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Quote[/b] (Ludens @ July 21 2004,14:22)]
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Quote[/b] ]I don't think retreating generals is a good idea. I think you lose the valour bonus they give, and you certainly lose the morale bonus.
I read somewhere on these boards that many folks withdrew generals with no loss of valour or morale, but I thought some of my forces were routing early after withdrawing my general. Anyone have the details on this please? This could be part of my problem as I never withdraw forces in Europe and I have more convincing wins there.

Ludens, whats the advantage of trying your own generals? I have a few generals I want to get rid of (greedy amirs bringing down my happiness and income in the provinces), but I want their troops and dread disbanding them. So far I have been putting these guys on the frontline and letting attrition purge the units of bad leaders, but it's random and a painfull process that sometimes backfires.

Oh Yeah, katank's comment on bridges brings up an interesting observation. When playing my first campaign, before patching to VI 2.1, bridge maps were damned near impossible without taking huge losses. Now I can usually get fast units accross before the enemy sets up a proper defense and flank them. Did the patch do anything to the AI in bridge conflicts or am I just lucky so far?