I have a problem with AI bodyguards. :\

[AngryAngelDD]

hmm, i don´t have a problem with the bodyguard sizes as romani.
i play on huge unit size setting

my current Leader has 125 BG size (it won´t go higher i assume).
it is the first FM that get so much BG.

my other FM have between 50-90, depending on their age and how long they sit in a city.
i can´t say which other factors/traits influence the BG size, but i will look for...


one question: does the unit setting influences the size of the BG?
until now i didn´t believe that. IIRC even on large setting my BG could get more than 100 bg.

[pezhetairoi]

Well, I don't do too much replacing of cav with FMs, it's just that I have always brought along 2 family members per institutionalised fullstack army, a long standing army composition rule thing. After all, the generals always fought from the front in good ol' days. I just want more survivability, more than that fella across the battlefield from me with them wavy plumes and big bodyguard. And I just can't afford the time to accrue influence, it takes reaaaaally long, and there isn't even the guarantee that he will get 10 influence always, by a certain period of time.

Ah well. I've found out what I needed to know. I always thought command stars influenced the sizes, seeing some link between all the 9-star and 10-star generals I fought and their huge bodyguards, and seeing how only noob AI family members newly-come-of-age had 40 bodyguards, and not for long...