What conditions are need for a battlfield promotion in TA3.1?

**Shingen** · February 14, 2012, 12:21 AM

I wanna take the city that houses the One Ring. But my General gained new retiunes on the way there. Now he has the maximum of 8 and if he takes the settlement he wont get the Ring. I am as far away from home as possible, so directing a new general there is no option.

I tried to get a new general by fighting some battles with an army led by a captain, but even after 4 won battles and a captured city, the captain still doesn't receive a promotion to a general.

What are the conditions to get a battlefield promotion to a general in TA 3.1?
Or. In what game file can I look the conditons up?

btw. I fought the battle by autoresolution. I get nearly every turn a suggestion for a new general.

**FrightfulBridge** · February 14, 2012, 12:49 AM

Having the army win a 'heroic victory' will usually offer a new general.

**Shingen** · February 14, 2012, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by FrightfulBridge

Having the army win a 'heroic victory' will usually offer a new general.

I thought that also. Fought 2 battles manually with heroic victory in a row and didn't get a general.

**Seleukos_I.** · February 14, 2012, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by Shingen

I thought that also. Fought 2 battles manually with heroic victory in a row and didn't get a general.

Also depends on how big your family tree is. The bigger it is, the smaller your chances to get the "Man of the Hour" event.
Same goes for adoption.

**StealthFox** · February 14, 2012, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by Seleukos_I.

Also depends on how big your family tree is. The bigger it is, the smaller your chances to get the "Man of the Hour" event.
Same goes for adoption.

Yep, this is the main consideration. It depends on the ratio of family members to the number of settlements you have. The game tries to ensure that you have enough generals to act as governors for your settlements.

**Nemesis_GR** · February 14, 2012, 11:07 AM

Emm ditch one ancillary.Open console remove_ancillary "character" "ancillary name".It is not exactly cheating.I mean if u dont want a biographer u should be able to fire his ass.

**dannyalex** · February 14, 2012, 01:28 AM

did he get some experience points during the battle,did he kill or capture many...? we talk about the general in the battle not some lucky unit...

never use autoresolve at third age its very unbalanced still

**Shingen** · February 14, 2012, 02:36 AM

Originally Posted by dannyalex

did he get some experience points during the battle,did he kill or capture many...? we talk about the general in the battle not some lucky unit...

never use autoresolve at third age its very unbalanced still

My cav is all on maximum experience. So a cav general cant win more experience but without cav no heroic victory.

**War&Politics** · February 14, 2012, 03:54 AM

Does "Man of the Hour" adoption cause your other generals to develop negative traits like adoption does? What exactly is the mechanism behind negative traits resulting from adoption anyway?

**Shingen** · February 14, 2012, 04:41 AM

I tried every thing. Even getting a captain 3 xp levels up. But no "Man of the hour".

So I used the first time in my life a cheat in a TW game. I beamed Aragorn to Gondor give some retinues to another general and moved him bach to Carn Dum. Now the Ring is mine.

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