"Hidden" Command Rating

[unfortunate crow]

In M:TW, It was possible for a general to have command ratings greater than 9 when in battle due to virtues like excellent attacker, skilled outnumbered attacker, etc... I remember one battle I had units with valor in the 16-18 range because of this.

Is this possible in R:TW? Or is it capped at 10?

[Spartan156]

I dont know, i think ive seen some of my ganerals with 10+, maybe

[Severous]

Hi and welcome unfortunate crow

In RTW you can have generals with up to 10*. If they have any more than this it does not display.

Whether a 12* general (displayed as 10*) is any better...now that I dont know. Does anyone ?

[unfortunate crow]

So what does Command Rating Effect in this game anyways? Does it only effect Morale? Or does it give extra attack/defense per two levels to all the army's units like in M:TW?

[Spart]

I think it's just for a morale boost in battle. Although, when auto-resolving battles, it has a huge effect to the outcome.
Don't think it affects anything else? :hmmm:

[unfortunate crow]

Well I guess I could test this, but I would need to build up a 10-star general, and another general with 10 stars that gets more when he attacks. Then recruit a unit of peasants and send them headlong into the enemy ten times or so and see if it takes any longer for them to route.

edit: Suppose I could auto-battle with the peasants too and see if the outcomes are any different.

[Snipafist]

I believe it strongly effects morale and has a secondary effect on attack/defense skills of all units under the general's command. Lord knows I see the difference between no general, a 3-star general, a 6-star general, and a 10-star general. 10-star generals can produce miraculous results from very mediocre troops.

[communist]

higher star values means larger range of the general's aura, which "inspires troops". and it also helps to fight automatic battles and they can win even when the odds are 1-3(i only fight hard/important battles myself, otherwise its a major waste of time). the morale boost is separte i think, since there are other traits which can boost the morale of soldiers such as "brave" or "couragerous". and i guess it helps alot, since most units have an average of 7 morale.

edit: auto resolve battle mostly goes on the calculation of melee stats, making ranged units quite useless for auto-battle. and if i have a full melee army in campaign with a 10star general, i can win any battle really. and another note, if the enemy general have a higher star, i belive he is harder/smarter in the actual battle. since ive noticed big differences in ai behaviour between 0 star captains to 5 star family members.

[Snipafist]

I'm still fairly sure command affects morale, but there are obviously other abilities which affect morale independently of command, like being brave, cowardly, insane, etc.

[unfortunate crow]

Well I did a little test. Unfortunately I don't have the time to do this over an over again for more balanced results...maybe some other time.

I first scripted in two generals. One with goodcommander 5 and goodattacker 5, the other with almost every command-booster in the book.

I made them julii and gave them each a single peasant unit in their army. I sent the first general up against Segesta and assaulted the village. The peasants marched headlong into the light infantry garrison, and fought until they routed at about 60-70% casualties. During this time, I kept the general's unit near behind the peasant unit, but out of combat.

I reloaded after this, and marched the second general up to do the same thing. With all the additional traits I had given him, he should technically have a command rating well above 10, but only 10 stars were shown of course. His peasants fought until about 90% casualties.

This bears more testing, but I don't know when I will be able to do it.