[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Boron:
you could get spell casting 1-5 in age of wonders 2 as levelup reward .

You're missing the point. Your spellcasters had to go into physical combat to gain levels. They were not granted experience for any spell that they cast that did not actually kill the enemy.

age of wonders 2 had tactical combat where you had full battle control.

Which doesn't make the problem of giving experience only on kills any easier to deal with.

i assume hitting something by damage shields counts as hitting too or ?

It doesn't.

don't you agree that pretender sc's which conquer indies get maximum xp level too fast ?

No, I don't agree, since I'm pretty sure that the _only_ five star unit I've ever seen is Orion.

so with xp for killing only your weak and almost worthless troops like militia would get almost no expierience while knights and other good troops would get some.

What would be the point of this? Your expensive troops should not be any better at learning to be effective warriors than your cheaper troops.

furthermore a sc wouldn't get max xp as quick as he does now .

SCs don't get maximum experience unless they Last for a very, very long time.

you have to see expierience more abstract : authority/respect also matters .

Which is what the leadership rating represents, not the amount of experience that the unit has. Experience is combat ability, you gain it by the means already described. It would be pointless to change it, since the system is working as designed.

if you look at any "barbarian" tribes in real history like the germans at the time of the roman empire there battle prowess and valor were very important .

And this doesn't matter at all for combat ability.

only the most fierce and strong and successful warriors ( those who killed most enemies ) had a chance to become leaders , later kings .

Experience doesn't represent leadership ability.

so how else should you prove your valor and bravery in battle than by killing as much enemies as possible ?

A unit's experience also doesn't represent valour and bravery. Bravery is represented by morale. Experience represents the amount of combat that the unit has been involved in.

war is not about hitting as many enemies as possible but killing as many as possible .

Your ability in combat is certainly about hitting as many enemies as possible. As you hit more enemies, ie, as you are involved in more combats, you will become better at it.

a shortbow archer can hit a heavy armored soldier 10 times but he doesn't even scratch him . then the armored soldier is in range and kills the archer .

So what? That archer managed to hit _10 times_. That's quite an accomplishment, and he would certainly become a better archer after that.

so i still can't see why getting xp only for killing doesn't make sense in pc games

You've used a double negative in this sentence, so it's kind of hard to figure out what you mean.