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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 15, 2020 21:45:47 GMT
leadership > geography Any skill which you can't replace with an item is better than one which you can. Kind of. But cavarly attacks a lot and you will have max morale active a lot of the time, especially for someone with berthier’s max potential. So when lan has max morale, leadership will be useless. That being sad though, having leadership is still a very convenient skill for cavarly, which is why its a top 5 at worst skill for cavarly generals. But geography is the second best for me behind strike as I like my cavarly leroy jenkins and get conquest over very quickly. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 15, 2020 21:49:30 GMT
Well if you like to item swap, all power to you. I just don’t like it as it painfully slows down the game. And yes, 3450 medals is 69 missions 5 starred, which is more than 3 campaigns. But once again, if you are delligient and sit down, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and grind out the battle of trafalgar for severals hours per day, you will get berthier maxed out in no time. So i don’t really think that forcing the player to grind hard for him is a bad thing, as many of us are more than capable of pulling this off. Indeed, berthier is a horrendous buy with a 4 general slot maximum cap or among the first generals. Imo you should buy him after getting sakurako. Even Golitsyn is a mediocre buy early on considering that Sulkowski or Raevsky (Get one to the two and scharnhorst then grind) are very cheap and great price performers that will fulfill your cavarly needs in the time being. And don’t forget that Sophia needs a war horse too. If you get Berthier after Sakurako, he will be 1). Fast and strong enough to make short work of the western front during Britain 1812, 2) Fast enough to make knocking out the ottoman empire during 1798 a breeze, 3) A 5 star trading general making campaigns and conquests a breeze, 4) Better survivability and damage over golitsyn. Its honestly personal preference. 1) Berthier is never horrible, just a really bad grind like the ecs that might make you actually restart the game if you find out you are not up to the task. 2) I am sure if you ask any of those who actually did get berthier maxed, they would say that he is the best general in the game and their go to over lan. I already can follow you! , and if you don't get him early, the pain is less - for starting (pre Lan) IMO he will crash your game - only for this reason I call him: Worst buy. And, (only) if you don't change items: he can have higher output than other cavalry generals! Cavalry needs two slots snair/flintrock - this is the reason I think sailor is a good skill for cav. I personally change items. So for my style of playing, he can't really offer anything extra - for an exorbitant cost. For this reason I leave to compare him to real cav. GeneralgirlsBut now I can understand why he can be [...] Thank you again for your detailed analysis Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus. P.S. My Sophia will become more Agha, but I'm still searching another cavalry general (Golitsyn?) No problem. Ney is also a good choice as he can do everything. I know I ranked him green, but he is not that bad. Sulkowski is a solid alternative to ney end game wise, as even tho he’ll only have 2 active skills, they are pretty good ones. Lastly, golitsyn is obviously not bad, but he will be especially weak without a snair drum (Ney and Sulkowski can attack a fort to level up). That being said tho, his damage will be much more consistent when compared to the other to. Imo tho, Golitsyn > Sulkowski > Ney |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 22, 2020 23:29:11 GMT
Hall of Shame
I honestly did not feel as though any of these generals deserved a formal review. This is because each of these generals are either terrible, overpriced, or in most cases, an awful combination of both. However, I will go into details whether a general is overpriced or just plain terrible. Let's begin. I will go into more detail in the future, for now, most of this will be off the top of my head.
Lefebvre: Lusignan for 250 medals more with little to no improvements. Absolute garbage. I did not think that a general with mass fire can be brown or red even, but lefebvre manages to stand out, and not in a good way.
Serurier: has a price in the middle of dobeln and oudinot, but a significant drop in quality when compared to either. Overpriced.
Kleist: fast, 4 stars in infantry, 3 stars in movement. Good. Oh wait, no, that's Picton who is around Kleist's price with mass fire. He is a worse Maria. Absolutely no reason to consider him.
Bennigsen: average infantry and average cavarly general. I suppose he is passable, but why get him when you can get ney or something. Not awful, just painfully mediocre.
Qajar: a lot of potential, but a huge price tag too. Weirdest general in the game honestly. Steersman, Architecture, and Banner. His skills do not go well together, and his stars suck. But maxed out, he ain't too shabby. But why...?
Drout: Kutaisov's movement (which is a huge reason why many purchase Scharnhorst over Kutaisov) without Kutaisov's output. This guy is absolutely terrible, and the majority of the tier 1 artillery generals are superior.
Mortier: I refuse to review this guy. Looking at his skills makes me want to vomit. And funnily enough, he is really expensive too.
Archduke J: this guy is a laughing stock. One of the worst generals in the entire game. Worst Tier 2 General Award!
Yorck: like Benngisen, but also a trainer. But Zakrevsky is way cheaper and way better so why bother.
Augerau: nice stars but an awful skill set.
Gerald: Augerau but without the stars, and certainly, without any good skills.
Tormasov: Slower cornplanter.
Exelmans: 5 star movement: Nice! Move Trainer: Excellent! But Exelmans combination of poor stars and bad skills is unfixablem, making him a pea shooter despite having stellar movement.
Joseph Bonaparte: eh, you don't need him. If he had 5 stars trade, he would be decent. Otherwise, he is very meh.
Louis Bonaparte: as bad if not worse than Mortier. Absolutely terrible skill set.
Prevost: If he had accuracy, he would be comparable to nelson who is an iap. An artillery general with leadership alone is pretty lackluster otherwise. His stars are too weak to be a land hybrid, and otherwise he is absolutely nothing when compared to his contemporaries like Scharnhorst, Dobeln, or Ushakov.
Nenavodic: get arnold
Bulow: logistics and formation. Nice! But everything else about him is pretty bland. I do not recommend him as a purchase.
Platov: a faster (on heavy cavarly only) Dumuoriez who is not a trainer and has 2 less cavarly stars. Pretty terrible.
Klenau: cavarly version of Kleist with noblemen. Still very mediocre
Palafox: third worst tier 2 general to Archduke J. Absolute garbage.
Sebastani: navy cavarly hybrid. Decent on both units, but far from a recommend choice. Sebastani however can pull off some major damage while fighting at sea on a horse grenadier guard. But how often will be need a seahorse on our team? Not very.
Bruix: this guy might be worse than archduke J. You could write an essay to see which is one is worse. I forgot this guy existed while Archduke J has a special place in my heart, so Archduke J gets the medal. Still, Bruix is not much of a improvement over Archduke J. If you want a navy general with bad stars, expensive price, and just happens to be a navy trainer (his only redeemable quality), Bruix is your man. Or if you want to vomit. He's got you covered their as well with his very unattractive portrait.
MacDonald: Sebastani, except without the naval capabilities.
Drummond: 4 stars art and spy is a ripoff for 700 medals. Please, don't get him.
Gouvion: yeah, no I am done reviewing these garbage generals. Cheers!
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 22, 2020 23:56:18 GMT
Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus, it looks like you really hate them. All these generals could be fixed in mods. Anyway I see why most of these you hate, there either expensive or stats are as mixed up.
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 23, 2020 14:40:18 GMT
Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus, it looks like you really hate them. All these generals could be fixed in mods. Anyway I see why most of these you hate, there either expensive or stats are as mixed up. Correct. Kleist: 4 stars infantry, 3 stars movement, war expert. He is like a worse Maria at 700 medals. Lefebvre: 3 stars infantry, mass fire. 600+ medals. Drout: 600 medals but in all ways a downgrade to Kutaisov. Thats about all that needs to be said. |
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 23, 2020 14:47:52 GMT
Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus, the generals stats should have been fixed better. You don't add strike to a 5 star infantry general or the mobility skill on a 0 stat movement General. (Offtopic) anyway now your a real General! 
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 23, 2020 20:52:22 GMT
Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus, the generals stats should have been fixed better. You don't add strike to a 5 star infantry general or the mobility skill on a 0 stat movement General. (Offtopic) anyway now your a real General! Not to shabby, I am better than mannerheim |
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 23, 2020 20:55:30 GMT
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 23, 2020 21:05:31 GMT
Gonna review the main goats of the first tier generals, and afterwards do a brief summary of other good ones then unfortunately I am going to be done with et games. I’ll also fix the spacing on some of the my general reviews too but I am at that age where I am running out of time to game. |
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 23, 2020 21:08:23 GMT
Gonna review the main goats of the first tier generals, and afterwards do a brief summary of other good ones then unfortunately I am going to be done with et games. I’ll also fix the spacing on some of the my general reviews too but I am at that age where I am running out of time to game. I know as well, times have changed. Maybe you can use the graph feature to help you explain your Generals. All you need to do is switch to BBC code and go to desktop; then click the graph button. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 23, 2020 21:39:54 GMT
The hall of shame is completed. I refuse to continue it, the cringe is surreal. If you look at my updated version, you can see how all of the hope I had just got sucked into a black hole
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 23, 2020 21:58:54 GMT
 Kutaisov
Price: 430 Medals Type of General: Artillery Starting Movement: 2 Hexes on all artillery Really really good. He might be slow with only 2 hex movement, but he hits like a tank. Explosives + siege is a pretty skill set, as if he had spy, he would Sophia, one of the best artillery generals in the entire game. When it comes to sieging cities, Kutaisov is a master. At anything else, he is pretty good too. Since he is also the cheapest artillery trainer, he is essentially free as you will need to regroup him into a better general, and there are not cheaper alternatives. Overall, Kutaisov is really good and definitely deserves a good score. |
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Post by Darth Vader on Jun 23, 2020 22:00:30 GMT
The hall of shame is completed. I refuse to continue it, the cringe is surreal. If you look at my updated version, you can see how all of the hope I had just got sucked into a black hole There has be other great Generals out there that you can review. A hall of Shane is just a reminder that these Generals aren't worth it. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 23, 2020 22:03:26 GMT
Any generals who I did not review in tier 2 are in a tier below the hall of shame. They are awful, but not awful enough to be memorable whatsover like Qajar Drout or Archduke J.
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Jun 23, 2020 22:06:52 GMT
DumouriezPrice: 575 Medals Type of General: Cavarly Starting Movement: 4 hexes on light cavarly, 3 hexes on everything else. I do feel as Sulkowski is a better starting general as the two training stars, strike, and spy justify the additional 300 medal price difference, but Dumouriez is still certainly among the better starting generals in the game. He is fast, he hits hard, and he has good stars. Just try to avoid attacking into trenches or into cities without backup. Otherwise, a pretty fair bargain for a general who can take you far into the game. |
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