Seems last game Rade overinvested in levies and this game he’s overinvesting in horse archers.
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Lol better riders of the steppe than levies…but as to rade and his use of his troops in the potential final battle eh i think that was more of a tactics and over all skill level issue. Even before including what we as a marshal might do the whole stick of his fight was rather straight forward and almost allways he is likely to have more troops levies and knights than us in that fight.
Hate to say it he showed more overall skill in the archer trap against below but even then that was more a belos issues than rade being some grand tactical genius. He was just prepared to capitalize on belos being a idiot.
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And again, mass archer spam will counter that just as well.
Damn, now I want to do an ITFO run where I only recruit archers/rangers and shun every other troop type.
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I think a King Vedran AU (wherein the Marshal censors the letter) would be an interesting Patreon short story. It could even be interactive!
I also wonder what the consequences will be to having Velinor die, other than morale loss and the military loss that leads to his death.
And now I feel extra glad that I took Rade’s cannons. Weapons and Tactics Marshals will probably have a field day with those.
I also think Leadership should play a much larger role in the Usurper and Regent paths, by making it easier to hold the coalition together. In the loyalist path, Elya’s already doing that (and you could help her). It probably won’t stop your allies from stupidity, but it may mitigate the consequences.
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The real reason why Rade killed Sobik
Rade can’t be the bad guy because he killed Sobik and I hate Sobik
This is just the set up for toxic Rade yaoi dw
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Actually he is the bad guy because he stole my chance to kill him instead, unforgivable. Even back in the good old days before constitutions and civil rights and all those things, the right to patricide was still sacred and he stole it from me, the fucking bastard
Edit: I do actually want the chance to make a joke about this during our next interaction with Rade, or at least, our next interaction that doesn’t involve various sharp implements being poked into people’s guts
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Darin: Marshal, why are we planting trees everywhere?
High tactics Marshal: You’ll see, just give it a few years.
(As a Bannerlord player who enjoys cav, I can definitely say trees are the worst.)
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See now, this is where the “dig holes, put sharpened stakes in” tactic from the first game should pay off big time, if we’re being historically accurate.
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Anyway i think Bacone has forgotten something. In the old demo we can choose during the ending, between carring our old sword or the new one forged in Krorid. So far in the sequel we didn’t get the choice. Unless we are meant to have it in chapter 2.
I haven’t find it.
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Will nobody rid of me this turbulent aritst?
Hmmm. Let me think on that.
Meme still good. Art still good.
If it was really that simple, nobody would die to archers, ever lol
History may argue that there is no such thing as over-investing into horse archers.
Oh good catch. I think I forgot. Is it listed anywhere in book two?
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Tbf, @Sujan_Dhakal made a good point by saying that the “weapons” specialization wouldn’t be that useful beyond personal combat.
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How to successfully execute the Oblique Formation and win the final battle
- This is a high Elya Strength playthrough. If you follow this guide exactly, you will get her to 6 Strength at 2 or less Envy, 7 if you have 3 or more Envy in Chapter 5.
- If you want to get more troops from Ciril and are okay with Elya having 4 to 5 Strength (maximum 6 with the Envy choice in Chapter 5), then you have more freedom with this guide, and may be able to get Disrupt Their Plans as well.
- Even if you follow this guide exactly, you may be able to get Disrupt Their Plans. I personally don’t like to risk the light cavalry, but it’s ultimately your call.
- This guide also sets you up for the Total Loyalty achievement, should you choose the loyalist route.
- Any choice that is not specifically mentioned is up to you. Since it doesn’t matter to the guide, for now.
- First, take the Tactics specialization during character creation.
- At the ball, inform the nobles that Sobik was assassinated.
- In Chapter 3, during Belos’s Sally, attack the encircling archers, then fall back after dealing with them.
- Tell Elya that you will help her be strong, or to present a strong front and cry in private.
- When Rade’s men attempt to climb the walls of Wrido, use the Tactics option to punish that brash maneuver. You will get the achievement Butchery Upon the Walls.
- Tell Elya that Sobik and Belos paid for their stupidity with their lives, or that death is a part of life and that you must cherish the living and bury the dead.
- In the beginning of Chapter 4, tell Elya that loss always gets better in time, or not to let her desire for vengeance overcome her reason.
- Use the Tactics option to even the load of the illnesses sweeping through your army, instead of letting it disproportionately affect levies/cavalry.
- Then, train your retinue in Formation Fighting 1. This is important.
- If you make the right choices (“I loved you, Obren” and “War is hell”), you can pick up the achievements Broken Hearts and Harsh Reality.
- Tell Elya to woman up and be the queen Kanton needs when she cries after being told about the plague and frostbite. You can also tell her that in a much crueler and accusatory way if you have the Envy for it.
- Don’t let Milon and Lada go off in the blizzard to rescue the missing knights.
- Let Elya take the lead with getting the army into Salutis Castle.
- During the negotiations with Ciril, let Elya take the lead throughout (let her decide what tactic to take with negotiation). You will get a bonus 0.5 Heavy Cavalry and 9 recruitment points.
- Recruit 3 units of Archers (6 points) and 1.5 units of Light Cavalry (3 points).
- In the beginning of Chapter 5, if you have 3 or more Envy, you can give Elya an extra 1 strength for a maximum possible 7 Strength.
It’s the only acceptable reason to have more than 0 Envy on a non-Usurper playthrough. - Choose to set traps along the bank.
- Choose the oblique formation (Traps and Tactics).
- Choose for the retinue to be the reinforced flank of the oblique formation.
- Keep all cavalry in reserve.
- If you are deist or devout in your faith, you can pick up the achievement Cleanse the Soul if you undergo reconciliation with a priest (who is in fact Father Miljenko).
- Now, you will meet Dismas during the battlefield inspection and the accidental ambush will happen. If you grab Dismas, give Lada the shield, and aren’t attracted to her, you will get the “A Real War” achievement after the next step. Who you save doesn’t matter for the Battle of the Atiming, fortunately, so you can save Dismas, Lada, the soldiers, or neither.
- Retaliate at the rebels with your 1000 archers.
- Attack the rebel foraging party.
- After the battle begins, signal your reinforced flank to begin their attack.
- If you have more than 1.5 units of light cavalry, you can send them across to disrupt Nado’s plans. You want to have at least 1 full unit of them survive the Atiming, for later.
- Use half of your reserve cavalry (around 250) to bolster the center. Stay where you are, for now (if you decided not to send your light cavalry across the river). If you chose to dispatch light cavalry to the woods, you can reinforce them too.
- When you get a bad feeling upon seeing the absence of rebel cavalry, gather up your remaining cavalry and intercept them. If you sent the light cavalry earlier, skip this step, as you have earned the Disrupt their Plans achievement.
- The battle will be won here, you will have earned the Total Victory achievement, and you will have encircled 2000 men (it’s a partial encirclement, not the infamous Atiming River Massacre). Send all the cavalry you have after the fleeing remnants. ~5300 rebels will die in the battle, and there will only be ~1600 or so survivors.
- Take the short route to Krorid. This is where the light cavalry are important.
- Tell Moren that it was too much of a stir, or use Kroridian slang. He likes when you’re blunt and honest with him.
- Train your retinue in Regimentation I.
- Recruit 3 units of Veterans and 1 unit of Rangers. You will get the High Veteran Presence retinue bonus.
- In Chapter 8, charge down the hill with your rangers and take the cannons.
- Beat Vuk (Rade’s lieutenant) in the duel by playing to your strengths. All Marshal combinations can beat him. And if you beat him yourself, a certain Kroridian ranger survives to see another glorious day.
- Choose to face Rade in the big final battle.
- In Chapter 9, it’s time for the final battle. Distribute your retinue evenly along your line, and put the rangers with the archers.
- Avenge Belos’s Sally and earn the achievement by having your archers fire on the advancing rebel cavalry.
- Keep using the archers on the cavalry, have them turn their focus on the cavalry on the right.
- When the left rebel cavalry attempts to charge, use your archers to drive them off.
- Now it’s time to scare Rade. Have the archers fire on him and his archers.
- Have your own right group of cavalry flank the enemy line, starting a cavalry duel with the rebels’ own right flank.
- Fortify your flanks with the retinue, and have the archers fire on the enemy cavalry. They need a new target after sending Rade’s archers packing. The rebels’ cohesion should be in the low 80s by now, while yours remains in the 90s.
- Now, you will have two options: lead an infantry charge against the rebels, or lead your fresh reserve cavalry on the left.
- If you lead the infantry charge, your horse’s life will be spared and you’ll still win the battle, as the rebel cohesion drops to 75 (while yours is still in the 90s-high 80s). Because you drove off the right cavalry earlier with the archers and your own troops, they are the first to crumble and cause the rebels to completely rout.
- If you lead the cavalry charge, your horse will get injured and die, but you will win the battle and shatter the rebels. You will also earn the achievement The Marshal’s Sally. Unlike Belos’s before you, there are no archers to ruin it.
- Now, the battle is won, the rebels are routed, and you have earned (the achievement) Victory. Cement your victory by ordering your cavalry to run down the fleeing rebels. You will earn the achievement The Decisive Blow.
- Return to Wrido in triumph.
Achievements Always Earned: Belos’s Sally, Butchery Upon the Walls, Total Victory, Avenge Belos’s Sally, Victory, The Decisive Blow
Possible Achievements Earned: Broken Hearts, Harsh Reality, Cleanse the Soul, A Real War, Disrupt Their Plans*, Undefeated, The Marshal’s Sally, Princeslayer, Mercy for Traitors, Total Loyalty, Ending 2, A Family Prone to Treason, Ending 3
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you may not know it but from code standpoint choosing formation figting 2 is just mistake. formation figting 1 is good. formation fighting 2 losses to formation figting 1 + regimentation 1 in dealing damage and it also get 0 defencive bonuses worth mentioning. so taking weapons specializations unique skill makes your army worse then if you took generic one 
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Lets Goooo
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How is form fighting 1 + regimentstion 1 better than formation fighting 2?
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There might be a bug on the F!Marshal usurper path. Regardless of your choice of apparel, the Marshal decides to hold court in her arming jacket..
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it dose less damage in final battle and also makes your troops less surviable
That feels like being the good guy just with extra step, she literally cut a child finger ffs, she would do much worse if she was given a chance to rewind back time. Why do you need mommy approval after you literally usurped the throne out of her children that she desperately place as next monarch by cutting your fingers when still child.
I’m keeping her as a hostage for my Usurper run. I’d keep her in the palace but my threats would be easier to follow through with if she’s close to me. Just gotta keep her guarded by my most loyal dishonored. Plus I wanna see what she’ll be up to while the story is ongoing.
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Smh my head.
Anyways, I’ll be watching your career with great intrest. Work is busy enough that I’d be on here a lot less.
Although I’d probably go and troll you on your tumblr more. 
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