Highest Ransom Amount

**zcylen** · September 05, 2010, 11:59 AM

I have captured many generals and family memebers.
but this is the first time I caught a big fish like a King or Emperor

I was impressed the "poor" cash he deserved

what's the highest amount you had for an important character?

**Om noml** · September 05, 2010, 12:06 PM

Not sure, I know I once raided the russians as the danes, and I nabbed their king, who was alone, with some sneaky beaver moves. He pulled me out of debt when they (suprisingly) payed up.

**Ishan** · September 05, 2010, 12:11 PM

I had the same amount of money as u have in ur pic but not more than 12000 i think. I never understood the basics of ransom i mean what actually decides the ransom value coz i never researched in it i guess.

I think it depends upon the stats of a general and kings authority etc that decides the ransom value. What do u guys think?

**Om noml** · September 05, 2010, 12:27 PM

That'd make sense, maybe you could try to find the file regarding it? I wonder if it's randomized though.

**ChivalrousKiller** · September 05, 2010, 01:37 PM

I have never captured such a "big fish"

Got 30000 to sack a city though

**nhinhonhinho** · September 05, 2010, 01:41 PM

Not sure but often Faction leader is about 10000-11000 while heir is about 8000. The other thing like start,trail... may increase the prize

**Ishan** · September 05, 2010, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by nhinhonhinho

The other thing like start,trail... may increase the prize

You have no idea of modding do you bro.

That's not possible coz there is no timer trigger in mod text files.

**MJDreamWalker13** · September 05, 2010, 02:42 PM

Was offered a ransom of 10000 for Hungary's 4th king, 5000 for its 4th heir and a few grand for their army, around 18000 in total. They couldn't pay up, so despite still having some units in Sofia Hungary was vanished from the face of the planet. Sofia turned rebel.

Most European factions pay pretty much the same. Of course I only got to capture some lame family members. The good ones always tend to fight to the end.
Islamic factions seem to value their family members more though, no matter how good they are. I doubt you can get more than 12000. It's still good money.

**nhinhonhinho** · September 06, 2010, 01:41 AM

Year i have no idea about modding. I'm just a gamer

**Atvor** · September 06, 2010, 05:23 AM

when playing as ireland in britannia campaign i laid siege to derry only for it to switch to the barons alliance the next turn. i attacked and took a lot of the garrison prisoner including the faction leader. ransom totaled about 20,000. the paid it and it left them completely bankrupt for the rest of the game and were later easily defeated

**Valandur** · September 06, 2010, 08:34 AM

Ever captured a King, Prince and another General in one battle?
Nope.
Well lets just say, it amounted up to well over 25 000 florins considering the huge army that was with them. A mass cavalry charge put their entire army into rout, making an easy mop up. Btw, I was playing as HRE and vsing Poland.

**Ishan** · September 08, 2010, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by nhinhonhinho

I'm just a gamer

Sometimes the mind of a gamer beats the modder and after all it's the gamers that act as a source of inspiration to us modders.

Originally Posted by Valandur

Ever captured a King, Prince and another General in one battle?

No for me too but i have killed 3 generals in battle though.

**nhinhonhinho** · September 09, 2010, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by Valandur

Ever captured a King, Prince and another General in one battle?

In turn 3 of Crusader campaign playing at Turk and attack Antioch. I kill their king,heir and 2 more general and Antioch get destroyed

**zcylen** · September 06, 2010, 10:02 AM

In this case I was running out of money. and needed it so badly
so I decided to offer the ransom to get the money but they didnt pay
I think one of the reasons was they didnt have money

I think there should be choices to negociate...like, give me money, or a region o some units
dont attack in some turns, etc.

it happen to me once, the enemy captured a general and offered to free him for money
I wanted my general back but didnt have money and they kill him

**BasilIII** · September 08, 2010, 01:39 PM

I've ransomed the enemy faction leader, received gobs of money -- like yours, and then immediately attack him again next turn to cash him in again. It worked pretty good . for a while i was just milking the guy and letting him go every turn. I really wanted to just kill him, but that was some good money for two or three turns. I believe that was in RTW, not sure.

**Medkirtys** · September 08, 2010, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by BasilIII

I've ransomed the enemy faction leader, received gobs of money -- like yours, and then immediately attack him again next turn to cash him in again. It worked pretty good . for a while i was just milking the guy and letting him go every turn. I really wanted to just kill him, but that was some good money for two or three turns. I believe that was in RTW, not sure.

Yeah, i loved RTW prisoner system, it was great!

**Praefectus praetorio** · September 09, 2010, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by BasilIII

I've ransomed the enemy faction leader, received gobs of money -- like yours, and then immediately attack him again next turn to cash him in again. It worked pretty good . for a while i was just milking the guy and letting him go every turn. I really wanted to just kill him, but that was some good money for two or three turns. I believe that was in RTW, not sure.

RTW didn't have prisoners, so it was in M2TW.