Post by: AtomikKrab on January 16, 2010, 02:48:11 AM
and how exactly do I get them to do whatever it is?
also how big is a divison supposed to be?
I am konfused
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 16, 2010, 03:00:45 AM
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1680 (http://aurora.pentarch.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1680)
There are several other threads worth reading that are included in the latest post in the v4.77 Tutorial thread.
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1860&p=18516#p18516 (http://aurora.pentarch.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1860&p=18516#p18516)
Steve
Post by: sloanjh on January 16, 2010, 03:02:36 AM
Quote from: "AtomikKrab"
what exactly do Brigade and Division HQs do?
and how exactly do I get them to do whatever it is?
also how big is a divison supposed to be?
I am konfused :-)
One thing to be aware of - (unless Steve changed it for 4.8 ) ground units only get training benefits while they're in PDC.
John
Post by: AtomikKrab on January 16, 2010, 03:33:50 AM
I think this means I can attach my engineering brigades to divisional hqs directly
Post by: sloanjh on January 16, 2010, 10:49:30 AM
Quote from: "AtomikKrab"
alright so... uh... hmmm
I think this means I can attach my engineering brigades to divisional hqs directly
I can't think of a reason to do so. Engineers are used for two things:
1) (Originally) they're the factory equivalent of an automated mine, i.e. they add to your construction capacity as if they were a factory, but don't require any people to run them. As such, they're useful to give your initial population on a colony world a production boost, or for putting together prefab PDC on colonies on uninhabitable worlds. Note that they only work on things while they're deployed (outside a PDC), so you don't want them inside with the division commander training.
2) (Recent) Once installations have been discovered in ruins by Xenology teams, they're used to bring the installations online. Since I haven't found any ruins since this change went in, I can't comment on this one, but again they probably only work when they're deployed and so there's no reason to put them into a brigade or division.
So in summary, Engineering brigades aren't really combat units - they don't gain any benefit from being in a division.
John