What happended to erwin rommel

[Carlos720]

Newby question so I appologise if I've got it wrong but has Rommel been missed out of the commader/general's list?

I understand that I can make my own generals up but if true its a bit of an oversite not to include Rommel!!!!!!!

 

[Onedreamer]

calm down. This has been asked about 100 times I think. He will show up in 1939 IIRC, because that's when he was promoted to Mj. General, or so I read.

 

[Scryder]

He's there. Go to the statistics screen and look in the Army Leaders page, under Military (page 18). At start He's probably assigned to a division, if not he'll show up later, 1939 IIRC...

Edit: emu'd

 

[GAGA Extrem]

Rommel, as many other leaders, is not available from start. He will arrive around 1939 (iirc). But beware: He is a one-star (mj) general and thus usually auto-assigned when you deploy a new division. Check the ledger to find out which unit is under his command.

The AI does often commit commanders by skill level and not feats, so many other german panzer leaders, so Rommel, Manstein, Hauser & friends often end up as INF-division commanders.

 

[Carlos720]

Cheers, for the quick reply, I'm looking forward to appoint Rommel in due course of events.

 

[Scryder]

Confirmed. He is auto-assigned to an infantry division at the start of 1939 - Blitzkrieg Scenario.

 

[unmerged(11375)]

Just turn the "auto-assigned" off at the start of the game. I never use it as I like to pick who goes where.

 

[Scryder]

Yup, me too. First thing I do at the start of any game is turn off "auto-assign" and remove all leaders and reassign them myself. Since auto-assign will just assign the first available leader highest skilled to the first unit that can use him, I find it inefficient...

 

[Brucesim2003]

I wish that auto assign could be turned off in the options, and be remembered from game to game. Its annoying to have to unassign leaders at the beginning of each game.

 

[Scryder]

That would be really good, if possible, but I got it down to an art-form now. Removing leaders, reorganizing the army, and reassigning used to take me 2-3 hours at first, but now I can do it in about 30 mins.

 

[unity100]

the title of this thread feels more like

'Where in the world is Erwin Rommel'

 

[TheLoneGunman]

Come on! You start with Guderian and Von Manstein! Do you reaaaaally need Rommel?

 

[Premu]

Hm, strange, in 1.2 and several RC of 1.3 Rommel was already there I think - he was commanding a division in East Prussia. (The other two divisions there were commanded by Manstein and Guaderian, the other two great Panzer leaders of Germany.)

Or did I mix him up with someone else?

 

[TheLoneGunman]

Hm, strange, in 1.2 and several RC of 1.3 Rommel was already there I think - he was commanding a division in East Prussia. (The other two divisions there were commanded by Manstein and Guaderian, the other two great Panzer leaders of Germany.)

Or did I mix him up with someone else?

If I'm not mistaken there is a Rommel in the Polish Army in '36. Perhaps you're thinking of this Rommel.

 

[Premu]

If I'm not mistaken there is a Rommel in the Polish Army in '36. Perhaps you're thinking of this Rommel.

No, not the Polish Rommel, I doubt he would command a German infantry division - but perhaps I'm mixing him up with Model or another good Panzer leader. I'll have a look this evening.

 

[Dunbal]

What happened to Erwin Rommel?


Well the official story is that he was killed when his squad car was strafed by allied planes in 1944, however friends and family claim that he was coerced into committing suicide by the Nazi high command for his part in the July bomb plot...

Oh, wait, that wasn't your question, was it?

Actually in HOI2 also Rommel appears late - when you annex Czechoslovakia in fact. Not sure about when he appears exactly in HOI3 but if he was there from the start in earlier versions it was probably an oversight.

 

[GUNNM]

I usually come to think about my commanders a bit into the game when I create a new army and thinks "hey, I want Rommel here... Where was he? I know I've seen him somewhere". Went to the ledger, found the Division he was assigned to and promoted him. Actually gave me quite a few famous names with high experience because they had been on the front line in Poland, France, and Turkey.

Student got II. Fallschirmjägerkorps and had 4 stars,
Rommel got Heergruppe B with 5 stars.
Model and Guderian also had their fair share of stars, like many others...

And so on...

Unless you bring in your HQ's for frontline duty, assigning some commanders you want to level up to divisions is a good way to get really good commanders.

But personally, I would like the higher commanders to get a small portion of the experience from all units under their command.

 

[unmerged(131628)]

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But personally, I would like the higher commanders to get a small portion of the experience from all units under their command.

I agree

 

[Silversurfer427]

Hm, strange, in 1.2 and several RC of 1.3 Rommel was already there I think - he was commanding a division in East Prussia. (The other two divisions there were commanded by Manstein and Guaderian, the other two great Panzer leaders of Germany.)

Or did I mix him up with someone else?

I was looking for Rommel also, found him just where you did, commanding an infantry division, his buddies Guderian and Manstein were also commanding infantry divisions outside Poland...

 

[Tortuga Power]

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But personally, I would like the higher commanders to get a small portion of the experience from all units under their command.

I think the game was supposed to be designed in this manner, such that higher-ups also receive [a lesser amount of] experience. Considering 1.3 was working on bug crushing, contributing this issue/desire to a "1.4 wishlist" thread would probably receive positive feedback (directly, or just by its incorporation into a 1.4 patch).

I mean, thats how I'd do it if I were Paradox