Quote Originally Posted by Didz
In my book an exceptional commander is the one who achieves his goals without fighting. Any commander who has to resort to military action has in my opinion already failed.
Well, in real life, I suppose I can agree. After all, Sun Tzu did say:
"to subjugate the enemy's army without doing battle is the highest of excellence."
But hey, what would R:TW be without battles, so I say, ignore the exceptional, on with the fighting and make more head soup.