delayed move

[captain curruthers]

id like to see a unit option to delay moves.eg:- a unit waits 5 days before starting its ordered move. not only would this make co-ordinating moves easier but it would remove a lot of 'wasted' moves when trying to combine units or movement to ships etc

[Generalisimo]

id like to see a unit option to delay moves.eg:- a unit waits 5 days before starting its ordered move. not only would this make co-ordinating moves easier but it would remove a lot of 'wasted' moves when trying to combine units or movement to ships etc

Actually, something like that will be great if it had some chance of failure... so, you will not be 100% sure that the units that you ordered to move from A to B on Y days will arrive on the exact time that you calculated...

[lodilefty]

In the 'other' AGEOD games the coordination of moves is much easier due to the Command and Control rules with 'Army Move'

WIA has a 'Simple' C&C rule, where we gain the simplicity of no Army/Corps/Division building, but lose this coordination....

Historically, none of the participants in the North American wars depicted were particularly good at coordination anyway, either because of the difficult terrain [as compared to Europe] and difficult egos [like, you know, Charles Lee ]

[captain curruthers]

Historically, none of the participants in the North American wars depicted were particularly good at coordination anyway, either because of the difficult terrain [as compared to Europe] and difficult egos [like, you know, Charles Lee ]

accepted but co-ordinated moves is only a part of the problems created by 30 day moves(or any length).the big issue,i think,are wasted moves waiting for things that only take a few days.

Actually, something like that will be great if it had some chance of failure... so, you will not be 100% sure that the units that you ordered to move from A to B on Y days will arrive on the exact time that you calculated

thus still simulating movement problems while removing a lot of the 'wasted' days

[arsan]

accepted but co-ordinated moves is only a part of the problems created by 30 day moves(or any length).the big issue,i think,are wasted moves waiting for things that only take a few days.

Hi!
What kind of things you have to wait for??
Probably you already know all of this, but just in case...
Do you now you can and order to build or destroy something and move on the same turn?? the stack will wait until the building/destroying is finished before moving along.
For combining units, you can order a "stack A" to merge with "stack B" when B is on the move.
"A" will try to catch "B" on route or follow him to "B's" destination and merge there. This is quite useful for gathering units on a big army without the army having to wait for everybody before starting the campaign.
... of course enemy presence nearby can make things a little risky
Cheers!

[captain curruthers]

avoiding enemy interception,slow moving units(supply wagons,artillery)joining other units,land units moving to the coast/harbour and joining fleets are just examples that pop into mind