Bellwright (Part 2) Defending Reclaimation Raids

I was going to make a video showing the do's and dont's of the tier 3 buildings but a reclaimation raid started so i decided to show some quick tips and tricks for how to defend against these raids.
These reclaimation raids were really hard when i first started the game. Moving my base to this new location was a big help. But I'll go over some of the other things that help out also in this video.
Stay tuned for more Bellwright tips and tricks!

[@uocypher74]

Nice town set up and location.
Have you ever tried setting up two groups when you mobilize, one melee and one group archers. Seems like using that you could more efficiently beat a group like that without mobilizing the whole town. My poor little master researcher would faint dead away if i sent her into a fight.
Do they always come up the same way??

[@TheIslandFarmer321]

the AI bandits almost always path the same exact way. I've tried 2 and 3 groups but they just get all bunched up in a big brawl no matter how i do that. sometimes having 2 or more groups can lead to a disaster if you forget to set them to charging so i avoid multiple groups now since i didnt notice a benefit to flanking maneuvers..

[@psychkick666]

thx, i may copy u and block the road with walls and a settlement

[@TheIslandFarmer321]

it works in a way, the raid party will get stuck on the edge of the river. if you load a save, they get unstuck and teleport across. if you go near them, they teleport across. but if you stay away they are just stuck forever which is nice... until you have to save and exit

[@brandx7711]

You have a lot of people, do you just accept the debuff for more than three villagers from each town? I believe it's -5 for "did the whole village move here" kind of seems inevitable, i have like 15 and finding it difficult to manage lol but I haven't bothered liberating the three towns down south yet still focusing on gearing up and town placement

[@TheIslandFarmer321]

yes i just accepted it, the 3 towns down south are very hard to keep liberated because of the walking distance

[@japren26]

damn you got 34 companions how's the moral of of people who have same recruit in settlement

[@TheIslandFarmer321]

its only -5 moral for each, food has much more of an impact on moral and its kind of unavoidable at a certain point

[@japren26]

@@TheIslandFarmer321 ohhh so i can hire plenty of settler nice nice thankx