general vs legatus

[badtigra]

which do you like more? and why?

[Delacourt '27]

General before Marius Reform, the tech that give you Legions, Legatus afterward.

[Harper]

rob boss, I have attached link to Honga website, where you can select faction (Rome) and unit type ("general" or "command") to compare various attributes. R, Harper

====Post-script 1: Page link to Honga- Rome > General

http://www.honga.net/totalwar/rome2/?l=en

====Post-script 2: Page link to Honga- Rome > Command

http://www.honga.net/totalwar/rome2/unit.php?l=en&v=rome2&f=rom_rome&class=com

====Post-script 3: Gaius Marius & Marian Reforms- links to Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Marius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_reforms

[Icecream1973]

Read the unit stats (while "mousing" over the unit) & decide yourself -______-

[Pirate Beard]

Originally posted by Icecream1973:

Read the unit stats (while "mousing" over the unit) & decide yourself -______-

Do you really have to be such a ♥♥♥♥ to everyone on the forums? He was asking for personal opinions on what other people like. There's no need to be such a bratty child about it. If you don't want to state your opinion, then just move on and ignore the thread. The world will continue moving if you don't spout ♥♥♥♥ out of your fat little fingers.


Turning to the original question, I prefer the Legatus unit because of superior defence and melee ability, which comes in handy in very desperate situations.

[Harper]

i ' l l s t e a l i t & OP:rob boss, I have experimented with the different general bodyguard units in plain vanilla game as well as modded generals:
1) Initially I wanted the general bodygaurd to be a cavalry unit and rush to stop gap wherever the problem was or capitalize on an opportunity, and had success with this, as it allowed you another cavalry unit on the battlefield.

2) Then I experimented with the infantry general bodyguard, which calls for a decision on placement.
> If placed in center of front line, this can place general at risk during engagement; however, you obtain higher benefits on front line when you call on the generals special abilities, e.g. rally troops. To mitigate risk to general unit, you can make sure that you have veteran units on either side.
> Alternately, you can place directly behind the line, and utilize to strengthen the center of the line.
> Either way, this will draw AI opponent to punch through the center of your infantry line "en masse", and of course you can wheel the left section of your line to the right, and vice versa with the right section, wheel them left and collapse both to the center section of your line which is still holding in original position, effectively boxing the opponent in a narrow section (on 3 sides, unless you can bring cavalry in behind them as well, making it 4 sides).

3) Whether you go with cavalry or infantry bodyguard, you want the best available at that time and you have to study for comparing offensive and defensive attributes. For example, at start of grand campaign, the Triarii is the best available infantry bodyguard at that time, but this changes over time (unless using a mod to expedite).

4) What have I learned from all of it? It was fun to try the different general bodyguards and use in different roles and disposition in the battle line.

isi, Thanks for prompt to explain reasoning. Regards, Harper

Originally posted by i ' l l s t e a l i t:

...Turning to the original question, I prefer the Legatus unit because of superior defence and melee ability, which comes in handy in very desperate situations.

[Icecream1973]

Originally posted by i ' l l s t e a l i t:

Originally posted by Icecream1973:

Read the unit stats (while "mousing" over the unit) & decide yourself -______-

Do you really have to be such a ♥♥♥♥ to everyone on the forums? He was asking for personal opinions on what other people like. There's no need to be such a bratty child about it. If you don't want to state your opinion, then just move on and ignore the thread. The world will continue moving if you don't spout ♥♥♥♥ out of your fat little fingers.


Turning to the original question, I prefer the Legatus unit because of superior defence and melee ability, which comes in handy in very desperate situations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjkNNDuAb9A&t=6s