does the second general have effect on troops on battlefield?

**guineawolf** · 05-19-2007, 14:53

does the second general have effect on troops on battlefield?
situation: i place 2 family members on battlefield,will the command star of second family member effect troops on battlefield?will it have the same effect of the command general?meaning i can seperate my army in 2 part and let both 2 general giving them the effect of their command......

so i can cover the command radius of command general with second in command....

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 05-19-2007, 18:05

Hi guineawolf,
Sorry, but in that situation, only the primary general, the one commanding the whole battle, has effects on his troops. Sorry.

**guineawolf** · 05-19-2007, 19:57

Originally Posted by Omanes Alexandrapolites

Hi guineawolf,
Sorry, but in that situation, only the primary general, the one commanding the whole battle, has effects on his troops. Sorry.

arhhh....too bad.....

coz i am of having second in command to cover my troops morale like i do it in closecombat 5....(the most important thing most the time,coz if they don rout,even the peasant will have prove useful)

thanks.....now i know second family member only can use as cavalry....

**redriver** · 05-19-2007, 23:43

not entirely true.. if ya main general dies in battle ya still have your second one.. it's good to have a back up in case one of your generals die and ya out of town.

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 05-20-2007, 07:32

I'm not too sure about that redriver. In my experience, if the main general dies/runs away, the second guy simply acts as heavy cavalry - he never seems to take command. However, he still, strangely, gets traits out of the battle such as Good Commander, even though he was not commanding it. The same is often true for Captains and the man-of-the-hour event - my Captain died, but the new Captain of the army gained the prestigious reward of adoption.

**Ludens** · 05-20-2007, 12:16

One of the developers posted a long time ago that the game has no concept of a second-in-command. However, it appears any post-battle traits go to whoever is commanding the stack after the battle.

**bippukt** · 05-20-2007, 21:51

Originally Posted by Omanes Alexandrapolites

I'm not too sure about that redriver. In my experience, if the main general dies/runs away, the second guy simply acts as heavy cavalry - he never seems to take command. However, he still, strangely, gets traits out of the battle such as Good Commander, even though he was not commanding it. The same is often true for Captains and the man-of-the-hour event - my Captain died, but the new Captain of the army gained the prestigious reward of adoption.

This has happened to me as well. It was very nice to get a free general with 2 command stars when my old general died because I wasn't paying attention.