Clergymen: I FINALLY found a use for them!

**Shahed** · 12-02-2007, 16:57

Well it took me pretty much forever but I figured out what they are really perfect for... cannon fodder!. It's either that or just to add flavor to the army, but otherwise they're utterly useless.

Am I missing something ?

**DVX BELLORVM** · 12-02-2007, 17:28

You can use them to push the ram

**Privateerkev** · 12-02-2007, 20:14

Supposedly they boost the moral of men they are next to like the Great Cross. So, I put them behind my lines. They can also then plug any gaps that appear in melee.

**WhiskeyGhost** · 12-02-2007, 23:19

Clergymen can make an army of burgher pikemen and order militia not rout after a short engagement, i think they work fine =)

**TheLastPrivate** · 12-03-2007, 05:39

block streets and fire catapults and mangonels into it. Order spearmen > burghers and militia so they're not used for me..haha

**Sheogorath** · 12-03-2007, 06:16

Their moral effect is actually fairly significant.
Get some pikemen to block a street, let the enemy come to you, then order them to walk to the end of the street with the clergymen behind them.
They'll chew up pretty much anything except elite infantry.

**jepva** · 12-04-2007, 18:33

Actually, priests make excellent subversives. In the Kingdoms Crusade game I, as Byzantium, early on became an ally of both Jerusalem and Antioch. The game victory conditions require that I seize Antioch. So, I had two priests stationed outside of the city and watched as the proportion of Ortodox slowly grew to outnumber the Catholics. Eventually, this led to a rebel revolt kicking out the Antioch faction from the city. I was anticipating the revolt and immediately laid seige to the city. This allowed me to fulfill my victory condiutioin while maintaining my alliance with Antioch. I used this same system to obtain several other Antioch faction cities.

**TheLastPrivate** · 12-04-2007, 18:44

Originally Posted by jepva

Actually, priests make excellent subversives. In the Kingdoms Crusade game I, as Byzantium, early on became an ally of both Jerusalem and Antioch. The game victory conditions require that I seize Antioch. So, I had two priests stationed outside of the city and watched as the proportion of Ortodox slowly grew to outnumber the Catholics. Eventually, this led to a rebel revolt kicking out the Antioch faction from the city. I was anticipating the revolt and immediately laid seige to the city. This allowed me to fulfill my victory condiutioin while maintaining my alliance with Antioch. I used this same system to obtain several other Antioch faction cities.

I think the clergymen referred in this post refer to the military unit of war priests that preach by bashing enemy skulls, not the one that does the battle by talking

**imnothere** · 12-06-2007, 03:58

it would be cool if clergymen can combine the effect of both - conversion by faith or conversion by a BIG BIG mace.

*should* makes the players less likely to use them as pincushion for arrows.

(*should* because personally, i thought that it is funnier to see those monks turn into porcupines)

**Shahed** · 12-06-2007, 04:14

LOL... there's been some great suggestions here. Keep em coming, I've learnt a lot already. I'm gonna hire some more clergymen! and put them on the walls of evey city, for a start...

**ReiseReise** · 12-07-2007, 01:25

They don't do good on the walls, i tried that because I figured with 13 attack they could bash the enemy militias as they come over ladders 1 by 1, all the while inspiring the troops down below, but they failed miserably as every casualty is 5% and soon 10% of their strength. Maybe 2 or 3 guarding one section of wall would work.