What happens if I take over Rome?

[popekiller]

Anyone knows what happens if I take over Rome. in Medival II =S

[Scorch]

This is supposed to be in the M2TW General Discussion forum. Moved there.

[Vor]

You will be excommunicated, and the Pope will live in the woods around Rome till he gets a new province.

[Monsieur Alphonse]

Depends who you are. If you are playing a orthodox faction he will be at war with you and if you are a Muslim faction it is likely he will call a crusade. If you are a catholic faction and you capture it from him he will probably call a crusade. If you captured it from somebody else, you will get a mission to hand it back and be his pet darling.

[Vor]

Depends who you are. If you are playing a orthodox faction he will be at war with you and if you are a Muslim faction it is likely he will call a crusade. If you are a catholic faction and you capture it from him he will probably call a crusade. If you captured it from somebody else, you will get a mission to hand it back and be his pet darling.

Or his punching bag if you refuse to hand it back

[Samir]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYzsskE5ObA

similar reaction you will get of your fellow catholics for taking Rome
hihi

[delra]

What happens? You take a god-forsaken city somewhere at the outskirts of the map and sell it to the Pope for peace. He moves there and everybody lives happily ever after.

[Emperor Tom]

I took Rome and pushed the Papacy into Bordeaux where he remains with nothing but himself. No Armies, no cities, notta.

[So Much Fire]

There's no way out of having a crusade called against you if you take over Rome as a Muslim faction.... I've had one called against me for the past 40 or so years, no one's taken Toulouse yet

[NobleNick]

There's no way out of having a crusade called against you if you take over Rome as a Muslim faction.... I've had one called against me for the past 40 or so years, no one's taken Toulouse yet

MY experience, playing as the Muslim faction of the Moors, in M2TW vanilla 1.2, has been quite surprisingly different:

After beating the Papal forces away from my French holdings several times, I launched a frontal assault on all the Papal states. Rome was the last to fall. The Pope reappeared near Marrakesh, and justs stands there doing nothing. Here is the surprising part: Though I have exterminated most of the Catholic factions (including Spain, Portugal, France, England, Scotland, Venice, Milan, and the Papal states), pummeled most of the rest, and "killed" the Pope in battle at least twice, I have NEVER had a Crusade called against me.

Go figure.

[So Much Fire]

MY experience, playing as the Muslim faction of the Moors, in M2TW vanilla 1.2, has been quite surprisingly different:

After beating the Papal forces away from my French holdings several times, I launched a frontal assault on all the Papal states. Rome was the last to fall. The Pope reappeared near Marrakesh, and justs stands there doing nothing. Here is the surprising part: Though I have exterminated most of the Catholic factions (including Spain, Portugal, France, England, Scotland, Venice, Milan, and the Papal states), pummeled most of the rest, and "killed" the Pope in battle at least twice, I have NEVER had a Crusade called against me.

Go figure.

Nice! Will try

[TheOnion]

MY experience, playing as the Muslim faction of the Moors, in M2TW vanilla 1.2, has been quite surprisingly different:

After beating the Papal forces away from my French holdings several times, I launched a frontal assault on all the Papal states. Rome was the last to fall. The Pope reappeared near Marrakesh, and justs stands there doing nothing. Here is the surprising part: Though I have exterminated most of the Catholic factions (including Spain, Portugal, France, England, Scotland, Venice, Milan, and the Papal states), pummeled most of the rest, and "killed" the Pope in battle at least twice, I have NEVER had a Crusade called against me.

Go figure.

Maybe because it would seem redundant to call a Crusade. You have already ravaged Europe.

[prakimus88]

what happens if you're the last catholic faction and you invade?

[Pontifex Maximus]

just for fun i did. i killed about 10 popes in the process. rome ended up being a financial pain...

[boerekovic]

In my Game, i took Rome and the Pope just wandered around i killed the first pope and the second came up on Sicily

[Nutsack]

In my game as the H.R.E I killed the pope. Took Rome, and he appeared around the woods of Rome. Killed him again, and he re-appeared at the same location. Killed him again, and he re-appeared at the same location.

It never stopped. I probably has killed 20 popes by the end of the game.

[Eagletribune]

When I took rome the papal states happened to own a single boat which was where the new pope was when he was elected. so I sent my armada and cornered his fleet near one of my cities and there every pope would land near the starting french town near italy. So anytime the Pope didn't like me I would send the city garrison after him. Soon though the demark pope forgave france since I was allied with them so I let him hang near the city until he starts hating me too.

I didn't have any problems with crusades though mainly because the HRE was killed of their backbone of castles by me and Portugal to the south was excomunicated.

[Hungary Horace]

I was getting Excommed by pope when I went to take factions last settlements so I would take the city and then kill the pope with an assasain.

Then I thought why not take Rome? I did and the pope died, re-elected pope was my ally so pope was ok with me. Gave him Ajaccio as a home and relations now perfect. Used this oppotunity to call crusade against Marrakesh. There are now 5 crusading armies on route!!!

Rather than it being a problem taking Rome it is helping my end game no-end.

Only prob now is I may comnplete victory conditions before the world is round event happens.

Can you carry on for as long as you want because I want to fight the Mongols and Timurids!!

Please add rep

I am playing as England for the first time and have found it easy, I am playing on Hard/Hard.

[Vor]

Can you carry on for as long as you want because I want to fight the Mongols and Timurids!!

Yes.