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When Generals die
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:09 pm
by mikee64
does your opponent know? For the first time I lost a general (and a very good one at that) but it is a pbem and I cannot go back and see if the enemy knows who was killed. I never had this happen vs. the AI. So does anyone know if the event of a general getting killed is announced to the other side, or do they have to figure it out?
On second thought, there is so much going on in this pbem I am playing I am thinking of posting an AAR on that thread... have to think about how much that would give away I guess...
Mike
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:30 pm
by denisonh
In an ongoing PBEM, my opponent killed McClellan on the first turn and didn't know until I informed him.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:53 pm
by mikee64
I thought 3* generals could not be killed? Or maybe that was 3* in command of an army?
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:56 pm
by denisonh
mikee64 wrote:I thought 3* generals could not be killed? Or maybe that was 3* in command of an army?
He killed him on the first turn when he was 2*
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 2:13 pm
by Dan
mikee64 wrote:does your opponent know? For the first time I lost a general (and a very good one at that) but it is a pbem and I cannot go back and see if the enemy knows who was killed. I never had this happen vs. the AI. So does anyone know if the event of a general getting killed is announced to the other side, or do they have to figure it out?
On second thought, there is so much going on in this pbem I am playing I am thinking of posting an AAR on that thread... have to think about how much that would give away I guess...
Mike
Well, I could assume which general it was, but I did not see any messages. If it is the one I think it may have been, then losing my whole divison may have been worth it.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 2:17 pm
by Grotius
Why is it that 3-stars can never die, anyway? Is the idea that it would be too unbalancing to lose Lee, say?
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:20 pm
by Pocus
they can die, but not by the random roll each general rolls after each battle. They can die if their element is destroyed and have to be relocated in combat, which is a different thing (that can only happen if your force is soundly trashed) from the 'lost bullet roll'.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:00 pm
by Childress
denisonh wrote:In an ongoing PBEM, my opponent killed McClellan on the first turn and didn't know until I informed him.
One more reason, it seems to me, why the PBEM configuration needs some more refinement, notably turn replay for the non-hosting side. (I realize some enhancements are in the works)
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:22 am
by rasnell
Death of a general needs to be far more prominent even for your own side. I'd rather see a separate popup, looking like a news story, than buried in 120 messages. Just a feature request.
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 4:54 pm
by jimwinsor
Yeah that would be a nice touch!
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 12:40 am
by mikee64
I like the way the death of a general is not revealed to the opponent. Seems very realistic. They will eventually find out.