Way to stay on topic...

Anywayz, a lot of ppl seem to forget that one of the biggest frustrations that Roman generals had was... OTHER Roman generals. There are enough famous battles where one Roman general was winning until his idiot cohort blundered his way into defeat. Just be glad CA doesn't have the "i'll be general today and you be general tomorrow" system that the early Romans were fond of.

Personally, I find the pathfinding more frustrating than stupid generals. In general (no pun...) I find friendly generals somewhat relieving in ONE specific situation... when I need more fodder. I will never be upset when another faction, one of my "allies" wants to help. They're more than welcome to die for me.

That being said, there are too many suicidial generals. But as for the non-ability to control ALL of the troops on the battlefield... the ability to instantaneously control 16 units is a bit beyond realistic. Just be glad you don't have to have battlefield messengers or flag systems or semiphor or tin cans with a wire between them.

That ALSO being said... the AI really does suck at times, but that aside, god I LOVE this game!!

-yonder