The way Partisans should work...

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by Dinsdale

As well as being a blatant game construction to prop up defensive AI, partisans appear to be very unbalancing to any war.

Would you prefer if it was like HoI and provrince were calm and happy as soon as you units entered them and you never had to keep any units behind the front line? That was one of the biggest complaints about HoI.

I agree they should not be reenforced to 10,000 men as soon as they get back to friendly land, but they are needed.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by Dinsdale

Well this is what I don't understand. Why are they needed?

Conquored populations are often not too happy about being conquored populations, especially if their country is still fighting on and they feel they could help defeat the invader by resisting. So some troops are needed to make sure they do what their told, thus weaking the invading army slightly. If rebels didn't pop up then you never get overextented or weakened by trying to hold onto what you've conquored.

Another way of simulation it would be to have factories + RGOs output dropped way down if troops were not present in the state, but the troops garrisoning hostile states would take extra atrition and the state would lose population to simulate low level warfare and grudging compliance.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by Dinsdale
There are only a handful of examples of this from the 19th century though, especially in strengths where they could control an entire province.


Correct, but this could also be said for national provinces where police or militia forces were required to maintain order. We don't need to micro police though.

Well there weren't many large scale conquest wars either. Mostly you'd get a few battles and a siege or two.

Putting troops in a province does decrease revolt risk though, so you can use your troops as police/martial law in rebeling provinces.

 

[Darkrenown]

Originally posted by Nabatam

What really is a no-no is when you are in a front war (one in which both sides are kind of stuck along a well defended border), and constant spawns happen on conquered territory on the frontline... you defeat them easily no problem, but they retreat into your enemy right away, and voilá, each time they get a brand new division. Not good at all.

Yeah, I hate that. I think the actual spawning should stay like it is now but make them Irr and cap them at around 2000.