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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Feb 25, 2020 22:44:28 GMT
Yes, that would be intelligent. But in order to unlock macarthur you have to beat relatively far into the game. 225 medals for a purple general with inf master, counterattack, formation master, and inspire is a pretty good deal. You could beat that far into the game with no problem so its not really that much of an issue (especially considering you have stonewall jackson). Neither is a bad choice. That is not 225 medals for a general with that skillset. That is 225 medals to give a horrible general +5% damage. A terrible deal. Why do you even want an infantry general that soon anyway? You almost only get awful infantry units in ACW and Artillery generals is what we need most in the early game. No I was talking about the aura. Sorry if I butchered the name. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Feb 25, 2020 22:46:32 GMT
That is not 225 medals for a general with that skillset. That is 225 medals to give a horrible general +5% damage. A terrible deal. Why do you even want an infantry general that soon anyway? You almost only get awful infantry units in ACW and Artillery generals is what we need most in the early game. Actually thinking about this you COULD get one for the german campaign where you get to use firebats, which are pretty good. But I’d only get Lee/Haig/Boroevic and all of them cost 500+ and I’d like Hindenburg before them. I guess one way you could start is getting Hotzendorf instead and quickly do some easy conquests and then get Haig if you really would like an infantry general ASAP. You could go the economic route with hotzendorf, beatty, mccellan, and macarthur who need very few textbook changes. Save the rest for lee and jackson. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Feb 25, 2020 22:48:13 GMT
Not I am saying transform Grant into a barclay type of general. Since he is pretty bad, spam other infantry units around him. After you get a second infantry general, you can gear him up with an extra skill as you won’t need an aura. He’ll be pretty useful cuz he is free and inspiration and counterattack will make him a good naval general.
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Post by SolidLight on Feb 25, 2020 23:51:16 GMT
Not I am saying transform Grant into a barclay type of general. Since he is pretty bad, spam other infantry units around him. After you get a second infantry general, you can gear him up with an extra skill as you won’t need an aura. He’ll be pretty useful cuz he is free and inspiration and counterattack will make him a good naval general. Oh right, inf. Commander. That’s a much better buy, but I still can’t recommend that. Auras are percentage based in this game so generic infantry units gets a really small boost from that since their base attack is bad. And there’s also that they can’t attack multiple times and can only scratch cities. A 2 skillswitched Stonewall Jackson alone on a light cav can probably do more work than a 2 skillswitched Grant with a group of like 4-5 infantry units. Inspiration could be handy when you face off against WW1 frigates so you don’t get stunned, but counterattack isn’t really great for navy since the enemy loves to attack your units who can’t counterattack and has a chance at avoiding the counterattack anyway. Too unreliable. Honestly I just can’t see how investing in Grant is optimal at all. The only thing I can think of is if you absolutely need someone to use Firebats ASAP. Which I don’t. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Feb 25, 2020 23:54:42 GMT
Not I am saying transform Grant into a barclay type of general. Since he is pretty bad, spam other infantry units around him. After you get a second infantry general, you can gear him up with an extra skill as you won’t need an aura. He’ll be pretty useful cuz he is free and inspiration and counterattack will make him a good naval general. Oh right, inf. Commander. That’s a much better buy, but I still can’t recommend that. Auras are percentage based in this game so generic infantry units gets a really small boost from that since their base attack is bad. And there’s also that they can’t attack multiple times and can only scratch cities. A 2 skillswitched Stonewall Jackson alone on a light cav can probably do more work than a 2 skillswitched Grant with a group of like 4-5 infantry units. Inspiration could be handy when you face off against WW1 frigates so you don’t get stunned, but counterattack isn’t really great for navy since the enemy loves to attack your units who can’t counterattack and has a chance at avoiding the counterattack anyway. Too unreliable. Honestly I just can’t see how investing in Grant is optimal at all. The only thing I can think of is if you absolutely need someone to use Firebats ASAP. Which I don’t. Ah so grant is unredeemably garbage. Poor grant |
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Post by SolidLight on Feb 26, 2020 0:08:22 GMT
Oh right, inf. Commander. That’s a much better buy, but I still can’t recommend that. Auras are percentage based in this game so generic infantry units gets a really small boost from that since their base attack is bad. And there’s also that they can’t attack multiple times and can only scratch cities. A 2 skillswitched Stonewall Jackson alone on a light cav can probably do more work than a 2 skillswitched Grant with a group of like 4-5 infantry units. Inspiration could be handy when you face off against WW1 frigates so you don’t get stunned, but counterattack isn’t really great for navy since the enemy loves to attack your units who can’t counterattack and has a chance at avoiding the counterattack anyway. Too unreliable. Honestly I just can’t see how investing in Grant is optimal at all. The only thing I can think of is if you absolutely need someone to use Firebats ASAP. Which I don’t. Ah so grant is unredeemably garbage. Poor grant Yup, sadly. He really deserved more. |
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Post by ambitiousace on Feb 26, 2020 11:58:57 GMT
It's too early to jump into conclusion since the next update is just around the corner..Maybe we'll get an OP inf general and a major shuffle of top pick general
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Post by SolidLight on Feb 26, 2020 13:25:03 GMT
It's too early to jump into conclusion since the next update is just around the corner..Maybe we'll get an OP inf general and a major shuffle of top pick general I doubt that. We need an artillery general at the start because we don’t get one before Selivanov (who is terrible) and because nothing else can siege effectively. We’d probably need universal grenadiers if any infantry general would be a top pick. And I seriously doubt ET is going to make any inf better than Lee anyway. |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Feb 26, 2020 13:27:03 GMT
It's too early to jump into conclusion since the next update is just around the corner..Maybe we'll get an OP inf general and a major shuffle of top pick general I doubt that. We need an artillery general at the start because we don’t get one before Selivanov (who is terrible) and because nothing else can siege effectively. We’d probably need universal grenadiers if any infantry general would be a top pick. And I seriously doubt ET is going to make any inf better than Lee anyway. def Lee top inf pick, major question is who will possibly pair with him next. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Feb 26, 2020 13:27:22 GMT
It's too early to jump into conclusion since the next update is just around the corner..Maybe we'll get an OP inf general and a major shuffle of top pick general I doubt that. We need an artillery general at the start because we don’t get one before Selivanov (who is terrible) and because nothing else can siege effectively. We’d probably need universal grenadiers if any infantry general would be a top pick. And I seriously doubt ET is going to make any inf better than Lee anyway. Very true about selvinov. Very unfortunate that he unlike jourdan is absolutely horrible |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on Feb 26, 2020 13:27:31 GMT
now its pretty much just boroevic/haig or macmahon/bismarck/macarthur
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Feb 26, 2020 13:28:08 GMT
I doubt that. We need an artillery general at the start because we don’t get one before Selivanov (who is terrible) and because nothing else can siege effectively. We’d probably need universal grenadiers if any infantry general would be a top pick. And I seriously doubt ET is going to make any inf better than Lee anyway. def Lee top inf pick, major question is who will possibly pair with him next. Hopefully Rudolf or Henri Gouraud |
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Post by Seger on Feb 26, 2020 16:05:46 GMT
now its pretty much just boroevic/haig or macmahon/bismarck/macarthur It’s Haig there is no concurrent, maybe Gouraud is going to defeat him. If he gets the same stats as he has right now he certainly will. But I think ET is going to nerf his stats |
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Post by SolidLight on Feb 26, 2020 16:58:16 GMT
I think one of the reasons why Austria has so many OP generals is because they're the main enemy in the last campaign. No idea why Benedek is so ridiculous though.
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Post by Navia Lanoira on Mar 1, 2020 6:08:21 GMT
I think one of the reasons why Austria has so many OP generals is because they're the main enemy in the last campaign. No idea why Benedek is so ridiculous though. I guess thats because austria last game= hell hard. |
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