Regicide Mission Bug

[OMGLAZERS]

Killing off a king in an assigned Regicide mission does not work if you invade the castle he is sitting in and butcher his butt. At least, I auto resolved mine, and it did not work.

Another bug to investigate.

It seems like missions and the pope are two things that are just totally borked.

[Dooz]

You probably have to take him out with an assasin, be a bit more... subtle... rather than storming in with the whole kit and kaboodle.

[monkian]

I thought it would be failry obvious that you had to assasinate him.

I mean, its HIS faction heir asking you to kill him, why would he want you to invade one of his settlements, loot his coffers and slaughter his civillians when he just wants to seize power ?

The only problem is that Assasins have been nerfed SO much that killing off a faction leader is going to be nigh on impossible.

Besides, would you risk an agent thats taken god knows howlong to train for a measly 5000 florins ?

[vaultdweller]

I mean, its HIS faction heir asking you to kill him, why would he want you to invade one of his settlements, loot his coffers and slaughter his civillians when he just wants to seize power ?

Uhm... how about because he wants to seize power?

[Wizzie]

Uhm... how about because he wants to seize power?

Hahaha! Sorry, I just got a mental image...

Crown Prince Henry: "Gosh, it's about bloody time I get to be King of good old blighty, don't you think chaps?"
Yes-men: "Yes, certainly so m'lord."
Henry: "Damned inconsiderate of my father to keep going after all these years! You'd think he'd have given up the ghost by now, what what?"
Yes-men: "Certainly m'lord. Most inconsiderate."
Henry: "Tell the King of France I would most appreciate if he sped along my ascension to the throne, chaps. I'll slip him a bit of cash of course!"

...two years later...

Messenger: "M'lord, the French have invaded Wessex, and sacked London! The King was beheaded and his body cast from the Tower of London! The Southern army has been destroyed and the survivors nailed to the city walls! The Royal Treasury has been siezed by the invaders and the countryside pillaged!"
Henry: "Dear God in Heaven!"
Messenger: "Oh, and the King of France wants to know if you'll be paying him by cheque or credit card for helping you towards the throne."
Henry: "Um..."

[sapi]

Hahaha! Sorry, I just got a mental image...

Crown Prince Henry: "Gosh, it's about bloody time I get to be King of good old blighty, don't you think chaps?"
Yes-men: "Yes, certainly so m'lord."
Henry: "Damned inconsiderate of my father to keep going after all these years! You'd think he'd have given up the ghost by now, what what?"
Yes-men: "Certainly m'lord. Most inconsiderate."
Henry: "Tell the King of France I would most appreciate if he sped along my ascension to the throne, chaps. I'll slip him a bit of cash of course!"

...two years later...

Messenger: "M'lord, the French have invaded Wessex, and sacked London! The King was beheaded and his body cast from the Tower of London! The Southern army has been destroyed and the survivors nailed to the city walls! The Royal Treasury has been siezed by the invaders and the countryside pillaged!"
Henry: "Dear God in Heaven!"
Messenger: "Oh, and the King of France wants to know if you'll be paying him by cheque or credit card for helping you towards the throne."
Henry: "Um..."

When you put it like that.....

[NeutralZone940]

Hahaha! Sorry, I just got a mental image...

Crown Prince Henry: "Gosh, it's about bloody time I get to be King of good old blighty, don't you think chaps?"
Yes-men: "Yes, certainly so m'lord."
Henry: "Damned inconsiderate of my father to keep going after all these years! You'd think he'd have given up the ghost by now, what what?"
Yes-men: "Certainly m'lord. Most inconsiderate."
Henry: "Tell the King of France I would most appreciate if he sped along my ascension to the throne, chaps. I'll slip him a bit of cash of course!"

...two years later...

Messenger: "M'lord, the French have invaded Wessex, and sacked London! The King was beheaded and his body cast from the Tower of London! The Southern army has been destroyed and the survivors nailed to the city walls! The Royal Treasury has been siezed by the invaders and the countryside pillaged!"
Henry: "Dear God in Heaven!"
Messenger: "Oh, and the King of France wants to know if you'll be paying him by cheque or credit card for helping you towards the throne."
Henry: "Um..."

See, that's *exactly* what was going on in my mind at the time.

Betcha the lack of a credit card network was what screwed me over...

[Snoil The Mighty]

Hahaha! Sorry, I just got a mental image...

Crown Prince Henry: "Gosh, it's about bloody time I get to be King of good old blighty, don't you think chaps?"
Yes-men: "Yes, certainly so m'lord."
Henry: "Damned inconsiderate of my father to keep going after all these years! You'd think he'd have given up the ghost by now, what what?"
Yes-men: "Certainly m'lord. Most inconsiderate."
Henry: "Tell the King of France I would most appreciate if he sped along my ascension to the throne, chaps. I'll slip him a bit of cash of course!"

...two years later...

Messenger: "M'lord, the French have invaded Wessex, and sacked London! The King was beheaded and his body cast from the Tower of London! The Southern army has been destroyed and the survivors nailed to the city walls! The Royal Treasury has been siezed by the invaders and the countryside pillaged!"
Henry: "Dear God in Heaven!"
Messenger: "Oh, and the King of France wants to know if you'll be paying him by cheque or credit card for helping you towards the throne."
Henry: "Um..."

Why do I hear Rowan Atkinson's and Tony Robbins' voices in my head when I read this??!!

[Dave1984]

Killing off a king in an assigned Regicide mission does not work if you invade the castle he is sitting in and butcher his butt. At least, I auto resolved mine, and it did not work.
.

You can't really call it a bug until you've tested it several times, several different ways, can you?

[Ludivico Sforza]

It works just fine. The Milanese faction heir asked me, as the King of France, to bump of the Mad old Duke of Milan. My assassin despatched his prey with a knife to the back.

NOTE: The chance of success percentages seem somewhat wide of the margin IMO. He was only given a 26% chance, but managed it anyway.

[alpaca]

It works just fine. The Milanese faction heir asked me, as the King of France, to bump of the Mad old Duke of Milan. My assassin despatched his prey with a knife to the back.

NOTE: The chance of success percentages seem somewhat wide of the margin IMO. He was only given a 26% chance, but managed it anyway.

So what, you were lucky :P
26% is quite good actually.

[Daveybaby]

Yeah, a bit annoying. Had that happen myself (not with a king though, just some pleb). I killed the guy, what does it matter if i used an assassin, a huge stack of troops, or fired a cannon at his head?

[Ludivico Sforza]

Quite possibly I was lucky, yes. But my point is the mission is not bugged. I killed the target, got my 5000 florins and the promised improvement in relations with the faction.

[Bob the Insane]

But the OP also killed the guy and did not get payed or peace...

I mean, what if it was not in a settlement, what if you caught him out with his army and killed him there?

What if he was attacking you and got killed...

Personally I would have thought that as long as you killed the king and didn't kill the heir the all should be good whatever method you used...

But if it takes an assassin then that is what it takes... It would be nice if the mission made it obvious...

edit: actually, thinking back to how missions where discribed and how that are supposed to be given in context of what you are able to do, does this mean you only get this mission type if you have a capable assassin in your employ?

[alpaca]

Quite possibly I was lucky, yes. But my point is the mission is not bugged. I killed the target, got my 5000 florins and the promised improvement in relations with the faction.

I know, I just don't like it when people say that the chances of success are off when something worked that should work with a chance of 25%