Out of character thread III

[Ignoramus]

I'm guessing you won, GH? Anyway, things look bad for that Alpine fort. I am curious to know what exactly is in that French army.

[TinCow]

The spy next to the army checked them out. It's all assorted militia, let by a unit of mailed knights. Only a threat if they can catch something they outnumber. However, there are reinforcements for it coming from Marseilles.

[FactionHeir]

Too bad captain army battles are autoresolved. Otherwise 2 mounties or mailed could take care of that French stack

[StoneCold]

Hmm... should you guys start protecting your characters against assassinations with spy after what happened to Sigismund?

[TinCow]

It caught me totally off-guard. I can count on one hand the number of family members I've had assassinated in M2TW, and I've played several very long games. The fact that it was one of our best generals, the previous Chancellor, AND the commander of the only force opposing France, just made my mouth drop open when I saw it.

[FactionHeir]

Hmm I can see an edict coming up for the next diet along the lines of "each army commander is to have an escort of at least 1 assassin"

Btw, now I'm really wondering who will be heir if Heinrich passes before Hans comes of age.

[StoneCold]

hmm... smart or just lucky AI? Now the Henry will have to be careful as he is moving towards that area, rt?

[StoneCold]

Is assassin better or spy? In RTW, spy was the better counter to assassins, I never played MTW2, so not idea.

[TinCow]

There is a spy nearby that I was sending to Marseilles. He will definitely be diverted north to find the assassin.

[FactionHeir]

Probably lucky. I'm still not sure what determines the chance of assassination of generals. It doesn't seem to be solely personal security + command as I found AI generals who both had +0 PS but the commander having 5 stars was easier to kill than another new spawned one (after I had assassinated some 4 others) with 2 stars.