Unfamiliarity with Modern Warfare

Unfamiliarity with Modern Warfare is an Equestrian national spirit available when the expansion  No Step Back is disabled.

Mechanic

The spirit can be removed in steps by gaining  Army experience. The first time the spirit is modified is once you reach 10 and it automatically modifies the spirit and removes 10. The same happens at 20 and 30 with the third time removing the spirit entirely.

Effect

Unfamiliarity with Modern Warfare

• Motorized experience gain from combat: -10%
• Mechanized experience gain from combat: -10%
• Light Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Medium Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Modern Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Heavy Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Super-Heavy Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Motorized Infantry design cost: +100%
• Mechanized Infantry unit design cost: +100%
• Magical Motorized unit design cost: +100%
• Magical Mechanized unit design cost: +100%
• Max Entrenchment: -10%
• Entrenchment speed:-10%
• Panzer leader trait XP Gain: -20%
• Motorized leader trait XP gain: -20%

While elsewhere, arms races between rival nations forced constant development and refinement of warfare, in Equestria the military remained stagnated. Even as new innovations were made, Equestria was slow to adopt them, seeing things such as trench warfare and tanks as appalling and strange. Without Princess Celestia's constant efforts to avoid falling behind too much, Equestrian Royal Guard would've continued to use spears as their primary weapon. Despite the recent push for modernizing the military, many ponies still prefer the old and reliable ways of combat.

Unfamiliarity with Modern Warfare

• Motorized experience gain from combat: -10%
• Mechanized experience gain from combat: -10%
• Light Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Medium Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Modern Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Heavy Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Super-Heavy Tank unit design cost: +100%
• Motorized Infantry design cost: +100%
• Mechanized Infantry unit design cost: +100%
• Magical Motorized unit design cost: +100%
• Magical Mechanized unit design cost: +100%
• Max Entrenchment: -10%
• Entrenchment speed: -10%

While elsewhere, arms races between rival nations forced constant development and refinement of warfare, in Equestria the military remained stagnated. Even as new innovations were made, Equestria was slow to adopt them, seeing things such as trench warfare and tanks as appalling and strange. Without Princess Celestia's constant efforts to avoid falling behind too much, Equestrian Royal Guard would've continued to use spears as their primary weapon. The commanders have been educated on how best to utilize mobile forces, but the line infantry is still uncertain about and somewhat distrustful of tanks.

Unfamiliarity with Modern Warfare

• Max Entrenchment: -10%
• Entrenchment speed: -10%

While elsewhere, arms races between rival nations forced constant development and refinement of warfare, in Equestria the military remained stagnated. Even as new innovations were made, Equestria was slow to adopt them, seeing things such as trench warfare and tanks as appalling and strange. Without Princess Celestia's constant efforts to avoid falling behind too much, Equestrian Royal Guard would've continued to use spears as their primary weapon. Although the army has become accustomed to the presence and utility of tanks, it still struggles at digging trenches. Further reform is needed to finally have a truly modern army.