Strange Request

[felcon]

Hey all,

I was playing an english long campaign and i got a message from france (my allies at the time) saying something like they wanted me to assassinate their faction leader, and if i do they will like me more then they already do...

So, i thought i would, i was thinking maybe it would give my assassin some new skills. So in the next few rounds, i get my assassin to paris and cary out what they wanted me to do .. i kill they guy they wanted me to.

But then i got a message saying france had be destroyed and all that rubbish about them being once a powerfull nation.

The thing im wondering about is why would france ask me to kill someone if it would destroy them??

[Flavius Gonzo]

Whoah, that's creepy! MAybe the faction heir (isn't it always the heir that calls for the regicide?) was killed in battle after he gave you the mission, but before you completed it?

[Doug-Thompson]

Just a guess, but the heir may have died between the time he made the request and the time the mission was carried out.

[felcon]

Ohhh i guess thats it ^.^

I just thought it was strange :p

[Patricius]

I got that sort of mission also. It is just one of those missions that units other than soldiers. It took the form of a message by the heir that his doddery Dad needed taking out for some sort of reward.

[Satyr]

I got that request from the Prince of the Milanos while playing as France, so I sent my troops down and killed the king. The prince wasn't very happy with me though.

[dopp]

You need to assassinate him, not coincidentally bump him off while taking over some of his territory. No wonder the heir wasn't pleased with you: you just stole part of his inheritance.

[IrishArmenian]

Hmmm, national assisted suicide?

[dopp]

All 32 stabs of it.

[sapi]

rofl - bet the father wasn't too happy about that.

It's intersting that the game doesn't cancel the mission on the heir's death though...

[felcon]

Im glad the mission wasnt canceled, in just one turn i wiped out the french >D

[katank]

How many cities did they have? Usually the game tries to maintain a certain generals to settlement ratio through adoptions and such. If they had more than 1 city left, you must have struck at a particularly fortuitous time.