Should we stick with the approach of using only battalions?

I've been lately testing my the tech effects of the planned land doctrines and altering unit stats to test battalion-level combat as well.
At this stage I'm closely following Bullfrog's mod, since the approach of mixing brigade/regiment-sized units with battalions does have it's benefits, most importantly in keeping the number of in-game units low enough. The most encouraging thing of this mod is however the fact that it proves that unit scales can be successfully scaled down. Whether we should follow a similar route is another matter, though.

After gaining a little bit playing-experience, I have to agree that Bataillons are not a proper base - To be honest, I already wanted to criticize our former approach earlier than you did, but I was to lazy to post it here and kept it in my mind... Same goes for my belated answer, by the way. Read it but did not answer instantly.

Anyway, you are not alone with your impression. It is already difficult enough to manage so many divisions in the game - if you take regiments as regular basis, this number would just triple or more. Too much.

Black Guardian wrote:After gaining a little bit playing-experience, I have to agree that Bataillons are not a proper base - To be honest, I already wanted to criticize our former approach earlier than you did, but I was to lazy to post it here and kept it in my mind... Same goes for my belated answer, by the way. Read it but did not answer instantly.

Anyway, you are not alone with your impression. It is already difficult enough to manage so many divisions in the game - if you take regiments as regular basis, this number would just triple or more. Too much.

Gaining more actual gaming experience has affected to my own opinions as well - theory and practice are still two different things after all. I'll nevertheless now test this previously mentioned mod further to see how it plays out with late-war mass armies - if the engine can handle the hordes of extra support units in late WWII-era, (namely the 1944-scenario once the modified OOBs are in place) then smaller-scale Cold War warfare should work out ok as well.

edit: And in this case we could still retain the original idea of having more in-game usage for units like AT and AA.

It seems that the lure of the battalions has been too much for others as well:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=455193
Most impressive work so far, definitively worth to take a look.

The problem of Madprofmike work will be the performance of the game. The engine after 1941 or 1942 will blow because of the several number of units. You have to multiply, the number of units.

I definitely think that the brigade system is perfect for the scale of this game. Honestly, I would hate it if the scale is lowered.

Worry not, there won´t be battalion-level rescaling - practice has shown that it would turn the game into micromanagement hell without bringing significant benefits in return.

Stick with divisions... battalions from the same formation are hardly going to be further apart than a region's width.