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Post by Jacques Bougiedure on Dec 24, 2020 14:32:38 GMT
I like the idea of being able to refuse promotion. It allows a player a little more control in developing their character in the manner that they like. Refusing promotion should be a standing order.
I think that refused promotions should not be converted.
Converting a blocked promotion is a consolation prize because of a situation outside of the player's control. Accepting or refusing a promotion is within the player's control and should not be otherwise compensated.
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Post by huillaume on Dec 24, 2020 15:08:10 GMT
See that there may be other reasons to refuse promotions: - not wanting to give up the control of a regiment (when the character is Regiment CO)
- low MA officers not wanting to take the control of a regiment or higher unit to avoid being court martialed (and wanting to profit from higher MA officers commanding it)
I like the idea of being able to refuse promotion. It allows a player a little more control in developing their character in the manner that they like. Refusing promotion should be a standing order. I think that refused promotions should not be converted. Converting a blocked promotion is a consolation prize because of a situation outside of the player's control. Accepting or refusing a promotion is within the player's control and should not be otherwise compensated. This said, I agree with this post
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Dec 29, 2020 0:40:43 GMT
On Aides.
I actually think I made the wrong.
Thinking about it and seeing it in play, I do think that brevet brigadiers should get aides, but I don't think those aides should be joining them when they aren't fulfilling a BG role. It simply doesn't make sense that a regimental commander would take the aide along; they're there to relieve the admin duties of higher commands. It shouldn't really be a way of taking people along for people who don't want staff commands.
However, it would be unfair to change this quickly with two PC aides so I won't be implementing this until after the Summer Campaign. (And we don't even know if Hulluame wants to go to that and if he does whether he'll be granted permission!)
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Post by huillaume on Dec 30, 2020 15:36:35 GMT
On Aides. I actually think I made the wrong. Thinking about it and seeing it in play, I do think that brevet brigadiers should get aides, but I don't think those aides should be joining them when they aren't fulfilling a BG role. It simply doesn't make sense that a regimental commander would take the aide along; they're there to relieve the admin duties of higher commands. It shouldn't really be a way of taking people along for people who don't want staff commands. However, it would be unfair to change this quickly with two PC aides so I won't be implementing this until after the Summer Campaign. (And we don't even know if Hulluame wants to go to that and if he does whether he'll be granted permission!) I have mixted thoughts about this... On one side, the aide is as much a personal secretary as a status symbol, and, as such, andy Brigadire should have one at all times despite his post (akin to a squire for a medieval knight or a servant for a noble, and a this time most noble soldiers had their servants in campaign, even when they were more a distubance than a help). OTOH this could lead to curious situations... Let's imagine, to put a somewhat extreme case (that is where problems show up), that Huillaume becomes (as Guards Captain) the aide of a Marshal of France. While the post is for a Major, he's als o a Brevet Brigadier, so in the HQ there will be the Marshel, his aide (huillaume) and the aide's aide (Philibert). I won't say those situation did (and even do now) occur in real life, but it's quite curious a situation... So ,as said, misted thoughts...
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Dec 30, 2020 20:13:00 GMT
I take your point on this. TBH, it's as much a mechanical thing as a historical thing.
Obviously, the aide issues are inherited from the original rulebook. I think they're potentially ahistorical. They aren't quite servants. if they were they wouldn't require a military rank and wouldn't go on campaign without their employer. They also wouldn't be unpaid! So they're a military position and not one that really makes sense historically.
Yeah, that's a weird situation. The other major one is that of colonels with aides, which is the case for brevet BGs without command positions. (Extra weirdness for Guards but that's a less frequent occurrence!)
So that's the kind of issue I'm trying to avoid with this.
It doesn't help that the original rules are really unclear on this and don't even mention PC superiors!
Obviously, we alter that slightly by letting people choose who they apply to, especially with multiple players.
I *think* the intention of the original rules is that aides only go on campaign with people with command positions. This is the main thing that makes me think that:
It doesn't really cover people serving with regiments other than their own at all.
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Post by huillaume on Jan 14, 2021 11:44:51 GMT
One more suggestion about troop balance:
Allow the Dragoons Regiments (Dragoon Guards and Anjou Dragoons)to be counted as eithr Infantry or Cavalry, as it is more adecuate to the needed balance.
Reasoning: historically , Dragoons were mounted infantry, and could act as either infantry or Cavalry
This aside, the current troop balance rules are quite constaining, and it's quite likely that even if you have a force optimized fo the mission a mission change may leave you with an inadecuate one.
Of course, this makes those units quite more valuable for any general...
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Jan 14, 2021 13:03:38 GMT
I like that idea as it adds more uniqueness to units. Any other ideas?
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Post by huillaume on Jan 14, 2021 17:55:00 GMT
As you ask for ideas...
Give anpother +1 to convert Siege to Assault if the troop composition is better for Assault, and a -1 if it is better for Siege.
If Dragoons make both possibilities true or if troop composiiton is not adequate for any of them, then no moedifier.
Reasoning: if a commander has an all Infantry force, it might find riskier to set a siege without foragers for spplies and scouts in case a relief force is coming (the main Cavalry roles in Siege, as I understand it) than a bold assault, while if he has enouhg Cavalry, he will think twice before risking an Assault or acepting the consequent losses. If he has too much Cavalry for either, he would not care, as both options are risky.
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Post by huillaume on Jan 17, 2021 10:44:08 GMT
Another question: the appointment/provisional rank of Commander of the RFG is not in the appointments caledar. I see two possibilities here, and I guess I better suggest them before it is decided if Huillaume gets the post, so that I have no personal interest on which one is chosen (if he is, first option would benefit him, if not, second one would): - As it is a temporary rank (albeit one chosen by the Governor of Paris), treat it as a Brevet rank, so lasting for 1 year since the month it is achieved.
- As it's a designed post, decide one month for assigining it. If so, I'd suggest October, to keep with the usual timing of being decided the month after the appointer (in this case the Governor of Paris, chosen in September) is chosen.
The first option would be more consistent with the nature of temporary rank, but would need more bookkeeping. Presonally, I would be good with any of them.
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Jan 17, 2021 14:06:54 GMT
Second I think and October works.
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Post by Valerie Valanon on Jan 17, 2021 21:38:04 GMT
No objection against the second alternative, but aren´t most military appointments filled prior to the Summer Campaign Season? Of course the RFG is no "regular" regiment, but since it is part of the military, military rules and schedules should apply I guess. By the way, similarly to the Colonel of the RFG we may determine the months for appointing regimental commanders of the Cardinal´s Guards as well as the King´s Musketeers.
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Jan 17, 2021 22:41:47 GMT
The RFG is a special case. It's the only case where it's headed up by a Commander (Colonel) rather than a Captain (Major). It's also the only one that's technically an appointment rather than a rank.
So it's a unique situation.
In terms of which month it's appointed in, I can see both arguments and don't have strong feelings on this.
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Post by huillaume on Jan 19, 2021 15:41:09 GMT
No objection against the second alternative, but aren´t most military appointments filled prior to the Summer Campaign Season? Of course the RFG is no "regular" regiment, but since it is part of the military, military rules and schedules should apply I guess. By the way, similarly to the Colonel of the RFG we may determine the months for appointing regimental commanders of the Cardinal´s Guards as well as the King´s Musketeers. While I see your point, I see some logics in choosing the Commander of the RFG in October: Most military aplications are choosen before Summes, as you say, because their main role is in Summer, so they need to be filled then. OTOH, the Commander is a decision of the Governor of Paris (we can assume one of his trusted men), and I see logical that once a new Governor is chosen, he should be free to renew the offices he has to fill. If the Commander of the RFG is choosen in May, the new Governor (when chosen in October)must work with someone that could well not be the one he'd chosen, eve nwith one he does not trust, for most of his office tiem, and this would (in real life, not in game terms) lead to tensions. IMHO that would be as forcing a Minister of State to work with ministers he has not chosen for months, to give an example.
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Post by Valerie Valanon on Jan 19, 2021 18:28:06 GMT
just some thoughts on this.
So the position as Colonel of the RFG is an appointment? Can it be held with other appointments at the same time? If it is an "appointed rank" will it be taken away every year to be reappointed? I think that comes closest to the de facto nature of the Col RFG: Appointed rank. Then other appointments keep available. Will the appointed Colonel RFG automatically loose an appointment as Army Adjutant if he is not reappointed as Colonel RFG?
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Post by Ymbert Montgomery on Jan 19, 2021 18:34:19 GMT
just some thoughts on this. So the position as Colonel of the RFG is an appointment? Can it be held with other appointments at the same time? Yes and yes to both. It will be. Yes, he will. In terms of setting it's assumed that Colonels and Captains of the Guards regiments will use brevet rank to seek command positions, as benefits their noble standing!
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