I generally stay away from beggars, servants, and daytalers for no particular reason. I sometimes take miners because they are alright, except for toilet fatigue which wont matter if a battle is decided in round 2. What? What do you mean that is not in the spirit of the question? YOU'RE NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE-įor early game I try not to be too picky. I try to get as many King's Guards, Belly Dancers, Barbarians, and northern Assassins as I can get my hands on. Sellswords are second best and are good at other things too.Įveryone else should only use ranged attacks on a situational basis. Witchunters are as skilled as poachers but cost a ton. Poachers if you absolutely must have an archer right now (you totally don't need an archer right now). Swordmasters are expensive and kind of gimmicky. Sellsword is high tier in everything and top in nothing, which ends up being pretty good. Disowned Noble is okay, but I'd rather hold out for the Adventurous Noble instead. Bastards are bad, with poor Resolve and Stamina. You'll have to patch out his horrible Ranged Defense (it's so bad that it actually matters a bit). Professional (60+): Adventurous Noble has the highest Resolve in the game and good Melee Attack, making him an ideal bannerman. Deserters look great at first but that Resolve is unworkable. Squire and Militia are both good, with Squire being the best. Beasthunters are kind of bad, having normal peasant tier defense, compensated with elevated (but still bad) ranged skill. Most of them have good Melee Defense as well, roughly double what peasant tier has. Militia Tier (57-60): These guys fight for a living, but aren't actually soldiers. Miners have terrible fatigue but can be salvaged by using gimmicky "zero stamina" builds. Wildmen do this even better, but suffer from bad Defense scores. Lumberjacks are excellent with their high health and stamina.
This includes Brawlers, Miners, Lumberjacks, and a few others. "Scrappy" Peasants (53-55): Slightly more "fight-y" than most commoners.
Houndmaster has slightly elevated Melee Def (about one levels worth).
Farmhands have health and stamina rivaling hedge knights and are personal favorites. Messenger is slightly above average in this tier. Servant, refugee, and beggar are crippled by their Resolve and should be avoided. Can make a good fencer with that initiative as well. Thief is a standout with very good Defense scores. Peasants (52): Most backgrounds are here. People really like monks, but I think they're bad. Only the peddlers are worth mentioning, with their high-ish Melee defense (about two level ups worth relative to their peers). Noncombatant Tier (average MA 47 or less) : These are cripples, historians, peddlers, and monks. Personally, I organize the backgrounds into categories based on their melee attack, since that's the thing you're shopping for about 80% of the time.
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