After a year bandit/looter groups get big enough to take on any caravan in-game, including NPC caravans which leads to an economic collapse. When will you finally address the real issue here, which is the lack of late-game content on which we could spend our money and not the abundance of player's money?
Who'd have thought the true kings of Calradia would turn out to be the Looters
No no no no no, no cheating AI, unless it is optional. Bannerlord has done something unique and special with non-cheating AI. This is a precious gift. Of all the thousands of games I have played, this is one of the things that makes Bannerlord special.
I once defeated two lords and one of them escaped along with a single cataphract. Thought this would be an easy way to farm high tier armor so I saved the game and attacked him. Kept save scumming, every time all I got was some food and occasionally a horse. No high tier loot at all
Well, even in 1.0.5 my caravans would die to a random lord with a bunch of recruits. Not as often, sure (probably once a year), and they made some real money. But caravans were not a safe cash printer as a workshop. Right now they are too weak to fend off even a small party and too slow (it seems) to run away from said party.
If by "precious gift" you mean the privilege of fighting armies full of recruits, you can keep it. I'd rather have Warband's party template system which at least ensured that you'd have real enemies to fight
Thank you so much for taking the time to communicate your thoughts with us, it gives us great insight into the development of the game and is very helpful indeed!
Stronger Lord's armies are very important but there should be more value and consequences behind these armies. If you fight an entire stack of high tier army and capture their Lord's their should be some war weariness penalty and decreased recruitment for these Lord's as at the moment these stacks keep coming and it's quite meaningless to fight them. Their should be more weight to every fight and city taken which should slow the pace of the game as at the moment it's a sprint but it should be a marathon. This will add more value to your economy system and give more breathing space for developing your kingdom or fies. Add more building options and we are set.
I've looted the Mamluke looking armour, worn by Aserai Emirs, in a fight against the Jawwal and the Beni Zilal
I'll take anything that solves the problem of the crappy low tier armies. But if it comes down to it, I say let them cheat. They're just dumb AI. They're not really smart enough to play by the same rules as the player
What I'm saying is that even though the drops are based off the enemies in the party you fight, you aren't guaranteed high tier loot just because you fight a party of high tier enemies, the loot is based off a percentage chance for each item not based on a fixed amount of loot dropping after battlesI've looted the Mamluke looking armour, worn by Aserai Emirs, in a fight against the Jawwal and the Beni Zilal
So high tier armours can drop, just a really low percentage, what's really missing is an option to buy time in towns. Right now in my Sturgia playthrough I've looted the exact armour I've been looking for in my Aserai game for ages. (The helmet I'm wearing, I've stolen it from my wife. I would have much preferred buying it in a town)
I'd rather see some fixes to broken mechanics than even more broken mechanics. 90% of perks are not working, every skill gives 0,01% per level and in effect is absolutely worthless to level up. Most siege towers and ladders are bugged, navmeshes do not exist, and thus taking any town/castle is rather frustrating experience. Not to mention half of the quests are still bugged (spy party, family feud, find a daughter, rival gang), and sending more than one follower at a time to resolve any quest will lead to infinite "holding" status and vanished companions.
Yeah, these problem was in the beta too, and was reported too. They didn't fix to the main patch too.
