Reclamation party how big was yours can't win.

[Killer 26]

I simply cannot beat them killed the ones in town now the reclamation party has like 6 footman and 3 bow men on the first wave . All my men are well fed and with good armour and weapons i have 3 bow men and 9 good footmen 6 with shields skill are high in fighting like 4+ is there no way to make this easier or must i farm for like 20 men just to take the first town?

[Anastasiia]

I would say that you have more than enough people to defeat them. However, I'd suggest not having archers unless you have bronze arrows (which you probably don't). The reclamation party's armor is pretty tough, and simple arrows do zero to no damage to them. I'd instead give those archers blunt weapons (which I found to be better than swords against brigands, though I might be wrong). Also, the location where you fight them matters. Do not fight in the open space; their archers can easily one-shot you. I usually try limiting their archers and eliminating them first if possible.

[Rampensau]

Originally posted by Killer 26:

I simply cannot beat them killed the ones in town now the reclamation party has like 6 footman and 3 bow men on the first wave . All my men are well fed and with good armour and weapons i have 3 bow men and 9 good footmen 6 with shields skill are high in fighting like 4+ is there no way to make this easier or must i farm for like 20 men just to take the first town?

Like Anastasiia said - forget about these archers in early game. Unless the villagers aren´t level 8 or above they are crap. Using them as cannon fodder is more effective. And also shoot 3-4-5 arrows and try to headshot. But when the time comes that your men are fighting - fight with them.. do not stay on bow... When the KI is fighting with your guys you can easily hit them at the head with your sword, axe, whatever... does a lot of damage...

Try this and you will see when the first NPCs are killed it is easy then...

[Onibaku]

Honestly, you should just liberate and quickly get the people you need for your village to unlock better research. Who cares if the reclamation party actually reclaims. You can always go liberate it again. At least when you do it the second or third time around, you will be better equipped.

[Rampensau]

Originally posted by Onibaku:

Honestly, you should just liberate and quickly get the people you need for your village to unlock better research. Who cares if the reclamation party actually reclaims. You can always go liberate it again. At least when you do it the second or third time around, you will be better equipped.

In some cases that´s true but there are also villages I dont want to loose. Bradford for example offers leather and feathers for trade... This is game breaking and so important...

Try to produce leather and you will understand what i mean. :-)

[Rampensau]

Originally posted by Onibaku:

Honestly, you should just liberate and quickly get the people you need for your village to unlock better research. Who cares if the reclamation party actually reclaims. You can always go liberate it again. At least when you do it the second or third time around, you will be better equipped.

And further - I think the problem here is the second reclamation party which you have to defeat. Otherwise the village isn´t liberated and you cant get the people you need.

[Killer 26]

Thanks all will try again will use all the advice

[Kiban]

How the hell you choose your companions ? I kill all guard with 8 companions and only 3 down. Equipment not best t1
How is thier str, one hand, traits ?

[Anastasiia]

Originally posted by Rampensau:

And further - I think the problem here is the second reclamation party which you have to defeat. Otherwise the village isn´t liberated and you cant get the people you need.

You are right on this one. Untill you defeat the reclamation party (or it defeats you), the village status is 'rebelling.' And while it is rebelling, you can't hire apprentices because they require 'liberated' village status.

[Killer 26]

Originally posted by Kiban:

How the hell you choose your companions ? I kill all guard with 8 companions and only 3 down. Equipment not best t1
How is thier str, one hand, traits ?

Most 4+ sum are 6 or 7 one handed. have 3 that has the Fierce trait.

[Killer 26]

Originally posted by Anastasiia:

I would say that you have more than enough people to defeat them. However, I'd suggest not having archers unless you have bronze arrows (which you probably don't). The reclamation party's armor is pretty tough, and simple arrows do zero to no damage to them. I'd instead give those archers blunt weapons (which I found to be better than swords against brigands, though I might be wrong). Also, the location where you fight them matters. Do not fight in the open space; their archers can easily one-shot you. I usually try limiting their archers and eliminating them first if possible.

Yes only have the plain arrows that's maybe why thanks for the advice.

[Baltor]

Impossible for me with the second reclamation party which you have to defeat.

I have all T1 technologies and equipment unlocked, my party is equipped with the best weapons and armor I can have in T1.

The enemy arrives and literally wipes us off the map. We are not even close to winning. How many fully equipped companions are needed?

I think this needs adjustment because the difficulty is too high and I can't continue.

And one more thing, it is absurd that 1-2 minute after recruiting a teammate he leaves the group because he is hungry. Anyone can go 10 or more hours without eating. It is a waste of time to distribute food to 10-15 people before a battle of less than half a day.

[tisim_96]

For now, you need to micro manage the food supply into their inventories. I usually mobilize everyone on the morning of the attack, then order them to stock up on my ''weapons only'' barn, then order them to eat on the ''food only'' barn. After that, They are fed long enough to be able to stand before me for 5 mins. I order them to stand near a food stock. Then i micro feed and stock them. like 20 of em. Takes like 5 minutes, I give them 2-3 of each food i have just to make sure they are not only fed, but well fed (3 slots fed).

It's a pain in the ass, but it's the only effective way I managed to find for a mass mobilization for a prolonged period of time. After this preparation, i can usually travell with the army across the map. It's time consuming, food spoiling, but works well.

I suggest you to make use of that mobilization as I did. Once i beat the reclaim party, I often continue towards a camp so I did not loose all that prep time only for defense.

I wanted to make a post about this, if you agree, you should share on the suggestions:

I really think it would be a good idea (and frankly should, in my opinion, be in the top priorities for de devs after the game breaking bugs) to consider:

1- a) Implementing a malnourishment status (moderate health or damage or whatever penalty until fed) on hungry soldiers instead of them yolo-choking in the middle of a mobilization.

b) Devs could implement a feeding setting (min/max inventory of food types AND quantities) to keep in their inventories. This way, when NPC's get food in the beginning of the day (or when hungry), they don't just take the bare minimum. With a setting, per villager or for everyone (I don't mind the degree, it would still be an improvement), if the village has a low food stock, the setting would allow a good management of the supplies and NPC's won't create shortages either. Furthermore, having it customizable per villager would mean to be able to feed fighters without overfeeding workers for nothing.

These 2 solutions would correct the whole army feeding system in my opinion. At least, until better implementations are put in place.

[Zalzany]

One I call bs on good gear, and good skill. I took my first one with 11 people, second one with 13. I am sick of the "saxes are good right?" Its like no they are freaking horrible and break easy on brigand attacks lol Also the t1 bow is horribly weak on brigandes they seem to have armor bonus against peircing damage, like no joke I use bow headshots I can 3 shot the non plate ones, BUT body shots I do more damage with a mace or even an battle axe.

Like in all honestly the amaces, and the battle axes, do more damage then 90% of the swords shortsword isn't bad, but most people are rocking the sax because it works great on bandits but it hurts less then a club reinforced does...

[Qatar]

I reccommend u using travel post near their spawn and go there naked with bow and keep harrasing them .
i do it with bronze arrows and made great successs with it sometimes even killing all of them

[Zalzany]

Originally posted by Qatar:

I reccommend u using travel post near their spawn and go there naked with bow and keep harrasing them .
i do it with bronze arrows and made great successs with it sometimes even killing all of them

This is cheesing it you can also just fence them in, no need to be naked at all, if you go that far just fence off the bridge access, and sit there in full armor using a fence to take cover and heal between shots...

Also stockpile trick I did only once I did little dance on top dodging arrows till archers ran out then every lines up to stockpile to get head shots sigh.