I got some vacation time and decided to give Bannerlord another go, I also decided to give RBM a try since I've seen so many people talk about it and how they thought it made the game so much better.
I've ignored the mod so far because I associated it with some posts that wanted to make armor like it was in Warband. What I liked about Bannerlord was that everything could be deadly, even if a lot of things seemed silly, like a sword killing a cataphract with two or three hits but at the same time there was no completely safe combat since even looters could f you up and I didn't want something that could take it away, but boy was I wrong...
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying RBM has that purpose or anything like that, it is just that I thought it did, but it actually made combat deadlier in a much better way. If a character is wearing simple clothes or light leather armor everything is a potential one shot, there is no more looters taking 3 40dmg hits and armored characters are much harder to take down and they fight better, it is not a matter of who hits who first, but who can outlast who. The gap between higher tiers and lower tiers is much more evident as well, which is something I wanted, and it was amazing seeing two formations clashing for longer than 15 seconds and ending up with just 10-15 bloodied tier 5 troops left fighting to the death with piles of lower tier bodies around them. (Special thanks to "Raise you banner" for the extra eye candy with each side bearing their colors, it made the scene a thousand times better).
RBM has become essential for my enjoyment of Bannerlord and I am curious of how many feel this way and maybe convince people that never tried it to give it a shot.
I've ignored the mod so far because I associated it with some posts that wanted to make armor like it was in Warband. What I liked about Bannerlord was that everything could be deadly, even if a lot of things seemed silly, like a sword killing a cataphract with two or three hits but at the same time there was no completely safe combat since even looters could f you up and I didn't want something that could take it away, but boy was I wrong...
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying RBM has that purpose or anything like that, it is just that I thought it did, but it actually made combat deadlier in a much better way. If a character is wearing simple clothes or light leather armor everything is a potential one shot, there is no more looters taking 3 40dmg hits and armored characters are much harder to take down and they fight better, it is not a matter of who hits who first, but who can outlast who. The gap between higher tiers and lower tiers is much more evident as well, which is something I wanted, and it was amazing seeing two formations clashing for longer than 15 seconds and ending up with just 10-15 bloodied tier 5 troops left fighting to the death with piles of lower tier bodies around them. (Special thanks to "Raise you banner" for the extra eye candy with each side bearing their colors, it made the scene a thousand times better).
RBM has become essential for my enjoyment of Bannerlord and I am curious of how many feel this way and maybe convince people that never tried it to give it a shot.