Eliminate Tier-1(Recruit) Units

[JuanNieve]

I believe that recruit units should be removed from the town and village recruitment menu and replaced by units from Tier-2 up. In that way, lord armies would be improve. The recruit units would be replaced by that of the peasants of each faction and we can get them through rescuing them from the looters or in quests. Yes, I know that it loses a bit the grace to improve our soldiers since they are simple peasants to veterans, but in general it is annoying that the lords have such weak armies at a certain point in the game.

On the other hand, a recruitment system that I would like to see, although I think it does not fit quite well as the current game is designed, but maybe in mods it can work. It would be that in the villages we can recruit militia units, although abusing this diminishes our production; in cities recruit mercenaries and special units like royal guards and in the castles we can recruit men-at-arms.

 

[Lusitani 5th Empire]

I believe that recruit units should be removed from the town and village recruitment menu and replaced by units from Tier-2 up. In that way, lord armies would be improve. The recruit units would be replaced by that of the peasants of each faction and we can get them through rescuing them from the looters or in quests. Yes, I know that it loses a bit the grace to improve our soldiers since they are simple peasants to veterans, but in general it is annoying that the lords have such weak armies at a certain point in the game.

On the other hand, a recruitment system that I would like to see, although I think it does not fit quite well as the current game is designed, but maybe in mods it can work. It would be that in the villages we can recruit militia units, although abusing this diminishes our production; in cities recruit mercenaries and special units like royal guards and in the castles we can recruit men-at-arms.

I think this way would be better. Removing tier 1 troops is not the solution to lords having weak armies, it would simply not work, developers would have to redesign the entire recruitment system + I think must people disagree with that. Perhaps implementing other recruitment options, as you proposed, could be the solution.​

 

[JuanNieve]

Well, maybe I overdid it XD. Another option is for the castles to serve as a training ground. Then the lords and the player could bring them to their recruits for training and leveling up.

 

[Lusitani 5th Empire]

Yes. That was probably suggested somewhere and:

1. It would slow down the game if Lords are required to go to training camps to train troops.
2. It would serve has the main and most effective system to train high level troops. The battle xp would be effective for low tier troops.
3. Lords with castles would have an advantage to training more and better troops.
4. It would make kingdoms more stable and difficult to conquer.
5. It would decrease the player's ability to single handedly change the course of the war. He would have to rely on team work.
6. It's realistic and an awesome mechanic.