To all those who complain about Field Marshal Division Limit (solution here)

[Ryan]

A field marshal can command over one hundred divisions. Just assign him 5 24-division generals. Then hit the button that collapses all the generals at the bottom of the screen. This hides the generals from the UI. Now click your Field Marshal and hit the tree looking button in the upper left which will hide the generals and show all the units instead. Now just create the front line and issue all the commands through the field marshal.

You also get the combat benefits of your generals + field marshal at the same time while getting the simplicity of issueing one order through the Field Marshal. Of course if you want you can spend Command Points at the General level if you want.

100+ divisions by one commander should be enough for any front line, but do this as many times as you need.

[Leetang]

when you say the button that collapses the generals, wich one it is, i cant find it ?

[identifiedasbeingdisrespectful]

Originally posted by Leetang:

when you say the button that collapses the generals, wich one it is, i cant find it ?

I didn't know about it until the OP, upper right of the field marshall's portrait there is a small left facing arrow, that collapses the field marshall view. I knew you could make overarching FM orders, but this helps for orginizing it all together. There does appear to be a bug that doesn't allow you to add units to an order from an FM sometimes though.

[Leetang]

ok thx for the advice.

[identifiedasbeingdisrespectful]

make sure you're creating and assigning orders as the field marshall though, otherwise you'll still need to engage an individual army's plan as it's "theirs".

[Scharny]

The only problem with collapsing the generalls. are that then you cant acctivate the generals abilites. And Since some of the abilites like "makeshift bridges" which +20% attack on rivers (and rivers are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ everywhere). Are extremly powerfull. I kept useing this one ability with a motorized army in ukraine against USSR. It had me rush through ukraine so Fast USSR did not have time to reform their lines.

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Originally posted by Scharny:

The only problem with collapsing the generalls. are that then you cant acctivate the generals abilites. And Since some of the abilites like "makeshift bridges" which +20% attack on rivers (and rivers are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ everywhere). Are extremly powerfull. I kept useing this one ability with a motorized army in ukraine against USSR. It had me rush through ukraine so Fast USSR did not have time to reform their lines.

Thought this abilitys are passiv, so like u dont have to activate them to work

[identifiedasbeingdisrespectful]

Originally posted by Flaviuslaurenz:

Originally posted by Scharny:

The only problem with collapsing the generalls. are that then you cant acctivate the generals abilites. And Since some of the abilites like "makeshift bridges" which +20% attack on rivers (and rivers are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ everywhere). Are extremly powerfull. I kept useing this one ability with a motorized army in ukraine against USSR. It had me rush through ukraine so Fast USSR did not have time to reform their lines.

Thought this abilitys are passiv, so like u dont have to activate them to work

not the ones that cost command points. They're in a little window above the battleplan buttons. They last a few days and are renewable.

[SAJ1573]

THERE IS NO ARROW ABOVE THE PORTRAIT?!?!

[identifiedasbeingdisrespectful]

Originally posted by Aldrodamus666:

THERE IS NO ARROW ABOVE THE PORTRAIT?!?!

it's next to it, on the right side. No need to yell breh.

[SAJ1573]

Sorry. It was late, I was hungry.. and I had been trying so hard to figure out the FM system.

[football5680]

Doesn't fix the problem. Giving orders with the Field marshall does not create a single unified front, it simply makes the generals each take a small portion. As you advance, the lines get messed up and this creates a lot of holes and other problems.

[SAJ1573]

noted

[identifiedasbeingdisrespectful]

Originally posted by Deus Vult:

Doesn't fix the problem. Giving orders with the Field marshall does not create a single unified front, it simply makes the generals each take a small portion. As you advance, the lines get messed up and this creates a lot of holes and other problems.

use the right click and drag method to set different fronts for your army groups instead of left click to cover the whole nation. You can even take portions of single country's border this way. Give them separate offensive lines. Then they won't do that.