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Yeah in my last game as Modena, the Navarrese Company held the duchy of Ancona. Nothin big, just 2 provinces, but still fun
 

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I saw the saxon band take over 90%-95% of the De Jure HRE once, which then moved north to norway due to a succesfull war on their part. Another time I saw the seljuks get eaten up completely by a turkish merc band which somehow was christian. All that was left of the Seljuks were a few minor count tier vassals that became independant.
 

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It's pretty neat sometimes. I saw one of the Welsh mercenary companies war on England and take part of Wales, and when I looked who their leader was it was an Aberffraw with ties back to previous rulers before the Anglos conquered Wales. Awesome.
 

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I saw the saxon band take over 90%-95% of the De Jure HRE once, which then moved north to norway due to a succesfull war on their part. Another time I saw the seljuks get eaten up completely by a turkish merc band which somehow was christian. All that was left of the Seljuks were a few minor count tier vassals that became independant.

They weren't Janissaries were they? Now that would be awesome
 

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Lombard band controls the HRE in my current Italy game, that's everything that isn't dejure Italy. You can join merc invasions so its easy to do.

When they win they take all the territory and destroy any title above count level since they are duke level.
 

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Many patches ago I played Poland and a German mercenary band rebelled against me, and ended up conquering Prussia. That was hilarious for historical reason ;)
 

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Mercenaries can be hired with money and are often soldiers who can't find another job.

This was not true for the Teutonic Order, and thus it was not a mercenary band.
 

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not a bug, if you don't pay a mercenary company they may invade you

Ahh, that explains it. But then it is a bug that I can hire them to fight AGAINST them. In this case, they invaded Normandy (Independent Duchy) and I am an ally of them (so I joined the war). Then I hired them to fight for me AGAINST themselves?

THAT must be a bug.
 

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I saw the Swiss Band take over Genoa. It had their name on it and everything. They couldn't pay...well they made them pay!

Hiring them to attack them sounds...very strange to say the least.
 

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Ahh, that explains it. But then it is a bug that I can hire them to fight AGAINST them. In this case, they invaded Normandy (Independent Duchy) and I am an ally of them (so I joined the war). Then I hired them to fight for me AGAINST themselves?

THAT must be a bug.

Yeah, that sounds like a bug, or probably more like a missing important feature. Mercenary companies should refuse to fight themselves.
 

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What a turnaround, huh, the Saxon Band invading Normandy, instead of the Norman Duke invading Saxon England.
 

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Ahh, that explains it. But then it is a bug that I can hire them to fight AGAINST them. In this case, they invaded Normandy (Independent Duchy) and I am an ally of them (so I joined the war). Then I hired them to fight for me AGAINST themselves?

THAT must be a bug.
They aren't picky. Money is money.