Generals abilities

[jason_r]

When generals aren't activated do their abilities still apply ?

[jason_r]

for example if mcclellan is not activated does his training officer ability still apply to the stack he is in command of ?

[Jim-NC]

I know that some do (like training master (XP increaser), recruiter). I am not sure about the rest, but suspect that they would all work even when inactive.

[jason_r]

thanks, i never use mcclellan as an army commander but now i think i'll try putting him in command of a stack during winter so they get the training officer bonus

[Ethan]

I usually put McClellan, Halleck or Sigel in command of troops that "have just started to be built" in order to gain time, ie, while they are forming, they are being trained and turn into regular troops.

Regards!

[Ol' Choctaw]

I usually put McClellan, Halleck or Sigel in command of troops that "have just started to be built" in order to gain time, ie, while they are forming, they are being trained and turn into regular troops.

Regards!

As for Halleck, He has several good abilities and I will use him as a corps commander under Grant. He develops well, then and is better at it than Mac. He jumps up to a 3-3-3 which is above average and is not as prone to being inactive as some of the other commanders.

[Ethan]

As 3-3-3 he isn't bad, but I like to use Halleck only to train troops because there are many 3-1-1 USA generals who will achieve better values of command under Grant's Army, such as Hamilton, Milroy, Lewis L. Wallace, Berry, Whipple, Dix, Foster... Note that Grant's strategic value will increase the innate values ​​of each general and Halleck's values (1-0-1) are worse than 3-1-1.

With a 3-1-1 general you could get a strategic value of 5 or 6.

[Longshanks]

Given what happened historically, isn't it ironic to have Halleck serve under Grant?

As to the original question, I have had units improve under these inactive generals, so the ability seems to work. It's possible I was just lucky and the units improved at random as they do over time, but I think odds are it was the General.

Build cheap militia or the 1 inf-1mil cheap brigades and send them to these guys. If you can afford to wait a while, you get a nice return on your investment, plus they can garrison places like St. Louis, Lousiville, etc. in the meantime.

BTW, is it just me, or does Halleck seem the fastest at this and Seigel the slowest?

[Ethan]

You're right, Longshanks, certainly we have strayed from the topic. Of course, Halleck's ability to train troops (McClellan and Sigel too) works perfectly.

With regard to who is more fast doing this, the answer is all of them. They will train up to two regiments of conscripts to regular soldier every turn.

By the way...

Given what happened historically, isn't it ironic to have Halleck serve under Grant?

I love that!

[Gray_Lensman]

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[Ethan]

I think he means that Grant was under Halleck's command previously.

[Gray_Lensman]

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[Gray_Lensman]

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[Longshanks]

Well, the irony is that Halleck tried to get McClellan to fire Grant, but Grant was a big admirer of Halleck's. What, you don't find the way that played out to be ironic?

[Gray_Lensman]

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