Upgrading Captured Artillery

[theknightirish]

Playing as Austria I have oodles of captured Italian and Ottoman artillery. Is it possible to upgrade these? Or do I just scrap it when it becomes obsolete?

[HerrDan]

Playing as Austria I have oodles of captured Italian and Ottoman artillery. Is it possible to upgrade these? Or do I just scrap it when it becomes obsolete?

Indeed this is something I would like to know as well, I have plenty of captured russian artillery in my game, but my war with Russia was the first long one I fought in this game, I had a war with Spain, but was much shorter and I didn't capture artillery. I don't know what will happen with this artillery I have, so I'll be waiting for someone to answer here.

[Jim-NC]

I don't believe it does upgrade. In fact, it becomes only good for fort artillery in uncommanded stacks. It keeps the corps or division command cost, but you can't build the corps or division it came from.

[HerrDan]

I don't believe it does upgrade. In fact, it becomes only good for fort artillery in uncommanded stacks. It keeps the corps or division command cost, but you can't build the corps or division it came from.

Das ist schade

[Q-Kee]

I usually disband them, as I don't like to have to look at those old, rusty things when I am able to make much better ones

[HerrDan]

I usually disband them, as I don't like to have to look at those old, rusty things when I am able to make much better ones

Oh well, I didn't want to take the VP hit from that, but I think I'll have to...

[Christophe.Barot]

they don't upgrade and can't be copmpleted (sometuimes you can capture a headquarter as well)

keep them for fort garrison duty or scrap them, or use it to complement units (but if they come from corps they'll take scores of rare command points)

[HerrDan]

they don't upgrade and can't be copmpleted (sometuimes you can capture a headquarter as well)

keep them for fort garrison duty or scrap them, or use it to complement units (but if they come from corps they'll take scores of rare command points)

I'm already disbanding them all, as I have already a good vp advantage in my game, it's not a big issue and anyway I don't play only to "win", so I consider it an extra challenge

[epaminondas]

I mass them into artillery corps, sometimes with a small infantry component, and throw them into the front line of any fighting that's going on. If they're burned up that saves me the vp for disbanding them and in the process they do me some good in combat.

[HerrDan]

I mass them into artillery corps, sometimes with a small infantry component, and throw them into the front line of any fighting that's going on. If they're burned up that saves me the vp for disbanding them and in the process they do me some good in combat.

I don't know, but I don't like the idea of having russian soldiers in my army, so I prefer to disband them! haha...