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BossGnome -> Limited Command Point Recovery (12/10/2008 3:54:27 AM)
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Hi everybody, I've been enjoying this game for a few months now, playing mostly PBEM, and almost always with limited command point recovery. However, it would seem from the comments I have gotten not just from a few, but from pretty much all of my PBEM partners, that most people actually do not play with the limited recovery. This got me wondering; why not?
Although I do agree it certainly raises frustration levels (aaagh! I accidentally on an infantry!), having limited command point recovery has two major effects, which both have a significant bearing on the strategy of the game.
First, it forces a leader to travel with his troops. This is especially important for the confederates who have limited railways and can, without limited point recovery, effectively switch all of their best leaders where they are most needed. Jackson, for example, can effectively leave his troops behind, travel to tennessee, pick up some new ones, train them, and be just as effective as before. Unit cohesion, anyone?
Second, it slows down troop training, as trained infantry being moved up from the rear will still "take up" one command point for the leader that just trained them. This I found to matter mostly to the union, who is the side with enough leaders to set up "training camps" in the rear lines. With limited command point recovery, these "camps" will never be able to operate at full capacity.
Anyways, I am just looking for people's thoughts on the matter. I am currently playing PBEM both with and without limited cmd pts recovery, and I have to say, while the former is certainly more frustrating, even annoying, at times, I somewhat like the constraints it puts me under. It almost forces the player to think of the leader and his troops as one "unit", not just as the sum of several interchangeable parts.
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