Rake's

[Ardri]

I'll just camp them outside of a college and keep assassinating gentlemen whenever I remember to do it. Rake's don't seem to be connected to their % of success in the longterm as I had 1 rake kill probably 25 out of 30 gentlemen as he travelled from university to university. Ended up in all that killing that he only leveled up once.

[The historian]

They can be very useful i used them versus my Spanish allies by sabotaging happiness buildings in Italy i actually managed to get both the Italian states and Naples to revolt and swiftly took them, I don't know how to level them up though.

[Major Robert Dump]

kill kill kill, thats all they are good for. And since gentlemen can't duel priests (lol could u imagine) i try to send rakes in at the same time as my missionaries.

[Feanaro]

I've never gotten a Rake beyond 4 stars, no matter how much I used him. I'm guessing there's either a bug with their progression or they aren't meant to progress very far. The only way I get the 4th star is to sabotage lots of stuff.

I also find the percentages rather odd. 30% means never, except for assassination... where it means more like 50-75%.

[Leviathan]

I've found rakes (in the Americas campaign) to be next to useless. The highest chance to assasinate a gentleman that I've had was 30%, and in reality it was closer to 10%.

Using the good ole save and reload, with two rakes trying to assasinate the same guy, it took forteen reloads before one of them succeeded at the "30%" chance.

[Gaiseric]

I agree, rakes are very useless. Demolish your Village Inns and replace them with something better.

[A Very Super Market]

Nah, they keep order. Rakes are just a side-benefit, like...

The mini-grater to the Slapchop :D

No one respond to that, please. No derailing.

[Susanna]

I agree, rakes are very useless. Demolish your Village Inns and replace them with something better.

I disagree. In my current game filthy polish gentleman are cluttering the campaing map and keep stealing techs. I already lost three of my own gentlemen in duells.
The situation would be hopepless without some rake help!

Susanna/Calapine