Bug or working as intended

[MARVIN_THE_ARVN]

So, in a MP game I took an AIs capital, next turn I suddenly get an army of mercs that hammers my treasury, I am going to disband them but it has basically knocked my money into the high minuses, I'm going to assume the rival faction was attempting to buy this merc army but it got given to me as I took the capital.

Is this working as intended or a bug?

[MARVIN_THE_ARVN]

So, I got rid of the army, thankfully it didn't keep me at -350ish gold and +9 a turn but it did empty my well saved treasury and cause mass desertions in my main army.

Now, I tend to play for fluff so I can imagine the old lord sending out a missive calling for allies who turn up expecting war and some payment.

A better way to handle this might be to make it an event with a decision to make. Such as pay them in full and they join up, pay a reduced amount and they leave, pay nothing and most leave but some stay and cause mischief as bandit, pay nothing and they decide to fight anyway for the old dynasty.

[Pocus]

Weird indeed, what nation are you playing? Might be a friendly invasion instead.

[MARVIN_THE_ARVN]

Hey Pocus,

I am playing brigantes (purple british faction) in a MP game.

Friendly invasion? A free friendly army from randoms?

What I can confirm is that I did not order or create them but a fairly large stack, 12ish units appeared, a mix of the various types.

[Morbio]

Did you trade legacy for an army, or hire mercs from surrounding regions?

These are 2 of the events that you may have utilised to create this. If not, then you may have discovered something...

[MARVIN_THE_ARVN]

No, I had no requirement to do so, I already easily outnumbered the enemy on it's final province.

Yeah, I've seen them in other games so I wouldn't have activated them.

I thought that maybe the defeated nation called them in but as they were destroyed they were given to me?

[MARVIN_THE_ARVN]

I think I've worked out that the AI is making decisions for me, so the AI probably asked for the army.... Yet, I'm also playing....

[Pocus]

hu?

It was in MP then?

[MARVIN_THE_ARVN]

Yeah a MP and the AI is/was still making decisions for me.