wars, regiments and royal requested forces

[Nostalgic]

How long do wars last? I've had a regiment off at war for the last 6 years, meanwhile the king keeps asking for more and better men. I'm having to cough up 16 soldiers right now and next year he'll only increase the amount. Soon there won't be any villagers left to recruit ;o
anyone else finding this a hassle? the requested recourses have been toned down by alot, but the army requests are insane!

[Midas]

As far as devs mentioned, you never get the soldiers back

[DurosKlav]

If thats the case they need to lower the # of troops he wants each season. Its 1406 and only like the 2nd year he's requested troops and he's asking for 12. Also it gets pretty hard to equip 9 people with heavy leather when things like steel plates are always unprofitable to make.

I cant tell if he just wants them to have the gear or the weapon skill.

[Vexare]

Originally posted by Midas:

As far as devs mentioned, you never get the soldiers back

I don't think that's correct. Per the devs update changelog notes:

"Soldier regiments can be sent to war. Some of the soldiers may return alive after the war ends."

[Frostfall]

I'm having sort of the same issue. I do pretty well in the game until I need to start sending soldiers. The problem I think is it's usually SEVERAL years into the game (like 10) before I even consider getting a blacksmith, tanner, or leather smith because I try to get my economy as smooth as possible first. That's already difficult enough now with the intro of the carpenters and architects so that's two MORE families sucking up resources.

I kind of wish the soldier requests were optional for extra influence points.

[Vexare]

Originally posted by Frostfall:

I kind of wish the soldier requests were optional for extra influence points.

I agree. Or, better yet, let the player decide when they will begin to opt into the kingdom's wars. If they keep refusing, their influence points will drop and favor with the king starts to affect the ruling family and any noble households overall reputation. This way, you could play a balancing act of waiting it out until you know you don't have much more choice (after at least 4-5 years or whenever noble reputation really begins to matter).

The game 'Foundation' has a bit of this, where not sending any troops when the king demands them affects your overall reputation, but you have a lot of flexibility in deciding when and how many soldiers you provide as well as a percentage of success rate that your men will have in their campaign off to war. I like that system a lot and would really prefer a lot less pressure in this game since it's not a 'city-builder' game with mass population you can really just carelessly throw away to supply ever increasing royal demands for war.

[feion_phylar]

I am happy someone brought this up because I was honestly wondering the same thing. I thought the troops would be gone for a year but 3+ years is a bit much especially with the yearly demand for more. We should have the ability to opt in and out as Vexare stated; I believe that would be reasonable considering factors such as ore supply, blacksmith and profitability.

Let's not forget that between training with the weapon they need to be skilled in and the constant wear and tear of their equipment, there's a wild juggling act happening here that gets worse each Fall. Some of these soldiers refuse to even train in the weapons you've prioritized! And on the other side of the spectrum, I have had others training non-stop for a whole year and NEVER gaining the swordsman skill. So here we are heading off to war with missing gear and half trained troops...smh.

[Nowei]

please join the discord of the game its a very active community where the devs respond daily

https://discord.gg/j3uJekXuUP

[Nowei]

the time to return from war right now is a random time between 1 and 3 years