retraining troops??

[Silius Saurus]

How is it done? I can't seem to replace casualties in existing units!

I toggle the "replenish" button but nothing happens. Is this another bug?

[lifeonmars]

you have to wait 3 turns i think.

[Valor]

It's working, but it's just long. You have to wait two turns.

[Silius Saurus]

OOOOOH. That's weird. You can raise troops in one turn, but two to replace. Nuts.

Thanks!

[Niccolo Maciavelli]

OOOOOH. That's weird. You can raise troops in one turn, but two to replace. Nuts.

Thanks!

when you replensih it takes time for soldires to travel(this will not be visable) from where they would have been recurted and to wherever your army is now. the closer you are to a city capable of training the soldries you are replenishing, the faster i belive.

[Scooter]

I have a related question:

Playing as Prussians- Through a series of diplomatic events, I have Quebec as a Protectorate, and when the Iroquois declared war on them naturally I sent help: One full stack to the New World. I had no settlements in the Americas and was looking forward to see how long the lone stack would last.

The first few battles I won with few losses, but after the third battle (with heavy losses) I noticed that I could replenish my troops. "WOW... how long would that take?" I thought. 2 turns later... fully restored stack.

Does this seem right?

I think it should be harder to replenish your losses 1/2 way around the world with no regions under your control.

Thoughts?

[ilikepeas]

I have a related question:

Playing as Prussians- Through a series of diplomatic events, I have Quebec as a Protectorate, and when the Iroquois declared war on them naturally I sent help: One full stack to the New World. I had no settlements in the Americas and was looking forward to see how long the lone stack would last.

The first few battles I won with few losses, but after the third battle (with heavy losses) I noticed that I could replenish my troops. "WOW... how long would that take?" I thought. 2 turns later... fully restored stack.

Does this seem right?

I think it should be harder to replenish your losses 1/2 way around the world with no regions under your control.

Thoughts?

yes it works like that, and yes it would make sense to take longer depending on where you are, but that would be too realistic i think.. 2 turns seems fair to me since it would be way too strong if you could just replenish troops after every single fight

one think i wish this game had though was recruiting troops in the field, that was fun in the other total war games, having unique troops from different areas fighting, like mercenaries

[Thanatos]

Thread moved to Gameplay and Strategy Discussion. PM me if you have any questions.

[Mooncabbage]

I suppose they recruit from locals, in this era regiments tended to be an extremely mixed bag of nationalities anyway.

[akinkhoo]

i believe in the regiments system, the regiment doesn't actually march out to battle but actually has a homebase, only battalion are deployed and so the regiment can replace the losses in deployed battalion with those in training and reserve in the rest of the regiment.

from wiki:
In the regimental system, each regiment is responsible for recruiting, training, and administration; each regiment is permanently maintained and therefore the regiment will develop its unique esprit de corps because of its unitary history, traditions, recruitment, and function. Usually, the regiment is responsible for recruiting and administrating a soldier's military career.

interesting no? quite different from the division used today.

[Niccolo Maciavelli]

Damn intersting, i assume by this method a soldires loyalty could be increased as long as he felt an attachment to the regiment and those he was recuited with and by. Witch would make him less likely to desert, who would want to abandon their colours and friends?