Giving bribes in EB

[Finn MacCumhail]

Hello everyone!

Lets talk about giving bribes in EB.
Well, may be I do not have enough mnai, or I tried to give bribes for extremely honest FM, but no one joined my faction.
For example, in my Romanii campaign what nationality will have a child of bribed Greek or barbarian? And may a bribed one became a man, who gathered all necessary traits and trigger out Marian and Imperial reforms? (hm the first imperator from royal Macedonian dynasty or a grandchild of Pirros)

[Scutarii]

I'd like ot use bribes when playing as the Quarthadastim to represent forming colonies but have yet to have any success at all.

I tried to buy either of the cities or either of the armies in the Crimea and ≈75K wasn't enough so I kind of gave up trying.

[Mykingdomforanos]

As Getai I just bought Dalminion (can build 1800+ mnai gold mines there) for the bargain price of 2400 from Epeiros, who were totally broke according to the financial ranking graph. Was only a small undeveloped town though. Seems if a faction has money they are much less likely to want more but I havent played EB that much.

[Fluvius Camillus]

As Getai I just bought Dalminion (can build 1800+ mnai gold mines there) for the bargain price of 2400 from Epeiros, who were totally broke according to the financial ranking graph. Was only a small undeveloped town though. Seems if a faction has money they are much less likely to want more but I havent played EB that much.

Dalminion ends up being the richest city in the whole world in every campaign I play(ed).

~Fluvius

[athanaric]

Being an extremely bribe-happy player (My KH armies frequently include some member of the Aiakides family) I've made a few observations that may be helpful:

- If you want to bribe some FM, check out his traits beforehand. If he is a difficult case (very honest etc.), assemble more than 200,000 mnai if possible.
- Before the bribe, always make sure that you haven't queued any buildings or units (except those which are already in construction).
- If you are currently building very expensive buildings (like Deep Mines or Extensive Trading Port Upgrades), your chance of a successful bribe is severely diminished - apparently the AI wants to see all your money even if it only takes a small amount of it.
- For 1 million mnai, you can usually get everything. As Makedonia, I bribed the tyrant of Pantikapaion with his whole province, city, and army for said sum. (Curiously enough though he died the very next turn and IIRC the notification said he had died in battle, although he stayed in his settlement and wasn't under siege.)

[Skullheadhq]

Why remove the buildings and units from the queue

[-Praetor-]

As Makedonia, I bribed the tyrant of Pantikapaion with his whole province, city, and army for said sum. (Curiously enough though he died the very next turn and IIRC the notification said he had died in battle, although he stayed in his settlement and wasn't under siege.)

The eleutheroi governors are scripted to die if you bribe them. They aren't very useful either, for the can't move out of their city.

On another note, it would be quite cool to bribe Hiero of Syrakousai as the Koinon Hellenon, and be able to play with him. If you want, you should dig into the EBBS script txt file, and tweak it accordingly.

[Weebeast]

Thanks for the info. I had 50,000 mnai or so in my pocket and wanted that uber Noricum general to fight for me. He refused. At that point I knew it's better to just raise homegrown troops with that money to obliterate any province I want. My diplomat was reportedly replying to the general, "Do I look like Lakshmi Mittal?"