Just got to chapter 5 and I am pretty pissed (spoilers)

[Saberris]

So I just recently got back from the abyss and found that my entire army and the generals that I had been training up and armies that I had amassed are gone(probably with Galfrey) and money/resources that I saved up are all gone. Do you get these back at all when you meet up with her and the army later? If not I am just going to use Toybox to give myself my ♥♥♥♥ back because that is ridiculous.

[Sador]

Your generals are still there, at least. But yes, you're meant to recruit a new army again unfortunately (although I think you're supposed to get some troops based on your mythic path).

All hail the queen.

[zpc]

It fits the story (waging war against dangerous ~daemons~) quite nicely and provides the necessary motivation.

"To hell and back for the final push"

Also, recruiting is very fast if you have the proper infrastructure (you can increase recruitment via edicts & buildings)

[[Heretic]Rivga]

I have not got there yet, I am a serial restarter, so does this mean that at the end of chpt 3 it is best to have spent all you crusader resources on buildings?

[zpc]

Originally posted by HereticRivga:

I have not got there yet, I am a serial restarter, so does this mean that at the end of chpt 3 it is best to have spent all you crusader resources on buildings?

Yep. It is also helpful to develop your generals.

There is no need to overdo it though. Playing the crusade part "normally" without going nuts will bring you through Act 3. There is basically no need to stack 1000 archers and the like. The rebuilding phase in chapter 5 can be done in the blink of an eye - I had 1.000.000 gold on my character and could just buy any mercs the market offered.

[=DeadShot=]

Originally posted by HereticRivga:

I have not got there yet, I am a serial restarter, so does this mean that at the end of chpt 3 it is best to have spent all you crusader resources on buildings?

Probably. And also clear out the map of enemy armies before ending act 3 and moving to act 4.
You get your generals with a delay(2 days) otherwise all your troops are gone, but depending on your path you can get some path specific troops.

[Saberris]

Yeah I would definitely spend all your resources on infrastructure and don't spend too much of your own gold until after you arrive in Chapter 5. I still have my generals apparently, but yeah the armies are gone so I have to recruit again I suppose. The generals missing is what annoyed me the most but yeah apparently they are still there, just not assigned to any armies.

[=DeadShot=]

Originally posted by Saberris:

Yeah I would definitely spend all your resources on infrastructure and don't spend too much of your own gold until after you arrive in Chapter 5. I still have my generals apparently, but yeah the armies are gone so I have to recruit again I suppose. The generals missing is what annoyed me the most but yeah apparently they are still there, just not assigned to any armies.

You need to wait 2 days to be able to reassign them to an army.

[WarpedAcorn]

Basically the Queen took your army and messed everything up. Now you have the rebuild it AGAIN. There is a reason the Queen has not made any progress in 100 years. XD

[jasons073]

I found it easy to rebuilt due to the 1M+ gold I amassed during Act 4. Also, as someone mentioned above, you start with some soldiers unique to your mythic. As a lich, I had several hundred skeletons/zombies and, due to a quest I had completed during Act 3, automatically generated vampire soldiers as I killed things.

[Saberris]

Originally posted by WarpedAcorn:

Basically the Queen took your army and messed everything up. Now you have the rebuild it AGAIN. There is a reason the Queen has not made any progress in 100 years. XD

I let her survive until now, I think this is good justification to turn her in to an undead slave though.

[=DeadShot=]

Originally posted by Saberris:

Originally posted by WarpedAcorn:

Basically the Queen took your army and messed everything up. Now you have the rebuild it AGAIN. There is a reason the Queen has not made any progress in 100 years. XD

I let her survive until now, I think this is good justification to turn her in to an undead slave though.

I tried to save her, but save Hulrun and the banner first and when went after Hulrun to the Library she died despite having the first half of lexicon. She just gave the first half of the lexicon and then died. A bummer for me.

[Wraith]

Originally posted by =DeadShot=:

I tried to save her, but save Hulrun and the banner first and when went after Hulrun to the Library she died despite having the first half of lexicon. She just gave the first half of the lexicon and then died. A bummer for me.

That what you did wrong, If you save her first she survive (after giving her the lexicon) and when you come to the banner Hulrun and the others will still be alive. (or at least they were for me throughout all my playthrough I'm not sure they can even die)