you also want to be a merc for multiple kingdoms and always release lords you capture in battles because that ups your reputation with them by a lot (do same for merc groups)
Elaborate please. Just release them into the wild?
Currently I just drive them to the nearest ally and donate the prisoners to their dungeon, which ups my rep with them. Did you mean something else?
You need to have lots of good leaders for your other parties
Uh, I didn't want to have other parties, because that's additional management I imagine? I never even tried other parties.
I have my brother and his son, and they're quartermaster and engineer. I don't have anyone else talented enough for anything else.
Should I do it anyway? Do they have to be relatives or is that not necessary?
You will need to get other lords and their clans to join you
I tried, but they're never at home. They're always in a war somewhere, and they don't want to switch allegiance during war. I never managed to catch a single one who'd be even willing to discuss it.
Also, how much reputation do we need for a dude to switch sides?
You can also use that mass wealth to hire multiple mercenary groups
I never even knew such thing existed. Where do you hire them?
What you need to know is that once you have your kingdom you do not need to have any castles or towns
Actually, I have like 6 towns to myself already. When I leave my faction, this'll be mine.
Should I have not even tried doing that, because original owners will all declare wars for this towns?
I'm not even sure what triggers wars. I just had 4 declarations of war out of nowhere. It's not like I had bad reputation with them.
nd in all battles you get to control all 1000+ troops from your doom stack
How would you even pay for upkeep when you have no towns to generate wealth?
Constant war economy, constant fighting and looting?