How the FUCK do you play this game? I've played Hearts 2 years ago in high school and it didn't feel as absolutely daunting as this one. I'm playing as Spain during the revolution (which just might be a hard campaign) and everything ends up as a stalemate with the fascists until I run out of supplies.

Setting up AI attacks seems goofy and difficult. Is there a better way to organize/run armies? Do I have to babysit certain battalions/armies to sit and wait until they're organized and the pincer enemy positions? Like I said, Hearts 2 seemed really straightforward and I never really had issues defeating like, the fucking Nazi's in Stalingrad or killing Argentina as Brazil.

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    For various reasons that I still don’t quite understand, divisions should have a width of either 20 or 40.

    Combat width (which determines how many divisions you can have actively doing damage in a fight) is always a multiple of 20, so 20-width divisions ensure none of it is wasted and you can always bring maximum firepower to bear.

    • Azarova [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Cool, thanks! One thing I've heard is that 20w performs better at defense than 40w, is that because they can recover while others are fighting? For example in a 40w battle, 1 20w is defending while the other recovers?