Basicly, for you guys that do not know, there is going to be instanced battles and siege events on the MMO, on which people will have to elist in order to participate (not sure for the sieges, since these ones won't be instanced).
I was thinking
Leaders of countries, kingdoms or any people that have been given the right to do it, should be able to choose a general for the battle, amongst those who have enlisted. It's simple the general would be able to issue orders to his units, just like a simple unit commander. The difference here would be that, his orders would be way more effective, because of moral boost bla bla bla. Of course, that would mean he had to go on the front, and fight himself in order for that bonus to work. And that would mean he could die !And here is the most interesting part of the idea
If the general of the battle dies, he respawns, but his troops would suffer a malus in battle, due to moral loss bla bla bla, and that would actually give a BIG value to the general's life, just like the generals in games like Total wars or others like that.
So, generals would have a choice
either be brave, and be on the frontline, BUT give a very good bonus to their army, with the risk of dying and make their units worse than before, or just stay behind the fighting and have less risk of dying, but not enjoy the bonus.As you may have understood, the bonus for orders and shit is here to draw generals to the fighting and actually face death, so this whole idea would have a meaning, other than kingdoms having their general way off the battle.
This idea can evolve
the bonus to orders could change to a general bonus to nearby troops, or ANYTHING that can draw the generals to fight.For example, another good thing would be that, if a general uses "flee" ability in battle, the troops nearby would loose moral, and more than if he died (leading to generals fighting to death with an epic clash rather than just flee like chickens).
What do you guys think ?
