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    EBII Hod Carrier Member QuintusSertorius's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dumbass View Post
    It's too boring to have to create new units and merge them together.
    And having to ship an entire army back to your homeland (who's replacing them in the meantime?) isn't?
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    i'm guilty on massive retraining
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    It's not a crime to play the game the way you want to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnhughthom View Post
    It's not a crime to play the game the way you want to.
    True enough.
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    Default Re: Do you retrain?

    I retrain in the beginning of campaigns, but it becomes more rarely when I expand.

    On a side note. I play with BI.exe and I see the AI retraining constantly!!! Only the Eleutheroi don't retrain in my campaigns.
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    Default Re: Do you retrain?

    Yes.

    It annoys me to hell to have an army with under strength units, Half the time I fight a battle, retrain, send them out again, they fight, get sent home and retrain.

    Not realistic most likely but eh.

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    Default Re: Do you retrain?

    Ive given pretty in depth reasons in another thread, but I would say its also pretty annoying to fight with small scrappy units of locally trained troops - especially in defensive garrison type cities that literally get besieged every other turn for many many years.

    So, I do tend to retrain on defence, but rarely do so when sending out my conquering hordes, as its easier to merge units and buy mercenaries. On that note I often have a semi stack of reinforcements following along behind for just that purpose.

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    Yes I retrain all the time, I have 6 legions, two on active campaign, one in reserve in Rome, and three on defense in three "sectors" I created-Greece, Iberia and Cisalpine Gual. The two on campaign are relatively fresh, my reserve was recently on the front line but I moved them back to Rome to celebrate a triumph. I am going to transport the reserve back to the frontline soon, Carthage/North Africa, and put a battle worn legion back to Rome in order to retrain and act as a central reserve once again.


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    Default Re: Do you retrain?

    Quote Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius View Post
    And having to ship an entire army back to your homeland (who's replacing them in the meantime?) isn't?
    I retrain quite alot, and I use a replacement army/force to hold the ground if needed.

    I have also seen many elite units loose chevrons when retrained, usually in poportion to the casualties!

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    Default AW: Do you retrain?

    Hi all!I retrain whenever it is possible.I know, its nit right to retrain on ALEX.EXE.But I play on VH/VH.And KI get a lot of bonus experiences with the battle.I play the Romancompany.In start Aedui, Scweboz and Arverni had war with each other.Now they are all my enemies.And I see all the time a lot of them with 3 silver Chevrons.The play slowly starts to be really difficult.One Question:how I can reduce the KI-bonus. Which file use.(Sorry for my English)

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    Default Re: Do you retrain?

    Quote Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius View Post
    And having to ship an entire army back to your homeland (who's replacing them in the meantime?) isn't?
    You still have tosend out a whole stack load of units though to yours frontlines to merge and bolster your units. I prefer shipping my guys back, it also ensures I don't expand too quickly.

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