Companion Lord Equipment change?

[Thrannduil]

I am wondering, If you make a companion a lord, do they get a lance and a horse on their own? In my last game, I made Leth a lord and he got a crappy horse and cheap lance, and I'm wondering, Does that happen to all companions? If so, should I give him an awesome lance and horse and take his bow?

 

[rhibran]

I think that if you give them really good equipment they keep it, not sure what the factors are

 

[Thrannduil]

I dont know, because in my old save, he had a Noldor longsword, but he traded it for a lance/light lance and got a sumpter horse :/

 

[Treebeard]

Unfortunately they get equipped with this "new and lousy" equipment ... I'll look into fixing that for the next hotfix.

 

[penquin11]

Bro just make sure that you give all companions who you intend to be lords horses + a lance before u turn them too lords.

 

[Treebeard]

Bro just make sure that you give all companions who you intend to be lords horses + a lance before u turn them too lords.

Actually the player is now free to equip their companions in any fashion they like (with or without lance and horse, etc). No additional items are given to the companion after the companion gets promoted. So before promoting, make sure you have equipped your lord/lady appropriately.

 

[rhibran]

Maybe in another hotfix down the road or an idea for PoP 4 could be the ability to equip lords with items of your choosing. I think all you have to do is add a line in conversation.txt, also a cool idea (don't know if it would work for PoP) would be to pick your factions culture so that all the lords in your kingdom have your culture, make it an option of course.

 

[Thrannduil]

Yup it works perfectly, and though it still says they are on a horse if you look at their symbol on the map, in battle they are equipped just as you left them. Although I do wish they would gain like 20 levels when you made them a lord, cause even leth, who's like lvl 40 something, only has 700 renown, and the other guys have so little that their army is nearly worthless. Like at level 30 having 400 renown low

 

[Treebeard]

Yup it works perfectly, and though it still says they are on a horse if you look at their symbol on the map, in battle they are equipped just as you left them. Although I do wish they would gain like 20 levels when you made them a lord, cause even leth, who's like lvl 40 something, only has 700 renown, and the other guys have so little that their army is nearly worthless. Like at level 30 having 400 renown low

I've fixed that (i.e. them having too low renown) for version 3.41 (which will be released relatively soon if all goes well. It is adapted for WB 1.143).

Their starting renown is now lvl*25 (capped at 1000 renown ... in case they were higher than lvl 40).
Also, remember that each charisma adds two troops and each leadership adds 10 troops, so companions benefit from being given charisma and leadership when they level up.

 

[MitchyMatt]

Yup it works perfectly, and though it still says they are on a horse if you look at their symbol on the map, in battle they are equipped just as you left them. Although I do wish they would gain like 20 levels when you made them a lord, cause even leth, who's like lvl 40 something, only has 700 renown, and the other guys have so little that their army is nearly worthless. Like at level 30 having 400 renown low

I've fixed that (i.e. them having too low renown) for version 3.41 (which will be released relatively soon if all goes well. It is adapted for WB 1.143).

Their starting renown is now lvl*25 (capped at 1000 renown ... in case they were higher than lvl 40).
Also, remember that each charisma adds two troops and each leadership adds 10 troops, so companions benefit from being given charisma and leadership when they level up.

It's like taking care of a bunch of adult babies. Here ya go Lethaldrin, have some charisma points! Good boy!

 

[Treebeard]

No, no ... it's the companions who choose what they want to be good in (they control your mouse clicking )

(By the way, I have added the change in the hotfix for  July 16 -- see main download thread and/or the end of the support thread for the details).