Command, shouldn't be: "the short-term command each division's battle plan"

[Denkt]

I am not sure you need to make a battle plan to get the planing bonus.

 

[EntropyAvatar]

I also think that having the AI take back control once a unit has reached its manual destination could be problematic.

Maybe when ordering a unit to deviate from the battle plan, you could do something like alt-click to order the unit to move to the destination and stop until further orders?

 

[CrasherZZ]

I am not sure you need to make a battle plan to get the planing bonus.

Then how would you get the planning bonus? Were we all misled by the implied connection between the terms "planning bonus" and "Battle Plan"?

 

[Denkt]

From my simple knowledge planing bonus increase as long as your division is idle at the controlled borders of an foreign nonallied country and decrease if the division

• Not at the borders of an foreign nonallied country.
• Are moving
• Are fighting

Basically planing bonus is basically a second organization value for divisions on the offence and can be compared to entrencement for defensive divisions.

 

[CrasherZZ]

podcat, post: 20684381:

"Planning Bonuses
Battle plans are not just a way of controlling your units, they also come with advantages if you put the time in to prepare them. The longer you prepare a plan the more bonus is acquired up to a point that depends on your doctrine. For example Mobile Warfare Doctrine gives you faster planning but you can only plan to half the level of a player using Grand Battleplan (Even units given manual order as part of a plan will gain this bonus by the way). As you progress along the plan the bonus slowly goes away, so you may want to time it to coincide with a good defensive position for regrouping. There are also certain leader traits that improve planning and can create powerful combos with the right doctrine."

P.S. The confusion might be due to the fact that there are multiple types of battle plans including defensive, fallback, and garrison.​