How Much Ransom

**Portuguese Man-Of-War** · August 17, 2011, 07:21 PM

Today, as I was playing Turks, the Byzantine Emperor Alexius (I think) came at Iconium with a full stack army. I had Sultan Jahal, and three spear militia, and we won, heroic victory, I'm even surprised I could pull it off(this was h/h). Unfortunately, the emperor himself did not die, and he retreated with quite a bit of his army. Later, a couple turns later, he comes back with another full stack army, but this time, it's on my Jihad to Constantinople; I catch him on the way. It's a field battle, and my army is basically six horse archers, two generals, and some jihading mercs. My six horse archers take care of his full stack; killing 900 or so of his 1144 army. Clear Victory, hot heroic, but the main thing is, I captured Emperor Alexius, and he was worth 10234(or so) for his ransom. For me, that is a hell of a lot. Enough about my boring story, but my question is this; what's the highest ransom you've ever gotten for a enemy general or family member? I encourage you to tell the story and an account of the battle i which you caught him.

P.S. They didn't accept their 10 star Emperor Back...LOL

Edit: I don't want the total amount of ransom; I only want what the General was worth.

**smthhappy** · August 17, 2011, 07:45 PM

well Faction Leader worths 10-11k Faction Heir 5-6k and Normal Generals 1-2K IIRC

**Portuguese Man-Of-War** · August 17, 2011, 10:03 PM

is that preset? Well, damn, that completely removes the worth of my question...

Plus Rep, man, thanks for the info

**TWWolfe** · August 17, 2011, 10:55 PM

I believe i once captured a king who was worth 17k in ransom. they didn't pay, for some reason.

**ZealotsACH** · August 17, 2011, 11:03 PM

can the AI go into debt paying a ransom, or will they always reject a ransom that empties their pockets?

**smthhappy** · August 18, 2011, 02:21 AM

Well if they are wealthy enough and the general is worthy they will, altough i've never seen accepting a ransom for a Faction Leader/Faction Heir

**_Elysium_** · August 18, 2011, 03:28 AM

Just over 12K for a Moorish Sultan while playing as Spain. About 14K for the whole bundle. The Moors couldn't afford the ransom.

In my current campaign I successfully ransomed a Holy Roman family member for just over 10K, along with with some other captured troops. Total was just under 12K.

**Christonikos** · August 18, 2011, 01:41 PM

You know what's better than one Bodyguard unit ransom. More Bodyguard units ransom. Anyways my biggest ransom was a Mongolian or an Egyptian General, or FM, I don't remember, worth ~11 thousands

**ChivalrousKiller** · August 18, 2011, 02:05 PM

They almost never pay such a ransom, at least not in my experience. But I have captured kings with 12-15 k in ransom money, it's a cool feeling

**Portuguese Man-Of-War** · August 18, 2011, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by ChivalrousKiller

it's a cool feeling

Amen to that, CK

It was especially shocking to me when the Byzzies didn't accept their ten-star(actually I think he lost a couple stars after his heroic defeat) general back; even though they could probably have made it...

**Aeratus** · August 20, 2011, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by Portuguese Man-Of-War

Amen to that, CK

It was especially shocking to me when the Byzzies didn't accept their ten-star(actually I think he lost a couple stars after his heroic defeat) general back; even though they could probably have made it...

That's because they didn't have the money to pay 10k. The computer always accepts ransom if it has enough money. Stars don't make a difference. For example, the Mongols will always ransom back their 1 star Khan, even when they have several 9 star generals, because they have nearly unlimited money.

**KingofPoland** · August 20, 2011, 10:02 PM

If they don't have enough money, they won't put themselves into debt for a ransom. I once lost a battle and got a ransom that I couldn't afford, the accept option was greyed out. I excpect it to be similar for the AI.