Slitherine

Do you (oh wise experienced generals out there) wait until British manpower comes up out of the yellow to build a fighter or such? Or does this matter? If I do build when manpower is below 75%, when it goes back up to 75 I gain back the lost quality, yes?

And if I build when it is still below 75%, does that take it longer to reach the 75% mark then?

I almost always wait; I prefer to get British research up and running as quickly as possible. The only situation I'll build units before the 75% mark is if my opponent is in Paris very early (say February), and I need more corps to defend Sealion.

I wait with both USA and UK getting above 75% before building. If not you're stuck with -1 quality that will not be regained once you get above 75% manpower.

The only way to get the lost quality back is when you're repairing losses where the replacements have above 75% manpower. The unit will store the average value and once it's above 75% you get the quality back.

This can take a long time so you better wait.

The reverse is also true. If you repair units while manpower is below 75% you might have a healthy unit lose quality and survivability. This is why it's so important for Germany to try to stay above the manpower thresholds

That's what's sounded best to me too.

Thanks for explaining. The little subtle things in this game can elude!!