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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Mar 18, 2021 0:10:47 GMT
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Post by Friedrich βFried Riceβ Paulus on Mar 18, 2021 0:42:50 GMT
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Post by littlecorporal on Mar 18, 2021 0:46:08 GMT
He gets 4 stars! Since we are ranking regularly, I will explain my ratings with an example:
5 stars- can make the final team, Sakurako
4 stars- can make the team, Kate
3 stars- pleasure to play, but can't make the team because of price and better candidates, Napolean
2 stars- usable, Sebastiani
1 star- better than spam, Andrade
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Post by John Marston on Mar 18, 2021 1:50:06 GMT
He gets 4 stars! Since we are ranking regularly, I will explain my ratings with an example: 5 stars- can make the final team, Sakurako 4 stars- can make the team, Kate 3 stars- pleasure to play, but can't make the team because of price and better candidates, Napolean 2 stars- usable, Sebastiani 1 star- better than spam, Andrade Sadly I can't make it  . Jokes aside, ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ's thread explains everything why Arnold deserves 4/5 |
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Post by littlecorporal on Mar 18, 2021 2:39:47 GMT
Ha! Napolean is great, I am biased against all emblem generals. I just can't see how you wouldn't be better off buying medals, winning princesses, and buying items and trainers.
That is why I am excited to learn about Trotsky's experience playing with IAPs.
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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Mar 18, 2021 10:00:54 GMT
Arnold is the only general I can talk about.
I never played with IAP generals, but some IAP generals are quite good and come with some rank and nobility. With their help a first conquest will be fast and give high ruling years for the headquarter-bonus.
My first general was Sophia. This is EW4: player friendly
Arnold helps to do the necessary trades in the first conquests - his missing movement painfull.
Missing free alternatives make him so valuable. IAP: Alexander or Jackson are so far better. Nenadovic is a phantom.
But for shieldless gaming Arnold is imo, the best starting general. And only as starting general, later in the game he is a NO-BUY, at the start he pays back his price. Fatima with 5β costs only 120π more.
So like always: it depends on your gameplay. I rate him "The Best" - "No Buy"
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Post by John Marston on Mar 18, 2021 14:09:05 GMT
Also, don't forget to regroup him into Lan when done. You can increase her trading star by 1.
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Post by littlecorporal on Mar 18, 2021 15:03:10 GMT
Arnold is the only general I can talk about. I never played with IAP generals, but some IAP generals are quite good and come with some rank and nobility. With their help a first conquest will be fast and give high ruling years for the headquarter-bonus. My first general was Sophia. This is EW4: player friendly Arnold helps to do the necessary trades in the first conquests - his missing movement painfull. Missing free alternatives make him so valuable. IAP: Alexander or Jackson are so far better. Nenadovic is a phantom. But for shieldless gaming Arnold is imo, the best starting general. And only as starting general, later in the game he is a NO-BUY, at the start he pays back his price. Fatima with 5β costs only 120π more. So like always: it depends on your gameplay. I rate him "The Best" - "No Buy" I misunderstood. |
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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Mar 19, 2021 4:05:32 GMT
Arnold is the only general I can talk about.
I never played with IAP generals, but some IAP generals are quite good and come with some rank and nobility. With their help a first conquest will be fast and give high ruling years for the headquarter-bonus.
My first general was Sophia. This is EW4: player friendly
Arnold helps to do the necessary trades in the first conquests - his missing movement painfull.
Missing free alternatives make him so valuable. IAP: Alexander or Jackson are so far better. Nenadovic is a phantom.
But for shieldless gaming Arnold is imo, the best starting general. And only as starting general, later in the game he is a NO-BUY, at the start he pays back his price. Fatima with 5β costs only 120π more.
So like always: it depends on your gameplay. I rate him "The Best" - "No Buy" [/spβoiler]
I misunderstood. I knew that my posting was unclear, excuse me. Having a 5β trader in your headquarter is an important stepstone. (savings, renting items, campaign and conquests) I believe the main storyline offers Fatima to be your 5β economy general. I played this as noob, on my first gameplay (6 slot). Fatima is so usefull, a part of the storyline and you easy find her unit - untill SNS. On my second play, Arnold with 5β showed up early in the academy. There only two generals with 5β in tier1+2: Arnold and Nenadovic - both even economy trainer. Have you ever seen Nenadovic in the academy? I only once, after hundreds of refresh. Today we know, that trading is crucical for high scores: Just with one trader, I can win the princess conquests good enough, BUT: this I learned on my second play: Only Arnold for trading isn't enough: My conquests: US1775 + HRE1798 With 70/420 campaign, I got 650 650 250. But even with 119/420 still 650 650 ?ΒΏ?! I maxed out Arnold,Quosdanovith and Agha. Only with Ferdinandoβ on 64/10, I finally got the max bonus for asia. With my top Headquarter, I got for the same conquests: 850 850 600 ! 124/420And this leads me to the statement: Alexander for example, is in every aspect better than Arnold but not F2P. For F2P Arnold can be extreme usefull, if you want a trader, he is practical the only possibility: take him as first investment, and he will pay back his (extra) price. 5Λ/5 So his rating can be from "the best" as a f2p starter. But once you have one general on 4β (even 3) trade, he becomes, just as trainer, much too expensive: "Don't buy" |
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Post by littlecorporal on Mar 19, 2021 5:04:26 GMT
That is great and interesting work. It makes sense that the top princesses arent available at the start. It would make the game too easy.
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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Mar 19, 2021 5:14:00 GMT
That is great and interesting work. It makes sense that the top princesses arent available at the start. It would make the game too easy. I say: The game offers even the cheat to get the princess early: IAP generals. |
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Post by littlecorporal on Mar 19, 2021 6:41:05 GMT
Of courseπ! Even then you still have to play for refreshed.
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Post by Erich von Manstein on Mar 19, 2021 13:55:51 GMT
Speaking of refreshes, what do you guys think about making a refresh grinding save out of 1775 US? Looks beginner-friendly to me. You have all British generals and possibly the Hessenian generals, Andrade, Kahia, Ferdinand, and August I available.
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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Mar 19, 2021 21:52:43 GMT
Also, don't forget to regroup him into Lan when done. You can increase her trading star by 1. Yes, I did. It looks obvious to do so. My experience was: It is not 100% perfect to have Lan as your only trader. My 1st cavalary is usually, at the end of a conquest, finishing up the last enemy outposts, without a exchange near by. If Lan is your only trader, her route needs to be planned seriously: Playing HRE98 with Lan rushing into spain, I had to move her back to Bordeaux in R20, not to loose ressources. It worked, she arrived exact in time, but if she arrives just one round too late this will cost Β±4 Years for the lost ressources. So be aware! IIRCΒΉ: littlecorporal wrote someting simmilar for his trading Lan. The extreme: A 5β trader, will exchange 1500π => 60π§ Without a trader you get for 1500π less than 7π§
ΒΉ IIRC = If I Remember Correct
As a reminder: Between R30-38 the level raises on average 960π§ this is exact what a 5β trader gets for 2000π 500π§ 1500π |
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Post by littlecorporal on Mar 20, 2021 0:02:44 GMT
Yes! Lan is so awesome it is painful not having her on an armored car destroying enemies.π
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. Jokes aside, 
