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[Insaniac]

They do spawn randomly from religious buildings.

[spitfire23]

Same with gentlemen and rakes, coffeehouses and inns make more rakes, while schools make more gentlemen

[operating1]

Even with the building of religious buildings it may be several years from the very first turn before an additional priest, ect. spawns on average (as a control year 1710 give or take).

[Alison Wunderland]

Given a choice between clerics and rakes, I go with clerics. They can travel unimpeded, they ease the transition from their religion to yours, they're not bad as spies, and converting doesn't raise the hackles of your (friends/allies) or enemies by failed assassinations or sabogates. Large capitals like Paris, Madrid, or Bijapur are easy peasy to control if the population is already all/mostly your religion.

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by operating1:

Even with the building of religious buildings it may be several years from the very first turn before an additional priest, ect. spawns on average (as a control year 1710 give or take).

They tend to not spawn a lot in the early campaign but then I get an overabundance of them late campaign.

As for rakes, I hardly use them and I dump all my gentleman in schools. Unless I hve all technologies researched and any European faction alive I send them to duel Yu-Gi-Oh style.

[Girthquake]

They're kinda useless, don't see why you'd want them when you can just have police

[EoNightcore]

Originally posted by spitfire23:

Same with gentlemen and rakes, coffeehouses and inns make more rakes, while schools make more gentlemen

The observatory line in cities also spawns gentlemen.

Originally posted by T H O T P A T R O L:

They're kinda useless, don't see why you'd want them when you can just have police

Dragoons? But dragoons cost money. Money that the player may not have at the moment...

Of course, dragoons would probably be better for larger settlements, because smaller ones can be converted in 1 or 2 years by one missionary.

[operating1]

Have to add: If you are playing as MC they do not have dragoons at all at any level of military biuld up. What do you do then (tongue in cheek)? There's no policing bonus for any MC units.. Time to bring on the priests, or pay heavy garrison upkeep for a prolonged time period, especially if you do not have a CM government..

[Girthquake]

Originally posted by T H O T P A T R O L:

They're kinda useless, don't see why you'd want them when you can just have police

Dragoons? But dragoons cost money. Money that the player may not have at the moment...

Of course, dragoons would probably be better for larger settlements, because smaller ones can be converted in 1 or 2 years by one missionary. [/quote]

Nah I don't like Dragoons either, they just shoot each other in cavalry charges and retreat soon after, regardless of whether they're in melee mode or not. Line infantry or Provincial cavalry work for me.

[Alison Wunderland]

Originally posted by Chief Cultist:

As far as I know they don't randomly spawn like gentlemen and rakes.

Well, getting back on track here, ... you build more religious buildings. Your subsequent missionaries can and will spawn anywhere there's a "church". That can be a PITA when they're all on the other side of the globe. But the missionaries' strategic value is in docilizing the locals before you come in change their government on them. Stacks of Dragoons don't come cheap... and sometimes don't actually work.

The Rakes are an embarassment. Rake 1.) noun. A stumblebum just sober enough to remember his own name found in a ginmill or bawdyhouse, who, it turns out couldn't pour piss out of a boot.