Developer Diary | Division Commanders & Unit Medals

[Arheo]

love this. so if I have several battleplan (aggressive line) on soviet border as Germany, will all of them be name operation Barbarossa? main question is can multiple operation has same name if they focus same frontline?

Yes, however this behaviour can be toggled in defines.

So, the next obvious question for me is, can we stack buffs from medals? Like getting the same medal for two field commanders for one division.

Yes, however the effects will decrease per medal of the same type added.

This was probably asked already but what happens to division that already exist at game start? Will they get random commanders every time you play? Or will they get the historical ones

This is one of those 'with what time remains' tasks.

 

[Arheo]

Sounds interesting. Some questions and thoughts:

1. Do I have to use the battle planner in order to get these medals? Currently I prefer to not use any orders at all (not even defensive lines) and instead control all units manually. Yes, it's quite a lot of management, but it allows me to control the units in a way that would never be possible with the battleplanner. It would be quite sad to miss out on these medals though?

No, there are many that do not require the use of the battleplanner, and one that does.

Maybe a better option would be to treat the division and the commander as separate entities in terms of experience? They both earn experience at the same rate but they can have a varying experience level?

That is already the case

 

[Arheo]

Overall, I love this DD and all the new mechanics. But, I'm curious how the new way of recruiting generals will interact with National Spirits that improve the cost/quality of newly recruited generals.

For example, this focus on the Portugal tree is a nice one, since they have so few generals at game start, and it costs a lot to recruit all the generals you'll need to to Macau my Day. I typically try to hold off recruiting new generals as Portugal until I've completed this focus, so I can get the maximum benefit out of this National Spirit.

Will these general recruitment National Spirits still work in a similar way in the new BBA DLC?

Yes, no changes there. You'll still benefit from any spirits etc.

Also will the mountaineers finally prioritize mountains when using the battle planner?

We actually had this plugged in during testing for NSB. The results were not good - the idea sounds fine in theory, but when frontlines change, your specialist divisions either need to stay put and be useless in order to not go walkabout, or they end up relocating enormous distances to the next mountain.

You can weight things to act semi-sensibly, but the practical outcome of that is that the functionality very rarely gets exercised.

 

[Arheo]

What happens when divisions change template, do they lose medals? Suggestion for a medal effect: Dvision conserves more experience when changes template.

Currently no.

Do divisions sent as expeditionary forces retain their native country commanders?

Yep

 

[Arheo]

The system should now support female divisional commanders and defining historic portraits.

 

[Arheo]

Yes I love it sooooooo much ^^ pls keep it up

but is it possible that you can give the generals that have earned medals as an officer a part of the bonus of the medal like 3% attack etc.? that would be great and immersive while rewarding players for training and grinding generals

We tried this during iteration, and the functionality still exists for modders, however we elected not to continue with that approach for balance reasons.

 

[Arheo]

Can we rename officers? Sorry if already answered.

No