soldier did that too than get hit by ballista annnd dead ;D

[@googlewolly]

"Head reattached, we're moving back into the battle." lmao

[@Seth90]

Well, the first level of imperial cavalry are 'Equite' So technically it's legit to include them into your roman army ;-)

[@peterlokin4098]

Dont they become cataphracts? Thats legit too

[@blax140]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about

[@NotFinnish]

@XxXChUnGUS XxX This game kind of falls during the fall of the 'roman' empire. Palatine Guards or Scholae Palatinae and Bucelarii are from this period. Legions still existed although they were known as Comitatenses. Don't know anything on the Menavalion off the top of my head. The Equites at the end of the empire after Constatine's reforms became Equites Auxilia and became 'handier' than before.

[@draconisthewyvern3664]

@XxXChUnGUS XxX there are mentions of cataphract cavalry dating to ancient greece. An they originated in my understanding in Persia.

[@colinjones439]

“Unfortunately we are in a forest here...” *flashbacks to Teutoburg intensify*

[@geschlittert]

They are actually based on the early roman republic, not on the late ^^ (up until Maruis' military reform)

[@johnathonhamilton232]

Early Roman Republic, not empire

[@geschlittert]

@@johnathonhamilton232 Indeed, thanks.

[@techXware]

Absolutely enjoy your voice overs, footage during battles and tips. Keep it up.

[@daswasist128]

50 Triarii vs 50 legionaries

[@grimreaper-HUNK]

Triarii would rape them with their 200 stats. 50 triarii vs 100 or 150 legionnaires would be more balanced battle

[@daswasist128]

@@grimreaper-HUNK ok well send me a proof! we wanna see it

[@grimreaper-HUNK]

@@daswasist128 bro, are u dumb? Don't u see that triarii hava 200 stats and legionnaires only have 130.

[@daswasist128]

@@grimreaper-HUNK are u dumb this is alpha stats are not all correct

[@grimreaper-HUNK]

@@daswasist128 wtf u mean by alpha stats? Game is EA not alpha. There is big difference between alpha and EA

[@joelcousland181]

if you are going full "Roman" why you dont have any Equites on the army ? they fit perfect with the early roman army theme of this video

[@ilayohana3150]

10:39 argh my back itches

[@ShakaTechie]

The slow mo javs to the guys head was awesome!!!!

[@rhabbit4161]

how do we get the small faction troops? ive only ever seen them as prisoners.

[@rhabbit4161]

id love to make my infantry core out of them!

[@lukeb1663]

Atrixx you can’t unfortunately. The only way to do it would be to fight them and take prisoners then recruit those prisoners or rescue them from other parties

[@F1zzzy90]

I'm sure making a mod for it isn't too difficult. There might already be one, you'd have to check Nexus

[@BritishFreedom]

I'm doing a Rogue campaign, testing myself by only being able to recruit non faction units. From, yes when you take them in battle. I use my prisoner rosta as my reserve army, ready to fill the boots of the fallen. I do have 12 Sea Bandit leaders in a specific formation, which is cool.

[@BritishFreedom]

Once you get the disciplinarian perk in the leadership upgrade column, you can upgrade all non/small faction troops past tier 3

[@MegaSockenschuss]

Your eye for the camera work is awesome!

[@lululenox]

How do u go into spectator mode while you haven't been knocked out yet?

[@gkrskll]

Nice job on that thumbnail really well made

[@shaan4308]

if only they could be given proper scutums/scuta, that would be so awesome.

[@CalebAdams]

I'm absolutely ADDICTED to this series, keep it coming!! Do the best javelin throwers in the game next!

[@tdawg4080]

do sturgian berserkers only

[@blax140]

Probably going to get destroyed cause I find that the sturgians are really weak every play through I destroy them without any effort

[@Godl1ked]

those slow mo shots make the video so much richer, gj

[@SoccerBoyAP]

3:11 - just pause here a moment and appreciate the cinematic control of the fights

[@simoneguarise9012]

Oh my god this is a goddamn video, a true work of art, a master of the epic!!

[@dksamaritan5200]

Hobby game dev here. Here is a nice bit of trivia for you. The reason the head disappears in first person is so it doesn't intersect with the camera view. However as you can see,Taleworlds are having a bug occur when you enter battles in first person, and you can see the "inside" of the head model as of writing this.

[@ofsabir]

Did you know you can make your formation wider or deeper by using left mouse button? Just click on one place and drag it to the next place that you want your formation to be in between. By this way you can prevent flanking when you are outnumbered.

[@siegekeebs]

Much appreciated that you are showing the stats after the battle! Great job

[@waldo2543]

i LOVE the triarii, i get excited whenever i fight them, more prisoners to wait on recruiting

[@andrewilsenach7972]

The slow mo with the javalins are super cool !

[@randomdeadbody]

when you're outnumbered, or facing a lot of cav, using Circle Formation is useful because it prevents them from getting into your back, but the far side can be vulnerable to missile fire and it is a much slower formation

[@CaptainMisery86]

square would be better if there are no archers to protect

[@ecksthree6598]

Hey Res The lorica segmentata was very late empire, only a few decades or so before the split. As such, that armor would be more suited to the empire era troops of the main factions, like legionarys. In the older days of the senate most of the troops would have worn chain mail, known as lorica hamata.

[@Comintern1919]

No, it was very much NOT a Very Late Empire Armor, what are you talking about? It was used in the Early and Middle Empire, from around 27 BC to maybe 200 AD, but certainly not by the Late Empire, where the Empire couldn't afford such Heavy Armor anymore. It may still have been used sporadically in the Late Empire, but not on a large scale anymore. And either way throughout the entire Roman History the Lorica Hamata was still kept as an alternative. If you are interested, I can recommend you the awesome book "Uniforms of the Roman World".

[@KaDaJxClonE]

Would've liked to see an attempt at a Triplex axis move. Hastatii shield wall with Principe as a ranged troop and the triarii as a cavalry. Wait until the enemy engage in melee with the Hastatii, then retreat them and advance the Principe. Use the triarii use keep Cav from charging into your line.

[@wilaaybeeeee]

Cool video. Im gonna be annoying though...it was actually in the Roman Republic (not the empire) that the Histati, Princepes, triarii organization method was used. It was disbanded in the Marion reforms around 100 AD I think....but it doesn't really matter just a fun fact

[@CountArtha]

Someone should probably mention: The Roman Empire never used the pre-Marian system. The Marian Reforms happened in 107 BC, about 70 years before the end of the Republic.

[@NotFinnish]

The game occurred at the end of the Roman Empire so Cataphacts are accurate for romans Legions are accurate for romans Equites are accurate for romans Bucelarii are accurate for romans Palatine Guard or Scholae Palatinae are accurate for romans

[@Okoii]

Hey Resonant how are you using that free camera? I’d love to have it for my videos. Oh and the slow mo too.

[@dianahaigwood3337]

Sorry for this correction But the soldiers Hastati, Principes, and Triarii were Roman Monarchy - Marius's Consulship as the Legionary was formed when Consul Marius decreed the absolving of the Militia and formed a Standing Army that was then known as the Legions.

[@GruesomePizza1992]

That clash where you had 77 hastati, you could have possibly lasted longer if you had them move from loose to shield wall to have as many outgoing javelins. Unless your under accurate archer fire keep them loose.

[@lovetsky]

Use square formation when attacked by cavalry. Maybe even use circle formation when outnumbered (so you don't get flanked). In general, when outnumbered, it's a good practice to use formations and terrain for your advantage.

[@pawariswangkiat7468]

18:13 It is like Roman soldiers vs Barbarian. Very awesome!!

[@lordlucius1341]

1:45 just that pila to the face absolute brutality, I guess that’s what happens when it has come to the triarii

[@chrischen7241]

You need calvary as the hammer on both sides to assist the shield wall as the anvil.

[@diegmaindangerous6819]

The Equites were still a part of the roman army and auxillary troops from different cultures as well. Would have loved to have seen them too, great video though.

[@calebchristensen900]

If you are to copy the Legions, you'd have to hire cohorts of Archers and Calvary in order to help where the Legionnaires fall short. Which is Calvary fighting and ranged fighting, as well as shock troops.

[@glacialrelic7878]

Best melee based cav next? would like to see if anything beats the elite imperial cataphract. Also I'm with everyone else, full looter army video, or at least a clip of 600 looters V anything.

[@raf.nogueira]

See this javellin hitting on right on the target and the physics, is pure satisfaction

[@hynotherhino]

I think the Principes wear Brigadine or just leather, because studded leather armour is a Skyrim myth, apparently. Shadiversity has a video on it if you’re interested

[@SuperPagt]

5:35 your head exists but it just floats around

[@morganlewis7822]

guys, if you are looking for the name of the units on the console mod its legion_of_the_betrayed_tier_1,2,or 3 hope this helps

[@comradeotaku]

It'd be interesting to see a battle with the Legion's units set up as the Republican Legions actually used these troops, i.e. three battle lines with hastati at the front, principes second and the triarii following. It'd be even cooler if it was in the same ratio of 2:2:1. #justnerdythings

[@comradeotaku]

Also I would love to see the Velites. Otherwise the Legion is really lacking in any sort of dedicated ranged troops. Oh and Equites, for the cav.

[@NotFinnish]

@@comradeotaku Archers silently crying in the corner

[@comradeotaku]

@@NotFinnish Romans didn't really use their own citizenry for archery. They usually used auxiliaries from their Latin allies. And later the provinces as they grew larger. But auxiliaries weren't part of a "Legion". Legions took the centre of an army, while auxiliaries stood on either side of the Legions while the cav was on the flanks.

[@NotFinnish]

@@comradeotaku Archers still crying :(

[@AndrPt]

Would love to see match up between some units in game, to see what would better formation or just melee, like triari agaisnt oathsworn or legionaries. That and also a army of the highest sturgian tier beserker ones, kinda interesting to see how they have little armor and no shields

[@goldenlotus7995]

Perhaps a fight against the best troops like a tournament style, best archers, hoplites, etc.. I also wonder who the best named npc companions are

[@frenchmonk94]

My man is POPPING OFF! :D Great stuff Res!

[@L0PREZ]

I always try to keep the legion of the betrayed as an enemy just so I can constantly attack them and recruit prisoners. I love bannerlord so far I cant wait for a finished game.

[@nerdlydelicious1876]

You should do a video on how effective a two handed infantry only army is focusing of the Sturgian Berserkers and Ulfhednar!