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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Apr 20, 2020 13:18:01 GMT
 SoultPrice: 6 Emblems Starting Movement: 3 hexes on light infantry, 2 on every other infantry. 2 hexes on all artillery units. Soult is a decent iap. He is pretty good on infantry, and also not too shabby on artillery. But even though he is good, he is not great enough to purchase. His bad movement and infantry trainer skill is enough to discourage anyone from buying him. Soult‘s trainer skill is another example of an ability chosen by using a slot machine. It’s sad how randomly and unambitious many of the IAPs were made. He is almost a great general. Almost. The 4 fortress stars is even funnier. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Apr 20, 2020 13:19:16 GMT
 Moreau Price: 6 Emblems Type of General: Artillery and "Infantry" Starting Movement: 3 hex on all artillery. Let me start off by saying that all though moreau seemingly has 4 infantry stars, as he has no infantry skills, he is a horrendous infantry general. You will never use him on infantry hence they are useless. Furthermore, while otherwise, Moreau is a good artillery general, he is not a good iap. He has no training stars whatsover making him very weak when attacked. He gets below half health and forget he exists. Scharnhorst on the other hand has 3 whilst having similar skills. Furthermore, ballistics is useless so he has only 3 good skills. In comparison, Scharnhorst is him without explosives, but with a trainer skill. There is very little moreau can do that scharnhorst cannot. That makes him a bad iap as he is easily replacable with free generals (Sophia, Scharnhorst, Sakurako, Isabella), many of which are better. Don't get him. For many generals in EW4 I wonder what the ET devs thought when they made them. Moreaus infantry stars are such a case. Maybe they just threw dice. He is on infantry in the 1798 conquest. Maybe they though france would be too op if he was on an artillery unit. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Apr 20, 2020 13:40:44 GMT
 Lasalle
Price: 6 Emblems Starting Movement: 5 hexes on light cavarly, 4 hexes on all other cavarly types. Lassalle is a slight improvement on Golitsyn, who is one of the better cavarly generals in the middle tier. Improvement as in two extra movement stars. While regrouping diez twice into golitsyn will be a huge pain, and lasalle's extra movement makes him better on grenadier guards and cavarly, the improvement is not all that significant. Your best choice is purchasing dabrowski and regrouping a movement trainer into him once. In the end, you will have a general that is a huge improvement on both dabrowski and lassalle due to defense art, better training stars, and even 3 trading stars thrown in as a cherry on a delicious sundae. Yeah, buying Lassalle is not a good idea. Without a snair drum, lassalle will suffer greatly. |
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Post by Marshal Forwards on Apr 20, 2020 13:44:44 GMT
Soult‘s trainer skill is another example of an ability chosen by using a slot machine. It’s sad how randomly and unambitious many of the IAPs were made. He is almost a great general. Almost. The 4 fortress stars is even funnier. Yes, sure he’s not that bad and unpleasant to fight. There re better gens with a useless skill, too. But stuff like war master, nobleman, sailor has at least a little use. But a trainer on an IAP is just a bad joke and makes me a bit angry. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Apr 20, 2020 13:45:30 GMT
 Napoleon Price: 8 Emblems
Type of General: Land Hybrid
Starting Movement: 4 hex light infantry, 3 on line infantry guards and grenadiers, 2 on machine gunners. 4 hex on heavy cavarly and light cavarly, 3 hex on armored cars and horse grenadiers. 3 hexes on all artillery units.
Napoleon, will not a bad general, is a lousy iap. While he does have siege and engineering, his other skills are bad. His stars are on the other hand pretty great, so he won't have to be regrouped that many times. But on infantry and cavarly units, he is ney without spy. On artillery units, he is carteux with better stars or grouchy with siege. He is easily replacable by better generals. Don't get him |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Apr 20, 2020 13:50:57 GMT
 Bagration
Price: 6 Emblems Type of General: Infantry Starting Movement: 3 hex on light infantry, 2 hexes elsewhere. Note: He has 3 training stars in conquest, yet only two in campagin. So his training stars might not be 3 as an iap. Bagration is a decent infantry general. But anything he can do, other iaps like suvorov (who is also not recommended) can do better. Nevertheless, he is an infantry general with good survivability. I have never used a fortress general in my life, so I doubt you will use his 5 fort stars very often, if at all. He also has only 2 good skills, defense art and mass fire. He is just a meh iap overall. Just get Dobeln and don't bother will bagration. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Apr 20, 2020 14:04:44 GMT
 DearbornPrice: 8 Emblems Type of General: Infantry Economic Starting Movement: 4 hexes light infantry, 3 on all other unit types. Dearborn looks good doesn't he? I mean he is a economic general with bugle and formation, how bad can he be? While Dearborn isn't bad by any means, he is more unnecessary. His best quality is architecture and lvl 5 movement, making him the fastest economic general. But that's about where the good things end. Let's analyse what Dearborn offers with bullet points. 1. Good infantry general: Dearborn is certainly not a bad infantry general, as he has good movement, acceptable training stars, and two decent skills. But he is not especially good as an infantry general. Washington has far better survivability and similar movement on grenadiers and guards and offers the unique combination of mass fire + leadership, one that only lannes shares. Furthermore, someone with only formation and bugle will hit for very little damage at low healths. So he is not the iap you need for an infantry general. Whatever abilities as an infantry general he has will rarely be used as he is an economic hybrid. 2. Economic: Infantry "Powerful" Hybrid. Dearborn is not a good economic hybrid. A good one will be washington due to his 5 buisiness stars, econ master, and his skills. Economic generals will spend their time hopping from cities from cities. For defending cities, especially against cavarly, 2 skills are really needed: leadership and mass fire. Dearborn has either. He is not especially a good defensive general due to bugle and formation. So he will be easily killed. Furthermore, most turns, you will not attack with dearborn. So both his infantry skills will barely be used. 3. Economic General: this is Dearborn's best quality. He is a fast economic general so hopping from city to city will be no issue. If you were to give him Napoleonic Code, he would be able to jumpstart your economy. But Koscuisko is also a good economic general who happens to be free. He has good movement, defense art, and architecture as well. With a pair of tall boots and light infantry, Koscuisko will be able to do everything dearborn can, and even having the same movement. Also econ generals, aren't needed everywhere, only in a handful of annoying missions and conquests as small nations. Yeah, don't get Dearborn. If you want a good economic general hybrid, Wellesley and Washington are far better options. |
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Post by Marshal Forwards on Apr 20, 2020 16:58:27 GMT
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Post by Darth Vader on Apr 20, 2020 17:45:03 GMT
That's impressive that someone would create a website dedicated to ew4 tips!
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Apr 20, 2020 17:57:33 GMT
Thanks a lot. I will definitely use it then. |
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Post by Darth Vader on Apr 20, 2020 18:00:38 GMT
I remember long ago when a member made a spreadsheet on where all items are in the campaigns, I believe it is still around!
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Post by Marshal Forwards on Apr 20, 2020 18:02:23 GMT
That's impressive that someone would create a website dedicated to ew4 tips! The fandom wiki has sections for almost every media with a fanbase. Book series, tv serials, games, etc. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Apr 20, 2020 18:03:00 GMT
I remember long ago when a member made a spreadsheet on where all items are in the campaigns, I believe it is still around! One of the more useful threads on this forum. Saves a lot of frustration knowing where the op items are |
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Post by Marshal Forwards on Apr 20, 2020 18:08:24 GMT
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Post by Darth Vader on Apr 20, 2020 18:09:51 GMT
Great job my freind! I also checked it is in items and locations post.
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