The popup for exp values you see is command exp. What units receive is entirely different from that, though higher values of command exp generally mean higher amount of exp per damage dealt to that unit as well.
This is my main issue. There is no way for me or any other average coh2 enthusiast to have any idea how this works without delving into hidden statistics. I want to see this information in-game somewhere. So great, conscripts grant me 40 command xp... out of a total of how much now? who knows... when you mouse over your cp it doesn't say anything. These numbers are completely arbitrary without any reference for the player.
I think they should just remove all stat bonuses from bulletins entirely. They don't do anything significant anyway.
They make more sense as 'badges' or 'trading cards' or whatever you want to call them than as army customization options. If they actually had an effect on the game, they'd be a balance nightmare.
Agree 100%. It was clear from the get-go that bulletins were a vessel for putting in cool blurbs and historical facts about the units and I like that. What I don't like is the focus on the warspoils system and Relic getting feedback from the players for bulletins when we don't even know if most of them are functional or not and when they are they have such a negligible affect on the game.