WSF wish list

[Dog Soldier]

I would leave the time the designers have alone. Mybe the idea was discussed, during the game design to make unit effectiveness a non linear function. I could envision that some unit effectiveness is attributed to battle fatigue, no hot meals, even a shave and cold water bath can restore some of the unit's issues. Thus, a short period of rest and reorganization, resupply would have greater benefits. Then, after this initial period, gains in effectiveness are harder to come by since more needs to be done to weld a team back to together from a bunch of individuals. (For you veterans out there, I am exaggerating this to make a point.)
I can see changing the time it takes to restore unit effectiveness if some of our members who actually served in combat somewhere in the world can give us the benefit of their experiences. Or if someone who really has studied this can cite some WW2 references to support quicker times.

This period of time is more about reorganization and integration of new replacements, if given such, than about just resting in the rear. Much training, repair, maintenance of equipment, logistics, must occur. Units do not regain effectiveness just by catching up on sleep. Even if a depleted unit does not receive any significant replacements, plans have to be made, communicated and sub units trained to overcome the manpower shortages. One would not want to lead a division back into the crucible of battle just to find out certain duties are no longer being performed that are crucial to the unit because of the lack of someone to do it.

In the North Africa theater, I would think the logistics would be an issue. I recall reading that the British once had many new tanks delivered during one of these lulls in the fighting. The tanks were useless because of some missing part(s) or insufficient crews or some darn reason. It took over a month to correct this one problem. Convoys from England and other parts of the empire did not arrive every day.

I would say there is a host of these types of issues. I am reading between the line here as I was not involved in the design of TWiE or WotSF. It is more than just saying speed up the math.

That is what I would do. But this is your mod.

Dog Soldier