Hello there, fellow Assassins/Vikings!! So, there have been a few questions about Jomsvikings bouncing around in my head for a long time now, and I will finally ask them here:

1. Do Jomsvikings have gear and weapon stats? When I assign gear and weapons to my Jomsvikings, does it actually mean anything or is it strictly cosmetic?
2. When selecting another player's Jomsviking to join my crew, should I just simply pick one based on their level of 1 through 5?
3. In the Jomsviking Hall at Ravensthorpe, are those Jomsvikings owned by other players? I don't ever see gamer tags attached to them, but they are listed as Community Jomsvikings.

Thank you to anyone who can help answer these!!

@ghostagent14 Hey there,

1. No, it's all purely cosmetic, you can put what you like on them and make them look pretty. I'm still not sure how the stats for NPC's actually work in Valhalla, but they seem to have defined levels regardless of what you put on them, unless in River Raids.
2. Pick who you like. I don't think it matters unless in the River Raids maps, and it won't hurt to give new players a bit of silver for hiring their guy, regardless of level. 1-5, it will only really take effect during the specific Raids, and you can manage your separate raiding drakar crew around that. Me, I pick who I think looks the coolest, so it's up to you.
3. There are randomly generated, and player made Jomsvikings in the Hall. Ringing the bell will auto-generate NPC's, whereas the player ones tended to appear when loading up the game. They may have fixed this however since I last played. The random generated NPC's look cursed, because it randomly picks gear from your own inventory and throws it onto a character model, whereas the player ones are obviously designed. (They still look cursed though, sort out your Jomsvikings guys!)

Hope that helps.

@orcbeard92
Oh yeah, that's perfect!! Thank you so much for the explanations there. I thought it was pretty much cosmetic but wasn't entirely sure. I will continue to look for the coolest looking Jomsvikings!!

@ghostagent14 Community JVs will change their look though when their owner changes it. I have two nude ones which I didn't hire this way.
Auto generated JVs all look bad, partly because they always wear headgear which I don't like. Also @OrcBeard92 they can wear gear you don't own.

@kormac67
Lol!! That's too funny about having nude Jomsvikings!!

@ghostagent14 I am so tempted to go strip my Jomsvikings. I know at least a couple of people have mine on their crews.