What is your worst general?

**Skiion** · April 27, 2006, 12:33 PM

I was just wondering what your worst generals are. Mine was a House of Julii faction heir. He had these traits: Minion, gourmand, Majorly Extravagant, Corrupt, Fiscilly Flexible, and Financially Irregular.

Then one of his retinues was a senatorial horse! This scumbag was disinherited rather quickly. Anyone else have something to compare?

**Tank** · April 27, 2006, 12:37 PM

I never really had that bad of a general before, but what was weird is that my faction leader had small traits like gourmand that didn't help. here comes the weird part.....my faction leader was younger than one of my generals!!! My general was 96 and the faction leader was only 82. they both were pretty good, but the leader should be the oldest right????????

**cavvie** · April 27, 2006, 02:33 PM

Not necessarily. Remember, you could always designate your next heir to be the current leader's Grandson. This might upset the sons but, as such, you could have several generals much older than the faction leader.

**Sitarus Originalus PM-30+** · April 27, 2006, 03:42 PM

the leader isnt suppose to be the oldest... nor the smartes, bravest... etc. the leader should be someone you can rely on to be a good king or how to say ... someone who is able to control and rule and use politics (that's in real life). In RTW game the best leader should be just polular with the senat and with people. if other factions... leader is just someone you dont want to lose as he is a familymember... that's what i think.. correct me if i am wrong... i might have forgot something. =)

**Diomedes** · April 27, 2006, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by Skiion

Then one of his retinues was a senatorial horse!

The owning of a state horse elevated a member of the Ordo Equestor into the 18 tribes who held the public horse this was considered one of Rome's greatest social awards, and has its originsin the times when the Ordo Equestor actually provided the calvary for Roman armies.

**Skiion** · April 27, 2006, 09:49 PM

Hmmm, Tank got everyone off topic! Does anyone else have a terrible general? I just remembered another one. One of my Roman family members just came of age ( He was 16), and he already had the adulterer trait; he wasn't even married yet.

**Hader** · April 27, 2006, 10:00 PM

Can't recall many bad ones, I usually find a way to kil the bad ones.

**Diomedes** · April 27, 2006, 10:30 PM

lol. thats what I do if you are no good at governing or fighting prepare to be sent by yourself into hsotile territory and fight a full flag army tehehehehehe.

P.S. One of my best generals was created from one of my worst when I autoresolved a battle that I had sent him into to die!

**Sitarus Originalus PM-30+** · April 28, 2006, 02:34 AM

i remember i tried to lose my worst general - worst family member - in a battle. His attack won me a game as anemy units atarted to run away... lol so much of my bad generals... lol =)

**guyyug** · April 28, 2006, 05:45 AM

wasnt there another topic on this somewhere,

well i havent really had a bad general but the wre did once, -1 morale to his troops and such, against my great general with like 6 stars and i was beaten

**Slimshoom** · April 28, 2006, 09:22 PM

A guy with no command, no influence, and like 2 management. He had only negative traits and anciliaries, except one that gave him +1 attack while ambushing (since that comes up soooo often) so i basically sat him in a southern city that would probably never get attacked. A fun thing to do with useless family members is to send them on a ship into pirate-infested waters, theyll get sunk.

**Sétanta** · April 28, 2006, 09:28 PM

My bad generals always go on a Special Naval Mission (meaning they get on 1 ship and attack a pirate fleet) :original:

**Hader** · April 28, 2006, 09:47 PM

I do that many times, but sometimes I want to see some different style. But it always involves sending them to their death.

**orange slice** · April 29, 2006, 09:50 PM

the worst i had when i was the Gaul faction my general had no command, no influence, and no management, and his traits were apparently loyal, and corupt..

oh and he died at the age of 27 of a plague

**Skiion** · May 04, 2006, 11:15 PM

Ha. nice ones! I actually feel sorry for some of you.

**John Wayne** · May 05, 2006, 03:53 PM

I usually get ride of my bad generals, except for one. He becomes the black sheep of the family, by getting all of those 'wonderful' bad ancillaries.

**killmore** · May 05, 2006, 05:29 PM

"Utterly incompetent"
People might forgive you loosing an Eagle but lose two and they think you are uterly incompetent

I was playing as Slavs and invaded Eastern romans Empire. I took lots of eagles then brided Roman general with this trait...

**John Wayne** · May 05, 2006, 07:33 PM

*snickers* Now that is a bad general!

**Dreygon** · May 05, 2006, 11:08 PM

I had a horrible General that I took just to weaken up a city..I led him to believe that he was going to storm the city and become a heroric general. Massed and army up, sieged Carthage. Opened the gate and ran him into a few phalanxes, and not to mention the skin melting, molten tar that got dropped on his head ;-)
I lost the siege of course when all my troops routed after a while but it was a throw away merc army used for scouting anywho. I like to get creative when killing bad generals.