Quote Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus View Post
Just morale. So far, no conclusive evidence supports the defence or even an attack bonus, as some people claim. I would really like to know what is the radius of that morale bonus though. Pretty much the only good thing that comes out of the command stars is the fact that they look "real pretty" when you are looking at that certain general. In EB, your soldier's morale is not nearly as important as in vanilla. In RTW/BI units sustained 70% or more casualties and routed all in mere seconds, especially in cav. vs cav. engagements.

I do not really have any problem with command stars. My generals serve usually no more than fifteen and usually only ten years in the military, all of them attaining more than five stars. My average general has 7 stars but only four of my generals has 8 stars. If I actually sent my Faction Leader into battle, he could easily gain 10 stars as he gained his 8 stars by doing nothing except sitting in Roma for his entire life. Despite this, all of my thirty-something 7 star generals have 10 stars when attacking, be it a field or siege battle since just about every one of them has the Confident Attacker and Gate Breaker traits along with the Runner ancillary. I am playing Romani, BTW.

CA has already stated that defense stars affect the defense stats of a generals entire army and the morale of units within a certain variable radius.

the radius for the morale bonus is (30 m + 5 m * command + 2 m * influence)