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Bullethead
09-07-2002, 23:32
I just fought a battle in which I killed the French general. As usual http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/mad.gif, after killing everybody else in the general's unit, the general himself proved unkillable in melee, so I had 2 full units of archers hose him down. After several volleys, I saw the guy carrying the general's flag fall dead and I saw the text box and heard the voice announcing his death. Sic transit general after massive overkill and distraction of assets http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif.

After the battle, the screen popped up saying the French had ransomed the 250+ prisoners I took. Including the DEAD general! http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/eek.gif

How can this be? http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/confused.gif I mean, if the CA guys wanted to toss in a Monty Python reference, you'd think they'd at least have had the voice say movie lines like "'E's not dead yet", "'e's gettin' better", "T'is but a scratch," etc. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

Anybody else seen had this happen to them? If so, what the result? Can I expect to face this general again, or did the French just pay to have his remains returned for burial? If he's really still alive, will he be saddled with the loss and cowardly V&Vs, or will resurrection give him a clean slate?



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-Bullethead

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria

andrewt
09-07-2002, 23:36
He was probably fleeing and got "killed" in melee. He is most likely to get bad vices from that.

Bullethead
09-07-2002, 23:48
He WAS fleeing, but was killed by archers. I'd pulled all my melee units far away from him after they'd proved unable to hurt him.

He was in the big clear space all by himself with various units of mine forming a loose cordon 2-3 tiles away on all sides. Spears and cav on 2 sides, archers on the other 2 sides.

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-Bullethead

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria

malkuth
09-08-2002, 00:33
Some generals are just a pain in the butt to kill. They all will die though if you use the right unit agaist him.

Mu
09-08-2002, 00:35
same thing happened to me.

gosh medieval total s h i t is right.

NEED A TOTAL PATCH!!