how old do generals get

**adg** · 03-16-2005, 19:41

he made it to 109. he only died because Alexandria caught the Plague :(. I'm gonna miss him

heres a screenshot
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ng_god/rtw.jpg

**Wishazu** · 03-16-2005, 20:46

my carthiginian faction leader once lived to be 98 and his bodyguard unit had 93 men in it, this was on large unit scale. man he charged and the enemy just melted lol

**Malrubius** · 03-20-2005, 16:05

Originally Posted by Wishazu

my carthiginian faction leader once lived to be 98 and his bodyguard unit had 93 men in it, this was on large unit scale. man he charged and the enemy just melted lol

Dang! My Hanno the Cunning died in the eruption of Mount Etna at the age of 74. I'm lucky I had just given Hasdrubal his retainers and moved him to Lilybaeum or I might have lost them both. I was worried Hanno was about to kick the bucket since his wife had died a few years before and couldn't take care of him. I had no idea he might have made it that long, though!

I do think that public health buildings and the retainer Ctesibus can have a positive effect on how long a general lives, though (after they hit 60, I try to send them back to the capital or other developed city for this reason). I wonder if the good health VnV's help, as well? I'm guessing barbarian factions don't have sewers or public baths, right?

I'd guess there's a check at the start of each year, with bonuses to the check depending on public health and virtues, but I don't have any empirical data.

Originally Posted by oaty

Dying peacefully can be bugged. This happens when 2 or more generals go into combat in the same stack. If a general whos is not in charge dies, even though they died in battle it will display that they died peacefully

The Celtiberians under Caraunios attacked my unit led by a captain, and general Theophanes joined the battle as a reinforcement. He died in that debacle and his portrait now displays "died peacefully 261BC". Losing him and Hanno in the same year gives me a shortage of family members.

**Craterus** · 03-20-2005, 16:27

i recently lost one of my oldest generals
you start with him at the beginning of the Egyptian campaign - Kiya, he reached 87
10 star commander traits like legendary commander +5 command!
he was really great! crafted my empire...

**lars573** · 03-20-2005, 16:28

I've only had a handfull of generals die before 60. And they usually had some kind of sickly trait. Most of my generals die between 60 and 80. I've only ever had a handful make it over 80 and never to 90.

**Craterus** · 03-20-2005, 16:33

strangely my general (Kiya) had the trait "Given to Ill-Health - This man is plagued with many diseases, none of which have managed to kill him yet."
How do you swap retinue? i didnt know you could do that, can you fire retinue like "drinking companions" because they are useless

**Malrubius** · 03-20-2005, 18:48

Originally Posted by Craterus

strangely my general (Kiya) had the trait "Given to Ill-Health - This man is plagued with many diseases, none of which have managed to kill him yet."
How do you swap retinue? i didnt know you could do that, can you fire retinue like "drinking companions" because they are useless

You can't fire them, but you can trade them between generals by merging the two general units together. Then you can pull up the list of VnV's for one general and click and drag them down to the one you want to give them to.

If you get bad retainers, you can give them to your useless family members that you send around your backwater provinces building towers or fighting rebels or something. Some retainers conflict with each other and you can only have 8 per general. Same thing with spies, diplomats, etc. You can only swap retainers between like persons. No giving your spy's monkey to a general, etc.