mercenaries bug?

[oulala]

im over a decade into this playthrough, and for years now, the only available mercenaries are the "Wayward Sons" made up of 2 groups of archers.

I never got anything else for years and years. And when I have them permanently on my payroll, no other groups of mercenaries are available for hire.

am I the only one experiencing this?

[austinNNN]

I have had issues with them permanently on my payroll but I fixed this issue by just re-starting the game.

[oulala]

Originally posted by austinNNN:

I have had issues with them permanently on my payroll but I fixed this issue by just re-starting the game.

you mean restart the game, or restart a game? :p

restarting the game doesnt seem to work sadly. when I disband them, then again the only available mercenary group the next month is them again :(

[austinNNN]

I meant exiting Manor Lords and then re-opening it, sorry.

I am not sure otherwise, it may be good to check Reddit. Maybe others know how to fix it, or I have seen the developer personally talking with people about issues. He may answer.

[oulala]

Originally posted by austinNNN:

I meant exiting Manor Lords and then re-opening it, sorry.

I am not sure otherwise, it may be good to check Reddit. Maybe others know how to fix it, or I have seen the developer personally talking with people about issues. He may answer.

I will give that a try, thanks :)

[AngryMan]

Restarting doesn’t help 😭😭😭 Im only getting the wayward sons mercenaries. Glad but also not glad im not alone with this issue.

[John.Witulski]

I got the same bug. You get the message about "new mercenaries" but you can only hire those two archer units. This makes the end game battle very difficult, because you can only fight with your troops. Also the name (I play the german version) of the mercenaries is the same. I could hire some mercenaries before this troop was available so Iam not sure what caused it. After the troop was in the "hireing pool" the first time he was the only one to be hired until the end of the game.

There is no fix to this. Restarting does not help. I think the safe game ist broken but I played 40 houres and dont want to start a new game

[Vostok]

Same bug on my side... and this is the second game in a row with this problem. I'm a bit bored, especially since I had based my whole strategy on the use of these mercenaries. I have no idea what's causing it.

[[cz]manix]

I also had this but with it something even worse - after these mercenaries SOB were killed in a battle and nowhere to be seen or able to disband, they still received funds every month. I finished the game even without any help from any mercenaries, so it was not "game breaking", but highly annoying nevertheless.

[フェリックス]

Same issue. They died in battle and are still on my payroll

[Warlordofdubia]

You should be able to disband them when you are checking your military also from what I learned you have to hire all the mercenaries before you can get better ones.

[oulala]

Originally posted by Warlordofdubia:

You should be able to disband them when you are checking your military also from what I learned you have to hire all the mercenaries before you can get better ones.

I did disband them several times, but then they are still the only mercenaries available for hire again

[Julius Caesar]

Originally posted by AngryMan:

Restarting doesn’t help 😭😭😭 Im only getting the wayward sons mercenaries. Glad but also not glad im not alone with this issue.

Same here. Ever since I got my manor built up and maxed out I've only gotten wayward sons for the mercs. Maybe they'll fix it soon

[DEAD LOGIC]

same here I've done three playthroughs so far. Only one of them prompted me with diff mercs and only the first few years of the playthrough. Then it was right back to only the wayward sons.

[Jabberwocky]

Not a bug.

The baron simply starts buying off mercenary companies permanently starting in the second year, if you let him. In order to prevent this, you have to be quicker than him.

Every time a message about a new bandit camp appearing comes in, immediately pause the game and use your treasury money from destroying those first two bandit camps to buy off all available mercenaries to destroy the bandit camp. It's overkill for sure, but it also denies the Baron any opportunity to permanently buy off a mercenary unit.

But even so, the end battle should not be too difficult even if you are restricted to only your own troops:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3342279331

Here's how to win "Restoring the peace", with or without saving mercenaries till the very end: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1363080/discussions/0/4407417621389712973/

[marievsky]

Bonjour, toujours le même bug avec les mercenaires "Les brebis galeuses" Ils ont disparu
mais tous les mois la somme de recrutement est débitée. Quand le message "des compagnies de mercenaires sont disponibles" ils n'apparaissent plus.
Un autre problème avec le commerce, J'ouvre une route commerciale pour vendre à l'exportation des grands boucliers en bois. J'attends, les mois défilent et rien n'est vendu.
J'ai essayé les arcs, les bottes, les planches, les rondins, le malt, ça marche bien.