Recklessness

[dduff442]

Hi all,

Quick question:

1) If a subordinate commander is 'reckless', does he damage the retreat odds for his parent unit? I.e. does a reckless divisional commander hurt his parent corps' retreat odds or even those of his army or does this trait only hurt him when he's in charge of an independent command?

All help gratefully received.

[enf91]

No. The tooltip should say "the force under his command". Since he is not in command of the entire force, he retreats with the stack. It would be interesting, perhaps in ACW2, to have reckless or hotheaded generals function as rearguards and such, but they do not in this game.

[dduff442]

I had a stack with 2x Reckless commanders, the stack commander and a divisional commander. The corps' battle reports showed two 'reckless' icons, which made me wonder. After posting, I realised I hadn't enough info to decide if the subordinate commander was aggravating the problem or not.

Thanks for the info.

[Redeemer]

No. The tooltip should say "the force under his command". Since he is not in command of the entire force, he retreats with the stack. It would be interesting, perhaps in ACW2, to have reckless or hotheaded generals function as rearguards and such, but they do not in this game.

I wouldn't be too sure about that. It would not effect the entire stack, but that does not mean it does not effect combat, especially if that commander's unit is involved, he may fail to retreat in the battle simulation when normally he would.