I worry about the idea of a skill cap, it leads to situations where you have to arbitrarily decide who's going to be the next wunderkind. I'd much prefer a sort of higher starting experience or xp accruing bonus for the named historical generals. I don't think anyone likes the caps in the current system which make it so that every member of the wehrmacht, given enough experience, can become Alexander the Great.
Well, as I see it, having an exponential (i.e. more and more xp required) rather than linear (i.e. same xp required) to reach a new level would basically be the same as a quasi-skill cap. (can't say I like the way non-leveled xp is removed in total as the general is promoted either, perhaps having 50-100% of it get removed at random would be better as they lose one level from the promotion?)
But I agree with your comments, a static skill cap would have unrealistic effects.
As for command structure. The HOI games have had that in a way before. Remember that the Chief of Staff/Army/Navy/Air force did give units under their command (i.e. the whole army/navy/air force) certain bonuses.
If you have a command structure, perhaps when you click on units in a province, you can decide what level the divisions should be selected as well (perhaps you could use the number keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...) to select what level:
1 - Division (click on a province and you cycle through divisions there)
2 - Corps (click on a province and you cycle through corps there [and in other provinces])
3 - Army (click on a province and you cycle through armies there [and in other provinces])
4 - Army Group (Same for army groups)
5 - Theatre (same but for theatres)
...
This way you can have quick access to the levels of the command structure (or perhaps you're only interested in moving Corps around - or strategically re-deploy one Army at a time)
As for strategic re-deployment, I hope this is shown on the map (first hour/days or so the soldiers and equipment are loaded onto trains, then they are quickly moved across the terrain [but still vulnerable to air attack] and then they disembark where they were going [or where they were re-directed to go] and they disembark [org. penalty] and then start getting their act together [building up org.])
Perhaps there is a command structure for other ministers as well?
eg.
Minister of Finance under which you have:
- Minister of Trade
- Minister of Industry & Infrastructure
- Minister of Armaments
Minister of Justice under which you have:
- Minister of Security
- Minister of Intelligence and espionage
- Supreme Court justice
etc.
Slightly more micro hell (especially for the developers digging up what kind of minister each was, but still)
