Captured an Eagle?

[Viking]

can the Senate reward you with a first cohort? (as a roman faction)

Yes, after you`ve successfully completed a mission, you can be rewarded by either an early legionary, or legionary 1st cohort.

[Cras]

wow... 2 days ago I captured one eagle in defending my city. Yesterday my all cavalry army (I play the sassanids) captured 2 eagles(!!!) in one battle

It cost me though, those WRE armies are tough to beat....

[x-dANGEr]

WRE and Sass? You're advanced in the campaign then heh :P

I was wondering, when do you get the 1st Legionary Cohorts in Rome: Total War to train?

[Viking]

I was wondering, when do you get the 1st Legionary Cohorts in Rome: Total War to train?

Otherwise something has changed, you can only train legionary 1st cohorts in Rome.

[Cras]

you can train them anywhere as long als you built the super duper barracks..

[symball]

nope- rome only in R:TW- its in BI that you can train them anywhere (and then you get the differnt names for the legions)

[Cras]

I have one city with a general with a eagle, and one field general with 2 eagles...

what happens when they die of old age? will the eagles pass on? I dont think so, but in real life I would assume so....

[Ludens]

I have one city with a general with a eagle, and one field general with 2 eagles...

what happens when they die of old age? will the eagles pass on? I dont think so, but in real life I would assume so....

Do you mean generals with first cohort units or generals with eagle-taker traits? In the first case, the units will not disapppear if the general dies. In the second case: the eagles are merely symbols. It is the fact that the general captured them that gives him such influence. Because his son has not captured them, he won't get the influence (even though he probably inherited dad's war trophies).

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

What do you mean by that they have healed their wounds? I`m pretty sure I took down three 1st cohorts, with no damage before the battle, and without getting an Eagle.

Maybe you wiped them all out on the map but if even one soldier is revived by a surgeon after the battle you didn't ge the Eagle.

[Cras]

revived??? like general hospital stuff...?? you have got to be kidding!

[Viking]

Maybe you wiped them all out on the map but if even one soldier is revived by a surgeon after the battle you didn't ge the Eagle.

I won the battle; no one can still be alive after a defeat.

[Cras]

well you have to actually Kill every legionair on the battle field.. if one escapes he might not show up as an army on the map after the battle but it will mean he brought the eagle to safety....

[Viking]

well you have to actually Kill every legionair on the battle field.. if one escapes he might not show up as an army on the map after the battle but it will mean he brought the eagle to safety....

I killed every legionary I saw. I watched carefully that the entire units were wiped out.

[Drusus Magnus]

I killed every legionary I saw. I watched carefully that the entire units were wiped out.

If you get the "Enemy Army Routs" message after the battle you should get the eagle, I think.

Well today I captured my first eagle ever, I took it from the Senate as the Julii. I would of waited but I saw they had trained a legionary first cohort and wanted to try and get an eagle! Hurrah. I also exterminated Rome.

[Viking]

If you get the "Enemy Army Routs" message after the battle you should get the eagle, I think.

Well today I captured my first eagle ever, I took it from the Senate as the Julii. I would of waited but I saw they had trained a legionary first cohort and wanted to try and get an eagle! Hurrah. I also exterminated Rome.

I`m not sure if I did, some time back the actual battles happened. I did capture a couple of Eagles in the same campaign, tho, and I can`t find much difference betwenn the battles.

Congrats anyway with your first eagle capture.

[Ciaran]

You do, however, not get an eagle if you defeat a First Cohort in a siege battle. In my Egypt campaign, the Bruti had two First Cohorts in Thessalonica, so I thought I´d improve the stats of my heir to the throne a bit and besieged Thessalonica with his army. They captured it, alright, but no eagle for me

[Viking]

You do, however, not get an eagle if you defeat a First Cohort in a siege battle. In my Egypt campaign, the Bruti had two First Cohorts in Thessalonica, so I thought I´d improve the stats of my heir to the throne a bit and besieged Thessalonica with his army. They captured it, alright, but no eagle for me

That could explain my troubles, I don`t think I`ve gotten any eagles after siege battles, but I`ve killled quite a few 1st cohorts in them.

[Celt Centurion]

I have captured lots of eagles. There have been a few times that I should have gotten one and didn't. I can only imagine that one of those old boys from the First Cohort got away, and I didn't see him.

Last night, I finished a Brutii Campaign. The General which led the thrust to take Rome captured 3 Eagles in successive turns from 3 successive armies. Each turn, the statistics beside him increased in prestige. After the third one, they read, "Eagle Collector".

He was also renamed to (get this)

"Numerius of Eagles." Really, he was. I didn't make it up.

The Generals losing the Eagles didn't have anything to worry about though, because they were killed.

Although there have been many assaults in the other games to take back Eagles, I have not lost any yet. In the recent one, Rome had it's own problems, and didn't have an army to defend Rome AND try to take an Eagle from Capua. Scipii is destroyed, and I have driven the Julii all the way up to Barbarian Country.

I will start another campaign soon.

Strength and Honor,

Celt Centurion

[Viking]

IHe was also renamed to (get this)

"Numerius of Eagles." Really, he was. I didn't make it up.

I got such a general, too.

[Drusus Magnus]

I got such a general, too.

Arcadius of the Eagles, that's a badass name. Arcadius sounds more powerful than Flavius or something. What I'm wondering, though, is how you get to keep him so loyal even with that command rating?

[Ciaran]

Arcadius, sounds like a demon
I think capturing all those eagles boosted his command stats, at lest that´s what they do in RTW, so maybe in BI they do so, too.

[Viking]

Arcadius, sounds like a demon
I think capturing all those eagles boosted his command stats, at lest that´s what they do in RTW, so maybe in BI they do so, too.

Yes, capturing eagles boosts command stats in BI as well. This guy have three extra command stars thanks to three eagle capturees(sp?). It might be that eagles give extra command stars without reducing loyality.

Reloading my old save, I found that he had a loyality trait and was appointed Magister equitum, such that he should only have a total of 4 loyality points; so he must have been born quite loyal, that`s for sure.

Btw, here is an "updated" screenshot of his stats.



He now has 8 command stars instead of 6, but he`s still equally loyal.

[Cras]

what happens if they are less loyal? do they turn on you?

[Ludens]

what happens if they are less loyal? do they turn on you?

In BI both Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire have a shadow-faction, called Eastern Roman Rebels and Western Roman Rebels. Any rebelling generals or cities will join these factions, taking any units under their command with them. I read somewhere they may occasionally rebel back. Other factions don't have these shadow-factions, so their generals always stay loyal.

[Drusus Magnus]

In BI both Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire have a shadow-faction, called Eastern Roman Rebels and Western Roman Rebels. Any rebelling generals or cities will join these factions, taking any units under their command with them. I read somewhere they may occasionally rebel back. Other factions don't have these shadow-factions, so their generals always stay loyal.

The Goths have them too. I think originally the Berbers and the Huns were supposed to have them too, but I think they got deleted ( there are traces of a Moors and White Huns faction, I think ).

On that loyalty thing, I was going for something different in my new Western Empire campaign, and I decided to let Gaul rebel. Within three turns, a massive Western Rebel Empire came up, which revolted back to me entirely in another 4 turns...

[Goalie]

Does capturing an eagle do anything?

[Atilius]

I read somewhere they may occasionally rebel back.

I've had this happen. The guy became a WRE rebel and then returned to the fold later on. The funny thing was that in the family tree, his original portrait was blacked out and he got a brand new one when he returned.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

nope- rome only in R:TW- its in BI that you can train them anywhere (and then you get the differnt names for the legions)

so in BI if you train a comitanses first cohort, it gets a name? (i always wanted to name legions!)

[Divine Wind]

so in BI if you train a comitanses first cohort, it gets a name? (i always wanted to name legions!)

Yeah it gets named after whatever province is was recruited in for example,

Legio I Macedonia

Then as it progress II, III, IV etc

[The Spartan (Returns)]

But they dont do that in RTW do they?