Baggage train

**Ads1337** · May 17, 2013, 05:41 AM

Cannot post my post? New account limit?

Keywords: baggage train, supplies, battlemap, stratmap...

**Ads1337** · May 17, 2013, 05:47 AM

Sorry about that, my post contains forbidden words?

Re-worded in simple terms: Is a baggage train a good idea? It could give invading armies bonuses etc. Have no idea if it can be coded into the game (maybe shogun 2 engine?)

**Giorgios** · May 17, 2013, 06:35 AM

Originally Posted by Ads1337

Sorry about that, my post contains forbidden words?

Re-worded in simple terms: Is a baggage train a good idea? It could give invading armies bonuses etc. Have no idea if it can be coded into the game (maybe shogun 2 engine?)

Clearly "baggage train" is terribly X-rated!

Anyway, supplies are something that could perhaps be worked into codes and scripts, but I'm not sure about the inclusion of full baggage trains. Deutschland will know, though, so hopefully he'll drop into this thread at some point!

**Deutschland** · May 17, 2013, 06:38 AM

Hey ads,

thank you for the suggestion. You will be pleased to hear that we already integrated this feature via the traits system.
It is called supply system. Armies of civilized factions will suffer exhaustion if they don't stop in friendly territory/cities at times.

**Ads1337** · May 17, 2013, 07:09 AM

Thanks guys, that is indeed great to hear. I always wondered if it could be represented in the battlemap though, infantry defending the train at the back with the cavalry battling up half a mile ahead. Let me blow your mind here: remodel the 'great cross' as a caravan?

**Yayattasa** · July 10, 2013, 02:20 PM

That's the way it's done in 1648

Sometimes, when a full stack is invading your territory, you can try to send skirmishers to kill their trains. If you succeed, they still may reach your city, but they will be unable to starve you out before themselves starve, helping a bit the defending armies.

**Pyres Δt Varanasi** · July 11, 2013, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by Deutschland

Hey ads,

thank you for the suggestion. You will be pleased to hear that we already integrated this feature via the traits system.
It is called supply system. Armies of civilized factions will suffer exhaustion if they don't stop in friendly territory/cities at times.

Uhhh interesting

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Love the Idea.