A few questions on FM's

[Megas Methuselah]

so if I have a blacksmith in the town that the FM is born in he will have bad ass armour instead of being in civilian clothes ?
( I'm talking about the pitcure of the general not like just having an armourer in his retinue or something )

No. The unit cards are completely random. But if you have a blacksmith in a town where the general comes of age (not where he is born), his general's guard will get upgraded armour. Or you could just retrain his guard in a town that does have a blacksmith.

"most characters don't get but 4/5 command stars" ? but their are 10 command stars they can get not 5, so how do they only get 4 normally ? also if it is true they can only get 4 command stars thats not very realistic at all because anyone with any understanding of history knows that generals existed that would have to be considered greater than a measly 4 command stars out of 10. Plus that wouldn't be a very fun game to play if all you got was 4 command stars regardless of how you played him or battles he was in (i.e part of the fun is turning FM's into bad ass generals) So I'm pretty sure that has to be wrong.

Oh, don't listen to him. Just fight battles where the computer expects you to lose and win heroic victories. That way, it proves your general is a military genius, and he'll get his stars.

In my game I have 25 settlements and 7 FM's in year 255, and currently have 10 or so female children and like 1 or 2 males, so I don't see how the game is making sure I have enough FM's ???

That's plenty of family members, especially the younger generation. Just wait until they all come of age, then the girls can marry and you'll get 10 or so new male family members.

and I'm short on generals so I don't see how you can say the game makes sure your never short on generals , unless your just supposed to send loads of armies with no supervision or generals in the army to fight and get man of the hours, also those generals for the most part would suck and whatnot so no point there, plus I like the roleplaying aspect of family members.

I never make "loads" of armies. For every army I have, there's always 3 generals in it. 1 elder, proffesional general, and 2 younger ones who're serving their 15 years in the army (good rp'ing). Afterwards, the younger ones either become generals themselves or governors.

thanks

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