I can hire only 2 mercenary companies? Why?

[NICK ALTMAN]

I can hire only 2 mercenary companies? Why?
I want to beat the mercenary captain achievement but I cant get more merc units?
Always the same 2 with 4 units total.

[NICK ALTMAN]

Any idea?

[KrayZee]

Did you try holding them forever?
Until new ones spawn?

[NICK ALTMAN]

I disband them when they take losses and rehire them when they become available again.

[NICK ALTMAN]

I hold them as much as I can.

[OΛ ¦ WatchOuTx]

Do you already have to much troops from the different manors?
I had this problem because I already had 4 manors with 4 full groups of soldiers, didn't go for the only mercenary achievement yet^^

[hugo]

AI could hire them as well, new mercenary should become available next month

[KrayZee]

Hold them forever. Pay them each months and make more income than they cost.
It's doable later with t2/t3 cities.

Probably not doable until you reach that point...
And the AI can buy them too... might be interfering somehow.

Had a game where he bought everything and then this happened:

https://imgur.com/eIsovlR

I have yet to understand how that was possible.
(and yes, that's aggressive AI that still has at least 2 regions to capture.. so basically at the beginning of year 2 of the game)

[Squaul]

Originally posted by hugo:

AI could hire them as well, new mercenary should become available next month

not if the ai by them all ...

[Squaul]

Originally posted by KrayZee:

Hold them forever. Pay them each months and make more income than they cost.
It's doable later with t2/t3 cities.

Probably not doable until you reach that point...
And the AI can buy them too... might be interfering somehow.

Had a game where he bought everything and then this happened:

https://imgur.com/eIsovlR

I have yet to understand how that was possible.
(and yes, that's aggressive AI that still has at least 2 regions to capture.. so basically at the beginning of year 2 of the game)

the ai isnt physical and have cheats nothing deep. Every games has it here it's just unbalanced has it's a placeholder so they might not have tweaked it enough.

Also the pool of merc is shared so ...

[NICK ALTMAN]

There are no new mercs each month. Nothing happens. Always 2 same companies. I need more if I want to get the achievement, Mercenary captain. This way I have no chance. I need 2 companies more.

[NICK ALTMAN]

I tried a new game and it seems if you are late you can't get more mercenaries. So they stop appearing very early in the game. I guess they are hired by the baron. I cant make it to get the mercenary lord achievement.