Retire option

[Cohen]

Autopromote never made your leader lose points, and this was the best aspect of.
And it is an option to be kept.

I'd also appreciate a RETIRE option, to be combined with the Autopromote.
Just consider it a reassignment to leave space to the new emerging talents, like going as ambassador or military trainer in some minor allied nation.

 

[Bullfrog]

The ability to dismiss leaders permanently would be difficult for democracies, but certainly the Axis and Comintern had the power to do it...

I think that the feature would be nice.

I would also hope that the leader selection and management interface will be much more expansive and streamlined, especially considering the abundance of leaders that will be in command at the divisional level.

If autopromote is still in the game and unchanged from HoI2, it would be very difficult to manage the leaders. In HoI2 the leaders were promoted without the consent or knowledge of the player, so the leader management became a bit of hide and seek when you needed that extra LT General for a new corps.

So I hope that if we don't have an entire screen for leader management that it is at least somehow made easier to work with than in the past.

 

[Van der Gent]

The ability to dismiss leaders permanently would be difficult for democracies, but certainly the Axis and Comintern had the power to do it...

Leaders were either purged or retired. You don't just dismiss someone that have served your military for so many years.

 

[Bullfrog]

Leaders were either purged or retired. You don't just dismiss someone that have served your military for so many years.

As the Allies yes. As Germany and the Soviets, I think we should have the ability. There were many instances of such "dismissals." Of course, they were based on (real or not) excuses like defeatism or incompetence. I don't see those coming into play in HoI3, but if some poor general set on AI control loses his assigned sector, I should have the ability to sack him, right?

 

[Van der Gent]

As the Allies yes. As Germany and the Soviets, I think we should have the ability. There were many instances of such "dismissals." Of course, they were based on (real or not) excuses like defeatism or incompetence. I don't see those coming into play in HoI3, but if some poor general set on AI control loses his assigned sector, I should have the ability to sack him, right?

But they weren't dismissed from service, they were in non-active service (ie leader pool) or retired in most cases.

 

[Bullfrog]

But they weren't dismissed from service, they were in non-active service (ie leader pool) or retired in most cases.

Whatever you want to call it. Consider it forced retirement, which in many cases was the idea.

 

[Van der Gent]

Whatever you want to call it. Consider it forced retirement, which in many cases was the idea.

Yes, I'd like to call it that. And that did happen. That would be perfectly represented by a retirement option.

 

[unmerged(131221)]

Hmmm and how many retired generals was put back for duty after (even forced) retirement? I dont know about this... Its better IMO to have a good leader selecting options than to get rid of generals that could be usfull even for anti-partisant duty. If you donyt like that general then simply dont use him.
How much do we need them... Lets see for Germany 1944 (with 4 lower level units per every higher command - shouldnt be 3?):
~400 Divs
~100 Corps
~25 Armies
~ 8 AG
~ 2 Theaters
Total: about 450 Generals on duty...

 

[zeekater]

At those who want it in 'because it happened', would you ever retire a skill 6 von Manstein?

 

[Van der Gent]

At those who want it in 'because it happened', would you ever retire a skill 6 von Manstein?

I could for RP purposes.