Biggest thing I miss about Warband is how the workshops worked. They didn’t get demolished and they actually made money. Peace wasn’t pointless but actually a strategic time to grab cash and train troops.
Warband’s combat with weapons also feels more fluid to me, particularly in melee attack speeds.
Bannerlord has been great about quality of life improvements, and I prefer the Bannerlord leveling system for skills and having skill perks, but they need to revisit some things. Improve passive income and tweak the combat speed and I think it’ll raise the bar from Warband as opposed to having that bar be contested.