Question about orders and defending
 

If I set a commander's order to something other than defend, and the territory he is in is attacked, will that then mean that he does not participate in the battle? It seems like that is the case, but I never noticed this until I installed some mods.

Was this a mod change? I thought before (in vanilla) that I could say, order a commander to research or something, and if the territory was attacked he would still participate in the battle.

Re: Question about orders and defending
 

If a province does not have a fort then all units in the province will participate in its defense (the exception being stealthy units that are hiding). If the province has a fort then only commanders (and troops under their command) with the patrol order will join with whatever PD the province has in defending the province.

Re: Question about orders and defending
 

Commanders with Hunt for Slaves orders will also fight with a castle's PD (makes sense, since they're touring the countryside to ask awkward questions).

Commanders with hide or sneak orders won't fight even if there's no castle, and I *think* Assassinate also sends the commander into hiding afterwards. Not positive on that one.

Re: Question about orders and defending
 

No, they won't actually. They run into the castle. Blood hunt probably fails, don't know that. But they will not defend together with the pd.

Re: Question about orders and defending
 

please don't spread misinformation Kobal. Blood Hunting does not make them fight outside the fort, only patrol orders do. Soyweiser is correct here. also, ever heard of the concept "protecting your blood hunters"? especially for blood nations but also for everyone else who bootstraps into blood. by "protecting" it means building a fort at each province that you're hunting in.

Re: Question about orders and defending
 

Pretty sure they're asking awkward questions of the kitchen staff :P


can you bloodhunt while besieged?

Re: Question about orders and defending
 

No. At least tonight in SP it would not allow me to.

Re: Question about orders and defending
 

no you can't blood hunt while sieged.

Re: Question about orders and defending
 

Silly question, but I can't remember right now. Can you blood hunt while sieging?
You control the province, might as well carry off a few virgins while you're there.

Re: Question about orders and defending
 

Yes you can. But you won't damage the fort then.