Should I execute everyone?

[|Pipe Dreams]

I've captured a bunch of nobles from around the map and have taken them to the gates of their homeland and then I execute them.

Should I always execute them? Or should i only execute the few who make me angry?

[Don-Meisner]

I dont want to, but if i get any from the Eleftheroi clan i kill them. Because i hate them soo much. They always attack my caravans and captures them because they are horse focused.
I wipe them out, all of them

[fambaa]

Executions are a fast way to get the evil red traits which make you overall not likeable with nobles who have different traits.

The more cheesy way is actually to not sell them for ransom or accept their release pay offer but to not even imprison them when the fight is over.

That nets you standing with them, and eventually when you have your own kingdom and they like you alot they are easier to join your kingdom.

I personally only capture as man nobles as I can in a difficult war because it makes the enemies army strenght go down and thats how you win a war against a much stronger enemy since they wont surrender otherwise.

[Kardinal Rainer Maria Woelki]

Originally posted by Best Herald NA:

If you kill every noble in the game theres no one of any worth to oppose your world conquest.

Are you sure about this? In my current game, the southern empire is zerg rushing the world while minor factions still wage war between each other (great ai lol). So I started hunting isolated armies and capturing all the lords to cripple their military before creating my kingdom since I can't fight an empire with a dozen 1k armies. Mind you, I'm using a cheat mod to prevent prisoners from escaping.
Right now I have captured 40 lords and the empire is still doomstacking 1k armies lol..

[Sarge]

They should alter this abit, if you execute a noble just for having fought against you, you should still get the penalties, if you caught a noble raiding 1 of your factions villages and they killed civilians/militia, execution should be warranted and not penalised.

[Alf Stewart]

Originally posted by |Pipe Dreams ☕:

I've captured a bunch of nobles from around the map and have taken them to the gates of their homeland and then I execute them.

Should I always execute them? Or should i only execute the few who make me angry?

yes

[EfBee]

Everyone no, you're going to need some nobles to bug the last faction standing if you're playing to conquer the whole map.
Otherwise go for it.
I try to chop as many heads as possible, less headaches that way.

[Ragnaman]

Originally posted by Best Herald NA:

If you kill every noble in the game theres no one of any worth to oppose your world conquest.

Wait, can you literally plop enough heads that there are no more faction parties roaming the map and its just castles sitting filled with NPC garrisons for you to take ? There is a limited number of heads and if all are chopped thats it ? Game over ?

[|Pipe Dreams]

Originally posted by Ragnaman:

Originally posted by Best Herald NA:

If you kill every noble in the game theres no one of any worth to oppose your world conquest.

Wait, can you literally plop enough heads that there are no more faction parties roaming the map and its just castles sitting filled with NPC garrisons for you to take ? There is a limited number of heads and if all are chopped thats it ? Game over ?

I will simply spawn in more troops to plop.

[wf1675]

Originally posted by Ruffio:

Originally posted by Sonniger Tau:

To kill noble in battle and kill in captivity are not the same thing. The execution of those who surrendered was considered an unworthy act for a noble. :sad_lif:

It also lead to blood feaudes that went on for generations.

it would be hilarious if a member of a clan catches you and youve executed there members that they return the favor to you even if they catch your companion partys theyl exicute them out of vengeance and association.

[stevenbanks1]

I think tere is a mod for that or was.

[Neo]

im having the same problem right now. i have like 10 nobles in my dungeon, i really love to see their relations to check if i already executed one of their family members and its even better if i have already killed their children or parents.
now im confronted with the problem that the whole ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ world will start to hate me if i execute them, i dont want to be hated because like the previous comments said, i have to be popular to create a kingdom with vessels.
and also i feel a sweet tingle in my guts everytime i execute someone

[Chunk Norris ☯]

Originally posted by |Pipe Dreams:

Originally posted by stevenbanks1:

They should have introduced a head popping scam you do my family i will do yours. don't seem right somehow. A bit unbalanced?

Head plopping is the only way to achieve world peace.

Yep at the end it'll just be you on top of a mountain of corpses....when everyone is dead...peace.