Recruiting bandits in towns

[L0rd_Dusty_]

I've seen a few videos of people recruiting bandits from gang leaders in town but not sure how you do it as none of them have the option for me even after doing some of their quests. Just wondering if anyone can tell me how.

[Pronoun Paladin ☯]

Capture an Alley in a major town, install your companion (needs no mercy and 30 rogue). After a certain amount of time you can talk to your companion in the alley and they'll allow you to recruit from a small selection they've captured

[Kai-L Kenobi]

or hire a couple macemen and take them prisoner yourself

[Pronoun Paladin ☯]

Right now I'm going around and collecting bandits. The Steppe Horsemen bandits are what most of my army is comprised of, but I'm also getting Sea Raiders that can be upgraded into Pikemen and the forest bandit upgrades to Tier 6 archers.

[Kai-L Kenobi]

Originally posted by Chunk Norris ☯:

Right now I'm going around and collecting bandits. The Steppe Horsemen bandits are what most of my army is comprised of, but I'm also getting Sea Raiders that can be upgraded into Pikemen and the forest bandit upgrades to Tier 6 archers.

isnt it a huge pain to fight steppe bandits? whats some tips for me, i see them like a cactus filled with money but i cant justify the pain of fighting them, let alone with blunt weapons

[Pronoun Paladin ☯]

Originally posted by Kai-L Kenobi:

Originally posted by Chunk Norris ☯:

Right now I'm going around and collecting bandits. The Steppe Horsemen bandits are what most of my army is comprised of, but I'm also getting Sea Raiders that can be upgraded into Pikemen and the forest bandit upgrades to Tier 6 archers.

isnt it a huge pain to fight steppe bandits? whats some tips for me, i see them like a cactus filled with money but i cant justify the pain of fighting them, let alone with blunt weapons

The biggest problem is catching them. They're on horses and sometimes I'll chase them all over the map. I'm Batalian (screwed up the spelling) but forests and my culture buff is usually how I end up catching them since I'm mostly cavalry.

But of all the bandits so far they seem like they give the best gear. Horses or saddles. Sea Raiders also seem to have better drops.

For the fights...I try for the mace/blunt knockouts and I'll equip companions with maces but it's hit and miss.

[Urmel]

all bandits can be upgradet to noble elite units.

(for the vlandian banner knights you only need a normal horse, no expensive war horse)

[Kai-L Kenobi]

Originally posted by Chunk Norris ☯:

Originally posted by Kai-L Kenobi:

isnt it a huge pain to fight steppe bandits? whats some tips for me, i see them like a cactus filled with money but i cant justify the pain of fighting them, let alone with blunt weapons

The biggest problem is catching them. They're on horses and sometimes I'll chase them all over the map. I'm Batalian (screwed up the spelling) but forests and my culture buff is usually how I end up catching them since I'm mostly cavalry.

But of all the bandits so far they seem like they give the best gear. Horses or saddles. Sea Raiders also seem to have better drops.

For the fights...I try for the mace/blunt knockouts and I'll equip companions with maces but it's hit and miss.

yeah its casualties every time i fight more than 15 of them, battanian here as well

[Pronoun Paladin ☯]

When I spawned I headed down to the aserai picked up 4 cavalry and then stayed in the area hunting bandits and growing my wealth. I had about 8 cavalry when I headed to look for Steppe Bandits, I did upgrade the cavalry before trying to take them on.

I picked fights where I outnumbered them.

With the mace, i'm still struggling with it. I very often will resort to my polearm and hope to get a few knockouts. Once I get a good mace or smith one I'll be golden.

[Clovis Sangrail]

If you want bandit prisoners, duel the bandit boss at the end.

If you win, you get all of the bandits standing behind him as prisoners, plus any others you have knocked out along the way.

And if you lose, then Keep Calm and Reload On,

[Pronoun Paladin ☯]

Thanks for the tip about the bandit camps.

Kind of off-topic anyone using bows? I like the more ammo then thrown weapons but wouldn't 1 hit kills be out with the bow?

[Urmel]

most targets (80%) are low/medium armored and a 1 hit kill with a noble bow.