How did the suicidal Generals get past the testers?

[Indylavi]

For my experience the AI just uses the General as another standard unit. I’ve cut down 2 units of Cavalry on then the AI General charges right into the fight. There should be a way of somehow “marking” the General unit and having the AI protect that unit. Then again I’m not sure that is possible with the AI coding. Like has been stated, In MTW this was combated by giving the General a lot of bonuses so even if they did charge headlong into an attack they wouldn’t die right away. That option seems to be an easier fix than redoing the AI programming. I hated the uber Generals of MTW but I honestly could tolerate that a lot more than these Generals that throw their life away needlessly.

[lancelot]

Rome: Total War is like the greatest battletank the world has ever known. It has the biggest gun. It has the heaviest armour. It can go the fastest. It's as fuel efficient as a BMW.

....but it is crewed by monkeys

LOL. Classic.

Given all the wonderful positives in this game, and the fact that there are very few truly bad bugs in it, I'm prepared to cut CA a big amount of slack in this area. You might want to consider it too. Its not a 'big buggy mess' that some folks on this board are whining on about.. It does have bugs, surely.. but so did MTW and STW when they first came out.

Fair enough points, but I would counter with-

1) I was not complaining about a 'buggy mess'

2) As I mentioned before, I dont consider this just a bug, I consider this a pretty BIG, game altering bug. Even after considering your points I still believe this was too big to let through. Yea, everyone expects a bug or 2 but this one isnt like the 'ships get stuck' one, this one can have a profound effect on the game.

3)IIRC, the demo generals didnt have this problem. Which again leads me to believe that this problem should not have got through because at one point it WASNT a problem.

[TheDuck]

LOL. Classic.




Fair enough points, but I would counter with-

1) I was not complaining about a 'buggy mess'

2) As I mentioned before, I dont consider this just a bug, I consider this a pretty BIG, game altering bug. Even after considering your points I still believe this was too big to let through. Yea, everyone expects a bug or 2 but this one isnt like the 'ships get stuck' one, this one can have a profound effect on the game.

3)IIRC, the demo generals didnt have this problem. Which again leads me to believe that this problem should not have got through because at one point it WASNT a problem.

Go back and re-read my post. Yes, I also don't like it. But I'm cutting them slack on it until I see a patch or two.