why is it so hard to get battle stars for my generals?

[Redmeth]

I just wanted to reemphasize that the biggest problem IMO are the kamikaze attacks that many-starred enemy AI generals are very prone to make.

It makes battles easier when they don't wait for more reinforcements and just come a quarter stack at a time.

I've seen enemy captains do it too, so the problem is on both sides because human controlled generals get so few stars the enemy is over-confident but a many-starred AI general is extremely confident to say the least.

I'm okay with the many stars of enemy generals they clearly need all the help they can get in battles, but the stars also seem to mess with their strat map behavior too.

So perhaps a hidden trait for AI generals giving them morale boosts for all troops will give them the needed help in battles while keeping them somewhat more under control on the strat map.