Joining Factions

[BlueFoot]

As a new player here, I'm just interested about at what point you are able to join a faction?
Does it depend on reputation??

[kaher44 [UN]]

Usually you need a high rep and work as a mercenary for a bit but you can get into a "rebel" faction at rep 200 when you talk to one of the ousted faction leaders that you find at a tavern (towns only) there's a leader for each of the factions and if you have trouble finding one ask a traveler and for a tip he give you a tip where they can be found. Once you swear alliegence you become part of that rebel faction and be able to recruit those type of faction troops from towns/fortresses under your control and peasants from villages under your/rebel control. This is by far the easiest way to gain control of a town/fortress when the rebel lord asks you to whom the newly conquered place goes to. If you become a vassel of a regular lord its a dice roll and you be lucky to get a village for helping to conquer something. If you decided to leave either faction you find yourself as a rebel outlaw and unable to recruit peasants from villages but can recruit a variety of nation's troops depending what fortess/town you took (ie a swede town conquered will now provide swede troops).

[Mr. Clayton]

you need exactly 150 renown to become vassal

[BlueFoot]

Originally posted by EL kaher UN:

Usually you need a high rep and work as a mercenary for a bit but you can get into a "rebel" faction at rep 200 when you talk to one of the ousted faction leaders that you find at a tavern (towns only) there's a leader for each of the factions and if you have trouble finding one ask a traveler and for a tip he give you a tip where they can be found. Once you swear alliegence you become part of that rebel faction and be able to recruit those type of faction troops from towns/fortresses under your control and peasants from villages under your/rebel control. This is by far the easiest way to gain control of a town/fortress when the rebel lord asks you to whom the newly conquered place goes to. If you become a vassel of a regular lord its a dice roll and you be lucky to get a village for helping to conquer something. If you decided to leave either faction you find yourself as a rebel outlaw and unable to recruit peasants from villages but can recruit a variety of nation's troops depending what fortess/town you took (ie a swede town conquered will now provide swede troops).

Wait, so if you decide to leave a faction, you instantly become an outlaw to that faction, which will lead to them hunting you down??

[kaher44 [UN]]

It be random but the other factions will declare war on you at one time or another and if you keep kicking their butt they sue for peace but start up a fight again with ya just like they would with each other. If you have lots of money you can bribe a faction lord for a peace treaty which comes in handy if you're fighting multiple factions.

[BlueFoot]

Originally posted by EL kaher UN:

Usually you need a high rep and work as a mercenary for a bit but you can get into a "rebel" faction at rep 200 when you talk to one of the ousted faction leaders that you find at a tavern (towns only) there's a leader for each of the factions and if you have trouble finding one ask a traveler and for a tip he give you a tip where they can be found. Once you swear alliegence you become part of that rebel faction and be able to recruit those type of faction troops from towns/fortresses under your control and peasants from villages under your/rebel control. This is by far the easiest way to gain control of a town/fortress when the rebel lord asks you to whom the newly conquered place goes to. If you become a vassel of a regular lord its a dice roll and you be lucky to get a village for helping to conquer something. If you decided to leave either faction you find yourself as a rebel outlaw and unable to recruit peasants from villages but can recruit a variety of nation's troops depending what fortess/town you took (ie a swede town conquered will now provide swede troops).

When you say towns, what do you mean? Is a place like Warsaw a town, or are you talking about villages

[kaher44 [UN]]

Towns I really should call em cities they are huge fortress-like area that you can buy gunpowder , lots of food (some u cant) and recruit companions and join rebel faction leaders in their taverns. Fortesses(also know as castles) you can sell gunpowder for a good profit but will not be able to recruit anything but mercenaries from their taverns. They are more easily defended and hard to take. You can sneak into towns/cities but you cant fortesses/castles. You can poison the water supply of towns to kill off defending troops but you cant in fortesses. Yes Warsaw would be a town/city.

[BlueFoot]

Originally posted by EL kaher UN:

Towns I really should call em cities they are huge fortress-like area that you can buy gunpowder , lots of food (some u cant) and recruit companions and join rebel faction leaders in their taverns. Fortesses(also know as castles) you can sell gunpowder for a good profit but will not be able to recruit anything but mercenaries from their taverns. They are more easily defended and hard to take. You can sneak into towns/cities but you cant fortesses/castles. You can poison the water supply of towns to kill off defending troops but you cant in fortesses. Yes Warsaw would be a town/city.

Just checking what you meant by towns, because you could've meant villages or castles/cities