Even better however, it would mean that you could in theory play as a Mercenary Order and still have actual gameplay, since you are the one deciding where your soldiers go even when hired.įurthermore, because they retain gameplay instead of just being a levy source, they can also have more diplomacy. First, they would retain their own diplomacy, which would make it easier for them to switch sides as Mercenaries were prone to do. So they joined the war on your side but otherwise retained full control of their soldiers. Imagine if instead of Mercenaries becoming soldiers under your banner they were instead "Allies" you could hire. It is also fun checking the map for current wars then asking the leader if you could Join their War - they usually say yes and it is sometimes possible to get a barony out of the deal.Īll in all playing as a mercenary band is GREAT fun, I really don't know why PDX hasn't made this standard. I found that keeping the army raised at all times cost nothing (?!) and avoids this possibility. I found it was good idea to reward my band with a few live-in comfort women after a good victory, it was also neat when the occasional bastard took over as leader of the band and I struggled to work out who the father was !įinally, note that if your army is at peace then it can be hired away from you so you have no control over it. But that's okay - if you play as a pagan you can keep concubines, there is always the Seduction focus and if worse comes to worse then just Present a few Debutantes, they have a higher than normal chance to initiate a tumble for the first few years. Second, note that mercenary leaders can't marry. My Holy Order started in Croatia, gained a few baronies in the Holy Land, lost them all to a Jihad, gained and lost a barony in Afghanistan (!!!) before declaring a personal Holy War for Malta and eventually becoming the greatest power in the Western med. On the other hand as a landless title you will NEVER lose the game, even if you lose your last holding - you just become landless again. Succession is Open, which means that you can't ever plan for your succession. Just open the console, type in charinfo then hover over the relevant mercenary captain and then type play xxx where xxx is the captain's Player ID.Ī few quirks with mercenary bands and holy orders. In any event each mercenary is effectively a titular ducal title so if you want you can console yourself into any band you want. I've also worked on a landless mod but got stuck just before Horse Lords and now need to do LOTS of editing to get it playable again.
FWIW I made a mod last year that allows you to play as a custom Holy Order (the Knights of St Dominus), I had various run throughs and it was REALLY fun.
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