I HATE Assassins!

[Askthepizzaguy]

I wonder if assassins are really not just a drain on the economy. If one runs a true blitz campaign assassins are not very necessary. They are very useful for destroying an economy (buildings and merchants), but the cost one spends could be better spent it seems on a few more units to help with looting. I played a Britania campaigns as Scotland and England using one at most (I don't think I had one in the English campaign) and had only a few merchants. The blitz seemed to have even more steam than usual. I also built minimal infratructure except to get necessary buildings to recruit units in strategic places. Recruiting them and using them is a very good way to get your king's dread up to 10 if you are so inclined.

Why do you keep reading my brain, Geezer?

Of course assassins are a drain on the economy. They waste florins every turn and they don't kill enemy troops, only generals. They destroy buildings you could have sold later at a better price or used yourself.

As for dread, I managed to get Rufus up to 10 dread without recruiting even one single assassin as England. But of course I had all provinces and I did much exterminating in order to hold them down. Butcher, butcher, butcher, kill prisoners, kill prisoners, join and then leave crusades. Generally, be a jerk.

Having 10 dread means you are king of the jerks!

_________________
I am the king of the jerks.

[irishron2004]

I keep assassins around to eliminate inquisitors. Very effective.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I keep assassins around to eliminate inquisitors. Very effective.

Even more effective is to roll up the map before inquisitors show up and if they do, bop them on the head by surrounding them with 8 weakened peasant/militia units and stomping on them with unit number 9.

No need for assassins.