Quote Originally Posted by Hooahguy View Post
Im starting to see the downside in becoming a vassal. My hands are tied most of the time. If theres no war, then I cant do anything but kill outlaws. If you do raid a caravan, then your honor gets really low and your fellow lords dont like you, and ladies wont take a liking to you. The only upside is that you will get rich by your fiefs.

I think once I finish my current game Ill begin a game where Im a merc and I can go around killing whoever I want.
Rebel and start you own kingdom. That is after all why Warband is so much better than Vanilla. You can begin your own faction.
The other factions will give you a hard time, specially the one you're with now, until your 'right-to-rule' reaches a decent level...50 I think.
Then other nobles start joining your faction and you can start conquering more territory.