Cross-attachment question

[Narwan]

Hi Maxter,

first off, there's a difference between attaching formations and cross-attaching formations. You attach formations that are NOT part of any company to a company formation and you cross-attach formations that DO belong to a company by assigning them to another company.

So in your example the two platoons you bought wouldn't have a company commander of their own; they're both independent platoons. You can attach these to any company you did purchase.
But lets say you bought 2 mech infantry companies and 1 tank company and you want to make mixed-force companies out of these. You could do that by cross-attaching a tank platoon from the tank company to each of the mech companies and then take a mech platoon from each of the mech companies and cross-attach these to the tank company. Now you have three mixed forces companies. Assuming each company had three platoons they now all have 2 mech platoons and 1 armor platoon.

Whether it's smart to cross-attach like that depends on the circumstances. If you have a big map and only these three companies it could be a smart thing to have three versatile companies.

After the cross-attaching you can off course still attach independent units like AD sections.

Another way to go is to buy a company, then eliminate (some of) the platoons. Now purchase independent formations (platoons and sections) of the type and number you want in your mixed company. When you're done with that cie, do the same for the next. Then during deployment you attach all of these bought formations to their respective company HQ's. The advantage of this method is that because you bought all elements of the company (to be) one after the other they are listed one after the other in the unit roster too. That will make it a lot easier during game play to keep track of what units belong to what company.

Narwan

Edit: also see "cross attachment screen" in the game guide.