Resupply train / supplies.

[konny]

It is in short not possible to implement a half-way realistical system of logistic into any TW game because that part was completly excluded by CA. The only way indeed would be to use the traits of the general, but this is a rather poor workaround because it only affects this particular general. Once the general is moved away there is no more negative effect on that army. This is such an easy sollution for the player who doesn't want to bother with supply in this given situation that implementing any elaborate system of supply wouldn't realy pay off game play wise.

A good system of logisitics would include effects on the units that stay in enemy lands. It would take into account lines of supply, such as I am holding Massilia, hence I am in supply anyways along the Rhone regardless of who is legal owner of the respective province. It would include the possibility of foraging, including its negative effect (army is spreading, discipline is droping etc). It would include means to interrupt the enemy's line of supply, even in his homlands etcpp...

Obviously none of that could be implement by traits or ancillaries. The only thing I could think of and that offers no backdoor would be a 'reversed system'. That is instead of giving generals negative traits for being out of supply they should only have positive traits for being in supply.

As such there would be no workaround: My army is in its homelands, or otherwise considered to be "in supply", so each general that I wish to stack with would have the respective positive trait. Moving away a general or swapping one for the other wouldn't improve the situation for supply effects. Or my army is in enemy lands and all generals do not have the "in supply" trait. That way there also would be no benefit from moving away a single general.

Additionally there could be some characters with a trait that prevent from losing the "in supply" trait, such as "logistical expert". Also here the effect would be permanent and positiv only, so moving away the general from his army wouldn't do me any good and would be no workaround.