How did you get so many? I only got 100 pikemen swords, and 50 knights!

On the other hand, it can be a perfect event, if you happen to have lost your army just a short time before you get the event.
Furthermore, I like the idea of actually challenging the player should he decline the troops.

I have to agree with you when it comes to the war machines though: 500 ballistas would need 60k mercenary points, which is just not realistic.

Цитата crimson:

it seems declining them may cause them to fight you (maybe random?)

The event was introduced with the "decline" option causing the troops to fight you:

Цитата Cathrine:

4. Quest “Dogs of War” and “Uninvited guests” are two interrelated quests. The player can choose between accepting recruits into their army, or to fight off raids of merciless marauders. The amount of units in the detachment is determined by the player’s rating. Additionally, any decision regarding accepting or declining the quest will give the player additional bonuses.

(taken from: http://1100ad.com/forum/view/30218/last#btm)

My point was that it's good (in my opinion) that the troops size varies with the rating of the player, resulting in professionals with ratings like ...

Цитата crimson:

lvl 44

... getting huge groups and new players getting very small ones.
This should exclude war machines though, as stated above, because of the huge cost.

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Maybe, I just had that thought, this event could be splitted, similar to the "ressources for diamonds"-event:
You can accept a certain number of troops (according to your free popualtion and mercenary points) and if you do not have enough, the rest that did not get hired could start revolting.
That was a spontaneous thought, what do you think about that?

Цитата schnitzer90:

actually challenging the player should he decline the troops

With the current setup, it's really not much of a challenge to kill these since they tend to land on different gates and the player chooses which city they arrive at so he can be waiting with many more units. 4000 HAs landing on a gate with no meat protection isn't very hard for a "lvl 44" to destroy, especially when you land right on top of them. IMO, the ballistas should be destroying buildings if the player isn't there to fight them.

My suggestions

#1: If offer is declined, have all the marauders land on the same square.

#2: If offer is accepted and you don't have enough free mercs or population, have the ability to say how many of each marauder you want to accept. All or none is a bit annoying and who wants 500 ballistas anyway? So yes, I support schnitzer's idea here. Demo should also be set to attack any non-population and non-gold buildings as well - not just sit there waiting for a defensive effort.

so what happens now .do we wait a few months or this isn't gonna get implemented .because a lot of players (including me) are suffering from the same problems .

so choosing a part of them isn't what you meant ?

i understood what you meant .but what i meant was ,can't we choose a number troops that we want and then fight the rest ?

Цитата crimson:

I do not know if you can accept the troops if you do not have enough free population to support all of them. if it does let you accept them, then you can simply disband the troops you don't need then.

It's either all of them or nobody at all, at least for now.
As I discussed above, splitting the event could be a solution, in my opinion:

Цитата schnitzer90:

You can accept a certain number of troops (according to your free popualtion and mercenary points) and if you do not have enough, the rest that did not get hired could start revolting.