Princesses. Why bother?

**AU4Brent** · February 17, 2009, 09:32 AM

These insufferable wretches seem to be more trouble than they're worth. They're useful in the early game, when it's easy to get your princesses diplomacy hearts, and you need to cement alliances with other factions. After that, all my kings and princes seem to father are contemptible, two-hearted, harpies. Unless I absolutely need another general, I just send them off as free diplomats, and spurn all marriage proposals. Does anyone else have this problem?

**John-117** · February 17, 2009, 09:34 AM

i usully just send my princesses off early on to marry and cement alliances. other than that, they are useless. i agree, they didnt need to be in the game, but it doesnt matter..

**Old Geezer** · February 17, 2009, 10:00 AM

They make excellent targets with which to hone your assassins skills. If princesses were really good at diplomacy, why didn't King George send one over hear to patch things up with his rebellious subjects?

**Lysimachus** · February 17, 2009, 11:04 AM

Because high charm princesses you marry off give bonuses. Of course, later in the game there isn't much opportunities to increase their charm unless they are the offspring of an extravagant general (which means that they spoil their daughters which gives charm bonuses).

**AU4Brent** · February 17, 2009, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by Alex Coles

Because high charm princesses you marry off give bonuses. Of course, later in the game there isn't much opportunities to increase their charm unless they are the offspring of an extravagant general (which means that they spoil their daughters which gives charm bonuses).

Really? I hadn't noticed that. I had assumed her starting charm was just random. Wouldn't a spoiled princess be bad?

**Silent Assassin** · February 17, 2009, 11:49 AM

Alex is right charms work in the same way as any other agent in this game more charm equal more potential to conclude a diplomat deal or to steal another factions general...

**DeMolay** · February 17, 2009, 12:25 PM

Didn't know that you could improve her charm , thx for info

**Silent Assassin** · February 17, 2009, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by DeMolay

Didn't know that you could improve her charm , thx for info

To improve them is thge same way as you do to improve dipllomats by using them to conclude goos agreements

**Commander5xl** · February 17, 2009, 02:23 PM

hmm, i don't use princesses at all, I just get the married to the suitable husband that comes to my attention, In fact my English campaign, I had 5 princesses i didn't know about stuck outside Jerusalem left over there from when 2 of my Generals goverened the surounding areas :o

**Pink Beard** · February 17, 2009, 02:27 PM

Princesses. Why bother?

Uhm eye-candy!

**Silent Assassin** · February 17, 2009, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Pink Beard

Uhm eye-candy!

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**Last of the Mohawks** · February 17, 2009, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Rebel6666

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Stop perverting his post! Your gunna rape the post.

**Ascarona** · February 17, 2009, 02:56 PM

I only use princesses to marry them to my good chivalrious commanders or dreaded pwners (

) so they will stay loyal to me.

**Last of the Mohawks** · February 17, 2009, 02:58 PM

I hate it when my 16 yr old princess has a 44 yr old suitor and my dad finds it funny to click the tick!

**Justinian Australis** · February 17, 2009, 06:32 PM

I never really make use of princesses...I intend to use them to poach a general or two but before I get them moving, I've gone ahead and married them off to a potential suitor before I can go 'Errr, hang on a tick!'

**Nazgûl Killer** · February 17, 2009, 11:46 PM

What I love about Princesses, is that if they have 3+ charm, it says that she's beautiful (Or if she has that trait), and from the general who married her I get like 5 other generals, all awesome... So I find Princesses only useful for one thing: Marriage, they suck at diplomacy, and I find the fact you have to click so many times on so many windows when you tell them to approach someone diplomatically, annoying.

**Oddleif** · February 18, 2009, 05:29 AM

I finally tried to use my Princess and marry her off to another faction's general but she desgraced herself and ran off with him on a horse......UGH!!!!!