Quote Originally Posted by Turbo
Just a thought...

Can you change the unit the General commands from cavalry to infantry. I think this is possible -- In the Export_descrip_unit you can switch the general_unit attribute to infantry units instead of cavalry.

My reasoning is that the AI is not as reckless with infantry as it is with cavalry and you don't have the issue with the AI General outpacing the infantry and trying to take on an entire army by himself.
Good idea but this particular AI issue really needs to be addressed in a patch ASAP. For whatever reason CA turned back the clock on certain aspects of the Total War tactical AI to its pre-patched MTW ways. I remember when MTW's generals were fairly suicidal and people complained about it. CA listened to our complaints and addressed them in a patch. Suddenly we had AI generals that actually held back and acted as a tactical reserve instead of blindly charging into the fray and getting killed so there's hope yet for the future of RTW's tactical AI.