Proper way to recruit clans?

[DancingDeviljho]

So i started my own kingdom with 2 settlements, so far no request to join my kingdom by any vassal like in war band. whats the proper way to get other clans to join me?

[GIJoe597]

They do not request to join you. You must seek them out and pay/bribe them.

I have seen ONE person post they have ai lords paying them to join, but to be honest I do not believe them.

[Chama]

you have to talk to them and click the
"liege trust idk what it says i forget but it talks about distrust towards faction leader"

It's persuasion, so have some charm to ya.

An easy way to get a clan in your kingdom is to look at the minor clans and see which ones aren't being bought by a bigger kingdom. They have contracts so they eventually run out and you can cop them. You'll have to pay them tho as mercs

[Ruffio]

Originally posted by GIJoe597:

They do not request to join you. You must seek them out and pay/bribe them.

I have seen ONE person post they have ai lords paying them to join, but to be honest I do not believe them.

1) They like you.
2) Your kingdom is much stronger than theirs
3) They are homeless.....

The chance of them actually pay you or join for free... does happen.

[legeis90]

Only recruit landed lords when you are war with their faction. If you at peace they will leave there feifs with the old faction if you at war they will bring them with them.

also they won't consider committing treason and joining you if they are in an army.

1) Be more liked than their current liege
2) Be more powerful than their current faction
3) Be rich so you can bribe them

for unlanded nobles it's simpler

just be liked by them and ask them they will probably just join....

[DragonSlayer1694]

What o would reccomend is find a clan leader or vassal who doesnt hate you (likedness score above -1) who is in jail (best when two clans are at war). Then just break them out and visit them straight after. There is a high chance they say yes

[terror923]

Originally posted by DancingDeviljho:

So i started my own kingdom with 2 settlements, so far no request to join my kingdom by any vassal like in war band. whats the proper way to get other clans to join me?

you can give your companions an army... shortly after you can also tell them you appreciate what they do and make them a lord, Rinse and repeat.

If your in Birth/death mode they will also start families that way.

[Anderson]

Recruit merc clans, somehow it worked for me and i got few merc clans. Does it make sense? no. Does it work? yes.

[JordyyFPS]

Originally posted by DancingDeviljho:

So i started my own kingdom with 2 settlements, so far no request to join my kingdom by any vassal like in war band. whats the proper way to get other clans to join me?

easiest way is to start chopping off heads

[ShadowFox]

Originally posted by GIJoe597:

They do not request to join you. You must seek them out and pay/bribe them.

I have seen ONE person post they have ai lords paying them to join, but to be honest I do not believe them.

I do kind of miss on warband where they would visit your castle for interviews

[Monsieur Tourette]

Recruiting clans is not a problem. I recruited clans with - 100 relation (though my Charm was 250+) The problem is they leave you with 3 cities 2 hours later no matter what.

[Ruffio]

Originally posted by Monsieur Tourette:

Recruiting clans is not a problem. I recruited clans with - 100 relation (though my Charm was 250+) The problem is they leave you with 3 cities 2 hours later no matter what.

Any mods in use? Because I haven't had this issue in any of my previous campaigns, nor my current on 1.2.9. Or any chance your kingdom is weak compared to any other kingdom?

[Action Man]

Originally posted by Monsieur Tourette:

Recruiting clans is not a problem. I recruited clans with - 100 relation (though my Charm was 250+) The problem is they leave you with 3 cities 2 hours later no matter what.

Are you meaning "- 100" as in 'negative 100'? If that's the case, they hate you, so there's no way they would stay around.

[Monsieur Tourette]

Yeah, negative 100. No mods, but I am not the king.
Our kingdom was super strong, like 3+ original kingdoms. Then 3 remaining factions reduced us into dirt and i rageqiut.
I think the culture is meaningful in the formula and Empire has an advantage in recruiting for bigger pool.

[Ruffio]

Originally posted by Monsieur Tourette:

Yeah, negative 100. No mods, but I am not the king.
Our kingdom was super strong, like 3+ original kingdoms. Then 3 remaining factions reduced us into dirt and i rageqiut.
I think the culture is meaningful in the formula and Empire has an advantage in recruiting for bigger pool.

What do you expect when you recruit someone that is negative 100? I never recruit anyone unless they like me a lot.

[Action Man]

Originally posted by Monsieur Tourette:

Yeah, negative 100. No mods, but I am not the king.
Our kingdom was super strong, like 3+ original kingdoms. Then 3 remaining factions reduced us into dirt and i rageqiut.
I think the culture is meaningful in the formula and Empire has an advantage in recruiting for bigger pool.

Vassal loyalty depends on the relation with the ruler, so your negative 100 doesn't mean anything. They don't like your ruler either, so they're going to bail. On some rare occasions the AI will defect to another in war time.

With how the AI loves to pillage and raid, AI clans amass lots of enemies, which usually makes recruiting them not worth it.