Command, I don't get it.

[JustJoey]

So in my campaign I seen Crete was rebel with a few units, so I sailed over I was outnumbered by only a few men, nothing challenging.. Anyway after the battle the general gained 4 stars and two influence. Where as I sent another army in to two consecutive battles both outnumbered and nothing, no stars no nothing..

How does it work?

[El Diablo]

It could be that the battle raiting was hugly in the rebels favour in the first battle (Crete's Archers are some of the best in the game), it's not just on the numbers of troop in the battle. Were the other rebel armies of a low quality?

It could also be affected by how many of the enemy your general actually killed. In the other battles they may have mopped up just a few routers or something. In the Crete battle was your general wiping the floor of unit after unit of the enemy?

Also it could be affected by the retinutes that your general may have collected after the game.
These can give you general some handy boosts.

Plus there is also the plain old randomess of it all.....

[Yaropolk]

Chances are your general picked up some retinue in the first case. Victories will always increase your good commander points by 1 (which gives +1 command per level) and there is a small chance (20%) of gaining various retinue members. The first level of command is only 1 victory, next one is after another 3 victories I think, then after 5 and so on.

In the second pair battles you probably were high enough in commander points so that you didnt reach the next level with the 2 victories.

[irisheagle]

If he gained influence, then it was definatly retinue members.

[Nameless92145]

If he gained influence, then it was definatly retinue members.

Well... if the general is non-Roman and already got a few victories, he could've picked up the trait of victor (+2 influence, -1 personal security).

Not sure about Romans... I think they get the "Vanquisher" class of traits instead, which decreases senate popularity while increasing popularity from the people.