{"id":1806,"date":"2018-04-01T08:21:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T08:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2018-04-01T08:22:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T08:22:20","slug":"shadow-empire-design-snippet-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/?p=1806","title":{"rendered":"Shadow Empire Design Snippet #23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Snippet #23: Formations<\/b><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/logoob2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"385\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/logoob2.jpg 633w, https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/logoob2-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><br \/>\nIn this snippet you are seeing me choosing which new Formation to build. Once I select one I&#8217;ll pay the costs in Industrial Points, Metal, etc.. and I&#8217;ll get a fully manned HQ and subordinate Units placed on the map.<\/p>\n<p>There are two kind of Units in Shadow Empire. Those which belong to a Formation (a Formation is several units + an commanding operational HQ) and those which are Independent Units. Formations should be preferable to build since they come with their own HQ and can thus have their own Commander, who can give significant combat and other bonuses. As well a Formation gives you the option to play Posture Stratagems on it like: Defense, Hold-at-all-Costs, Shock, Blitz, Reconnaissance-in-Force, etc&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>The other kind of Unit is the Independent Unit. The Independent Unit allows you to build specialist Units like for example extra Artillery or AT Support. And each operational HQ can next to its own Units still take a limited number of Independent Units under its command. <\/p>\n<p>The system is more flexible than DC, but less flexible than Advanced Tactics. Instead of designing your own &#8216;TOE&#8217;s you&#8217;ll need to develop them (like research) to be able to raise a certain type of Formation.<\/p>\n<p>It is quite an intricate system that also deals with quality levels of equipment, if a player desires so, but at the same time it is a system that can be easy to use for the player who don&#8217;t want to micro-manage. <\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<br \/>\nVic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snippet #23: Formations In this snippet you are seeing me choosing which new Formation to build. Once I select one I&#8217;ll pay the costs in Industrial Points, Metal, etc.. and I&#8217;ll get a fully manned HQ and subordinate Units placed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/?p=1806\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shadow-empire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1810,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions\/1810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrdesigns.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}