About captured lords .. What to do with them?

[Gwaithim]

What do you do with your prisoner lords?

I tried executing them, as it causes me to get a bad reputation, it hinders my ability to recruit other lords in to my kingdom (which is whole another story how dialogs are not working as they supposed to ..)

I tried keeping them imprisoned within my party, they flee in a day or two ..

I tried selling them at the tavern, they return in a day or two with a decent sized army

I tried letting them go after winning the battle, this didnt grant me any trait and again lord came back in a day with a decent sized army ..

So far best solution seems to throw them into dungeons in cities and castles, they last there the longest giving me time to re-group etc.

What do you do ?

[Kalitz]

the final solution

[∅Nixcraft∅]

most game features arent implemented yet. selling gives gold if you need it, letting them go increases relation and is supposed to increase traits, which arent in yet for the player, executing gives them one less warband on the map to do things with

[RRG_181917]

yeah you either ransom them off for a quick monetary boost or you keep them in your dungeons. execution really ought to be last resort unless you're cheesing the game somehow.

the reason they're coming back so quickly with large armies is because they've currently been prioritized to siphon their forces from garrisons if they take big losses. so they'll just go to their fiefs and take the 200/300 guys there and come back and try to whoop your ass. it's not ideal, but it makes sense and is better than them being captured by looters after their first loss

[ForwarD]

Do they have same high chance to running away if in party not in a dungeon as in Warband?

[SpacePiratePanda]

I just donate all prisoners to the dungeon to influence points. I am at 2k influence right now.

[ForwarD]

But making friends right now is completely useless right?
So you just trade them either for gold either for influence?

[titanopteryx]

You can use captured lords as barter items. Like when trying to marry the daughter of the queen of south empire, I used a captured lord as part of the barter.

[ForwarD]

Originally posted by titanopteryx:

You can use captured lords as barter items. Like when trying to marry the daughter of the queen of south empire, I used a captured lord as part of the barter.

That's also nice usage scenario.

But I was thinking more about letting them go so later convince them to join my kindgdom more easily. Like in Warband. Or is it not implemented yet?

Also, are there various personalities like in Warband, where some lords took releasing after battle as an insult?

[Kaygee]

I execute them all. And assign my followers as lords of their own fiefs. Reduce the amount of enemy lord and reduce the overpopulated map.

[ForwarD]

Where do you get so many followers? And you do need death enabled in campaign options probably?

[Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz]

always execute them :)

[Lil Grandpa]

If they siege my settlement/castle or raid my village, every one involved is going to stab city.

[Rafard23]

eat them

[Ronano]

Originally posted by n̷e̶v̵e̶r̴s̵e̶e̴n̷4̸:

most game features arent implemented yet. selling gives gold if you need it, letting them go increases relation and is supposed to increase traits, which arent in yet for the player, executing gives them one less warband on the map to do things with

Not true - you can gain a negative trait for executing them ;P

[Cynoc]

I generally will either rush to sell them off if I'm needing some gold, otherwise their release is conditional. If they're kingdom is snowballing, or they just keep pestering us, then I'll throw 'em in the dungeon to take them out of commission for a bit. Otherwise I let them go to prevent my side from snowballing and to get those little relation increases so my Charm will go up.