Currently playing as the Russians. With Maratha having finished off the Ottomans, they were dominating the middle east and balkans. As detailed in my 'Selling off poor russian provinces' thread, I had sold off Don Voisko and Astrakhan and yup the Hindus had moved in there too.
So I'm allied to Austria (as is Poland and the Dutch) when Maratha declares war on Austria. Figuring this is my one chance to have an all-out war uniting all the monotheists vs the polytheists (and get my 40 provinces), I join in with Austria as does Poland & the Dutch.
It being around 1763 I was well industrialized and I also knew there was no way to defeat the Hindu hordes unless I could mobilize all my people together as one. Hence, a revolution leading to a republic.
Now, I understood that this would mean no longer being able to recruit Streltsky or Cossacks, and I was fine with that. I had noted in a previous game with a revolution to republicanism that I could also not replenish one such unit (though I don't recall the specific unit I was trying to replenish - possibly streltsky). Indeed, I got a message saying that to replenish that unit I had to be able to train such units & have sufficient funds (on reflection, maybe I didn't have the funds).
However, the game is letting me replenish Cossack infantry. I had a unit of Ataman Cavalry finishing its replenishment during the turn of revolution, and it was replenished.
So I'm not sure if this is a bug or if it's normal to be able to replenish Cossack infantry post-revolution. All my other monarchism-only russian units are at full strength so haven't been able to test that (though I probably should). Naturally, I want to conserve the Streltsky to maintain order in the provinces I hope soon to take.
If it's not a bug that would also change my strategy - I wouldn't merge such units, instead replenish each unit individually so as to preserve my Cossack force.
Any ideas? Thanks.
Edited to add: Did some tests, the game is allowing me to replenish Streltsky, Ataman Cavalry, Cossack Cavalry as well. Not sure what is happening.
So I'm allied to Austria (as is Poland and the Dutch) when Maratha declares war on Austria. Figuring this is my one chance to have an all-out war uniting all the monotheists vs the polytheists (and get my 40 provinces), I join in with Austria as does Poland & the Dutch.
It being around 1763 I was well industrialized and I also knew there was no way to defeat the Hindu hordes unless I could mobilize all my people together as one. Hence, a revolution leading to a republic.
Now, I understood that this would mean no longer being able to recruit Streltsky or Cossacks, and I was fine with that. I had noted in a previous game with a revolution to republicanism that I could also not replenish one such unit (though I don't recall the specific unit I was trying to replenish - possibly streltsky). Indeed, I got a message saying that to replenish that unit I had to be able to train such units & have sufficient funds (on reflection, maybe I didn't have the funds).
However, the game is letting me replenish Cossack infantry. I had a unit of Ataman Cavalry finishing its replenishment during the turn of revolution, and it was replenished.
So I'm not sure if this is a bug or if it's normal to be able to replenish Cossack infantry post-revolution. All my other monarchism-only russian units are at full strength so haven't been able to test that (though I probably should). Naturally, I want to conserve the Streltsky to maintain order in the provinces I hope soon to take.
If it's not a bug that would also change my strategy - I wouldn't merge such units, instead replenish each unit individually so as to preserve my Cossack force.
Any ideas? Thanks.
Edited to add: Did some tests, the game is allowing me to replenish Streltsky, Ataman Cavalry, Cossack Cavalry as well. Not sure what is happening.
[This message has been edited by Grognir (edited 02-23-2013 @ 01:34 PM).]