What level of losses?

[Bigwig]

My technique on attacks:

Minimize losses/limited attack: my most common attack, preferably with as much artillery as I can scrape together. Used to inflict losses and knock people out of entrenchments.

Limit losses/attack: Against weak targets where I know I can win. Usually these targets have been made weak by minimize/limited attacks.

Ignore losses/attack: Not used often, because it tends to burn combat rounds and can really mess up my side if I'm not careful. But I find that very large, low proficiency armies fighting a vulnerable target sometimes give up before they've accomplished their mission if set to limit losses. This is basically a human wave attack, and has all the drawbacks you'd expect from this.

On defense, I almost always use limit losses, unless I'm in a really vulnerable position and can't dig in - then I go for minimize losses and hope my boys retreat before they get slaughtered. I will sometimes use ignore losses in a critical sector where I can't afford to retreat, though sometimes units retreat anyway.