I liked the idea of General Sloan when it was first launched. Now we have a +1 boost to range attacks with the Life Splinter which has the best range attackers in my opinion, anyway.
But after a while, you do realize that despite the +1 boost to range attacks, you're still limited by a couple of things idiosyncratic to range attacks.
That is that they're affected by shield, they miss a lot and you can't use them in the first position for the most part. So what is it good for?
For one, they do quite a bit of damage, with quite a few doing 4 damage. So what's a good use for the General? When there are no shields in the rules. Got quite a few of them today and used General Sloan to climb up the ranks and secure one additional reward.