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One of the most frustrating things about Bannerlord is the sheer lack of character-interactions. This is most apparent when trying to improve relations with lords you want to be on friendly terms with. Here's a few ways I know of:
1. Do quests from them. This can be annoying, especially when the lord isn't offering any quests. I notice that lords with with only castles and no towns, never give quests.
2. Give them gifts, which feels completely arbitrary. I don't know what dictates how much they like a gift. I've given poor clans 100k+ and gotten no relation gains, while given incredibly rich clans 2k and gotten 5 relations. Gifting them prisoners also feels arbitrary.
3. Vote with them in kingdom decisions. Pretty reliable, but only possible if you're actually a part of their kingdom.
4. Be at war and relentlessly hunt down their party every time they respawn and release them after fighting them. Very cheesy.
5. Assisting in battles, which provides like +1 relations, so it's completely pointless.
6. Clearing hideout with that one charm(?) perk. Some fiefdoms don't spawn bandit hideouts as far as I know, or at the very least it's incredibly rare.
7. Playing one of the mini-games with them and winning. Just no. I appreciate the variety, but I don't understand why this is even in the game.
Am I missing anything here? I feel like with powerful lords with lots of territory (like faction leaders), it's comparatively easy to raise relations, because they have a lot of quests and have large territories with bandit hideouts you can clear out. But smaller lords? It feels borderline impossible raising to any significant levels. They don't have quests, and their territories (if they even have any) are too small to have bandit hideouts. Why can't I dedicate tournaments, or join them in feasts, or maybe just do a little persuasion mini-game to talk with them and raise relations? It doesn't feel like there's any natural way to actually build a friendship with anyone, and I always feel like I'm cheesing the mechanics to eek out a slight relation-gain. I find myself hating my friends more than my enemies lol.
Apologies for the ramble, but I'm just incredibly frustrated by this, and I assume I'm not the only one that feels this way. Has taleworlds made any announcements on whether or not character-interactions will receive any updates before release?
1. Do quests from them. This can be annoying, especially when the lord isn't offering any quests. I notice that lords with with only castles and no towns, never give quests.
2. Give them gifts, which feels completely arbitrary. I don't know what dictates how much they like a gift. I've given poor clans 100k+ and gotten no relation gains, while given incredibly rich clans 2k and gotten 5 relations. Gifting them prisoners also feels arbitrary.
3. Vote with them in kingdom decisions. Pretty reliable, but only possible if you're actually a part of their kingdom.
4. Be at war and relentlessly hunt down their party every time they respawn and release them after fighting them. Very cheesy.
5. Assisting in battles, which provides like +1 relations, so it's completely pointless.
6. Clearing hideout with that one charm(?) perk. Some fiefdoms don't spawn bandit hideouts as far as I know, or at the very least it's incredibly rare.
7. Playing one of the mini-games with them and winning. Just no. I appreciate the variety, but I don't understand why this is even in the game.
Am I missing anything here? I feel like with powerful lords with lots of territory (like faction leaders), it's comparatively easy to raise relations, because they have a lot of quests and have large territories with bandit hideouts you can clear out. But smaller lords? It feels borderline impossible raising to any significant levels. They don't have quests, and their territories (if they even have any) are too small to have bandit hideouts. Why can't I dedicate tournaments, or join them in feasts, or maybe just do a little persuasion mini-game to talk with them and raise relations? It doesn't feel like there's any natural way to actually build a friendship with anyone, and I always feel like I'm cheesing the mechanics to eek out a slight relation-gain. I find myself hating my friends more than my enemies lol.
Apologies for the ramble, but I'm just incredibly frustrated by this, and I assume I'm not the only one that feels this way. Has taleworlds made any announcements on whether or not character-interactions will receive any updates before release?
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