Armys under a commander

**phowa** · August 28, 2008, 09:32 AM

I took all of Europe and now im at war with Japan who are Stalinist and they arn't doing anything at all japan controls china and everything but I have one problem which is My commanders cant command a lot of troops the Japanese have like commanders who are at 40/120 in a battle mine are like 46/12 the higest i have had is 24 which is nowhere near as much men as i should be able to attack with as its hard enough i just built a load of tanks for SU then Japan attacked and there are so many Mountains but this commander thing is killing me anyone know how to boost it up?

**blank** · August 28, 2008, 09:52 AM

I assume you're talking about HoI2.

You should make sure you have a field marshal with an HQ unit. The HQ doubles your command limit (also for adjacent provinces) and increases stats.
P.S. when defending, command limits for all commanders are doubled.

As for mountains, the defenders always get a great bonus in there, so if possible, surround them, or use CAS to soften 'em up.

If the enemy is still too numerous, attack with only some of your units to avoid the command penalty. They will lose, but weaken the enemy. Then send in the rest of your men.

**hellheaven1987** · August 28, 2008, 09:57 AM

Promote your generals obviously...

And what year are you now?? Against Japan in China the best way is using armour and mechanical infantry to encircle Japanese quickly.

**phowa** · August 28, 2008, 10:05 AM

August 10th 1943 and i got all my Generals as field marshals from the wars in Europe.

ok i will try building some HQ units never new they did that but still some of his Generals even when they are attacking without a HQ have like /46 compared to me does te more skill you have increase it?

And atm I am fighting around Siam and the top of India so im not in China yet and does America ever attack?

**blank** · August 28, 2008, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by phowa

August 10th 1943 and i got all my Generals as field marshals from the wars in Europe.

ok i will try building some HQ units never new they did that but still some of his Generals even when they are attacking without a HQ have like /46 compared to me does te more skill you have increase it?

No, skill has no effect on command limit. If the Japs are attacking with that many units, it means a lot of them are subject to the command penalty, so they won't be fighting at full efficiency.

As an example; if a field marshal (without HQ) has 14 units in his army, then in offensive battles 2 of them fight with a 75% penalty. If a general is attacking with 50 units, 41 of them have the 75% penalty, etc etc.

And atm I am fighting around Siam and the top of India so im not in China yet and does America ever attack?

America is usually rather docile, they attack Japan and Germany after certain events. If you have a very high belligerence though, they might attack you.

edit: you might find some useful stuff here: http://www.paradoxian.org/hoi2wiki/index.php/Main_Page