Mercs to help defend the capital

[SisyphusUnending]

Why was the ability to hire mercenaries to help you defend against bandits removed? Now your kingdom is forced into growing it's own army instead of having the option of using wealth to simply hire an army to protect you.

[Vanir]

Do you mean when you get invaded instantly? If you have a few regions, the raiders will show up on the world map and can be engaged by armies and thus mercenaries.

The capital raids are a bit of a special case, especially if they have direct access to it. Do you not have the option to sally out?

[SisyphusUnending]

Originally posted by Vanir:

Do you mean when you get invaded instantly? If you have a few regions, the raiders will show up on the world map and can be engaged by armies and thus mercenaries.

The capital raids are a bit of a special case, especially if they have direct access to it. Do you not have the option to sally out?

I do have the option to sally out, but that just launches directly into a battle screen so no chance to hire mercs. I only have my capital right now no other captured cities with a pop of roughly 1k and an army of 180

I'll get the protection offer, try prepare after denying, and then either have to fight them on their turf when they arrive or fight them in my city.

[Vanir]

If you hire the mercs into an otherwise empty army on the world map, do they not help with this?