postfux -> OOB Suggestion (7/21/2021 12:51:52 PM)
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I am terribly missing the possibility to really organize the army and a meaningful chain of command. "Increasing size and complexity" of existing formations is not very satisfying in the current system. I would love a system working some way along those lines: Battalion: A maneuver element of a certain kind of troops. It has no logistical ability to work beyond the railheads. When levelling up a battalion you get a Regiment: a HQ with some logistical abilities (trucks, support "units"), 4 additional empty Battalions, some support slots and an arty slot. Support troops are not maneuver elements but get added to the 5 maneuver battalions. You might add 100 mortar sized arty troopers and/ or 100 ATG troopers and/ or 10 buggys ... to each maneuver battalion this way. You can also add some small caliber arty as a manouver element in the arty slot. The maneuver elements and the HQ can be merged and broken up. When levelling up a regiment you get a Division: a HQ with increased logistical abilities, some empty regiment slots, some support slots and an arty slot. The support units are maneuver elements like a Scout Battalion or an TD Battalion, divisional arty can have bigger tubes than regimental arty. The maneuver elements and the HQ can be merged and broken up. When levelling up a division you get a Corps: a HQ with great logistical abilities, some empty division slots, and an arty slot. No new maneuver elements, but some corps artillery. An Army is just an HQ for handling large quantities of supply and adding another leadership layer. I think this would enable the player to grow the army much more organical. There would also be more realism to logistics. I am aware that scale was a design decision, but a battalion of militia infantry operating independently 1000 km beyond the railheads? This guys should patrol dirt roads or man strongpoints. Apart from a meaningfull army organization such a system would also bring a real chain of command. Once a leader reaches a certain seniority he can be promoted and assigned to a bigger formation.
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