recruiting mercenaries limited?

[park2086]

Tried to search, but found a similar one but not what I wanted to know.
I am wondering if # of mercenaries(same kind of unit) I can hire is limited.
I am playing as England(early era). Went up to Scots region and hired upto 3 same pike units.
After that, I don't see them any more in the mercenaries hire screen.
Also I retrained them few times after a couple battles and finally it even says that there's no more pike units left in the region and won't let me even retrain all 3 units.
So now, I'm down to 2 fully supplied pike units. I can't even go back to having 3 units.
Well, I guess I used every single one of them in the region??
Is there anyway I can hire more pike units if the # is not limited?

[bɑne]

Mercs spawn and regenerate - it takes some time for the pool to get full again (unless some event/yearnumber disabled the mercs)
Depending on the unit you could solve your problem by moving the army to another region as the poolsize and type is regionspecific

[Goofy]

Tried to search, but found a similar one but not what I wanted to know.
I am wondering if # of mercenaries(same kind of unit) I can hire is limited.
I am playing as England(early era). Went up to Scots region and hired upto 3 same pike units.
After that, I don't see them any more in the mercenaries hire screen.
Also I retrained them few times after a couple battles and finally it even says that there's no more pike units left in the region and won't let me even retrain all 3 units.
So now, I'm down to 2 fully supplied pike units. I can't even go back to having 3 units.
Well, I guess I used every single one of them in the region??
Is there anyway I can hire more pike units if the # is not limited?

Yes, there is a limit of mercenary units per region. If it is 2 and you recruit them both, it will take some time that there are more mercenaries available. If you want to make that limit higher, I can tell it you. (or that recruitment pool replenishing faster)

[park2086]

Thank you both!
So I guess I'll have to wait around and try again to see if there's more available.
Also I'll try to move those units to somewhere else to see if I see more of them available as 'bane' mentioned.

FinnKing, could you tell me how to make the limit higher? also how to replenish faster?
I don't think I'll try that right now but I think it's good to know for future =)

[bɑne]

You cant change those limits for your current campaign - you'd have to start over. the file your looking for is descr_merceneries.txt in "imperial_campaign" and should have an explenation of the contents at the top of the file

[Goofy]

You cant change those limits for your current campaign - you'd have to start over. the file your looking for is descr_merceneries.txt in "imperial_campaign" and should have an explenation of the contents at the top of the file

That's correct. Do it exactly this way (for example Scotland's mercenary pool): Go to file mentioned above, there you find this:

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pool Scotland
regions Edinburgh_Province Inverness_Province Aberdeen_Province
unit merc cog, exp 0 cost 200 replenish 0.36 - 1.0 max 1 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading
unit merc cog, exp 0 cost 1000 replenish 0.02 - 0.10 max 1 initial 1
unit Mercenary Crossbowmen exp 1 cost 860 replenish 0.03 - 0.09 max 1 initial 0
unit Irish Kerns exp 1 cost 380 replenish 0.02 - 0.06 max 2 initial 1
unit Galloglaich Mercs exp 2 cost 830 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 2 initial 0
unit Mercenary Ribault exp 0 cost 600 replenish 0.02 - 0.04 max 1 initial 0 events { gunpowder_discovered }
unit Pilgrims exp 0 cost 35 replenish 0.08 - 0.25 max 1 initial 1 religions { catholic } crusading
unit Crusader Sergeants exp 1 cost 150 replenish 0.15 - 0.5 max 4 initial 0 religions { catholic } crusading
unit Highland Pikemen Mercs exp 1 cost 500 replenish 0.03 - 0.09 max 2 initial 1
unit Gwent Raiders exp 0 cost 540 replenish 0.06 - 0.18 max 2 initial 0 start_year 1100

Editing these numbers will affect their amount and replenishing rate; the first ones are the replenish rate and the second one is the amount of that unit on the same time:

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unit Mercenary Crossbowmen exp 1 cost 860 replenish 0.03 - 0.09 max 1 initial 0

Make it look like this (for example):

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unit Mercenary Crossbowmen exp 1 cost 860 replenish 0.10 - 0.20 max 10 initial 0

0.10-0.20 shows how quickly there comes more units.

And I add this: I never have edited this so put it in a right way if I tell it wrong, but I believe it goes this way.

Thanks,
~FK

[[Celtíbero]Mencey]

0.10-0.20 shows how quickly there comes more units.

What does 0.10 exactly means? What kind of measure is it? One mercenary unit each 10 turns? Meaning that 0.03 is one unit each... Please explain

[popovic]

What does 0.10 exactly means? What kind of measure is it? One mercenary unit each 10 turns? Meaning that 0.03 is one unit each... Please explain

It means you will get a new mercenary unit of that type every 10 turns.

[[Celtíbero]Mencey]

ok thx. Do you know why there are two bounds in the replenish rate? why it's not just 0.09 instead 0.03-0.15?

[park2086]

Thank you both of you guys again!
I guess I'll try this when I start a new campaign someday =)
Thank you Thank you

[park2086]

Do you guys know where else I can find pikemen??
I only know scots pikemen and the swiss pikemen.
I guess the swiss pikemen is from alps somewhere?
Any other you guys know, let me know please.
Gotta love them pikemen

[Zom]

Do you guys know where else I can find pikemen??
I only know scots pikemen and the swiss pikemen.
I guess the swiss pikemen is from alps somewhere?
Any other you guys know, let me know please.
Gotta love them pikemen

Is what you love being able to hire mercs who cannot exist in the period you are playing? Then using them against factions that cannot compete against the futuristic tech?

Not being a smart ass, just trying to understand the mod, and trying to decide if it is worth playing.

[park2086]

Zom, please downsize your words. We will read your comments. Don't have to worry.
And don't waste your time if you're not going to answer my question. Thank you

[edit] just saw the thread you started. I guess you can't help but waste your time. and just like bane said, please downsize. bigger than reply button.

[bɑne]

On that issue does disbanding merceneries in their pool region replenish the pool? I've never paid attention I must admit.

[Caesar Clivus]

On that issue does disbanding merceneries in their pool region replenish the pool? I've never paid attention I must admit.

I might be wrong but I dont recall that happening. I dont think it does though.

[bɑne]

Mercs are available according to available technologies. You wont be able to hire gunpowder-units in 1100.