Global chat, as you might imagine, can be pretty godawful at times, but as you get further away from your starting point, you'll get a bit of breathing room and a break from the constant chat messages. It really does feel very much the same as the singleplayer version of the game, except, you know… the hundreds of other people you see everywhere. You'll join the world, create a new character, and start playing. Peasent style warfare for M&B Warband Multiplayer, Multiplayer, EN. Just make an account when prompted, confirm your email, and then login. This site lists modifications for the game Mount&Blade Warband, the original.
It's extremely painless getting it to run. To try it yourself, you'll need a copy of Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord installed, and the mod's launcher which you can download here.
For now, I'd still recommend trying out the single server in Russia-it fits 800 people, which still seems amazing to me, and there were about 625 players when I tried it. It looks like there are plans to add a server in Europe and one in the US, eventually. But otherwise, Bannerlord Online runs surprisingly smoothly. Most of the lag I experienced took place in menus-checking my inventory and selling items to NPC merchants is a very sluggish process.
