How to create a player faction ?

[kzwix]

Hi,

I've read a large chunk of the FAQ thread (not all, though, this thing is huge !), and I didn't find an answer. Also, a Google search found near hits, but nothing exactly on point. Hence my question:

I'd like to create my own faction, WITHOUT having to rebel from a kingdom, or having to convince a pretender that I should keep whatever I conquered for him.

I remember having done this without problem in Warband, but, in Viking Conquest, I cannot find a way to do it. I have a "kingdom" button inside one of the tabs (the character tab, I guess), but it says I first need to be leader of my faction. Nowhere do I find a button to let me style myself as Queen Eileen, first of her name (or any equivalent Irish title).

So... is it at all possible ? I had tried conquering a town (while in story mode), and found out that I could only loot it, but I couldn't keep it, then. I haven't tried again since I'm in sandbox, after finishing the tiresome story mode (Too many constraints on what a player may, or may not, do, and too many scripted events with permadeath - a "climactic" battle where you must sit on the edge 90% of the time is not really fun, in my humble opinion)


So... thanks in anticipation for your answers.

 

[JuJu70]

you need to have real estate to have a kingdom, so capture a city or castle

 

[kalarhan]

by FAQ did you mean the Q&A thread? If so, also take a look at the guides thread https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,323183.0.html

 

[kzwix]

Ok, so, I guess it's only because of "story mode" that I couldn't keep the fort I had captured ?

If I capture a fort, and wish to keep it, then I will automatically create a new faction ?

 

[Pode]

Ok, so, I guess it's only because of "story mode" that I couldn't keep the fort I had captured ?

If I capture a fort, and wish to keep it, then I will automatically create a new faction ?

Yup, story mode has to keep the world on rails a bit. Once you're done, if you're working as a vassal or a mercenary, what you take goes to your boss. Otherwise it's yours if you can keep it.

 

[JuJu70]

Ok, so, I guess it's only because of "story mode" that I couldn't keep the fort I had captured ?

If I capture a fort, and wish to keep it, then I will automatically create a new faction ?

you will get an option to create your kingdom, yes

 

[kzwix]

Thanks, I tried it yesterday, and now have my pretty own kingdom. I now can pass laws forcing people to dye their ponies to stupid hues, or whatever I wish !

I guess this thread can be closed, now