No, gotta retake them. Athel loren is everything to Asrai.

Originally posted by R4MPZY:

No, gotta retake them. Athel loren is everything to Asrai.

On it, I guess. Feels sour to only be clan rank 1 and now I have to fight every faction that captures elven settlements. But good news, the vampires are all imprisoned at Nuln so there's a chance to attrition some castles with my vast army of 60 without being interrupted.

Yeah we want to try different mechanics related to this, but it doesnt seem possible to set AI as a "preference" to take back X settlement.

As I noted in my SLIGHTLY less polite post about the issue, the best idea I have for a quick fix is making the -5s only apply to Towns/Castles and not the villages they govern, having -15 or so from every lost territory is too punishing, it should just be -5 for each until a more comprehensive solution can be made.

Good news everybody! The forest is almost fully retaken. While the vampires were imprisoned by Middenland we managed to secure Vaul's Anvil - by we I mean mostly the now ancient treeman and the supporting archers. Then while they escaped or got ransomed one by one, we managed to pick them off as they hurried to retake Vaul's Anvil in waves, and with the last decapitation all elven settlements they held went back to the elves. The only castle outside elf control is held by Middenland and while we're not even a vassal yet we surely don't want to annoy them, so we'll start training trading in hopes of diplomatically buying it back. Or maybe there's a way to destabilise it so much that it turns to chaos and we'll take it from them without a diplomatic storm.

Also as a way to bypass the negative daily forest harmony, I found that storing dryads as garrison and then taking a bunch of them at a time to the Oak of ages to retire allows for purchasing upgrades from the tree, forest harmony upkeep doesn't make them abandon the party if they're not "paid" which is nice. No chance in keeping 1500 harmony for no debuffs, but at least there's a way to keep upgrading.

Originally posted by R4MPZY:

Yeah we want to try different mechanics related to this, but it doesnt seem possible to set AI as a "preference" to take back X settlement.

Amazing mod by the way, 10/10. It's hard to express how incredible this is without writing essays. Can't wait for the dwarves!

Originally posted by Dracojan:

Originally posted by R4MPZY:

Yeah we want to try different mechanics related to this, but it doesnt seem possible to set AI as a "preference" to take back X settlement.

Amazing mod by the way, 10/10. It's hard to express how incredible this is without writing essays. Can't wait for the dwarves!

Hope you've seen the sneak peaks on moddb ;)

Interesting read. I got a bit demotivated by the same process with the wood elves and did not have the patience to keep on. So, gratulations to OP. :)

What for me always was/is the most annoying mechanic of BL (of the many annoying things which are lacking), was the arbitrariness concerning territory. Seeing the AI taking castles somewhere away while an owned town nearby was sieged is terrible in my opinion. It would be so great if you could give a preference to defense and define settlements as core to keep.

If even your team which made this fantastic mod has found no way to code this, all hope is lost, isn't it?

Originally posted by Ceredh:

Interesting read. I got a bit demotivated by the same process with the wood elves and did not have the patience to keep on. So, gratulations to OP. :)

What for me always was/is the most annoying mechanic of BL (of the many annoying things which are lacking), was the arbitrariness concerning territory. Seeing the AI taking castles somewhere away while an owned town nearby was sieged is terrible in my opinion. It would be so great if you could give a preference to defense and define settlements as core to keep.

If even your team which made this fantastic mod has found no way to code this, all hope is lost, isn't it?

It might be possible down the line, but our main focus is expanding the world and factions/races atm

Completely understandable, and it's an awesome work. :)