Cornering inquisitors. Exploit or legal maneuver?

[Rameusb5]

Sure, it's an exploit. But let's think about it for a second. Could an army general capture (and then kill) an Inquisition that was running about killing your KINGS and Royal line? Sure!


Not only are Inquisitors totally broken, their implimentation is flawed as well. Typically, Local authority was given permission by the Church to start an Inquisition in order to quell heresy in their regions (as well as to scare the living crap out of the commoners).

The ONLY case of a standing general (or other important person) being tried by an Inquisition that I'm aware of was Joan of Arc, and that Inquisition was performed AFTER she had been captured during a raid into Burgundian Territory. AND the Inquistors were Bergundian and English, NOT emmisaries sent from Rome. (Correction - There was a Religious University in Paris (which was held by Enland at the time) which provided at least some of the Inquisitors. But they were under massive political pressure from the English to execute her)

The idea of Inquisitors roaming around the countryside and burning whoever they want at the stake (particularly people of such great importance that they would be represented as a "person" in a strategic game like MTW2) is ridiculous.


Since CA has decided to make Inquisitors cartoonish representations of their historical counterparts (see here), I have absolutely no qualms about using the "surround the bastard with an army and then execute him" exploit to deal with them. Assuming they fix the code so at the very least they aren't killing anybody and everybody at will, then I won't use the exploit any more. Until then, any Inquisitors found on French soil had better watch their asses!