Hanikura said:
Reading about players cynical play-styles, I would certainly suggest AI lords to imprison player forever in their dungeons
Merc-ing for their own interests, changing sides on the fly, abandoning lieges for gains and fiefs, planning surprise attacks , planning rebelling even before king has done to you anything wrong, forcing your will on lords and forcing them to join you by beating them - player is the most cunning and sadistic lord out there ))
This message just made my day!
So true.
In my current game in another mod I decided to help a small faction (just 1 castle, 1 king, 1 lord by default). Through struggle, we together conquered several 700-men castles and 1500-men towns (no other lords joined the faction so far). I'm kinda getting tired of vassalage and want to start my own kingdom, but the king kindly gives all captured walled fiefs to me even without persuasion, the other lord also supports this decision. The king even grants some villages to me in addition.
I feel like such an **** for wanting to rebel.
BTW, Diplomacy disables village and caravan raiding by goodnatured and upstanding lords. I'm not a big fan of this mini-mod, but it does do some things right.