Get Rid of Generals Dying While Drilling

[Alyosha]

I had all three of my generals die drilling different armies in a five year period. What kind of techniques are these leaders using while drilling troops? Live ammo during exercises and they're at the front of the line?!?

I've made a much longer post about how ridiculous this limiting factor is. Yes, drilling now increases Professionalism faster but at the opportunity cost of those armies that are drilling not being engaged in fighting an enemy. Additionally the chance of increasing a general's skill is so low that in my experience the general is likelier to die than gain a skill pip.

 

[brantodb01]

yeah, I feel that the extra pips are more of a bonus over what you should drill for, however now that you mention it a modifier that increases pip chance on drilling does seem like a neat little modifier for an idea group

 

[Beagá]

No

It's funny

 

[holyvigil]

Got to get rid of that ruler somehow.

 

[3ishop]

Makes me think of the training scene in The Last Samurai

 

[Nwaij]

Nono, leader drilling is about the best way theocracies have to arrange accidents for bad rulers!

 

[Beagá]

Also if it's those 6 maneuver 0 fire 0 shock guys, they just run too fast fell and broke their neck.

 

[Aragtago]

Look. Sometimes your troops aren't rated to repair M-3 tactical helmets.

 

[mysticdueler]

The ultimate in, “Do as I say, not as I do”.

 

[Alyosha]

I’m amazed at the amount of posters who are not bothered by this “feature.”

 

[Beagá]

"Look, you put THIS much gunpowder, then you press it like THIS, then you fire like PHSSSST"

Seriously through, I blame it on things like food poisoning, bad places to put HQs causing pneumonia etc,, stuff like that. Life is full of surprises.

 

[Methuen of Melnibone]

It doesn't happen that often (like hunting accident often), does it ? I've never noticed it - seems reasonable as it is; leaders occasionally die in peacetime (maybe he was a jousting tournament in 1456, or fell off his horse hurdling a hedge with his ADCs in 1796).

A better system would be having them literally die in the earlies, and maybe retire / sell out / get sacked / go into business in the later game ? Show the changing manner in which soldiers were treated ?

 

[Alyosha]

It doesn't happen that often (like hunting accident often), does it ? I've never noticed it - seems reasonable as it is; leaders occasionally die in peacetime (maybe he was a jousting tournament in 1456, or fell off his horse hurdling a hedge with his ADCs in 1796).

A better system would be having them literally die in the earlies, and maybe retire / sell out / get sacked / go into business in the later game ? Show the changing manner in which soldiers were treated ?

Generals can die naturally and do. This is specifically regarding during drilling.

I must have suffered bad RNG because over the course of my games they die drilling quite frequently. I get maybe one hunting accident per campaign.

 

[jcranmer]

I must have suffered bad RNG because over the course of my games they die drilling quite frequently. I get maybe one hunting accident per campaign.

With a MTTH of 2700 months (225 years) and complete requirements of "heir over 15, not elective monarchy, not junior PU", one hunting accident per campaign is about what you would expect to get.

 

[Alyosha]

With a MTTH of 2700 months (225 years) and complete requirements of "heir over 15, not elective monarchy, not junior PU", one hunting accident per campaign is about what you would expect to get.

Exactly. Death by Drilling happens quite frequently to me, by comparison.