Campaign Battle Choice 1 or 2

[desicat]

I'm not sure what selecting the Campaign Battle Choice selection of 1 or 2 (Pursuit or no Pursuit) is supposed to do. Does the pursuit commence as a follow-on from the previous battle? Would "No Pursuit" just skip the battle with the choice of 1 or 2? Or is this something completely different, where you fight a set battle and decide to pursue or not? What if you lose?

I think this selection just needs a bit more detail as I don't completely understand how it is supposed to work.

[rbodleyscott]

Does the pursuit commence as a follow-on from the previous battle?

Yes, on a new map. The enemy fight with whatever they had left. The pursuers fight with their "advance guard" - being sufficent units from their surviving forces to match the enemy force at the current difficulty level, priority being given to faster units.

Would "No Pursuit" just skip the battle with the choice of 1 or 2?

No it will just generate a new battle with the player side being fully reinforced and the AI side generating a new army.

I think this selection just needs a bit more detail as I don't completely understand how it is supposed to work.

We have avoided going into detailed explanations of the mechanics in the Campaign stage screens because once a player has come across that situation once he will know how it works on future occasions, so detailed explanation each time could get rather tedious and immersion-breaking.

We also don't think that it is always a bad thing for there to be a degree of uncertainty into the consequences of decisions, at least the first time such a situation is encountered. Some people might prefer a "suck it and see" approach, and to sometimes be presented with situations that are outside their usual comfort zone.

If a player prefers to know in advance exactly what to expect, he can save the game and start up each choice briefly before making a final decision.

[desicat]

Thank you for the quick reply. I now understand.

I did not mean for the explanation to be "in the game itself" (it would be immersion breaking as you stated), I was asking how it worked on the "Campaign Creation" side of things as it was not explained in the posted creation guide. As I was looking at the choices I had no idea how this selection would possibly impact the Campaign and how it could be worked in.

[rbodleyscott]

Thank you for the quick reply. I now understand.

I did not mean for the explanation to be "in the game itself" (it would be immersion breaking as you stated), I was asking how it worked on the "Campaign Creation" side of things as it was not explained in the posted creation guide. As I was looking at the choices I had no idea how this selection would possibly impact the Campaign and how it could be worked in.

Ah, I did not undertand this. Sorry.