Can tracking skill identify lords/factions?

[Hughes]

Has anyone gotten their tracking skill high enough to identify not just "War Band" and the # of soldiers, but whose warband it is? Or at least the faction it belongs to? Mine's at 11 (Deshavi has 10, I have 2) but tracks still just say "War Band".

If it's never possible to identify the lord or faction, well, I think that's something for the suggestions box. It would be cool if a very skilled tracker (8 or 9+) would at least be able to identify if a war band is Sarranid or Nord. (Not that I would want to go poking around someone's poop looking for undigested date fruit or smoked fish, but that's what Deshavi's for.) And a tracker with 10+ skill could even figure out which lord the warband belongs to.

 

[Lord_Byron]

I dont believe tracking stacks does it? Isn't that only trainer? In any case, I'd be interested in knowing the answer to this too - because then I have no need to put any more points into this skill if it can go into trainer instead!!!

 

[Palandiell]

Question: my guy got tracking high enough that I can see if it is a war party or deserters (as if I didn know by the numbers themselves)

whats the point of putting more skill points into tracking? does one get any extra benifit from it?

 

[zwierzor]

No, Hughes, tracking do not identify lord's name. About suggesting it...give it a shot. Tracking is pretty much useless at the moment. While its kind of ...unrealistic, it should identify at least race (swadian,nordic etc) and unit types (x horsemen, y footmen and archers)


"A single point in Tracking allows you to see tracks left by other parties on the world map. Additional points let you spot tracks from a greater distance and make each track reveal more information. "

Source:http://mountandblade.wikia.com/wiki/Skills

 

[annallia]

The only advantage I have ever seen to having high tracking is the distance you can track from. It may not seem like much but when you are trying to track down a specific party in a heavily traveled area (like Khudan with all the freakin bandit parties around there) it becomes a huge help.

 

[argyre]

I like this idea quite a lot, I've found tracking to be disappointingly useless as well.

 

[Caba`drin]

Very useful for the spy mission. But that might be about it.


Interesting ideas for improvement...unfortunately I don't believe any of it is mod-able or I'd look into it.

 

[DogSoldieR]

I agree, tracking right now is useless beyond 1 point into it.

The idea of poking around in a poop trail to find out which faction/lord cracked me up, though it is a good suggestion!