MKM said:
when you check the blitzkrieg tech you see Art speedcap +1. does it make the Art brigade in an army with a HQ 1 faster so it wont make the division 1- slower?. i tried it once but it dident change anything. maybe the HQ wasent upgraeded or something.
and does some one know what the old guard trait really does?
i guess it increase def but more exactly?
speedcaps are maximum speeds that a unit can move with a brigade type attached. By increasing the speedcap by 1, it means that a unit can move faster with a Artillery brigade attached.
At base, an HQ unit has it's base speed cap with Artillery set at the same as it's max speed. However, Blitzkrieg doctrine increases HQ speed. If your HQ unit has a speed of 11, then gets a -1 for Arty being attached, and you have a Manouver minister with a +10% speed bonus, and you don't alter the speedcap, then the HQ speed is limited to 10, and the 10% doesn't count. By changing the speedcap, a HQ with a speed of 11 that is reduced to 10 by a brigade, then boosted back up to 11 with the Minister can move just as fast as a unit without. Quite a good way to beef up the anemic attack values of an HQ if you want it to run with your Armor (seeing as putting SP with it is pointless because it'll be faster than the armor and the speed savings is wasted) after '43, or else putting it directly in a stack with infantry on the offensive and having it keep up no matter what.
