No mercs?

**Lovejoy** · 12-09-2007, 23:33

wtf

After taking a break from EB I started a new Mac camp and noticed...

all the mercs are gone!

there are no merc, they are all gone.

I have looked everywhere. it worked fine just a few months ago. very strange....

where did they go?

As far I can remember I havent change any files. i loaded some saves from what i believe could be an old version of eb. but i didnt get any ctds. could that have changed something?

please

// Lovejoy

edit: argh, I should have posted this in the bugforum right?
edit2: on the other hand, no one would notice this thread there.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 12-09-2007, 23:47

Mercs take a while to replenish. I think there are very few at the start and you have to wait a decade or so before they all slowly replenish and get to full amount. It shouldn't really matter, since there is no way to afford mercs in the first decade of playing anyways.

And if you loaded a savegame from a different version, weird stuff is bound to happen.

**Lovejoy** · 12-10-2007, 00:01

But this is a new camp. I only checked some old saves for fun before I started this new camp.

yeah, they take awhile to replenish. but i'm only like 1 or 2 years in. there should be atleast SOME mercs. but no. in all of greek, and I mean ALL, there is not a single merc unit. who bought them all? and where are they hinding these huge merc armies! :D :P

clearly something must be wrong?

but thanks anyway! :D

**Tellos Athenaios** · 12-10-2007, 00:07

AI, perhaps?

**Ibn-Khaldun** · 12-10-2007, 00:14

Perhaps they just disbanded themselves and went to there farms cause the non-stopping "total war" had bored them to death??

**Lovejoy** · 12-10-2007, 00:28

Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios

AI, perhaps?

nah, thats highly unlikely. I finished KH off in just a few turns(from mainland greece). they didnt buy any mercs from what i could tell.

Epeiros are just standing around there capital doin nothing. no mercs in there armies. getia, wouldnt think so. Selue? naaaaah.

but thanks anyway! :D

Ibn-Khaldun could be on something....

maybe if i restart the game it will fix itself. but it takes some damn long!

**Hooahguy** · 12-10-2007, 01:31

i encoutered this problem too..... seeing as there arent many mercs, i send a FM to all surrounding provinces, snatch up any mercs i can find, and make a huge "supply depot" of mercs, for later use. works pretty well for me......

**Centurion Crastinus** · 12-10-2007, 04:06

In my game greece is crawling with mercs by 240 B.C.

**MiniMe** · 12-11-2007, 00:42

1.0. merc recruitment pool system was completely redone.
Instead of 0.81 many recruitments pools there are only several recruitment pools that include multiple provinces each (example - one pool for Turkey). Every such recruitment pool contains great variety of mercs opposite to previous 2-5 mercs per pool. Their replenishment rate is significantly decreased.
New system works great. AI stacks in 1.0 (opposite to 0.81) are composed of his own units about 90-95% as they should be IMO. And it seems that AI somehow understands about low replenishment rates and recruit mercs when in desperate need only. I like it.

**marodeur** · 12-12-2007, 14:31

Originally Posted by MiniMe

AI stacks in 1.0 (opposite to 0.81) are composed of his own units about 90-95% as they should be IMO. And it seems that AI somehow understands about low replenishment rates and recruit mercs when in desperate need only. I like it.

That would surely be an improvement. Will keep an eye upon it.