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Post by thegamingmelo on Nov 26, 2016 3:27:44 GMT
what does upgrading your generals rank and stuff with medals do?...is it worth it?
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Nov 26, 2016 3:36:17 GMT
It gives them more health and makes them regenerate more, but is not worth it since you can get it from just playing.
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Post by pathdoc on Nov 26, 2016 11:33:40 GMT
Don't waste medals on boosting your generals. I did, and I regret it. I wanted to see how the buttons worked, so to speak, but I spent way more than I should have in that particular "experiment". See the following threads on grinding for medals/rank and farming nobility: european-war-4.boards.net/thread/5/grinding-medals-rank-updated-picseuropean-war-4.boards.net/thread/2513/farming-nobility-chain-beast-efficientEverything you can do with medals, you can do without them and with a bit of patience, persistence and hard work (to the extent that video gaming is hard work). The other thing I would suggest is that you think very carefully about which generals you are going to buy. Read all the threads very carefully, particularly the ones about generals' skills, then go away and think about them. Unless there are good reasons to do so, try in the first instance not to buy a general who doesn't have less than three stars in their best skill. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Nov 26, 2016 16:21:50 GMT
Don't waste medals on boosting your generals. I did, and I regret it. I wanted to see how the buttons worked, so to speak, but I spent way more than I should have in that particular "experiment". See the following threads on grinding for medals/rank and farming nobility: european-war-4.boards.net/thread/5/grinding-medals-rank-updated-picseuropean-war-4.boards.net/thread/2513/farming-nobility-chain-beast-efficientEverything you can do with medals, you can do without them and with a bit of patience, persistence and hard work (to the extent that video gaming is hard work). The other thing I would suggest is that you think very carefully about which generals you are going to buy. Read all the threads very carefully, particularly the ones about generals' skills, then go away and think about them. Unless there are good reasons to do so, try in the first instance not to buy a general who doesn't have less than three stars in their best skill. 3 stars alone is inadequate. There are more criteria. The worthwhile tier-1 generals are: Dumouriez Kutaisov Marmont Sokolnicki Zakrevsky Blasius Carteaux Rowland The tolerable ones are: Charles Junot Gazan Hull Brueys Chichagov Not factoring in trainers |
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Post by kanue on Nov 26, 2016 16:36:43 GMT
Skills are more important than stars because you can upgrade stars with trainer but you cant do that for skills.
Good cheap generals are already suggested above.
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Post by Erich von Manstein on Nov 26, 2016 19:20:24 GMT
Don't waste medals on boosting your generals. I did, and I regret it. I wanted to see how the buttons worked, so to speak, but I spent way more than I should have in that particular "experiment". See the following threads on grinding for medals/rank and farming nobility: european-war-4.boards.net/thread/5/grinding-medals-rank-updated-picseuropean-war-4.boards.net/thread/2513/farming-nobility-chain-beast-efficientEverything you can do with medals, you can do without them and with a bit of patience, persistence and hard work (to the extent that video gaming is hard work). The other thing I would suggest is that you think very carefully about which generals you are going to buy. Read all the threads very carefully, particularly the ones about generals' skills, then go away and think about them. Unless there are good reasons to do so, try in the first instance not to buy a general who doesn't have less than three stars in their best skill. 3 stars alone is inadequate. There are more criteria. The worthwhile tier-1 generals are: Dumouriez Kutaisov Marmont Sokolnicki Zakrevsky The tolerable ones are: Charles Junot Gazan Hull Brueys Chichagov Not factoring in trainers You forgot Blasius, Carteaux and Rowland. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Nov 26, 2016 19:41:29 GMT
3 stars alone is inadequate. There are more criteria. The worthwhile tier-1 generals are: Dumouriez Kutaisov Marmont Sokolnicki Zakrevsky The tolerable ones are: Charles Junot Gazan Hull Brueys Chichagov Not factoring in trainers You forgot Blasius, Carteaux and Rowland. That I did. Will correct |
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Post by pathdoc on Nov 28, 2016 13:22:14 GMT
Jean-Luc Picard : 3 stars alone is inadequate. There are more criteria. Oh, I know. But I wanted to stop OP from rushing in and grabbing a cheap general with two stars and "fence" as their only skill (the way I did). kanue, This is why I specified "Unless there are good reasons to do so". e.g. Sophia has explosives and spy skills which multiply her lethality against fortresses (I'm still not sure what "siege master" does).If she were a general who could be purchased, she'd be a good buy because of this, despite having only two stars in artillery to begin with.
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Post by Conrad von Hotzendorf on Nov 28, 2016 15:49:19 GMT
Jean-Luc Picard : 3 stars alone is inadequate. There are more criteria. Oh, I know. But I wanted to stop OP from rushing in and grabbing a cheap general with two stars and "fence" as their only skill (the way I did). kanue, This is why I specified "Unless there are good reasons to do so". e.g. Sophia has explosives and spy skills which multiply her lethality against fortresses (I'm still not sure what "siege master" does).If she were a general who could be purchased, she'd be a good buy because of this, despite having only two stars in artillery to begin with. to my knowledge siege master gives a damage buff if commanding a fortress, forts are pretty useless overall and dedicated for generals are a waste of a slot imo |
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Post by pathdoc on Nov 28, 2016 16:05:01 GMT
Jean-Luc Picard : 3 stars alone is inadequate. There are more criteria. Oh, I know. But I wanted to stop OP from rushing in and grabbing a cheap general with two stars and "fence" as their only skill (the way I did). kanue , This is why I specified "Unless there are good reasons to do so". e.g. Sophia has explosives and spy skills which multiply her lethality against fortresses (I'm still not sure what "siege master" does).If she were a general who could be purchased, she'd be a good buy because of this, despite having only two stars in artillery to begin with. to my knowledge siege master gives a damage buff if commanding a fortress, forts are pretty useless overall and dedicated for generals are a waste of a slot imo Yes, this was what I also thought. They had some value IRL because they could hold a garrison, and you could not just bypass them because the garrison could come out and stab you in the back or cut your lines of communication. The forts in the game can be a pain when used by the AI because you have to kill them all for victory, and because if they are established close to your bases they disrupt your troops and artillery as they are forming. But the AI isn't running for princesses and so doesn't care about that. They are also not particularly useful as obstructions except early in the game, where resources are low and it's difficult to pay 40 coins to make all your units water-capable. I appreciate that a noob or an AI general might be drawn to attack them, but I haven't ever been seriously tempted to put a general in one when he or she might be more useful moving about in the field. Now if only you could reassign generals to different units in the middle of the battle, that would be a very different thing. But then you would want more general slots, and you would want to be able to assign or unassign tavern or starter generals as well. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Nov 28, 2016 16:08:40 GMT
Siege Master deals extra damage to units in cities, to clarify.
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Post by TK421 on Nov 28, 2016 16:53:42 GMT
Siege Master deals extra damage to units in cities, to clarify. Basically translating to Sophia being very good at killing forts and taking cities, while remaining average with normal units. |
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Post by pathdoc on Nov 28, 2016 18:27:32 GMT
Siege Master deals extra damage to units in cities, to clarify. Basically translating to Sophia being very good at killing forts and taking cities, while remaining average with normal units. i.e. the qualities important in running for princesses are only to be found together in... a princess!!  The programmers must have got the memo that the West likes gender equality in video games, but wasn't willing to compromise on the historical accuracy of no women in the military. So the princesses are the next best thing.   |
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Post by Yi Sun Sin on Nov 28, 2016 19:49:43 GMT
You forgot Blasius, Carteaux and Rowland. That I did. Will correct Aren't tier 1 gens, (except for trainers) not recommended entirely? |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Nov 28, 2016 19:53:41 GMT
Aren't tier 1 gens, (except for trainers) not recommended entirely? A few of 'em are fine |
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