This is just ridicolous

[dgfred]

Never seen such a thing happen in all my years playing Total War.

You sure you didn't Rout him by mistake or something.

Do you have a REplay?

@budwise



Am I mistaking your meaning? It doesn't matter if you kill the Captured during the battle or after, you still get the +dread.

The thing is that, if killed during the battle, I *believe* it will have effect *during* the battle.

Need to give your General a little boost in effect? Got a couple hundred *captured*? Kill em!! So, the theory goes....

My theory is to kill them during the battle to freak their army out, I don't
know if it really has any effect though .

[Knight Templar]

Have you maybe checked logfile of the battle?

[EatYerGreens]

Have you maybe checked logfile of the battle?

I was going to recommend this myself but I don't mind being beaten to the wire.

What I'd suggest looking for is to see if you can find the record for the unit(s) you sent him to attack and find out if any men in that unit (most likely the unit leader carrying a vice) had negative valour at the start of the battle.

It could be a glitch in the 'valour transference' thing, whereby it has added the valour of a man killed to that of whoever killed him (likely your king himself) but it has added a negative value. Ouch!

I think a.s.m.'s post is closer to the mark, or it could be a combination of both.

If you can't find anything special about the log for the unit your king attacked, then maybe paste the section covering your king's unit into a reply, so we can pick over it. It should contain columns showing 'pre-battle valour' and 'post-battle valour', which should be revealing, particularly with regard to v0 respawned bodyguards.

[Patron]

Photoshop!!!!