is it true what they say over at the page in nexusmods though?
they say swords are useless with this patch. that there are horrible faction inbalances..
i keep reading a lot of praise for this mod here on these forums but no criticism at all. i installed it for a few minutes and realised it had messed up my whole economy whereby a pugio cost like 15k and long swords 2k.. so ya..
can you comment on the negatives of this mod as well? at the end of the day its meant to be a game if every battle is going to last 5 hours and ill be forced to use maces and swords are just for decorative purposes then i dont see the point. if batanians will just run over their neighbours on every save then whats the point
To be fair,
vanilla Bannerlord's economy perpetually walks on egg shells and seems to collapse all over again with almost every major new patch.
It's a game held together by spaghetti code, so it shouldn't really be a surprise when a mod interferes with the AI or economy in some way -considering the volatility the foundation of the game undergoes with the constant patching.
When I say Bannerlord is unplayable without Realistic Battle Mod installed, I'm coming almost entirely from an
active gameplay standpoint, meaning specifically the combat. You can certainly play Bannerlord purely as a simulator, simply collecting denars and land and food and F1-F3 your way through battles -from big sieges to the smallest bandit hideout raids, but doing so causes the player to miss out on a core piece of the Mount&Blade experience.
Not to mention, RBM actually distinguishes higher-tier troops from trash units, by giving them much improved survivability. In vanilla, melees are just a numbers game -or you can simply collect as many ranged units as possible and have them stand there and mow everything down.
RBM gives players a chance to actively engage with the game, providing a much more interactive experience.
If I'm wearing elite armor, and some Tier 2 footman hits me with his 1h sword for 80 damage, then that's incredibly discouraging, and it turns me off from participating in combat in the future.
I know it's not popular with everyone, but in regards to a character wearing top-tier armor, I'd rather have a 1h sword do 8 damage instead of 80.