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Let's say I'm in a war where I have a decent tech advantage--say, my tanks vs their riflemen. Let's say I'm also running some wartime civics, so that my tanks come off of the assembly line with two promotions. Finally, let's say I spot a decent-sized enemy stack on the open plains which I want to whittle down a bit. I decide to attack it with a few tanks, and, because of my tech advantage, ideally I'll be able to attack twice with each tank.
In such a situation obviously I should promote my tanks to Combat I and Pinch (or whatever the "bonus vs Gunpowder" promotion is called). So my question is this: given that I want my tanks to survive two attacks as healthy (and, obviously, alive) as possible, should I use my promotions before each tank's first attack, or before the second attack? Using them before the first attack gives the tanks an obvious +35% against the riflemen, but using them later heals the tanks quite a bit (I'm not sure how much) from their first attack.
Now, if I were facing equal-tech units, I would obviously want to promote my tanks right away, to make sure they survive the first battle. But I feel pretty confident about unpromoted tanks vs riflemen, so I think I should be able to win two fights, not just one. Since, as we all know, attacking with wounded units is a sure way to lose to inferior forces and get mad enough to complain endlessly on the forums, my instinct is to somewhat counterintuitively leave my tanks unpromoted for their first fight, and then promote to heal. But I don't know if this is the technically correct strategy or not. Anyone have any solid numbers to answer this question?
In such a situation obviously I should promote my tanks to Combat I and Pinch (or whatever the "bonus vs Gunpowder" promotion is called). So my question is this: given that I want my tanks to survive two attacks as healthy (and, obviously, alive) as possible, should I use my promotions before each tank's first attack, or before the second attack? Using them before the first attack gives the tanks an obvious +35% against the riflemen, but using them later heals the tanks quite a bit (I'm not sure how much) from their first attack.
Now, if I were facing equal-tech units, I would obviously want to promote my tanks right away, to make sure they survive the first battle. But I feel pretty confident about unpromoted tanks vs riflemen, so I think I should be able to win two fights, not just one. Since, as we all know, attacking with wounded units is a sure way to lose to inferior forces and get mad enough to complain endlessly on the forums, my instinct is to somewhat counterintuitively leave my tanks unpromoted for their first fight, and then promote to heal. But I don't know if this is the technically correct strategy or not. Anyone have any solid numbers to answer this question?
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