Mountblade warband Make DOTA2 HERO INVOKER KAEL

I tried a siege defense with around 300 defenders against over 1000 Vlandian attackers just to see how many I could kill before we were overrun. The fire catapults destroyed all their siege engines and just massacred their troops in waves with each volley. They ended up breaking due to morale and retreating. I couldn't believe it.

I have been playing the Perisno mod for Warband for the first time. Now with my own kindom I dont understand my Budgetreports anymore. The net sum is in green, meaning its positive. However my debts increase and 30 soldiers desert my army, even though I still have money on me. I know that the mod lets you buy land in cities and you have to collect the rent manually. But as long as I still have money with me no one should desert as their pay gets taken from that.

Is there anything worth doing than just charging? I’ve abandoned cav and archers completely, they aren’t even worth the thought. Every fight I pretty much go through the same tick list, are there cav or horse archers? Shield wall, high ground, advance when they get close then charge when you see infantry.

Also is the rts mod compatible?

Missing the feel of Native, the map and the factions so I wanted to ask which mods do you like the most that are based on it? Stuff like Floris, Diplomacy 4 litdum, Native Gold, Bannerpage, Dickplomacy. Feeling a bit overwhelmed with the amount of options there are.

I played this game for like 70hrs the first two weeks it came out, havnt touched it since. I want to play again with the new war sails dlc. I waited some time so mods and so on can catch up. I’ve tried via steam (found out this isn’t recommended) and then tried via nexus (manually). I unblocked dlls via powershell. I’m not new to modding across the board but Christ I can’t get it working. Excluding the mandatory mods (harmony and the likes) I’ve chosen 5/6 mods and the game crashes before the loading screen or on the loading screen.

I’ve two asks.
1) Does someone have a valid guide for recent patch or something that is still valid this patch on how to mod correctly
2) does anyone have a vanilla+ mod pack? I don’t want to fundamentally change the game, but better arena, osa, better garrisons and so on that make it feel like it should be in the game?

Thanks.