Some new player questions

[CavScout]

Greetings all, new to the game and have a few things I don’t understand (even after devouring the manual, the FAQs and the forums).

1.How do you make use of a “Recruiting Officer” general? Obviously you must move him to an appropriately sized city, but how do the new units appear?

2.“Training Officers” can “rain up to two regiments of Conscripts to regular soldier every
Turn” but what does that mean? What constitutes a conscript unit?

3.There is an icon that appears over stacks that I haven’t found out what it means. It looks similar to the “forced march” icon, the infantry file but has an “X” on it. I don’t see it in the manual or wiki as to what it means.

Thanks in advance!

[Coregonas]

Greetings all, new to the game and have a few things I don’t understand (even after devouring the manual, the FAQs and the forums).

1.How do you make use of a “Recruiting Officer” general? Obviously you must move him to an appropriately sized city, but how do the new units appear?

2.“Training Officers” can “rain up to two regiments of Conscripts to regular soldier every
Turn” but what does that mean? What constitutes a conscript unit?

3.There is an icon that appears over stacks that I haven’t found out what it means. It looks similar to the “forced march” icon, the infantry file but has an “X” on it. I don’t see it in the manual or wiki as to what it means.

Thanks in advance!

1.- These generals add CONSCRIPTION POINTS, not troops. So +3, or more points added per turn.

2.- There are only 2 kinds of conscripts. Conscript Cavalry & infantry. Militias turns into conscript around 5% a turn, while cavalry are just the cheapest ones you can buy. Some brigades are bought with Conscript infantry instead of Regulars.

You can check it clicking in the NATO ELEMENT marker and looking in the title of the element. It clearly says CONSCRIPT in the type of unit.

[CavScout]

So you don't buy conscript formations, they are derived from militia units?

[arsan]

Hi and welcome aboard!

Many of the brigades you receive by event or buy as reinforcements also have conscript elements (ha brigade can have a mix of normal an conscript elements).
unit panel with a unit selected). That will open a Unit details panel. Here, the unit type will be identified as "Infantry" or "Infantry (conscript)". And the same with cavalry as Coregons say.
Besides, if you look anc compare at the unit statistics you will see conscript infantry and cavalry had somewhat lower values than normal ones.
Unit graphics (at least on infantry) are usually a little different (less professional look, simpler uniform...)

Regards!

[CavScout]

Thanks! I was getting confused with the similar uses of conscript in different areas of the game.

[CavScout]

Another question (:innocent , I keep seeing references to different draft options, like bounties for example. Yet, in the games I have mucked around in, I've only seen two options volunteers and partial. Have I not played long enough in the scenarios to unlock these?

[Le Ricain]

Another question (:innocent , I keep seeing references to different draft options, like bounties for example. Yet, in the games I have mucked around in, I've only seen two options volunteers and partial. Have I not played long enough in the scenarios to unlock these?

If you left click on the options you will see the other possible options for draft, finances, etc.

[arsan]

Another question (:innocent , I keep seeing references to different draft options, like bounties for example. Yet, in the games I have mucked around in, I've only seen two options volunteers and partial. Have I not played long enough in the scenarios to unlock these?

That's an easy one!
Try to click (repeatedly) over the draft options text
(And read the tooltips!!!)
It works the same for a lot of other options!
PS: some players had played the game for months before realizing that I won't tell names !

[Hobbes]

That's an easy one!
Try to click (repeatedly) over the draft options text
(And read the tooltips!!!)
It works the same for a lot of other options!
PS: some players had played the game for months before realizing that I won't tell names !

I was one of them. I think this could be made a little clearer on the screen.

Cheers, Chris

[Jabberwock]

some players had played the game for months before realizing that

+1

EDIT: BTW, you can right-click to cycle through the options backwards

[Rafiki]

+2

[CavScout]

If you left click on the options you will see the other possible options for draft, finances, etc.

Where do I need to click? I've click all over and can't seem to retrieve the extra opions. leure:



EDIT: Figured it out. Click on the actua text!

[CavScout]

I hope I am not being to pesky, but this is the symbol I can't find any info about:


What does it mean?

[Rafiki]

It means that your stack is moving to either join a friendly stack or to intercept an enemy stack, i.e. if the target stack moves to a different region, this stack will follow.

You give this order by dragging this stack on top of the other stack, wherever it may be.

[Primasprit]

I know what it means but found that symbol always somewhat confusing...

[Rafiki]

I've always taken it to mean that the symbols shows how this stack will "cross paths" with a different stack

[arsan]

Nobody knows if it represent scissors or two crossed sabers... or what!

[Nikel]

http://www.ageod-forum.com/showpost.php?p=94191&postcount=18

[Rafiki]

Meh, as if that guy knows anything about this

[arsan]

Not a very convincing explanation, IMHO...
I think he just made that up on the spot

[CavScout]

Is there anything in the manual that explains, fully, what the base colors (green, yellow, ect) mean on you units?

[arsan]

Hi
Not sure about the manual, but citing the great AACW wiki (http://ageod.nsen.ch/aacwwiki/Main_Page) that in this regard cites a forum post by myself...

"Additionally, the colour of the lights at the base indicates one of two things:

* When the supply map layer is enabled, they show the supply level; red = bad, green = good.
* Other than that, it indicates a combination of overall health and cohesion for the stack; again, red = bad, green = good. "

Regards!

[CavScout]

Ahh, so the purpose of it changes depending on the map view. That explains much of my confusion.