Field marshal and battle plans

[ringworm]

I am not sure I am using them correctly, I am always having to redraw. The field marshal keeps adjusting the front lines width equaly between the generals which is very annoying if you want one geneal to hold the line on a wide front and another general to attack on a narrow front. You draw the plan it looks good then war starts and it gets messy. Have to micro manage it more than before?

I have been caught out thinking I am pulling of a good encirlment . Only to find out the marshal has pulled most the troops of the other front leaving me wide open.

Many thanks

 

[halvorni]

I've had similar problems, so I think you might have to order your generals directly unless you have a nice and straight front.

A related problem occured when I attacked in a northeast direction from the south of France and northern Italy with Montgomery as a Field Marshal with three infantry and one armour army. The armour army was shuffled to the one place it was really not needed, trying to attack through German held Switzerland... I had to move it to the nice, flat fields of France myself, and then everything went smoothly.

 

[lordgoof]

just don't assign the front to the FM and control it individually. The whole system hinges on an AI which doesn't suck. Unfortunately..............................

 

[Ironside121]

It's trash in general. I've actually just decided to not use generals at all for my main fronts. It's putting me at a huge disadvantage because PDX made a bad decision with this. If the AI handled it reasonably it'll be worth it- but it doesn't. It changes your plans all the time and doesn't balance the line out very well.