Top 12 Military Nations in Europa Universalis IV - YouTub Some prefer defensive over quantity as it saves manpower and makes your units stronger, but it is wirse for WC.

Quantity is for sure the best for both WC and if you only have one military idea group, just because you need armies everywhere and you don't want to move your troops across half the world to fight wars, Offensive is the next best purely because of siege ability.

It would make sense for the attrition to be 0.75% monthly, but the attrition display indicates 0.7%. For example, an army under the supply limit with Improved Foraging besieging an enemy province takes 0.7% monthly attrition.

The 7th idea of the Defensive Ideas group, Improved Foraging, reduces all attrition taken by friendly armies by 25%, applied multiplicatively.

This usually means that ideas that grant tradition are usually underrated because their benefits are not immediately. This does not count all the extra ancillary benefits like manpower recovery, siege ability or even the extra pips for generals.

For example, Defensive on top of its activated morale bonus provides an extra 5% morale from military tradition when you reach the resting value.

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