Go ahead and catch that nap General, I won't be needing your services today.

I've been finding myself avoiding using generals unless I absolutely, positively have to. Their salary is pretty high for such a small boost to the chance of victory, and their salary goes up the more territory you have, which doesn't help.


You only seem likely to finish off one General's arc on a playthrough - maybe two on a long one. Unless something unexpected happens, a lot of my battles are in the 85%+ chance of auto-resolve and I have the Imperial army do it. The problem is that there are way too few battles where the odds are bad for me.

Here's why: A big part of this problem is because the unexpected almost NEVER happens. There's no round-robin, you always take your turn first in single-player, meaning that you almost always choose the battlefields that turn, and so you use your general even less than you would otherwise.

I just don't have any motive to use the generals - not at that expense.


I do have some kind of idea, but I'm not sure if it's a good one or not: Have the Generals gain experience when used in battle, and have that help boost their stats. That would at least give a reason to use them, or engaging in more fights than you can do yourself, knowing that a General is capable of doing it.

This would probably lead you to focus more on using Generals whose story arcs you are progressing, which would help playthroughs feel more unique. The different generals specializing in different areas would actually matter more, maybe?


Additionally, one complaint I have with the current generals system, is that you only seem to be rewarded with boosts to their stats for certain choices. If you pick "wrong", no boost for you. For Catherine, I finished her arc and she gained 3 new stats. I finished Henry's arc and he only gained 1. EDIT: My mistake, he gained 2 stats.

I'd prefer minor stat boosts for all choices, but different stats are boosted depending on what you chose.

Last edited by Stabbey; 12/08/13 12:28 AM. Reason: two stats, not one