[Command Levels Reference Guide??]

On 1/21/2017 at 7:59 PM, kurie said:

I was trying to figure out this same thing. What commanders do I need for a 2000 man (for example) infantry brigade to avoid the efficiency penalty? It turned out to be pretty simple:

For 2000 inf, you need 45 command (the brigade stat right at the top). I hadn't checked higher sizes, but taking a few sizes up to 2000, it looked like the command required is around (size - 500) / 33.

Brigade command is around 0.1 * brigade_cmd_rank + 0.05 * division_cmd_rank

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Just to finish this all off, I went back and checked how the other troop types scale with command:

artillery(in guns) = (1/4) * command + 4

skirmishers = (20/3) * command + 100

cavalry = (35/4) * command + 116

But there's a weird cap on all three of these where above a certain command level, you seem to be able to add as many men as you want without penalty:

artillery: 60 command

skirmishers: 45 command

cavalry: 60 command

So I guess it makes the most sense to aim for those command values to get the most bang for your buck.

[Command Levels Reference Guide??]

1 minute ago, Andre Bolkonsky said:

Best first post ever. 

Welcome to the party, you will fit right in . . . 

Thanks!

[Command Levels Reference Guide??]

I was trying to figure out this same thing. What commanders do I need for a 2000 man (for example) infantry brigade to avoid the efficiency penalty? It turned out to be pretty simple:

For 2000 inf, you need 45 command (the brigade stat right at the top). I hadn't checked higher sizes, but taking a few sizes up to 2000, it looked like the command required is around (size - 500) / 33.

Brigade command is around 0.1 * brigade_cmd_rank + 0.05 * division_cmd_rank

(The corps commander does not matter for command.)

I valued the commander ranks using the following XP ranges. (You can find where they are in the range by hovering the mouse over their experience bar.)

0-99 captain

100-199 major

200-299 lt. col.

300-399 col.

400-499 brig. gen.

500-599 maj. gen.

600-699 lt. gen

So, the upshot is a brigadier general with 50 XP toward his next rank (450 XP = 45 command) could command 2000 inf essentially on his own, regardless of the division commander. A major with 50 XP toward his next rank (150 XP = 15 command) would need his division commander to be a Lt. general (600+ XP) to command the same number of men without the penalty.

Of course this all may have changed since I measured it I think some time in late December. Also I was only looking at CSA, so I guess the rules could be different for Union?