conquering without attacking??

**yesdachi** · 09-02-2005, 14:01

Originally Posted by bretwalda

Easy: Drag one of your assassins over the desired king. If the message where you can choose yes/no says that a heir will take over then there is at least one heir; if it says there is no heir: that's your lucky day...

What a great way to check if there are heirs!

As for your Q about what level I play, always expert, unless I am trying something new.
(The way I figure it, I have ruled thru hundreds of kings if I am not at expert level yet then I shouldn’t be playing. Some days I shouldn’t be playing

.)

**Graphic** · 09-02-2005, 20:47

I have another idea about the thread starter's issue.

Do blood links between empires last even when the alliance is broken? Not neccissarily to war, but neutral? Perhaps some people he married into in the past cancelled alliances over something but the link remained.

**dgfred** · 09-03-2005, 02:57

Originally Posted by yesdachi

What a great way to check if there are heirs!

As for your Q about what level I play, always expert, unless I am trying something new.
(The way I figure it, I have ruled thru hundreds of kings if I am not at expert level yet then I shouldn’t be playing. Some days I shouldn’t be playing

.)

Yes it is a nice check!

I also play expert, and I am also continually suprised by the game

and pissed off

, not really.... just

.

**Martok** · 09-03-2005, 07:21

Originally Posted by dgfred

I also play expert, and I am also continually suprised by the game

and pissed off

, not really.... just

.

I take it the AI has kicked your butt a few times?

**dgfred** · 09-04-2005, 06:14

Originally Posted by Martok

I take it the AI has kicked your butt a few times?

The really big surprises: massive early civil/rebel wars, a couple of viking
units slaughtering an army three times its size, GA points not working for
Crusades, stuff like that= I started over

. And many games
I have auto-loaded after a major boo-boo or Crusade pt testing

.

**Martok** · 09-04-2005, 07:37

Originally Posted by dgfred

The really big surprises: massive early civil/rebel wars, a couple of viking
units slaughtering an army three times its size, GA points not working for
Crusades, stuff like that= I started over

. And many games
I have auto-loaded after a major boo-boo or Crusade pt testing

.

Out of curioisity, what faction are/were you playing as? (I'm guessing the Germans, since they can crusade and are one of the factions most likely to run into Vikings early on.)

**dgfred** · 09-05-2005, 04:14

Originally Posted by Martok

Out of curioisity, what faction are/were you playing as? (I'm guessing the Germans, since they can crusade and are one of the factions most likely to run into Vikings early on.)

You know it

, My current HRE game I have one smallish army made up of
all 'Friedrichs' units

**Roark** · 09-05-2005, 05:24

Yeah, the Germans also win the prize for "Most Likely to Incur Civil War"....

**Martok** · 09-05-2005, 09:02

Originally Posted by dgfred

You know it

, My current HRE game I have one smallish army made up of
all 'Friedrichs' units

You know, if you keep doing that, I think your emperor should at least get the Nepotism trait.

Originally Posted by Roark

Yeah, the Germans also win the prize for "Most Likely to Incur Civil War"....

.....followed close behind by the French. Incidentally, I would also rank these two factions as #1 and #2 on the list "Most Likely to be Excommunicated". Personally, I don't think that's a coincidence.