Playstyle allowing you to lead a horde of bandits, build a safehouse and bring mayhem to a kingdom or even the whole world of Calradia. Support bandit factions to unlock new gameplay mechanics. Build a safehouse in any hideout. Recruit bandit troops in hideouts. Request bandit parties to follow you (Merge them with your party during any encounter).
Join friendly army groups that are starving, get a ton of food and keep following, you'll get constant +1 influence while together with said army. Vote for policies in your kingdom that give you influence bonusses. (if they work) Keep fighting lords for at least 5ish influence at the time.
this game is boring, it's like warband but with fewer options. "walk around the map aimlessly for hours and try to find 10 people to tell you about something you dont even care about and then do loads of other pointless boring crap for more hours just so you can finally get your own castle and faction THEN have the ACTUAL GAME FINALLY START

Mercenary companies get paid 500-600 gold per influence. So if they are all winning battles you have to pay money for that. Or maybe you might decide you want to change the look of your companions, even buying all fresh t5 gear for 7 companions could run you over a million.

So currently I’m just a Tier 3 lord in the Vlandia. I have the Brits and Western Empire near us which I feel would be easy targets however my kingdom only seems to go to war with Sturgia or Khuzait. . 146 359 347 155 282 101 456 34

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