Jxrc
10-15-2003, 18:42
I often read posts from people claiming that inquisitors are totally useless and really cannot agree on that since every time I use them to become the last catholic faction of the game (except if I do not play as the Germans - i.e. only faction that cannot be eradicated through inquisition or assassination since their leaded is elected).
I usually build 4 inquisitor in early and 4 grand inquisitor in high.
The trick is to start by putting on trial generals:
- with low-piety ;
- who are located in provinces with high zeal (Spain,France, Italy);
- who are located in provinces where there are no bishop.
Even with a valor 0 inquisitor,you have something like 40% chance of succeeding. If you fail, well ... you try again. The IA does normally nothing to stop you and will only assassinte one or two of your inquisitors.
Even if a general gets the virtue "devout" or "born again", you should put him on trial every turn and he will get, sooner or later, the vice "Atheist", i.e. ripe for burning.
After a few success your inquisitor will be able to burn any general anywhere. If the zeal of a provinces equals zero just wait for you target to move or place an inquisitor to increase zeal.
It does not seem to me that, valor being equal, grand inquisitors are much more effecient that regular ones when it comes to burning non-royal generals but that they get much higher chances of success when it comes to princes and kings. Normal inquisitors seem to get a malus when trying royalties.
Even i a king has very high piety, you can always decide to burn all his heirs and waits for his death (at 56 ? NO YES YES YES !http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif to solve the problem.
In short those guys are so efficient that using them extensively amounts to a cheesy tactics leading to a great deal of rebel jumping.
For a fair game, I think that one should refrain from putting a general on trial more than once.
I usually build 4 inquisitor in early and 4 grand inquisitor in high.
The trick is to start by putting on trial generals:
- with low-piety ;
- who are located in provinces with high zeal (Spain,France, Italy);
- who are located in provinces where there are no bishop.
Even with a valor 0 inquisitor,you have something like 40% chance of succeeding. If you fail, well ... you try again. The IA does normally nothing to stop you and will only assassinte one or two of your inquisitors.
Even if a general gets the virtue "devout" or "born again", you should put him on trial every turn and he will get, sooner or later, the vice "Atheist", i.e. ripe for burning.
After a few success your inquisitor will be able to burn any general anywhere. If the zeal of a provinces equals zero just wait for you target to move or place an inquisitor to increase zeal.
It does not seem to me that, valor being equal, grand inquisitors are much more effecient that regular ones when it comes to burning non-royal generals but that they get much higher chances of success when it comes to princes and kings. Normal inquisitors seem to get a malus when trying royalties.
Even i a king has very high piety, you can always decide to burn all his heirs and waits for his death (at 56 ? NO YES YES YES !http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif to solve the problem.
In short those guys are so efficient that using them extensively amounts to a cheesy tactics leading to a great deal of rebel jumping.
For a fair game, I think that one should refrain from putting a general on trial more than once.