One leader per elite unit!

[alexman]

Did you know that you can get only one leader per elite unit?
Mike B. (Firaxis) confirmed this over at CivFanatics

[Gramphos]

Interesting, I had that theory, but didn't have it confirmed before.

[asleepathewheel]

Well, that will certainly change some of strategy.

thanks for the information.

[Harovan]

So far about the reports of having seen 2 leaders at once. I've heard a couple of them and was ready to believe it, although I haven't seen it yet myself.

[ALPHA WOLF 64]

thanks for the info. This is incredibly valuable for my playing style.

[Theseus]

That SUCKS!!!!

I just read the whole CivFanatics thread... I cannot believe that it took this long for this info to come out.

What a pain this will be until a patch comes is released that identifies flagged elites.

At least Mike B. stepped up.

[KrazyHorse]

This changes how I fight wars...

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Theseus
That SUCKS!!!!

I just read the whole CivFanatics thread... I cannot believe that it took this long for this info to come out.

What a pain this will be until a patch comes is released that identifies flagged elites.

At least Mike B. stepped up.

yeah, have to pay close attention to that gl producing unit, then put him in an army or send to the front, rather than the mopping up of weakend units.

[Skanky Burns]

Its good to (finally) know this.

[KrazyHorse]

I sort of suspected it all along, but I wasn't sure...

[nato]

Each unit can produce at most one great leader. Each time a unit is upgraded, however, it can once again produce a great leader. You can have more than one great leader per game but only one at a time.

Only one at a time! So saving a leader for a wonder means you can't get a new one until you rush the wonder...

Thanks for bringing this up alexman, this indeed is valuable info.

[Skanky Burns]

I think most of us suspected that, but there were reports that people had multiple leaders at the same time, but no proof. Obviously false.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I think most of us suspected that, but there were reports that people had multiple leaders at the same time, but no proof. Obviously false.

Thankfully this has been finally put to rest.

I was just suprised that each unit could only trigger one leader. I wonder what the reasoning was for that. Wish there was a way to keep track of the units that generated them.

[H Tower]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
Wish there was a way to keep track of the units that generated them.

you could always keep notepad open to record information like that. you could also write down the story of your game at the same time

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by H Tower


you could always keep notepad open to record information like that. you could also write down the story of your game at the same time

Sounds like a great idea. Hmm. If that is my other choice, I will leave that unit behind as a garrison. That way, I will know which one it is, as the rest of the elites are at the front. The problem is, when you have a stack attacking with multiple elite units. How do you know which one is the gl-producer?

My games are really too boring to be made into stories, anyway