Who to Appoint as a Captain?

[JE55BUNN1]

Who should I appoint as my Captain? / Who do you appoint as your Captain?

I have a social trait archer (infantryman) who is quite friendly and is always supporting from behind the skirmish line.

Or should I appoint a brawler style fighter who is always closer to the immediate combat?

I am not sure on the mechanics that are involved with a Captain, I'm assuming they have a area of influence passive or an AoE ability?

Thank you in advance =)

[Nokturnal]

I recommend a Spearman with Rallying Cry. As his best placement will be in the center of your troops for both AoE buffs.

[dq_177]

Appoint your finest pony to the position.

[YouAreNowReadingMyVeryLongName]

Originally posted by dq_177:

Appoint your finest pony to the position.

RIP I gave mine to my mole rat. >_<

[JE55BUNN1]

Cheers for the replies

Direct combat it is then from my new Captain.

I did notice you can appoint a Pony as a Captain, or a Boar, tempting as I do have a combat pony XD

[Serverus88]

I went with my tank Warrior for RP purposes. LT's remained spearmen, the skill pre 1.0 is better than the current one, i would take action economy over a 1 turn valor point increase.

[pd28]

You also need to bear in mind which profession your captain has as you may want to use him/her at the strategy table in camp, meaning you probably don't want them to be your main cook, tinker, or scholar

[ambi]

the spearman is a good choice.

another one is your tank (or whoever moves first in battle). i usually place my tank towards the center of my group, do the captain ability to gain valor points, then charge him into the enemy and get aggro.

[Gregorovitch]

I made my Brute tank Captain. He often has my spearmen and my ranger close by so can often hit 3+ with the ability. Very useful.

I made my ranger lieutenant because she is very often right next to another companion already engaged with an enemy and can use the lieutenant ability frequently.

[Khalunka]

Many works. My Ranger is a captain, since she is easy the one which holds the most moviment points. She is dam mobile. She can be anywhere. And that works for a captain.

[bloodwolwo]

U can change it later, i like to give ranks to my members with the most movenent, rn have on sword and backstabber

[FroBodine]

How do you even appoint a captain? I'm still barely into the game, only completed four or five missions so far. But, I don't see an option to make someone the captain.

[ambi]

Originally posted by FroBodine:

How do you even appoint a captain? I'm still barely into the game, only completed four or five missions so far. But, I don't see an option to make someone the captain.

i think you need to have a bigger party. maybe six or more people. or it may be related to your party's level (most of my peeps are lvl 4/5).

after awhile you'll get a popup saying that you can appoint a captain. it happened automatically to me.

[UnluckyNoob]

It doesn't matter really. With enough move points (20 base, x2 with inspiration) any character may run anywhere and use captain's ability.

[ChopSuey™]

I'm new to the game as well... took me a little to get the prompt for the choice of a captain. But I'm now running a 7 man squad with an additional 3 alpha wolves and 3 ponies and have a Captain and two Lieutenants.
I just felt it better for my style that my captain was more of a 1 v 1 character that was going to be armoured and in the middle of the fight and on the front line given the shout radius isn't that large. Went with my hard hitting hvy armored brture with shield as my captain. Then a sword and board as my first LT as he was a similar character and for the second LT I went for the highly mobile assassin ranger.

[mrak20105]

Try it yourself, it all depends on your playing style. You can always reassign the captain and lieutenants in the "camp" for 200 influence