

This guide is different – it will share concept art and theme music for the major factions, summarize their troop trees and describe the gameplay style and spirit that each embodies.īefore starting it’s important to flag one very important thing – regardless of which faction you choose as your character’s origin, you will be able to join any faction in Calradia, equip any faction’s armour and weapons, and will be able to recruit any faction’s troops. Yet with a launch as unexpectedly hurried from announcement to release as this one – a large number of these are unfortunately just recycled lists of attribute bonuses and generic descriptions from the game itself. For this reason you’ll find hundreds if not thousands of guides and posts of advice seeking to answer this question across the internet. With any launch this popular, there will be loads of players asking themselves which of the game’s six major factions is the best fit for them.

Just listen to the theme music for God’s sake! Faction Guide – Which Faction Should You Play? Given the game’s current popularity, you are likely already playing it – or are not far away from getting the game! Our advice is to not miss out on this hot new release and to simply dive in. Even now, weeks later, the game is still peaking at around 200,000 concurrent players, easily making it into Steam’s top ten played games, and even into the top five.

It probably goes without saying that with so many folks self-isolating, quarantining and locking down at home, Bannerlord rapidly turned into Steam’s biggest release of the year so far. Addressing the virus explicitly in their blog post on March 27th, TaleWorlds delivered the welcomed news that their sequel to Mount and Blade, eight years in the making, would have an early access release just three days later on March 30th. With all the depressing and stressful coronavirus news we’ve been enduring over the past few weeks, the unexpected announcement of Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord’s imminent release was a welcome respite. In short – find out which Mount And Blade II: Bannerlord faction suits you! (Part 1/2)įind Part Two here. Learn about the concept art and theme music for the major factions, their troop trees and gameplay style, and the overall spirit they embody. This is a detailed, up-to-date and unique faction guide for all players of the newly released Mount And Blade II: Bannerlord.
