I really hate those magically ever respawning bodyguards...

**Cyclops** · 10-29-2009, 05:19

I think the FM bodyguards help counter the early-game lack of elites.

While there was an evolution in fighting styles across the EB period, the TW solution of "elites only appear from elite barracks in the biggest settlements" makes for good gamelplay (a gradual ramping up to sexier deadlier units) rather than good history.

So if you ask "where are my Spartans/Tarabostes/Kinsmen Cav/whatever on the first turn" the answer is "well you can't make any but your FM's have a few. Its not perfect but its acceptable.

**Darius** · 10-29-2009, 05:38

Would it be at all possible to adjust the rate at which the Bodyguards are replenished to something a bit slower?

**A Very Super Market** · 10-29-2009, 05:51

I believe it's tied to Influence.

Or is that just size?

**seienchin** · 10-29-2009, 10:59

I sometimes have generals who dont respawn their loses, guess their influence is less than 0.

But beeing able to replenish your heavy cataphrakt bodyfuard in sweboz lands and not beeing able to recruit any levy or peasant at the same time is just rubbish.

**Fluvius Camillus** · 10-29-2009, 11:17

Bodyguard number is tied to personal security.

Something which annoys me more are the AI BG values. They have 37 for a normal FM, I have 25. My faction leader hopefully gets to 55 if hes really good, the standard AI faction Leader has 62... Now that can be really annoying when you have to fight 3 Hayasdan Arkah's in the late period...

~Fluvius

**Rahwana** · 10-29-2009, 11:55

Originally Posted by Fluvius Camillus

Bodyguard number is tied to personal security.

Something which annoys me more are the AI BG values. They have 37 for a normal FM, I have 25. My faction leader hopefully gets to 55 if hes really good, the standard AI faction Leader has 62... Now that can be really annoying when you have to fight 3 Hayasdan Arkah's in the late period...

~Fluvius

Not soo annoying since AFAIK, the Hayasdan didn't do their elite training frenzy (they just become poor backward nation on my campaigns)

But My lastest campaign with Pontos sugest that my leader can get 62 men on his bodyguards... he just have 10 influence and many security traits... however, he only had 3 star

**Foot** · 10-29-2009, 13:58

I never use my bodyguard in battle except if I am about to lose for this exact reason. For me they unbalance the game too much, and their force on the battlefield makes the early game far easier than I would wish it to be.

Foot