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Hi all, just got WIA....love it! Much like AACW so I understand most of it. What gets me is the color of the 'bullets' representing unit strength. I notice they change color under combat. I was wondering is it was supply related or morale?

The other deals with the supply wagons. Do they just carry 80 pts of supply or do they draw supply like in AACW? If they draw supply forward, how far forward can they. I suspect that they only carry.

Another supply wagon question, they seem to slow the force down so much that their internal supply give doesn't benefit them much to bring them forward, I leave them behind and bring them forward if the objective is taken....is this what most people do generally?

Thanks ahead of time

CarnageINC wrote:Hi all, just got WIA....love it! Much like AACW so I understand most of it. What gets me is the color of the 'bullets' representing unit strength. I notice they change color under combat. I was wondering is it was supply related or morale?

The other deals with the supply wagons. Do they just carry 80 pts of supply or do they draw supply like in AACW? If they draw supply forward, how far forward can they. I suspect that they only carry.

Another supply wagon question, they seem to slow the force down so much that their internal supply give doesn't benefit them much to bring them forward, I leave them behind and bring them forward if the objective is taken....is this what most people do generally?

Thanks ahead of time

Welcome to WIA. I hope you enjoy it!

WIA uses a "simple supply" system:

http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?t=10128

..but don't forget that supply wagons also support combat!!!

I don't have a long experience with WIA but I think there are a few differences with AACW that make you play rather differently.

CarnageINC wrote:What gets me is the color of the 'bullets' representing unit strength. I notice they change color under combat. I was wondering is it was supply related or morale?

Can't help you on this one. I think it's supply related but I should make a few tests to confirm... and I'm not in front of the game.

The other deals with the supply wagons. Do they just carry 80 pts of supply or do they draw supply like in AACW? If they draw supply forward, how far forward can they. I suspect that they only carry.

Supply wagons carry 64 pts of supply. As supply is working differently between WIA and AACW, they are not drawing supply forward : In WIA a unit is getting supply from the region it is in and from any adjacent regions. So there is no supply line back to a depot or a city like in AACW.

Another supply wagon question, they seem to slow the force down so much that their internal supply give doesn't benefit them much to bring them forward, I leave them behind and bring them forward if the objective is taken....is this what most people do generally?

Yes, they slow down the force. My experience is that you may have to use several of them to allow a force to stay longer "into the wild" (i.e. away from sufficient supply to feed it).

I met some cases where use of supply wagons was mandatory to achieve some of my objectives. E.g.: moving an important english force to besiege Charleston. I had to organize a kind of "noria" : supply wagons moving to the rear to be refilled before going back to Charleston.

Don't forget that a wagon will give you a bonus in combat : so you have to weight fighting advantage against slower movement.

Hi!
The bullets work just the same as in AACW. Copy and pasting from the AACW wiki...

"Additionally, the colour of the lights at the base indicates one of two things:[1]

* When the supply map layer is enabled, they show the supply level; red = bad, green = good.
* Other than that, it indicates a combination of overall health and cohesion for the stack; again, red = bad, green = good."

Regarding the use of supply wagons, i definitely carry them aroudn (the more the better) with my big armies.
But i also use fast "strike" forces of irregular units if available or infantry without guns or wagons. It all depend of the situation: whats your objective, whats the opposition, whats the terrain... its the same with guns.
Cheers!

Thanks gentlemen, I believe with these answers I have had my questions answered