Do you need to leave a party member at a castle after you capture one?

[Squibbles]

I captured one and put some prisoners in it after I voted for it to be mine. Do I need to leave someone there to guard it?

 

[DatBandit]

Yup

 

[Lemondude]

No it's not necessary

 

[Squibbles]

I just got two very different answers here lol

 

[Squibbles]

Yup

What happens if you don't?

 

[Squibbles]

No it's not necessary

Is there any drawback to not leaving anyone there?

 

[Lemondude]

Well you don't, you can keep your companions in your party and leave the settlement without a governor and it will be just fine.

The only time you should leave a companion there is if you captured a settlement of their culture, making them the governor will give the settlement a loyalty boost. Otherwise there is no point.

 

[DatBandit]

If you end up winning the vote, whatever units you or your faction leaders will be all that's there to defend it

 

[Squibbles]

Well you don't, you can keep your companions in your party and leave the settlement without a governor and it will be just fine.

The only time you should leave a companion there is if you captured a settlement of the their culture, making them the governor will give the settlement a loyalty boost. Otherwise there is no point.

Oh OK gotcha, learning something new about this game everyday haha

 

[Squibbles]

If you end up winning the vote, whatever units you or your faction leaders will be all that's there to defend it

Oh so it is more of an insurance thing: Leave troops there to guard it IF it is attacked? But there isn't inherently a problem with leaving it unguarded other than that?

 

[Lemondude]

The other guy seems to be talking about leaving some troops in the garrison to defend, which is obviously a good idea lol

If you are at war the enemy will probably target your castle if there's nobody in the garrison.

 

[Squibbles]

The other guy seems to be talking about leaving some troops in the garrison to defend, which is obviously a good idea lol

If you are at war the enemy will probably target your castle if there's nobody in the garrison.

this clears up a lot lol Yeah I'm at war with 2 factions actually so I'll leave some people here. Sucks cause I don;t want to leave too many cause I don't have THAT much, but I also don't want to lose the settlement. #struggle

 

[Lemondude]

yeah that's what makes it hard, gotta take risks sometimes