Contest: Your Best General

[myz]

Heeheeheehee, I don't think I need to elaborate.

[Kekvit Irae]

It wasnt MY general, but this Brutii certainly impressed me:
http://www.kekvitirae.com/buffroman.jpg

[AdamKelt]

Wow, kekvitirae, I'm impressed with how well your Germanic game is going! I never got the motor chugging - all the financial problems right off. I had to give it up. The Britons was waxing me.

Good show!

(and no, I have no impressive generals...:()

[Kekvit Irae]

Wow, kekvitirae, I'm impressed with how well your Germanic game is going! I never got the motor chugging - all the financial problems right off. I had to give it up. The Britons was waxing me.

Good show!

(and no, I have no impressive generals...:()

Take a good number of troops and blitzkrieg toward Rome and never stop.

And that game was over a long time ago. I cleaned out the Numidians, Cathagenians, Brutii, Macedonians, Thracians, and took out one Dacian province for the win. Once you capture Rome and get Chosen Archers, and build the Temple of Woden for Gothic Cavalry (complete with black eyeliner and vampire necklaces), the game becomes a cake-walk. Until you take Rome, or an equally-pleasing province, it's hell on earth.

[SpencerH]

It wasnt MY general, but this Brutii certainly impressed me:
http://www.kekvitirae.com/buffroman.jpg

Why, he's only 3 star?

[Kekvit Irae]

Why, he's only 3 star?

The V&V list. I dont count command as one's only stat that makes him the best

[Uesugi Kenshin]

One of my better generals was Quintus Scipio aka Scarface, Victor and something else I forget. Full command and influence and a few in management. Many great ancillaries, including one that put his hp up, so he ended up with 12 hp, cruelly scarred +8, general +1 above normal 1, ancillary +2. He also had a slew of great traits and other good ancillaries. Ironically he was of the Scipii while I was playing the SPQR and laying waste to their lands....

[Craterus]

I had a 10 star Egyptian, 8 Influence, 4 management. But unfortunately I don't have a screenshot.
He had Archimedes, Ariston of Chios and Aristophanes in his retinue as well. A legendary man and the crafter of my Egyptian empire, conqueror of all of Asia.

[Tricky Lady]

Okay, here's the best general I had so far in my postpatch games:



Perhaps the stats are not so impressive, but it was fun getting all those extra stars (although he started with 3 or 4 already).

EDIT: A pity that he's one of the many Scarfaces wandering around.

[Craterus]

I've noticed a lot of my generals are "scarfaces" now I've got 1.2. It's annoying because it takes away their cooler titles.

And also many generals would have had battle scars so why would people get a nickname about something that everyone who ever went to war had.

[Kekvit Irae]

I've noticed a lot of my generals are "scarfaces" now I've got 1.2. It's annoying because it takes away their cooler titles.

And also many generals would have had battle scars so why would people get a nickname about something that everyone who ever went to war had.

This is due to typos in the V&V file. You can download various mods which fix this, and many other V&V problems (read: poor farmer). Primarily, Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper... err... I mean Cherry Vanilla RTW.
(while I'm on it, further discussion on Cherry Vanilla and other mods should go to the RTW Modding forums, as to not clog up a neat thread with off-topic discuss)

[HarunTaiwan]

Use Bug-Fixer by Player One and you won't get all those Scarfaces.

Nice General, and so far the only one posted -which means you are No.1 as of now.

[Colovion]

you should all be ashamed

BEHOLD!

LUCIUS!

[HarunTaiwan]

I am impressed.

[unseen11]

you should all be ashamed

BEHOLD!

LUCIUS!

Wow....

[Colovion]

I made a post about him a while back:

This is my faction leader. The beginning of his reign he was quelling Gaulish invasions into the Italian Penninsula and then sat in his capital until he and his two brothers were in their late 50's. I brought them all together for a reunion and they trooped North to take out the Gaulish Faction leader. His two brothers died from old age on the march through the Northlands. His wife died on the return journey. He's the Best General I've yet had in RTW. Post yours. Yeah I had to use a photo editing program to get all the traits/retinue able to be viewed in one screeen.

[Craterus]

you should all be ashamed

BEHOLD!

LUCIUS!

I thought he was a cheat when I first saw it, wow!!

[Tricky Lady]

you should all be ashamed

BEHOLD!

LUCIUS!

What a surprise: Lucius..... "Scarface"...

Great general though!

Didn't he make it to "Lucius the Great"?

[Colovion]

What a surprise: Lucius..... "Scarface"...

Great general though!

Didn't he make it to "Lucius the Great"?

he did long before that was taken.... until Scarface took over

all his brothers were Scarfaces too

[Craterus]

How do you fix the "Scarface" thing again? I think I read it another forum..

Oh no, it's here..

Bug-Fixer by Player One

Is that a mod?

[Divinus Arma]

BEHOLD...

uhm, nevermind. you win.

[Colovion]

just because Ghengis Khan accomplished more tangible benefits than Hannibal through victories does not make the latter's victories any less noteworthy

[King Henry V]

My best was Augustus Gabinnius the Mighty, even though he wasn't of my faction's blood. He conquered Britannia, Germania, Italia, Dacia, Greece, Sicily, North Africa. Sorry for not having a picture, but there's problem and I can't play RTW anymore.

[Colovion]

My best was Augustus Gabinnius the Mighty, even though he wasn't of my faction's blood. He conquered Britannia, Germania, Italia, Dacia, Greece, Sicily, North Africa. Sorry for not having a picture, but there's problem and I can't play RTW anymore.

Wow!

That's quite an accomplishment! My Lucius never accomplished that much in tangible benefits! I bet he sure proved his worth to his step-father, that general of yours.

[Syntax]

/me revives thread in first post just to piss everyone off

Not the most impressive general ever, but I thought it was pretty cool that he had 10 stars by the time he was 21 (had 9 at 19).

[Craterus]

Nice general. He's great for 21. He doesn't look great for 21, he looks about 40

[Colovion]

Wow talk about a born leader!

Let us know how he turns out when he gets to be a little older, easily enough to rival Lucius I'm sure.