BANNERLORD ARCHER ONLY CHALLENGE IS BROKEN - Bannerlord is Perfectly Balanced game with no exploits

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  • čas přidán 31. 08. 2020
  • Welcome to todays episode of trying to beat a game in a way the developers would logically never allow as we try and defeat massive opponents and castles using an army comprised entirely of archers who can exploit the perfectly balanced world of mount and blade bannerlord to become immortal and defeat all opponents before letting them get close. So can you beat bannerlord with only archers or will spiff need to find a different overpowered strategy to beat the game beyond this seemingly impossible challenge... Wait he is using exploits? Well I guess that means this challenge will be perfectly balanced and surprisingly easy ;)
    What you have seen here today is part of a fantastic perfectly balanced series on youtube where I go from game to game and break them with wacky exploits to gain things like unlimited gold. If you enjoyed this then be sure to check out more. The style is similar to RT game and callmekevin in parts. A large influence on this series has come from Valefisk and The Killian Experience.
    So sit back relax and enjoy this Mount and blade bannerlord archer only challenge! How on earth can one english bugger beat bannerlord with only ranged units!! Its the most overpowered build yet.
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    Title: BANNERLORD ARCHER ONLY CHALLENGE IS BROKEN - Bannerlord is Perfectly Balanced game with no exploits
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  • @samshaw5014
    @samshaw5014 Před 3 lety +3155

    Brave Sir Hobin ran away.
    Bravely ran away away.
    When danger reared it's ugly head,
    He bravely turned his tail and fled.
    Yes, brave Sir Hobin turned about
    And gallantly he chickened out.
    Swiftly taking to his feet,
    He beat a very brave retreat.
    Bravest of the brave, Sir Hobin!

    • @nathravalkelmaris7406
      @nathravalkelmaris7406 Před 3 lety +200

      Wait isnt that from Monthy python search for the holy grail?

    • @doodlecrazydc
      @doodlecrazydc Před 3 lety +85

      @@nathravalkelmaris7406 yes

    • @seansedore2708
      @seansedore2708 Před 3 lety +43

      I came to make sure this happened, thanks

    • @Gilbrae
      @Gilbrae Před 3 lety +33

      Sam Shaw, be careful the next time you cross the frozen lands of Nador, the menestrels are often invited there for dinner.

    • @nikkijohnson4914
      @nikkijohnson4914 Před 3 lety +16

      Dont fall for the grail in the sky!!!

  • @Cyrathil
    @Cyrathil Před 3 lety +2173

    "We can retreat at any time by pressing the retreat button".
    I hear that Genghis Khan was infamous for this exploit in real life.

    • @doctorbleh4110
      @doctorbleh4110 Před 3 lety +168

      As hilarious as this is implemented in game, this is a very real strategy in many wars and battles in real life.

    • @daimonmau5097
      @daimonmau5097 Před 3 lety +55

      @@doctorbleh4110 I didn't knew that. So, there was a strategy of facing a army with arrows, retreat if possible, then do it again?

    • @akashdv67
      @akashdv67 Před 3 lety +100

      @@daimonmau5097 i am sure you must have heard about genghis khan and mongolian army.

    • @Ake-TL
      @Ake-TL Před 3 lety +32

      Akash Padhania this strategy was used at least from parthian times, probably even earlier

    • @straypaper
      @straypaper Před 3 lety +91

      It is a special move passed down in the Joestar family.

  • @alexlaws5086
    @alexlaws5086 Před 2 lety +2282

    "For our archer only run, we need to choose a relevant culture. And for that, we're choosing the culture with no archers."

    • @hestiashearth478
      @hestiashearth478 Před 2 lety +113

      choosing the culture where it looks like they like charging on mounts with a couched lance on an archer run lmao

    • @Mr_Jish
      @Mr_Jish Před 2 lety +143

      Vlandian Sharpshooters are debatably the most OP ranged units in the game, especially in large numbers. Don't let the horseyboi presumptions fool you.
      Edit: yes, I know they use crossbows. No, I do not believe that makes them "not archers" since they're still organized with archers

    • @jesusshrek1271
      @jesusshrek1271 Před 2 lety +38

      @@Mr_Jish crossbows are based. Real chads use bow and arrow

    • @Mr_Jish
      @Mr_Jish Před 2 lety +29

      @@jesusshrek1271 Hahaha true fax, Battania 4 lyfe

    • @Para0234
      @Para0234 Před 2 lety +38

      @@Mr_Jish *laughs in Fian Champion*

  • @nicorozner7417
    @nicorozner7417 Před 3 lety +1318

    "So what can you do?"
    "I'm an infantryman. I can hold the line against charges and have good defense stats."
    "Lame. And you?"
    "I'm a cavalryman! I have excellent movement speed and offense, and can break enemy lines and slaughter their ranged units!"
    "Lame. And you?"
    "I'm an archer. I can kill half an army before phasing out of reality and into a different dimension where I can kill the other half."
    "You're hired."

    • @Nightis81
      @Nightis81 Před 3 lety +25

      "So what can you do?"
      "I'm an infantryman. I can hold the line against charges and have good defense stats."
      "Lame. And you?"
      "I'm a cavalryman! I have excellent movement speed and offense, and can break enemy lines and slaughter their ranged units!"
      "Lame. And you?"
      "I'm an archer. I can kill half an army before phasing out of reality and then phasing back in again to where I can kill the other half."
      "You're hired."
      *Fix'd*

    • @nicorozner7417
      @nicorozner7417 Před 3 lety +10

      @@Nightis81 Thank you very much.

    • @matthewmcguire224
      @matthewmcguire224 Před 3 lety +7

      Well, if that is what they’re offering you would be a fool to hire anyone else lol

    • @Nightis81
      @Nightis81 Před 3 lety +1

      @@nicorozner7417 You're welcome compadre.

    • @dungeonquestinfo4182
      @dungeonquestinfo4182 Před 3 lety +2

      indeed

  • @BigBeakEntertainment
    @BigBeakEntertainment Před 3 lety +3681

    I am tremendously disappointed that at no point he calls himself "The Smithing Brit"

  • @pokeme5293
    @pokeme5293 Před 3 lety +1008

    Hobin Rood on courtship: "I know it doesn't sound like much, but trust me... it's kinda huge."

    • @AJ-sx3lc
      @AJ-sx3lc Před 3 lety +4

      What?

    • @mango4554
      @mango4554 Před 3 lety +13

      you don’t want to know

    • @Voluse
      @Voluse Před 3 lety +9

      Just wait till he does a heavy calv only run

    • @karelsiemens1
      @karelsiemens1 Před 3 lety +27

      “Don’t let my name fool you, in real life I’m very big” little John

    • @pokeme5293
      @pokeme5293 Před 3 lety +13

      @@karelsiemens1 Now that's a layered response, not only is it perfect for the entendre, but it's from a Robinhood movie. Bravo!

  • @Paris.Tserpes
    @Paris.Tserpes Před 2 lety +935

    If there’s anything i’ve learned from this channel, its that if there is a smithing skill, it can be used to cheese the game

    • @girlartist1105
      @girlartist1105 Před 2 lety +40

      let me rephrase that for you "if there is a skill, it can be used to cheese the game"

    • @zordonelite
      @zordonelite Před 2 lety +55

      @@girlartist1105 let me rephrase it for you, if there's a game you can cheese it

    • @khyelauder2274
      @khyelauder2274 Před 2 lety +31

      @@zordonelite Let me rephrase it for you, if there's a cheese you can game it

    • @sheriffcraft7673
      @sheriffcraft7673 Před 2 lety +13

      @@khyelauder2274 let me rephrase it for you, if there's

    • @gasmask7064
      @gasmask7064 Před 2 lety +11

      @@sheriffcraft7673 let me rephrase it for you, if

  • @drex8891
    @drex8891 Před 3 lety +3253

    "Archery is broken" half the video is about how broken being a smith is 😂😂😂😂

    • @mattipiirainen7440
      @mattipiirainen7440 Před 3 lety +86

      Naming of the video is broken. :D

    • @Nightis81
      @Nightis81 Před 3 lety +51

      Smithing just gets him there, but archery takes the cake ^^

    • @adithyavraajkumar5923
      @adithyavraajkumar5923 Před 3 lety +72

      And the other half is about how broken the retreat button is

    • @BoBSoN190
      @BoBSoN190 Před 3 lety +7

      and he even failed at that.

    • @Chesed601
      @Chesed601 Před 3 lety +25

      The Smithing Brit

  • @Keln02
    @Keln02 Před 3 lety +591

    "I fear not the man who has crafted a thousand blades once.
    I fear the man who has crafted the same blade a thousand times."
    -Some dude cheesing M&B

    • @keandrew7885
      @keandrew7885 Před 3 lety +10

      its like bruce lee's but with blades not kicks

  • @mattheww7893
    @mattheww7893 Před 3 lety +607

    I love being a blacksmith in Bannerlord, especially when I can name my two-handed sword worth over 93k the "EconomyBreaker".

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar Před 3 lety +27

      Well, they get what they pay for...
      A criminally honest crafts mans work XD

    • @superthecool
      @superthecool Před 3 lety +18

      "bankruptcy" the sword that makes red and puts you in the red.

    • @str0ber695
      @str0ber695 Před 3 lety +15

      I name mine Musa, thats a throwaway to my fellow history nerds

    • @shreksondonkaycreatorofbru9113
      @shreksondonkaycreatorofbru9113 Před 3 lety +2

      Holy shit that’s a lot and also I have a story kinda so I basically hunt looters and save their stuff then sell it in mass bulk and make up to 7,000 denars

    • @lucasmctavish9289
      @lucasmctavish9289 Před 3 lety +1

      Isnt it a absolute hassle to be good at blacksmithing tho?

  • @thomasthetanderloin
    @thomasthetanderloin Před 3 lety +2804

    its not broken, its called "agincourt"

  • @bahamut12th
    @bahamut12th Před 2 lety +228

    for those wondering in the current build, go for two handed sword for making money, they start off only a few thousand denars each, but once you get the right part(making more two handed swords unlocks more two handed sword parts) you can get sword that cost like 500d to make and sell for 10kd

    • @WorldsTallestLeprechaun
      @WorldsTallestLeprechaun Před rokem +2

      Life-saver, thank you.

    • @bahamut12th
      @bahamut12th Před rokem +2

      @@totalythanos as in the first game? the game that dose not even have a smiting mechanic?

    • @karlos8422
      @karlos8422 Před rokem +2

      12k if you get the perk that allow u to get 50% more when selling crafted weapons

  • @phatman9762
    @phatman9762 Před 3 lety +676

    "Mum, tell me the story of Hobin Rood."
    "Okay, honey. Once there was a man named Hobin Rood. He terrorized the land with his hit and run strategy. Not one lord in all the land was a match for his guerrilla tactics."
    "He was a real hero wasn't he mum?"
    "Not really no..."

    • @Vanishingink4
      @Vanishingink4 Před 3 lety +24

      @@benisrood give me your money

    • @autonomousentity2125
      @autonomousentity2125 Před 2 lety +4

      'I steal from the needy and give to the rich'

    • @kakyoin4960
      @kakyoin4960 Před 2 lety +7

      @@Vanishingink4 thats a nice head you got on your shoulders

    • @Vanishingink4
      @Vanishingink4 Před 2 lety +3

      @@kakyoin4960 be a shame if… someone cut it off.

    • @kakyoin4960
      @kakyoin4960 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Vanishingink4 or i can kill ya for a trinket

  • @MoonFlux
    @MoonFlux Před 3 lety +454

    Dev 1: Woo, finally we got that balancing update out.
    Dev 2: Uhh.. Spiff just posted a video on the new update.
    Dev 1: .... F * * *

    • @edmundthespiffing2920
      @edmundthespiffing2920 Před 3 lety +40

      Oh beans

    • @The_M4ze
      @The_M4ze Před 3 lety +3

      Edmund the Spiffing beans indeed

    • @SergePupko
      @SergePupko Před 3 lety +4

      Dev 2: I'll get the tea factory to pump out copious amounts of tea. You start patching.

    • @kingsguard5614
      @kingsguard5614 Před 3 lety +6

      He doesnt show anything new tho, those bugs/issues are known for long.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar Před 3 lety

      @@edmundthespiffing2920 coffee or chocolate or fava beans?

  • @BlindErephon
    @BlindErephon Před 3 lety +210

    Forge a sword that can kill god, then sell it to him and take all his cash.

  • @FullyPaid100
    @FullyPaid100 Před 3 lety +258

    “Archer only challenge” let’s break the smithing system so we can run over my enemies from range

  • @jinzo457
    @jinzo457 Před 3 lety +404

    "A sickle on the end of a stick." Soooo.... A Stickle.

    • @bobby8012
      @bobby8012 Před 3 lety +4

      A sickle always is on a wooden/metal stick there is no such thing as a sickle not on the end of wooden/metal stick
      EDIT: included metal sticks cus of smart asses

    • @sarahmellinger8125
      @sarahmellinger8125 Před 3 lety +4

      This man doesn't know you can make handles out of metal

    • @Spencerinio5
      @Spencerinio5 Před 3 lety +10

      A scythe?

    • @Spencerinio5
      @Spencerinio5 Před 3 lety +3

      @@bobby8012 yeah but a sickle, on the end of another stick

    • @bobby8012
      @bobby8012 Před 3 lety +3

      @@sarahmellinger8125 Metal stick then

  • @deezbees4303
    @deezbees4303 Před 3 lety +146

    37:18 "Coward! You choose to run from battle?!"
    The entire rest of the video: "Okay so now we're going to tactically retreat"

    • @xxXGazziusXxx
      @xxXGazziusXxx Před 3 lety +17

      I suggest a tactical advance away from the enemy, which is entirely more honourable than 'running away'.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar Před 3 lety +9

      @@xxXGazziusXxx not to be confused with strategic front reductions, which is likely to expose your war crime records to inconvenient investigators among opposed forces.

    • @faselfasel2864
      @faselfasel2864 Před 3 lety +3

      He is not tactically retreating, he is charging at positions the enemy already abandoned in sheer terror of his force

  • @sentiel
    @sentiel Před 3 lety +120

    Hey Spiff, when you "accidentally" murderising the friendly units, if you go closer and focus on any of their archers, you can pick up their arrows and keep "accidentally" murderising even more of them!

  • @sirchicken2281
    @sirchicken2281 Před 3 lety +373

    A blacksmith that has spent 40 years owning his skills: merchant: I’ll take it for 120 gold
    Some farmy boi with a spear: merchant: OMG that is the best weapon I’ve ever seen I’ll take it for 100,000

    • @MrEmpify
      @MrEmpify Před 3 lety +30

      If only it were that bad.....it's more like "That is a fine hunk of metal bolted on the end of a stick...I'll take it for 100,000!....but I don't have that much cash on me....hmm..how about all this armor that only the richest of nobles can afford. And even then, I am totally depending on your generous heart to be charitable to a poor soul such as I"

    • @miguelangelsotofuentes6537
      @miguelangelsotofuentes6537 Před 3 lety +8

      true, I just started to play this game, and accidentally found out how smithing is really broken ( cuz I like to craft things in games ), ive been playing for like 10 hours and already make 24k of gold, its hilarous

    • @baronsengir187
      @baronsengir187 Před 3 lety +6

      @@miguelangelsotofuentes6537 With his exploits and the hammerhead you make 24k in 5 Minutes 😆

    • @patateslikofte6474
      @patateslikofte6474 Před 3 lety +3

      @@baronsengir187 I think he ment 24m lol

  • @defensivekobra3873
    @defensivekobra3873 Před 3 lety +128

    "hobin rood" sounds like "hobin rude" which checks out and was probably an intentional move

  • @snipsmcgee9386
    @snipsmcgee9386 Před 3 lety +316

    Spiff: reads: “Thamaskene”
    *Takeminashi*

    • @JoshdaKnight
      @JoshdaKnight Před 3 lety +1

      Is that what that means? Lol

    • @Elrohof
      @Elrohof Před 3 lety +4

      @@JoshdaKnight It's derived from damascan steel, it's when you forge weld two different steel types into one ingot.
      If you then fold that ingot, twist it or whatever (while it's hot obviously) you can create super elaborate Damascus patterns which look absolutely beautiful. Way back in the day when Damascan steel was invented it was said to be nearly magical in that the steel was vastly superior to any other smithing steel. That doesn't really hold true by todays standards, but that may be because we've lost the method of creating true damascan steel.

    • @JoshdaKnight
      @JoshdaKnight Před 3 lety +1

      Elrohof thanks for the history lesson! I love forged in fire so it’s cool to hear this. It sucks that we lost the art though! We could’ve been making guns and spaceships out of that steel!

    • @Baleur
      @Baleur Před 3 lety +1

      Lovely boi but his english is atrociously bad at pronouncing many words.

    • @pongusikya
      @pongusikya Před 3 lety

      竹美奈市 sounds like a nice place to live.

  • @idsbraam
    @idsbraam Před 3 lety +66

    'I'm not fighting mountain bandits'
    He flees the field of battle! A shameful display.

  • @darkangel20467
    @darkangel20467 Před 3 lety +95

    Imagine the nobles hear I find this guy.
    "Mi'lord, there's talk of a master smith in town...he's...drained the treasury."
    "Ah yes, I must hire this man! He can equip our army!"
    "That's the thing sire...he doesn't believe in using melee weapons..."
    "Its that British man again...isn't it?"
    "Yes sire..."
    "Well...the peace of the realm was nice..."

  • @LucasGuardo
    @LucasGuardo Před 3 lety +164

    **Spiffing Brit does horrible deed**
    "So we finished doing that horrible thing, *lovely stuff* "

  • @nathanrandle7004
    @nathanrandle7004 Před 3 lety +108

    Quick drinking game:
    Take a shot every time spiff states that the value of weapons is based on their damage.

    • @Patrickwardt
      @Patrickwardt Před 3 lety +5

      It doesn't even seem to be true, as he makes a polearm which does 140 damage and is worth more than twice what the 156 damage polearm is worth.

    • @atomiccheddar
      @atomiccheddar Před 3 lety +14

      @@Patrickwardt I think the damage is multiplied by the reach of the weapon. Or maybe it is speed?

    • @ChaseJonas75
      @ChaseJonas75 Před 3 lety +12

      Atomic Cheddar yeah, he later explains that it is multipled by reach.

    • @k9kinetic410
      @k9kinetic410 Před 3 lety

      I wouldn’t be alive

  • @TehHolySpudBoi
    @TehHolySpudBoi Před 2 lety +464

    Me: "Yay blue and orange my favorite colors!"
    Spiff: "Now isn't that visually nauseating"
    Me: *Internal sadness*

    • @facemcshooty6602
      @facemcshooty6602 Před 2 lety +13

      *Sweden wants to know your location*

    • @deadinside9565
      @deadinside9565 Před 2 lety +7

      You have bad taste. Good job.
      Don't worry. Plenty of poor people have never experienced anything good. You learn to like what you can get.

    • @zxaoks1090
      @zxaoks1090 Před 2 lety +6

      @@deadinside9565 I agree but a little uncalled for lmao

    • @alexzander7386
      @alexzander7386 Před rokem +3

      I sense that you are from denver

    • @mad7medieval7
      @mad7medieval7 Před rokem

      @@deadinside9565 what a Beta male type comment to make there little buddy. 🤡

  • @HiopX
    @HiopX Před 3 lety +30

    Local Brit surprised the the effectiveness of the longbow

  • @no1bandfan
    @no1bandfan Před 3 lety +183

    “Saved the villagers.” “Accidental friendly fire.”
    I don’t think those words mean what you think they mean.

  • @chance713
    @chance713 Před 3 lety +96

    Please do A. I would love to see the 100 stat man again! It's what got me hooked on your channel.

    • @Gulyus
      @Gulyus Před 3 lety +2

      Spiff streamed it in crusader kings 3 yesterday actually! 5 hours long though.

  • @trevorlittle8116
    @trevorlittle8116 Před rokem +34

    If you go a blacksmithing route. Make sure to find the blacksmith companion. Now you have 2 people smithing and can get all attributes between the two. One smelts the other forges

    • @trevorlittle8116
      @trevorlittle8116 Před rokem +2

      Currently on day 632 bannerlord difficulty one settlement conquered

  • @nikjansen5094
    @nikjansen5094 Před 3 lety +40

    Spiff is making a fortune out of crafting farming equipment...
    Spiff accidentally turns every game into another farm simulator

  • @ethavz4992
    @ethavz4992 Před 3 lety +60

    I love how spiff's naming system is: think of a famous name, switch the first letter of their first and last name around, and done. So simple yet effective.

  • @uckcpr
    @uckcpr Před 3 lety +120

    Advert: we are a nation facing tough times ahead.
    Spiff: oh I'm so sorry enemy force you were REALLY NOT designed to fight us. :(

  • @simontaylor4608
    @simontaylor4608 Před 3 lety +43

    "And of course we are of the Hood Clan" Oof, pretty sure phrasing is important.

  • @Raquya
    @Raquya Před 2 lety +36

    I can't wait for how crazy the game will be with mods once it finishes and the old teams of stuff like Pendor and Perisno can finally work on the game for real.

    • @josephjones7020
      @josephjones7020 Před rokem +3

      Bannerlord Pendor would be amazing.

    • @skyguy713
      @skyguy713 Před rokem +2

      I still fear the snakes
      Always the snakes

  • @chucheeness7817
    @chucheeness7817 Před 3 lety +85

    In my headcanon Hobin Rood, Hodd Toward and Reanu Keeves are just aliases of one single memelord character

    • @robinclarke4129
      @robinclarke4129 Před 3 lety +11

      What about their god 100 stat man

    • @FilipeSilva_FSilval007-q1
      @FilipeSilva_FSilval007-q1 Před 3 lety +13

      They're all reincarnations of 100 Stat Man

    • @markracine6072
      @markracine6072 Před 3 lety +23

      100 stat man was too powerful, therefore was split into multiple fractions of himself and spread out materializing into many avatars of overwhelming power

    • @captainsteve0
      @captainsteve0 Před 3 lety +3

      With your powers combined, I am 100 Stat Man!

    • @ThePiscesmMended
      @ThePiscesmMended Před 3 lety +1

      @@robinclarke4129 - 100 StatMan is The One. Hobin, Reanu, and Hodd are the Triune.

  • @derpybubblez7746
    @derpybubblez7746 Před 3 lety +110

    Spif: "Onira has access to a resource that not many other places have."
    Me: "It's next to a forest, so, wood?"
    Spif: "Hardwood. It's like wood but harder."

    • @gabrielmontenegro9476
      @gabrielmontenegro9476 Před 3 lety +2

      I thought the exact same thing.

    • @ghekor
      @ghekor Před 3 lety +3

      Honestly as soon as he said Onira, i was like is this another hardwood cheese. xd

  • @CountArtha
    @CountArtha Před 2 lety +31

    If you want to buy ALL of a commodity from the merchant, you can just hold down Control before you click. Holding down Shift lets you buy 5 units per click. And yes, this works for troops and prisoners too.

  • @Iceavius_
    @Iceavius_ Před 2 lety +13

    The enemy: OH NO! THE LEGEND IS REAL!
    The Spiffing Brit: Yeah its Hobin Rood

  • @mathieuaurousseau100
    @mathieuaurousseau100 Před 3 lety +39

    14:18 I'm hearing "We've leveled up our Spiffing"^^

    • @arkarosh7043
      @arkarosh7043 Před 3 lety

      as long as it is just spiffing and not spliffing ^^

  • @Mrdjay61
    @Mrdjay61 Před 3 lety +97

    Yes we love this legendary tea drinking man!!!!

  • @457falcon
    @457falcon Před 2 lety +143

    Been doing crossbow only and tbh, a few crossbow units mixed in with archers underperform. But a mid size force of only crossbow men is actually fucking insane because of the sheer amount of bolts being launched at high velocity

    • @andyhighroller8217
      @andyhighroller8217 Před 2 lety +6

      I can’t wait til this game’s out on PS4…
      I’m planning to make the switch to the new xbox, as I do not blindly swear allegiance to Sony(but if they were getting Elder Scrolls 6, my piggy bank would have “PS5” written on it).
      However, I’ve really been considering a gaming-laptop,
      I just have no idea what kind of laptop would be fine for light gaming AND be fine with basic essays/schoolwork.
      I’d hope that almost anything should be able to run a game just fine and have a few word documents on it, but I worry and have nobody to ask…
      so…

      **clears throat*

      …I CHOOSE YOU, Kekinshtein!
      Kekinshtein,(please)use Mind Blast!
      *(10% chance to confuse target)*

    • @mattstreet4104
      @mattstreet4104 Před 2 lety +15

      @@andyhighroller8217 wtf?

    • @tameoregano5006
      @tameoregano5006 Před 2 lety +1

      @@andyhighroller8217 ah yes

    • @boofhit8414
      @boofhit8414 Před 2 lety +4

      @@andyhighroller8217 take your pills, you actual schizo.

    • @ctakitimu
      @ctakitimu Před 2 lety

      @@andyhighroller8217 I hear you, brother!

  • @yodathe6037
    @yodathe6037 Před 2 lety +66

    Can confirm after having played this game for awhile and tried Spiff's strategy of straight archers.
    It's a bloody machine gun

    • @lordofthemordor
      @lordofthemordor Před 2 lety +1

      *But retreat doesn't work ;)*

    • @laszlobandi6456
      @laszlobandi6456 Před 2 lety +5

      try the gay archers, the enemy will run away and you can shot them in the back

    • @anon_lulz7334
      @anon_lulz7334 Před 2 lety

      @@laszlobandi6456 the gay archers?

    • @IndraTheSilent
      @IndraTheSilent Před 2 lety +3

      @@anon_lulz7334 It is a joke cause the comment was talking about "Straight" archers lmao

  • @isaacwakefield5915
    @isaacwakefield5915 Před 3 lety +62

    For those that are interested, having too many horses actually gives you the herd debuff and slows you down. Without a party of like 150+ having that many horses is actually a detriment to your speed rather than an advantage

    • @DeafLord18
      @DeafLord18 Před 3 lety +23

      Are you implying 10 dudes with a hundred horses would have trouble handling them???

    • @Spencerinio5
      @Spencerinio5 Před 3 lety +5

      @@DeafLord18 yeah, it's bollocks.

    • @thegreengamer882
      @thegreengamer882 Před 3 lety +3

      okay but what if i only have horse archers plus extra horses, does the army move extra fast because of all the horses?

    • @SaintSC05
      @SaintSC05 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Spencerinio5 Herds move slower than mounted soldiers. It makes perfect sense if you think about it.

    • @Spencerinio5
      @Spencerinio5 Před 3 lety +4

      @Corpsefoot Gaming seems you don't understand jokes/sarcasm

  • @dennycote6339
    @dennycote6339 Před 3 lety +114

    "Ive leveled up my Spiffing."
    Thats the most balanced skill in all of videogaming!

  • @Demonlord242
    @Demonlord242 Před 3 lety +2

    Always thought this was just a meme thing... Until I basically bankrupted three cities by selling a very large two handed cleaver. I now have over 250k sitting in my purse and I am abandoning all reason and just becoming a smithy god to acquire more money.

  • @Krissdafish
    @Krissdafish Před 2 lety +5

    I found out about this in Warband. It was especially crazy because some of battlefields around the Rhodok and Kergit areas was just cliffs, and of course you could place you archers in the middle of them due to physics not being a thing.
    And of course enemies just stay behind the wall in siege.

  • @whynotanyting
    @whynotanyting Před 3 lety +136

    Local blacksmith turns daggers into wooden mallets and buys every horse and throwing dagger in town and leaves. Economy destroyed.

    • @Pancakeli
      @Pancakeli Před 3 lety +3

      Local merchant says:
      "It was very nicely made, we just had to pool all our money, horses, and throwing daggers to pay for it. I still feel like we scammed the poor smith, it was a very nicely made weapon."

    • @bmyers6831
      @bmyers6831 Před 3 lety

      The legend of Hobin Rood lives on...

    • @TimeTimo
      @TimeTimo Před 3 lety +3

      yeah i heared about him, hes from florida

  • @retro4300
    @retro4300 Před 3 lety +117

    "balancing update"

    • @tuluppampam
      @tuluppampam Před 3 lety +2

      If you think they can't make games you should watch some of the Dev logs people make (or code bullet )

    • @nameless5413
      @nameless5413 Před 3 lety +4

      spiff did mention that every update of games he is playing ends up braking the game in new and fascinating ways.
      I think that Paradox especially has some sort of no testing in place since boy do their updates break everything.

    • @ggoddkkiller1342
      @ggoddkkiller1342 Před 3 lety +2

      They balanced a lot of things but not everything and even if they balanced everything im sure tea drinker would still find something))

    • @Bimblewort
      @Bimblewort Před 3 lety +2

      Seriously, the weapon smithing/selling system in the first part of the video seems absolutely off its rocker in terms of balance.

    • @nameless5413
      @nameless5413 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ggoddkkiller1342 bloody right he would, remember the crossbow assault rifle?
      besides if things are difficult to make dumb-proof just imagine how hard they are to make Spiff-proof the guy has whole threads of dedicated people breaking games!!

  • @robwithnell8192
    @robwithnell8192 Před rokem +5

    *releases balance patch* spiff- *proceeds to make a need for a new balance patch*

  • @colem631
    @colem631 Před 3 lety +17

    Who will win:
    1. The drudging march of everday life
    2. One smarmy British boy who knows how to consistently destroy every game I've never heard of

    • @colem631
      @colem631 Před 3 lety

      @Hammer Go Bonk! Didn't have a pc or laptop in the house that I was allowed to use until high school

    • @colem631
      @colem631 Před 3 lety

      @Hammer Go Bonk! Haha, it's all good. I'll give it a go sometime!

  • @kenny456100
    @kenny456100 Před 3 lety +21

    Spiff: You shall not run away from a battle, coward.
    Also Spiff: *Press retreat button.*

  • @FrisbeeTF2
    @FrisbeeTF2 Před 3 lety +1

    I've been playing Bannerlord for the last 10 hours because of this video! This was very entertaining, thank you :)

  • @ltntwafflz9043
    @ltntwafflz9043 Před 2 lety +22

    9:12 As of 1.7.1 this still works. I figured this out by accident when I made a two handed sword that didn't deal thrust dmg but had about 160 swing dmg. That sword uses only crude and wrought iron but is worth about 34,000 each. I quickly had millions of gold with some of the best weapons and armor money could buy and traded swords for them.

  • @LemonadeGoddess
    @LemonadeGoddess Před 3 lety +91

    I know he's saying "Smithing" but it really sounds like "Smiffing". But to be honest I prefer smiffing because it reminds me of the great all mighty otherworldly existance Spiff.

    • @ZakkyD11
      @ZakkyD11 Před 3 lety +6

      He actually did say "level up our Spiffing" at 14:20

    • @OperationDarkside
      @OperationDarkside Před 3 lety

      Smiffing is the manly version of sniffing

    • @byronlinck9204
      @byronlinck9204 Před 3 lety +2

      The Smiffing Brit.

    • @SergePupko
      @SergePupko Před 3 lety +3

      Good thing he didn't say Sniffing otherwise Joe Biden would have made an appearance.

  • @ricwalker6600
    @ricwalker6600 Před 3 lety +83

    Another cheese for you regarding smithing: talk to lords and barter trade your crafted javelins for literally everything! Gold, horses, fiefs (if you are a vassal to them) and ransom lords from them for heaps of EXP in that talking skill i just forgot the english name right now. which helps to faster level up your character even faster. I managed to speed lvl to Level 21 in 17 ingame days only thanks to smithing and bartering to lords.

  • @austinmaccarthy2095
    @austinmaccarthy2095 Před 3 lety +12

    Game: Thamaskene
    Spiff: *tAcKeMeNaSHi*

  • @rustythefoxcoon5143
    @rustythefoxcoon5143 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Let’s appreciate how the devs accidentally made this realistic experience. You learn not from the materials, but finding higher damage. Honestly, bravo!

  • @Zorgdub
    @Zorgdub Před 3 lety +152

    Wait, you can just press "retreat" and reset the battle *when you are defending a siege*? Are you running with the castle on your back or something?

    • @ScientistMan96
      @ScientistMan96 Před 3 lety +36

      That's what I was about to say. A retreat from a static defense like a town or castle should be a surrender of said place. Either way, the retreat button should really be removed for field battles as well, since there's already another retreating mechanic that makes a LOT more sense, which is the same the AI has to use to retreat. If you run off the side of the map, it counts as a retreat same as hitting the button, only that you have to physically make it off the map. There's also a troop command to have your army do the same. The button is literally a flat out cheat that's been built into the vanilla game.

    • @ismet1664
      @ismet1664 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ScientistMan96 This exploit would have been a good tactic if just the physcial retreat was possible.

    • @ScientistMan96
      @ScientistMan96 Před 3 lety +8

      @@ismet1664 This exploit wouldn't have worked most of the time without the magic button. Half of the exploit is plinking off cavalry with arrows, and then just teleporting off the battlefield when that got near the lines. If you had to physically run off the map, archer only wouldn't work due to the first cav unit you run across being able to run down your army. MAYBE it would work if the first thing you did was move your troops to the nearest edge of the map and waited there, so it's only a few feet to retreat, but even that would require that you're faster than the enemy army which isn't often the case if your against bandits and the like, and again cavalry would reach you, now with your backs turned, well before you got to the edge. Along with the fact AI doesn't fire on the move so until your reformed at the edge of the map, the enemy has free reign to charge at you without return fire.

    • @kijin30
      @kijin30 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ScientistMan96 Not of you're a Khuzait horse archer. God, how I love playing as the Khuzait 😂

    • @lawdog1569
      @lawdog1569 Před 3 lety

      ROFLMAO!!!! Zorgdub, that was hilarious!

  • @datkriegboi5052
    @datkriegboi5052 Před 3 lety +27

    when will spif find out the devs are just using him as a free bug tester

  • @rjcremix
    @rjcremix Před 3 lety

    I love how you have fun by taking the fun out of games which in turn makes it hilarious and fun 🤣 hahaha

  • @TheNameIsForty
    @TheNameIsForty Před 3 lety +4

    The Spiffing brit: "Isn't that just visually nauseating"
    Mean while all Swedes looking at the blue and yellow flag and immediately exits browser.

  • @theshadowaspect8678
    @theshadowaspect8678 Před 3 lety +20

    Spiff: Bannerlord is Perfectly Balanced game with no exploits
    Me: no, its bannerlord.

  • @OneMoreDesu
    @OneMoreDesu Před 3 lety +95

    I call this "Agincourt" mode, and it's just as overpowered in almost every strategy game ever

    • @ianleavitt8333
      @ianleavitt8333 Před 3 lety +14

      And we see why mankind evolved their battlefield tactics and their armies 500 years ago

    • @christopherpatterson4084
      @christopherpatterson4084 Před 3 lety +3

      @Corpsefoot Gaming It works really well for certain armies. Dwarves, Elves, Goblins (with the Paunch update especially)

    • @Shmandalf
      @Shmandalf Před 3 lety +3

      Wood Elves in Total War: Warhammer are the archer race. You still have to bring Eternal Guard though or your archer lines just get run over, but the strategy literally is "hit and run with archers until you are cornered on the map." Yes, it works having a 90% archer army and yes, pros use the build.

    • @stupidmonkey8057
      @stupidmonkey8057 Před 3 lety +3

      @Tranhoang Long idk I conquered Europe in total war 2 as Spain using javelin throwers on horse back the whole gane

    • @jamesjimotheius8275
      @jamesjimotheius8275 Před 3 lety +1

      @Tranhoang Long actually works OK in sieges

  • @gregc9344
    @gregc9344 Před 3 lety

    Felt especially fantastic having just finished my double shot coffee and so I left the video a like

  • @EnWeZed
    @EnWeZed Před 2 lety +3

    >Came to see broken Archers
    >stayed for the Smithing Simulator

  • @thekommunistkrusader3921
    @thekommunistkrusader3921 Před 3 lety +69

    Hobin Rood.... the yin to Robin Hood's yang! Or was it the other way around... who cares onto the exploits!

  • @nosferatuzodd887
    @nosferatuzodd887 Před 3 lety +10

    I often dream about the Spiff god arriving at my house and exploiting my perfectly balanced life and generating infinite wealth for me.

  • @bt4342
    @bt4342 Před 3 lety

    Your videos bring me so much joy

  • @Harikusa
    @Harikusa Před rokem

    I love finding glitches, fantastic 😄 I just don't find them as often but I normally don't over use them, just to help me get to the appropriate level where i could play the game enjoying it's best features and ignoring boring ones.

  • @macmadness5932
    @macmadness5932 Před 3 lety +15

    14:18 it sounds like he's saying
    'Oh, we leveled up our spiffing'

  • @CharlieThunder24
    @CharlieThunder24 Před 3 lety +9

    Spiff discovers the equation that kept William Sonoma in business for decades: simple materials + broken valuation mechanics = insane pricing

  • @darkaction123
    @darkaction123 Před rokem +3

    "Oh you silly sausage stop throwing rocks at me " seems a bit right

  • @CStone-xn4oy
    @CStone-xn4oy Před rokem

    I love how chill all those soldiers are with some random guy on horseback using them for target practice.

  • @JohnDoe-nk7hx
    @JohnDoe-nk7hx Před 3 lety +48

    The last time I was this early, bannerlord hadn't even come out yet.

  • @A.Filthy.Casual
    @A.Filthy.Casual Před 3 lety +9

    Spiff: *sees word 'Thamaskene'*
    Spiff: "...tacka-menashee"

  • @erumaaro6060
    @erumaaro6060 Před 2 lety +2

    hang on a bloody minute, you can retreat while under siege without loosing the castle!?!
    What sorcery is this???

  • @moviebad109
    @moviebad109 Před rokem +7

    Unfortunately aspects of this exploit don’t work anymore.
    They changed the smithing system so you ONLY unlock parts for the category you’re crafting.
    That said, 2 handed Maces are completely broken.
    The base mace head you get starts out selling for 300, I turned my starting 1000 into about 20,000 before moving onto the Mallet head once I unlocked it.
    After you get the mallet head (1 wrought iron, 2 hardwood, 1 charcoal) that sells for 800 base.
    Mine sell for up to 1100 now. I’m now up to 125k and I am about level 7. Full army of upgraded horse archers 85 strong, and I can always fall back to smithing loops if money becomes a problem.
    Onira is still a great place to start. Other places have more hardwood, but Onira has Pugios and throwing daggers. They give you boat loads of steel, iron, wrought iron, and fine steel.
    I can confidently say that smithing is still completely broken and is essentially a money printing operation.
    You CAN still get the bent razor head, but you need to smelt down or make polearms to do so. And they’re a money sink until you unlock the part. (Edit*) the Billhook head for polearms is also worth a ton to sell, so it’s a good intermediary step between the money sink polearms to unlock parts, and the godly bent razor head)
    But, it doesn’t matter, because with basically any amount of gold, you can print out infinite money via smithing 2H maces for dirt cheap materials.

  • @Ryan50Ryan
    @Ryan50Ryan Před 3 lety +35

    Game Dev: "We balanced the game."
    Mr. Brit: "Challenge accepted."

  • @criticalmaz1609
    @criticalmaz1609 Před 3 lety +5

    Dear Mr Spiff. I'm new to the channel but I really want to thank you for being a source of comfort in the crucible that is 2020. I lost my boyfriend the other day and he was all I had, so I need something to fill up the silence.
    Lots of love to everyone, and hugs for new corgi. ❤

  • @ikulhadi7097
    @ikulhadi7097 Před 3 lety

    Really good.. Keep going man

  • @GrimboldII
    @GrimboldII Před 3 lety +4

    Binge watching Spiffing Brit and drinking gallons of tea, what a life!

  • @damieng6368
    @damieng6368 Před 3 lety +45

    Does anyone remember when he TEAsed us with Reanu Keeves

  • @eros5420
    @eros5420 Před 3 lety +4

    Defending a castle you get to ballista enemies as they approach the walls. If they breach, well thats no good... retreat and start the battle again. The enemy will be very accommodating and return to their camp before trying the siege again. Politely ask them to do this again and again until you have ballista-ed them to oblivion.

  • @jpuljee7272
    @jpuljee7272 Před 3 lety

    Just learned 3 great tips for this game thanksslot!!

  • @bewitchedblood
    @bewitchedblood Před 2 lety +7

    I love watching videos about games I’ve never played or seen and then sitting here just like yes of course it’s so obvious that this game would be easy and I totally understand all of this 😂

  • @trygveplaustrum4634
    @trygveplaustrum4634 Před 3 lety +39

    *legimately everyone else doing CK3*
    Spiffing: Bannerlord, anyone?

    • @JockMacAbre
      @JockMacAbre Před 3 lety +3

      He did one the other day before it was released.

    • @SergePupko
      @SergePupko Před 3 lety +1

      Yos

    • @coreyfrate2620
      @coreyfrate2620 Před 3 lety +1

      To be fair, he also did like a six hour stream of CK3 with the Yogs lol

    • @IckbobTheAwesome
      @IckbobTheAwesome Před 3 lety

      No one important has made any CK3 content recently

  • @Oblithian
    @Oblithian Před 3 lety +26

    I liked Spiff's video and Hobin Rood & his merry men just ransacked my house to make... a javelin!?
    Now I can't even adventure anymore, because I took an arrow to the knee.

  • @Valnar1111
    @Valnar1111 Před 3 lety

    This... this is just marvelous!

  • @MasterBuilder-xy1ug
    @MasterBuilder-xy1ug Před 3 lety

    Dude I have been watching you for awhile now and you are HILARIOUS, I can't stop laughing

  • @fledglingpidgeon
    @fledglingpidgeon Před 3 lety +7

    14:19 "Oh, we've levelled up our spiffing!" Spiff, you're already Spiffing. You can't level it up any further.

  • @Raphex5
    @Raphex5 Před 3 lety +13

    With all these Bannerlord crafting exploits, you should start a new channel: The Smiffing Brit.

  • @waltage
    @waltage Před 3 lety +5

    this is absolutely historical! Horsed Archer rule Eurasia and North Africa. only western Europe with armored plates ruled by knight.

  • @babysnaps3217
    @babysnaps3217 Před 3 lety

    Good to see this strategy works just as well as it does in Warband

  • @granatmof
    @granatmof Před 3 lety +5

    I've watched this like a dozen times. There's something relaxing about watching make trades and craft things in games. I definitely prefer videos that don't include torturing people.

  • @mauricebenink
    @mauricebenink Před 3 lety +4

    I love how everyone is joking about a game in alpha stage where quite a few things are still placeholder or dont even work at all (skills)
    If something is implemented wayyy too simple its 99% chance its a placeholder mechanic to just allow it to work for now

  • @seanmessick9330
    @seanmessick9330 Před 3 lety +1

    I like your strategy.
    It’s effectively the Norman strategy at the battle of Hastings. They pretended to flee, were chased by some of the Saxons, turned around, and slaughtered them, they did this twice, with it working both times, before running uphill and slaughtering the remaining Saxons. This is one of the few cases where the side with the high ground lost, and it was because of sheer gullibility.

  • @nickm501
    @nickm501 Před 3 lety +1

    I started playing this game 2 days ago, I only know how to fight and send my troops to fight but it is the most fun I've had playing a medieval game.