Eliminating Commanders

[Cromagnonman]

Is there any way to improve the probability of an enemy commander being eliminated? For instance, is it better to assault a beseiged/trapped dorce or let them starve? I am pretty sure that the presence of sharpshooters doesn't help.

[GraniteStater]

Dunno if a siege will do it. I have seen Leader deaths in Battles, but that's it, AFAIK.

'Course, you could always mod Pinkerton or Belle Boyd...

awesome! AACW with a Shogun: TW feature!

"Get to the Geisha!"

[Jim-NC]

I believe that the distance they have to travel to recuperate plays a part, or it might be if they are already wounded. In the late stages of the game, I have seen 5-15 CSA generals killed in a single engagement. It was during part of the 2nd tournament. I don't know which factor assisted in their untimely demise.

[Cromagnonman]

Ah, time has told. Leaders are rarely killed in battle, but if your goal is to eliminate the leader, there's another way. In my current game, I have trapped Jackson in Pennsylvania and Bory with Longstreet at Fort Monroe. When their stacks ran out of supplies and disappeared, so did the leaders. That should make things a LOT easier.

[GraniteStater]

They may have ended up in a hospital and are chasing nurses, err, "recuperating from wounds".

[Cromagnonman]

This is Longstreet we're talking about, not Pickett

Anyhow, they haven't turned up yet, and it's been a minute.

[GraniteStater]

Just sayin' FoW, old chap. It takes anywhere from zero to five turns or so for General Shotup to get back into the mix.

[Pat "Stonewall" Cleburne]

I think generals do disappear if they starve though. It's a really cheap way for the Union to dump worthless commanders.

[Cromagnonman]

Yeah, I remember that being discussed as a solution to the age-old "McClellan Problem."

Anyhow, normally I'd just load the AI file and hunt them down. Unfortunately, it keeps asking me for a pwd when I try to load the file, then CTD. Still, I think they're gone.

[GraniteStater]

Well, lessee, that should leave you with Grant, Sherman, about twenty others and then...lieutenants and sergeants. Keep Joshua Chamberlain, though, he was OK.

[Cromagnonman]

What's crazy is how much worse the starting 2- and 3-star Union generals are than the generics. I'd jump at the chance to promote Tyler or Hunter over some of those political clowns.