what to use nobles for playing as high elves?

[Vladimir]

I just stick one in each army for replenishment rate. What else is there to do with them? Be specific if possible pls!

[RCMidas]

Secure Influence. Hire a whole bunch of them and send them out to the Dark Elves or Norscans - being the nearest of your likely eternal enemies - and do nothing but Secure Influence against their settlements. Use said Influence to hire the very best possible Lords and Heroes, or make that last blasted High Elf faction like you enough to consider confederation.

Replenishment, by comparison, is worthless.

[THEDOSSBOSS]

Loremasters and handmaidens are so much better for armies. Use the nobles to secure influence, as said above. I am able to secure 36 a turn from them, not including all of the other factors

[Andrewbh2003]

bonus points if you farm morathis defeat trait on a few lords to get the hero action cost down to 0

[A.Pot]

In battles, they are anti large armor piercing so use them to hunt monsters or counter enemy cavalry. If you get the Great Eagle mount, they can be extremely useful during sieges or to maintain air superiority.

[Mrhappyface]

Don't even bother sending them after the Dark Elves, leave one of the High Elf factions you're at war with with a gate settlement so they can't recruit any new armies and just farm influence from there. No need to send agents off to far away lands, no need to piss off the Dark Elves before your ready to take them on, no danger of heroes getting assassinated or wounded.

And if you pick up a Noble with the entrepreneur trait, stick them in your wealthiest province along with any other heroes with that trait. Watch your wealth sky rocket.

[Vladimir]

Originally posted by Mrhappyface:

Don't even bother sending them after the Dark Elves, leave one of the High Elf factions you're at war with with a gate settlement so they can't recruit any new armies and just farm influence from there. No need to send agents off to far away lands, no need to piss off the Dark Elves before your ready to take them on, no danger of heroes getting assassinated or wounded.

And if you pick up a Noble with the entrepreneur trait, stick them in your wealthiest province along with any other heroes with that trait. Watch your wealth sky rocket.

Are dark elves not supposed to be ♥♥♥♥♥♥ with?

[Vladimir]

Originally posted by Mrhappyface:

Don't even bother sending them after the Dark Elves, leave one of the High Elf factions you're at war with with a gate settlement so they can't recruit any new armies and just farm influence from there. No need to send agents off to far away lands, no need to piss off the Dark Elves before your ready to take them on, no danger of heroes getting assassinated or wounded.

And if you pick up a Noble with the entrepreneur trait, stick them in your wealthiest province along with any other heroes with that trait. Watch your wealth sky rocket.

wait I thought only mages can get entrepreneur??

[Ysthrall]

nobles do get boost trade passive ability.

I use mine for farming influence, assaulting troops, and exploring. After a few dozen turns of that they're generally also headed for combat capability.

Don't forget their followers: a few extra public order etc buffs on them can help.

[Mrhappyface]

Originally posted by he cheated on my wife:

Are dark elves not supposed to be ♥♥♥♥♥♥ with?

Not until after you've united Ulthwan and have several stacks ready for an invasion, don't want them coming down too early while you're not ready. Plus if you leave a Gate settlement then you can continue to influence cheese long after you've destroyed your close neighbours.

Originally posted by he cheated on my wife:

wait I thought only mages can get entrepreneur??

Nobles can get it on rare occasions, your more likely to get a mage with it just because you get a ton more mages to choose from than nobles.

[Gentlest Giant]

Originally posted by Mrhappyface:

Don't even bother sending them after the Dark Elves, leave one of the High Elf factions you're at war with with a gate settlement so they can't recruit any new armies and just farm influence from there. No need to send agents off to far away lands, no need to piss off the Dark Elves before your ready to take them on, no danger of heroes getting assassinated or wounded.

One of the main benefits of hero actions is diplomacy.
Is that HE faction you describe going to improve diplomacy for the factions that you want? Maybe. It's more likely a better known, active faction would be a better target.
Much more likely.

Edit:
That said, I don't necessarily think the Dark Elves are the best target either.
They do help with confederations of some HE factions, which is great, but they do not assist in early relations with Empire, Southern Realms and Brettonnian provinces, which are valuable trade partners. Heinrich Kemmler or Skryre springs to mind.

[zefyris]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

Replenishment, by comparison, is worthless.

no, replenishment is the best buff brought by a hero for an army...

[Not online!!!]

Originally posted by zefyris:

Originally posted by RCMidas:

Replenishment, by comparison, is worthless.

no, replenishment is one of the best buff for an army...

depends on the faction
Green skins and Bretonia need replenishment, other factions have so much of it that they don't really care.

[zefyris]

Originally posted by Not online!!!:

Originally posted by zefyris:

no, replenishment is one of the best buff for an army...

depends on the faction
Green skins and Bretonia need replenishment, other factions have so much of it that they don't really care.

no, except if you already reach 50% without it, which is definitely not going to happen with 95% of factions, you still care. Also IIRC bretonnia don't have replenishment bonuses on heroes.