Yet another chance to ask CA some questions.

**The Blind Samurai** · 09-20-2006, 15:39

dont rasie and dead topics plz

**rory_20_uk** · 09-20-2006, 15:53

Erm, why? Are the answers going to appear in another thread? It seems sensible to expect answers to questions.

**sunsmountain** · 09-20-2006, 16:57

Early, High, Late era's in?
Campaign map battle replays in?

As much as you can find out about the campaign map AI
As much as you can find out about the battlemap AI

Multiplayer: does every army have a counter-army?

**Oaty** · 09-20-2006, 19:55

Will there still be retraining, if so how will it work and will experienced units with green troops added deplete there overal experience?

**Kraxis** · 09-20-2006, 20:22

Originally Posted by Oaty

Will there still be retraining, if so how will it work and will experienced units with green troops added deplete there overal experience?

Seconded... Or worded differently:

Will experienced units get their experience depleted when retraining? Or will the unit retain any experience it had like in RTW (1 man with 3 golden chevrons could be retrained to 240 men with 3 golden chevrons in any city capably of retraining his unit)?

This is a very important issue as it was far far too easy for the player to hoard up on experienced units as he didn't have to protect or combine the experienced units (and thus create that nice elite core or an army), instead masses of highly experienced units could be pumped out quite fast.

**ChewieTobbacca** · 09-20-2006, 21:09

Originally Posted by Kraxis

Seconded... Or worded differently:

Will experienced units get their experience depleted when retraining? Or will the unit retain any experience it had like in RTW (1 man with 3 golden chevrons could be retrained to 240 men with 3 golden chevrons in any city capably of retraining his unit)?

This is a very important issue as it was far far too easy for the player to hoard up on experienced units as he didn't have to protect or combine the experienced units (and thus create that nice elite core or an army), instead masses of highly experienced units could be pumped out quite fast.

I always thought that the unit cards kept the chevrons but that INDIVIDUAL units were the ones that each had their own experience values - retraining added green troops but you couldn't see them.

**Kraxis** · 09-20-2006, 22:10

Originally Posted by ChewieTobbacca

I always thought that the unit cards kept the chevrons but that INDIVIDUAL units were the ones that each had their own experience values - retraining added green troops but you couldn't see them.

The way it was in MTW was that each man had his own valour level. That seems to have been kept in RTW. But while the unit in MTW got restocked with whatever level troops the province could produce, in RTW that didn't happen.

After extensive testing a player here actually managed to get a ship up to 3 golden chevrons and the crew down to 6-8 of 40. When retrained the ship crushed any opponent as it was now a full 3 gold chevron ship, while it should have been around 2-3 bronze. Which is not enough to best 3-4 enemy ships of similar size, yet it won easily.

[EDIT]
Aww man.... Just noticed the chevrons in this screenshot.
http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/arti...0035943672.jpg
Three silver (level 6) in a full-ish unit? Retaining experience after retraining is back...