Please Balance the Relationship System

[FrostyRes]

I just spent two+ hours trying to improve my relationship with the Pethros clan. Managed to get 8+ relationship points up from -8 to 0. They gifted me fiefs, castles, and even a city on the front lines of our new territory. Lost the castles every now and then and the relationship with Pethros, my liege, is almost as bad as with the lords of the nation we are at war with. Tried generous gifts, like 5+ horses and 10k+ denar, no improvements to the relationship. Gifted high brow prisoners, no improvements to the relationship. The only way I have found to increase relationship with lords like that is to get rid of thugs in their cities, but there is no point in doing that with the -20 to losing a settlement debuff. At least not as long as there is actually no other reasonable way to increase relationship points Devs, please balance this.

 

[Headless_Clerk]

Yeah, it's way too hard to increase relationships. Even coming and rescuing them from a battle they'rte destined to lose doesn't increase their relationships. But, then again, neither does imprisoning them reduce it lol. It'll get better.
At least they stopped mercinaries from losing 20 relationship with their previous employers!

 

[JustinTime49]

If you are a vassal, the voting increases it by a lot. If you have the influency, the 300i of support generates over 100 relation

 

[MountainBladesMan]

I just gave the clan a lot of money and got 100 relations...

I don't know why it doesn't work for other people.

 

[Headless_Clerk]

If you are a vassal, the voting increases it by a lot. If you have the influency, the 300i of support generates over 100 relation

True. Voting helps a lot. And if you adjust your policies a bit once you're clan rank 3 or 4 you can make some serious influience points in no time. Making 15+ a day in current playthrough.

 

[FrostyRes]

If you are a vassal, the voting increases it by a lot. If you have the influency, the 300i of support generates over 100 relation

Ah, I can see how that would increase relations. Guess I'll have to play the influence game now. Still though, I feel like the gifts should do more.