Weird Battles

[Peasant Phill]

It is a well known bug (?) that generals are more easily killed by artillery of any kind than any other unit. I think Ludens called it 'the jedi general gravitation effect' or something like that. It's kind of cheesy when you use it and sucks enormously when your on the receiving end.

[Thracian 06]

It's realistic. An army morale would drop greatly if the general died, although sometimes in MTW too great.

[Martok]

It's realistic. An army morale would drop greatly if the general died, although sometimes in MTW too great.

It's not realistic, however, that artillery--particularly pre-gunpowder units--would be so consistently accurate in finding and targeting enemy generals. I've seen it happen in the game far too often (to both my opponents and myself) for it to be even remotely realistic. Sure, a catapult crew might get a lucky shot now and then, but not every other time they're on the field!

[bamff]

True - let's face it, they often can't even manage to hit the arrow/ballista/catapult tower that you need them to take out in a castle assault.....sometimes they even struggle to hit a whole wall!

[Ludens]

It is a well known bug (?) that generals are more easily killed by artillery of any kind than any other unit. I think Ludens called it 'the jedi general gravitation effect' or something like that. It's kind of cheesy when you use it and sucks enormously when your on the receiving end.

Actually, that was someone elses phrase, though I can't for the life of me remember who.

Otherwise: yes, artillery get an accuracy bonus when targetting the general, and yes, it is cheesy and unrealistic as it becomes very easy to take out the enemy general in defensive battles.