BI: Elusive Command stars?

[Dutch_guy]

yeah it's allot harder getting stars in BI, but then again this is a good thing; now it's harder facing the captain led stacks , since they have no stars too

However the down side is ,is that you now have to fight lot's and lot's of battles to get the night fighter ability....

[Orda Khan]

Hmm I have 6 star general, Balamber who has commander trait. He is also cavalry commander of genius and his 6 stars become 9 when he takes the field. At present he is 37 and has campaigned since 18. Possibly around 15 to 20 battles, not sure but he is not a night fighter

........Orda

[Dorkus]

I think they threw command rank out the window.

That is, you can no longer gain stars simply from winning x victories. Instead, you get stars through randomly acquired traits/retinue that are linked to certain victory conditions.

The good attacker/defender traits are also far harder to obtain. In fact, I'm not sure it's even POSSIBLE to gain the good attacker trait. You might have to be born with it.

All in all, I think it's an improvement. It really makes you value the stars more when you're not getting them every round. In RTW, I was hitting max command rating with EVERY general 4-5 rounds after starting a campaign with them.

[Ldvs]

I've just remembered that mine gained his star after a heroic victory (which are also much rarer now).