How do I make bandits stop following me on the map
In Mount and Blade (the original, vanilla) I keep getting chased by much stronger enemies (looters, steppe bandits, deserters etc). They prevent me from reaching where I want to go and occasionally catch on to me. Either by chasing me into another group of bandits or by running faster. Usually this ends up in a battle where I lose my entire crew and end up even more vulnerable to these bandits. I'd like to prevent these battles that I will lose with certainty.
What are the requirements for the bandits to stop following me?
What are effective strategies to prevent battles against stronger armies?
With requirements I mean like being out of a certain range, being covered by a city, woods, mountains... whatever makes them stop.
I am aware that the pathfinding skill improves map speed (is this significant enough to invest in it?) and usually all or most of my troops are mounted. I recruit the default warriors that cost 10 denar each.
Here's an example of what I am talking about:
When hovering above these enemy troops it states "following miva" or something similar.
Best Answer
If you have a large enough troop bandits will tend to have "fleeing [target]" otherwise either try and outrun them as after a certain amount of distance they'll give up or find a patrol to stick close to, either the patrol will deal with the bandits or the bandits will avoid you because of the patrol.
If they still follow you, with the patrol nearby engage them, the patrol should join in and it's just a matter of waiting it out for the patrol to wipe them out (probably would order your troop to fall back rather than openly engage them)
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