Great thing the forum is back. I was preparing some new strategy and was making some tests, and thus I had some questions.
Also, I like you if you only spend time reading this.
I might see a bit more bugs than there really are, but I remember that when I first reported the "ammo" bug here, I was not believed
Is weather attrition and historical attrition working as designed ?
[Probably not working as designed] In my test game, I had von Schwerin sitting from october to early march (so far) in front of Koeniggratz, sieging. He had a couple wagons with him. See file.
Well, he is still doing well. Attrition seems extremely minor, and can be handwaved easily (his army has 3 hits less than the total maximum).
It MAY be because his supply wagons are getting restored faster than they are expended to "drain" the winter hits, AND that replacements are received as they are needed. Still, it seems to me that attrition is extremely mild, even when on.
Another test : having Keith sit with his army WITHOUT supply wagons in the middle of nowhere, in winter. I got a whooping ONE hit due to weather (granted it was not raining) at the end turn. He took 2 hits per region he went through to get there.
That's just the winter. Since I am in "historical attrition", I believe there is no difference with the "standard" attrition (did not test - yet). Anyone got a difference experience ? MAybe difficult to know given one receive replacements.
Conclusion : ahistorically, I believe operations in winter are possible, provided your remember the frontage in battle is going to be limited.
I first noticed it in my first AAR against Baris, when I could march in winter from Hessen to Halle, and still be in shape to destroy Baris army. See the description here. Does anyone report high damage due to attrition ?
Is MC working as intended
[Probably not a bug] My troops have been in assault posture for months in - say - Koeniggratz. Everytime I am in an enemy "native" territory, I can never push the Military Control above 95% or 96%. I would like to get these 4 extra percent.
Is it due to Loyalty, which is lowering the military control I have each turn ? Or is it something else completely ? Is it because a fort gives a minimum of 5% military control ?
Is siege working as intended
[Maybe a bug] Still in Koeniggratz, I have been having Koeniggratz under siege for several month now. But the city is still at 100% supply. Is it due to the 4% MC I don't have, or is something broken ?
Some questions (no bugs) on traits
Does "Guard" trait have any role, except Cosmetic (which I like)
Does "The Emperor" trait have any role, except Cosmetic (which I like).
Is there any interest to have a "multinational leader" instead of two leaders of the required nationalities leading a stack ?
How much more frontage does the "Offensive / Defensive" master trait gives ?
Does the Swedish "Northerner" trait gives them a malus in Prussia (their starting region) and Scandinavia ? The toolthingie says "North Germany", which is the name of a region.
Does the siege artillety bonus in siege stack with the engineer bonus ?
Completely unrelated
"Garde du Corps" is a cool unit, as it can be combined in a "division" with the leader of an army or the CiC. Unfortunately, when you do this, the leader loses his command of the army (the army is "disolved"). For example : create a Garde du Corps in Königsberg in the attached file, and play with Lehwaldt. Is this working as intended ? It would be interesting if Gardes du Corps could be an unit that would merge even if a general leading an army, to, well, Guard his Body, as the name says .
When an army crosses a river that is in a forest, and battles an enemy army, which "terrain" is used for combat calculation : river crossing, or forest ?
Well, that's pretty much all. If you could answer one or more of these questions, I would be grateful.
- Guillaume.
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