How kings / princes earn stars in battles ?

[lordrune]

In RTW, does it matter whether the general's specific unit makes contact with the enemy or not? Sometimes I just let my infantry do the work, while holding the general's cavalry in reserve the whole fight.

[Revenant69]

In RTW, does it matter whether the general's specific unit makes contact with the enemy or not? Sometimes I just let my infantry do the work, while holding the general's cavalry in reserve the whole fight.

As far as I know, the general's unit gains experience (chevrons) faster if involved in melee - quite fair IMHO. As far as the stars - I'm not sure about that one.

[lugh]

Well, there's too routes to command stars.
One is, as described, just accumalating wins. The more wins, the more stars.
The second is if the general performs very well in particular conditions.
For example if he consistently defeats armies that are much bigger than his he might get "Skilled Poor Odds Attacker", giving him an extra command* when attacking against poor odds. Of course, there's the opposite, if he constantly get's knocked about when attacking he might develop into a poor attacker.

Lordrune, I don't know about RTW, but in MTW there is a line of V&Vs that reflect a generals record of engaging in the battles. I've rarely seen it, but Timorous I think it is, makes the general suffer from morale and valour penalties.