Help on Bribing

[First_creation]

I've used serveral diplomats to try and bribe several rebel armies, but it hasn't worked once in my current campaign; I've just got into the game again after a long time away from it.

Is there any trick to bribing rebel armies? Is it easier to bribe smaller armies? Do you have to have a ton load of cash in the bank for it to work?

[vonKrysiak]

Well everything depends on generals loyalty, if it is high then you wont be able to do it - or the price will be so high that it wont be worth it.
Also send a good diplomat to make sure your offer has more chances of being accepted!

[pwijnands]

There isn't any real trick to bribing rebels. Rebels don't like you and therefore won't accept most bribes. Like vonKrysiak says, a good diplomat helps a lot.

[Frodo52]

Here are the variables:

1 - Loyalty of the general being bribed (assuming there's a general). The lower, the better. Better still if the enemy general has some traits that make him easier to bribe.

2 - Size of the enemy army. The smaller, the better.

3 - How good your diplomat is. The higher skill, the better.

4 - How fat your wallet is. The fatter, the better.

In the end, it's going to cost you a lot more to bribe than to defeat an enemy army in combat, so you should only really be doing it in very extreme circumstances.

[pwijnands]

I usually only bribe when I can't be bothered with fighting a battle against some rebel army that's not within marching distance of an army of my own.

[Lost Crusader]

I almost never bribe because I'm usually broke but have a powerful army (which is probably why I'm broke )

[Old Geezer]

Don't even consider doing it unless you just want to use up a seed number so something else really bad won't happen when you reload to cheat.