just a suggestion!

[sharp_spike]

i don't know if this written before but hiring vaegirs or swadians is wrong because they are army soldiers counts or kings should give them us without money for missions or some vaegir,swadians troops should join us if we have a high military rank.we should tell them to follow,attack,take or give soldiers.we should hire only wathmans or townsmans on tavern.i don't know what you think about this but this would improve the gameplay.

 

[Lhorkan]

Hmm, why not? Sounds quite cool.

 

[kuzuk]

i disagree. giving orders to mercenary bands is actually quite near to what we know of the time. there were no soldiers as we now have back then. every man had his loyality directly to his leader who was responsible for recruting him.

knights would have knaves to their command and would, if neccessary, recruite local people and/or mercanaries when they got called to arms.

AFAIK, typical mercenary contaract would give mercenary leaders payment for a specified number of troops with specified equipement and specified expirience. such a contract was usually acountable only for a season and would also specify shares in loot, bonuses and appropriate behaviour and treatment.

the mercenary leader would pay the sold out of the capital he got from the contractor and out of his own and his business partners investments in the undertaking. then have a contract with the mercenary, which would also specify reparations for injuries and widdows' rent. it was all quite commercial and well sorted out back then.

 

[sharp_spike]

sorry but i just understand few sentences!i will listen my english teacher better now

 

[JohnathanStrange]

Caladria's a land in chaos; and while some may call themselves kings and their men soldiers, it has always appeared to me that these kings and soldiers are more like warlords and mercenaries.

So it wouldn't seem too unlikely to be able to hire Swadians and Vaegirs for even the same warparty; they're all fighting for the gold anyway.

Back to sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[jackyjkchan]

sounds more like a thing in a campaige mode.

 

[Sir Saladin]

It would get too complicated to play a real feudal game. What if you are only a knight or a duke and the crazy king starts putting the squeeze on you for more money? Now the peasant farmers are getting mad. Or just likes throwing money away trying to defeat some country for more land that he doesn't need? The mercenary warlord premise is perfect for this game.