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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 &#33http://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.

DeadRunner
10-15-2003, 18:46
once i burn a france prince(but is house wes excomugate

Dhepee
10-15-2003, 18:54
I go one step further. Once I decide to knock off a faction I put one inquisitor in each of their provinces and let them sit for awhile. Eventually you start to get messages like "3200 killed" it really shakes up a province and increases the chance of revolt. If you drop an inquisitor on a general and nothing happens, just hang out in the province and cause some chaos.
Another dirty trick is to assinate a general, and then put his successor on trial, as the successor are usually of lower quality than the original general and more likely to get burned. If you can take out two generals in a row like that the stack is next to useless for morale.

Oaty
10-16-2003, 02:51
I like doing the A.I. favors occasionally. I like to burn heirs that have poor stats. A 2 star general is about the highest I go after as anything else makes the game too easy

HopAlongBunny
10-16-2003, 11:14
I find them very useful when I just don't want to get any bigger. Behind on GA points? Fry the leader. Faction won't make peace and is really annoying? Fry'em all

I usually increase their valour against the Papacy. I see it as payback for the Inquisitors the Pope "valoured-up" frying my generals. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

The Wizard
10-16-2003, 11:48
That is some nice info.. I never knew that, but maybe that's because I'm a warmongering barbarian http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I never really use agents to full extent, and since Inquisitors are not prone to get themselves assasinated (high churchly status and all), I use them as spies to have an overview of my enemy and sometimes I use them to kill a low-piety dog.. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

The_Emperor
10-16-2003, 11:52
When I use inquisitors, I use them both internally (on pathetic generals, and peasant units I create to level up inquisitors) and externally to eradicate enemies...

I like to keep the zeal high so I get more recruits when a crusade is launched.

dessa14
10-19-2003, 04:15
i once had 7 GI's in sicily i think you can guess what happened every second turn 30,000 people were killed but i also had 4000 elite soldiers there so the loyalty was still 200%
thanks dessa