Do armies heal in enemy territory?

[ummmm........]

I'm gonna be pretty upset if they do and it took me this long to figure it out. On the other hand, I'm a peaceful guy, and haven't had much experience with armies, so it's not that bad. I'm talking about before you build Battlefield Medicine, obviously. I think one of my armies that spent a whole turn fortified in enemy territory got some health back, but I'm not sure.

 

[narmox]

yep, they heal alright. sweetness

 

[general_kill]

yep, they heal alright. sweetness

Really? I never noticed that before, why can armies heal while regular units cannot?

 

[narmox]

Because armies are more than just the individual units together. I suppose, from a realism point of view, you can also say that armies carry with them more supplies, medical equipment ,etc, than normal units do...

 

[TheTruth]

yep they heal and without even being fortified.

 

[jalapeno_dude]

In Conquests (at least according to the manual), all troops heal in enemy territory. They just do it reeeeeeeaaaaally sloooooowly......

 

[HellboundHeathcliff]

yep they heal and without even being fortified.

You mean you can move them around and they still heal?

 

[The Last Conformist]

No. Just that skipping a turn let them heal just as well as being fortified.

 

[zeon252]

ya, that is interesting but I suppose that you should just build an army so massive you don't really need to waste much time healing, that's my strategy anyway

 

[E-Raser]

Isn't it due to this field hospital thing?

 

[HellboundHeathcliff]

No, armies heal at the rate of 1hp per unit in the army if not in a barracks city, even if in enemy territory. A barracks will completely heal it in one turn.

 

[ummmm........]

ya, that is interesting but I suppose that you should just build an army so massive you don't really need to waste much time healing, that's my strategy anyway

That's exactly what happened to me. I think this may be the first time I had ever left an injured army alone in enemy territory for a whole turn.