SP - Battles & Sieges Squad Creation for Bandit Hideouts (Single Player)

[Nate I]

Hi it is Nate again with another suggestion. So far, I have been frustrated with the seemingly "random" selection of troops I am able to get from my army to raid bandit hideouts. It would be nice to be able to create a small "strike squad" you can use for missions like this and for the "rival gangs" encounter. This could simply be a formation number or a different tag applied to a troop.

I also think it could be interesting to use a "strike squad" in a siege to try to open the gates for your army. i.e. use a %chance for roguery to enter the city with your strike squad, then try to sneak and open the gates or go in loud and try to kill 20-30 guards with your squad to start the siege with open front gates. This would be an interesting decision point for the player, would use the existing siege map. You could also make it so that it has a low impact on the town garrison if the player wins, and if they player loses the town/castle could reinforce the gates (bonus HP) and the player would be captured until the siege resolves.

 

[Destroy777]

i believe the new patch is supposed to let you pick your squad for hideouts but theres still no option to do so.

 

[Septimius Tullius]

Patch (1.4.3 I believe) that is in the beta has this

 

[Nate I]

Yes it does now, very pleased with the beta features

 

[Destroy777]

I thought I was playing the beta. Haha. I’m just early access? Is it only special permission for beta?

 

[Destroy777]

I thought I was playing the beta. Haha. I’m just early access? Is it only special permission for beta?

I read how to switch to beta. If I switch does can I use current saves?

 

[Apocal]

I thought I was playing the beta. Haha. I’m just early access? Is it only special permission for beta?

You opt-in via Steam. It is under properties, Beta, Opt-in and select version 1.4.3.

I read how to switch to beta. If I switch does can I use current saves?

Yes.

 

[Destroy777]

one last question. if i turn on the beta and somthing gets messed up can you turn it off? i think i will try it if theres no real risk there.

 

[Flesson19]

Although remember if you pick choose troops, watch your companions, some can switch to formation 1 (infantry) with this option

 

[Blood Gryphon]

one last question. if i turn on the beta and somthing gets messed up can you turn it off? i think i will try it if theres no real risk there.

Yep just switch your experimental branch back to "none", of course any game you start on 1.4.3 will prob not work going back to 1.4.2. Make sure to keep your original 1.4.2 save and just "save as" when you jump into it in 1.4.3

 

[Destroy777]

Great. Thanks for the help.

 

[Destroy777]

So started the beta and did a new save. it crashed twice after about 3 seconds of moving my army around. sent bug report both times through system. ill probably just roll back to regular.