Training top tier troops

[kittehs]

Just curious. How do you people train high tier troops without mods ? Even with high trainer raising knights/huscarls in quantity take weeks. Attacking bandits accelerate this but grinding is boring...

I myself just retire troops that reach top tier while serving in the field army to the castle. Over time I have hundreds and then i go siege a castle...

 

[kevindrosario]

Having a few companions with the trainer skill definitely helps.

 

[PTcruiser95]

I usually just train them a few levels. Like say Swadia - I take them too a trainer field and train them to men of arms. They survive pretty well after that, and they are knights in no time. Usually if you train them to level 3 or 4 they survive pretty well in battle. And it only takes about 20-30 minutes to train ten or so at a time. Once you get a good base of elites, just kill a few bandit parties or small lord parties and the rest will level up quickly.

 

[JosieJ]

Having a few companions with the trainer skill definitely helps.

This.  I give all my companions as many points in Trainer as I can spare.  Huscarls will always take awhile, but everything else trains up pretty quickly.

Also, as soon as a troop hits top tier, I park him in a castle/town and replace him with someone else.  Keeps the cycle going.