Hideouts

[Solys]

Why am I still taking trash troops with me on sensitive rescue and clear missions?

 

[Molay]

Putting the troops you want to take with you higher in the list (party management) supposedly prioritizes bringing those troops. It kinda works, sometimes.

 

[Solys]

The problem is the *sometimes* lol.

It was a well known gripe from Warband, I am just really surprised that they didn't address this with something exactly like the companion mission window.

 

[Pejot]

The problem is the *sometimes* lol.

It was a well known gripe from Warband, I am just really surprised that they didn't address this with something exactly like the companion mission window.

It works but You need to put the weakest ones at bottom. It's not filling the squad with first unit on top but takes part of every unit starting from top to bottom until it fills the party. It's taking them in ratio of how many of them You have. For example if You set from top to bottom
10 shielded infantry
3 cavalry
5 archers
20 recruits

You will get
2 shielded in
0 cav
1 archer
6 recruits

 

[Ananda_The_Destroyer]

If you have just one type of troop and companions you're fine. But when you have all good troops why are you clearing camps?
I guess I do it just because I hate them all over the map for no reason.
Just bring good archers (I use horse archers) and have a shield, keep troop a bit behind you, just in shooting range.
Stupid AI will shoot your shield why troops kill them.

 

[Nokturnel]

My party list goes Me, My companions, Shielded troops, Calvary with Shields then Archers and Unshielded troops at the bottom. Usually it's all my companions, then shielded troops that join me in the Bandit camp, but every now and then an unshielded troop or archer sneaks in. It definitely seems to work for any companions that aren't injured. They will always join you if they're at the top.

Also just as a side note, if you get married and keep your spouse in your party, your wife/husband never joins Tournaments but will join you for battles and bandit camp raids.