Mount&Blade Warband : best mods.

[Dwarvophile]

So I got tired of waiting for Bannerlord and started a new Viking Conquest campaign. M&BW has almost everything I like in a game and I already know I'll need more, once I'm crowned as Brytenwalda. But with which mod is the question....
I'm curious of what you guys consider to be the best M&BW's mod among alll overhauls. (I actually have never played Floris, don't know if it can be considered as an overhaul.

 

[Don Peste]

There are a few mentioned here: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/m-b-mount-blade-warband-top-10-mods.90547/

 

[Bocian]

Definitely Floris Expanded. Tons of new items, completely redone faction units (and additional factions, like mercenaries, which are great), better graphics, and the usual enhancements like Diplomacy or Freelancer. Absolutely unrivalled.

 

[Dwarvophile]

There are a few mentioned here: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/m-b-mount-blade-warband-top-10-mods.90547/

Ok thx. Strange I didn't see this thread when I did my research, would gladly have necro'd it.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I liked Viking Conquest and the Caribbean one.

 

[Maggot]

Viking Conquest is my favorite even though I hated it on launch. If you want a really unique experience I would recommend 1866 mod for the original Mount & Blade or Chronicles of Might and Magic (unfinished but playable). Do not play the Warband version of 1866 as it's shit.

 

[Helton]

Check out Silverstag for a vanilla+ experience. Lots of interface improvements, companions can take over jobs for you (like managing food and prisoners), perk system for pc and npcs, improved tournament system, and more.

 

[Wassersäufer]

Anno Domini 1257, Rome At War2, Gekokujo and L'Aigle if you just want a changed setting (they do include some of the more popular submods suchs as Freelancer.)
Floris and Nova Aetas if you want new/changed features. I personally love Nova Aetas, even though some of its new features are a bit wonky and sometimes do not work at all.

 

[janior]

the mod where you play as SAMURAI

 

[Anomander Rake]

Would you install mods on a first time playthrough? I admit that I played mount & blade before it became warband.

 

[new fucking guy]

I recommend everyone at least tries Solid and Shade. If you don't dig the theme do it for the lulz. It really nails the "mod for a niche turkish indie game from late 2000s" aesthetics and finding the correct version of the game just to install the mod is imo one of the highlights.

 

[Anomander Rake]

I recommend everyone at least tries Solid and Shade. If you don't dig the theme do it for the lulz. It really nails the "mod for a niche turkish indie game from late 2000s" aesthetics and finding the correct version of the game just to install the mod is imo one of the highlights.

I checked the mod and it requires Mount & Blade 1.011 only.

Am I wrong or Mount & Blade 1.011 is now free?

I checked this website and it seems to have a few links, but only one works: https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic=45208.0

but it is said "demo" http://www.worthdownloading.com/download.php?gid=3140&id=16973

 

[Immortal]

I just started a playthrough of Prophecy of Pendor again. It's pretty fun but I am tempted to try Floris.

 

[new fucking guy]

but it is said "demo" http://www.worthdownloading.com/download.php?gid=3140&id=16973

That's just how original m&b demo works, it's the full game but if you don't give it the cd-key you're capped at like 7th level.
AFAIK the steam version of the game is 1.010, and gog is edited 1.011 that sometimes doesn't work with mods, so this seems to be the only way to get proper 1.011 from official source.

Spoiler

However, we have to go deeper. What you really want is the enhanced 1.011, which devs silently released on their site just to remove it later. It fixes some errors and, well, enhances the engine. You can find a backup on moddb.

 

[Anomander Rake]

new fucking guy

Interesting. So I should get this one: http://www.moddb.com/games/mount-blade/downloads/mountblade-1011-fall-2009-enhanced-version

Thanks really a lot, I appreciate your help.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

the mod where you play as SAMURAI

But you can do that in the base game.

 

[Modron]

the mod where you play as SAMURAI

But you can do that in the base game.

Didn't the later patches remove the samurai armor or at least a couple pieces of it from the game files?

 

[Incantatar]

PoP has horrible voice actors and autistic devs but it is huge and hard. And who doesn't enjoy huge and hard things that place themselves in your rectum at the beginning? It takes hundreds of hours to finish that mod.

The Last Days was enjoyable too. Own soundtrack, better voices, detailed hand crafted maps.

 

[janior]

the mod where you play as SAMURAI

But you can do that in the base game.

but you can't make japan great again without a mod

 

[Anomander Rake]

In solid and shade, your first objective should be going to Old Zentar as soon as you start playing.

 

[Dwarvophile]

Thanks for the advices. I'll try Gekokujo and L'aigle for sure. Might have a walk in last days or one of the Westeros mod if I have time.

For now I started a AD1257 campaign and having a blast. My char is from the Crusader States. First battle where I saw the horse archers in action, I was so amazed. Coming from Viking Conquest where formations are everything battles in AD 1257 feels like chaos. But I love it. If I play again I'll do as a muslim, their troops and tactics are awesome.

The work that has been put in this mod ! In any things, once I start to enjoy something I want to do it myself, but mods, I wouldn't even try. I'm better as consumer. You work your ass hours for free and get messages from the ungrateful crowd like ; "you ! rebalance those (insert poster's nationnality) units ! There were much more badass in RL ; I know it for a fact, when I don't spend my time sitting in front of my computer, I travel in time" or comments like "fix those bugs you moron, your mod is shit, I won't waste my time playing it".

Anyway, a comment in the thread made me remember I actually never played the vanilla game and directly jumped into Brytenwalda and then Viking Conquest. The thing that drives me into strategy game is my passion for history, I wonder if I miss something by not playing the original game. I will most definitely when Bannerlord is out though, maybe I shouldn't bother with Warband (thinking loud).

 

[mbv123]

Whatever you do, avoid the ACOK mod like a plague. It's filled with garbage design choices and the creator is a narcistic fuck who refuses to take any criticism. It's probably the most unfun mod I've ever played for M&B

 

[Turisas]

Prophesy of Pendor 3.9 is finally out FYI.

https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?board=119.0

 

[JarlFrank]

I recommend everyone at least tries Solid and Shade. If you don't dig the theme do it for the lulz. It really nails the "mod for a niche turkish indie game from late 2000s" aesthetics and finding the correct version of the game just to install the mod is imo one of the highlights.

If you want some "mod for a niche turkish indie game from late 2000s" fun, I recommend Wedding Dance for M&B. Also requires the non-Warband version, but it's worth getting just for the... experience that is Wedding Dance.

Let the screenshots speak for themselves.

 

[thekdawg21]

Looks like Prophecy of Pendor 3.9 is available now. I'm definitely getting Wedding Dance instead though. I could immerse myself deep in to this game. I hope it has my version of C's & C's.