If the series ever got a remake, what changes or new things would you want with it?

I'd want actual "banners being sewn in to yours" and some mechanics to it. What I mean is, when you allow say a village to join you, it wouldn't be just pure numbers like 30 clansmen and 5 fighters but that 30 clansmen and 5 fightes actually belonging to a Clan A, so when you recruit from larger towns with several clans some of those clans having alliance, disputes/feuds etc. between them.

I'd also want to have multiple choices on the road to take on some portions of the game. We have this huge map with many location names given but we don't see most of it.

So, I know it's wise in BS 1 to really only level up to lvl 3 so as to make the most of the renown and level gains you can get when you carry over your save to BS 2.

I'm wondering if there is a similar threshold I should level to in 2 before I finish and carry my save over to BS 3?

I'm already at the point in 2 where most of my fighters won't gain any stats from leveling up anymore, just added affects. So is there a point where it makes sense to stop leveling and save it for when I'm playing BS 3?

Any tips would be appreciated, thank you.

So, there are two miniatures on the stoic online store, Bellower and the stonesinger, are there cards included with them or no, and if not, were can i get the cards? Any help is appreciated.

Per title, how do I view the attack and movement range of characters during the setup phase? Also, is there a way to view detailed descriptions of abilities during combat? I am playing on mobile.

Had the trilogy in my steam library for like 3 years before I finally finished it. And oh my God I can't believe I slept on this series for so long.

You probably don't care, but I do. At this point I don't even care if anybody answers, I just need to vent.

Because I finally finished this fucking game, the most difficult game I ever had to take on in my entire life. It would seem that I have made every bad decisions possible because I got all five returns to aberrang, I ALMOST RAN out of time, I had 1 pixel worth of time when I got to the white tower, my god it was this fucking close.

And then I had to kill Eyvind and let Alfref finish the ritual because this asshole was commited to be a deadweight until the very end.

It's finally over, and I am going to need days worth of nap.

As a closing word, I would like to thank all of you people for helping me because I would have not been able to finish this game without your help.

I declined to do him another favor in Ch 1, so he didn't show up in Ch 3. The wiki says he "might also join Rook's caravan in the end of Chapter 7." I can't find anything else about this, is that speculation or accurate?

I’m thinking if deep diving into this game but it doesn’t look super easy. Tbf I don’t need it to be super easy, I can do normal fire emblem just fine but afraid it’ll be really hard. I also just like to max my characters and do that stuff in games. Customize with weapons, armor, all that.

Aside from survival mode. Which console should i get this game on ?

Do saves transfer over games on both versions?

This is not the first time I come to this sub looking for help and probably won't be the last unless I manage to finish this fucking game, though my chances don't look so hot and it seems like I'm headed to the bad ending.

So for context, I'm currently in Banner Saga 3. I only managed to get 27 days for Aberang, which is not enough because you apparently need a whole month at least, which means that I ran out of days right after the battle between Juno and the Serpent.

In order to get more days I need to defeat the warped at the gates, but the battle seem too hard and I really don't have a fucking clue of how I'm supposed to reach victory. Here's a screenshot of the game board.

The Battlefield

and here is a screenshot of my party

My Party

The rub is that pretty much every ennemy in this screenshot can't destroy any of my units in two shots, they don't even have to scratch the armor first, plus the field is to small for me to deploy my units and unravel my tactics, this battle really seems to hard for me to beat.

Feel free to ask for screenshots of my units stats if you need to see them.

I'd be grateful for any tips to get out of this mess.

I posted a somewhat a similar question on IOS gaming re: offline RPGs for Iphone.

I’ve always wanted to try Banner Saga but am worried that Mobile really means IPAD not IPhone. I’ve read in a few old reviews the text was small. I haven’t had great luck with RPGs for Iphone given the size constraints.

Thank you

I've seen some older posts about this, but nothing with a solution. I was trying to go through and get the Hard Mode achievements on survival mode, and when I finish battle 30 the screen just never goes forward after the victory, it just sits on the battle view after I hit continue, which means achievements for completion never proc

Does anyone know how to fix this? It clearly used to work, because I have all the easy/normal mode achievements from years ago.

How many people remove Alette’s bracelet and give Rook a better item? I can’t convince myself to remove it for story reasons, but I’d like to know what items you guys you would give Rook (if any) to optimize him

I've completed the trilogy on normal difficulty before and while I found this particular fight slightly cumbersome back then, it's just insane on the hard difficulty. Actually, I have even finished this fight on the hard difficulty once after several hours of trial and error, but restarted my run for some reasons, and instead of hours now I can't even get through it for DAYS.

I've like 4-5 level 5 characters on me and the remainder are mostly level 4-s, so they're definitely strong enough in theory.

I'm not kidding when I say I've retried this fight a number of times close to the 3 digits by now, several real life days encompassing multiple hours.

I've even resorted to watching YT videos to do a step-by-step copy of their movements, but the primary trouble there is that Bellower either never uses Scream on his first move (like he does on mine), or the hero who gets stunned is different for me than the vid, so the entire setup gets fucked.

I've tried a variety of parties, but the one that's gotten me the most far is probably Eyvind, Iver, Gunnulf and Hakon (for phase one I managed to only end up with an injured Eyvind).

And then for phase two I just get mopped up by Bellower, because I can't do any meaningful damage to him til his armour is below 10, and by the time that happens, he's struck down most of my party, including Gunnulf whom I usually reserve to save up on Strength. That, of course, gets absolutely ruined because of Bellower's free turn bullshit each time he's attacked.

Honestly unsure how to proceed because I want the achievement for completing the game on hard mode.

EDIT: Lmao okay I got through it by replacing Eyvind with Mogr and keeping Hakon, Gunnulf and Iver. So, Varl-primary party.

I think for many of us the first playthrough of this trilogy was the most special. Going in fully blind, struggling, learning the combat system, making mistakes and having to live with your choices - that's what makes the first run the most memorable for me.

So, let's share our experiences. How was your first playthrough? Were you a great leader? Who lived? Who didn't make it? Whom do you regret losing the most? What was the most memorable moment for you? What lessons (about yourself or about the world) did you learn from the game? I'll be happy to hear all of your stories!

This is more of a vent post. I don’t want to hear any strats, I’ll figure it out eventually. But omg is hard mode hard. I’m trying to get the last three achievements so I can 100% the first game. So far I’m like 1/4 through, at the part with Hakon and the long war segment. I might have to start over and avoid some fights. The biggest issue is there are too many damn varl in that party and they get in each other’s way so much if you use all of them lol.

What are your toughest banner saga challenges and stories?

Ain’t no way “Oddleif” is required for this fight when she got two-shot in the last battle. I’m half ranting, half genuinely interested in optimized strategies

I feel like im lining up a perfect trample, but it’s not letting me trample 😡. Do i need to make sure there is space behind him?

Hey all. Old dude that just returned to gaming after decades. I've been trying to find just the right rpg-type game, but bounced off many. The Banner Saga has been perfect!, but now I'm stuck.

The Scarlet Knight that's been chasing us for a while finally caught. I keep winning the battle, but the screen just stays there. It doesn't leave the battlefield and there's no option to get out of it, like popups or anything. Is it because I'm somehow not using the silver arrow correctly?

So I've played through the trilogy a few years back on pc but never actually played survival mode. Now I've bought and played through on PS5 and wanted to try survival mode. I see survival mode add-on for BS2 on the store, but shouldn't there be one for BS3? Does it not exist?

Right now I just finished the bossfight against Eyeless on the bridge in TBS 2 when you play with the ravens and this game just keeps getting more and more ridiculous in terms of bullshit difficulty.

I had to swallow my pride and set the game to easy, and even then my entire team got wipped out and I narrowly clenched the victory with a character that was on 1 HP with a coin flip.

The next time I meet him, the game will probably literally too hard for me to beat, even on easy.

Since he's probably the final boss, I wanted to know ahead from you guys what's the best strategy against him? He can one shot any of my characters, raise the dead and play two to three times in a row depending on circumstances, how the fuck are you supposed to win against such overwhelming odds?

Hey everyone, I’m currently studying a course on game music where I’ve decided I will analyze the music in Banner Saga. And I was curious how people feel about the music in the game and how it’s incorporated. Any thought, comparison or note is welcome!

If so what platforms? I have mac, ios, ps5 and switch.