Should i pillage sietches?

[lily40k]

I'm doing fremen friendly playtrough, i've allied with 2 sieches but this 3rd one i found is hostile... when i hover the agent slot it says i should pillage it first...

Do i pillage it and then it turns neutral? then i can build up the relationship to ally? or do i not touch it at all?

[hibbidy_jibbidy]

it does not turn nutral

edit, you can slap an agent in there dor the bonus, but it wont count for fremen rep

[hibbidy_jibbidy]

invading a neutral sithc will give -1 allying them will give +2
attacking a hostile sitch does not give a -1 penalty, save your game and try though

[Novia]

To add to the discussion; Hostile Sietches will always send out raiding parties against all other factions until they are pillaged. You can subjugate them by placing an agent on the Sietch thereafter, after which they'll raid your opponents and provide you bonuses as if you were allied normally, just with no upkeep outside of requiring an agent and control of the territory. It's in this respect they differ most from other sietches, who remain permanently destroyed otherwise.

Note however this does not count towards your campaign progress for an alliance, but it will however help in levels like searching for the Ancient Sietch for the purposes of satisfying objectives.

So if you see a Sietch with a red text box, don't hesitate to pillage it, worst case you'll simply remove a constant annoyance and be a fair bit richer. Just be prepared as their units, both for defence and raids, are hardier and nastier than regular Fremen.

[lily40k]

Thanks thats pretty comprehensive answer.

[lily40k]

One more question, is it ok to attack fremen the faction if they broke truce with me, will it deduct points from long term goal? i actually want to take one of their villages cos the sietch is there...

[Novia]

Yes, it's perfectly fine. The AI for Liet's faction will eventually lock into a team alliance with you if you max out the bar in conquest mode (which can be blessing and curse) but until then, you can treat them as any other competing faction, and they'll do the same for you.