I tend to agree with what you're saying we need to figure out... I just disagree with your supposition that we're better placed to figure out what is going wrong from fighting with a particular division. Which division? What if nothing much of consequence happens to it? How do we hear what is going on with other divisions?
That, and the fact he's kind of spooked by us.
We got attaches from two divisions but neither reported in. Want to see if we messed it up or if it's just snail mail delay.
The option says 'pick a regiment to attach to'.
We're bringing the greatswords. It was mentioned.
Well, recon involves going past your lines. And relying on our speed precludes the Greatswords. It might be fine. Maybe. Maybe not. A lot of undead shit in Sylvania. I'm not sure riding off on our own into Sylvania is a risk we should be taking.
A little personal experience wouldn't hurt, I guess. We shouldn't lock ourselves in scout/combatant role, but it's a thing we'd better be familiar with.
No. No. I don't want to become a better chess piece. Pawn to Knight to Rook- that's completely the wrong focus for this war.
Getting field experience is a thing people to better understand how to manage boots on the ground. A lot of organization require their managers to have practical expierience, and this applies double to wizards who are very secluded in their apprenticeship and are sent to be journeymen with an explicit goal of gathering experience. There is nothing wrong about spending a month with the army to get some understanding how army works for the rooks.
Yes, but the organisation is the Watch, not the Army. Spending time with those guys... would be more relevant. I'd rather see how Van Hal strategises, commands and sends men to their deaths and learn from him (and how Gustav does it and do otherwise
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@BoneyM seeing as we have you, does this mean 'happen in the command HQ specifically' or 'happen out there in the Purge in general and have a chance to go to it' (like a specific major planned offensive, Van Hal arranging to clear a barrow of wights, a particularly nasty patch of respawning undead, etc)? Thanks.
All the more important that we can outpace them on a horse and bugger back to the lines.
Personally my main objective of personal recon is to find any issues on the front that a wizard could recognize on sight. We have senses others don't have, but we don't have a deep understanding of the terrain and personnel, which are tertiary objectives to understand whats going on.
Thirdly it also allows us to check and see how our Intelligence Attaches work out in the field, since while they are sound on a theoretical level there could be some practical hiccups that we don't know about.
...you know it could well be that the supply train forgot to include enough paper and ink for the front line. Nobody would have thought twice about that.
And this is why I want to be in the command tent. Van Hal knows what he's doing. We don't. We should learn.
Mastering Burning Shadows is a pretty neat trick! I mean we figured out how to cast a big shadow, so I want a shot at actually getting more.
Mage Sight.
