1257 freelancer help

[Byfolth]

Hi

Whenever I am recruited into an army I only get one promotion path. For example I was recruited into a Scottish army and I only promoted along the spearmen class, no cavalry/knight of archer. Do I have to be recruited in certain buildings to follow a path. At the moment I am in the holy roman empire and I was chosen as a Greek urban levy and I was promoted into a javelineer.

Thankyou

 

[toxic-nova]

1257 AD have for each faction 3 main groups, peasants, burghers and knights. what class of group you join depends on your renown. If my memories are right you join with
0-80 renown you become a peasant
80-120 you become a burgher
120+ you become a knight.

 

[Byfolth]

1257 AD have for each faction 3 main groups, peasants, burghers and knights. what class of group you join depends on your renown. If my memories are right you join with
0-80 renown you become a peasant
80-120 you become a burgher
120+ you become a knight.

Is it possible to gain renown through freelancer??

 

[toxic-nova]

from freelancer itself not...as much I know. But from combat and some other things you can gain renown. But, if you joined a lords army you'll always rejoin as the same kind of unit. So if you want to be a knight in an army you would have to go to another lord of that country. Depending on how you play (what story you have in mind) you have to wait till you join a special lord.

 

[Byfolth]

A special lord? What do you mean? Also I was thinking once I have enough renown joining an army in the Teutonic order. Do they have any special night classes. Diva by other countries have any special night class?

 

[toxic-nova]

With "special lord" I only speak of a lord you maybe want to join as a specified unit type. maybe as knight. As example if you want to play a Teutonic knight under Anno von Sangerhausens banner you should not join hit army before you reach the needed renown. Else you can only join as what you was the first time for the rest of your savegame. In some games I was a full year of gametime only in the army of a lord to support their wars.

But...there are some "special lords" in the game. That's the order part of freelancer in this mod. most of these knight order are in the holy land. As example the Teutonic Knights, the Temple knights and so on. But I wasn't talking about them  These orders have a special troop tree. but I guess mainly because of the reason they need special armours to look the special way they looked that time.

I hope I don't confuse you more with this

 

[Byfolth]

Thanks for the help. I got the renown and joined the Teutonic order as the night class. I'm thinking of getting the highest rank, lots of money and then deserting to join another faction to gain influence and then start my own kingdom, to conquer the world