Quote Originally Posted by Foot
Stars give troops near the general a morale bonus, traits can give all units in the army a morale bonus. We've made the acquisition of trait-based morale bonuses more likely because we can allow a much greater degree of difference between generals than could be done by stars. However we've given rebel generals a command star boost to help their armies out when you fight them.

Thus, whilst command stars are not useless - they do give morale bonuses - they are no longer a reliable way of telling how good a general is; we fudge them for rebels and we use traits for players.

Foot
thx, now even me is understanding...