let us demote field marshals

[Descar]

Title says it,

Having more then one field marshal is pointless, since he can lead unlimited divisions.
Why would i need to have 2 or more leaders like that? they are a waste of leader slots.

let us demote them as some nations starts with 3-4, and let us use them as generals instead.
As they can only lead 24 max.

Why isn't this a option?

 

[Adrized]

Out of curiousity, did this ever happen irl?

 

[Khevenhuller]

Out of curiousity, did this ever happen irl?

I think Kulik was demoted in '41.

K

 

[Meglok]

Bad Field Marshalls/Generals were either sidelined into meaningless training garrison positions where they couldn't hurt anything, had political connections which protected them, or were permanently retired one way or another.

Kulik was one of the few who escaped the permanent retirement Stalin gave to all of the commanders who got steamrolled in June 41. While he was an absolute incompetent idiot he was also a huge Stalin suck up, so he only got a court martial and reduction in rank from FM. Nikita Khruschev rehabbed him and restored his rank after Stalin death.

I can find no other modern FM who got demoted. Just use the extras as a general.

 

[browd]

The downsides of using them as regular generals is that they won't level up as quickly (commanding too few units for their FM status) and they will gain less useful traits (and also gain them too slowly). If you need another general, you're probably better off spending the PP to generate a new level 1 general, who will level up and gain traits very quickly (generals level up faster the lower they start--an Italy player can reliably get two level 5 generals in Ethiopia (with mountaineer and engineer traits) when starting with two level 1 generals).

 

[Khevenhuller]

Bad Field Marshalls/Generals were either sidelined into meaningless training garrison positions where they couldn't hurt anything, had political connections which protected them, or were permanently retired one way or another.

Kulik was one of the few who escaped the permanent retirement Stalin gave to all of the commanders who got steamrolled in June 41. While he was an absolute incompetent idiot he was also a huge Stalin suck up, so he only got a court martial and reduction in rank from FM. Nikita Khruschev rehabbed him and restored his rank after Stalin death.

I can find no other modern FM who got demoted. Just use the extras as a general.

Yep, I could not think of any. Ironside was made Field Marshal as a sort of consolation prize after he was fired. I know Blaskowitz was denied his baton after 1940 as he had made critical comments about German occupation behaviour in Poland. I am sure there are others that share this sort of fate, but not demotion.

K

 

[Bolshevik-]

Out of curiousity, did this ever happen irl?

Simple answer is no. No Field Marshal in history (as far as I know) ever controlled 300 divisions as you can do in HoI4.

 

[Bolshevik-]

Title says it,

Having more then one field marshal is pointless, since he can lead unlimited divisions.
Why would i need to have 2 or more leaders like that? they are a waste of leader slots.

let us demote them as some nations starts with 3-4, and let us use them as generals instead.
As they can only lead 24 max.

Why isn't this a option?

Paradox said they will do something about this in the future. It is a much needed change, there is simply a lack of point in picking your level 1 field marshals that historically led the USSR at the start of Operation Barbarossa.

Just wait another year and you will have your fix.