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Naomi -> RE: Napoleon's Generals (7/3/2005 10:01:46 AM)
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Let's think this way. That the design crew gave so high a set of stats to generals like Ney may lead us to give priority to them while making decisions on commanders. That may in turn reproduce the fact that Napoleon was indeed convinced some of his marshals were superior to, or simply just luckier than, their peers enough to make more use of them or send them to more important theatres of operations. (Napoleon rated his marshals probably more arbitrarily than the designers.)
We should always remember that, while in detailed battles, the generals, along with their attributes, effectively influence merely a single division that they were randomly assigned to at the beginning of a battle; in other words, a superior general can just make his own division more likely to pass checks so the troops can perform better. Even if a very outstanding general may be crippled by such a low rank of his that he can't let his influence (morale rating) spill over to other divisions. That makes generals like Ney less awesome than they appear to. More important is the quality (starting/maximum morale and existing strength) of the divisions themselves, the higher of which allows them to sustain more casualties before breaking off. [:'(]
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