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The video, hosted by Strat, serves as an extensive guide for mastering the charm and leadership skills in "Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord." Focusing on the importance of relationships with nobles and notables, the guide explains how charm provides a significant multiplier to relationship gains, which can be enhanced through activities like clearing bandit hideouts, releasing captured nobles, bartering, and completing quests. Strategies to gain charm XP include engaging in noble quests, participating in fief votes, and becoming a vassal or mercenary.
Leadership XP can be gained through recruiting prisoners, maintaining high troop morale, and leading armies. Detailed tactics suggest early game strategies like quick vassalage and troop redistribution, while late game advice includes managing large, high-tier armies. The XP gain methods are explained, noting that troop tier affects XP and that calculation occurs hourly.
Finally, the video covers advanced techniques for rising to faction leadership. Players are advised to strategically deplete rivals' influence through votes and policies, manage towns for steady influence income, and exploit charm perks. The video concludes with gratitude to viewers and a preview of a future trading guide.
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In this segment of the video, the host, Strat, presents an in-depth guide on the charm and leadership skills in “Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.” The focus is on how these skills work, how players can gain experience points (XP), and efficient ways to level up. Strat emphasizes the importance of maintaining good relations with nobles and notables, as it significantly impacts troop recruitment and political alliances.
The charm skill gives a bonus multiplier to relationship gains, starting at 0.5% at level 1 and increasing to 150% at level 300. Various actions such as clearing bandit hideouts, releasing nobles after battles, and bartering with nobles (by donating money) can earn XP. Key actions and their XP yields are detailed, highlighting which actions are most beneficial for leveling charm. Additionally, quests and their corresponding XP rewards are mentioned, with the promise of further breakdowns in later segments. The video is structured with chapters and time stamps for easy navigation.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on strategies for leveling up the charm and leadership skills in the game. For charm, it’s suggested to engage in noble quests, release clan leaders and faction leaders after battles, and participate in voting, particularly for fiefs, which yields significant charm XP. Key quests like tutoring and capturing enemy nobles are emphasized for their high XP and relationship gains. The importance of becoming a vassal or mercenary is highlighted, along with the substantial charm XP from voting.
For leadership, the segment explains the three ways to gain XP: recruiting prisoners, maintaining high morale with a large number of troops, and leading an army. Each method’s XP yield is detailed, with high morale and troop recruitment being particularly effective. The essential role of leadership in boosting army morale and garrison size is stressed, noting that effective leadership is crucial for sustaining a powerful army.
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In this segment of the video, various strategies are discussed for gaining leadership experience (XP) in the game by leading armies. The key points include:
1. **Army Qualification**: An army qualifies with at least one person.
2. **Leadership XP Calculation**: Gained per troop and is tier-dependent, with higher tiers providing more XP.
3. **XP Sources**: Troops can be in personal, companion, or noble armies, and XP gain remains consistent regardless of troop distribution.
4. **Hourly Calculation**: XP gain is calculated hourly, not daily.
5. **Cohesion**: Boosting army cohesion does not grant leadership XP.
Detailed examples are provided to efficiently level leadership early and late game:
– **Early Game**: Become a vassal quickly, then redistribute troops between yourself and companions to maximize XP without sacrificing speed or influence.
– **Managing Troops**: Let companions recruit troops, including prisoners without morale loss, depending on funds.
– **Late Game**: Focus on high-tier troops to maximize XP gain, maintain large armies, and call in companions and nobles.
The final strategy shared hints at how to become a leader of a faction by using a ranged weapon to “accidentally” eliminate the current leader during a joint battle, emphasizing careful preparation and persistence.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses strategies for becoming the leader in a game, emphasizing ways to manage and drain influence from other clans to maintain control. Key actions include calling votes strategically to deplete other clans’ influence, enacting policies to reduce influence for everyone, and acquiring towns with forums for a steady influence income. Additional tips include participating in tournaments for influence gains and leveraging high-level charm perks. The segment concludes with a thank you message and a teaser for an upcoming guide on trading.