Quick question: Are there any benefits to signal units beyond the increase in command points in the stack they are in? Will attaching one to an Army distribute the bonus to the subordinate corps?
Thanks!
Signal Corps
I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
-Abraham Lincoln, 1863, in a letter to Major General Joseph Hooker.
-Abraham Lincoln, 1863, in a letter to Major General Joseph Hooker.
Hi Jerzul,
No other benefits. And the bonus (+2 CP) is only for the stack where the signal unit is. So it won't be able to distribute the bonus to the subordinate Corps.
Greetings!
No other benefits. And the bonus (+2 CP) is only for the stack where the signal unit is. So it won't be able to distribute the bonus to the subordinate Corps.
Greetings!
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Ethan wrote:Hi Jerzul,
No other benefits. And the bonus (+2 CP) is only for the stack where the signal unit is. So it won't be able to distribute the bonus to the subordinate Corps.
Greetings!
That's too bad. I feel for the north (and the plethora of Generals that they have) that the money required to build a signal unit is probably best used elsewhere. (IMHO).
I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
-Abraham Lincoln, 1863, in a letter to Major General Joseph Hooker.
-Abraham Lincoln, 1863, in a letter to Major General Joseph Hooker.
IIRC - They allow you to get over the 8 CP limit for generals (as they don't count as such). So if you have a 10 CP stack with 4 generals that is not a corps, you add the signals unit, and *poof* there goes your command penalty.
Remember - The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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Yep, regardless of abilities that can increase CP's (Strategist, Good Cmd, Gifted Cmd,Good Subordinates), you can get 8CP's from generals + 2CP's from a signal unit + 1CP from a balloon unit = 11CP's... Not bad! 
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Gen. Monkey-Bear
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Gen. Monkey-Bear wrote:I believe as well that they can be used in battle as support units if the stack lacks artillery. So this is a small advantage in addition.
Not to be (too) sarcastic, but to what end would plugging your signal corps into the line do other than possibly distract them ala Uhura's fan dance?
ompom:I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
-Abraham Lincoln, 1863, in a letter to Major General Joseph Hooker.
-Abraham Lincoln, 1863, in a letter to Major General Joseph Hooker.
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Gen. Monkey-Bear
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Not to be (too) sarcastic, but to what end would plugging your signal corps into the line do other than possibly distract them ala Uhura's fan dance?
Yes, you are right. It would be quite ridiculous to rely on these boys to do the fighting. Still, I was simply pointing out that they can serve some other purpose than extra command points, even if they serve the purpose badly.
Gen. Monkey-Bear wrote:Yes, you are right. It would be quite ridiculous to rely on these boys to do the fighting. Still, I was simply pointing out that they can serve some other purpose than extra command points, even if they serve the purpose badly.
Fair enough
I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
-Abraham Lincoln, 1863, in a letter to Major General Joseph Hooker.
-Abraham Lincoln, 1863, in a letter to Major General Joseph Hooker.
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colonel hurst
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The way I see it, is that the Signal Corps becomes obsolete once the Corps command structure is adopted by both sides in March of 62. If the USA wants to make a major invasion in 1861, a good way to gain an advantage is by using the signal corps.
They can also be a help in Missouri/Arkansas with leaderless stacks or a division with only one general.
They can also be a help in Missouri/Arkansas with leaderless stacks or a division with only one general.
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