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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - War Sails Development Update: Ship Customization and Types
This video summarizes the latest development updates for the War Sails DLC, focusing on ship types, customization options, and the unique ships of various factions. The presenter goes over key points from the developer blog post, providing insights into gameplay mechanics and strategic implications.
1. ⚓ Introduction and Customization of Ships in War Sails
- ✅ The War Sails DLC opens up the coastlines of Calradia for trade, raiding, and large-scale naval battles.
- ✅ The developer blog highlights the diversity, design, and characteristics of ships.
- ✅ Players can customize ships to suit their strategies.
00:01 - 00:54
1. ⚓ Introduction and Customization of Ships in War Sails
- ✅ The War Sails DLC opens up the coastlines of Calradia for trade, raiding, and large-scale naval battles.
- ✅ The developer blog highlights the diversity, design, and characteristics of ships.
- ✅ Players can customize ships to suit their strategies.
00:55 - 02:41
2. 🚢 Ship Classes and Uses: Light, Heavy, and Trade
- ✅ Ships are divided into three main categories: light, heavy, and trade.
- ✅ Light ships are cheap, fast, and good for flanking, but lack durability.
- ✅ Heavy ships offer a balance between price, durability, capacity, and upgradeability.
- ✅ Heavy ships are built for durability, offering spacious decks, high crew capacity, and various upgrades.
- ✅ Trade ships focus on logistics and trade, transporting fewer troops, providing more inventory space, and requiring fewer crew members.
02:42 - 03:27
3. 💨 Sail Types Affecting Ship Performance
- ✅ The geometry of the sails determines the ship's performance in different wind conditions.
- ✅ Square sails provide quick acceleration and work well in calm winds.
- ✅ Schooner sails capture wind from more directions, providing higher top speeds and versatility.
- ✅ Hybrid rigs combine both types for stable control in variable winds.
- ⚠️ Sail types are tied to ship design and cannot be changed.
03:28 - 04:09
4. 🌍 Unique Ships Inspired by Calradia's Cultures
- ✅ War Sails' ships are inspired by historical archetypes corresponding to Calradia's cultures.
- ✅ Each faction has at least one unique ship, totaling 20 unique ships.
- ✅ The rest of the fleet is recruited from common regional ships.
04:10 - 05:05
5. ⚔️ Faction-Specific Ship Availability and Infrastructure Requirements
- ✅ Not all factions have access to all classes of ships. For example, the Empire uses ships of all sizes, but the Nords can only employ light and medium ships designed for boarding.
- ✅ Access to ships depends not only on location but also on infrastructure.
- ✅ Ports must be upgraded through projects.
- ✅ Low-level shipyards may only offer a few light ships.
- ✅ Higher levels unlock medium and heavy ships and more ships for sale.
05:06 - 06:24
6. 🛡️ Characteristics of Imperial, Saracen, and Battanian Ships
- ✅ The Imperial Navy is the most well-balanced.
- ✅ Their fleet includes the Liburna, a medium-sized ship with a compact hull and sharp lines.
- ✅ Their flagship, the Dromon, is a heavy, high-decked ship with hybrid sails and high sides.
- ✅ Saracen ships combine sleek hulls and sails with galley-like decks.
- ✅ Their unique ships feature thin frames, high decks, and steeply rising bows.
- ✅ They rely primarily on sail power for speed, while also providing moderate oar assistance for repositioning.
06:25 - 07:19
7. 🛶 Battanian and Khuzait Ship Designs
- ✅ The Battanians rely on river and forest traditions, creating ships that reflect this.
- ✅ The Battanian Berlin is a light ship with a square sail and narrow hull.
- ✅ It is designed for speed and maneuverability in quieter waters.
07:20 - 08:29
8. 🏹 Deck Layout and Tactical Implications of Battanian Ships
- ✅ The decks of Battanian ships are well-suited for ranged combat.
- ✅ Limited crew capacity makes them more vulnerable to boarding and less effective in prolonged engagements.
08:30 - 09:20
9. 🐎 Characteristics and Tactical Role of Khuzait Ships
- ✅ The Khuzait bring their nomadic speed and combat traditions to the sea, using ships like the Kaluk.
- ✅ This flagship has a wide, long hull and is equipped with schooner sails.
- ✅ The combination of high speed and ample deck space makes it ideal for applying pressure from long range.
- ✅ However, like most later armed ships, it has low acceleration and weak oar support.
09:21 - 10:54
10. ❄️ Sturgian and Vlandian Ship Designs
- ✅ Sturgian ships focus on strength, oar power, and resistance to cold waters.
- ✅ Their Radia combines a galley structure with a Drakkar profile.
- ✅ They have long hulls and open decks, emphasizing capacity.
- ✅ It is built to push through the waves and close the distance for decisive boarding actions.
- ✅ The Vlandian navy is inspired by the sturdy Cog ships of Northern Europe.
- ✅ Their ships have high square hulls and high decks, making them ideal for ranged support.
10:55 - 12:29
11. 🏹 Tactical Roles of Vlandian and Nord Ships
- ✅ Vlandian ships are well-suited for ranged support.
- ✅ The Khuzait, Battanians, and Vlandians all have ships for archers.
- ✅ Vlandian ships have moderate oar power but compensate with strong defensive structures and commanding views.
- ✅ The Nords armed the Drakkar, which was built for decisive close combat.
- ✅ Their flagship, the Drakkar Flagship, is a medium-sized ship with an open deck and a narrow, elongated hull.
- ✅ It relies heavily on strong oars and boarding.
- ✅ The open structure offers weak protection from missiles.
12:30 - 14:03
12. 🛠️ Ship Customization Options and Slots
- ✅ Entering the shipyard turns a bare hull into a ship.
- ✅ You can buy and name ships.
- ✅ Ships offer various slots for improvements, such as stern, hull, sides, sails, etc.
- ✅ Not all ships support all slots.
- ✅ The Dromon can be fully equipped, but smaller hulls lack parts that fit.
- ✅ Most improvements progress through levels that steadily improve performance.
- ✅ Some improve melee damage, add quivers for archers, expand inventory space, or increase sailing speed.
- ✅ Some offer meaningful branching options that change how the ship operates in certain situations.
14:04 - 15:03
13. 🎯 Additional Slots and Trade-offs for Ship Customization
- ✅ Ships with bow slots can install ballistae for additional ranged firepower.
- ✅ You can also equip crenellated walls, reinforced platforms that increase crew capacity.
- ✅ The sides are another key area for personalization.
- ✅ You can install Rengeits to protect your team during ranged firefights, or equip braziers that can burn enemy sails.
15:04 - 16:37
14. ⚖️ Balance and Alternatives in Ship Customization
- ✅ Customization options must be well-balanced.
- ✅ You can install shield walls on the sides for defense, or install fire arrows to burn enemy sails.
- ✅ If you want to charge for boarding, you can install a ram or install oars to become more maneuverable.
- ✅ There must be alternatives so that you cannot install everything at once.
16:38 - 17:21
15. ✨ Decorative Elements and Tactical Value
- ✅ Like other improvements, some decorative elements can also play an important role in combat.
- ✅ Figureheads combine tactical value and visual flair, much like land banners.
- ✅ Khuzait ships can sail with horse heads to increase their movement speed.
- ✅ Saracen ships can replace them with falcons or vipers for better range, accuracy, or faster ballista reloading.
- ✅ Some figureheads improve the morale of the ship's crew.
- ✅ Some enhance ramming attacks or increase the damage of thrown weapons, giving you free choice of form and function for your entire fleet.
17:22 - 18:20
16. 🚢 Ship Upgrades and Cultural Influence
- ✅ Ship upgrades require the corresponding shipyard level and may vary by culture.
- ✅ For example, you can acquire a Dromon from the Empire, but you need to sail to a Battanian shipyard to install boarding weapon improvements.
- ✅ You have to bring it from the Empire and go to Battania to upgrade it.
- ✅ To install Rengeits on the sides, sail to Nord or Sturgia.
- ✅ This forces you to travel the charts and take risks.
18:21 - 19:59
17. 🤔 Conclusion and Additional Development Considerations
- ✅ The developers didn't say anything about how the units will behave in the water.
- ✅ Previously, it was announced that units could be thrown into the sea, float, swim, and climb back up.
- ✅ The next blog may be about this.
- ✅ They post videos on their YouTube channel almost every day.
- ✅ You can see how the fleet is customized there.