Culture of a client ruler

[seienchin]

In EB I doubt that any General will ever be bribed.
To bribe one single rebell celtic Spearmen(Lugoae) you need 13.000 mnai!!!
Today I bribed a sweboz army of 480 Warriors for 137000 mnai, but I never got even close to bribing a general. Not even with 150.000mnai. Cant imagine how much a city plus fullstack plus 10 star general costs... Around 2 million??? Anyway the only ones beeing bribed frequently are the diplomats.

[desert]

I bribe enemy generals pretty frequently. I've lost at least 1 general to bribes in every campaign longer than 50 years.

It's easier to do than you think.

[soup_alex]

Bribes in EB are expensive, yes... but sometimes, depriving your enemy of their own armies for your own use is more than worth the cost ("in the right place, at the right time").
Small rebel settlements in the middle of nowhere (relatively speaking) are a favourite target of mine. Even if it's not a particularly good investment economically or strategically, it's at least something to spend money on when you get to the point where you're swimming in the stuff.

[Ludens]

For some reason, CA decided to couple the cost of bribes to the player's treasury, so if you are rich, bribing will cost you more. Since everything is expensive in EB, bribery is rare, but it does occur. To make bribery more difficult, station a diplomat in every town: the ambassador trait ups the cost of bribing even further.