"Double-Dipping" Siege Prisoners: Has this always been possible?

[junassa]

If this is a bug I love it sooo much so I didn't really want to report it but:

Since HF I've noticed that I can "double dip" when raiding/sieging. What I mean is after the first siege if I imprison the ruler's kids I can ransom them, but if they have any other holdings I siege them and take them prisoner again. Think I got almost 500 g from one county siege lol.

Has this always been possible or just with HF?

 

[Ilion]

I don't think it's either new nor a bug.

 

[Rubidium]

It's almost certainly working as intended. You ransom them, they flee to their other castle that they own (because you are either still occupying it if it's a war, or you have just torn up the place if it's a raid), and then you take that one too.

The same thing can happen if you occupy a castle during a war, they seige it back from you, and then you recapture it, for more or less the same reason.