Awful Heirs

**The Stranger** · 06-04-2006, 20:12

Pride is also a very annoying VICE. i cant put a general in command of an army without getting the pride vice. Also drunkard is very annoying and i havent figured out what caused it. Corruption cant be supressed ive managed to beat it for 200 years but than my tech was so advanced and there were so many ports that i had to choose between no income or a corrupted income and that sux.

**caravel** · 06-06-2006, 08:27

I get alot of drinkers and gluttons...

**matteus the inbred** · 06-06-2006, 10:35

update to the Turkish campaign...almost all my governors now have 'Outlaw' or its various escalations, 'Gambler' or 'Poor Steward'. My heirs by contrast are all 6-7 star 'Natural Leaders'. I guess having a very big empire leads to your governors getting into, ahem, 'private' business enterprises and being a bit irresponsible with the taxes...!
Fewer of them seem to go mad though.

**Martok** · 06-07-2006, 00:27

Originally Posted by matteus the inbred

Fewer of them seem to go mad though.

I guess your glass is half full, then?

I suppose it's the lesser of two evils, but that still sucks.

**Vincent** · 06-07-2006, 00:58

I too have found that my heirs tend to degrade while I sit peacefully raking in the money. Most of my heirs get the pride vice. I do not mind it so much, but when their daddy had eight stars and they end up having two after the vice shaves off three it is rather annoying.

On a silly note last night while I was playing the Croatians on the BKB Super mod. My king sadly passed away and his unhinged loon of a brother was poised to assume the throne..

Well as the computer made it's moves and such I started dreading seeing this insane fellow on the throne, but much to my surprise the king's sone had matured enough to sit on the throne, but to my chagrin he was had only two piety and some influence form his daddy to his name all other stats were fat zeros. Well he is my current king and hopefully his son,though a loser like his dad, will shape up... If not I think this will call for a little civil war with an awesome acumen general who has has boat loads of potential.

**matteus the inbred** · 06-07-2006, 09:59

Originally Posted by Martok

I guess your glass is half full, then?

I suppose it's the lesser of two evils, but that still sucks.

yep, you can have them mad, bad and dangerous to know, or just mildly criminal with a penchant for nick-nacks...honestly, sometimes being the Sultan of a vast empire is like being in Guy Ritchie gangster film.

**The Stranger** · 06-07-2006, 16:35

you simply cant keep your income beneath 5000. its imposible and it sucks... i fieldend massive armies and still i made 9k. DAMN CORRUPTION

**matteus the inbred** · 06-07-2006, 16:45

Originally Posted by The Stranger

you simply cant keep your income beneath 5000. its imposible and it sucks... i fieldend massive armies and still i made 9k. DAMN CORRUPTION

I know! 'Big empire' endgames become massive bribefests, where I'll pay outrageous sums of filthy lucre to anyone just to keep the corruption and Enron style behaviour in my governors to an acceptable level...