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are trained provincials(british side in whites of their eyes)supposed to disband? i know they dont in FIW but they are in WOTF. is this WAD?

A trained Provo unit should not disband.

To be a trained unit, >50% of the basic TOE elements must be trained.

The TOE is 4 elements

So, a Provo unit with 2 trained elements is still subject to disbanding. Once a third element is trained, the unit convverts to trained and should not disband.

FYI, this 50% rule applies also in AWI for the Continentals.....

If you see a Provo unit with 3+ trained elements disband, please send saved game to support@ageod.com

files sent but forgot to say they disbanded in trenton and newport.

In previous patch versions I had the same experience with provincial troops which were trained with all four elements and disbanded at the end of the year. I must explain that I had until that situation in around 1780 a whole lot of trained provincials in the South with Rawdon and in the North with Schmidt and later with O´Hara as British player. I assumed that you could only have a certain limit of trained provincials on British side, but if you are sure that this should not happen then there is a bug.
I had this often happen in my past games but as I now playing again WIA I had not seen it until now as I remember. Only some Militia with two provincial elements are disbanded sofar I know. But I will regard that the next time.

greetings

Hohenlohe

Sorry, I was looking at the FIW disband rather than AWI.

Provos are subject to disband and AutoRaise in the AWI, so yes they can and will disband, but can also AutoRaise in the spring

Base disband probability for Trained Provo [actually the units are called Colonial Regiments in AWI]units is 5%, modified in the usual ways [out of home region, unit count above base allowances, not garrisoning a VP location in home region]

...for comparison: Untrained Colonial Regiments base disband is 15%, Tory militia are 20-25%

So disbanding is WAD for AWI.
Thank you for the saved game.