I had only tried general cam a few times in custom battles in the past, on RTW. It did have a certain flair about it, but for some reason I never really went with it consistently in campaigns or anything. This thread inspired to play with it again, and I did so on M2 in a custom battle. Great fun. A lot harder, lot more casualties. I'm continuing my current M2 campaign (with TLR mod) as the Sicilians with generals cam from here on out.

Man, this really forces you to make a lot more smaller decisions that you might otherwise overlook. Facing of battle when being attacked by two armies matters now. You have to figure out your best bet of laying siege when there are other forces close enough to attack before you storm the city. Do you make camp on the west or north-west of town? You might be attacked from behind one way and have to really move around, splitting forces and so on. The other option is bad terrain for your forces. You gotta' make tough choices. Wooo!

You know I think anyone who complains (and I suppose rightly so) about the AI being too easy and all that should play on general cam. It gives the game a whole new lease on life. Much fun. I'll definately be playin with general cam when .81 is released.