General in difficult terrain

gaesati · Post by **gaesati** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:01 pm

Does a general with a unit of LF in a forest move at their speed or does the LF move at his speed?

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:21 pm

He moves with them at their speed

grahambriggs · Post by **grahambriggs** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:23 pm

At their speed.

It is only commanders who are not with a BG that move at commander speed (it's in 'movement of commanders' in the first movement section)

gaesati · Post by **gaesati** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:53 am

Thanks. My memory must be failing.

titanu · Post by **titanu** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:14 pm

Does the general get a +1 on the move distance as he is in a single element wide column?

Robert241167 · Post by **Robert241167** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:37 pm

Nice try Bob !!

Rob

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:32 pm

titanu wrote:Does the general get a +1 on the move distance as he is in a single element wide column?

He is not a BG in a single element wide column, so no

lawrenceg · Post by **lawrenceg** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:20 am

philqw78 wrote:
titanu wrote:Does the general get a +1 on the move distance as he is in a single element wide column?
He is not a BG in a single element wide column, so no

It would make sense if commanders alone in difficult terrain moved at LF speed, as they are able to do so when with LF. Something that could be included in v2?

dave_r · Post by **dave_r** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:19 pm

lawrenceg wrote:
philqw78 wrote:
titanu wrote:Does the general get a +1 on the move distance as he is in a single element wide column?
He is not a BG in a single element wide column, so no
It would make sense if commanders alone in difficult terrain moved at LF speed, as they are able to do so when with LF. Something that could be included in v2?

Possibly not - they would still need to take their horse with them so they could remount once they got out of the difficult going. LH speed is reasonable.

lawrenceg · Post by **lawrenceg** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:15 am

dave_r wrote:
lawrenceg wrote:
philqw78 wrote:He is not a BG in a single element wide column, so no
It would make sense if commanders alone in difficult terrain moved at LF speed, as they are able to do so when with LF. Something that could be included in v2?
Possibly not - they would still need to take their horse with them so they could remount once they got out of the difficult going. LH speed is reasonable.

Well, if a commander moves with an LF BG at LF speed through difficult terrain, he is able to remount and ride off at LH speed in the open on the other side. So why not when he is on his own? But if he leaves the BG and retraces his steps through the terrain, he can't go as fast as he just went. It makes no sense at all.

Remember this is a few individuals on the best horses money can buy, not hundreds or thousands of men on whatever can be spared from the family herd, or bulk purchased mounts, all trying to fit through limited gaps between the trees or whatever.

hazelbark · Post by **hazelbark** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:23 pm

Clearly the irregularity of speed was driven by making them the same speed as LH on the chart and nothing more than that. Lets not over analyze an effort at simplicity with post post hoc justification.