Village relations

[AndreSo]

Suggestion about the village relations:

What about doing as with all the lords, having the relation increase slowly in time unless you keep pissing them off?

I'm 560 days in playing with the Swadians. We conquered the Rhodoks after like 300 days. Before that I pillaged all their villages like crazy, so my relation with all the Rhodok villages is at -80 to -100. Hence, I never get to recruit and Rhodok units (and they seem pretty cool now after the latest patch). That's a big minus for me, as I'm limited in unit variation. A pretty big deal as the battles are such a big part of the game.

If a lord whose army I've slaughtered several times and village I've plundered several times can forgive me over time why not make the villagers do the same? In one way it'd be silly if a village you plundered has completely forgotten about it after 100 days but that's more of an issue with the time system. A 100 days in the game is like a year or more if you ask me.

Anyway, what do you guys think?

 

[Arkson]

Never pillage 100% of a factions villages.

I guess I would not forget you if you slaughtered my family, burned my house and stole my cows 3 times in one year.

 

[AndreSo]

Never pillage 100% of a factions villages.

I guess I would not forget you if you slaughtered my family, burned my house and stole my cows 3 times in one year.

Yeah but the lords do =)

The slow time progression is a separate issue. My suggestion is an automatically improving relationship (up until 0) for villages just as with the lords.

The way it is now I have no chance of ever recruiting Rhodoks. Doubt there are enough quests for a village to get them down from - 100. Sure this is my own fault but still, what do you think?

 

[Zolcos]

You play you pay imo. At least vassals understand that fighting them is your job, whereas villagers probably don't think you have the right to loot and burn when they haven't done anything to you.

 

[siprus]

i think getting relations up should be easier. more quests and maybe ability to train villagers every time you visit it. and less stupid cow quests.

 

[Sh4d0wbl4d3]

Well, it's your fault. For me, I target 3 villages in every specific faction (eg: Elberl, Toshdar, and Ehlerdah in Swadia) and loot just that, so when you conquered Swadia, you can recruit units from other villages. Take more than 1 because after looting, restoration takes a bloody long time.