Yeah, Warband + Floris is the way forward (vanilla warband is great, but having now played Floris, I probably wouldn't recommend ever playing without Floris). There are probably a bunch of other great mods out there too - I'm still hoping for a great "wild west" themed one some day.
Why is nobody talking about AD 1257 ???? Its mod who aims at realism,adds TON of new neat stuff in to the game,i mean people who play Mount and Blade are medieval fans who prefer realisti stuff rigth,so why not trying out this mod ?!
... I take the lives of a few to protect the lives of many. I commit acts of war to preserve the greater peace. I take no joy in killing, but make no mistake; I'll do what needs to be done. Because it's my job. It's my duty. My name is Sam Fisher, and I am a Splinter Cell.
I was about to come in here and post just that. 1257AD's spectacular - I've spent way too much time with vanilla Warband and think very highly indeed of it, but my jaw just dropped when I saw 1257. It's unbelievably huge and unbelievably detailed.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/anno-domini-1257
Brytenwalda.
Slightly wonky (yet still charming) mod, but you get to play on a map of Britain... so that's nice.