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Are you kidding me? they couldn't hit a 3-star general from that distance!
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:43 pm
by MarkCSA
Hello my fellow AACW enthousiasts. Time and time again I have read about the unkillable 3-star generals, imagine my surprise when I bagged quite a few in my last turn as the CSA.
Now let me see if I can attach images.
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:52 pm
by Jim-NC
That's cause they fought to the last man.
Congrats on ruining the union high command.
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:33 am
by ohms_law
Nice job!
I don't understand the thread title, though. When I saw the thread I thought that it was going about not being able to bag any generals...
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:49 am
by W.Barksdale
Ouch... I'm guessing you were playing against Athena?
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:37 am
by MarkCSA
ohms_law wrote:Nice job!
I don't understand the thread title, though. When I saw the thread I thought that it was going about not being able to bag any generals...
The title refers to the famous last words of John Sedgwick, you might want to google him
Barksdale, yes against Athena, she likes to deep raid with big groups, ignoring Missouri and Kentucky (solidly mine since '62 and '63), run out of supplies and hide in cities just as my counteroffensive is ready. These are the results....
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:43 am
by Pocus
A 3* can't take a stray shot indeed, but can be killed if he is the last element of a combined unit. I think he can also die from snowfreeze...
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:31 pm
by Palpat
Pocus wrote:A 3* can't take a stray shot indeed,
Well, a 3 star can get killed in regular battle with regular orders. I once lost Beauregard in such a battle by fall 1861.
And he was lost in a battle he won.
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:19 pm
by John Sedgwick
The title refers to the famous last words of John Sedgwick, you might want to google him
My ears are burning
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:15 am
by greenalien
Palpat wrote:Well, a 3 star can get killed in regular battle with regular orders. I once lost Beauregard in such a battle by fall 1861.
And he was lost in a battle he won.
I experienced exactly the same, but Bureaugard has his HQ unit at very low strength in the beginning of the game, so my guess is that he was simply killed alongside with his fragile unit.
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:26 pm
by Palpat
Mine wasn't.
I used the very same HQ unit a couple of turn afterwards to put another 3 stars in his place.
He definitely got a stray bullet.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:57 am
by Captain_Orso
There is absolutely no difference between the rank of a general and the probability of him dying in combat. It's .2% for every general; see the quote of GL in my post further down in this thread, 10th posting:
http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?t=18411&highlight=Meade
MISTER Pocus, are you testing us with your answer?
