Awful Heirs

I have noticed that playing certain factions it seems to be hard to get quality heirs, especially when playing the danes, the english, and the almos. I have found 2 ways to avoid situation altogether.

1. Throw your toothless glutton at armies of bad guys. Nitzche(sp) is right, whatever doesn't kill him, will give him better virtues. Do this to your heirs to be as well.

2. Ignore it. If I have bad royals, I usually end up with rockstar generals. I mean a general with 8*, 8 acumen, who just so happens to be a saint. Well, pretend he is king. He probably does more for the kingdom then your worthless king anyways ... or you could start a rebellion and hope he leads the charge.

nah never start a rebellion, it is always BAD

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Originally Posted by The Stranger

nah never start a rebellion, it is always BAD

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Starting a rebellion isn't always bad. As a solution to the thread starter, it is an extreme way to cull the useless nasty royals from the herd. Hopefully while doing that you also get to axe some of your thieving, mafia ridden generals as well.

It can also be a great way to spice up a boring game. I swear sometimes the comp just sits like a lump and does nothing at all. After a century of this it gets rather tedious watching nobody make any moves. Typically the comp takes great interest when your country falls into civil disarray. At the very least you're practically guaranteed a few momentous battles out of it.

I forgot last time flocks of assassins and inquisitors can also spice up your useless King's virtues, if he survives that is.

I'll second all that, Sensei Warrior. I find civil wars to be great fun, and can be very useful for ridding oneself of useless princes and corrupt/hedonistic generals. I sometimes liken it to a bloated corporation that cuts away the fat to make itself competetive again. ~;) Granted, civil wars can be very inconvenient if you yourself didn't deliberately orchestrate them, but I've found that even then my faction is often better off in the long run.

i rid myself from awful heirs with ASSASSINS, i managed to get a 9 star assassin, i also use spies. it keeps your monarchy stable and you get a increasingly powerful weapon. i can undo excommunications in just one strike with a knife. i can kill strong enemy generals and kings with a single attempt. i can remove a bad heir in just a turn. ASSASSINS rule MTW.

I have heard assassins rule the game. I somehow haven't gotten around to using them. I guess I am drawn to fielding large armies to guile and subterfuge. To each his own.

I've done fairly well with assassins, but I don't use them a terrible lot. I generally keep some around to help police my empire and take down any generals that are getting on my nerves. The few that actually get up to 5-6 stars or higher, I'll dispatch abroad to help carry out my agendas elsewhere.