[Discuss] Infils stealing tax gold

[Jeremy Stephens]

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Sure you can. You can have a priest (or two, or three, etc.) with 30%
skill sitting in the region under attack, spending all their hours
preaching. Because, unlike infil skills, it doesn't take a
near-equivalent level of preaching skills to battle them. (Not to
mention that as they preach, they will get more effective, whereas
guards patrolling the streets never get any better at patrolling.) Then
you also have the advantage of having more hours than the attackers,
because you're not moving back and forth. And don't forget that over
time, the commoners in the region will get bored with the preaching, and
it will have a reduced effect.

We have a couple infils of our own who have searched for our pet
infiltrator, and can't even *see* them, let alone attempt to assassinate
them. So I can't catch them, I can't stop them, and I can't even have
them assassinated.

This infl is, by far, *not* normal. I'll admit that they're one of the
best out there, if not *the* best. (At least at stealing gold.) But
after 5 months, this is getting more than a little bit ridiculous.

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Rob, I totally understand your frustration.  I was in Perdan and we were
having the same issue.

Yes, you can use priest against priests but you will never be able to
ban a priest no matter how many times you catch them.  And, if they are
using the idea of "strategic preaching" catching them next to impossible
anyway since they move in real time.  Sure you can have your priest
sitting there counter preaching but if their priests are more skilled
they will win.  And if they have the upper hand on the total followers
you're going to be attacked when you preach too.

Factor in that a infiltrator can only effect one region at a time while
a priest sitting in one region preaching his heart out will begin to
effect neighboring regions.  Now, consider that a priest can turn a
region against you and that anyone can become a priest rather easily and
for little to no cost.

Yeah, 5 months is pretty lame and I'd be pissed about that too but
again, that is the result of someone that has probably spent at least a
year doing nothing buy training TWO skills up to a incredibly high
level.  I still say that well trained priest is easier to train up, less
costly, less risky because they can't be banned and is a bigger threat.

All of that is a tangent of sorts so back to the original topic...
You're probably not dealing with a bug but at least now when you catch
them you don't have to deal with the "click fastest" war to get them
banned from your realm.


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