After capturing Din Bych

[President T]

After defeating the forces at Din Bych, I was presented with this screen

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523883822

However, there is no option to leave the fortress unharmed. The text clearly describes 4 options but only presents 3. Is this intentional? I was hoping not to annoy my more peaceful companions and keep roleplaying a decent person.

After that, I'm left with this

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523883888

And am wondering why I can't wait at the fortress. After capturing it, I am quickly swarmed by around a thousand troops or so because enemy lords come rushing.
It'd be nice if I could defend the fortress from inside it.

I am playing the campaign.

[Meadows]

1, Moral is too low so the option to NOT plunder is not an option. It would drop below 0 and then yeah.. So they simply wont.

2. If you're plundering it takes time like raiding does. However, that does not seem to be the case for you. It is possibly a bug.

The campaign will bug out if you do things that may affect the storyline dramatically.

[Meadows]

try walking around the map, go to the map edge and see if there is a leave option.

[President T]

Just tried it out and I couldn't leave the fort alone with high morale. Do I need very high or excellent?

Originally posted by Meadows:

try walking around the map, go to the map edge and see if there is a leave option.

Not sure what you mean by that.

[Brytenwalda Studios]

You need to wait some time after conquest. And you remember that you are working for Wessex. Your mission is avoid other kingdom conquest Din Bych in 20 days, no be lord here.

[President T]

Thank you for taking your time to answer Brytenwalda, however, I have a hard time understanding what you mean?

Originally posted by Brytenwalda:

You need to wait some time after conquest.

Wait for what?

Originally posted by Brytenwalda:

And you remember that you are working for Wessex.
Yes. How does that affect whether or not I can take the fortress without plundering it and/or waiting at the fortress?

Originally posted by Brytenwalda:

Your mission is avoid other kingdom conquest Din Bych in 20 days, no be lord here.

Not sure what you mean. I've taken it but would like to avoid plundering the place.

[Weizen1988]

Originally posted by ||__Crayola__||>:

Thank you for taking your time to answer Brytenwalda, however, I have a hard time understanding what you mean?

Originally posted by Brytenwalda:

You need to wait some time after conquest.

Wait for what?

Originally posted by Brytenwalda:

And you remember that you are working for Wessex.
Yes. How does that affect whether or not I can take the fortress without plundering it and/or waiting at the fortress?

Originally posted by Brytenwalda:

Your mission is avoid other kingdom conquest Din Bych in 20 days, no be lord here.

Not sure what you mean. I've taken it but would like to avoid plundering the place.

I think they assumed this was the usual "I took the place and nothing happened" thread (bunch of those happen where people dont understand they need to hold it for like 30 days or whatever after you take it), and they didnt actually look to see that isnt what you are asking about.

As for the actual problem, where you have no choice but to loot the place you are taking for whatever reason, I cant even begin to guess what could cause that, aside from the earlier morale based guess. Personally I dont entirely understand why the soldiers would be upset that they cant rape and murder your subjects. That would be expensive and wasteful. You own the castle and town, those things are already yours, why damage and destroy them, kill off people such that it would take a long time to actually recover?

[Brytenwalda Studios]

You are working for Wessex, so you need to wait until wessex take choice about this settement. While, you need to avoid other faction conquest this place.

[Weizen1988]

Originally posted by Brytenwalda:

You are working for Wessex, so you need to wait until wessex take choice about this settement. While, you need to avoid other faction conquest this place.

So, to be clear, you are saying that when working for wessex, wessex gets to decide whether after you seige and take a castle, you and your men loot it or not? Not you the player? The Ai Wessex gets to decide whether or not you burn the castle down or not, and can bar you from the choice to not ransack it? That is what they are asking about in the first half.

[Prowl]

I've had the same exact issue as you. In fact I've now taken 3 forts (1 fort twice) and 1 town. On each occasion I only had the 3 options available and had to take the repuation hit.
I know it's not morale as I've had it maxed. I suspect it is my infamy, as my repuation is unkind. So I'm actually going to try and get my rep up to over +1 and take a fort to see if that option becomes available then.

Oh P.S. I'm a vassal of of Northumbria.

[President T]

Originally posted by Brytenwalda:

You are working for Wessex, so you need to wait until wessex take choice about this settement. While, you need to avoid other faction conquest this place.

I don't understand how this relates to my question(s)

Originally posted by Prowl:

I suspect it is my infamy, as my repuation is unkind. So I'm actually going to try and get my rep up to over +1 and take a fort to see if that option becomes available then.

My reputation is like.. 127 or 227, so I doubt that is it

[Prowl]

I'm all out of ideas then. I find it particularly annoying as the fort I captured twice was to be my first fief, thus a source of income and troops. However, it was already in such a poor state of reputation I ended up building the pagan shrine,due to the countless rebelions I was alrady dealing with. After the shrine was built and rep was really bad I got the option to wipe out the population and repopulate, this ruined the prosperity but solved the issue. Genocide FTW!