ArghoZ said:
Am i still forced to go Pendor-culture if i want to recruit most of the knightorders?
In 3.5 you have more options when declaring your own Kingdom and choosing another Culture than Pendor.
For example, if you select to follow The Sarleon Culture with your new kingdom, you can build Lion Knights and Clarion Call Rangers.
So all the faction specific orders are now available when you declare a kingdom that follows the same culture.
By the way, Lion Knights are very strong in PoP3.5. They are in some ways stronger than even Dawn Knights.
In 3.5 you can also switch culture if you have 300k gold and talk to your minister. There will be some consequences of switching (people don't like switching cultures all of a sudden) but if you made a mistake or want to expand with new knighthood orders, then you have that option in PoP 3.5.