Your Ultimate General.

[Ranges]

Well, usually i dont pay too much attention to my generals / faction members.. But then i ran into this one, and i gawked for quite a while:

Quintus the Honest

Command = 9
Management = 2
Influence = 10 (YIKES!!!)

He has the following V&V's;

confident attacker (+1 command when attacking)
lively (+1 management, +10% movement, 5% discount on construction)
Good Commander (+2 command)
Fanatically Loyal (400% cost to bribe)
Ingenous (+2 influence, -2 personal security)
Strategist (+3 command)
Virtous (+3 influence, +15% popularity with the senate)
Upright (+399% cost to bribe, +6 law)
ex queastor
benevolent ruler (+1 influence, -1 squalor)
careless (-1 personal security)
ex-aedile
ex-praetor
pontifex maximus

His retinue is very modest, consisting of:
drillmaster
priest of jupiter (those guys are PERFECT!)

So.. Now i wonder, what kind of super generals have you created?

On another tone.. I'm playing julii, and i see more flaws that decrease personal security with them than with anybody else so far.. Have you noticed this too?

Greets,
-Ranges

[Lazul]

I am playing as the Scipii now and my faction leader is a monster.

He hasnt lost one battle and allways crushed his opponent.

Gaius the Mighty

and his list is huge so I dont feel like listing them all but he has 10 in influence, 10 in command but onloy 1 in management.

At the moment he is campaigning in Crete... and his army is epic in strength.

2 General
2 Triarii
3 Hastati
3 Principes
2 Velites
4 Archers
and some merc cav.

next stop... Sparta! :charge:

[Inuyasha12]

I had a great general once. I was fighting off the julii and they kept on sending army after army against them. This general had fought many battles and had 8 stars, and 7 influence. So the sad part is that he was killed in battle. I was fighting a battle and the ai was controlling him, the stupid computer AI launched my 8-star general at a wall of legionnaries and good bye general. After that i just could not stand that AI!!

[troymclure]

I had an absolute monster playing as the greeks. Called doros of sparta he was a military genius +4 command, a fluent speaker, prim, famously brave, and a hooter at age 16!

by age 30 it was Doros the Mighty he'd been responsible for 4 famous battles; had 10 general stars and numerous good v&v's eg. good attacker, good defender; conquering hero etc.etc. only thing was his hooting had turned into strange....

by age 45 it was Doros the Mad. His hooting had progressed all the way into unhinged loon and apparently he likes to paint his bottom purple. the -3 morale hit to his troops i didn't like but he still had 10 general stars so i sent him off to the eastern front.

by age 50 he'd singlehandedly destroyed armenia and parthia, he'd also contracted the plague. He was a very long way from greece, ageing; mad and plagueridden. Doros the "once mighty" spent the rest of his days building watch towers along the eastern borders of my empire.

ps:- in case you hadn't noticed i really like the new family tree/improved v& v stuff. :)

[andrewt]

Playing as Parthia

Arses the Attacker
10 stars, 10 influence, 0 management
bad governor with farming and trade penalties
Legendary Commander +5 command
Command Talent +1 command
Heroic Attacker +5 command attacking
Great Defender +4 command defending
Understanding of Tactics +2 command in ambushes
Cavalry Commander of Genius +3 command when commanding cavalry
Liar +3 influence
Conquering Hero +6 influence, -2 personal security

retinue has:
Galloper +1 command when attacking
Mercenary Captain +1 command, 10% unit discount, +2% looting
Egyptian Turncoat +1 command against Egyptians
Greek Turncoat +1 command against Greeks
Shieldbearer +1 valor
Decorated Hero 20% unit discount
Veteran Warrior +1 personal security, +1 commanding infantry

He also has 3 silver chevrons of valor.

He had 4 famous battles when he was quite young. The last one was when he was in his late 30s. He hasn't been in many battles since because I needed to consolidate my empire. He conquered a few provinces but it's not very large battles. He's 57 now.

[ChaosLord]

Asinius Augustus
6 Command, 7 Management, 10 Influence
Traits:
Corrupt: 60% Decrease to bribe, -3 to law
A Bit Paranoid: -2 influence, +3 to personal security
Abstemious: +2 management, -10% people popularity
Rarified Tastes: 15% to trade, +30% decrease to bribe
Consumate Politician: +3 Influence, +15% senate popularity, increased office chance
Sharp: +1 Command, Management, and Influence
Devout: +1 Infleunce
Inferior Engineer: -1 Command attacking walls
Legendary Conquerer: +5 Command
Conquerer: -15% senate popularity, +30% people popularity
Local Hero: +1 morale, +5% people popularity
Bloodthirsty: -1 command, -3 morale
Superior Attacker: +3 Command attacking
Faction Leader:+2 Influence, +1 Command, +3 to personal security
Virtus: +3 Influence, +15% Senate popularity, increased office chance
Deceiver: Increased office chance, +10% Senate popularity
Ex Quaestor: +1 Influence
Lover of Beauty: +1 Influence, -1 Command
Ex Aedite: +1 law
Miner: +20% Mining Income
Ex Praetor: +1 law

Retinue:
Gladiator: +1 to personal security, +1 valour for bodyguards
Historian: +1 Command
Fabius Pictor: +1 Influence, +10% Senate Popularity, increased office chance
Quartermaster: +15% movement points, 2% boost looting
Librarian: +1 Influence, +1 Management
Treasurer: +2 Management
Scribe: +1 Management, +10% Trade Income
Armorer: +1 Morale
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Woah, that was alot. The guy is 55 now though, guess its natural to aquire a whole lot of traits. Its annoying how he got Bloodthirsty/Lover of Beauty since now I only go to 9 stars attacking, but ah well. This guy is son of Cassius the Mighty, Grandson of Flavius Victor, and Great Grandson of Julianus the Mighty. He comes from good stock. :P

I was a bit worried at first though, thought this line was going to die out. He didn't get married till his 40s(too busy conquering Gaul I guess), then didn't have a kid until he was 53 or 54. Now i'm hoping he lives long enough for me to make his real son heir. He does have a nephew as heir whos already turning out quite nicely stat wise though, but i'll wait to post him until hes gone on more.

I'd have to say Asinius is my best overall general, though i've had others in the extreme ends. Julanius in particular, he was Military Genius/Legendary Commander/Cantankerous/Superior Attacker. I also got one of more 20 some odd year family members at 10 management right now with some retinue farming. Really not as big a boost as you might expect, influence seems more useful then management. But theres my general, who is still quite active by the way.

I had planned to retire him in Rome like the conquerer he was but due to the game restricting when you can even backstab your Roman allies he couldn't. So he took the 19 Urban Cohorts I had built up and sailed to Egypt instead. Where along with two other 3k army stacks led by my heir and a promising general i'm going to blitz and raze Egypt to the ground. Got tired of their constant attacking.

[The Tuffen]

My current Julii leader is a great general.

I know he's got legendery commander +5 but can't remember what else he's got. I'll post his stats when i get a chance.

edit:

Here is my best generals stats: Flavius the Infantryman
Faction Leader +2 Influence, +1 command, +3 to personal security
Legendry commander +5 command
command talent +1 command
Consummate Politician + 3 influence, improves chance of senate positions, 15% bonus to popularity with senate
Confident in defence +1 command when defending
Skilled Bureaucrat +2 managment, +2 Law
Stern +1 management, 100% increase to cost to bribe
Infantry Commander of genius +3 command when commanding infantry
Conqueror 15% penalty to senate, 30% bonus to popularity with the people
Famous Orater +2 Influence, 10% bonus to your popularity with the people
Doubtful courage -1 morale for all troops on the battlefield, 5% penalty to popularity with people (he got this on an auto-resolve :furious3:

Retinue:
Mercenary captain +1 command, 10% discount on training costs 2% bonus to cash gained from looting
Barbarian turncoat +1command when fighting barbarians
Exotic slave +1 Influence
Military Tribune +1 command when defending, improved chance of senate office, 10% bonus to senate popularity
Aged retainer +1 management +1 Personal security