What is going on?? Rebels are actually sieging my city???

**King William the Conqueror** · February 28, 2014, 08:37 PM

Wow. This has been a most interesting campaign! First Prince Charles deserted (Didn't even know faction heirs could do that), then this!

**Maklodes** · February 28, 2014, 09:21 PM

It seems like it would make sense that if a prince were to rebel, it would be because he wants to be king before his dad kicks off naturally, and that the logical move after rebellion would be to try to seize the capital rather than wandering around aimlessly, but I have to admit I've never actually seen this happen. Well, except in the tutorial Norman conquest campaign when Ambrose Adames lays siege to Caen in a scripted, off-turn move. Pretty cool.

**King William the Conqueror** · February 28, 2014, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by Maklodes

It seems like it would make sense that if a prince were to rebel, it would be because he wants to be king before his dad kicks off naturally, and that the logical move after rebellion would be to try to seize the capital rather than wandering around aimlessly, but I have to admit I've never actually seen this happen. Well, except in the tutorial Norman conquest campaign when Ambrose Adames lays siege to Caen in a scripted, off-turn move. Pretty cool.

Actually Charles was sieging Antwerp when he rebelled, so this is a seperate army.

**Vipman** · March 01, 2014, 01:11 AM

I don't remember being besieged by rebels in vanilla, however once I left a town empty, no garrison, it wasn't unhappy enough to revolt, and a rebel unit hiding in a forest, I had no idea it was there, came and took the empty town. It was in my very first campaign, as England, I was like WTF did just happen

**AntonisTheGreek** · March 01, 2014, 01:22 AM

what does '''desertion'' means?

**Vipman** · March 01, 2014, 04:56 AM

That one of your generals or captains turns rebel because your king has low authority, and general's low loyalty

**UndrState** · March 01, 2014, 09:49 AM

I've had the rebels siege me a couple times

its always a little more fun when they do.

**wolfhound-22** · March 04, 2014, 09:01 AM

Are you playing on a higher difficulty? I'm pretty sure desertions happen much more often on VH than they do on other levels. Same for rebels sieging cities. Rebels besieging cities is dependent on difficulty level, rebel army size vs. garrison size, and I'm pretty sure the kind of rebels they are. "Scandinavian Rebels" would be more likely to move around the province and attack your forces or settlement while "Brigands" are usually more static, but they can move against the settlement if they have good enough odds.

I've seen brigands attack settlements on H and VH campaign difficulties a few times. Only once have I ever seen them do it on Medium.

**King William the Conqueror** · March 04, 2014, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by wolfhound-22

Are you playing on a higher difficulty? I'm pretty sure desertions happen much more often on VH than they do on other levels. Same for rebels sieging cities. Rebels besieging cities is dependent on difficulty level, rebel army size vs. garrison size, and I'm pretty sure the kind of rebels they are. "Scandinavian Rebels" would be more likely to move around the province and attack your forces or settlement while "Brigands" are usually more static, but they can move against the settlement if they have good enough odds.

I've seen brigands attack settlements on H and VH campaign difficulties a few times. Only once have I ever seen them do it on Medium.

Yeah I'm on VH. I just have never seen that before.