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To end the turn I have an upgrade for Logistics. There are a lot of great choices but I'm going with the Nurses to decrease the damage of Disease when I am near my hospitals.

Raiders are set to steal some more weapons.

Turn 26

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Events 2/2

Pittsburg captured! No doubt this has caused ruckus in the Union economy. Once the Unrest settles I should be making a few extra bucks also.

Finished a Plantation in Augusta. I also finished a new Camp which has increased my reinforcements to 7,000 men a turn. Finally a Mint was also completed which is good.

Diplomacy has paid off again and Europe has sent me another 28 Iron.

My Block Runners managed to get some Weapons. I'm sending them off to get even more weapons.

Starting out in the West. I managed to escape Missouri. The Union Army has split into three groups strangely enough. There's one group of approx 20,000 men at Arkansas which I will deal with later. McClellan's group of approx 30,000 men is at Black River, this is the group I'm going to try and intercept first. Finally there a group of approx 10,000-20,000 men in Rolla. I assume he is heading to Ewell so I believe Ewell can handle him.

This is a perfect moment to attack since he is divided. I am moving the AOT along with Van Dorn's Division (Who hasn't rejoined the AOT quite yet) to attack the Central Miss. River. I assume McClellan is moving East so he will have to go through this river. I'm going to intercept him, and without doubt, defeat him. After that I'll try to pursue him if practical. If not, I'll go after the group in Arkansas.

At Kentucky I am starting the siege of Frankfort. My artillery will be done next turn so I'll try to get it over if I can.

I'm also demoting Branch and sending him to garrison one of the forts. There are much better division commanders out there that deserve their stars. My Corps Container has also finished so I'm sending that over to join the AOT soon.

In the East the AOP has somehow managed to travel all the way from Harrisburg to Grafton. I don't know how he managed that but I have to stop him.

I've upgraded a lot of my high-quality units in the ANV with Spencer Guns. I'm then moving them down to Parkersburg to stop the AOP. The 4th Corps is also coming to reinforce and is set to Support Move which means when the ANV arrives they will also arrive.

To be safe I'm moving Jackson's Corps of 25,000 men down to Kenawha to stop the Union from cutting off my supplies if he tries. It's not safe for me to divide my forces at this time but it's also not safe to be out of supply.

There MUST be a battle this turn. Let's see who is better.

Overview:

For my Economy things still remain the same. I have been focusing all my resources on my armies.

I have built a Plantation in Mephis and a Mint in Montgomery, and that's all.

Ending the turn I have two Upgrade choices. I have another Logistics Upgrade so I'm going with Ambulance Department which will increase the range of my Hospitals which should be very useful since I can't take the time or resources to build hospitals everywhere.

I also had an upgrade for Training but there wasn't anything I could use, only for Detailed Combat, so I'm skipping it to see if I can get something useful next turn.

Finally I set my raider to Cause Economic Damage.

Just a note, even the upgrades for detailed combat effect quick combat.

ORIGINAL: Feralkoala

Just a note, even the upgrades for detailed combat effect quick combat.

Really.. how so?

I don't know how they affect the Quick Combat, I haven't played the game yet, however in the other AAR's and discussions pre-release I remember them saying that all upgrades affect quick combat.  Some are more affective than others, but they all do affect the combat.  It is nice to know that if you don't get the upgrade you are looking for you can wait until the next turn to see if you can get lucky...  I had a quick question from a couple turns ago.  You kept saying his units looked disorganized - what where you seeing that made you believe this?
 
Sam

ORIGINAL: genie144

I don't know how they affect the Quick Combat, I haven't played the game yet, however in the other AAR's and discussions pre-release I remember them saying that all upgrades affect quick combat. Some are more affective than others, but they all do affect the combat. It is nice to know that if you don't get the upgrade you are looking for you can wait until the next turn to see if you can get lucky... I had a quick question from a couple turns ago. You kept saying his units looked disorganized - what where you seeing that made you believe this?

Sam

What about Instant Battles? Does anyone have any idea if they affect those?

I was saying they were disorganized because of the Battle Reports. He's been losing a lot of battles(Therefore disposition), ratings, supplies, weapons, etc. I also have yet to see an overall commander of the AOP. It's like a bunch of Corps and Divisions just stacked up on each other.

I remember reading that all of the upgrades affect all battles...  You should post in the general forum and see what the developers say.
 
Gotcha, thanx for the explanation on the disorganized.  I was curious.  Need to get up to speed as fast as possible because when I get the game I want to be able to start a PBEM...
 
Sam

ORIGINAL: JonReb

ORIGINAL: Feralkoala

Just a note, even the upgrades for detailed combat effect quick combat.

Really.. how so?

We asked this same question during playtesting and were told that all upgrades help in quick combat in rough proportion to their total resource cost. No details on exactly how they help, but I assumed it was just a % boost of some type.

ORIGINAL: jchastain

ORIGINAL: JonReb

ORIGINAL: Feralkoala

Just a note, even the upgrades for detailed combat effect quick combat.

Really.. how so?

We asked this same question during playtesting and were told that all upgrades help in quick combat in rough proportion to their total resource cost. No details on exactly how they help, but I assumed it was just a % boost of some type.

Ok, well that's good.

Check the manual appendix for how much each upgrade helps in the quick combat.

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E.g.

Odds/QC Salvo bonus
25% +1 inf

It means that in QC your infantry brigades have a 25% chance to get a +1 to their salvo (and/or counter-salvo).
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Same bonus should apply to instant battle as it just a quick combat without animations.

JohnReb good job you make alternate history!!! [:'(]

Glad you like it Jakerson. [8D]

I don't know where ShootMe went. I'm going crazy, he just disappeared without a word!

I say that moderators should ban anybody that leaves without a word and doesn't want to countinue his PBEM[:D]. I am glad I am not in your skin JonReb [;)]. Would go nutts if he doesn't come back [:@]

I don't know a lot about the ACW but were there any slap happy Union generals, that might go around to his house and 'persuade' him to return??[;)]