What about recruitable governors?

**Dogma75** · February 07, 2008, 12:06 PM

I was just thinking about generals when I had this idea:

"What about recruitable governors for each nation?"

Units which are predestined to govern a city. With some skills / traits that boost economy, trade and so on...
Only produceable in a large city with academy and / or some religious buildings. Expensive in the aquisition and some mid-level upkeep.

In battle they are on foot with a few special bodyguards consisting from the best units available in the nation. Such as swordsmen or something like that.

And they can only admin cities --> large disadvantages when they admin castles.
And they don't come in the family tree!!!!!

Is this moddable....

**roy34543** · February 07, 2008, 12:19 PM

I think you could recruit them, But i dont know if you could make sure it distuingesh between recruitable and regular genrals . .

**~~Miraj~~** · February 07, 2008, 01:35 PM

This is something we intend to pursue in the future. Basically we'll draw a line between the native sons born of the family and the characters that are either adopted or recruited. From that point we'll allow you to be able to "train" your generals to be governors or generals similar to how EB has it set up.

**Americanus Supremus** · February 07, 2008, 03:50 PM

Great idea.

**AnthoniusII** · February 07, 2008, 03:56 PM

Correct thinking!!!!

**Selahedîn** · February 07, 2008, 04:26 PM

Roma Surrectum has this, it would be an excellent addition to BC.

**CtrlAltDe1337** · February 07, 2008, 11:48 PM

I really like this idea. It would be cool to have elephant and Ghulam recruitable generals. I've been playing the Caliphate recently and it would be sweet to get Ghulam generals. Same with the Rajputs and their elephants. Also, it would be cool to 'train' generals/family members to be either mainly a general or govenor. Maybe if you put him in a castle for a few turns he becomes a general and if in a city he becomes a govenor? (add a line of traits that give respective bonuses).

**teh.frickin.pope** · February 08, 2008, 01:56 AM

Ghazni at least has recruitable generals, Palace Guard Ghulams in the highest tier slave trade building. Oh, and I've been longing for a Daylami Tribal Chief on foot ever since I first saw the Daylami Heavy Infantry.

**Uandwhosearmy** · February 08, 2008, 03:21 AM

Excellent idea! BC 1.1 and 2.0 are looking brighter and brighter. I just have one request: Please don't make the mistake that Roma Surrectum did in that the recruitable generals and governors respectively had generic portraits, so that a general was impossible to tell apart from a governor. This was important in RS since the governor was a small foot soldier unit while the general was a mounted elite unit.

**-Traiano-** · February 08, 2008, 04:09 AM

very nice idea!!! governors on foot with, maybe, 20 elite swordsmen as bodyguards!!!! And different portraits between governors and generals...great!

**Vagabond** · February 08, 2008, 03:02 PM

That'd be cool. How about let the governors become some kind of agent ( like spy, merchant, diplomat,...) They can be recruited from a certain sepecified building at highest level city and only in the capital.