Cohortes Reformatae slow to gain experience?

[Mulceber]

Maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems like once you reach the Marian reforms, your troops are REALLY slow to gain experience. I've conquered most of Germany, but the most any of my cohortes have is one bronze chevron. Is this standard in EB? Is it just my imagination? Or am I experiencing some kind of glitch? -M

[Tellos Athenaios]

It's likely you: some government types offer a +1 experience, others don't. Game fields/gymnaseia add another +1. IIRC Marian's mules get recruited into the army from a large hinterland of type 2 govts, which means that they can get only up to a +1 lead; your Italian/Homeland people however can/used to begin with a +2 lead.

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

That's Morale, not Experience.

[Mulceber]

That's Morale, not Experience.

No, it's definitely experience. It affects their morale, but it's experience - if you need proof, check their stats - the number of experience they have is always equal to their number of chevrons.

It's likely you: some government types offer a +1 experience, others don't. Game fields/gymnaseia add another +1. IIRC Marian's mules get recruited into the army from a large hinterland of type 2 govts, which means that they can get only up to a +1 lead; your Italian/Homeland people however can/used to begin with a +2 lead.

Oh I get it...so if I were to retrain them in Italy, would that give them the +2? -M

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

No, it's definitely experience. It affects their morale, but it's experience - if you need proof, check their stats - the number of experience they have is always equal to their number of chevrons.

It's not. I was referring to the effects of Government buildings, and to my own knowledge Roman govts. do not raise experience but only morale.

[Mulceber]

Ah ok. Still, any advice for improving their experience, apart from just sending them to as many battles as possible? -M