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Post by Marshal Ney on Dec 6, 2017 22:47:25 GMT
COST: 6 EMBLEMS
Dombrowski is simply amazing. He has the combo strike + surprise to attack and defense art to stay alive. He has an additional cost of 1455 medals (1 Agha + 2 Diez) which is relatively low.
His Austrian twin (Radetzky) has only one more training star for 2 extra emblems. Dombrowski is undoubtedly one of the best cavalry generals. |
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Post by Marshal Ney on Dec 13, 2017 22:03:07 GMT
COST: 6 EMBLEMS
Soult has three good skills, while infantry trainer is practically useless. Mass fire + formation make him fearsome when he commands infantry. Accurate increases his artillery attack and makes him usable on artillery. But Soult has a great rival, Yermolov, less strong but definitely cheaper. Soult isn't bad, except he's replaceable. |
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Post by Marshal Ney on Dec 16, 2017 22:00:27 GMT
COST: 6 EMBLEMS
When Barclay commands infantry he uses bugle, in other cases siege master. This does not make Barclay a convenient purchase, in fact he would be scarce even if he was in tier 2 |
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Post by rjs on Dec 17, 2017 5:05:30 GMT
COST: 6 EMBLEMS
Soult has three good skills, while infantry trainer is practically useless. Mass fire + formation make him fearful when he commands infantry. Accurate increases his artillery attack and makes him usable on artillery. But Soult has a great rival, Yermolov, less strong but definitely cheaper. Soult isn't bad, except he's replaceable.Too much in emblems which cost real money. Lan is free,but will take time to get. Time i got,hopefully. Opps mean't Dombrowski!😉 |
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Post by pathdoc on Dec 19, 2017 20:29:05 GMT
COST: 6 EMBLEMS
When Barclay commands infantry he uses bugle, in other cases siege master. The combination of these deprives the enemy of terrain evasion against infantry everywhere. That's actually a useful and powerful combination (and Siege Master works when he's on cavalry and artillery too). Barclay's major problem is that one of his two remaining skills is questionable at best (it statistically lifts his cavalry output across multiple attacks slightly) and the other benefits only him, in terms of upgrading rank; it provides no effect on his damage output, power of movement, or resistance to enemy fire/morale drop. If he had (for instance) Leadership or Strike or something like that in place of War Master, he'd be far more worth the money. |
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Post by Marshal Ney on Dec 19, 2017 21:39:11 GMT
pathdoc, actually bugle replaces siege master, in fact bugle deprives the enemy of evasion in all terrains, whereas siege master works only for buildings (cities, foundries...). Would you ever use Barclay on cavalry or artillery? No, and this makes siege master useless
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Post by pathdoc on Dec 20, 2017 15:58:28 GMT
pathdoc , (...edit...) Would you ever use Barclay on cavalry or artillery? As a bought general, possibly not (but at least his starting cavalry stars are the same as his infantry, so that's an option until he's trained up). As a starting general, you may have no choice; the game gives you what it gives you, and sometimes it gives you a general on a unit completely inappropriate to his best stars or skills. I was always under the impression that Bugle and SM were mutually exclusive (i.e. that terrain was not the same thing as buildings), but there you go; you learn something new every day. |
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Post by Marshal Ney on Dec 20, 2017 17:55:35 GMT
pathdoc , (...edit...) Would you ever use Barclay on cavalry or artillery? As a bought general, possibly not (but at least his starting cavalry stars are the same as his infantry, so that's an option until he's trained up). As a starting general, you may have no choice; the game gives you what it gives you, and sometimes it gives you a general on a unit completely inappropriate to his best stars or skills. I was always under the impression that Bugle and SM were mutually exclusive (i.e. that terrain was not the same thing as buildings), but there you go; you learn something new every day. I get your point. By the way I learned more from you than you ever learned from me |
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Post by Iosef Stalin on Aug 26, 2018 21:33:29 GMT
Wait, there is 3 general analyses?
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Post by Iosef Stalin on Aug 27, 2018 18:26:32 GMT
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Aug 28, 2018 6:29:02 GMT
Wait, there is 3 general analyses? This is like the 4th for EW4 or maybe the 5th. Check the Library then add this & Bethier's. |
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Post by Marshal Ney on Aug 30, 2018 15:38:32 GMT
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Aug 30, 2018 21:06:14 GMT
A very good review. The only thing I disagree with is that
1. Fatimah does not have to fight well at all. She is an econ general and she will become quite handy once you play as a weak country or need the extra revenue. Just shove tall boots on her, and she will make massive difference in as small of a time span as 5 turns. She has architecture which helps her upgrade cities a lot cheaper. She doesn’t need to know how to fight.
2. You don’t have to specialize Sakurako at all. You can just keep her at 2 stars at any unit, and she will be a very cheap and effective general. You can shove her on artillery, such as in Sardinia 1798, cavarly, or even navy whenever you want. I feel as though it is wise not to invest medals into her as she is a temporary general, and a very good one at that.
Nevertheless, good reviews. I agree with all the others. It is very important to review the 3rd tier generals extensively as they are the ones most people spend money on.
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Post by Iosef Stalin on Aug 31, 2018 12:47:14 GMT
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Post by theunkwn on Sept 11, 2018 3:17:50 GMT
A very good review. The only thing I disagree with is that 1. Fatimah does not have to fight well at all. She is an econ general and she will become quite handy once you play as a weak country or need the extra revenue. Just shove tall boots on her, and she will make massive difference in as small of a time span as 5 turns. She has architecture which helps her upgrade cities a lot cheaper. She doesn’t need to know how to fight. 2. You don’t have to specialize Sakurako at all. You can just keep her at 2 stars at any unit, and she will be a very cheap and effective general. You can shove her on artillery, such as in Sardinia 1798, cavarly, or even navy whenever you want. I feel as though it is wise not to invest medals into her as she is a temporary general, and a very good one at that. Nevertheless, good reviews. I agree with all the others. It is very important to review the 3rd tier generals extensively as they are the ones most people spend money on. Yeah. But her versatility and her mobility made her worth keeping. I am improving her infantry and her cavalry stats, since I only have dobeln and dowbrowski as my inf, cav gen (I am more likely to use artillery cus thats my favourite unit) |
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