How big do reclamation parties get ?

[starman01]

Hi,

so I tried the liberation thingie... Initial battle was ok, since we were well equipped, just nearly lost two compagnions on the way to the battle because they got hungry... This really needs fixing :)

Anyway, defeated the brigands, built the bell tower and then the reclamation party started. Since they are this far away, and i was already moaning thinking about how to time the arrival with my army and their food needs, i decided to intercept them on the way.

There were only 3 dudes in the first party. I killed them.... The little red dot is still moving on the map though, but there is definitly no one.

So I wonder, how big do the parties get, so I can prepare better ?

[Rampensau]

So far as I am atm (day 240 - 3 villages liberated) they are up to 12 men. I am still able to deal with them on my own.

Therefor a hint: Bridges are extremely usefull. Look which way these troops will go and put a fast travel on the bridges...

When they cross the bridge they are running in a straight line without being able to change. Within this bridge running time it is possible to take out 7-8 of them with headshots (bronze arrows)... The rest of them are archers, you can kill them melee after this...

Just dont stop moving a little bit so their archers cant hint you so easily... Works perfect for me atm... I defended more than 10 times like this and until now I never had to bring my villagers to the fight...

[starman01]

I just intercepted the red bubble a second time, this time more spawned, and the party has been defeated. Due to the current way armies work (no fast travel and grumbling tummies) i will liberate, get my research npc and then let them reclaim again so i can continue the peaceful game :)

I think the game concept of this village liberation is a great idea for an end game sort of thing, but the compagnion issues must be adresses first, otherwise it's a pain to intercept the parties. Not to mention I'm afraid the game is starting one for each village seperatly, could end me up in a liberation battle each day, and I would never get anything done anymore :)

[Decado]

Yeah I’m pretty sure food will be fixed soon. It’s a massive annoyance for everyone and he devs will be aware

[starman01]

I think so too

[WOW?!?!]

so i have been playing for a while and i can say with the current seeting {impossible frequent reclamation parties} they do get pretty wild i have 29 soldiers all with top notch armor and it started decent with reclemation party size being around 30 now after several days its up to 40 and i am not sure how much longer i can hold them off also if you clear the brigand headquarters the parties wont spawn so i get these parties roughly every 2-3 days and when i clear it i only get them once it respawns so there is that

[DemonKing]

Originally posted by starman01:

Hi,

so I tried the liberation thingie... Initial battle was ok, since we were well equipped, just nearly lost two compagnions on the way to the battle because they got hungry... This really needs fixing :)

Anyway, defeated the brigands, built the bell tower and then the reclamation party started. Since they are this far away, and i was already moaning thinking about how to time the arrival with my army and their food needs, i decided to intercept them on the way.

There were only 3 dudes in the first party. I killed them.... The little red dot is still moving on the map though, but there is definitly no one.

So I wonder, how big do the parties get, so I can prepare better ?

You can adjust the food setting, it's a huge help.

[Tanyon]

Just an FYI this post is almost 6 month old post.. you can actually change the food settings now.

Also, how are people getting big brigand raids? I'm at day 125 4 towns liberated I have the spawns on high for both raids and reclamation and the largest group I have seen is 9. Never more usually between 7-9. Not that I want more, they aren't really challenging to be honest just annoying.

I put my main base between the two bridges and just head over with my 6 best fighters and kick they tail in a couple minutes then I bring them back.