super generals

**Yakov** · October 11, 2006, 11:04 PM

has anyone noticed that you could beat a small army with a single general unit?

**hellheaven1987** · October 11, 2006, 11:37 PM

It is possible in BI, as long as there is no spearmen unit in the enemy line.

**Tzif** · October 12, 2006, 06:48 AM

I've somewhat defeated a whole Roman army with my super Greek general once. It was fun.

Tzif

**Spart** · October 12, 2006, 08:44 AM

It avoids general from dying so often, but sometimes it's just ridiculous when you can't take out just one guy. This is not so bad in Rome as it was in Medieval though...

They seem to die immediately when hit by a catapult.

**Pelayo** · October 12, 2006, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Spartacus(FIN)

It avoids general from dying so often, but sometimes it's just ridiculous when you can't take out just one guy. This is not so bad in Rome as it was in Medieval though...

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In medieval I was almost defeated by the king unit which was surrounded by four units of spearmen and he almost destroyed my four units before finally dying

**spirit_of_rob** · October 12, 2006, 11:08 AM

yeah generals in medi were like jedi or somehting no one could kill them i remember one battle in viking invasions playing as vikings i had a garrsion of a 1 man unit granted it was a massive experiance one and the entire rebel army (about 1000) was peasants but he killed 3/4s of them before been cut down lol

**Brutius Bollocksus** · October 12, 2006, 04:24 PM

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**Yakov** · October 12, 2006, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by Pelayo

In medieval I was almost defeated by the king unit which was surrounded by four units of spearmen and he almost destroyed my four units before finally dying

same experice with me in Viking invasion a sningle Viking Jarl (king) killed my king and his whole bodyguard unit he just wouldnt die

**Zuwxiv** · October 12, 2006, 04:59 PM

No, in MTW, it was Jedi Generals. You can't kill them. You would have tons of elite soldiers, and the general would just do that lame "This way, now this way!" attack animation, and slaughter them all. I would have the enemy general surrounded by hundreds or thousands of my own soldiers, and all of his bodyguards would be dead, all of his army routed, he alone remained to fight. And he would take out hundreds of my soldiers. Stupid jedi.

**Casius Cherea** · October 18, 2006, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Zuwxiv

No, in MTW, it was Jedi Generals. You can't kill them. You would have tons of elite soldiers, and the general would just do that lame "This way, now this way!" attack animation, and slaughter them all. I would have the enemy general surrounded by hundreds or thousands of my own soldiers, and all of his bodyguards would be dead, all of his army routed, he alone remained to fight. And he would take out hundreds of my soldiers. Stupid jedi.

i know this to
one abisynian guardsman who was enemy 8 star general push two units of my spearmen to the wall and executed them one by one

**Tzif** · October 12, 2006, 05:05 PM

Wow, good thing I missed MTW, these Generals sound dangerous!

I don't use my Generals much, mainly just to keep order up and moral bonuses.

Tzif

**Flavius Silvanus** · October 17, 2006, 05:45 PM

I was trying to suicide a crazy general once and he ended up with a huge number of stars, and a lot of toughness.

So I ended up keeping him until he died.

**jw1089** · October 18, 2006, 08:12 PM

lol to everything

**coffebean** · October 20, 2006, 05:41 AM

Yeah it really suprised me when my generel was attacked just byhimself, and i couldnt retreat so I was darn no point in fighting so I auto resolved 299 dead only lost 3 units. lol wasnt even a heroic victory

**Enemy of the State** · October 21, 2006, 01:43 PM

I once wanted to make this 16 year old boy my faction leader, and make him into the best general in the world(He was already a military genius in the beginning, the trait ofcourse, so it would be cool

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Anyway, to make him faction leader i had to kill off my old faction leader. I send him to attack this small rebel settlement, had about 4 units in it. Ended up winning, faction leader survived. Gained a settlement. It was that small town in Illyria. Forgot it's name.

**Lord Consul** · October 21, 2006, 07:54 PM

The general unit was severely nerfed in RTW. Although no one here denies that a well-trained, well-equipped and disciplined cavalry unit was the supreme combating entity of its time, to rout like 1k peasants with it is downright pathetical - but fun, nevertheless.