Newbie questions – Me (CSA) vs AI (Union)
1. I though that if a locked unit was attacked then it would become unlocked and I’d be able to issue a move order to it. However, I have two instances of units being completely annihilated after several turns of repeated battle that remained locked and I could not move them to save them. ZOC had no impact on them as in both cases the AI units withdrew before returning to attack again. Am I missing something or is this a bug?
2. A large Union army ploughed straight through two defended regions to threaten Manassas. This army was easily cut off and isolated by my troops and the Army of the Potomac moved to the same region as the isolated US army to engage it. However, the stacks sat there for four consecutive turns and no battle took place. Next, on the fifth turn the US stack simply left by ploughing through the surrounding regions with no battle. - Surely, my forces should have engaged and surely ZOC should have prevented the US army from escaping? Any explanations please?
3. Any tips on how to increase my income of war materials? I have money, I have conscripts but severe lack of war materials prevents me from raising enough new brigades. I have been investing in industry but it seems a bit hit and miss.
4. I had three or four units ‘disband’ in the spring of 1862 (the same turn as I received a bunch of new generals). The units were in supply and healthy. Is this disbanding event driven or did I miss something?
5. Could somebody explain the benefit of forming divisions please? I note various advice saying that a division can hold 18 elements. However, I have stacks of just four elements with no combat penalties suddenly accrue penalties (typically 15% to 20%) just because I turned the stack into a division without adding any more brigades.
6. I had a stack of four ironclads under Admiral Buchanan just disappear. Buchanan turned up in an inland city in Virginia –the ironclads just vanished. They were subjected to a heavy pounding by the Union guns of Fort Monroe and suffered several hits and I ordered them to port but next turn they were not to be found. There was no message in the log to say they had been sunk or annihilated or anything like that. Anybody else seen this?
7. I enacted the cotton embargo and expected to gain points towards Foreign Intervention. Instead I lost all of the points I currently had – FI reset to zero. What happened?
8. General advice on how to marshal my CSA forces and especially on managing supply chains would be most welcome.
I have lots more questions to ask but the answers to the above will suffice for now if some kind soul would please oblige.
Thanks in advance.