Best Commanding Officer Ever: The Vote

[NinjaMonkey]

You seem unsure of that. Is that your final answer?

Yeah.

What bit of that is "unsure", exactly?

Anyway, I voted for Jean-Luc Picard.

[Altera the Hun]

Well I'm sorry I missed the Yeah. :/

[Iced]

Actually, quite the opposite. You were just some grunt doing...corporal work. Adrian Shepherd was the player. You commanded nobody.

I could split hairs here and say that a Corporal is, commanding or otherwise, not an officer per se, but I'm not going to.

But he does end up commanding quite a few of the other surviving soldiers. (regardless of how quick they end up dying)

[HongLei]

Seriously no brenner I would vote for him he was pretty cool, hmm flame alchemist or Captain America

let's go with the cap'n he was pretty tight on that old ps1 game marvel super heroes

[Inactive Account]

To clarify: I assume we're going off of the following:

-tactical ability (do they win the fight?)

-how good they are at keeping their subordinates alive (would one want to serve under them?)

-to a lesser extent, their own fighting ability (how much ass do they kick on their own?) (this does not necessarily apply to the highest ranks)

[Altera the Hun]

To clarify: I assume we're going off of the following:

-tactical ability (do they win the fight?)

-how good they are at keeping their subordinates alive (would one want to serve under them?)

-to a lesser extent, their own fighting ability (how much ass do they kick on their own?) (this does not necessarily apply to the highest ranks)

Precisely.

[Parrhesia]

Captain America's a pretty big badass when it comes to fighting a war of attrition, but he cares too much about his troops.

But the alternative is then http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeHaveReserves

(Admittedly that's how I play FE XD)

And yeah, I shoulda nominated Brenner/O'Brien/whoever.

[CrashGordon94]

I voted for Picard, he's awesome, I'm currently watching his series and also I don't know/care who a lot of the other people on this list are.

[Integrity]

But he does end up commanding quite a few of the other surviving soldiers. (regardless of how quick they end up dying)

I don't remember having any teammates in OF. At any rate, that criteria could let me nominate Gordon Freeman, because he technically commanded a squad of rebels who followed him unbidden in one chapter. :P

[Jaybee]

Dammit, I should have nominated Jade in time.

[Inactive Account]

Somebody mentioned TV Tropes. I now am obliged to mention http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ColonelBadass

[Nightmare]

^You know, just looking at that link, I'm wondering why I never nominated Colonel...

[Dat Nick]

Cody Travers.

[Altera the Hun]

Cody Travers.

Is not an option.

[Esau of Isaac]

Cody Travers.

He is about as far from a commanding officer as you could possibly get. >__>

[Dat Nick]

No he's not. When Cody Travers tells you to turn the beat back, you TURN that motherfucking beat BACK. He's got more authority than any of these other people.

[Anouleth]

Was going to vote for Isabella, since she's broken in a way that lets me beat people online. Then I remembered that Caulder had cooler music, even if he's banned in all competitive play.