So, it's day 539. I have been a vassal of the Kingdom of Nords from like day 30. I'm lord of Dhirim, Praven, Kelredan Castle, Senuzgda Castle, Ruven and Serindiar. I have about 600k in money in my treasury and a weekly income of about 10k. We are at war with the Kingdom of Rhodoks and Sarranid Sultinate and i decided to form my own Kingdom.
I made my 8 heroes from the early troop setup lords of my kingdom(Alayen, Artimenner, Baheshtur, Borcha, Lezalit, Matheld, Firentis and Rolf) and have taken 7 out of the 8 other heroes in my party(only Deshavi is still MIA). 2 former Lords of Nord have joined my Kingdom after they got booted out and i have accepted them, so in total i got 2 towns and 2 castles, with my court at Dhirim and 10 vassals.
Now the problem is that besides 1 of the former Nord-lords they all have a army of 30-50 troops, while i and that Nord-Lord have a army of 130 troops. In military terms i can't do anything as the total army i can raise is at best 700 man, which is not enough to take a town and barely enough to take a castle(sure i can attack a town that just been taken by somebody else and go to war with them, but i wouldn't last long). Immediately after declaring independent i made peace with the Nords without having to pay them or giving up a fief as they were locked in 2 wars already.
Now i have played for a few weeks after my independence, but still the lords don't have bigger armies and no other lord will defect as in terms of military they feel that i would not be able to help them. My father in law, Jarl Aedin(who owns Tihr), and several other Nord Lords whom i got a good relation with and hold towns and castles won't defect as of this and i'm stuck running around hoping no one will DoW me.
How can i raise the troops my lords and ladies have? Is it a game of waiting each week when they get some money from their fief and then hire a few more soldiers, or do i have to run around train troops and then give those to them?
How can i raise my standings with the 8 former heroes as i can't do any tasks for them like you can do for the other lords? I don't have the fief's to give away and holding feasts every week will cost me too much.
Basically what i really want/need is to have my current vassals to raise their armies to around 100 troops if they can, so i can DoW the Kingdom of Swabia(who owns only Uxkhal and 1 castle) or the Khergit Khanate(who owns only Tulga and 3 castles). I need to raise my level of my new heroes especially 1 with good persuasion, so i can form alliances and such. But as said atm i can't do this, because i really lack the troops.
Can i continue with my own Kingdom like this or should i reload a previous game prior to my declaration of independence and continue as vassal of Nord and try to get a town and some castles more? I know that if i conquer a castle it's highly likely i become the lord of it as well, but the Kingdom of Nord currently has no marshal (for reasons i missed the previous marshal has defected or was chased away for treason) and it seems the King isn't willing to make a new Jarl marshal. In any war the Jarl's just run around like headless chickens and in most cases they end up with small armies while the King himself has 500 troops that he only uses to patrol around Sargoth.
And another question pops up: As King the AI gets a army size boosts aswell for holding any fiefs, but as human player i don´t get those. Is this a bug or part of the game, because it´s a bit unfair that like King Ragnar who can field 500 troops alone, i can only field 130 troops.
I made my 8 heroes from the early troop setup lords of my kingdom(Alayen, Artimenner, Baheshtur, Borcha, Lezalit, Matheld, Firentis and Rolf) and have taken 7 out of the 8 other heroes in my party(only Deshavi is still MIA). 2 former Lords of Nord have joined my Kingdom after they got booted out and i have accepted them, so in total i got 2 towns and 2 castles, with my court at Dhirim and 10 vassals.
Now the problem is that besides 1 of the former Nord-lords they all have a army of 30-50 troops, while i and that Nord-Lord have a army of 130 troops. In military terms i can't do anything as the total army i can raise is at best 700 man, which is not enough to take a town and barely enough to take a castle(sure i can attack a town that just been taken by somebody else and go to war with them, but i wouldn't last long). Immediately after declaring independent i made peace with the Nords without having to pay them or giving up a fief as they were locked in 2 wars already.
Now i have played for a few weeks after my independence, but still the lords don't have bigger armies and no other lord will defect as in terms of military they feel that i would not be able to help them. My father in law, Jarl Aedin(who owns Tihr), and several other Nord Lords whom i got a good relation with and hold towns and castles won't defect as of this and i'm stuck running around hoping no one will DoW me.
How can i raise the troops my lords and ladies have? Is it a game of waiting each week when they get some money from their fief and then hire a few more soldiers, or do i have to run around train troops and then give those to them?
How can i raise my standings with the 8 former heroes as i can't do any tasks for them like you can do for the other lords? I don't have the fief's to give away and holding feasts every week will cost me too much.
Basically what i really want/need is to have my current vassals to raise their armies to around 100 troops if they can, so i can DoW the Kingdom of Swabia(who owns only Uxkhal and 1 castle) or the Khergit Khanate(who owns only Tulga and 3 castles). I need to raise my level of my new heroes especially 1 with good persuasion, so i can form alliances and such. But as said atm i can't do this, because i really lack the troops.
Can i continue with my own Kingdom like this or should i reload a previous game prior to my declaration of independence and continue as vassal of Nord and try to get a town and some castles more? I know that if i conquer a castle it's highly likely i become the lord of it as well, but the Kingdom of Nord currently has no marshal (for reasons i missed the previous marshal has defected or was chased away for treason) and it seems the King isn't willing to make a new Jarl marshal. In any war the Jarl's just run around like headless chickens and in most cases they end up with small armies while the King himself has 500 troops that he only uses to patrol around Sargoth.
And another question pops up: As King the AI gets a army size boosts aswell for holding any fiefs, but as human player i don´t get those. Is this a bug or part of the game, because it´s a bit unfair that like King Ragnar who can field 500 troops alone, i can only field 130 troops.
