Help on emissaries

[cheetah772]

Hello,

Can anybody help me out on emissaries? Every time I build them, somebody is always out to assassinate them the minute they're finished the training Yes, I know, I've built a border fort, stationed a sizable army, but nothing works I am playing as Egyptians, and I only have one emissary, who has a six-star valour. I've had a cemetary full of dead emissaries in Egypt It's pretty much dangerous to be a noble and working for my lords in that time period

This is very annoying, I couldn't kill my enemies' emissaries, the assassins always got caught before killing them, and I'm frustrated Sometime, just to take out my anger on my enemies, I take a HUGE army to beat the crap out whosever tried to kill my emissary I don't like this, I prefer diplomacy to war-making policy. I got annoyed now and then Oh well.

Dan

[ToranagaSama]

After you've built the border fort, train Assassins, keep them at home. Just leave them there and keep your emissary close to home (in the same province as the Border Fort and the Assassin. Between the fort and the Assassin, your emissary s/b relatively safe for a while, but no Agent lasts forever.

Use your princesses to spy. Use your emissary cautiously, on missions to make alliances, etc. One they've finished the mission bring them back to safety quickly. Once they've gotten a star or two they're even more protected, but eventually a high star enemy assassin will get him.

Its best to use your Emissaries wisely. Take one have him accomplish a mission, then use another to accomplish another mission. Gradually build up 2 or 3 with 2 or more stars and they should last a while always have one in reserve.

Emissary are just great targets for Assassins to gain Stars, that's why they're always targeted.

Good Luck http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Have Fun

[el_slapper]

I personally use my priests/alims to spy the whole map. They're less targeted, their lifespan is far longer, and, last but not least, they increase your favourite religion. This is a cost-efficient technique.

And I don't build border forts. I'd rather park spies & assassins in every region : they get stars for killing enemy agents, border forts don't. In fact, this is NOT a cost efficient technique, but it's my RPG background that emerges.....