Why can't Pontus construct roads!?

**Dayve** · 04-07-2006, 01:23

Nah seriously... Why can't Pontus build paved roads? They are civilised... Surely they should be able to build them? And every general i've had so far is dejected, just wondering why...

**Chester** · 04-07-2006, 01:27

You know, you can still go far with a poor general. I often ignore retinues and character traits, and just randomly place my generals in cities or in legions.

During times of war, which is almost constant, I just fling them into action like there is no tommorrow.

Dull, Dejected, poor tactician... In the end I still win the majority of my battles.

**Dayve** · 04-07-2006, 03:48

Yeah i like to try to play as realistically as possible though... Surely a king wouldn't appoint a dumb, un-inspiring depressed loser as commander of a legion/army... Especially i don't think the Romans would do that...

**QwertyMIDX** · 04-07-2006, 04:13

There were plenty of dumb/uninspiring commanders of Roman armies.

**Kull** · 04-07-2006, 04:57

Originally Posted by QwertyMIDX

There were plenty of dumb/uninspiring commanders of Roman armies.

Not just Rome either. In fact MOST generals should get the "incompetent brother-in-law" trait:

"Alas, this General should have followed his heart and gone into gardening. Once he would have made flowers bloom and grapes hang heavy on the vine. Now a long evening in the company of the grape is as close as this man will ever get to his true avocation. And it's his soldiers' heads that hang heavy as they march off to reap the harvest of defeat."

**QwertyMIDX** · 04-07-2006, 05:06

Yup, plenty of generals from plenty of states were pretty lousy.

**Chester** · 04-07-2006, 07:48

That's an interesting point, how does one become a General in Roman society during the EB time frame.

If the position was appointed through bloodline and nobility, I could see the vast majority being sub-par generals. Could low level soldiers advance in rank?