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Phatose
12-09-2003, 06:09
I just ran a quick search, and didn't see anything that answered this question, so I'm gonna ask here.

My question is this. I've learned that breeding your royal stock properly is one of the best ways to get decent generals without too much trouble, so I've taken to culling off less then ideal heirs. I also know that getting foreign princesses means less worry about becoming inbred six-toed bluebloods. But does the choice of your foreign princesses affect the stats of their children, or are all foreign princesses the same?

For example, I'm playing as the spanish. I've killed off my two oldest sons since they were incompetent and my third son was a seven star general. Now my king is getting old though, and I need to find a bride for my heir. Should I take an english bride if one becomes available? Or should I hold out for a princess who comes from less useless stock, since the english seem to have a very poor bloodline going? Will a Danish princess give me more competent heirs, since the Danes have better stats then the english do?

Thanks in advance for any help

Papewaio
12-09-2003, 06:12
Apparently as long as it is not your own princess then all are equal...

Phatose
12-09-2003, 06:15
Thank you kindly sir, that saves me a lot of troublesome political manuevering.

Gregoshi
12-12-2003, 15:09
Welcome to the Org Phatose, where our patrons are a breed apart. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

Shamus
12-12-2003, 15:28
Welcome. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Enjoy your stay. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

dwarven_eagle
12-12-2003, 20:38
Jeeze, I never thought about that before. And I've been to stupid to notice if my younger prince is better than my older prince (I need to pay more attention to these things)

Ironside
12-13-2003, 22:36
Breeding is quite important.
I'm only got 8 star heirs with the Poles, English, French, Danes, Italians, HRE, Turks and some more factions. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

Sadly it seems that the royal line need to crash down to some 1-star idiots before I can get it really strong. But the line keeps itself strong if I play Spain, Almohads or Byzantines. But I need to use assassins and some reloads to get them strong in accuman, unless I'm lucky.