Your best generals

[miho]

I'm dedicating this thread to all of those guys who either bravely fought for our causes or used their brilliance to make money for their us. They have either high acumen or command. They are uber generals. Here are some from my current campaign.





Aren't they good?

[m52nickerson]

I once had a Polish general who had full stars, dread, and accuman. He was also a great warrior, and legedary leader. I posted him in a couple of threads with pics but have since gotten rid of them.

[Graphic]

I posted this months ago. I think I've had better since but didn't take a screen of them.

[Knight Templar]

These ex-royal units should be excluded. I mean with some Catholic nations or Byzs you have have plenty of 8/9 star princes, some of them get high acumen (if not, you can give them title to improve their c and a) and here you are, you have 9l,9c,9a and for example 6p and 5d general.
How can non-royal generals compete with them ??

[miho]

How can non-royal generals compete with them ??

Check my guys. They aren't of royal blood.

[Knight Templar]

Yes, they are, when ex-prince with royal surname dies, he's replaced with general with exactely same characteristics(l,p,d,c,a) and V-and-V.

[miho]

Yes, they are, when ex-prince with royal surname dies, he's replaced with general with exactely same characteristics(l,p,d,c,a) and V-and-V.

No, they're not. They don't have the crown left of their portrait which signifies thet the are of noble birth. Governor of Sicily was the first royal knight I trained and I remember being suprised with how good he was.

[Graphic]

These ex-royal units should be excluded.

Why? The question is best general, not best non-ex-royal general. They're generals like everyone else.

[antisocialmunky]

I've never got valour above single digits, but I've heard of a 16 valour Joms Vikings unit(MTW).

[Saracen_Warrior]

And they're not exroyals anyways. Miho's generals are not exroyals. The crowm stays afterward or else what would be the point of it. ANyone could jsut read the pricne part and know they're royals. Do you need screen shots to prove it. Ill take a shot of a prince before and after his brother becomes King.

I dont even need to do that anyways if you notice Graphics general is referred to as Lord not prince so hes obviousl had one ofhis brothers crowned yet at same time he still has the crown indicating royal blood. So princes keep the crown thing.

[Graphic]

The screenshot isn't neccissarily to prove it, it's just cooler to look at =)

[miho]

But what's the point in not having ex-royals compete as best generals?

[Deus Ex]

I think the whole issue is that some people see it as "competing" - when I believe the point of the thread was just to show and tell stories of your best generals. There is no prize - it is not a competition - princes', kings, and ex-royalty should all be considered - just show us your favorite/best generals.

IMHO of course...

DE

[miho]

That was my point. I wanted people to show their best generals so we can admire each other, not compete. This has gone in the wrong direction. Just post pics of your generals and if you want you can tell a story about them.

[miho]

Here are the V&Vs of my guys

[lugh]

On the ex-royals issue:
The reason I think some people want them excluded is that you can get unbeleibvably good generals fromsecond sons. Try fulfilling all the crusades in a single Kings reign and see what his younger sons turn out as, they're godamn monstrous. Put them in charge of a decent army and those 9*s' worth of extra valour is going to tear through enemy armies allowing the general to rack up even greater stats. Take a look at mine, expert attacker, great against poor odds etc etc.

On the Genoese:
Yeah, the Marquis is right, Genoese in XL. I was turtling mainly, took the peninsula and the Holy Lands and just teched up and had fun destroying massive French and Egyptian armies (I had 5 9* generals by the end of that campaign). I only had ships to keep the Holy Lands in contact with home and hadn't spammed bishops to spy everywhere.
The Genoese appeared on my borders in Spain and the Holy Lands around 1320 and I realised something was very badly wrong. I spent a century and a half supporting other factions against them, kind of in a cold war scenario, we never traded blows ourselves. I'd assasinate, burn generals, cause revolts where I could and scoop up the provinces when they rebelled. Pretty much all the territoty but Spain and the mid east was taken in that manner.
I still won though on GA points, so it's all good.

[Eternal Champion]

On the ex-royals issue:
The reason I think some people want them excluded is that you can get unbeleibvably good generals fromsecond sons.

Exactly, just look at the Byz in early with all those high command princes just given to you early in the game. Also princes are "born" with V&vVs that also boost stats. I think some feel that those guys who came from the ground up (1 * or 2 *), duking it out battle after battle eraning those * to be just a little more amazing then the random 8* star heir born with valor and stat pumping V&V's. It doesn't make those guys less valuable, just less amazing.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to have any of those guys shown in this thread.

[m52nickerson]

Exactly, just look at the Byz in early with all those high command princes just given to you early in the game. Also princes are "born" with V&vVs that also boost stats. I think some feel that those guys who came from the ground up (1 * or 2 *), duking it out battle after battle eraning those * to be just a little more amazing then the random 8* star heir born with valor and stat pumping V&V's. It doesn't make those guys less valuable, just less amazing.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to have any of those guys shown in this thread.

Absolutely, I tend to like my 4-5 star generals who came from nothing better then the 7-8 star princes. I also like generals who are in infantry units. I always put them right in the fight with there men, were a good leader should be.

[The Darkhorn]

I had a 9 star Katank die within a couple of minutes of routing the center of the mongol line after charging downhill into a mass of warriors. I don't get it. Perhaps someone shot him?