How much impact does a generals death have on army morale?

[DaciaJC]

It really becomes apparent when you move a general from a siege and two seasons later they are getting negative morale modifiers despite being in a type1 city.

If, for example, your general was "starving", the next season he will be only "tightening the belt", and then next "rationing", and so forth (assuming he moves into a friendly province).

[John the Mad]

If, for example, your general was "starving", the next season he will be only "tightening the belt", and then next "rationing", and so forth (assuming he moves into a friendly province).

I'm still trying to work out the in supply and rationing issue.

Heres a question..If you get a double message during a faction announcement that your general's troops have "Belts tightened" do they only recieve the -2 morale modifier or a -4 morale modifier?

Anyhow i just witnessed an even worse route.

3700 Epirotes against 3000 romans..

Death toll was 3600 for the Eporite army and 59 for the Roman.

Though the Roman army had every unit with double or triple silver chevrons after almost 20 years of non-stop fighting.The only time i rested them was when their previous general got a triumph and they spent a season celebrating in Rome.

[Vasiliyi]

I fought a pretty tough battle today against rebel getains. I destroyed the getai early in the game and let a rebel 3/4 stack stay while I mopped up elsewhere. I decided to use my regional army of 2 levy phalanxes, 2 thurophorois, 1 slinger, 1 fm and 1 thrakian podromoi. The enemy army had a ton of heavy infantry and naked spearmen.

At first my phalanxes were being ripped apart by the naked spear men, I managed to kill one unit of them, but they literally fought to the last man. This also happened to a galothraikes unit They did not rout at all. Then I managed to make their general chase my fm and I killed him. During this time, our armies were resting, meaning our lines weren't engaged. As soon as their general died, the whole army of about 8 units hightailed it back to the hills. They seriously routed without being in combat.

Id like to say that not many of them left the field.

So yes, a generals death has massive impact on the battlefield. Especially if he is the FL of a dead faction.

[John the Mad]

I don't know it seems iffy.

I had a battle the other day with a Cartho where the general decided to march off the field after attacking me..I had a cohort of Samnites mauled by elephants,and had to use two cohorts of cav to counter them(funny how elephants are so damn fast in the game,you can't even use skirmeshers to counter them because by the time they throw their first shot the elephants have already mauled a unit or two).

After his elephants are killed he decides to go offboard.Soon after all of the units he was commanding rout.

I'm begining to think Carthos have a strong initial attack and weak morale,and staying power, if the enemy don't break on contact.