Chain of command
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:17 am
Hi,
Been trying to learn this game. Currently running an Eastern Entente campaign, as the Russians are a bit easier to get a grip on.
Got a question about the chain of command. I got the army group (GHQ) as highest command, giving armies in range a bonus (or malus), depending on rating. Then the armies are the next level - ok, no problem. Next level is the corps. The manual states that the corps is only "connected" to the army (using the term loosely here, as there is no real connection) if it is in the same region. Otherwise it is independent, and suffers a 50% Command Point (CP) prenalty. It is this last thing that does not seem to work. My ** commanders have (generally) a 24 CP, regardless where they are. Did this change between the "printing" of the manual and the release? Or am I missing something?
More gameplay oriented: the Russian side starts with one GHQ, lots of armies (about 9 on the front), and each army has a swarm of corpses around it. I tend to keep them that way - there is undoubtly some reason for this organisation. But you can also reorganise the stack, build as much units with a ** General as corps commander, and build a super, one tab army, with less independend corpses. If you have to keep the corpses in the same region as the army anyway - for CP purposes (but see above) - this seems to make sense. (And reduces the clutter and the risk of some troops not marching together or not engaging).
What do others do, and why? What are the pro's and con's for each approach?
Been trying to learn this game. Currently running an Eastern Entente campaign, as the Russians are a bit easier to get a grip on.
Got a question about the chain of command. I got the army group (GHQ) as highest command, giving armies in range a bonus (or malus), depending on rating. Then the armies are the next level - ok, no problem. Next level is the corps. The manual states that the corps is only "connected" to the army (using the term loosely here, as there is no real connection) if it is in the same region. Otherwise it is independent, and suffers a 50% Command Point (CP) prenalty. It is this last thing that does not seem to work. My ** commanders have (generally) a 24 CP, regardless where they are. Did this change between the "printing" of the manual and the release? Or am I missing something?
More gameplay oriented: the Russian side starts with one GHQ, lots of armies (about 9 on the front), and each army has a swarm of corpses around it. I tend to keep them that way - there is undoubtly some reason for this organisation. But you can also reorganise the stack, build as much units with a ** General as corps commander, and build a super, one tab army, with less independend corpses. If you have to keep the corpses in the same region as the army anyway - for CP purposes (but see above) - this seems to make sense. (And reduces the clutter and the risk of some troops not marching together or not engaging).
What do others do, and why? What are the pro's and con's for each approach?
