Tiera
Recruit
Greetings fellow raiders and plunderers! I've been playing VC for couple of days now and I love it even more than the original Brytenwalda mod. Finally I can make my character a real viking!... Except that being a viking made my character's life so miserable that after almost 200 days of raping and pillaging I decided to quit and launch a new game.
The problem is that when I start raiding villages and monasteries everyone starts to hate me. It is quite obvious and not very surprising but trying to survive anywhere outside Norse lands is just impossible. The biggest problem is that I have no allies in Britain. I pledged allegiance to King Horik of Danmark but he does nothing but sits on his mighty army, pompously marches a few rounds around Ribe every now and then and starts wars but my character is the only one fighting them. I conquered a city to get a strong base on the isles, but now all my time and resources goes into sailing back and forth from Danmark to England to get new troops just so I can have them killed defending my city.
So I ask: How to be a successful viking conqueror in this game? Should I remain an independent renegade or join a kingdom? Gather a huge army or have a shipfull of elite warriors? Should I try some diplomacy or go all in and just raze every village I see? Does it matter if everyone hates me?
I have already started a new game and built good relations with Danmark and Northumbra (so that I can recruit on their lands). I have a small ship, about 25k of silver and 40 men from which about half are hired elite warriors and other half Norse recruits. Should I keep grinding those sorry bandits (and kick out some of the men?) or start building a more serious force so I could actually fight against nobles and their armies?
I really would appreciate any help.
The problem is that when I start raiding villages and monasteries everyone starts to hate me. It is quite obvious and not very surprising but trying to survive anywhere outside Norse lands is just impossible. The biggest problem is that I have no allies in Britain. I pledged allegiance to King Horik of Danmark but he does nothing but sits on his mighty army, pompously marches a few rounds around Ribe every now and then and starts wars but my character is the only one fighting them. I conquered a city to get a strong base on the isles, but now all my time and resources goes into sailing back and forth from Danmark to England to get new troops just so I can have them killed defending my city.
So I ask: How to be a successful viking conqueror in this game? Should I remain an independent renegade or join a kingdom? Gather a huge army or have a shipfull of elite warriors? Should I try some diplomacy or go all in and just raze every village I see? Does it matter if everyone hates me?
I have already started a new game and built good relations with Danmark and Northumbra (so that I can recruit on their lands). I have a small ship, about 25k of silver and 40 men from which about half are hired elite warriors and other half Norse recruits. Should I keep grinding those sorry bandits (and kick out some of the men?) or start building a more serious force so I could actually fight against nobles and their armies?
I really would appreciate any help.