Why are my soldiers so bad?

[Castellon]

Originally posted by Rob Graves
A soldier related question.

When my Spanish conquistadors are in America waging war on the poor indians they have their combat values intact. But as soon as I ship Cortez (for instance) to the Spanish mainland fighting another European (or the OE) country the fire and shock values drop to 0. What gives?

Conquistadors, only have thier values outside of Europe. They are not generals.

 

[Castellon]

Nope Calvery shock actually decreases. Where the problem happens is when a CRT increase is reached. I often do not put any money into land tech and let the resulting Nieghbour bonus get me a few levels while I get my trade and Infra techs up. However you cannot let the AI get too far ahead in land tech, because you do not want to fight at a CRT disadvantage if it can be helped.