dimich

Hey, I don't know how far along development is for H&G 1.9, so if it's too late to suggest this then I understand.

But could you make it so that a player who starts the game as a bandit has the option to hire friendly groups of roaming steppe/cossack/forest/etc... bandits when he talks to them? Currently, when you encounter them on the map they obviously won't attack you, but you can't interact with them in any way. It would be cool if you had the option to hire fellow bandits you see walking around by speaking to them (I know about the bandit camp in Poland where you can hire looters, I'm talking about hiring the actual bandit parties patrolling the map, kind of like in Viking Conquest) for improved roleplaying purposes. Also, maybe allow bandit players to sell their goods/slaves at bandit lairs.

Also, when you successfully raid/loot a village, would it be possible to have the option to take the villagers prisoner in order to simulate the Crimean slave raids? Perhaps choosing to do so would automatically trigger a battle to begin between the player and the villagers?

Finally, there are mods which allow you to keep fighting as your companions (not your recruited soldiers, but the companion characters you find in taverns) after you fall in battle, which makes them feel more important and useful, have you guys considered that feature?

BTW, thanks for making such a great mod.