Producing units during a siege

[En Forcer]

I noticed during a recent siege that the guys I ordered weren't showing up in the barracks. The money and resources were being spent but no dudes.

And I had some spys watching the sieging army and he wasn't getting my new hires.

So where did they go?

[Norfleet]

I don't think you can recruit things during a siege: The money is simply wasted because the enemy soldiers steal it.

[En Forcer]

Or maybe the new guys show up at the castle for their first day of work and can't get in (well, the siege and all) so they go home WITH their paycheck!

Wish I could do that here...

[Vynd]

Interesting. I knew that you couldn't recruit inside of a beseiged fort. Or at least I thought I knew this, until I tried it this morning in a SP, and it let me. That is... it looked like it let me. I never thought to check if the men (only 1 or 2 units) I ordered actually arrived. Now I'm guessing I just threw my money away.

Not such a big deal in this case. But you'd think that if you aren't allowed to recruit in a beseiged province, it would let you throw all your money away like that. After all, if the game knows enough to stop the troops you order from arriving in this case, how hard can it be to set it up so that it will stop you from even trying to recruit?

[Firebreath]

I think the assumption here is that players arn't fools. What you're asking is for a fool proofing of siege recruitment.

Although I'll grant you I was once fooled by the same thing.

However, now that you know that you can't recruit during sieges, what benefit will a patch fixing this give you? (yes, ok, it will reduce the learning curve very slightly for new players).

[rabelais]

Well, the obvious point is we *know* the AI likes to recruit everywhere it is allowed to....

Do you think the AI is clever and selective enough to avoid sending cash into the void, esp. given its violent reaction to being sieged?

Seems like a good thing to fix, and I'm sure the devs will.


Rabe the Rascally Recruiter