The typical scenario when I start an independent kingdom runs like this. I beat the snot out of the kingdom I originated in (I always choose Swadia). Then I start assimilating another kingdom, usually the Rhodoks. I've been at peace with everybody all the way through this. Then suddenly everybody declares war on me. And I've always two cities under siege by 1000+ armies. Meanwhile, all my villages are being raided by lords with maybe 60 men (I recently defeated them and they're regenerating their force). So, I have to go on the defensive, and I'm riding back and forth across my kingdom as quickly as I can putting out fires and dreams of conquest have to be tabled.
Now, I get the distinct impression that this automatic. Once you get too big, everybody's going to declare war on you to keep you from sweeping the map, right? I think I've seen this same behavior when one of the pre-existing factions gets too powerful as well.
The problem is that these episodes make it awful hard to keep lords happy. This game I managed to only recruit lords with martial or "better" dispositions (upstanding or good-natured). Dishonorable lords need continuous addition of new fiefs or they rebel, and they strenously object when you give other lords fiefs.
In particular, what I want to know is why I keep having these incidents where, one night at midnight, every lord I have that isn't locked at 100 will suffer a -3 drop in relationship with me. I don't think there's any particular event that's causing this. I have two theories. 1) I have unclaimed fiefs that I haven't distributed. Maybe the lords want me to hand them out and give me this guff if I don't. 2) It's been a while since I conquered new territory and maybe they want a promise of new lands in the future.
Anybody know for sure what's causing this and how I can prevent it?
Now, I get the distinct impression that this automatic. Once you get too big, everybody's going to declare war on you to keep you from sweeping the map, right? I think I've seen this same behavior when one of the pre-existing factions gets too powerful as well.
The problem is that these episodes make it awful hard to keep lords happy. This game I managed to only recruit lords with martial or "better" dispositions (upstanding or good-natured). Dishonorable lords need continuous addition of new fiefs or they rebel, and they strenously object when you give other lords fiefs.
In particular, what I want to know is why I keep having these incidents where, one night at midnight, every lord I have that isn't locked at 100 will suffer a -3 drop in relationship with me. I don't think there's any particular event that's causing this. I have two theories. 1) I have unclaimed fiefs that I haven't distributed. Maybe the lords want me to hand them out and give me this guff if I don't. 2) It's been a while since I conquered new territory and maybe they want a promise of new lands in the future.
Anybody know for sure what's causing this and how I can prevent it?
