M2TW FAQ and Strategy Tips

[phonicsmonkey]

in the spies section it says that spies cause 5% of unrest per point of acumen...this is not my observation, which is that a spy will cause 5% unrest total, regardless of acumen, and that this unrest caps out at 5 spies (for a total of 25%)

can anyone confirm this?

[Monsieur Alphonse]

in the spies section it says that spies cause 5% of unrest per point of acumen...this is not my observation, which is that a spy will cause 5% unrest total, regardless of acumen, and that this unrest caps out at 5 spies (for a total of 25%)

can anyone confirm this?

No. I had two spies in Mogol held Kiev. The public order dropped to 50% untill a 10 dread general restored order.

[phonicsmonkey]

yeah, I was trying it again last night and I got better results

but there does seem to be a cap where you get zero marginal return from adding an extra spy...try adding 5 and then one more...

[John_Longarrow]

phonicsmonkey

The unrest is cumulative with spies, but caps at 50%. As such, if you have two spies with 5 stars each you've hit the 50%. Adding extra spies won't cause more unrest but will increase your chances of getting the gates open.

I've found that having 4 or 5 spies inside a target will most often get the gates open. If they are not good enough as spies to pull it off, they often get killed trying to get inside.