How does reinforcement exactly work ?

[Cadelanne]

I thought that an attacking army can't be reinforced and that an army that has been on walking formation can't reinforce a nearby army, but AI proved me wrong on those two points in my last turn. How does it exactly work ?

[Rhudda]

As long as an army is close enough to another, it will reinforce it. There's really nothing complicated about it. If you want to reinforce while attacking, have one army stand right outside the enemy army's zone of control by clicking inside the zone, but not on the army itself. That way you can be sure you're close enough.

By the way: While marching armies do reinforce, they enter the battle tired (or at least with a lot less vigour) and won't get better than that for the whole fight, making them weaker in all respects. This doesn't always work out badly, but it can tip the scales when going against a relatively equal but fresh force.

[Cadelanne]

Ok thanks :)

[Cadelanne]

Or maybe it deosn't work for sieges ? I have my army as close as I can from the city I'm sieging and yet if I attack now I won't be reinforced. However if I hover my army there's an arrow showing my other army will come in reinforcement.

[Rhudda]

Originally posted by RIP Carriers forever in my heart:

Or maybe it deosn't work for sieges ? I have my army as close as I can from the city I'm sieging and yet if I attack now I won't be reinforced. However if I hover my army there's an arrow showing my other army will come in reinforcement.

That should work, especially if you can see the arrow. You don't have lightning strike activated in the pre-battle screen, do you?

This one's just in case, but I think you already know: A reinforcing army isn't on the field right from the start, but will start marching on once the battle's commenced. You can see where it's going to come in during the set-up phase.

[Cadelanne]

I don't know what lightning strike is :/

I didn't launch battle, but usually when getting reinforced you see on your part of the pre-battle screen, the portaits of both armies' leader. Here I just see my attacking army so I suppose that if I launch battle I won't get reinforced.

[Bladiumdragon]

Originally posted by RIP Carriers forever in my heart:

I don't know what lightning strike is :/

I didn't launch battle, but usually when getting reinforced you see on your part of the pre-battle screen, the portaits of both armies' leader. Here I just see my attacking army so I suppose that if I launch battle I won't get reinforced.

Basically, if you hover your cursor over a settlement or a character, you'll see a small circle around them. That's their controlling zone. You just have to bring the army you want to reinforce yours within that circle of control. As long as its in your main army's, they'll reinforce you in battle.

[Rhudda]

Originally posted by RIP Carriers forever in my heart:

I don't know what lightning strike is :/

I didn't launch battle, but usually when getting reinforced you see on your part of the pre-battle screen, the portaits of both armies' leader. Here I just see my attacking army so I suppose that if I launch battle I won't get reinforced.

Lightning strike is a skill that every lord can unlock on the blue line of skills. It disables reinforcements for both armies, and you can opt to activate or deactivate it in the pre-battle screen. But since you didn't know what it was, it probably isn't the source of your problem. ;)

Perhaps you really weren't close enough (though I doubt it). Did you know that a city's zone of control vanishes when it's under siege, allowing you to get closer with a second army?

[Cadelanne]

I didn't know that. I'm going to siege an other city in a few turn so I'll see if it changes what's going on.

EDIT : It worked perfectly. Thanks :)