Generals, units and stacking

[Willard]

Hi all-

I have a question regarding the use of generals, units and stacking.
Hypothetically speaking, if I have one 2 star general and four 1 star general, in addition to 4 units, is there a "best" way to organize?

Specifically, is better to stack all 5 generals and 4 units in super stack?

Or is best to leave your 2 star general without a unit and assign each 1 star general one unit each?

Does combat view this a 4-5 seperate battles if someone were to attack the province you occupied? Would the 2 star general "pass" his expertise down to any of those units?

Thanks in advance for the feedback!

[runyan99]

Or, here is another situation.

Imagine there is one fixed (padlocked) regiment defending a fort. This is common in BoA.

There is also a leader and another mobile regiment, organized as a seperate force, but also inside the fort.

If the enemy attacks the fort, does the padlocked regiment get the leader's bonuses? That is, are all defending units lumped into one army, or not?

[Korrigan]

Specifically, is better to stack all 5 generals and 4 units in super stack?

Yes, because otherwise with the "commit rule", one of your stack might be delayed before arriving into the battlefield.

If the enemy attacks the fort, does the padlocked regiment get the leader's bonuses? That is, are all defending units lumped into one army, or not?

No, in this situation it would be better to stack them all.

Now imagine you have 1 locked half-strength garrison unit, 2 regular regiments and 1 General *
There, it would be better to leave the garison unit alone, in order to allow your 2 regular regiments to fight without command malus.

There are also some situations where you have to take in accound terrain frontage (fort defending with more than 4 units, wilderness, fort artillery with more than 4 units and 1 artillery, etc.). To sum it up: When a terrain frontage limits the number of fighting units and you have a leadership shortage, it is better to stack your best troops together and let them hold the ground. However, in assaulting a fort, be aware that your ARTs are not affecter by the 4 attacking units limitation and enjoy strong bonus.

[Pocus]

as a general rule, a given unit can only get the bonuses of his commander, ie the most senior leader of the stack it is in, they are considered separate formations, either physically, or from a command chain purpose. As Korrigan said, you have to decide if you want an officer to command them all, even if this is too much for him (command penalty), or get a core of well organized soldiers, with some more regiments on independent command (with a petty officer in charge only).