Pity party?

[mystang89]

Ok, now I know I'm not the best player in the world or anything but I think the AI just sat there and felt sorry for me and gave me a crap load of free stuff. Right now in my castle I just looked and I have about 4 new generals....from...no where, they aren't adopted, they don't show up on my genealogy list or anything. I can't tell you where they came from. Secondly, and a bit more pathetic, I can recruit an infinite amount of general bodyguards which don't cost any maintenance. Yes, if I wanted I could make 100's of armys with nothing but general bodyguards.

I don't use cheats or anything as I like the difficulty but I feel bad when the AI thinks I need some assistance

[mystang89]

Well, I think I answered my own question. I have the horse stable or whatever that building is called in the castle and I suppose that allows me to train generals, (which is actually really handy since almost all mine just died lol). Still, I would think that's a bit OP if I just put all those generals in one army and galloped across Europe, wouldn't it?

[Duck of Death]

If you had generals in a city and you don't know where they came from, you must have (like you said) recruited them via "general's bodyguards". Each bodyguard comes with its own general.

[riuk881]

but what about the no upkeep?

[mystang89]

It's true, no upkeep. Ithink they cost about 555 or so to make and 0 upkeep after that but then again I'm pretty sure that your bodyguard don't cost any upkeep for your king or anything either, though ihaven't checked.

[RodentDung]

Check your difficulty level. It's best to play this mod on very hard for both settings. It takes 10 turns or more for a new bodyguard unit to become available. So if you want to have a really weird army of only nobles, then you must wait 20x10= 200 turns to make the 'army' or less if you are adding in family members and adoptions. Not sure how fun that would be. Also, a spear heavy army would easily mop up your cavalry.