Pop with tweaks was and still is the best Single player experience within the Mount and Blade world.
Because, to be honest, the Combat in Warband was and is far better than Bannerlord.
Who knows why the very best part of Warband had to be reinvented with a ****ty broken wobbly wheel, instead of the most perfect trinity ever, is anyone's guess. This will hold back any Mod that is developed for Bannerlord, even if they improved many things that needed working on.
I would love to see the graphics of Bannerlord in a Prophesy of Pendor game, rather than a Bannerlord gameplay version of Prophesy of Pendor.
Ultimately though all M&B games are over once you become strong enough to fight off a large Army, which is way before the story ends.
Final thoughts though, Saxon Dragon and his team are bound to turn whatever they do into something most players would love to play.