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Post by Arya Stark on May 1, 2020 17:08:31 GMT
If Soult had Geography he'd have the same issue Lannes has, as Geography is useless on infantry units (on artillery it would be great but not infantry). Spy makes sense but I'll take a commander with +2 movement right from the start with a skill (the warhorse makes more sense as an overall buy compared to the horse artillery), OR a commander who cannot be flanked and is immune to cav charges He could also be a artillery general if he had seige so maybe geography could be helpful if in that position. I think a Artillery general with seige, geography and spy would be perfect for offensive roles. You would get great city cracking and fort cracking ability with decent movement and questionable output outside of cities. Pretty much like Sophia really |
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Post by Arya Stark on May 1, 2020 17:11:46 GMT
 RaevskyPrice: 4 Emblems or 895 Medals
Type of General: Cavarly & Infantry Hybrid
Starting Movement: 4 hexes on any cavarly and light infantry, 3 hexes on any other infantry unit
If you told me Raevsky did not look that impressive, I would not be surprised. But he secretely is. As Diez is the only movement trainer in the first tier, and he is super expensive at 540 medals, you would saving yourself a lot of stress by buying him. This makes his price only 355 medals. For 355 medals, he is very fast on all of the units that matter, such as the powerful machine gunners or the armored car. Furthermore, he also has defense art and surprise as icing on the cake. While otherwise, his skill set is phenomenal and is definitely worse than golitsyn's, the price performance he brings to the table is quite ridiculous. He seems like a dark horse for a temporary cav gen, especially since there are only 4 move trainers in the entire game. Give him his 4th cav star (or 5th too) and he begins to have some potential. Just beware of the lack of strike in his skillset |
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Post by 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘺 on May 1, 2020 17:33:48 GMT
If Soult had Geography he'd have the same issue Lannes has, as Geography is useless on infantry units (on artillery it would be great but not infantry). Spy makes sense but I'll take a commander with +2 movement right from the start with a skill (the warhorse makes more sense as an overall buy compared to the horse artillery), OR a commander who cannot be flanked and is immune to cav charges He could also be a artillery general if he had seige so maybe geography could be helpful if in that position. I think a Artillery general with seige, geography and spy would be perfect for offensive roles. ... and if you put explosives on top - you have: Sophia Geography (without the combinatio of engineering - Isabella only) brings only light artillery and rockets on five hex - no use on heavy or siege artillery - so meh! Leadership for artillery - ? I can't understand when ever there could be a use - maybe a city defense on artillery - in the campaign - I can't remember one possible use - and in conquest only for your econ general - but a econ on artillery 🤔 For offensive: you attack with distance - are you ever ever in risk to be flanked on your artillery??? |
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Post by Darth Vader on May 1, 2020 17:46:15 GMT
𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘺, I would rather put leadership on Calvary due to using against other Calvary units that make you use morale. I think a general with leadership and fireproof would be able to defend any city with ease.
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Post by Arya Stark on May 1, 2020 17:51:13 GMT
... and if you put explosives on top - you have: Sophia Geography (without the combinatio of engineering - Isabella only) brings only light artillery and rockets on five hex - no use on heavy or siege artillery - so meh! Leadership for artillery - ? I can't understand when ever there could be a use - maybe a city defense on artillery - in the campaign - I can't remember one possible use - and in conquest only for your econ general - but a econ on artillery 🤔 For offensive: you attack with distance - are you ever ever in risk to be flanked on your artillery??? The only artillery gen I can think of with leadership is Nelson, and it can be useful bc you can shove an artillery unit in the front lines against enemy cav without having to worry about retreating due to morale loss: Artillery is pretty good at defending (unless its a general led unit) so it would be a thorn in the side for the enemy |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on May 2, 2020 0:29:39 GMT
... and if you put explosives on top - you have: Sophia Geography (without the combinatio of engineering - Isabella only) brings only light artillery and rockets on five hex - no use on heavy or siege artillery - so meh! Leadership for artillery - ? I can't understand when ever there could be a use - maybe a city defense on artillery - in the campaign - I can't remember one possible use - and in conquest only for your econ general - but a econ on artillery 🤔 For offensive: you attack with distance - are you ever ever in risk to be flanked on your artillery??? The only artillery gen I can think of with leadership is Nelson, and it can be useful bc you can shove an artillery unit in the front lines against enemy cav without having to worry about retreating due to morale loss: Artillery is pretty good at defending (unless its a general led unit) so it would be a thorn in the side for the enemy The only good one is nelson. There is also prevost and jervis, but they are pretty terrible. You can of course make poniatowski or lannes into artillery generals and they would be pretty good |
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Post by Arya Stark on May 2, 2020 0:33:06 GMT
The only artillery gen I can think of with leadership is Nelson, and it can be useful bc you can shove an artillery unit in the front lines against enemy cav without having to worry about retreating due to morale loss: Artillery is pretty good at defending (unless its a general led unit) so it would be a thorn in the side for the enemy The only good one is nelson. There is also prevost and jervis, but they are pretty terrible. You can of course make poniatowski or lannes into artillery generals and they would be pretty good Yeah but Nelson is the only one that needs little to no regrouping to be good. Poniatowski and Lannes fit better on other units as well imo |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on May 2, 2020 0:33:46 GMT
RaevskyPrice: 4 Emblems or 895 Medals
Type of General: Cavarly & Infantry Hybrid
Starting Movement: 4 hexes on any cavarly and light infantry, 3 hexes on any other infantry unit
If you told me Raevsky did not look that impressive, I would not be surprised. But he secretely is. As Diez is the only movement trainer in the first tier, and he is super expensive at 540 medals, you would saving yourself a lot of stress by buying him. This makes his price only 355 medals. For 355 medals, he is very fast on all of the units that matter, such as the powerful machine gunners or the armored car. Furthermore, he also has defense art and surprise as icing on the cake. While otherwise, his skill set is phenomenal and is definitely worse than golitsyn's, the price performance he brings to the table is quite ridiculous. He seems like a dark horse for a temporary cav gen, especially since there are only 4 move trainers in the entire game. Give him his 4th cav star (or 5th too) and he begins to have some potential. Just beware of the lack of strike in his skillset He really shines in price performance. He is also uniquely fast on heavy cavarly and armored cars. I don’t think many use him but he does have some nice features. Whether or not he is much better than Diez for 350 medals is questionable. I’d say that for a starting general, yes, he is. |
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Post by Arya Stark on May 2, 2020 0:35:44 GMT
He really shines in price performance. He is also uniquely fast on heavy cavarly and armored cars. I don’t think many use him but he does have some nice features. Whether or not he is much better than Diez for 350 medals is questionable. I’d say that for a starting general, yes, he is. Yeah very very cost effective. I think most people don't use him due to a) there being better tier 2 cav gens (looking at you, Sulkowski) and the fact that if you want a move trainer, just get Diez and regroup him and be done with it. I can't say I'd ever use him but it makes sense why someone else would |
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Post by Arya Stark on May 2, 2020 0:37:40 GMT
 Alexander IPrice: 6 Emblems Type of General: Infantry & Cavarly Hybrid Starting Movement: 2 hexes on grenadiers and guards, 3 hexes on horse grenadier guards, 2 hexes on siege artillery. Alexander I is literally just Arnold with more training stars. Arnold is a first tier, buisiness general with Spy, 5 training stars, and a business trainer. The only real notable disadvantage he has to alexander is that he does not have any movement stars (fixable with items). So you are getting an iap for a job that someone cheap for 500 medals can do. Not a good idea. While Alexander does have some nice potential due to his training stars, its better to get an iap for fortress destroying. His offensive ability is nonexistant and he is still very slow. Even if you put him on Horse Grenadiers, which is his starting strength, he will dissappoint in his output. Don't get him! Alex I in EW4 is one of the weirdest generals that ET has ever designed. He's a flag bearing economic fort killer fort general. How does that even work? I think when ET designed him they thought of three completely unrelated roles and just decided to make him those roles bc why not? |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on May 2, 2020 0:38:59 GMT
... and if you put explosives on top - you have: Sophia Geography (without the combinatio of engineering - Isabella only) brings only light artillery and rockets on five hex - no use on heavy or siege artillery - so meh! Leadership for artillery - ? I can't understand when ever there could be a use - maybe a city defense on artillery - in the campaign - I can't remember one possible use - and in conquest only for your econ general - but a econ on artillery 🤔 For offensive: you attack with distance - are you ever ever in risk to be flanked on your artillery??? More for protection. Whenever cavarly attacks artillery, they apply a debuff and the artillery often hits pretty weakly after. Situations where using Nelson you could just not care and continue shelling. I always use city defense with artillery units, especially if there is a fort nearby. A good example is when in France 1798, you have defend from charles while also shelling london. Nelson’s leadership alone doesn’t make spectacular. The combination of 4 starting movement, accurate, 4 training stars, and leadership that make him good. Not to mention that he is a great admiral too. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on May 2, 2020 0:41:23 GMT
He really shines in price performance. He is also uniquely fast on heavy cavarly and armored cars. I don’t think many use him but he does have some nice features. Whether or not he is much better than Diez for 350 medals is questionable. I’d say that for a starting general, yes, he is. Yeah very very cost effective. I think most people don't use him due to a) there being better tier 2 cav gens (looking at you, Sulkowski) and the fact that if you want a move trainer, just get Diez and regroup him and be done with it. I can't say I'd ever use him but it makes sense why someone else would I agree, he would be a much faster dumouriez. A lot of people tend to gravitate towards golitsyn as the first cav. Which is of course not a bad choice. But for 4 slot players, its best to use sulkowski till lan. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on May 2, 2020 0:42:24 GMT
Imo Raevsky is a great general to also run princesses with, as he has 4 hex movement on all cavarly units
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Post by Arya Stark on May 2, 2020 0:56:26 GMT
Imo Raevsky is a great general to also run princesses with, as he has 4 hex movement on all cavarly units Add a warhorse and snare drum and keep a cav pistol in reserve and bam! you've got one of the better cav gens out there |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on May 2, 2020 1:20:50 GMT
Imo Raevsky is a great general to also run princesses with, as he has 4 hex movement on all cavarly units Add a warhorse and snare drum and keep a cav pistol in reserve and bam! you've got one of the better cav gens out there Yes exactly! He is essentially a dabrowski without strike. |
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