Assasins.

**IliaDN** · 05-31-2005, 14:47

I remember eliminating the whole faction ( Spanish ) in the MTW using only those guys , but when I tried it RTW I failed and was rather disappointed , so have anyone else tried this , and what is your opinion on those guys in RTW , are they of any use to you?

**a_ver_est** · 05-31-2005, 15:08

I has found them useful to kill enemy diplomats ...

**The Stranger** · 05-31-2005, 15:15

Originally Posted by IliaDN

I remember eliminating the whole faction ( Spanish ) in the MTW using only those guys , but when I tried it RTW I failed and was rather disappointed , so have anyone else tried this , and what is your opinion on those guys in RTW , are they of any use to you?

i know, drools. those times were great. assassinating all factions left with a 8 star assanins. also you can have over 50 members too much to assassinate

**Armoryk** · 05-31-2005, 15:33

You have to train them up, and it's hard, much harder than with spies or diplomats. Take out Rebel captains and buildings (temples especially) in badly guarded enemy cities (or even neutral cities if you don't mind risking war)...stuff that you have a good chance with to get their skill up. Pair them up with a spy and send in the spy first, if the spy can't get in, go somewhere else. You'll need the recon for the buildings.

I have an assasin now with 9 "eyes" and a courtesan retinue who takes out a Pontic family member every turn. It makes their stacks in the field a lot easier to take out without their General unit.

**Uesugi Kenshin** · 06-01-2005, 03:23

I use them every now and then, but usually I only use a bunch when I want the "shifty" sort of attributes or happen to get an uber assassin that can kill ANYONE. I just had one, he happened to kill two faction leaders in a row, the probability for each was 5-8%!

**Es Arkajae** · 06-01-2005, 04:36

I mainly use them to kill annoying enemy diplomats and assassins and rebel leaders (so I can then bribe their army if I don't feel like fighting them).

They can come in useful sometimes for taking out eenmy family members but they're too unreliable.

Their best use as the Romans is kick starting the civil war.

**Oaty** · 06-01-2005, 07:22

If you want to asassinate a bloodline, kill off the young ones first. When family members are short the A.I. will adopt up to once a turn.

Each family member can have 4 children/adoptees. So the trick is to kill the young ones so they are left with old men who can't adopt because all 4 slots are used up.

**vale** · 06-01-2005, 07:24

I use them to kill the senate and start a civil but never did work, anyway I also use them to kill enemy diplomats when they trying to bribe my army

**ToranagaSama** · 06-12-2005, 15:05

Originally Posted by IliaDN

I remember eliminating the whole faction ( Spanish ) in the MTW using only those guys , but when I tried it RTW I failed and was rather disappointed , so have anyone else tried this , and what is your opinion on those guys in RTW , are they of any use to you?

Assassins are very useful.

The AI uses them and defends against them too. Overall the AI does a pretty good job of it, better than the previous TW versions.

Given that, the AI doesn't engage in the Chessy tactic you describe.