Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:19 am
WIA handles supply a bit differently than other Ageod games. The ideas are similar, but the play is a bit different.
In WIA there are two very different ideas associated with supply:
1. A supply region - city, fort or depot - has a listed number of supply, this is how many elements it can support. As you are not drawing supply from a distant source via rail and such, this is what your force has as a maximum. So if a city has 32 supply value, your force must have 32 or fewer elements or you do not get enough supply.
2. Rebuilding requires an even more precise calculation. Supply value to elements.
Wagons do draw supply so if you have some in a force, they will draw supply form nearby sources, but mostly you must have enough supply or your force starves.
In this game, you are better to sacrifice a few units by sending them into the wilderness to keep elements within supply capacity. (Of course I mean to nearby cities is possible)
In other games I just let the system take care of my supply. In Wia I count and count and count to make sure all regions have more supply than the elements of my armies.
If this does not make sense, let me know.