Merging Problem/Question

[Loki]

Hi all,

At the risk of sounding like I'm made out of "Newbium", (oh wait, I am), I have to ask this question as it's been driving me nutz.

I gotta believe that I'm missing something really basic here. If you look at the following pic, can anyone tell me why I can't merge these units?

I understand the usual limitations regarding merging (at least I thought I did) i.e. units that have provisional titles, or royalty not being able to merge etc. but this is weird. I seem to end up with SCADS of 1 man units at my forward "Reple-Deple"*. As a tidy and organized soul this drives me to distraction

http://mack_rc51.home.mchsi.com/cant-merge.JPG

* Gold star by your name if anyone else knows what a "Reple-Deple" is http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

Thanks in advance all
Please be gentle to the new kid
Loki

[Daevyll]

Probably because the generals of each unit are 'unique' ie they have vices/virtues.

You cannot merge the last member (general) of a unit with another unit if that general has vices/virtues as it would effectively destory that character.

So if you want to get rid of those 2 1-person units the only way is to disband them or to add a depleted unit to them that does not have a 'unique' general.

[katank]

yep, if they have any stars above 0 or V&Vs or titles, they would not merge at all.

I think the best way is to send them back to be retrained.

This characteristic is actually really useful for things like Varangs, naptha and other things that takes two years, it prevents them from getting merged away and enables those 1 man units to be retrained in a single year.

[son of spam]

Lol, same thing happened in my medmod hungarian campaign.

but you can train your v4 v3 gallowglasses up. Send them charging into the rear of an enemy, get JEDIS

Think of them as bad kensai.