Recruiting Generals

**Fisherking** · 02-04-2009, 16:36

Originally Posted by pevergreen

Well what would you do if that crow was just staring at you? I just saw it kill a bird IN MID FREAKING AIR.

Like the man said, sometimes discretion is the better part of valor!

I would still like to have that crow working for me…

**Sir Beane** · 02-04-2009, 18:02

Originally Posted by Fisherking

Like the man said, sometimes discretion is the better part of valor!

I would still like to have that crow working for me…

If you want to hire feathered killing machines may I recommend the Peregrine Falcon. They are the fastest organism in the world, because they can reach speeds of over 200mph (322km/h) when diving.

They hunt by climbing high into the air and then dropping at tremendous speed into flying birds, usually killing them instantly in mid air.

Seeing one of those things screaming towards you out of the blue is enough to make anyone run.

As for the main topic:

I think ETW has got a lot right by making ministers and generals plentiful. It removes rather a lot of annoying micromanagement trying to get generals into your best cities and armies.

I wonder if we will see officers of different rank, rather than just generic 'general'. Officers could recieve promotions after winning battles. It would be nice for roleplay.

**Fisherking** · 02-04-2009, 18:47

Falcons are supposed to be bad!

Crows are smart!

http://www.knowledgetramp.com/2008/1...-of-crows.html

I think we will have unit commanders who can be promoted…by what means we will have to see.

**Roka** · 02-04-2009, 23:27

i hope that all units have a named leader, like in shogun and M:TW.

obviously this doesn't suit if you have your general in command of a line infantry unit but perhaps they get promotions as they gain experience and the higher rank they have the greater amount of unis they can command

i mean it would suck pretty badly if your general in command of a full stack took a shot between the eyes right at the start of a battle

**Megas Methuselah** · 02-05-2009, 02:20

Maybe generals can perform a coup d'etat? That would be awesome.

**A Very Super Market** · 02-05-2009, 06:25

But what would that achieve? If it just made him faction leader, nothing would be different.

**Megas Methuselah** · 02-05-2009, 07:22

Well, it would be a sufficient reward for a general who carved out an empire for king and country that had started with simply 1 region. Or it could be a great way to start a Monarchy out of a Republic.