how do u guys use your agents in single play?

[jbmagic]

when playing single player camapiagn...how do u guys like using your agensts u get: assassin, spies, emissionary, inquistionares, priest, etc


can u guys give some examples in how u use them..i notice on my first campaign game i dont even use the agents hardly, but i suppose the agents are good to use?

thanks

[Dîn-Heru]

In my recent campaign I had three alims in every provinces, including enemy provinces. In my home provinces I had three spies and three assasssins in every and one imam. this I had for internal control.

I was very wealthy and had at one point over 800000 fl in my treasury. So I used my emissaries to bribe as many as possible.

As for how to use assassins, inquisitors, try doing a search, I know there are some posts about them.

As the Danes I used massed assassin attacks to take out the pope to lift an excommunication.

Agents can be very good to use if you know how to use them properly. (something which I unfortuantely don't, hopefully someone that do will share their tricks)

[HopAlongBunny]

Depends on faction.

I use strat agent mainly for internal harmony http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I like to have 1 emissary, 1 priest type, and 1 spy in every province. They can stop enemy assassins/spies, and getting a conquered provinces religion more in line with your own makes it a little easier to manage.

Catholic faction-assassins are a must Easiest way out of excommunication is to pop the pope. They also can get rid of inquisitors...who wants to lose a general heir or governor to these religous hit-men?

Inquisitors. All the reasons above...only they are working for you http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Spies are useful for all factions. They seem to help with internal security. Once you get that covered they can be used to destabilize opposing factions provinces. A large number dropped on a low loyalty province with a small garrission (sp) might cause a revolt.

I focus on internal security first because all the things mentioned are what the AI does to you. It can get tedious but it can be fun too; with no upkeep costs why not build a million of them (if you can bear moving them around one-at-a-time) http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[GoldenKnightX2]

I use spies to find vices of enemy Kings, lowers loyalty, I also use assasins on the pope when I get excommunicated. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[vortex]

If you want to mess up a faction without getting excommunicated, send a ton of spies into the province to cause a rebellion. After a few rebellions, the province should be controlled by rebels. At this point, you can take the province without fear of being excommunicated.

[jbmagic]

vortex sorry

that doesnt not work anybody with new patch 1.1 as people stated

[MalibuMan]

I use emissaries most of all, because I really like bribing provinces - I don't really regard it as losing that much money, because you get the troops and don't lose any of your original ones

Assassins are a must simply for self-defence, versus other assassins and particularly inquisitors.

Religious agents are also essential just to prevent others from converting your provinces to a different faith. It is also very useful to have your provinces at 100% your faith with a high zeal, so that if you are invaded by a power of a different faith they suffer rebellions from larger numbers of higher quality troops. Of course, if you're Catholic this can be a problem for loyalty if you get excommunicated - that's where the assassins come in handy

[GranCactus]

I try always to have a legion of emissaries sitting around in case one of my competitors suddenly has a bunch of provinces go rebel, allowing me to purchase half of his empire.