conquering an eagle

**Celt Centurion** · 08-29-2006, 01:02

Fighting, or even defeating a stack with First Cohort does not get you an Eagle.

You have to wipe out the cohort, kill them to the last man, and hopefully, you will get the eagle. There have been times which I wiped out several First Cohorts, only to get a notice of capturing only one Eagle.

Kill them to the last man, and you should get one, more often than not. Too bad that we cannot claim multiple eagles in a battle.

Strength and Honor
Celt Centurion

Originally Posted by ByzantineKnight

I fought a pawnd stack of 1st Cohorts with Urbans, and Praetorian Cav how come i didnt get an eagle

**ByzantineKnight** · 08-29-2006, 02:15

whats the point of getting eagles?

**Mr Durian** · 08-29-2006, 08:37

Whats a First Cohort Legion? Can I get one? Sorry I'm pretty new to this game.

**YAKOBU** · 08-29-2006, 10:17

Hi everyone

ByzantineKnight - Your general who captures the eagle gets additional command stars. I believe it's +1 for each eagle captured up to a maximum of 3.

Mr Durian - A First Cohort is a unit not a legion (unless you have a full legion made up of First Cohorts

). It is larger than a regular Legionary Cohort and gives a moral bonus to nearby troops.

N.B. For Those In The Know - Yes I'm cyber-slacking, oh how I miss this game !!

**ByzantineKnight** · 09-03-2006, 06:21

Originally Posted by YAKOBU

ByzantineKnight - Your general who captures the eagle gets additional command stars. I believe it's +1 for each eagle captured up to a maximum of 3.

is this what you want?

**YAKOBU** · 09-03-2006, 11:17

Hi ByzantineKnight

Sorry to nit-pick but it was me who wrote that

**ByzantineKnight** · 09-04-2006, 03:35

Originally Posted by YAKOBU

Hi ByzantineKnight

Sorry to nit-pick but it was me who wrote that

Sorry, ill fix it.

**Ludens** · 08-29-2006, 18:32

Originally Posted by Mr Durian

Whats a First Cohort Legion? Can I get one? Sorry I'm pretty new to this game.

In the standard R:TW campaign First Cohorts are an oversized legionary cohort unit that can only be build in Rome. The Senate used to hand them out as reward for completing their missions as well, though this doesn't seem to happen anymore since the 1.2 or 1.3 patch. Legionary first cohorts give a morale bonus to nearby units by virtue of possessing an eagle (which is displayed on top of their unit banner: if you have turned off banner you won't see it). The BI campaign has a similar unit for the Western and Eastern Roman Empire in the form of the Comitates First Cohort.

**ByzantineKnight** · 08-30-2006, 03:32

Originally Posted by Ludens

\which is displayed on top of their unit banner: if you have turned off banner you won't see it

How do you turn on\off the banners, Im playing Middle Earth Total War and They took the banners away

Thanks

**Ludens** · 08-30-2006, 11:22

Originally Posted by ByzantineKnight

How do you turn on\off the banners, Im playing Middle Earth Total War and They took the banners away

[R:TW Folder]/Preferences/Preferences.txt
Show_banner: TRUE/FALSE

**ByzantineKnight** · 08-31-2006, 02:13

Originally Posted by Ludens

[R:TW Folder]/Preferences/Preferences.txt
Show_banner: TRUE/FALSE

thanks!
one more thing, when you fight a battle they took away the battle toolbar and had the units (their cards) lined up at the bottom like MTW and then if you moved your mouse to the top middle the buttons would come down like a drop down toolbar thingie is there anyway to change that?