Why do my commanders keep dying of disease?

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Sand:
Seems to me it's more a terminology issue than anything else. The common definition of "disease" is not "sickness with 100% mortality rate", so when everyone who gets a disease dies, the player is rightfully confused (and possibly irritated).

Me, I see the disease issue as roughly par for the course, in a fantasy game, especially given how a disease is commonly acquired: Some sort of horrible spell or magic site. The starvation thing may be a little extreme, though. I've never seen anyone starve until their arm falls off, but hey. Maybe starvation should just prevent healing, reduce strength, and reduce unit HPs without causing permanent afflictions. But that's probably more than the developers care to change at this point in time.