Recruiting signature heroes

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haridut

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hi all,

i managed to defeat an enemy lord (Empire) who had captured one of the signature spawn heroes (Maltise) and after the battle had dialogue options including asking her to join which i did, of course. Now she is a trusted (?) member of my company. Is this normal and will it also work for other signature spawn heroes?

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Haridut
 
It will technically be an option for any hero (has a health %) in a defeated enemy's prisoner train that (and this is the key) isn't a part of a faction.  Some mods use this instead of tavern-crawling to recruit npc companions.

However, it isn't intended for use in PoP, and I wouldn't be surprised if you ended up with duplicate Matlises on the map once the army respawns.
 
I was wondering this myself, I just recruited Boris the Raven and 15 of his tough as hell knights from a Fierdsvane Lord. I'll never figure out how he managed to capture them. I looked at Boris' stats and he's one tough man. It's been a while but I almost think I beat him and his bunch earlier and release him for a gem. I'm surprised he joined up., I wonder if honor and renown matter in this situation.
 
Haha.. I use ithilrandir's army as support to mash down other heroes,like k'juda,zulkar etc.
Sadly I can't fight the noldor anymore :/
Still looking for a way to get around that

~Ãbyss
 
Or in an overexadurated scenario.. free one of the Noldor lords and when his army respawns, free him again etc.. until having an army of Aeldarians and Ithilrandirs.  :lol:
 
IIRC, 2.03 beta added a "is on the map already?" check to the unique spawning process, so there won't be more than one of them in 2.03 games.  You'll have to ask yourself if having them in your party is worth giving up a source of Qualis gems.
 
yes, having them in your party is worth it! Maltise is lv 60 with stats that make even Sir Roland blush. After all, how many qualis gems do you really need? 1 or 2 massively buffed knight orders - which you can get without gems after all - and maybe a nice weapon? I think the weapons are overrated anyway. My most important tool is a balanced jousting lance! Sure, you need 3 gems to get a really nice weapon but i can easily manage without. Actually improving your stats seems more prudent ....

Haridut
 
Ruanur said:
This is cool.

Added to my game-goals.

Will be a tricky one to achieve, as it's not entirely under your control.  Your best bet will be to attack and weaken signature spawn armies to the point that AI lords can defeat them, then hope that the AI gets the unique as a prisoner so that you can defeat them before that prisoner escapes.
 
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