An embarrassing question from a MTW newb.

[Asmodai]

Shouldn't it tell you if he dies or not? I have 2 heirs now so i'm using one in battle since he has such a high command star rating, the other is in a castle in Wessex safe as houses.

One thing though... I accidentally clicked the 'rout' command instead of the 'group' button and my general started to run away, then after the battle got the 'good runner' trait, saying he had run away more than once, and -3 morale... What's up with that?

Generals get virtues and vices after battles, and this is dependent on how they behave on the battlefield. If general runs away, he get good runner vice. If you throw him into thick of battle, he get good battle virtues like: Mighty warrior or somethink similar.

As for heirs....try to keep them out of the fighting, and store them up in your central province. Many heirs have low loyalty, so keep them near your king, so they dont start civil war. Also, when one of your heirs have vices that are not tolerable(unhinged loon for egs.) throw him into battle. Obviously, he must not survive that battle.

[Ulfang]

Well whether you clicked on it by accident or not you General ran in front of all his forces so obviously he'd get a bad rep for that. As for your Heir Units you do need to use them very carefully. Royal Cavalry are very precious units and very difficult to replace in the early period so you need to protect them and only use them where necessary. You can only recruit them after building several expensive buildings and they are also expensive to recruit so should be protected at all costs.

[acesman]

I miss MTW :) Haven't played it much since I got RTW but decided to have another go with it last week but unforunately my comps have changed since I last played it and it doesn't like my Radeon Card now or at least the drivers.

I had a friend that had the same problem, he solved it by going to the video option in M:TW and reducing the strategic map to 800X600. I know it is off topic, but hope it helps.

I agree that if you have an inbred, strange, unhinged loon for an heir you should use him in battle, but if succeeds, he may get some good traits that will balance out, or at least some stars. I rarely kill an heir unless I am being overrun with them, death can come swiftly and heirs may become rare.

[HopAlongBunny]

ppl may rail against the cheatcodes however:

when faced with no heir one will be born if you type .unfreeze.

type it exactly as it it above (begin with the . and end with the .

the heir will have to come of age...so you need to plan a wee bit.

welcome to the .org!

[Dayve]

Nah i will not cheat, i'm against cheating... Unless of course you're bored and cheat for a laugh.

Thanks.

[ajaxfetish]

Nah i will not cheat, i'm against cheating... Unless of course you're bored and cheat for a laugh.

Thanks.

One cheat you might consider is .matteosartori. It doesn't necessarily give you any advantage. It allows you to see the entire map without having to send out hordes of priests or spies (though you still don't get the details of what's going on inside a province). I like to see the history of the whole continent unfold, and I think the cheat actually allows me to do this more objectively than by flooding the map with agents, who will have an effect on the provinces I put them in.

Ajax

[Mithrandir]

I like to see the history of the whole continent unfold, and I think the cheat actually allows me to do this more objectively than by flooding the map with agents, who will have an effect on the provinces I put them in.

Ajax

But the agents also cost money :)
admit it ajax, you're just as lazy as the kings of old

-Mithrandir.

[Dayve]

One cheat you might consider is .matteosartori. It doesn't necessarily give you any advantage. It allows you to see the entire map without having to send out hordes of priests or spies (though you still don't get the details of what's going on inside a province). I like to see the history of the whole continent unfold, and I think the cheat actually allows me to do this more objectively than by flooding the map with agents, who will have an effect on the provinces I put them in.

Ajax

Thanks Ajax. I was gona ask how to lift the fog of war... I don't really conider that cheating anyway. Where do i enter that to make it work though?

[HopAlongBunny]

You will find the AI is much better in MTW (still needs work but...)

I actually had an AI general refuse to commit his core troops and run me around the battlefield...he actually ran my horse archers out of ammo. All the "padding" was killed but it left me with either a withdrawl or a bloody battle against spears and a RK (the HA were all I had on the field)

The bonuses to morale for the higher settings make the game much more challenging; in some cases the AI appears to get a lil smarter as well.

Reccomended reading: Frogbeastegg: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=31445

and anything else in the Guides section that looks interesting

Enjoy :)

[Dayve]

I have noticed that the AI is better in MTW... I almost lost a battle today against French peasants, what a shock i got. My army was spearmen and archers, and even my king with 4 command stars! The enemy peasants attempted to outflank my line of spearmen on the left side causing one unit to actually rout... Their royal cavalry did damage too, it was close but i won... Never thought peasants could be effective like that.

[Ciaran]

Yes, the battle AI is definitely better than Rome´s. And follow HopalongBunnys advice of getting the Frog Godesses guides. After reading them you´ll see why she´s called the Frog Goddess