Quote Originally Posted by Digital
I am playing on Expert XL MOD. I find that a spy for every province, with 2 star spies for recently conquered provinces will help a lot. High valour spies on island and strong navies in the seas surrounding the island is a must, as just one enemy ship cutting it off will cause loyalty to drop close to zero even when the tax rate is lowest.
I find when I play the Papacy, I need a constant supply of top valor spies and assassins as Sicily and Genoa keep killing my generals left & right

Once I go on a killing spree and start killing thier pricesses, they start to lay off...but that is after I've easily killed 10 spies, emmasaries, princesses and put up border forts too

so yeah, The Italian factions seem to LOVE the dark arts..lol