Quietus' Rome: Total War Guide

[lars573]

lars,

Thx for the input! I'll add it to the guide soon (and give you proper credit).

However, I did extol the virtues and use of spies throughout the guide! (see Watchtowers, Quick Siege and Merging Armiesamong others).

As for the assassins, I was referring to family members but failed to blurt it out loud. Admittedly, I only use 1 assassins per campaign (due to their high upkeep of 200 denari). And when I use them on enemy generals, they either die or fail. It didn't occur to me that you can raise their stats through target practices (as denoted by the nether regions of your list):

And keep it coming if you have some more!

Most I can give, besides what i've said already, are some rules by which to use an assassin.
1.Never try to assassinate a family member with an assassin with less than 8 subterfuge points, it's a waste of the assassins life and your money
2.Sabotage doesn't raise the subterfuge level very fast, if ever
3.90% of the time the best success chance you can hope for when killing an enemy family member is 50/50, only time you can hope for better is if you send assassins after green generals (under 25)
4.Assassins need training beyond recruitment, send them after "soft" targets to build their stats, targets like
other assassins
green spys
rebel captains
experienced spys
green diplomats