@@hilebard there is a bug where there are less and less mercs available. In like year 5 there won't be any to be bought. Doesn't really matter in a normal run since militia is really strong, but when you wanna go for the merc only achievement and you have to start over because of that it just sucks
I pull a Hannibal strategy with my armies: militia in the center and giving ground, mercs and retinues on the flanks and they close and encircle the enemy. It’s not really necessary to do this but I always enjoy pulling it off
IMO if your economy is thriving you will snowball faster if you hire mercenaries and fight quick wars with the baron using them. You can have a powerful homeland militia force, but that simply takes a long time. You have to either build the equipment or pay upfront costs for it. You can take -10 import which makes outfitting your militia (which is what I did) quicker, but even then I still think hiring mercs makes the most convent sense. Plus if they die then it does not hurt my economy at all. I’m sure as the game develops further along, and the NPC factions get more aggressive then a strong homeland army might be more favourable.
Exactly, now that I’ve beat the baron a couple times I’ve upped the difficulty and am either going to do a no trade run, or at least a no trade perk run to keep it challenging. Economy boom is busted, they need raiders to hit supply runs and steal
@@youwalrus123I hope a strong homeland militia is never the 100% optimal choice because realistically that's just not what happened irl. Even today mercenaries still serve a purpose. It's just hard to be cost effective with a standing army that only gets used every now and then against mercs who can travel from conflict to conflict and always have a source of income to finance their gear and training.
I heard a saying "Why hire foreign Merc whose loyalty is to coin, when a citizen Militia whose loyalty is to his kinmen, the land and his lord" Edit: I like it how I'm quoting machiavelli convincing players to stick to citizen Militia in the game, save money n roleplaying purposes, yet in the Comments section we are talking about history.
@@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos Should be used in combination with militias. Majority-mercenary armies can betray their employer for gain. But when they're a fraction as large a force, outnumbered and underequipped compared to your militia, they can't really betray their employer as they'd be risking their lives if they actually threatened their employer (or broke off the deal unilaterally). That said, the mercenaries' officers might still be willing to betray their own men.
Keep in mind that once you start getting to the mid game a few years in, mercenaries will no longer be available because the Baron will hire them all and keep them on retainer. If you don’t nab them up for yourself, you’ll have to fight them in addition to the Barons armies for the last few regions.
That's the point I am at. At year 6 I didn't build up enough houses. No more mercs are available for hire. Its impossible to win with a vastly outnumbered army.
@@OptionalDilemmayou have to rush army of at least 15 spearmen so you can keep stealing bandot camps from him, to cuck his influence gain. Also to keep farming money to ease your economy as if you want mercs, you better not dissmiss them and just keep paying. On the positive side, you will be able to release your peasant spearmen back into work
You can do the same thing as him. In theory. In practice the game has too many bugs that make large populations inefficient, for example you can't build large farms because the assigned work area doesn't work so people don't work the farm they are assigned to and instead cross the entire region to do work. I still managed to do well but mostly by working my way around the bugs and micro managing insanely much as well as largely avoiding farming
It should be changed so they wear the mail over the gambeson, as thats usually how soldiers were outfitted and it would give even more protection to our precious villagers
That's inaccurate. Many wore mail under the gambeson. You may wonder why: the mail can be much tighter fitted to the body and thereby lighter and cheaper. Many didn't even wear anything but mail also because you overheat with too much padding. Most soldiers simply tried to avoid getting hit in the first place and armor was the absolute last resort. People who re enact would not do this because they don't want to damage their gambeson and they wouldn't wear just mail because they care about bruises and get hit much more than people in a lethal fight would
@@witoldschwenke9492this doesn’t sound right at all. Mail by itself is useless. Gambesons and other padding were essential to provide a foundation for armors like mail and later plate. Sure, padding wasn’t ideal in the hot summer, when most campaigns occurred, but that just meant armies would fight in the morning, march in the evening, hydrate, and avoid taking the field until it was absolutely necessary. Mail might protect against slashes and some stabs, but the padding is ESSENTIAL to mitigate any attacks that pierce it, and most importantly, absorb concussive forces that would lead to a fatal hemorrhage. Mail can’t do that. Can you send the title of the source you used?
Only problem... doesn't that require a TON of high level families? Thankfully they did a balance patch lately to make alcohol consumption lower but still
I know most people have no experience in real life military strategy. So I'll give you a bit. Mercenaries are used for 2 main reasons. Numbers OR specialty. They are best used to augment forces. Not replace them. You can higher them for just numbers. But they are best used to fill in holes in your army. For example, you don't have much cavalry. Mercenaries. Need a rear guard? Mercenaries. Shoring up weaknesses is the best use of Mercenaries. So comparing them with militia is a moot point.
My biggest confusion about this game is that the map we are playing on isnt really large enough to support 9 whole ass cities. When I'm controling multiple regions why am i forced to manage them separately? Why can't i just integrate them all into a single city?
Agreed, my first city had hardly any farmable land, so i was like "Okay, the region north of me is fertile, ill manage a small farm until i unlock that area." Well, imagine my surprise when that farmable region wasn't connected to my main city that needed the farms and could only get resources by sending a dude with a mule to trade with it.
As cliche it may sound, the game I believe is supposed to resemble as close as possible to medieval times. So very very large cities are much more smaller in scale than people might think. So it's usually one main large settlement surrounded usually by smaller villages that specializes in certain goods. But I do agree that it is annoying that they aren't connected, but it makes sense why. People need to bargain with the other villages in order to get things and things aren't free. I think it's just a nice different mechanic to a gane
Your enemy hired them. The mercs pool are shared. If you don't hire them, the enemy will. That's a shame. I too fall for this thinking nah don't need mercs. But, suddenly no more mercs available and you realize that the enemy have huge amount of troops
Very informative. I have started my 3rd region with access to an indefinite iron mine. Currently mass producing armor and weapons like the damn orcs in Isengard
Interesting they become stronger than mercenaries. According to Machiavelli’s observations in the Prince, raising an army of your own citizens is a safer bet than hiring mercenaries or fighters from other kingdoms. They will want to fight for you, for their home, and are more likely to stay committed than bought troops when the times get tough. Mercenaries are also much more likely to attempt to usurp you if their payments fall through or if they are just driven by power, as all men are. Conquest also makes your kingdom richer (bigger houses.) The wise prince will build his own fighting force, preferably professional, and know how and when to use them.
Retinues are insanely good at charging, but they get tired quickly ( i assume because of the armor). Get spears to stand ground, and flank the enemy with Retinue etc. Makre sure to manage their stamina so make them walk before charging
Kind of accurate to real events. Not everybody had armour and would arrive to battle in whatever they had. So there was no uniformity to a band of men. It would be a mixed bag of armour and weapons.
Please help anyone . I’m doing great with the startups , getting my approval to even 100x with around 90-100 people. But every time I end up gettingnibvade my an army or raised 3-4 season in . My little group of bows , 5 retinue , and 20 spears aren’t enough to help. They get killed along with city burned . So along with start up and making sure your village is fed , warm etc , how can I also grow my army to help fight off attacks also. Seems like I can’t do both simultaneously. Maybe I need to lower difficulty? Any insight appreciated. Thx
@@DiveInGamingChannel sure thing, sorry, im not always good with communicating in written english not to sound like a prat :) need more emojis :) I had issues with final battle with the barron on hard mode, won only becouse i exploited the game, had already 6 units and just build three more manors, when you are already maxed out in number off units thats the only way, apart from mercs to go over six. And I couldn’t hire mercs cause he had them all apart 2 bow units. Game is bugged, unfinished yet gives a lot of fun, cant wait for it to develop further. All the best mate, keep making them videos.
"Mercenary and auxiliary troops are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe." - Niccolo Machiaveli, The Prince
Dude I’ve never used mercs, I always thought they were for desperate times, but needless to say militia works perfectly fine, they are easy to maintain and can assemble way too fast.
I was thinking you would say "they fight harder because they have a home to defend, so... much more morale" Kind a thing, wich could be a interesting play in future updates. Militia fighting in home region fight harder, but in other lands they break faster, while mercenaries fight better in other lands, but as the exp progresses even militia becomes battle hardened
I did not know that you really had to upgrade to lvl 2 to wear gambesons, but i guess it's good to know. Either way mercenaries go by the first 5 years in
Yes! I never played this game but i trust in Machiavelli. He trusted and created militia for Florencia cause mercenaries were cowards in combat and bold and cruel during stealing from lands in his opinion.
Little glitch I think rn, not sure why you would need it but I like it rather then to use all my workers, get as many paid infantry as you can sometimes you can buy up to 4-6 units, before you buy them have your Joann units selected so when you buy your mercinaries you will have nearly 10 units to use
they are only worthy against enemy armies once they are fully geared. But with helmets and gambeson, they are already enough to protect from bandits without loosing too many men
@@baf_mcnab3065 wtf is army kit? if you mean equipment, I have plenty of that and still can't recruit more units, only hire mercs. When you click recruit it just does nothing. Think theirs a max limit of militia or something, either max of 5 or 6 i had. their was over 200 guys that could join militia, game wouldn't let me make anymore units of them, and yes before you say something stupid, I had the equipment for them.
@@benjaminperrier3553 if you make 6 militia units before building manor you bypass the cap of 6 to hit 7, but if you build your manor first its just 6, 5 militia 1 retinue and however many mercenaries you want. So always make a 6 unit skeleton crew with like 5 guys each asap before building manor, your units will slowly fill out the skeleton crew militia as you get more villagers and equipment to arm them with
Forgove me if im wrong here I haven't played the game nor can I but isn't losing a single peasant really bad for your economy? Like "if I lose too many game over" bad? Seems like mercs are still a better option just for the safety net
Nah, it does hurt, but if you have a small stockpile of goods, then the families quickly get the working men back and your economy is normal again. It's a setback for sure, but not cripplingly so. Ironically, it does mean that winter ends up being the campaigning season, cause the dudes aren't doing much during winter anyway (all the crops are already harvested and replanted), and there is time for immigration before summer hits.
I never in my many years of war hired a single merc group, militia is just easy and expendable if you have good rating and 2-3 level 2 houses to make equipment
For trading, you need trading post and set up trade routes in it. Watch out as things you export will go down in price until you wont be able to sell them anymore. And things you buy will skyrocket in price. Surplus is extra supplies. For example, if you have 100 carrots in your storage, but your families will eat 70 of them this month, then your surplus is 30 carrots.
I am stuck on this game, can't seem to get an army built, I have 46 residents good moral, but I can't figure out how to build an army, or get the resources to get a militia.
You have to specialise some of the households into the various trades (carpenter, armourer, tailor, black smith) then set them to actually produce the required equipment to make your army.
This ignores the fact that if you have 4 retinue, you can only recruit more armies. However, if you recruit mercs with 4 retinue then you can hire all the mercs on the recruitment page. So you can have like 100 more guys at least for like 200 💰
Whenever I play, after like 5 years there are no mercs available anymore. Makes the achievement really hard to get
Mercs do exist. Where you recruit troups there's a coin purse you can press
@@hilebard have you played the game at all or don't you know what I'm talking about
@@AJNxS i bought mercenaries as late as yesterday. I don't know what you speak of
happens on my few runs before, now i have a run with 3 different mercs. idk i feel like you need to restart over and hope that its not bugged.
@@hilebard there is a bug where there are less and less mercs available. In like year 5 there won't be any to be bought. Doesn't really matter in a normal run since militia is really strong, but when you wanna go for the merc only achievement and you have to start over because of that it just sucks
I pull a Hannibal strategy with my armies: militia in the center and giving ground, mercs and retinues on the flanks and they close and encircle the enemy. It’s not really necessary to do this but I always enjoy pulling it off
Hannibal with agincourt strategy always win
Do it the other way around. Let the hired people take the hit and farm XP with your valuable own people.
@@Sapphier4Dav Great idea to save our people, but weak flank will be harassed by Archer. Also if you got flank-flanked, it is over
@@Paurames but if you outflank the outflanking forces it should be ok
Except Hannibal had only mercenaries.
And it's not the Hannibal tactic. It's the Cannae tactic, if anything. Hannibal had many tactics
IMO if your economy is thriving you will snowball faster if you hire mercenaries and fight quick wars with the baron using them. You can have a powerful homeland militia force, but that simply takes a long time. You have to either build the equipment or pay upfront costs for it. You can take -10 import which makes outfitting your militia (which is what I did) quicker, but even then I still think hiring mercs makes the most convent sense. Plus if they die then it does not hurt my economy at all. I’m sure as the game develops further along, and the NPC factions get more aggressive then a strong homeland army might be more favourable.
Exactly, now that I’ve beat the baron a couple times I’ve upped the difficulty and am either going to do a no trade run, or at least a no trade perk run to keep it challenging. Economy boom is busted, they need raiders to hit supply runs and steal
@@youwalrus123I hope a strong homeland militia is never the 100% optimal choice because realistically that's just not what happened irl. Even today mercenaries still serve a purpose. It's just hard to be cost effective with a standing army that only gets used every now and then against mercs who can travel from conflict to conflict and always have a source of income to finance their gear and training.
It gives my land its own lore, no mercinaries!
@@henrikt.183mercs get experience and thanks to that, special perks
@@youwalrus123is no trading perks really a challenge? I used it once and got bored. Since then i just pretend the trading tree does not exist
I heard a saying
"Why hire foreign Merc whose loyalty is to coin, when a citizen Militia whose loyalty is to his kinmen, the land and his lord"
Edit: I like it how I'm quoting machiavelli convincing players to stick to citizen Militia in the game, save money n roleplaying purposes, yet in the Comments section we are talking about history.
Why send loyal, honest, hard working subjects to their deaths, when you can send the unadjusted foreigners with their funny language instead?
Cause the mercs are loyal to the coin. You keep paying, they are yours.
Unlike peasants
@@burningshine5524 they're yours until a rival lord doubles the pay and win their loyalty.
Unlike peasant Militia.
Niccolo Machiavelli
@@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos Should be used in combination with militias. Majority-mercenary armies can betray their employer for gain. But when they're a fraction as large a force, outnumbered and underequipped compared to your militia, they can't really betray their employer as they'd be risking their lives if they actually threatened their employer (or broke off the deal unilaterally). That said, the mercenaries' officers might still be willing to betray their own men.
Keep in mind that once you start getting to the mid game a few years in, mercenaries will no longer be available because the Baron will hire them all and keep them on retainer. If you don’t nab them up for yourself, you’ll have to fight them in addition to the Barons armies for the last few regions.
That's the point I am at. At year 6 I didn't build up enough houses. No more mercs are available for hire. Its impossible to win with a vastly outnumbered army.
So i have to mercs before baron does? I mean i don’t get people that fast, he took 2 regions the first year lol. Wff
@@OptionalDilemmayou have to rush army of at least 15 spearmen so you can keep stealing bandot camps from him, to cuck his influence gain.
Also to keep farming money to ease your economy as if you want mercs, you better not dissmiss them and just keep paying.
On the positive side, you will be able to release your peasant spearmen back into work
You can do the same thing as him. In theory. In practice the game has too many bugs that make large populations inefficient, for example you can't build large farms because the assigned work area doesn't work so people don't work the farm they are assigned to and instead cross the entire region to do work. I still managed to do well but mostly by working my way around the bugs and micro managing insanely much as well as largely avoiding farming
@@witoldschwenke9492 ur just not that good at the game then, u can build easy farms of 1 morgen big and then 20 + fields.
It should be changed so they wear the mail over the gambeson, as thats usually how soldiers were outfitted and it would give even more protection to our precious villagers
I think they are. Look at the arms
@@anotherguy687 oh you might be right but ill have to check it out myself
That's inaccurate. Many wore mail under the gambeson. You may wonder why: the mail can be much tighter fitted to the body and thereby lighter and cheaper. Many didn't even wear anything but mail also because you overheat with too much padding. Most soldiers simply tried to avoid getting hit in the first place and armor was the absolute last resort. People who re enact would not do this because they don't want to damage their gambeson and they wouldn't wear just mail because they care about bruises and get hit much more than people in a lethal fight would
@@witoldschwenke9492 Source? I've always heard that mail is ineffective without padding to disperse the energy of the blow.
@@witoldschwenke9492this doesn’t sound right at all. Mail by itself is useless. Gambesons and other padding were essential to provide a foundation for armors like mail and later plate. Sure, padding wasn’t ideal in the hot summer, when most campaigns occurred, but that just meant armies would fight in the morning, march in the evening, hydrate, and avoid taking the field until it was absolutely necessary. Mail might protect against slashes and some stabs, but the padding is ESSENTIAL to mitigate any attacks that pierce it, and most importantly, absorb concussive forces that would lead to a fatal hemorrhage. Mail can’t do that. Can you send the title of the source you used?
Well thanks! This did answer my question of why half of my army was naked with 100+ surplus chainmail.
Only problem... doesn't that require a TON of high level families? Thankfully they did a balance patch lately to make alcohol consumption lower but still
I know most people have no experience in real life military strategy. So I'll give you a bit. Mercenaries are used for 2 main reasons. Numbers OR specialty. They are best used to augment forces. Not replace them. You can higher them for just numbers. But they are best used to fill in holes in your army. For example, you don't have much cavalry. Mercenaries. Need a rear guard? Mercenaries. Shoring up weaknesses is the best use of Mercenaries. So comparing them with militia is a moot point.
Best used in such a manner. That doesn't stop some countries even in the modern era to rely heavily on mercenary only units for entire battles.
“Family is everything”
My biggest confusion about this game is that the map we are playing on isnt really large enough to support 9 whole ass cities. When I'm controling multiple regions why am i forced to manage them separately? Why can't i just integrate them all into a single city?
This exactly. I would love option to keep merging regions i claim.
Agreed, my first city had hardly any farmable land, so i was like "Okay, the region north of me is fertile, ill manage a small farm until i unlock that area."
Well, imagine my surprise when that farmable region wasn't connected to my main city that needed the farms and could only get resources by sending a dude with a mule to trade with it.
As cliche it may sound, the game I believe is supposed to resemble as close as possible to medieval times. So very very large cities are much more smaller in scale than people might think. So it's usually one main large settlement surrounded usually by smaller villages that specializes in certain goods.
But I do agree that it is annoying that they aren't connected, but it makes sense why. People need to bargain with the other villages in order to get things and things aren't free.
I think it's just a nice different mechanic to a gane
Remember, it's super early access, and there's only one developer, Greg.
The game will likely be unrecognizably more in-depth once it's completed.
This is a big one and I feel will be worked on and added soon.
now I'm interested with the game
This post made by Machievielli.
My militia always performed well. I ruined the baron without mercenaries
More often than not, people you are loyal to are loyal to you and have a stonger will, paid strangers are loyal till the coin runs out.
you cannot do militia for first few hours, bcs you have 20 pop dude
Bro my I have 90 pop in 3 hours wys
I swear the only mercs i can hire are 2 archer regiments!
because baron hired most of them lol
yeah the wayward sons
Your enemy hired them. The mercs pool are shared. If you don't hire them, the enemy will. That's a shame. I too fall for this thinking nah don't need mercs. But, suddenly no more mercs available and you realize that the enemy have huge amount of troops
Very informative. I have started my 3rd region with access to an indefinite iron mine. Currently mass producing armor and weapons like the damn orcs in Isengard
Interesting they become stronger than mercenaries. According to Machiavelli’s observations in the Prince, raising an army of your own citizens is a safer bet than hiring mercenaries or fighters from other kingdoms. They will want to fight for you, for their home, and are more likely to stay committed than bought troops when the times get tough. Mercenaries are also much more likely to attempt to usurp you if their payments fall through or if they are just driven by power, as all men are. Conquest also makes your kingdom richer (bigger houses.) The wise prince will build his own fighting force, preferably professional, and know how and when to use them.
Retinues are insanely good at charging, but they get tired quickly ( i assume because of the armor). Get spears to stand ground, and flank the enemy with Retinue etc. Makre sure to manage their stamina so make them walk before charging
I was wondering why not everyone in my militia was wearing armour I had available
Yeah I did the same and got loads of gambesons but no one was wearing it really until I realized the housing level needed to match
Kind of accurate to real events. Not everybody had armour and would arrive to battle in whatever they had. So there was no uniformity to a band of men. It would be a mixed bag of armour and weapons.
My retinue always takes more casualties than my militias even the newly formed ones with level 1 family’s
In the last fight scene, the guy in the yellow hood is just dancing along to the beat of the slaughter.
Please help anyone . I’m doing great with the startups , getting my approval to even 100x with around 90-100 people. But every time I end up gettingnibvade my an army or raised 3-4 season in .
My little group of bows , 5 retinue , and 20 spears aren’t enough to help. They get killed along with city burned .
So along with start up and making sure your village is fed , warm etc , how can I also grow my army to help fight off attacks also. Seems like I can’t do both simultaneously. Maybe I need to lower difficulty? Any insight appreciated. Thx
"this is derek, he's a masterful miller, and that's the mace he's going to brain you with"
Oh in my opinion „you should do this or that…” does not apply to that game, there is plenty of ways to achieve goals, play the game as you see fit
Totally agree! Just making the point that making a militia can be more rewarding late game.
@@DiveInGamingChannel sure thing, sorry, im not always good with communicating in written english not to sound like a prat :) need more emojis :) I had issues with final battle with the barron on hard mode, won only becouse i exploited the game, had already 6 units and just build three more manors, when you are already maxed out in number off units thats the only way, apart from mercs to go over six. And I couldn’t hire mercs cause he had them all apart 2 bow units. Game is bugged, unfinished yet gives a lot of fun, cant wait for it to develop further. All the best mate, keep making them videos.
"Mercenary and auxiliary troops are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe." - Niccolo Machiaveli, The Prince
Macchiavelli would be proud😂
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Dude I’ve never used mercs, I always thought they were for desperate times, but needless to say militia works perfectly fine, they are easy to maintain and can assemble way too fast.
I was thinking you would say "they fight harder because they have a home to defend, so... much more morale" Kind a thing, wich could be a interesting play in future updates. Militia fighting in home region fight harder, but in other lands they break faster, while mercenaries fight better in other lands, but as the exp progresses even militia becomes battle hardened
Justice for Volound against Manor lord dev, see Volound community posts
I did not know that you really had to upgrade to lvl 2 to wear gambesons, but i guess it's good to know. Either way mercenaries go by the first 5 years in
I did not know about the level. I remember calling them out and getting upset bc I traded for Armour and they didn't wear any of it
My Army has a state.
Ah, Prussia...😍
Dunno if that's true.
My gear level 3 archers lost to the mercenaries archers by a lot.
Can you use Mercs to train milita members?
I don't think so
Militia may be better late game, but you should 100% rely on mercenaries early on and allow your workers to work.
Yes! I never played this game but i trust in Machiavelli. He trusted and created militia for Florencia cause mercenaries were cowards in combat and bold and cruel during stealing from lands in his opinion.
I don't like foreign Mercenary, even as guard and patroli
Thankfully game mechanic support it
Why not a mixture of both
Bad info. Militia will upgrade thier armor regardless if thier burgage plot level. You just need to make the armor.
Little glitch I think rn, not sure why you would need it but I like it rather then to use all my workers, get as many paid infantry as you can sometimes you can buy up to 4-6 units, before you buy them have your Joann units selected so when you buy your mercinaries you will have nearly 10 units to use
Militia? How about knights and Horse Archer..?? 😊😊😂😂😅😅
they are only worthy against enemy armies once they are fully geared. But with helmets and gambeson, they are already enough to protect from bandits without loosing too many men
Played 3 days of this, only fun once you turn it into sim city…. Guess I could be playing it wrong too 😂
Alternatively, while you still don't have level 2 or 3 families, mercenaries are still a viable option.
nah, ill stick to the mercenaries, my people ain't dying for nothing when I'm as rich as Bill Gates
This game looks really interesting, I haven’t seen anything about it before
Wait, there's combat? I've just played it as a feudal city builder this whole time 😂
Didn't the fall of Rome have something to do with soldiers not from the country?
Literally won the game with 1 merc unit and they only lost 1 soldier... militia isnt worth the effort
The game is mid and poorly balanced
Tru
What I wanna know is can these guys JUST be soldiers?
Use retinue, overpowered especially against bandit armies.
Wrong. Level 1 can wear gamberson too. I have done it my self.
mfw i have 72 fully upgraded retinue (3 x 24)
So you mean to tell me I should muster the levy? If only our ancestors knew.
3 months later. Havent really been on but im still at bumshack level
Youre missing one key detail. The mercenaries look cool
Mount and blade and manor lords devs need to make a game together 😮
Idk why but I can’t recruit more than 5 units of 36 men… but I have like 400 men in my Town
Because it depends on how much army kit you have.
@@baf_mcnab3065 wtf is army kit? if you mean equipment, I have plenty of that and still can't recruit more units, only hire mercs. When you click recruit it just does nothing. Think theirs a max limit of militia or something, either max of 5 or 6 i had. their was over 200 guys that could join militia, game wouldn't let me make anymore units of them, and yes before you say something stupid, I had the equipment for them.
@@baf_mcnab3065 yes but I have like 1000 Shields and Spears
@@baf_mcnab3065 how much units can u have ?
@@benjaminperrier3553 if you make 6 militia units before building manor you bypass the cap of 6 to hit 7, but if you build your manor first its just 6, 5 militia 1 retinue and however many mercenaries you want. So always make a 6 unit skeleton crew with like 5 guys each asap before building manor, your units will slowly fill out the skeleton crew militia as you get more villagers and equipment to arm them with
Forgove me if im wrong here I haven't played the game nor can I but isn't losing a single peasant really bad for your economy? Like "if I lose too many game over" bad? Seems like mercs are still a better option just for the safety net
Nah, it does hurt, but if you have a small stockpile of goods, then the families quickly get the working men back and your economy is normal again. It's a setback for sure, but not cripplingly so. Ironically, it does mean that winter ends up being the campaigning season, cause the dudes aren't doing much during winter anyway (all the crops are already harvested and replanted), and there is time for immigration before summer hits.
@@caileanfindlytearle6936 ah ok thanks
Or use merc for melees and militia for archers
Does cavalry exist in manor lords?
Suffer from what? Where? *It got cut-off.*
No.
Jeszcze konie im dać i będą pospolitym ruszeniem.
Fast and Furious meta
This looks fun can i buy this on steam?
I also don't suffer from *SSS-*
What is this? A bannerlord mod?
Money from trades doesn't pay for mercenaries. You can only pay for mercenaries with taxes. This channel is a scam.
I just said surplus of coin, I would rather not explain the entire process of taxing citizens in a video where that's not the main point 😅
Don't suffer from s...
Finish the phrase
Would exceed the 60 secs
I never in my many years of war hired a single merc group, militia is just easy and expendable if you have good rating and 2-3 level 2 houses to make equipment
Why no soldiers in maner lord?
bro fps omg it hurts my eyes
But they lack drip
Omg thank you! I was wondering how to give militia better armour! Didn't realize the house level was part of what they can wear
They dont suffer from s
thats just so wrong :D
Wait I heard of this game being made a couple of years ago... Will this be on Xbox?
Machiavellimaxxing
My game glitched and I can no longer hire mercenaries in my currently play through.
Nahhh ill just get like 3 miltia and conquer the world like Josh did
Militia are one of the strongest units. Given that there are two units, I would agree that yes, they are one of the strongest.
Im addicted to that game please send help havent showerd in 2 weeks please send help
Yeah sure thing... Machiavelo
I think i'm dumb but how does trades work? And what does surplus of supplies mean? Like how much is left in your storage?
For trading, you need trading post and set up trade routes in it. Watch out as things you export will go down in price until you wont be able to sell them anymore. And things you buy will skyrocket in price.
Surplus is extra supplies. For example, if you have 100 carrots in your storage, but your families will eat 70 of them this month, then your surplus is 30 carrots.
no you shouldnt
I am stuck on this game, can't seem to get an army built, I have 46 residents good moral, but I can't figure out how to build an army, or get the resources to get a militia.
You have to specialise some of the households into the various trades (carpenter, armourer, tailor, black smith) then set them to actually produce the required equipment to make your army.
I've never heard if this game, but wow.
Baron get loss whit little milita.. Lets wait for the game to grow
the funny thing is I know that you cant recruit mercenary with regional wealth
So that's how I spent gold since I don't know what else to spent with gold in Manor Lords.
Or you can be like lets game it out
First i gotta be capapble of getting to military tier. Still on bumshack nowhere tier
This ignores the fact that if you have 4 retinue, you can only recruit more armies. However, if you recruit mercs with 4 retinue then you can hire all the mercs on the recruitment page. So you can have like 100 more guys at least for like 200 💰
2 armies*
Temu Bannerlord
I think this short is the thing that'll get me to try out Manor Lords.
Never even heard of this game before, thanks for putting it on my radar!
Living under a rock!
why not to take both :D Militia and Mercs :D
Late game the baron buys up all the mercenaries, so if you don't buy em up and keep em paid there's literally none left 👍
@@DiveInGamingChannel Well, I forgot about this, you are correct.