Specialist Training?

[cl1xor]

Just played around with switching with minimal/specialist as germany.

I never really bothered (also because i just hate the notification sign

Another great advantage is that i build my first air/naval units at minimal, greatly reducing the production times and getting some fast practical as well before switching back to specialist training.

 

[Opanashc]

Not quite. Reserve brigades, when built, do not hold full training law experience. They have training law*draft law %. So at 2-year draft and basic training, the reserve unit will have 5% experience, and when reinforced at basic training, will have a total of 7.5% experience (.5*5+.5*10). Thus, reserve units will have less experience than standing units regardless, unless they were in combat or training law was changed.

 

[Sweynforkbeard]

There really isnt much of a trick related to building on minimal vs. specialist for reserve landtroops. The significant gain come from reservebuilding in the first place. Afterall, the price you pay for the specialist training is also reduced by the laws governing your reserves.
The real cost savings come from lower costs on ships and planes; ofcourse you also pay the full price for the trade off.

 

[jamesd]

Pre-war training should be at Minimal or Basic training so that practicals can be accumulated, with Specialist used for mobilisation to lift ground unit experience levels. After that training is to a certain extent dependant on manpower reserves. If I have large amounts of manpower, I'd rather have more new units coming out with say Basic Training than a smaller number coming out with Specialist Training. Once manpower starts running short, or you start reaching the limit as to the number of troops you can supply in the front lines, then you may as well shift to Specialist Training so that losses are replaced with well trained men. Hopefully by then you've got enough air and naval practicals that the increased build time isn't a big issue.

 

[21oliver]

Lately i have been building on minimal/volunteer and mobilzing on specialist/three year draft.