Army leaders and retinues??

[gnosis89]

Are the only individuals within my kingdom who are able to lead my armies the people who are on my council??? Because I find myself raising levies and there´s nobody leading them except my chancelor (I assume because he´s the only council member that is not occupied) and myself (the king).... And also, I am having a very hard time raising a retinue army because I can never get to at least a 500 cap which is what I need to at least raise one, how can I greatly increase that number?

 

[Augustulus91]

Your retinue cap is calculated according to the max levies you can raise. The easiest way to expand it, is to expand your realm, to get more subjects.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

I totally might be wrong, but isn't it based on all the troops you and all your direct vassals could theoretically (without taking opinion modifiers into account) raise, that is, the sum of all manpower from all constructed levy buildings? At least that is how I understood the tooltip, but again, this might be quite off.

 

[nyah]

Anybody who is in your court or any of your vassals' courts can lead armies I believe. Except for people who already have jobs, such as council missions, or leading an army of your liege, or defending a holding under siege. May be more limitations, not sure, but it's certainly more than just your council members.

 

[gnosis89]

If anybody in my court and anyone in my vassals courts can lead armies than why are they not leading armies????

 

[unmerged(147169)]

you have to assign them yourself, press the (I think) the assign leader button on the army screen.

 

[gnosis89]

When I have already raised the army I should be able to assaign the leader, however even though there is no leader present it says ¨The nobles of Georgia are to atonomous to accept being replacces as leaders (crown authority too low)¨

What I do not understand is that there´s no leader in the first place??? Who am I replacing??? So how do I assaign leaders, it seems nigh impossible if it isn´t the army raised in my own province with myself as leader, then I can step down and put another in my place, but other than that I see no way.

 

[Zorlond]

If your Crown Authority is set to minimum, you can't set army leaders. Same goes for troops from areas that are not under your de jure title, but are under someone else's de jure (their CA would supercede yours, I believe).

 

[Philostherogue]

I'm constantly having my leaders disappear from thier army about a second after I assign them.

 

[mcpenguin]

at least before 1.07 when you raised armies there were automatically assigned leaders even with the minimum crown authority law. After 1.07 you are SOL with no leaders until you can change the crown laws. Someone is responsible for making these bogus changes and I want some answers!