Post by pathdoc on Feb 5, 2017 16:54:07 GMT
My understanding at present is this:
1) On land, three movement stars of a general = one extra hex and +1 movement from an item is the same as adding a movement star. So a general or princess who had been trained to (or comes with) five movement stars, plus a pair of +2 movement items, would have the equivalent of NINE movement stars or three extra hexes (above the movement capability of their unit) on flat ground (For most of them, not having the Geography skill cuts this down on rough ground because they also have to carry War Horse).
2) On the water, three movement stars of a general = one extra hex, but +1 movement from an item (the propeller) here adds AN EXTRA HEX.
I realise things are subject to a bit of rounding: e.g. armoured car has 8 movement, which is 6 + 2, rounded down to two hexes. Add (say) Lan, that's now 13 equivalent movement stars or (3 x 4) + 1, 4 hexes. Give her a +2 saddle, that's now 3 x 5, 5 hexes, and there are no +3 land movement items, she can never have more than that. But she doesn't have geography, so she has to carry war horse anyway.
And with the exception of Isabela (4 movement stars), Geography and a large number of movement stars (untrained) generally don't go together anyway, and Isabela is artillery-biased and a VERY weak cavalry general requiring multiple applications of Agha or Dumouriez to bring her up to speed... and even then the rest of her skills don't match a cavalry general. On the other hand, boost her up to five stars and... heavy or siege artillery 5 points, five movement stars brings that up to 10 points, two horse artillery items brings it up to 14 points, that's four hexes b/c no need to carry War Horse.
Have I got all this right?
1) On land, three movement stars of a general = one extra hex and +1 movement from an item is the same as adding a movement star. So a general or princess who had been trained to (or comes with) five movement stars, plus a pair of +2 movement items, would have the equivalent of NINE movement stars or three extra hexes (above the movement capability of their unit) on flat ground (For most of them, not having the Geography skill cuts this down on rough ground because they also have to carry War Horse).
2) On the water, three movement stars of a general = one extra hex, but +1 movement from an item (the propeller) here adds AN EXTRA HEX.
I realise things are subject to a bit of rounding: e.g. armoured car has 8 movement, which is 6 + 2, rounded down to two hexes. Add (say) Lan, that's now 13 equivalent movement stars or (3 x 4) + 1, 4 hexes. Give her a +2 saddle, that's now 3 x 5, 5 hexes, and there are no +3 land movement items, she can never have more than that. But she doesn't have geography, so she has to carry war horse anyway.
And with the exception of Isabela (4 movement stars), Geography and a large number of movement stars (untrained) generally don't go together anyway, and Isabela is artillery-biased and a VERY weak cavalry general requiring multiple applications of Agha or Dumouriez to bring her up to speed... and even then the rest of her skills don't match a cavalry general. On the other hand, boost her up to five stars and... heavy or siege artillery 5 points, five movement stars brings that up to 10 points, two horse artillery items brings it up to 14 points, that's four hexes b/c no need to carry War Horse.
Have I got all this right?
