Mercenary Recruitment Question: - Page 2

Edi · #11 January 27th, 2007, 04:51 PM

To actually answer the question, if you win the merc bid but lose the province to the enemy, the mercenaries will show up all right and cheerfully enter the service of your enemy on your dime. I've had that happen to me. And no, you do NOT get your money back.

Edi

PDF · #12 January 27th, 2007, 07:09 PM

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Edi said:
To actually answer the question, if you win the merc bid but lose the province to the enemy, the mercenaries will show up all right and cheerfully enter the service of your enemy on your dime. I've had that happen to me. And no, you do NOT get your money back.

Edi

Huh, really ? I was totally wrong, shame to me, but this behavior is pretty ridiculous, it borders bugginess ..

Shovah32 · #13 January 27th, 2007, 08:36 PM

Or maybe the mercs just offer their service to the enemy in exchange for their lives being spared?

Edi · #14 January 28th, 2007, 04:57 AM

More likely the mercenary company gets word that their services are required in province xyz and by the time they get there, the place has already changed hands. They show up, report to the commander who, being the shrewd fellow he is, gives them orders to go somewhere and do something since he finds out that the mercs have already been paid.

Remember, one turn being a month, there's plenty of leeway time-wise.

Ed

Saxon · #15 January 30th, 2007, 05:59 AM

I doubt I am the oldest regisitered, but I have been around a long time and own all three Dominions. Still, I get no respect...

I have gambled on merc in a contested province many times and lost more than a few. Still, it is usually worth it, as you really need those troops in that spot. Against the AI, you are likely to face a second attack right away, so even if you held the province, they will be coming again...

Nick_K · #16 January 30th, 2007, 06:54 AM

Movement of units into friendly provinces happens before combat though. If I'm facing a big AI attack and want to recruit mercs, I won't recruit them in a province I might lose. Instead, I recruit them in a safe adjacent one then move them into the contested province next turn. That way I also get them to hold off further AI expansion if I lose.
Of course, if you want to attack with the mercs, recruiting on the borders is best.