Bypassing sieges

Maybe give a very slight courage hit when bypassing a siege instead of entering it and fighting your way through?

 

Maybe give a very slight courage boost when fighting your way through a siege instead of bypassing it?

 

Not a bad idea - don't penalize instead reward..

You do get a huge courage boost when clearing a siege currently - FYI.

 

How about: Maybe give a very slight courage boost[or maybe more/better loot/resource-nodes] when moving your way through a siege[and not necessarily clearing it] instead of bypassing it?

 

I disagree, really. I'm not "not clearing" the siege because I'm not capable, or not courageous. I'm not clearing it because its pointless - it will just get sieged again in 15 mins.
Its even more pointless now that the one-turnin-per-day-thing is back. (This once-per-day mechanic was either removed or broken, but now its back.)

Sieges are still lucrative for wood, sure, but now that the quest has a limit, if I cleared every siege I ran across I'd end up with thousands of quest items in inventory that I can do nothing with. This is very poor design.

 

I *believe* killing Cultists already gives you a Courage boost?

 

Either that or clearing the siege entirely - yep

 

I cannot clear a siege or kill a cultist. If I am willing to try and die several times I can clear a single catapult. I can run through the siege and kill the easy guys that swarm me, but I don‘t see the point. None of this has anything to do with courage or lack thereof.

I personally, if confronted with the choice of taking a courage hit or bypassing the siege, would take the hit to preserve my freedom to enter the town unhindered. With time, the virtues would become less and less important to follow and that aspect of the game would have no more meaning for me.