I have a problem with AI bodyguards. :\

**pezhetairoi** · 04-29-2007, 02:15

Well, yeah. I've always done tying them down with BGs and pendulum-charging them to death. But that doesn't work in the cities where they congregate, since the bodyguards in the field are chronically capable of charging straight into my pantodapoi phalangitai, which are the best I've got owing to my reluctance to recruit mercenaries. They always get decimated there. But in the cities, in the cities! I don't think they do primary weapon charges there, just two hundred Sahigan Pahr in Kiat took down practically 80% of my Somatophylakes PLUS one family member, as well as over 300 pantodapoi phalangitai to boot... Erk.

I guess what i'm looking for is, is there any way to either nerf the AI generals' traits, or better my own through scripting?

And anyways, another question: Does '+1 to your bodyguard's valour' mean an addition to bodyguard size, or something other?

**Fondor_Yards** · 04-29-2007, 02:19

Gives them 1 exp chevron

**pezhetairoi** · 04-29-2007, 02:26

oh. right. Bah, is there no way i can increase my bodyguard size? Perhaps by editing the base unit size in EDB or something? I just feel more comfortable with bigger numbers for my faction at least.

**Centurio Nixalsverdrus** · 04-29-2007, 02:34

Second, the bodyguard sizes are really annoying. And my personal experience, in melee the cavalry fights better with spears than with kopis.

I have a guy called Perdikkas sitting around in Edessa, he is a really experienced general, and having influence about 4 or 5, and since he fought his last battle a few years ago, he stayed in Edessa with 28 somatophylakes and not got a single one to reinforce his personal corps since then.

**Zaknafien** · 04-29-2007, 03:43

just wait around for their influence to raise. I always get romani family members up to 80 or so bodyguards, just got to wait till influence gets to 8 or 9 or 10 or so. i dont use my family members for any type of offense though.