Building foreign techgroup units

[mgoetze]

Has anyone figured out the rules for building units from other techgroups? Here is what I think I know:

- You need a core in a province where a country of another techgroup also has a core
- That country needs to actually be alive
- You will be able to build either Infantry, Cavalry or Artillery as currently used by that country, but only one of these

The main question is, which unit type will you be offered? It doesn't seem to be random but the rule isn't entirely clear to me either. If anyone knows more, please share.

 

[Saintrl]

Due to the interface missing a scroll bar in the province menu yes, you're only allowed to build one type of unit at a time. Generally speaking if you're at the same tech level or higher you'll be able to build the cavalry units of that other tech group (for example winged hussars as Austria is stupidly, stupidly, awesome). In my experience, you will build infantry units if you're behind in mil tech and your infantry unit type is noticeable inferior. However, I've seen some exceptions although this usually seems to hold true. One thing to note is that if you use a more advanced type of cannon then the old cannon type that the other nation with a core is using will show up in the province build menu instead (one trick I use is switch back to that older type of cannon in order to build the unit). Another thing that causes a lot of confusion is if multiple nation have cores in the same province. Often the nation with the highest tech level wins out although being a superior tech group seems to hold some weight as well.

Overall I think this is a much overlooked mechanic that is hindered by the simple fact that there is no scroll bar in the province build menu. Hope this helped!