Question concerning retraining units

[Kulgan]

How do I retrain units? There's this button somewhere but I can't seem to see it's effect really...

Also what are the advantages of experience and how much experience can a unit get? Thus far I've only seen a unit get 2 chevrons and maybe once 3 but after the battle it was 2 again.

I only played ETW for a few hours yet so I'm still exploring much. ( had my first battle using grenadiers and boy was that fun! )

Also a minor bug/cheat : since your enemies won't ever invade islands etc.. you can trade some island they ask you for in exchange for all their techonologies, some other provinces etc... and then you declare war and take your original island back. Ok it does make you look like the bad guy but you can wage a war once in a while without becomming the ultimate bad boy.
Playing as the UP I take Rhineland. Spain is offering me 3 provinces, techonology and money in exchange. If I would take the deal, declare war on spain and take Brussels/Rhineland I would double my 'power' in a mere turn.

Please CA fix your game and you will have so much work doing so, better get started!

[Wausser]

Select the units in your army and click on the plus at the upper right side of the army screen


Above 3 chevrons you will get a big reloading bonus

[Barkhorn1x]

Select the units in your army and click on the plus at the upper right side of the army screen


Above 3 chevrons you will get a big reloading bonus

I would add the following to complete the picture:
- After you hit the button you wil see a "+" appear on the upper left(?) corner of the unit
- And you funds will be lower as you pay for each soldier needed to fill up a unit
- It can take up to two turns before the unit is whole again - this may be based on your armies distance from a recruiting standpoint.
- Your battle flag will be ragged until the process is complete and then it will be whole again (a nice touch)

[Belid Hagen]

I would add the following to complete the picture:
- After you hit the button you wil see a "+" appear on the upper left(?) corner of the unit
- And you funds will be lower as you pay for each soldier needed to fill up a unit
- It can take up to two turns before the unit is whole again - this may be based on your armies distance from a recruiting standpoint.
- Your battle flag will be ragged until the process is complete and then it will be whole again (a nice touch)

It ALWAYS takes two turns.

[Monsieur Alphonse]

You cant retrain them while on board of a ship, but you can retrain them and then board a ship and while sailing replenish your army. Maybe a kind of an exploit.

[A Very Super Market]

I wouldn't say that would be an exploit. Perhaps you could say the first turn is simply recruitment, and the second turn being drills onboard the ship.

[MikeV]

It ALWAYS takes two turns.

Depending how how badly depleted they are, I tend to merge and then only replenish to one unit (of each type) that didn't make it back to full strength. When I'm on the advance, I leave the replenishing unit(s) as garrison, and move on with the consolidated survivors.

[crpcarrot]

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Also what are the advantages of experience and how much experience can a unit get? Thus far I've only seen a unit get 2 chevrons and maybe once 3 but after the battle it was 2 again.
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TW tracks experience per individual soldier but thwats displayed is the avarage for the unit. the reason your exp went down from 3-2 during the battle is because some of your more expereinced men in the unit died. so when the remaining soldieres are avaraged out they only have 2 chevrons.

it used to be that you got green units when you refilled a unit so that usually diluted a units experience but i thinkETW you get units of same experience? can anyone confirm that.

[A Very Super Market]

They do decrease experience.

[Feanaro]

I have never noticed a loss of experience from replenishing, even if the unit was nearly wiped out.

[Barkhorn1x]

I have never noticed a loss of experience from replenishing, even if the unit was nearly wiped out.

Nor have I.

[A Very Super Market]

I have. I always rename my two chevron units, and if there are 1 chevron named units, them they must have dropped.

[Bob the Insane]

I have never noticed a loss of experience from replenishing, even if the unit was nearly wiped out.

Same here...

I do like this 2 turn style makes you have to think about defending against seiges as your reinforcements don't automatically turn up before the next round...

[ironanvil1]

Never had units drop xp from retraining but if you merge units or shift men from one to another you tend to lose xp.

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