When to disband a unit or not ?

[TTRouble]

I hadn't realised that it was possible to disband a unit until very recently and have been wondering when and if you should and also what units to disband ? So far I've not disbanded any units in the current campaign as most settlements only have a few levy pikemen and peltasts but other settlements I've got at least 3/4 of a stack - againly mainly peltasts, at least 4-6 Syrian Archers and a few phalanx pikemen depeneding which faction they are close and the kind of army they are going to face. Now If you do disband units in a large settlement what do you use to replace them to garrision and keep the peace?

TTRouble

[Durakkon]

Given no real security threat, the cheapest units possible.

[rory o'kane]

I tend to merge my units rather than disband them where possible, and send them back to be retrained - or build up the local barracks in order to ensure I can retrain them in-situ.

[Ybbon]

I tend to merge my units rather than disband them where possible, and send them back to be retrained - or build up the local barracks in order to ensure I can retrain them in-situ.

You can merge them? I never knew that, I've conquered most of the World and just discovered this

I feel like a bit a of a muppet

I disband units when the settlement is stable so doesn't need a large garrison or to replace older style troops - so for example I start with Roman light infantry as a garrison, then they get replaced with light auxilia and when I've built the necessary Villa Romanum, Veteranii but only when the settlement is stable enough to not need a big garrison.

However, I also disband units below about half size, I didn't realise I could merge them

[General Brittanicus]

If you disband a unit in one of your settlements, will the population of that settlement increase?

[lolgast]

If you disband a unit in one of your settlements, will the population of that settlement increase?

Yes lol I did that one time while playing as the Greek cities. Send a fleet with a nice army and about 4 or 5 full fleets of levy units to Britain. Conquered it and disbanded the levies so the population would get higher.

[rory o'kane]

You can merge them? I never knew that, I've conquered most of the World and just discovered this

I feel like a bit a of a muppet

I disband units when the settlement is stable so doesn't need a large garrison or to replace older style troops - so for example I start with Roman light infantry as a garrison, then they get replaced with light auxilia and when I've built the necessary Villa Romanum, Veteranii but only when the settlement is stable enough to not need a big garrison.

However, I also disband units below about half size, I didn't realise I could merge them

Seriously, am I the only person who even reads manuals any more? Or listens to the advisors, for that matter?

[Ybbon]

Seriously, am I the only person who even reads manuals any more? Or listens to the advisors, for that matter?

Hey, I do Tech Support for a living, RTFM is for others not for professionals like me

[Irishguy]

Hey, I do Tech Support for a living, RTFM is for others not for professionals like me

RTFM!!! sorry i'm a bit losing my head today xD

I used to make loads of peasant stack in M2TW and when I was able to go America I'd kill everybody out there and disband my own peasant stacks

[Visarion]

I tend to merge my units rather than disband them where possible, and send them back to be retrained...

good strategy only that if they are upgraded I preffer to retrain them even if the cost is higher...

disband is best used for obsolete units and if your economy stagnates...

[Binshuy]

did you know you can merge unit cards too? i just discovered this last year

[Valiant The Brave]

Me to xd

[GreatOne]

Yes it will

[algorath]

shortcut to automerge all units in an army is "m"
shortcut to disband is "strg-d" (select 1 or more units and strg-d"

[Tesla]

shortcut to automerge all units in an army is "m"
shortcut to disband is "strg-d" (select 1 or more units and strg-d"

surely you mean Ctrl + D ?

[algorath]

surely you mean Ctrl + D ?

You betcha
Was looking at my german keyboard layout which says strg, which means "Steuerung", which means "control"

[Scipio praeditus]

Haven't played in a while, but I disband most of my legions after a major war, like they did in reality.
Just those with a lot of experience and some more to guard the borders are retained.

Occasionally I disband a unit or two when an army has not served with sufficient fervor and I can afford the loss, to represent decimation (only with certain generals for roleplaying purposes).

I also disband most of the levy units when starting a new campaign, and used to colonize small settlements with stacks of levy units.

[Binshuy]

well i disband a lot in Europa Barbarorum because the population is so slow in RS you dont need too because solders are available like rabbits so a lost Legion can be easily replaced a turn later but its stilll good

[Akritoi]

I generally try to avoid disbanding units, the only time I do is when I have little or no chance - i.e. can't resupply the unit, say a Legion I Republican maniple when I'm in a Legion II area and my naval units are in different areas of operations.

[5dolla]

i usually never disband units. I retrain them and reap the benifits of their experience. If i get the marian
reforms I might send a full stack of pre marian reform troops to their death on some impossible mission.
This way they atleast did some thing as a last hoorah! and if i dis band em i usually send then to a unpopulated region.