Your own mercenary company

[SilentK]

So I assume most of you know what i'm talking about, like the ironwood mercs of king ulric, who follow him around all day long...

I read and most info was that you MAY get such merceneray party for yourself, altough it is a very small chance...

But what i couldn't find was the way this would happen, or anything i should do to make it happen

So any tips? thanks

 

[Centurion1]

its not the same. 

 

[aguds]

When you own a town, and get one of those 'hearbeat quests', you some times get the chance to hire a bunch of various mercs. They don't follow you like they do the AI Lords, but you instead just get a number of them in your garrison.

A tip would be: They seem to be offered more often if the town has few troops in it allready.

 

[M0rdred]

You get them far more frequently for castles. I got them all the time in my first one (which was also my capital).

 

[The Horse]

Does paying the extra 2k in the heartbeat quest make it more likely for mercs to appear again?

 

[Centurion1]

no gives you a few more like a couple really valuable ones like if say mettenheim i get like 3 forlorn hopes.

 

[The Horse]

Ah, good to know.
Would make sense if more mercs wanted to be hired by you if you payed out more, though. xP

 

[Sir Fleymark]

Another tips: try to save before each 'heartbeat quest', when it is the one who offer you the service of mercenary company, try to reload again if you want to be offered the service of another type of mercenary company (in case you don't like the merc offered to you  )

Example - the Singalians ask to join you, but you do not like the troops (either their types or numbers), you may want to reload. Another type of mercenary will be offered. It can be Mettenheim or Barclay or others....

As far as I know, the mercenary companies who can be hired are Singalian, Jatu, Barclay, Mettenheim, Veccavian, and common Mercenary (the ones we can find in taverns - bladesman & merc xbowman)

No signs of Vanskerry offering their service so far.......or is it just because I destroyed their lairs so often that they despise me? 

 

[Centurion1]

no you can get the vanskerries.

best part?  denying them and seeing twice as many troops as you would have gotten sitting outside your gates........ 

 

[SilentK]

yeh i got offered jatu mercs, and they are quite deadly, but hey running around with 50 hero adventurers turns out its better

too bad, i would love to have such army follow me, it would kinnda make it even more unbalanced for the AI i guess, making parties almost the same as yours, in terms of strenghts, it would kinnda destroy any chance of you ever losing anything