Quote Originally Posted by screwtype
My general's already got more stars than I can poke a stick at so maybe that's why my units aren't routing at all.
I guess that's the difference. I don't take my best general and steamroller the AI. The best battles are when the generals are closely matched, and the strongest AI generals I've encounted are 6 stars with most in the 2 - 4 star range. All of the Total War games give too much combat boost to the units via the command stars, and when there's a big disparity in power between the two armies there isn't much need for tactics.