Sietches kinda need a fix.

[SableTwoSeven]

I'm a Harkonnen main. As a general rule, I pillage sietches that I discover as opposed to trading/building reputation with them. I just pillaged one, and immediately it begins training a new army. Wish Shiro would change how they work, and even allow them to be destroyed. After I pillage, there should be a cooldown before it begins mustering a new army.

[𒀀𒂵𒉡𒆠.n0 m3rCy☣☠]

Why? You just pissed off a whole sietches bunch of friends and family, them immediately going after your ass seems valid :P

[DumbBell]

If you look at the current requirement of becoming the Governor of Dune you need a possitive relation with at least 3 Sietches.

[Steerpike3]

The Harkonnens of the book never made friends with sietches and tried to entirely wipe out the Fremen. From the start I wish Shiro had made the Harkonnen faction able to play by different rules, but maybe that's not feasible from a game-desigining standpoint.

[Soho]

'Relation' does not necessarily mean 'friends' in this case

You raise Relation with the faction over time as you trade water and at level 100 you can ally with the seitch by assigning an agent there and you get that bonus (depending on the faction, you must also occupy the territory in most cases)

Harkonnen at 100 relation with a seitch and at 'allied' status doesn't mean they are friends per se - it could just as well be looked at as the Harkonnen overlords are oppressing that seitch to the point that they must bow down

I think having the mechanic the same for all (or at least most) factions just makes it easier to keep it balanced so yeah like you said it may be less feasible to have their mechanic be drastically different from a game-designing standpoint... but who know, maybe it will be adjusted to make the Harkonnen-seitch relations mechanic more sinister

[NVDragon]

I agree, there's no reason to ever pillage a sietch at this point because:

-8 defenders

-Barely any rewards

-Doesn't stop raids, or even slow them

Too much investment for barely any gain. It's a false choice.

[cdog]

Sietches do need a fix, it's always better to trade. Even if you don't need it, it's worth it just to stop the raids, not to mention the other benefits.