View Full Version : What happened to the Pope?
I keep reading about how resilient the Pope is and that he keeps coming back when you wipe him out. Well, I'm playing the Byzantines and the Sicilians killed off the Pope, and he never came back.
Why does the computer player get to kill him off and human players seem to have to fight him consistently?
Thoughts?
Don't know about him never reappearing.
I'm playing HRE and I wiped him out 15 years ago, he hasn't appeared once. The thing I did though was I killed him on the battlefield instead of through seige.
I've seen him come back when the comp conquers him though. Weird
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He comes back randomly. I killed him early using the English. Sometimes, he comes back twice in 10-15 years. Sometimes, he comes back after more than 50 years. It's really random.
insolent1
09-15-2002, 18:40
the pope will be back he is a bit like arnold schwazanegger he dosen't say i'll be back but he will be and the longer you have to wait for him to return the better the forces he will return with. When the ai takes out the pope he will still come back might take longer but he will be back
On the battlefield? ahahaha, Id like to see a little guy in a white gown with a funny hat hitting people with a stick.
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Crimson Castle
09-15-2002, 21:18
Maybe he's a different Pope. The Bishops are able to elect a new Pope if the current one dies.
Hey, some of those popes weren't no joke!
The Borgia popes were obviously quite a handful. One of the Alexanders actually led his Papal mercenaries into battle, with armor and mace.
I did see the Sicilians kill the Pope once (I was far away from Italy and excommunicated at the time, so thank you Sicily!) and he came back in about 15 years, with giant armies. Poor Sicilians got shoved back onto their island.
well take advantage of no pope and go conquer your catholic friends.. at least you wont be excommunicated anytime soon
Already working on it. I've taken all but one province of the Polish, Wiped out the Hungarians. Ready to smash the French and as soon as I clear the British out of the North Sea those pesky islands will too be mine.
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