Mercenaries

[unmerged(485)]

What will be their availability? Will they be separate units or integrated into your army ala EU II? If separate units will they turn into Free Companies when released?

The floor is open for your comments.

 

[Havard]

Originally posted by Sonny
What will be their availability? Will they be separate units or integrated into your army ala EU II? If separate units will they turn into Free Companies when released?

The floor is open for your comments.

They should definitely be there. What is more open is how they should be implemented. The employment of foreign mercenaries to fight his private wars was one of the charges brought up agains Raymond VI of Toulouse before the Albigensian crusades. I haven't been able to find out what was so "bad" about that though...

One thing was that he used Gascon crossbowmen when there was a Papal ban on use of crossbows on other Christians because of it's devastating effect.

 

[Lethke]

Seperate units i geuss.

And i hope they wil become Free Companies rampaging your lands, oh no i hope they will rampage other people's lands.

 

[unmerged(485)]

Originally posted by Lethke
Seperate units i geuss.

And i hope they wil become Free Companies rampaging your lands, oh no i hope they will rampage other people's lands.

Since individual counties will raise troops one would hope that mercs will be separate units likened to the troops raised in a county (except of course for hire) and would have their own agenda once released - sort of like rebels in EU. Perhaps P/S has come up with a more elegant solution than acting like rebels.

 

[Idiotboy]

I´d like mercenaries to have a quality factor so to speak. Or perhaps a dicipline one. Lower and they are more likely to run rampant through enemy and friendly territory. Perfect for those raids you want to pull off but really ideal defensive troops.

 

[Secret Master]

I would defineately want them to be seperate from real armies.

Also, I would want mercenaries to be of varying quality. Not in terms of pillaging, but in terms of combat performance. After all, not all mercenaries are created equal.

Oh, and I think that the penalties for not paying them should be severe..... And that we should have the option of raising mercenaries we cannot afford.

 

[Jayavarman]

Originally posted by Secret Master
..... And that we should have the option of raising mercenaries we cannot afford.

Yea. Sorta like a loan. Tell 'em you'll pay them back later. 'Cept this time they'll actually come and get you.

 

[unmerged(485)]

Don't know exactly how they get paid (maintenance slider?) but you should be able to hire them on a monthly basis (separate buget slider for mercs) or perhaps an annual/campaign fee.

There won't be sliders IIRC but whatever replaces them should work the same for either the maintenance or monthly/annual payment of mercenaries.

 

[Secret Master]

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't mercenaies, even more so than normal armies, cost alot more to maintain than to actually recruit?