Does the reputation level you have with a village effect what troops you can recruit from it in this? I know it does in normal mount and Blade.
Also did something get changed in the last update of this? I can barely ever recruit troops from villages anymore so it takes forever running from city to city picking up small group of basic men from the inn to fill an army.
Yes reputation still affects it. Not sure what levels the changes happen at but I can often get footmen, levies & archers from a village I own. Can still recruit a decent amount (often 10+) at times too, although i do invest points into persuasion.