Pope re-emergence

[Joshwa]

How often does il popina come back? I'm playing the Byzantines in GA mode, and have decided to take out the Pope as a matter of religious principle, and he's now come back twice within 3 years. I tackled his army of 3000-odd no probs (91 casualties ), but if im going to have to fight a huge battle every few years, against progressively harder and harder troops, it could become a bit of a pain. He's come back both times now in Rome, which is 100% Orthodox, so it can't be popular opinion bringing the old coot back.

[Roark]

The Pope is hardcoded into the game. He will always come back, sometimes with really scary armies...

A lot of the guys here find that it's best to leave him with a province to sit in. I get sick of fighting the Papal panzer division with my poor old feudal knights every 3 years...

[PittBull260]

i usually leave him stranded in sicily :)

[antisocialmunky]

treat it like an arcade game and see how many popes you can kill in a row.

[NodachiSam]

Lol

I know what you mean about the Pope!!

Yea, leaving him be soemwhere weak, maybe occasionally pushing him into a castle to keep his troops low (or maybe leaving him in debt with more expensive troops than he has income, which has a good chance of happening seeing how many knights he can come back with, is the best policy.

[Joshwa]

Ahhh but I've made it my personal mission to subvert the Catholic faith and put Orthodoxy back on the map! Ah well, guess ill have to beat his ass then...