What unit size?

PROFESSORPAUL · PROFESSORPAUL

Remember when you guys said you'd tell us the recommended unit size to play on? Could you tell me what the historical unit size is or what you recommend? Cause I always have trouble deciding whats the best and most realistic, especially between Large and Huge. Though I'm hearing that Huge isnt even close to how many men were in most battles in the Roman Era. I'm getting battles with like 5,000 casualites and the aftermath seems pretty large to me.

Khelvan · Khelvan

There is no way to approach ancient unit sizes, so any implementation of RTW is a "scale" implementation. I think our chosen scale was in the neighborhood of 20:1, but I can't recall exactly. Anyway, the balancing was done for "Large," IIRC.

Maethius · Maethius

From my own small experience so far Large unit sizes are the only way to go. The economics will crush you otherwise.

PROFESSORPAUL	December 29, 2005, 03:30 AM / What unit size?	#1
Ensign Posts: 1,186	Remember when you guys said you'd tell us the recommended unit size to play on? Could you tell me what the historical unit size is or what you recommend? Cause I always have trouble deciding whats the best and most realistic, especially between Large and Huge. Though I'm hearing that Huge isnt even close to how many men were in most battles in the Roman Era. I'm getting battles with like 5,000 casualites and the aftermath seems pretty large to me. ".........." -Gordon Freeman

Khelvan	December 29, 2005, 03:48 AM	#2
Artifex Posts: 1,539	There is no way to approach ancient unit sizes, so any implementation of RTW is a "scale" implementation. I think our chosen scale was in the neighborhood of 20:1, but I can't recall exactly. Anyway, the balancing was done for "Large," IIRC. Ignoranti, quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est. - Seneca

Maethius	December 29, 2005, 05:52 AM	#3
Quartermaster Sergeant Posts: 868	From my own small experience so far Large unit sizes are the only way to go. The economics will crush you otherwise. Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime---Hemingway "There is nothing wrong with serving in several regiments."---Nobby Nobbs "Not if you do it during one and the same battle"---Sgt. Colon

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